Dr. Ken Jacobson Wins E.B. Hershberg Award

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded Kenneth Jacobson the E.B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances. Jacobson is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Jacobson was selected for this award for his original and high-impact research in structure-based medicinal chemistry, including the discovery of G-protein receptor modulators in clinical trials.