James L.M. Ferrara, M.D., director of the University of Michigan Health System’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, is a recipient of the prestigious 2002 Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award in the field of oncology. Ferrara was selected from a field of distinguished candidates in translational cancer research for this highly competitive national award; he is one of only five scientists to receive the Award this year. Ferrara has distinguished himself as an expert in bone marrow transplantation, in both research and clinical care delivery, helping to make the U-M Health System’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program one of the most respected in the U.S.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation funds only five such awards in four disease categories: cancer, AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, or sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders. The award includes up to $1.5 million in research funds over the next five to seven years to support Ferrara’s ongoing laboratory research for the development of improved therapeutic strategies for prevention and treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease. One of the foundation’s goals is to support career development in young physician-investigators.

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