Dear Colleagues,
The UT Southwestern community continues to mourn the loss of Dr. Beth Levine – a renowned physician-scientist, dedicated and caring educator, mentor, respected colleague and friend. As we approach the one-year anniversary of Dr. Levine’s passing, we are launching a campaign to support a Prize to be awarded in Beth’s name.
The Beth Levine M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research will be endowed in perpetuity and will forever honor Dr. Levine and recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of autophagy. This will be the first international prize awarded under the aegis of UT Southwestern.
Dr. Levine earned great acclaim for her work on autophagy – the body’s “housekeeping” mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components to maintain general cellular health. She was best known for discovering the first mammalian autophagy gene, which she named beclin 1. During her career, she explored the many roles of autophagy in diverse biological processes.
Dr. Levine arrived at UT Southwestern in 2004, and over the next 16 years held multiple positions, including Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and founding Director of the Center for Autophagy Research. She held consecutive appointments to the Jay P. Sanford Professorship in Infectious Diseases and the Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science. She was an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. (Read more about Dr. Levine here.)
Our goal is to raise 500,000. USD We hope that you will join us in making this possible. To do so, please visit https://engage.utsouthwestern.edu/donate-levine.
Please note that you can set up a recurring gift online over several years to fulfill your commitment. To make a pledge and pay by check, please contact Troy Odom at [email protected]. All contributions are fully tax deductible.