Elliott Antman, director of the Harvard Catalyst Program for Postgraduate Education in Clinical and Translational Science and professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, received the American Heart Association’s James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology. The Herrick award “honors a physician whose scientific achievements have contributed profoundly to the advancement and practice of clinical cardiology.”
Douglas Drachman, HMS instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s W. Proctor Harvey Young Teacher Award. The prize honors a promising young member of the college who has demonstrated dedication and skill in teaching. Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program and associate director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at MGH, Drachman focuses his research on locally delivered therapeutics for heart conditions. His clinical interests involve the medical and interventional management of patients with advanced coronary and peripheral vascular disease.
Milton Kotelchuck, HMS visiting professor of pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, received the Martha May Eliot award from the American Public Health Association. This annual award honors exceptional contributions to both theory and practice in the field of maternal and child health. Kotelchuck’s research has evaluated numerous public health programs to improve birth outcomes and child health status. He is currently principal investigator of the Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal Database, which employs several existing public health databases to delineate the impact of pregnancy and birth experiences on maternal and child health.
The American Heart Association honored JoAnn Manson, the Elizabeth Fay Brigham professor of women’s health at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, with the 2010 Population Research Prize. The award recognizes Manson’s achievement as a physician, teacher and investigator in the field of population science. Manson, who is chief of the BWH Division of Preventive Medicine, has conducted clinical trials in preventive medicine and women’s health, elucidating critical biological and genetic determinants of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
