Congratulations to Drs. Diane Meier and Peter Pronovost

Yesterday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 25 new MacArthur Fellows for 2008. The recipients will each receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five years. The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors and include a neurobiologist, a saxophonist, a critical care physician, an urban farmer, an optical physicist, a sculptor, a geriatrician, a historian of medicine, and an inventor of musical instruments. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.

HeathBeat has written about both Meier (the geriatrician) and Pronovost (the critical care physician). To read their stories, click here and here. Meier also is a member of the working group on Medicare Reform that I have put together here at the Century Foundation.

Please feel free to share your thoughts/comments about these pioneers and their work here on HealthBeat.

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[Maggie Mahar]

Steve H.--

Thanks very much for calling our attention to her story.

And I will look into it--I'm always looking for good
sources who are actually in the field.

[SteveH]

You may not have written about her, but it's great that a rural primary care doc got a MacArthur Fellowship as well. Dr. Regina Benjamin is really a terrific story, see
http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4537251/