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In 2019, cancer researcher Natalie R. Gassman, Ph.D., right, was awarded the Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research by Mrs. Arlene Mitchell, left. |
The $10,000 award is presented annually to a promising scientist at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute upon the recommendation of a faculty committee. The award was established in 2009 by University of South Alabama Trustee Arlene Mitchell in memory of her late husband, Mayer Mitchell, a Mobile businessman, longtime USA trustee and formative figure in the establishment of MCI.
The 2019 recipient of the award was Natalie R. Gassman, Ph.D., an assistant professor of physiology and cell biology at the USA College of Medicine and a cancer researcher at the MCI.
