He is also Distinguished Medical Research Scientist of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs and Chief, Endocrine, Polypeptide, and Cancer Institute at the Veterans Affair Medical Center (Miami). Dr. Schally was awarded the Albert Lasker Award in 1975 and the Nobel Prize in 1977 for his work discovering the peptide hormones in the brain which contributed to the development of fertility treatments and contraceptives. He pioneered the use of LHRH agonists to treat prostate cancer. His current primary research interests include the development of new therapies for solid cancers as well as for acute myeloid leukemia, based on antagonistic analogs of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH).
Andrew Schally PhD, MDHc, DScHC
Distinguished Leonard M. Miller Professor
Distinguished Medical Research Scientist, VAMC
Head, Endocrine Polypeptide and Cancer Institute, VAMC