Rosenstiel Award
Encyclopedia
In 1971, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical
Research
was established as an expression of the conviction that educational institutions have an important role to play in the encouragement and development of basic science
as it applies to medicine
.
Medals are presented annually at Brandeis University
on the basis of recommendations of a panel of scientists selected by the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center. Awards are given to scientists for recent discoveries of "particular originality" and "importance to basic medical research". A $30,000 prize and a medallion accompanies each award.
With the formation of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, made possible by Lewis Solon Rosenstiel in 1968, research in basic medical science has been expanded. These awards are viewed as a means of extending the Center's support beyond the campus community.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
Research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
was established as an expression of the conviction that educational institutions have an important role to play in the encouragement and development of basic science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
as it applies to medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.
Medals are presented annually at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
on the basis of recommendations of a panel of scientists selected by the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center. Awards are given to scientists for recent discoveries of "particular originality" and "importance to basic medical research". A $30,000 prize and a medallion accompanies each award.
With the formation of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, made possible by Lewis Solon Rosenstiel in 1968, research in basic medical science has been expanded. These awards are viewed as a means of extending the Center's support beyond the campus community.
See also
- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric ScienceRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric ScienceThe Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is a college and research institute for the study of oceanography and the atmospheric sciences within the University of Miami . It is located on a 16 acre campus on Virginia Key in Miami, Florida, USA...
- History of the Jews in Cincinnati
- Frederick A. Johnson
- Roy Cohn
External links
- Rosenstiel Award
- American Jewish Archives Lewis S. Rosentiel in Family Tree