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2012 Eminent Faculty Award Recipient: Michael J. Smerdon
Dr. Michael Smerdon has conducted groundbreaking work on how DNA damage, caused by chemicals and UV light, is repaired. He was one of the first scientists to analyze how DNA repair is influenced by the way DNA is packaged in cells as well as how its response to genetic signals is turned on and off by environmental conditions. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been funding this research for over 30 years.
Dr. Smerdon was elected chair of the Gordon Research Conference on Mammalian DNA Repair in 1995, and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. He has been active in developing collaborations between Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), WSU and the Spokane medical community to further common interests in cancer prevention.
Dr. Smerdon received the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Scholarship and Arts in 1997 and delivered the 2000 Distinguished Faculty Address. In 2006, Dr. Smerdon was recognized as being in the top 5% of extramural grant awardees over the last 25 years. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010.
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