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At the 90th annual meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, held in Omaha, NE, Dr. Julián Hillyer was awarded the Henry Baldwin Ward medal.

The H. B. Ward medal is the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Parasitologists.Ìý It is awarded to an individual that is in mid-career, and who, by self-directed investigations, has attained a position of leadership in some aspect of parasitological research.Ìý H. B. Ward was the first president of the American Society of Parasitologists and the founding editor of Journal of Parasitology.

A transcript of the acceptance speech was published in the December 2015 issue of Journal of Parasitology:

Hillyer, J.F. 2015. Acceptance of the 2015 Henry Baldwin Ward Medal: My journey in parasitology, and with parasitologists. Journal of Parasitology. 101(6):623-626 (PMID: ) () (Email me for a pdf copy)

¹ú²ú´«Ã½ issued a press release announcing this award.Ìý To read it, click .

Henry Baldwin Ward Medal, front (left) and back (right).

Dr. Julian Hillyer (right) receives the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal.Ìý The medal was presented by Dr. Bruce M. Christensen (left), who was the H. B. Ward medalist in 1987 and is Julián Hillyer’s former Ph.D. advisor.