
HONOLULU, HAWAII, MAY 5, 2008 – Deepak Srivastava, MD, director, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco (right), explained the importance of the research of the 2008 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology co-recipients, is joined by Melvin Grumbach, M.D., University of California at San Francisco, (l. to r.), Jennifer L. Howse, PhD March of Dimes president, and Michael Katz, MD, March of Dimes senior vice president for Research and Global Programs.

HONOLULU, HAWAII, MAY 5, 2008 – The 2008 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology co-recipients Cliff Tabin, PhD, chair of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts, and Philip Beachy, PhD professor at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif (center) are congratulated by Michael Katz, MD, March of Dimes senior vice president for Research and Global Programs, (l. to r.), Jennifer L. Howse, PhD, March of Dimes president, Renee R. Jenkins, MD, FAAP president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Duane F. Alexander, director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.
HONOLULU, HAWAII, MAY 5, 2008 – John Henry Felix, former chairman of both the March of Dimes National Board of Trustees and the Hawaii Chapter, Jennifer L. Howse, PhD. March of Dimes president, and Bruce Coppa, chairman of the March of Dimes Hawaii Chapter, share a laugh at the award ceremony for the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology.

HONOLULU, HAWAII, MAY 5, 2008 – The 2008 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology co-recipients ( l. to r.) Cliff Tabin, PhD, chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts, and Philip Beachy, PhD, professor at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, share a moment before the award ceremony with Jennifer L. Howse, PhD, March of Dimes president, Michael Katz, MD, March of Dimes senior vice president for Research and Global Programs, and Walter Miller, MD, chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and director of the Child Health Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco.