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Dr. Fauci wins $1 million Dan David prize for defending science
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden s chief medical advisor, won one of the three Dan David Prizes, Israeli awards that each grant $1 million ( £720,440, AU$1.29 million) to recipients. The international awards are given in the categories Past, Present and Future, with Fauci winning the Present award, given for achievements that shape and enrich society today.
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has won one of this year’s three $1 million Dan David Prizes, awarded to individuals and organizations deemed to be “globally inspiring.”
The Dan David Prize honors outstanding contributions that “expand knowledge of the past, enrich society in the present, and promise to improve the future of our world.”
“The coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity with new challenges,” stated Ariel Porat, professor and president of Tel Aviv University (TAU) and chairperson of the Dan David Prize Board. “Therefore, this year, we decided to honor the fields at the forefront of the battle against the virus health and medicine.”
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony S. Fauci delivers remarks during a coronavirus update briefing. In the background are
President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/ Wikipedia/Source White House Coronavirus Update Briefing
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Dr Anthony Fauci, the scientist who has become the public face of America’s battle against the pandemic, has won a $1million Israeli prize.
He was named the winner of the prestigious Dan David Prize, which has its headquarters at Tel Aviv University. The annual award recognises the outstanding contributions of individuals and organisations across the globe, that expand knowledge of the past, enrich present society and work to improve the world’s future.