July 24, 2003
Health Sciences News Briefs
Medal of Merit
Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW professor of genome sciences, was one of four Washingtonians to receive the state’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Merit, this month. This was the first time in five years that the medals were awarded. The other three went to Tom Foley, former U.S. House of Representatives speaker, author Ernest Gann and veterans advocate Helmut Braunsteiner. Gann and Braunsteiner received the award posthumously.
Heart Walk kick-off
UW Medicine Regional Heart Center is a sponsor of the 2003 American Heart Walk that will take place on Saturday morning, Sept. 20, at SAFECO Field. UW Medicine’s goal this year is to have 1,000 walkers on 100 teams, and to raise $100,000. Faculty and staff can join the walk and become team captains. Call Julie Furlong at 598-1992 or send an e-mail to jafb@u.washington.edu for more information and to receive your team captain packet. The UW Heart Walk kick-off event will be held Monday, July 28, at noon in the Plaza Café rooms B, C and D. Husky women’s basketball player Kayla Burt will be on hand to tell her dramatic story of sudden cardiac arrest, resuscitation and treatment at UWMC. Also speaking will be Craig Tall, of Washington Mutual bank, corporate chair for the 2003 Heart Walk.
