Beth Levine (physician)

Beth Levine
Born(1960-04-07)April 7, 1960
Newark, New Jersey
DiedJune 15, 2020(2020-06-15) (aged 60)
Alma mater
Known forIdentified the mammalian autophagy gene BECN1/beclin 1
SpouseMilton Packer
Children2
AwardsThe American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award (1994); election into the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2000); the Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholars Award in Global Infectious Diseases (2004); elected member, American Association of Physicians (2005); appointment as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2008); Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine (2008); elected fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012); election into the National Academy of Sciences (2013); election into the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (2013); the ASCI Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award (2014); Phyllis T. Bodel Women in Medicine Award, Yale University School of Medicine (2018); recipient, Barcroft Medal, Queen’s University Belfast (2018).
Scientific career
Institutions

Beth Cindy Levine (April 7, 1960 – June 15, 2020) was an American microbiologist. She was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, Director of the Center for Autophagy Research and Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.[1] She specialized in the field of autophagy; more specifically in its regulation and its role in diverse diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.[2] Levine was described as a pioneer in the field of modern mammalian autophagy.[3]

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  2. ^ "Beth Levine, MD – HHMI.org". hhmi.org.
  3. ^ Xavier, Ramnik J.; Virgin, Herbert W. (6 August 2020). "Beth Levine (1960–2020)". Cell. 182 (3): 533–536. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.07.002. S2CID 220575716.