HMS/HSDM Class Day: In Keynote, Federman Calls for Students to Make Meaningful Change in Health Care HSPH Class Day: Satcher and Others See Continued Public Health Needs But New Public Understanding After 9/11 DMS Symposium: Speakers Probe Normal and Diseased Brain Class Symposium: New Hope, Some Hype Since Med School Faculty Symposium: Sex Differences Prescribe Changes in Medical Care Class Day 2002: Student Speakers Take Their Values on the Road Class Day 2002: Prizes and Awards Alumni Symposium: Treating Bioterrorism RNA Technology Thwarts HIV Compounds May Improve on Standard MS Therapy Most Americans Would Get Smallpox Vaccination If It Were Available HMS Dean Puts Priority on Clinical Education Klausner Speaks to HST Grads New Appointments to Full Professorships Retreat Promotes Culture of Collaboration to Counter Neurodegeneration Front Page

HMS/HSDM Prizes and Awards Class of 2002 Courtney Brooks and Steve Manzon, Dr. Paul Boyle Award Stephen Martin, Richard C. Cabot Prize Rajat Rohatgi, Henry Asbury Christian Award Alicia Cunningham and Jennifer Verani, Community Service Award Mark Ghaly, Robert H. Ebert Primary Care Achievement Award Mark Bisanzo, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award Nikhil Chanani, Gerald S. Foster Award Steven Charchut, Harvard Dental Alumni Association Gold Medal Heather Huffer, Dr. Roy O. Greep Award Elizabeth Speliotes, Kurt Isselbacher Prize Vaughn Mankey, Bemy Jelin '91 Prize David Barbie, Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize John Elfar, Mark Ghaly, Ana-Claire Meyer, Omar Sahagun, and Calie Santana, Multiculturalism Award Christina Rall, Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism in Medicine Award Judah Garfinkle, Dr. Norman B. Nesbett Award Lynda Vrooman, New England Pediatric Society Prize Isaac Yue, Harvard Odontological Society Award John Hyunsuk Yoon, Leon Reznick Memorial Prize Giuseppe Raviola, Dr. Sirgay Sanger Award Brady Case, Rose Seegal Prize Jason Koontz and Chienwei Eric Liao, James Tolbert Shipley Prize Darcy Cruikshank, Harvard Dental Alumni Association Silver Medal Toya Clay, Wyeth-Ayerst Scholar Faculty David Cardozo, lecturer on neurobiology at HMS, and Steven Weinberger, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Best Preclinical Instructors Gillian Lieberman, HMS associate professor of radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Charles McCabe, HMS associate professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Best Clinical Instructors Daniel Goodenough, the Takeda professor of cell biology at HMS, and Paul Farmer, professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at HMS, Best Teachers of the Multidimensions of Medicine Carla Fujimoto, special assistant to the associate dean for student affairs, and Ronald Arky, the Charles S. Davidson distinguished professor of medicine and master of the Peabody Society, Outstanding Contribution to Overall Education Residents and Fellows Massachusetts General Hospital Medicine Sal Cilmi Valencia De Jesus Perez Jose Flores Sara Grudberg Charles Holmes Anne Kasmar Dabuta King George Kinzfogel Sid Murkejee Sahil Parikh Marco Perez Gregory Ruhake Deborah Wexler Pediatrics Michael Agus Daniel Kamin Shannon Scott-Vernaglia Psychiatry John Deninger Daria Hanson Jim Mohr Surgery Steve Abbate Dax GŸnther Douglas Johnston Edward McGee John Mullen Children's Hospital Oscar Benavidez Leanne Fox Laurie Hickey Rebekah Mannix Emily Milliken Lise Nigrovic Jessica Smith Kevin Strauss Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medicine Janet Buccola Philip Chan David Charytan David Dobesh Sherit Einaz David Freedman Graham Gardner Michael Howell Navin Kapoor Robert Matorin Lisa Meyerhardt Chris Pickett Myron Sui Neurology Michael Benetar John Croom Surgery William Greif Jonathon Waxman Radiology Joe Maverakis Dan Sauerborn Brigham and Women's Hospital Medicine Nora Barret Tara Grabowsky Sara Groundberg Shannon Heitritter Heidi Miller Emma Morton-Bours Michelle Pinto Peter Reese Eve Rittenberg Angela Rogers Ben Scirica John Sun Michael Toca Jessica Weiser Surgery Sidhu Gangadharan Seth Karp David Mason Cherie Parungo Virendra Patel Cardiology Amiit Khera Harvard Combined Programs (Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General hospitals) OB/Gyn Ann Bryant Andrew Hundley Sarah Newmann Hannah Parker Adam Urato Jen Wu Neurology Syd Cash Brad Dickerson Elizabeth Finger Mingming Ning Peter Warinner Emergency Medicine Vicki Noble Infectious Disease Sal Cilmi Renal Reshma Kewalramani Health Sciences and Technology Teaching Awards The following awards were presented at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) graduation on June 5. Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award M. Charles Liberman, HMS professor of otology and laryngology and director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Irving M. London Teaching Award John J. Guinan Jr., HMS associate professor of otology and laryngology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Joseph Majzoub, HMS professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital HMS Class of 2005 Teaching Awards At a ceremony on June 12, the Class of 2005 presented these excellence in teaching awards. Best Course Director Richard Schwartzstein, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, for Integrated Human Physiology Best Course Camel Richard Schwartzstein, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, for Integrated Human Physiology Best Course Overall Integrated Human Physiology Best Patient-Doctor Tutors Joel Dunsky, assistant clinical professor of restorative dentistry (endodontics) at Harvard School of Dental Medicine Eleanor Janeway, clinical instructor in medicine at Windsor Street Health Center Beth Lown, clinical instructor in medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital Neda Shah-Hosseini, instructor in restorative dentistry at Harvard School of Dental Medicine Best Lab Instructors Alexander McAdam, assistant professor of pathology at Children's Hospital Cynthia McDermott, lecturer on medical education Best TA/Conference Leader Chance Luckey, clinical fellow in pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital Gillian Lieberman, associate professor of radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Best Tutors Peter Clardy, research fellow in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mark Lee, lecturer on medical education Cynthia McDermott, lecturer on medical education Thomas McGarry, instructor in cell biology William Rodriguez, instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital Best Human Body Block Lecturer Dan Goodenough, the Takeda professor of cell biology Best Chemistry and Biology of the Cell Lecturer Thomas McGarry, instructor in cell biology Best Integrated Human Physiology Lecturer Richard Schwartzstein, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Best Principles of Pharmacology Lecturer David Golan, professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology Best Genetics, Development, and Reproductive Biology Lecturer Clifford Tabin, professor of genetics Best Immunology, Microbiology, and Infectious Disease Lecturer Andrew Lichtman, associate professor of pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital Shiv Pillai, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital Best Epidemiology Lecturer Julie Buring, professor of ambulatory care and prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital Best Social Medicine Lecturer Walter Robinson, assistant professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital Best Overall Lecturer Andrew Lichtman, associate professor of pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital Best Clinical Lecturer Daniel Lowenstein, dean for medical education and the Carl W. Walter professor of neurology and medical education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Outstanding Contributions to Student Life Ositadima Brathwaite, TMEC security guard Paul McIntyre, Atrium Cafe Calvin Hennig, program officer in the Castle Society HSDM Faculty and Staff Awards At the HSDM graduation banquet on June 6, these awards were presented by the Class of 2002. Outstanding Full-time Faculty Award Jarshen Lin, instructor in restorative dentistry Outstanding Part-time Faculty Award Paul Levi, clinical instructor in periodontology Outstanding Mentor Award Franson Tom, instructor in restorative dentistry Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award John Chiou, research fellow in restorative dentistry (prosthodontics) Outstanding Staff Award Jose Caicedo, dental assistant in the faculty group practice HSPH Prizes and Awards Class of 2002 William Tan, Albert Schweitzer Award Carolyn Si-May Tung, Charles F. Wilinsky Award Donald Warne, Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award Anusha Munasinghe, Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences Lorien Abroms, Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Yannis Jemiai and Lu Zheng, Robert B. Reed Prize Molly Capron, Student Recognition Award Jared Caleb Christensen, Teaching Assistant Award Pamela Jean Surkin, Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award Faculty Julie Buring, Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award Robert Blendon, Kimberlee Gauvreau, and Megan Murray, Faculty Teaching Citations Matt Wand, Mentoring Award