Dr. J. Emilio Carrillo, associate professor of clinical public health and clinical medicine, and vice president of community health development at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, received the National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Distinguished Alumni Award at the NMF New York Annual Award Gala. The celebration was held March 31, at the Union League Club in New York City.
Dr. Fins
Dr. Joseph J. Fins, professor of medicine, public health, and medicine in psychiatry and chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address at Wesleyan University's 2009 commencement ceremony. Membership for Phi Beta Kappa is conferred for scholastic achievement. Dr. Fins is chair of the Wesleyan Alumni Association.
Dr. Fins was also elected to the American Osler Society. The Society brings together "members of the medical and allied professions who are, by their common inspiration, dedicated to memorialize and perpetuate the just and charitable life, the intellectual resourcefulness, and the ethical example of William Osler."
Dr. Hassan Ghomrawi, instructor in public health in the Division of Health Policy, attended the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons/Orthopedic Research Society Clinical Trials in Orthopaedics Research Symposium in May. The symposium's aim is to create a forum that brings together experts from multiple disciplines to identify cultural barriers to conducting orthopaedic randomized clinical trials (ORCT), identify methodological issues in ORCT, and develop research priorities for the future of OCRT. Dr. Ghomrawi attended as a Young Investigator. He and three other young investigators were selected by the organizing committee from a competitive pool of applicants responding to nationwide announcement.
Dr. Gold
Dr. Heather Taffet Gold, assistant professor of public health, will be this year's recipient of the Award for Best Paper by a Young Investigator from the Society for Medical Decision Making for her article "Correlates and Effect of Suboptimal Radiotherapy in Women With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ or Early Invasive Breast Cancer," published in the December 2008 issue of the journal Cancer. Dr. Gold will be presented with the award at the Society's annual meeting in October in Los Angeles.
Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology, medicine, and public health, was elected chair of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines at its meeting at WHO headquarters, March 23–27. The WHO Essential Medicines Program aims to ensure that medicines meet the priority medical needs of a country and are made available to everyone in that country. The Expert Committee prepares a model list of the medicines it deems essential. Procurement lists of medicines based on this model list are then used by all the UN agencies, such as UNICEF; Médecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders); and most of the other non-governmental organizations donating drugs. Many countries' national health services also use this model list for advice for their own procurement systems.