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June 10, 2005
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Therapeutics
Delivery Technology Paves Way for RNAi Therapies

Neuroscience
Gene Clue to Brain Asymmetry Revealed on Right Side

Social Medicine
Gun Violence May Be Viewed as Contagious

Neurology
Fetal-cell Transplants Reverse Parkinson’s in Two Patients

Clinical Research
Discord Found in Clinical-trial Contracts

Health Care Policy
National Mental Health Survey Shows Mixed Results on Progress

Genetics
Disease Mutation Tracked Down, Ending ‘Curse’ for Colombian Families

New Books
The Spring Bookshelf

Education
HMS Teaching Awards Presented for 2005

Accolades
Students Laud Gardner as Champion of Humanism in Medicine

Medical Ethics
Debate at HMS Frames Ethics of Online Organ Donation

research briefs
Brain Chemical Serotonin Linked to Left–Right Patterning of Embryo

Rising Leaders in Minority Health Research Turn Data into New Directions

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New Chairs Honor Federman and Egan Family

Honors and Advances

In Memoriam

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Let Consumers Drive Progress in Health Care Quality

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EDUCATION

HMS Teaching Awards Presented for 2005

In a ceremony on May 5, the following annual teaching awards were presented under the auspices of the Academy at Harvard Medical School:

HMS Faculty Prizes for Excellence in Teaching

Prizes for Excellence in Teaching, Preclinical
• Randall King, HMS Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
• Jamil Kirdar, HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Teaching award–winner Jamil Kirdar (left) receives congratulations from Marc Pfeffer
Photo by Liza Green

Teaching award–winner Jamil Kirdar (left) receives congratulations from Marc Pfeffer, acting head of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Prizes for Excellence in Teaching, Clinical
• Gillian Lieberman, HMS Associate Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Peter Yurchak, HMS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital


Teaching Awards at HMS Affiliates

Leo A. Blacklow Award at Mount Auburn Hospital
John L. Tully, HMS Instructor in Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

S. Robert Stone Award at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hope Ricciotti, HMS Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award / Harvard Dept. of Psychiatry
Mary Anne Badaracco, HMS Associate Professor of Psychiatry and head of the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Klaus Peter International Teaching Award
Dennis Ross-Degnan, HMS Associate Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention

L. James Wiczai Jr. Award
Donna Abbott, Administrator of the third year Core I Medicine Clerkship and Executive Assistant to Sanjiv Chopra, Faculty Dean for Continuing Education


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