Dr. Stanley Goldsmith, professor of radiology and medicine, has been elected to serve on the scientific/medical advisory council of the Lymphatic Research Foundation (LRF). Founded in 1998 by the mother of a child with lymphatic disorders, the LRF has become a primary force behind advances in lymphatic science worldwide. Its advocacy programs have helped gain congressional and National Institutes of Health (NIH) support for research, supporting research projects at the NIH and major academic research centers in the U.S., elevating lymphatic diseases to a position on par with other national and international health priorities. Dr. Goldsmith, who also serves as director of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will serve on the council for a one-year term starting Jan. 1, 2011. In its letter to Dr. Goldsmith, the LRF writes, "Your outstanding leadership in the field of nuclear medicine and radiology is world renowned; we hope that formalizing our partnership to advance lymphatic science and medicine will not only be mutually beneficial but more importantly, yield future benefits for the many patients placing their hope in our work."
Dr. Anne Moore
Dr. Anne Moore, professor of clinical medicine and medical director of the Weill Cornell Breast Center, has been named the 2011 winner of the New York Academy of Medicine's Academy Plaque for Exceptional Service. The award will be presented Nov. 9 at the Academy's 164th Anniversary Discourse & Awards ceremony, hosted each year by the Academy to pay special tribute to individuals with distinguished accomplishments health policy, public health, medicine and scientific research.
Dr. John Walkup, the DeWitt Wallace Senior Scholar and professor of psychiatry, was honored with the Blanche F. Ittleson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association at its annual meeting on May 16, in Honolulu. The award recognizes outstanding research in child and adolescent psychiatry and is presented to a psychiatrist or to a group of psychiatric investigators for the published results of research in child and adolescent psychiatry that have resulted in, or promises to lead to, a significant advance in promoting the mental health of children.
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo
Dr. Susan Vannucci, research professor of neuroscience in pediatrics, has been chosen as one of four researchers to receive Transatlantic Networks of Excellence for funding by the Fondation Leducq Scientific Advisory Committee. Each Transatlantic Network grant provides a team of European and North American investigators with $6 million in research funding over five years. Dr. Vannucci will be studying inflammatory modulation of neurovascular injury of newborns. Neonatal stroke occurs in more than 1 in 4,000 births. Most newborns survive, but more than 80 percent have complications such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy and developmental disorders, making stroke a major cause of pediatric disability. Brain injury from neonatal stroke occurs over days to weeks, resulting from cascades of pathologic processes such as inflammation and excitotoxicity, in which brain cells are damaged due to over-activation. On the other hand, the neonatal brain is thought to have a significant capacity for recovery after injury, though the factors that regulate repair after stroke are poorly understood. The central hypothesis proposed by these investigators is that brain function can be restored after neonatal stroke by suppressing toxic cascades and enhancing repair responses.
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo, associate professor of public health in the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, was awarded the Humanism in Medicine Award at Senior Honors Convocation, May 3, at WCMC-Q.