George Urdang Medal

Professor Efraim Lev has been awarded the George Urdang Medal from the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy for his book "Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah."

The research and publications that led to the medal were largely carried out during Professor Lev's time spent at St John's as an Overseas Visiting Scholar between 2003 and 2004.

The George Urdang Medal was established in 1952, and medallists are selected based upon recognition of distinguished pharmaco-historical writing.