Newswise — During a celebratory night in Washington, the Society for Women’s Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women’s Health was awarded to an outstanding scientist, Dr. Sabra Klein of Johns Hopkins University. She walked away with the $75,000 award recognizing her contributions to women’s health research at the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) 20th Anniversary Gala, May 3rd at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC.
Klein has dedicated her career to advancing the study of sex-based biology with her special expertise in sex differences in susceptibility to infection. Klein received her BA in psychology from Randolph-Macon College, her MS from the University of Georgia in biological psychology, and her Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University where she is now an Assistant Professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Klein’s research examines the impact of hormones on immune responses to viruses. Specifically, she considers how immunological, hormonal, and genetic differences between males and females affects a person’s susceptibility to viruses, including influenza viruses, human papillomaviruses, and hantaviruses.
SWHR and Prize partner Medtronic reward women scientists in their early to mid career who have devoted a significant part of their work to sex differences research and have served as a role model and mentor for both colleagues and students. Klein has met these expectations on all counts and we congratulate her on this great achievement. She has written over 60 peer-reviewed articles for many prominent medical journals, co-authored an op-ed in the New York Times pertaining to sex differences in the dosing of the flu vaccine, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun, and Women’s Health Magazine.
Along with the SWHR Medtronic Prize, Klein’s research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Science Foundation, and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), a national non-profit organization based in Washington D.C., is widely recognized as the thought leader in women’s health research, particularly how sex differences impact health. SWHR’s mission is to improve the health of all women through advocacy, education and research. Visit SWHR’s website at swhr.org for more information.
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