Merit Award Winners

The NIEHS is pleased to announce that Raymond F. Burk, a professor of pathology and director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Gerd P. Pfeifer, a professor and chair of the Division of Biology at the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, have each received an award under the Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award Program. MERIT awards are offered to investigators who have demonstrated superior skill and outstanding productivity during the course of their previous research endeavors. MERIT awards relieve investigators from writing frequent renewal applications by providing the opportunity to gain up to 10 years of support in two segments.