Pamela J. Bjorkman, assistant professor of biology...

Pamela J. Bjorkman, assistant professor of biology at Caltech, won a Gairdner Foundation award for research on the immune system. She shares the $30,000 award, which will be presented in October, with Don C. Wiley of Harvard University.

Bjorkman and Wiley are among five winners of the international awards recognizing contributions to medical science.