CASBS fellow Nicolas Rasmussen’s book Gene Jockeys: Life Science and the Rise of Biotech Enterprise (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2014) received a coveted “Highly Commended” designation from the British Medical Association (BMA) on September 3 when the BMA its 2015 Medical Book Awards.
The awards take place annually and recognize outstanding contributions to the medical literature. The BMA’s judging panel awards books for their applicability to audience, production quality, and originality. Rasmussen was one of 12 authors recognized in the “Basis of Medicine” category, which encompasses a wide range of topics including ethics, history of medicine, epidemiology, statistics, and research practice, among others.
Rasmussen is professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.