Lydia Lynch, HMS lecturer on medicine at Brigham and Women’s, was awarded the 2022 John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Cytokine and Interferon Research by the International Cytokine and Interferon Society. The award recognizes a mid-career researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the field of cytokine research.
Lynch was recognized for her research into how the immune and metabolic systems interact, particularly the role of innate immune cells in regulating systemic metabolism and the effects of altered metabolism on immune cell function. Lynch’s research has the potential to provide insight into the impact of obesity and diet on cancer immunotherapy, as well as the mechanisms underlying the increased risk of immune-related disorders associated with obesity.
Sun Hur, the HMS Oscar M. Schloss, MD Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, has been named to win the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award from the Protein Society. The award recognizes contributions in protein science that significantly influence the understanding of biology.
Hur was recognized for her research into a family of vertebrate innate immune receptors, RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs). Hur’s work provides a framework for understanding how nucleic acid sensors affect innate immunity.
Hur will be given her award at the Protein Society’s annual symposium this July.
Joan Brugge, Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology at HMS, received the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers 2022 Meritorious Awards, in partnership with Pelotonia and the American Association for Cancer Research. The new award recognizes influential female researchers who have made contributions to the fundamental understanding and treatment of gynecologic cancers.
Brugge was recognized for her investigations into the mechanisms of cancer initiation, progression, and drug resistance that contribute to human carcinogenesis, as well as isolation of the protein encoded by the SRC-transforming gene of Rous sarcoma virus, and the use of three-dimensional culture conditions to reveal significant changes in the organization of normal tissue associated with cancer.
Three HMS students have been named 2022 fellows of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). The FASPE fellowship brings together 80 graduate students and young professionals from around the world in the fields of business, journalism, law, design and technology, medicine, and seminary. FASPE fellows will gather for two weeks this summer in Germany and Poland to consider their professional ethical responsibilities by studying the ethical breakdown among professionals in Nazi Germany.
The 2022 fellows from HMS are Jennifer Kizza, LaShyra Nolen, and Derek Soled.
HMS Office of Communications and External Relations staff member Bobbie Collins has been recognized by the Association of American Medical College’s 2022 GIA Awards for Excellence. Collins’s article “Care for Undocumented Immigrants” received an honorable mention for the Robert G. Fenley Writing Award for General Staff Writing.
Julie Silver, HMS associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding, received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the American Medical Women’s Association. The award, named after the first woman to earn an MD degree from an American medical school, recognizes a woman physician who has made outstanding contributions to the cause of women in the field of medicine.
Silver was recognized for her efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion; for her research into workforce and patient care disparities focused on race/ethnicity; and for educating and advocating for women in medicine.
