Two Marshfield Clinic Researchers Awarded Sebold Fellowship
Saturday, October 18th, 2014 -- 6:53 AM
-Two nationally-recognized Marshfield Clinic researchers, a geneticist and a hematologist/oncologist, will be awarded the 27th Gwen D. Sebold Fellowship for Outstanding Research.Senior Research Scientist Murray Brilliant and Dr. Adedayo Onitilo, who practices at Marshfield Clinic Weston Center and Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care at Ministry/Saint Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, will be honored on Wednesday, November 12th, in a program set for the Froehlke Auditorium in the Melvin Laird Center.
This is the first time two people will receive the fellowship in a single year. The fellowship has been given by Dr. David Dewey Sebold, who resides in Medford, since 1988 to recognize an outstanding medical researcher and support continued research in his or her field.
Recipients receive $5,000 and a memorial plaque presented by Sebold in memory of his sister, Gwen. Gwen grew up in Dorchester and joined Marshfield Clinic as a medical stenographer in 1955. She died of cancer in July of 1974.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.