Dr. Olaf Andersen, director of the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program and a professor of physiology and biophysics, was appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Biophysical Society's Publications Committee, effective Feb. 11. The Biophysical Society was founded in 1958 to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics through meetings, publications and committee outreach activities. The publications committee is responsible for overseeing society peer-reviewed publications and recommending editorial policies for each to ensure achievement of society goals.
Dr. Katherine Hajjar, associate dean (research), the Brine Family Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and a professor of pediatrics and pediatrics in medicine, received the 2015 George Papanicolaou Award from the Hellenic Medical Society on May 5 during the annual Dr. George N. Papanicolaou Award Symposium. Both the symposium and award are named in honor of the co-founder of the Greek-American Medical Fraternity, the organization that later grew into the Hellenic Medical Society. The society focuses on creating a network of Greek-American physicians, cultivating fraternal relationships among its members and promoting public health initiatives in conjunction with other medical societies.
Dr. Stephen B. Johnson, a professor of healthcare policy and research, was appointed in January to serve on the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management's Accreditation Council for Health Informatics. The commission is an independent accrediting organization dedicated to serving the public interest by establishing and enforcing quality accreditation standards for health informatics and health information management educational programs.
Dr. Ellen Scherl, director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Jill Roberts Professor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell, gave the Paul Sherlock Distinguished Lecture during the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy's annual dinner meeting on Feb. 4. The lecture is named in honor of Dr. Paul Sherlock, a founding member of the society and an internationally recognized gastroenterologist and leader in research on cancer of the gastrointestinal system. The society is comprised of more than 300 attending members and more than 200 fellows, making it the largest regional endoscopic society in the United States.