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01/08/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/08/2026 11:12
UTHSC News: Forty Years of Fortitude – Dr. James Dale’s Journey to Develop a Life-Saving Strep Vaccine
When the phone call came, Dr. James Dale's first thought wasn't gratitude or pride. It was confusion.
"Why in the world are they giving this award to me?" the professor emeritus recalled thinking. "Where are all the young, innovative people?"
Yet after four decades of research on a vaccine that could save nearly half a million lives each year, James B. Dale, MD, is exactly the kind of innovator the University of Tennessee Research Foundation wanted to celebrate. On Dec. 10, he received the UTRF Innovator of the Year award on campus in Memphis, recognition for a career defined not by quick wins, but by enduring dedication.
Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.
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