The International Anesthesia Research Society named Judith Hellman, MD, winner of the 2015 Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award.
Here are three things to know:
1. The award, given every three years by the society, includes $750,000 in funding.
2. The funds will support Dr. Hellman's research on the molecular pathways inside endothelial cells that play key roles in many complications of sepsis.
3. She is an intensive care unit physician and professor of anesthesia and perioperative care at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.