The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and the American Society for Clinical Investigation have awarded Owen Witte with the twelfth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine.
When Helene Brown, a cancer control pioneer who jokingly described herself as “the first in a long line of political oncologists,” delivered the keynote address at the Oncology Nursing Society annual meeting in 1990, she set forth bold predictions for the ensuing 20 years of the field: appointments conducted over “computerphone,” major genetic breakthroughs, and universal healthcare.
