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Grizzle Recognized with ISBER Founder’s Award
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Congratulations to William Grizzle, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology, who was recognized by the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) with the 2019 Founder’s Award. Dr. Grizzle was presented with this award at the organization’s annual meeting in Shanghai, China, May 7-10. ISBER is a global biobanking organization. “Dr. Grizzle has been a leading individual with great foresight to recognize biobanking as an important and emerging field in science,” said David Lewandowski, ISBER President 2018–19. “Since helping to establish ISBER in 1999, he has worked tirelessly to provide the evidence-base to support best practices Dr. Grizzle has been a in biobanking. He is highly regarded leading individual with by his peers as a great foresight to recog- reviewer and trainer for start-up biobanks nize biobanking as an domestically and important and emerging internationally.” Dr. Grizzle has field in science. an AB honors degree (Chemistry and Physics) from Harvard University and Ph.D. (Biophysics) and M.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He served as Head of the Autopsy Section at the UAB and VA hospitals in Birmingham for 10 years, and has been head of the program in Translational Research in Neoplasia of the Department of Pathology since 2000. His research interests include fatty acids in cancer; validation of molecular biomarkers; exosomes
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and post-transcriptional regulation; molecular imaging, especially multispectral optoacoustic tomography; and biorepository sciences. Since 1983, Grizzle has served as Director of UAB’s Tissue Collection and Banking Facility, and was principle investigator of the Southern Division of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) and Director of the Biorepository of the Pulmonary Hypertension Breakthrough Initiative (PBHI). Grizzle frequently consults for national and international biorepositories and governmental agencies and presents workshops on factors accreting and limiting the use of human tissues in research, and histochemical and immunohistochemical staining. Dr. Grizzle is a founding member of ISBER, and a former council member and President of the organization. In 2015, he received the ISBER Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biobanking. He was a trustee of the Biological Statin Commission (BSC) serving as President and Vice-President. In 2017, Grizzle became a trustee emeritus of the organization. Grizzle served as a Senior Editor of Clinical Cancer Research for seven years, and has served on the editorial boards of numerous other journals. He is currently on the board of Biopreservation and Biobanking; Biotechnic & Histochemistry, and Clinical Cancer Research, and is an associate editor of Cancer Biomarkers. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. “We are thrilled for Dr. Grizzle at this esteemed recognition from the ISBER on his behalf,” said George Netto, M.D., Chair of the Department of Pathology. “His work and expertise in biobanking and biorepositories span several decades, making him one of the field’s most respected experts. We thank the ISBER for extending Dr. Grizzle this honor.” The award is sponsored by Chart MVE Biomedical, manufacturer of vacuum-insulated products and cryogenic freezer systems for life sciences markets worldwide.
