Medicine. Frequently mentioned as a candidate for nationally prominent positions in scientific administration, Dr. Brown, like his colleague Joseph L. Goldstein, elects to continue hands-on involvement with research, leading a research team that typically includes a dozen doctoral and postdoctoral trainees. He and his colleague are among the most highly cited scientists in the world. Brown is also on the prestigious Prix Galien USA Committee that "recognizes the technical, scientific and clinical research skills necessary to develop innovative medicines". The inauguration of the Prix Galien in the US, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in this field, was in September 2007, and the winners were selected by a preeminent scientific and learned committee that included seven Nobel laureates, of which Brown was one. Awards and honors Brown has won numerous awards and honors, including: 2016 - Keynote Speaker at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders 2011 - Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2007 - Builders of Science Award, Research!America 2005 - Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service 2005 - Herbert Tabor Award, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2003 - Albany Medical Center Prize 2002 - Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians 1999 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, Harvard Medical School 1991 - Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) 1987 - Elected member of the American Philosophical Society 1986 - Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement 1985 - Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine 1985 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 1985 - William Allan Award, American Society of Human Genetics 1984 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 1981 - Gairdner Foundation International Award 1981 - Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1980 - elected member of the National Academy of Sciences 1979 - Lounsbery Award, U.S. National Academy of Sciences 1978 - Passano Award, Johns Hopkins University 1976 - Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society 1974 - Heinrich Wieland Prize Bibliography References External links 1941 births Living people Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine American Nobel laureates Richard-Lounsbery Award laureates American geneticists Jewish geneticists Foreign Members of the Royal Society Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences The Daily Pennsylvanian people Jewish American scientists National Medal of Science laureates Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni Scripps Research Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award