Bryan Burt accepts the 2001 Goldmann Student Merit Award at the 65th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner of the Public Health Association of New York City held on Nov. 8.
Bryan Burt, third-year medical student, received the top prize in the 2001 Goldmann Student Merit Award Competition sponsored by the Public Health Association of New York City. He received the prize, presented in November, for his paper on "Safety of Vendor-Prepared Foods: Evaluation of 10 Processing Mobile Food Vendors in Manhattan."
Dr. Joseph Fins, associate professor of public health and medicine and director of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell, was honored by The Healthcare Chaplaincy as a recipient of the Chaplaincy's 2001 Wholeness of Life Award in recognition of his work in developing the medical ethics program at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center. The award was presented on Nov. 8 at The Healthcare Chaplaincy's Wholeness of Life awards dinner, when the Chaplaincy presented Wholeness of Life Awards to 18 individuals from its partner health-care institutions. The Healthcare Chaplaincy provides pastoral care, education and research to 21 New York-area health-care institutions.
Dr. David Hajjar, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Biology and Genetics and dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, reports that his NIH Program Project Grant in vascular cell signaling, now in its 11th year, has been renewed for funding through 2006. In March and April last year, Dr. Hajjar made presentations at three international meetings. At the European Atherosclerosis Society Workshop on the Immune System, held in Geneva in March, he presented on the "Role of Macrophage Scavenger Receptors in the Pathogenesis of the Atherosclerotic Lesion." At the International Conference on New Avenues in Atherosclerotic Research: Genomics and Therapeutical Perspectives, held in Montreal in March, he presented "Viral Activation of the Vessell Wall: Implications for Thrombo-Atherosclerosis." At the 6th Saratoga International Conference on Atherosclerosis, held in Tokyo in April, he presented "CD36: A Macrophage Scavenger Receptor Involved in Atherogenesis."
Dr. Warren Johnson, the B.H. Kean Professor of Tropical Medicine and chief of the Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, has received the Honneur et Merite Award sponsored by GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etudes du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), the principal organization in Haiti dedicated to the fight against AIDS/HIV. Dr. Johnson was recognized for his role as a mentor to more than 100 Haitian physicians during the past 30 years and for his continual efforts on behalf of the health of the Haitian people. Dr. Johnson was instrumental in the founding of GHESKIO in collaboration with GHESKIO's director, Dr. Jean Pape, a 1975 graduate of Cornell University Medical College, who is also professor of medicine at Weill Cornell. The award was presented to Dr. Johnson at a gala fund-raising benefit for GHESKIO held in Haiti on Dec. 1 (World AIDS Day).
Dr. Michael Lieberman, associate professor of clinical surgery, has been appointed to a three-year term as "cancer liaison physician" for the Hospital Cancer Program of the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) Commission on Cancer. The ACS Commission on Cancer sets standards for and monitors cancer programs in hospitals throughout the U.S.
Dr. Harvey Lincoff, professor emeritus of ophthalmology and director of retinal research at Weill Cornell, has been honored by the establishment of the Harvey Lincoff Lectureship. The lectureship is funded by a generous gift from Edward and Lois Grayson. The first Harvey Lincoff Lecture, held on Oct. 11, was presented by Dr. Mark Blumenkranz, professor and chairman of ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, who spoke about "New Therapies for Age-Related Macular Degeneration." Dr. Harvey Lincoff, an internationally recognized retinal surgeon and researcher, has devoted much of his research to improving the surgical repair of retinal detachment. His accomplishments include development of cryopexy, development of a soft silicone sponge to close retinal breaks, and design of a spatula-shaped needle to sew the sponge to the sclera.
Dr. John Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology, participated in the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy held in Chicago on Dec. 16–19. He presented "HIV-1 Entry into Cells: A Target for Antivirals, Vaccines and Vaginal Microbicides" at the conference's keynote session on HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Marcus Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology and professor of medicine, has been re-appointed to serve on the World Health Organization's Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Evaluation (through September 2005).