Fellow wins prestigious award for medical research

March 26, 2014

A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science has been awarded one of the world’s most esteemed medical research prizes.

Professor Marc Feldmann, FRS FAA, is among eight winners of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Awards which recognises some of the most significant medical discoveries from around the world.

Professor Feldman shares his award for the discovery of a new kind of therapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with Sir Ravinder Nath Maini, FRS FMedSci FRCP. He will receive a research prize of CDN $100 000 (AUD $97 732).

Read more about the awards here: http://www.gairdner.org/content/awards

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