Awards at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

David Q.H. Wang, M.D., Ph.D. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School	Aging and Cholesterol Gallstone Formation: Molecular Mechanisms of Gallstone (Lith) Genes 1999 New Scholar Award in Aging Cholesterol gallstone disease occurs rarely in childhood and adolescence. As epidemiological observations have suggested and as clinical studies have confirmed, the prevalence of cholesterol gallstone disease increases linearly with advancing age and approaches 50% at age 80. Elderly individuals are at high... (more)
Steven Lyle, M.D., Ph.D. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School	Molecular and Cell Biology of Adult Epithelial Stem Cells 2002 New Scholar Award in Aging The skin undergoes significant structural and functional changes with aging, secondary to both intrinsic and environmental factors. The epidermis and dermis become thinner, lose their normal rete pattern, exhibit decreased elasticity and show a decreased number of melanocytes. The hair becomes finer and loses pigment. There is also a... (more)