Dr. Laurence M. Demers, Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Medicine,
was recently awarded a presidential medal by the National Academy of Clinical
Biochemistry (NACB) for services rendered as president of the academy from
1984-85. He was one of 19 previous NACB presidents to receive the
antique gold medal to commemorate their services to the academy.
Dr. Demers was also appointed to a NASA review panel on musculoskeletal
biology. His role is to evaluate proposals that seek to mitigate bone
and muscle loss in space using either animal models or human volunteers.
Dr. Laurence M. Demers Honored