Kinesiology and Health Education

Hall of Honor - 2010 Inductee

H. Lee Sweeney
U.T. Service 1985-1989, Kinesiology and Health Education

Internationally recognized muscle physiologist for ground-breaking research on muscular dystrophy

Honorary Awards…

• 1990 Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association
• 2001 Fellow of the American Heart Association
• 2004 named among "America's Best and Brightest" by Esquire magazine
• 2007 First Annual Arthur C. Guyton Mermorial Lecturer (ACDP)
• 2008 Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence

Career Highlights

• William Maul Measey Professor and Chairman, Dept of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Director, Neuromuscular Disease Program, Institute for Human Gene Therapy
• Scientific Director, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, 2000-
• Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease (NIAMS) 2000-2005
• Advisory Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency, 2005-
• NIAMS Advisory Council Member, 2008-

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