Following is a list of awards and honors garnered by members of the Harvard Medical School community from July 2010 to August 2011. To submit additional entries for inclusion, please contact communications@hms.harvard.edu.
Congressional Gold Medal
Susumu Ito, HMS professor of comparative anatomy emeritus
2011 Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
Margaret Livingstone, HMS professor of neurobiology
2010 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
David Reich, HMS associate professor of genetics
2011 Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science
Constance Cepko, HMS professor of genetics and professor of ophthalmology
Alfred Newton Richards Award 2011, International Society of Nephrology
Terry Strom, co-director of the Transplant Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS professor of medicine
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 231st class
David Paul Corey, professor of neurobiology at HMS
George Q. Daley, HMS professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Children’s Hospital Boston
Julio Frenk, dean of the faculty, Harvard School of Public Health, and the T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development
Daniel Arie Haber, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Director; Kurt J. Isselbacher/Peter B. Schwartz Professor of Oncology at HMS and Massachusetts General Hospital
Farish Alston Jenkins Jr., professor of anatomy in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Robert E. Kingston, chief of the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and vice chair and professor of the Department of Genetics at HMS
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 230th class
Harvey Cantor, The Baruj Benacerraf Professor of Pathology, HMS and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ronald DePinho, HMS professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Carol Nadelson, HMS professor of psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Bruce Walker, HMS professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Fred Winston, John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics at HMS
2011 American Association for Cancer Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research
Nathanael Gray, HMS associate professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2011 American Gastroenterological Association Distinguished Educator Award
Helen Shields, HMS professor of medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows
Donald Ingber, founding director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award, 2011
Alexander Bagley, MD/PhD student
American Society of Magazine Editors’ 2011 National Magazine Awards
Atul Gawande, HMS associate professor of surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, 2011
Suzanne Walker, HMS professor of microbiology and molecular genetics
Boston Business Journal 2011 Champions in Healthcare
Martha Jurchak, HMS instructor in psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jeffrey Karp, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jo Shapiro, HMS associate professor of otology and laryngology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
John Wright, HMS assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
George Church, HMS professor of genetics
Bnai Zion Foundation Distinguished Humanitarian Award
Peter Rosen, HMS senior lecturer and faculty member of emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Wolfe, HMS associate professor of medicine and chief of emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Breast Cancer Innovator Award
Rakesh Jain, A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and HMS
Burroughs Wellcome Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Douglas Kwon, HMS instructor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Joshua Schulman, HMS instructor of neurobiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Duane Wesemann, HMS instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CIMIT Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellowship for 2011
Wasim Malik, HMS instructor in anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital
2010 College on Problems of Drug Dependence/National Institute on Drug Abuse Media Award
Allan Brandt, Amalie Moses Kass professor of the history of medicine at HMS
2010 Dameshek Prize, American Society of Hematology
David Scadden, the Gerald and Darlene Jordan professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and HMS
Dan David Prize
Gary Ruvkun, HMS professor of genetics, Mass General Hospital
2010 Dickson Prize in Medicine
Stephen Elledge, Gregor Mendel professor of genetics at HMS and of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
David Friedman, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award
Bernard Chang, HMS assistant professor of neurology and clinical neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize, American Society of Hematology
Leonard Zon, the Grousbeck professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and HMS
Edwin H. Land Medal
Eli Peli, HMS professor of ophthalmology at Schepens Eye Research Institute
EUREKA grant from the National Institute on Aging
Vadim Gladyshev, HMS lecturer on medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011 Excellence in Hispanic Mental Health Research, Advocacy and Leadership Award
Margarita Alegría, HMS professor of psychiatry, director of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research
Foreign Policy magazine’s second annual list of top 100 global thinkers
Paul Farmer, head of the HMS Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and cofounder of Partners In Health
Atul Gawande, HMS associate professor of surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Nicholas Christakis, HMS professor of medical sociology
Gairdner International Award
William Kaelin, Howard Hughes investigator and HMS professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Garners Welch Award in Chemistry
Christopher T. Walsh, Hamilton Kuhn professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at HMS
2011 Henry Gray/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award from the American Association of Anatomists
Bjorn Olsen, HSDM dean for research and Hersey Professor of Cell Biology
2011 Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award
Karen Costenbader, HMS instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Herbert W. Nickens Award
Alvin Poussaint, HMS professor of psychiatry and associate faculty dean for student affairs
2011 Ho-Am Prize in Medicine
