We
are pleased to announce thatDr Xinmei Zhu, a Research Associate in theDepartment of
Neurological Surgery
at theUniversity
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has been awarded theJournal of Translational MedicineExcellence in
Translational Medicine Awardfor 2006-07.

The award, which endeavours to recognise
outstanding contributions to the field oftranslational medicineresearch, was given to Dr Zhoas
first author of the following article published inJournal of Translational Medicine:

Toll like receptor-3 ligand poly-ICLC promotes the
efficacy of peripheral vaccinations with tumor antigen-derived peptide epitopes
in murine CNS tumor models
Xinmei Zhu, Fumihiko Nishimura, Kotaro Sasaki,
Mitsugu Fujita, Jill E Dusak, Junichi Eguchi, Wendy Fellows-Mayle, Walter J
Storkus, Paul R Walker, Andres M Salazar, Hideho Okada
Journal of Translational Medicine2007,5:10

As the recipient of
the award, Dr Zhu will receivea $2,500 prize sponsored
byPfizer Global Research and Development
andGlobal Translational Medicineto
cover expenses for any meeting sponsored by a non-for-profit organization that
is relevant to the goal of translational medicine and research. For further
details please read theeditorial.

Nominations
for the2nd
Excellence in Translational Medicine Award are now open; all authors of
research and methodology articles published inJournal of Translational
Medicine
between 1^stJuly 2007 and 30^thJune 2008 are eligible, so
submit
your researchnow!