CVC Researcher Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs honored with first Women Pioneers in Research Award
Jan. 2008 CVC UPBEAT - Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, has been honored as the first recipient of the Women Pioneers in Research Award. The award was announced at the Sept. 27 meeting of the Medical College of Wisconsin's new Women in Science lecture series.
As part of the honor, Dr. Jacobs will receive a $10,000 research award.
Also honored was Michelle A. Battle, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, who received the $1,000 Edward J. Lennon, MD Award for Outstanding Woman Postdoctoral Researcher.
"The awards were created to recognize women who have advanced research in their field and have served as mentors to other women scientists," said T. Michael Bolger, JD, President and CEO of the Medical College.
Appointed as Division Chief in 2001, Dr. Jacobs also directs the Pulmonary & Critical Care research program. She has served as the Director of the Translational Research Initiative (TRI) and the Clinical Director of the Cardiovascular Center (CVC). She currently serves as a member of the CVC's Clinical Advisory Board.
A translational research practitioner, Dr. Jacobs focuses clinically on critical care, septic syndrome and lung injury, and also coordinates clinical translational studies. Her goal is to bring laboratory discoveries to the bedside, and then back to the lab for validation.
"Dr. Jacobs and collaborators have teamed for more than five years to facilitate adaptation of ideas derived in the basic science labs to the clinical sphere, and back to the lab again," said Michael J. Dunn, MD, Dean and Executive Vice President. "Respected by the faculty, she is multi-talented, with excellent clinical skills, outstanding research, impressive leadership and a ready willingness to serve and represent the college."
In 2005, Dr. Jacobs was recognized by the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine for Distinguished Service.
Dr. Jacobs is the principal investigator on two National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded studies focused on the vascular (blood vessel) structure and function of the lungs.
Dr. Jacobs also collaborates as co-investigator/consultant with Dr. David Harder on two NHLBI-funded investigations and as co-investigator with Dr. John Moulder on a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-funded study.
Dr. Jacobs received her MD degree and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine after receiving her undergraduate degree from Marquette University.