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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>The Society for Women’s Health Research and the Medtronic Foundation have established an annual prize of $75,000 to recognize a woman scientist or engineer for her contributions to women’s health.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The prize encourages women scientists and engineers to work on issues uniquely related to women’s health and rewards women who have devoted a significant part of their careers to this area. The prize honors commitment to the area of sex differences and work to pass this commitment to collaborators and students as both a role model and mentor. The prize is given to an outstanding scientist or engineer in mid-career whose work has led or will lead directly to the improvement of women’s health.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Society for Women's Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women's Health!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please download the application, save a copy to your desktop, complete the interactive PDF and then submit it to Aaron Pope, <a href="mailto:aaron@swhr.org">aaron@swhr.org</a>. We will not accept faxed or mailed forms. The deadline for nominations is February 8, 2013, and the winner must be available April 29, 2013 to receive the prize in person at SWHR's annual gala in Washington, DC.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• 2013 SWHR Medtronic Prize Application Form <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please contact Aaron Pope, 202.496.5001 or <a href="mailto:aaron@swhr.org">aaron@swhr.org</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The award is presented each year at SWHR's Annual Gala in Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>_____________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Ora A. Weisz, PhD | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Renal-Electrolyte Division | 978.1 Scaife Hall | 3550 Terrace St. | Pittsburgh PA 15261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Tel: 412-383-8891 | Fax: 412-383-8956 | Email: <a href="mailto:weisz@pitt.edu"><span style='color:blue'>weisz@pitt.edu</span></a> | website: weisz2.dept-med.pitt.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>