Zhijian ‘James’ Chen won the 2019 Switzer Prize

November 20, 2019

Zhijian ‘James’ Chen won the 2019 Switzer Prize, which recognizes excellence in basic biological science.

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Smiling man with dark hair and glasses, holding a tear-drop shaped award, flanked by a man and woman.

From left: Dr. Peter Tontonoz, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and biological chemistry; Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, recipient of the 2019 Switzer Prize awarded by the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Dr. Kelsey Martin, dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.