PTI
 
Washington, Sep 13: Indian woman scientist Mala R Chinoy has been chosen for the 2006 Science Spectrum Trailblazer award for her pioneering work in cardiopulmonary defects in newborns.

 
Chinoy, professor of surgery at the Penn State College of Medicine, is one of five Indian origin scientists to be honoured with the Trailblazer awards this year. Last year, she was awarded the Emerald Honours Award for career achievement by the Minorities in Research Science (MIRS) Organisation.

The Trailblazer awards, given by the MIRS Organisation, will be presented in Baltimore on September 15.

The research by Chinoy, who hails from Rajkot in Gujarat, led to the understanding that the specific time in which embryos are exposed to air pollutants inhaled by mothers resulted in cardiopulmonary defects and rendered lungs functionally defective.

The others named for the award are Veena Rao of Morehouse School of Medicine, Sharmila Majumdar of the Musculoskeletal Research Group, Satyandra Gupta of University of Maryland and Satish Gadde of Siemens Power Generation Inc.