02.24.14
The American Botanical Council (ABC), Austin, TX, has selected Gordon M. Cragg, PhD, as the recipient of the ABC Norman R. Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award for 2013. Dr. Cragg is a former research director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), where he was involved in the NCI’s search for new cancer medicines from plants and other natural sources. ABC presents this award each year to a person who or an institution that has made significant contributions to ethnobotanical and/or pharmacognostic research (i.e., research on drugs of natural origin, usually from plants).
Dr. Cragg spent the majority of his professional career at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute. He was appointed chief of the NCI’s Natural Products Branch (NPB) in 1989; he officially retired in 2004, but has remained highly active with the department as an NIH Special Volunteer. Throughout his career, Dr. Cragg has advocated for natural products research and worked to protect the source materials for drug discovery
“Gordon Cragg is recognized around the world as a leading figure in the efforts to discover new anticancer drugs from plants and other natural materials,” said Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of ABC.
The ABC Norman R. Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award will be presented to Dr. Cragg at the 9th Annual ABC Botanical Celebration and Awards Ceremony on March 6 in Anaheim, CA. The ABC event occurs during the NEXT Innovation Summit (formerly Nutracon) nutrition, natural products, and dietary supplements conference and Natural Products Expo West.
Dr. Cragg spent the majority of his professional career at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute. He was appointed chief of the NCI’s Natural Products Branch (NPB) in 1989; he officially retired in 2004, but has remained highly active with the department as an NIH Special Volunteer. Throughout his career, Dr. Cragg has advocated for natural products research and worked to protect the source materials for drug discovery
“Gordon Cragg is recognized around the world as a leading figure in the efforts to discover new anticancer drugs from plants and other natural materials,” said Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of ABC.
The ABC Norman R. Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award will be presented to Dr. Cragg at the 9th Annual ABC Botanical Celebration and Awards Ceremony on March 6 in Anaheim, CA. The ABC event occurs during the NEXT Innovation Summit (formerly Nutracon) nutrition, natural products, and dietary supplements conference and Natural Products Expo West.