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For immediate release: May 15, 2008 |
University of Nevada, Reno honors School of Medicine's Iain Buxton, Pharm.D., with Outstanding Researcher Award |
Buxton's research centers on causes of premature birth |
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RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada, Reno recognized the School of Medicine’s Iain L. O. Buxton, Pharm.D., with its Outstanding Researcher Award at its annual “Honor the Best” awards ceremony yesterday at the Joe Crowley Student Union on campus. “It is my pleasure to recognize Dr. Buxton for his outstanding research efforts in the areas of premature birth and breast cancer metastasis. His findings bring great credit to the overall profile of the research program at UNR and the School of Medicine,” said Mark L. Brenner, Ph.D., vice president for research and dean of the UNR graduate school. |
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu. |