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                  UVA PHD RECEIVES 1996 HAROLD LAMPORT AWARD

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., March 21 -- Tara Little Haas, who completed her 
graduate training in the laboratory of Brian R. Duling, professor of molecular 
physiology at the University of Virginia, has been chosen by the American 
Physiological Society as the recipient of the 1996 Harold Lamport Award.  
Haas was selected to receive the award based upon research done at U.Va. in 
endothelial and smooth muscle coupling patterns in the arteriolar wall.   
Her work has made a significant contribution to understanding the cellular 
biochemistry of this mechanism.   Haas is currently a postdoctoral associate 
in the Department of Pathology in the Yale University School of Medicine.
     The Harold Lamport Award is presented annually to a young investigator 
who has made outstanding contributions in the field of cardiovascular 
research, and who shows great potential for future significant achievements.  
The award is given in the name of Harold Lamport, a former distinguished 
member of the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society 
who was particularly interested in encouraging the development of promising 
young members of the Society.
     The Lamport Award will be presented to Haas during the upcoming 
Experimental Biology T96 Meeting to be held in Washington, DC April 14 - 18, 
1996 at the Cardiovascular Section banquet on Tuesday, April 16, 1996.
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                                                                 March 20, 1996