Dr. Madelon L. Finkel, director of the Office of Global Health Education and professor of clinical public health, was an invited speaker at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference hosted May 26-31 in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Finkel spoke on the importance of global partnerships. With nearly 10,000 members, NAFSA is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education.
Dr. Timothy Hla, director of the Center of Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, was selected to be the chairperson for the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis' 18th International Vascular Biology meeting slated for April of 2014 in Kyoto, Japan. The society is the global community of dedicated scientists and physicians specializing in bleeding and clotting disorders. It is dedicated to transformative scientific discoveries and clinical practices, the development of young professionals and the education of physicians, scientists and allied health professionals wherever they may live.
Dr. Babak Navi, assistant professor of neurology and assistant professor of neuroscience, received a Weill Cornell CTSC Grant Writing Honors Scholar award in May. A select few CTSC grant recipients are chosen each year for this honors program, which matches the scholar to an external National Institutes of Health grant writer in order to produce a high quality NIH application.
Dr. Elliot Servais, a resident surgeon, received the Distinguished Housestaff Award from the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council Nov. 15.