"As in past years, we are looking forward to receiving high quality nominations from scientists in academic and industrial research around the world -- including in the field of biomedical engineering -- and to selecting a 2010 Dr. Paul Janssen Award winner who has made significant contributions to understanding human health through his or her dedication to the advancement of science and medicine," said Solomon Snyder, M.D., distinguished service professor of neuroscience, pharmacology and psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Snyder chairs the Dr. Paul Janssen Award 2010 Selection Committee, which also includes:

Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle; member, National Academy of Sciences; member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences Jean-Marie Lehn, Ph.D., professor, College de France; winner, 1987 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Robert Langer, Sc.D., David H. Koch Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; member, Institute of Medicine; member, National Academy of Engineering; member, National Academy of SciencesCraig Mello, Ph.D., professor, Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; winner, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine; winner, 2006 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research Sir Richard Sykes, Ph.D., chair, National Health Service, London; former rector Imperial College London; former chief executive officer, GlaxoWellcome; fellow of the Royal Society; honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., director of the Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany; winner, 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical ResearchHuda Zoghbi, M.D., professor, Pediatrics, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Human Genetics Departments, Baylor College of Medicine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

The winner of the 2010 Dr. Paul Janssen Award will be announced in the summer of 2010.

SOURCE Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development