Dr. Childs awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the United States Public Health Service Giuliana & Bill Rancic host the 2009 Boo! Run for Life Researchers discover immune sensitization in Bortezomib-treated tumors Discovery of method to kill RCC tumors using NK cells Bortezomib treatment & regulatory T-cell depletion enhance antitumor effects Dean R. O'Neill Fellow and lab make breakthrough discovery of new tumor antigen in kidney cancer More news... About Dean R. O'Neill Foundation for the National Institutes of Health National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Renal Cell Cancer Trials About Renal Cell Cancer Dr. Childs awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the United States Public Health Service July 15, 2010 Capt. Richard Childs was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal at the 2010 NIH Director's Awards Ceremony. The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest honor awarded by the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It is presented to an officer who has demonstrated a genuine sense of public service by making exceptional contributions to the mission of the PHS. Achievements to be recognized may range from extraordinary management of a major health program to a heroic act. Dr. Childs was presented the honor for "outstanding contribution to the mission of the United States Public Health Service by pioneering revolutionary advances in the field of bone marrow transplantation." To read the entire 2010 NIH Director's Awards program, please click here The Dean R. O'Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund is a donor-advised program under the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), which is an established 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. To make a tax-deductible contribution, you may use the FNIH online donation form or download the donation form and mail a check to: Dean R. O’Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund c/o Foundation for the NIH 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814 Thank you, on behalf of the O’Neill family and all of the patients who will benefit from your contribution. Dean R. O’Neill Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund  |  301.402.5311  |  Bethesda, MD  |  info@renalcellcancer.org