The
first symposium of the Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence
in Medicine drew more than 300 participants, 87 of whom were from
abroad representing 15 nations - Argentina, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany,
Australia, France, United Kingdom, Italy, China, Japan, Korea, Finland,
Canada, Israel and The Netherlands. The topic of the symposium was
"Structure, Function and Genetics of the Extracellular Matrix."
From left are Mon-Li Chu, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous
Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical
College (JMC); Rupert Timpl, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department
of Protein Chemistry, Max Planck Institute, Co-recipient of the Black
Prize; Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology
and Cutaneous Biology, JMC; and Leena Peltonen, MD, PhD, Professor
and Chair of the Department of Human Genetics, UCLA, who delivered
the Black Prize Lecture. Please click
here for more information about the symposium. Don Walker Photography
The
speaker for the 9th Annual Raymond C. Grandon Lecture was Francesco
Taroni, MD, Director, Italian National Agency for Regional Health
Care Services. His topic was "Through the Patient's Eyes: Whatever
Happened to Trust?" From left are, Eugene Grandon, MD, his wife
Carleen Grandon; David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Associate Dean, Jefferson
Medical College (JMC), and Director, Office of Health Policy and Clinical
Outcomes, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Dr. Taroni; Doris
Grandon and her husband Raymond C. Grandon, MD. The lecture is coordinated
each year by the Office of Health Policy, JMC. Robert Neroni Photography
The
first symposium of the Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence
in Medicine drew more than 300 participants, 87 of whom were from
abroad representing 15 nations - Argentina, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany,
Australia, France, United Kingdom, Italy, China, Japan, Korea, Finland,
Canada, Israel and The Netherlands. The topic of the symposium was
"Structure, Function and Genetics of the Extracellular Matrix."
From left are Mon-Li Chu, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous
Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical
College (JMC); Rupert Timpl, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department
of Protein Chemistry, Max Planck Institute, Co-recipient of the Black
Prize; Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology
and Cutaneous Biology, JMC; and Leena Peltonen, MD, PhD, Professor
and Chair of the Department of Human Genetics, UCLA, who delivered
the Black Prize Lecture. Please 
The
speaker for the 9th Annual Raymond C. Grandon Lecture was Francesco
Taroni, MD, Director, Italian National Agency for Regional Health
Care Services. His topic was "Through the Patient's Eyes: Whatever
Happened to Trust?" From left are, Eugene Grandon, MD, his wife
Carleen Grandon; David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Associate Dean, Jefferson
Medical College (JMC), and Director, Office of Health Policy and Clinical
Outcomes, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Dr. Taroni; Doris
Grandon and her husband Raymond C. Grandon, MD. The lecture is coordinated
each year by the Office of Health Policy, JMC. Robert Neroni Photography