2020 Award Winner Spotlight Series: Part IV

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This week on Simply Blood we are wrapping up our 2020 Interview Spotlight Series. In Part IV we are featuring the 2020 ISEH Donald Metcalf Award Winner: Harvey Lodish, MD. Here, he answers questions about his life, work, mentorship, and more. Have additional questions for Dr. Lodish? Don't miss his opening Keynote session at this year’s Virtual Scientific Meeting!



Interviewed by Alejo Ezequiel Rodriguez Fraticelli of the ISEH New Investigators Committee

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