Augustine M.K. Choi, professor of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011 INDEX: Design for Life Award, finalist
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Institute of Medicine election, 2011
David Altshuler, HMS professor of genetics and of medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kenneth Anderson, Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and HMS
John Ayanian, professor of health care policy, HMS; professor of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; professor of health policy and management, Harvard School of Public Health
Nancy Berliner, HMS professor of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Michael Chernew, HMS professor of health care policy, Harvard Medical School
Charles Czeisler, Frank Baldino Jr., PhD, Professor of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and HMS
Gary Gottlieb, HMS professor of psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer, Partners HealthCare System
Bruce Rosen, professor of radiology and of health sciences and technology, Massachusetts General Hospital
George Thibault, Daniel D. Federman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Education, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and HMS, President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
2010 Jack Colbert Memorial Award
William Shipley, Andres Soriano Professor of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and HMS
James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
Elliott Antman, director of the Harvard Catalyst Program for Postgraduate Education in Clinical and Translational Science and HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research
Emery Brown, HMS professor of anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph B. Martin Dean’s Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty, 2011
David Bor, chief of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance and the Charles S. Davidson associate professor of medicine at HMS
2010 Joseph T. Freeman Award
Lewis Lipsitz, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Hebrew SeniorLife
Klerman Young Investigator award
Roy Perlis, HMS associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Bipolar Clinical Program at MGH
Klerman Senior Investigator award
Mark Bauer, HMS professor of psychiatry and attending psychiatrist at Boston VA Hospital
Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology
Eugene Braunwald, Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancer Medicine and Cancer Science, 2011
Edward Benz Jr., president and CEO of Dana Farber Cancer Institute and HMS professor of medicine, pediatrics and pathology
Marian W. Fischman Award
Bertha Madras, HMS professor of psychobiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
Martha May Eliot award from the American Public Health Association
Milton Kotelchuck, HMS visiting professor of pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Alvin Poussaint, HMS professor of psychiatry
MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Alan Engelman, HMS associate professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
National Academy of Sciences election, 2011
Porter Anderson, HMS lecturer on pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston
George Church, HMS professor of genetics
William Kaelin, Howard Hughes Investigator and HMS professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Kevin Struhl, HMS David Wesley Gaiser Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
Nathalie Agar, HMS instructor in surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sandeep Robert Datta, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, HMS
Conor Evans, HMS instructor in dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Jae Keith Joung, HMS associate professor of pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bruce Yankner, HMS professor of genetics
NIH Early Career Award
Amy Wagers, HMS associate professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Joslin Diabetes Center
Ziv Williams, HMS instructor in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Projects
Paola Arlotta, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jae Keith Joung, HMS associate professor of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital
Feng Zhang, HMS research fellow in genetics
Oncology Nursing Society’s Distinguished Researcher Award
Donna Berry, HMS associate professor of medicine and director of the Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts
Fernando Camargo, HMS assistant professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Children’s Hospital Boston
Alexander Gimelbrant, HMS assistant professor of pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sun Hur, HMS assistant professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology
Pezcoller Foundation-American Association for Cancer Research International Award for Cancer Research
Pier Paolo Pandolfi, the George C. Reisman Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS
2010 Population Research Prize from the American Heart Association
JoAnn Manson, the Elizabeth Fay Brigham professor of women’s health at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Prize4Life Award
Seward Rutkove, HMS associate professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Program of Excellence Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Robert Sackstein, HMS associate professor of dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ramzi Cotran Young Investigator Award
Shuji Ogino, HMS associate professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Rhodes Scholar, 2011
Aakash Shah, HMS first-year student
Rolf Luft Award
Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the faculty of medicine
2011 Searle Scholars
Sandeep Datta, HMS assistant professor of neurobiology
Wendy Garrett, HMS assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health and instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
W. Proctor Harvey Young Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology Foundation
Douglas Drachman, HMS instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Howard Green, the George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology at HMS
2011 Werner Risau New Investigator Award in Vascular Biology
Ruhul Abid, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
YMCA 2011 Academy of Women Achievers award
Nancy Tarbell, dean of academic and clinical affairs and C.C. Wang professor of radiation oncology at HMS
The Young Investigator Award from the Society for Neuroscience
Rachel Wilson, HMS associate professor of neurobiology
