SC CTSI director Thomas A. Buchanan, MD, vice dean for research and professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was recently recognized by the Western Society for Clinical Investigation (WSCI). The annual Mayo H. Soley award honors the lifetime achievement of outstanding medical researchers who are devoted to training junior investigators.

"Just being able to spend most of my professional life working on interesting problems with colleagues I really like is ample reward for the long hours and hard work that a research career demands," said Buchanan, who is also chief of the division of endocrinology and diabetes. "Receiving the recognition of my peers for the contributions my group has made to research is the icing of the cake, and I truly appreciate it."

Thomas A. Buchanan, MD