Early Career Researchers Travel Award
Daniel T. O'Connor Memorial Early Career Investigators Award
Thanks to the generous support of Kellie O'Connor and the O'Connor Foundation, distinguished early-career researchers will be selected for the Daniel T. O'Connor, MD Memorial Session and associated travel award.
The application process is not yet open.
Daniel T. O’Connor, M.D. (1948-2014)
Daniel T. O'Connor received his B.S. in Biology (1970) from Loyola University, Los Angeles, CA and his M.D. (1974) from UC Davis, CA. He joined the faculty at UCSD as Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1979 where he was promoted to Professor of Medicine in 1991 and was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology in 2010. He received numerous prestigious awards and published over 400 papers making landmark contributions elucidating the
- Mechanisms of peptide and catecholamine synthesis, storage, and release from chromaffin cells
- CHGA measurement as a diagnostic/prognostic tool for pheochromocytoma and other neuroendocrine neoplasia
- Human sympathochromaffin phenotypes to probe genetic control of autonomic function and genesis of hypertension.
