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Lawrence Steinman, MD, professor of neurology and neurological sciences, won the John Dystel Prize for multiple sclerosis research. The prize is sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. It honors contributions to basic or clinical research in the understanding, treatment or prevention of MS. Steinman will receive the award in April at the 56th annual meeting of the academy in San Francisco.

Four members of the Department of Dermatology received awards from the Dermatology Foundation last month at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting in Washington, D.C. Assistant professor David Fiorentino, MD, PhD, won a Medical Dermatology Career Development award for his work on systemic sclerosis. Assistant professor Hayes Gladstone, MD, earned a Clinical Career Development award in dermatologic surgery for developing touch technology for teledermatology to diagnose and treat skin cancer. He worked with Stanford professor of mechanical engineering Ken Waldron, PhD. Resident and postdoctoral scholar Howard Chang, MD, PhD, won a Physician Scientist Career Development award for genomic programs of fibroblast differentiation. Assistant professor Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH, received a renewal of her Career Development award for translational research in epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, and gene transfer techniques.