Dr. Helen Hobbs and Dr. Jonathan Cohen (IMAGE) UT Southwestern Medical Center Caption UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticists Dr. Jonathan Cohen and Dr. Helen Hobbs have been awarded one of the nation's highest honors in biomedical science -- the 2016 Passano Award -- for developing and applying transformative genetics techniques to the understanding of lipid metabolism related to heart disease. Credit UT Southwestern Medical Center Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.