LifeTime Achievement Award
Sponsored by:
Astrazeneca Professor of Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston MA
The Eicosanoid Research Foundation is pleased to announce that it is awarding the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award to K. Frank Austen M.D., Astra Zeneca Professor of Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases with the Department of Medicine of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Austen will receive his award during the inaugural session of the 11th International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases at the Casa Magna Marriott Hotel in Cancun, Mexico, on Oct. 25, 2009. The Eicosanoid Research Foundation sought nominations from scientists around the world for the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is sponsored by Allergan.
Dr. Austen is a towering figure in the field of eicosanoid research, perhaps best known for his discoveries related to inflammatory mediators, including the cysteinyl leukotrienes. His research concerning the role of leukorienes, formerly known as SRS-A, in asthma and pulmonary disease opened new avenues for therapy. Inhibitors of the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor that stem from Dr. Austen’s groundbreaking research are now used by millions of asthma sufferers worldwide. Dr. Austen served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Robert B. Brigham Hospital and was an integral figure in the historic merger that created the hospital we know today as Brigham and Women’s. He published over 500 scientific papers and has had nearly 50 years of continuous NIH support.