Four Scientists Receive Avant-Garde Awards
NIDA has selected four scientists for its 2009 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research. The annual competition, now in its second year, is intended to stimulate groundbreaking research for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers. Awardees receive $500,000 per year, plus associated facilities and administrative costs, for 5 years to support their research. The four awardees and their proposed projects are: Benjamin K. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, has developed an imaging method that