ASBMR - The Fuller Albright Award

Organization: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

The Fuller Albright Award is given in recognition of meritorious scientific accomplishment in the bone and mineral field to an ASBMR member who has not yet reached his or her 41st birthday before July 1 of the year the award is presented. The award includes a $2,000 honorarium and a plaque which is presented after a morning plenary session at the Annual Meeting. Fuller Albright, M.D., was a much beloved investigator and teacher whose unparalleled achievements include significant contributions to the study of the renal effects of parathyroid hormone, estrogen use in osteoporosis, Vitamin D resistant rickets, and establishment of the Endocrine Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital.