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For a doctor who found his calling as a resident, geriatrics never grows old
As a young intern at Boston City Hospital (now part of Boston Medical Center) in the early 1970s, Leo M. Cooney, M.D., experienced the standard of medical care for elderly patients firsthand, and he describes his impressions from those days in a characteristically...
Expert on race’s role in medical care wins fellowship
Marcella Nunez-Smith, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of medicine, has received the 2008 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). The fellowship recognizes a...
Women’s health advocate honored for distinguished leadership
Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., associate dean for faculty affairs, professor of psychiatry and psychology and director of Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY), has received the 2008 Distinguished Leadership Award for...
Head Start founder is honored for his lifetime of leadership
Edward F. Zigler, Ph.D., Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale, is the 2008 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology, the highest honor bestowed by the American...
Scientist lauded for studies of dormant stem cells as therapy
Erik M. Shapiro, Ph.D., assistant professor of diagnostic radiology and biomedical engineering at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a $1.5 million New Innovator Award by the National Institutes of Health...
Psychologist, community leader receives Yale’s highest honor
Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, is one of five recipients of the 2008 Yale Medal, awarded by the Association of Yale Alumni...
Medicine@Yale, the bimonthly newsletter of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), chronicles achievements
of YSM in basic and clinical research, medical education, and health care. Read More...
