Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.

Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics, received the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences in April for discovering genes that cause many forms of high and low blood pressure. The prize, given by a worldwide publisher of medical and scientific books, consists of a $25,000 grant and an invitation to deliver a lecture at The Rockefeller University in New York City.