Newswise — Douglas Feinstein, research professor of anesthesiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, has received a Research Career Scientist Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
"This highly competitive award acknowledges Dr. Feinstein's role as a leading authority on the biology of neuroinflammation and his prolific contributions to our understanding of, and potential treatments for, neurodegenerative disease in general," says Dr. Guy Weinberg, professor and vice head for research in anesthesiology at UIC.
Feinstien's research focuses on drug discovery and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis and the development of better animal models for these diseases.
The designation of VA Research Career Scientist is given to senior investigators who have distinguished themselves through scientific achievement and contribution to the VA research program via training, mentoring junior VA scientists, functioning as a resource for the research community and collaborating with clinicians.
"Dr. Feinstein is an accomplished, world-renown neuroscientist who has made invaluable contributions to his field of research while working both at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and UIC," said Dr. Israel Rubenstein, director of research at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. "He clearly deserves this meritorious and prestigious award."
"I'm honored by this award, which is also a recognition of the hard work, creative thinking, and scientific contributions made from everyone who has worked in my lab over the past several years," said Feinstein.
UIC ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in federal research funding and is Chicago's largest university with 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.
For more information about UIC, visit www.uic.edu
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