Dr. Carl Blobel, professor of physiology in medicine and professor of physiology and biophysics, received a Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program grant for his research in hemophilia. These grants are provided annually to early career investigators, fellows in training and other hemophilia care professionals to support the next generation of hemophilia care and treatment options. Dr. Blobel received the Special Project Award at an international hemophilia meeting in July.
Drs. Anna Dickerman, Alexander Harris and Akshay Lohitsa, residents in the Department of Psychiatry, won third place in the Mind Games competition at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting May 21 in San Francisco, Calif. Mind Games is a national residency competition that is intended to be fun and educational and that challenges the residents on patient care and medical knowledge. This is the third consecutive year the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell team qualified for this competition.
Dr. Diane Felsen, associate research professor of pharmacology in urology, was appointed to the American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology Editorial Board for a one year term, July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014. The journal publishes original manuscripts on a broad range of subjects relating to the kidney, urinary tract and their respective cells and vasculature, as well as to the control of body fluid volume and composition.
Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., dean emeritus of Weill Cornell Medical College, co-chair of the Board of Overseers, the Lewis Thomas University Professor and university professor of medicine, gave a plenary address on "Hypolidemic Drugs: Looking from the Past to the Future," at the Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2013, hosted in Boston, Mass., from June 3-6. The congress provides a platform for all pharmaceutical scientists, internists and primary care physicians to discuss important international breakthroughs in drug discovery and new therapeutics. The focus of this conference was on the interdisciplinary fields of drug discovery, drug therapy and translational medicine.
Dr. Timothy Hla, director of the Center of Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, was elected as president of New York Lipid and Vascular Biology Research Club for the 2013-2014 term.
Dr. Charles Inturrisi, professor of pharmacology, received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Pain Society during its annual meeting May 16 in New Orleans, La. The award recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to the society, a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering. Dr. Inturrisi is a past president of and former member of the board of directors for the society.
Dr. Bryan J. Schneider, the Madeline and Stephen Anbinder Clinical Scholar in Hematology/Oncology and assistant professor of medicine, was appointed as a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, which drafts clinical practice guidelines for cancer treatment and research. Dr. Schneider began his membership June 5 following the society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill. The society is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care.
Dr. Thomas J. Walsh, director of the Transplantation-Oncology Infectious Diseases Program, professor of medicine, professor of medicine in microbiology and immunology and professor of medicine in pediatrics, was awarded the Exemplary Responder Award at the New York City Medical Reserve Corps Symposium June 2 for his service at the medical evaluation site during and after Superstorm Sandy. Dr. Walsh, who had been deployed to many disaster areas over the years, worked 12-hour shifts at the Park Avenue Armory shelter during last year's storm.