March 23, 2007

In General

Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD, of the MGH Department of Pathology, has received the Charles E. Culpepper Scholarship in Medical Science. The scholarship is one of three awarded this year by Partnership for Cures, a charity dedicated to accelerating the discovery of cures for life-threatening diseases.

The Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors has named Maureen McGlame, MEd, senior clinician for the MGH Addiction Service, 2006 Counselor of the Year. McGlame was honored for her work in the field of alcohol abuse and other drug disorders and as founder of the nonprofit organization Children of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, which is dedicated to building positive lives for children and parents affected by substance abuse.

David Altshuler, MD, PhD, MGH Molecular Biology, was named one of six recipients of the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Awards by the The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Each recipient is awarded $1.5 million over five to seven years to support the translation of the latest scientific advances into clinical applications that will improve human health. Bruce D. Walker, MD, director of the Partners AIDS Research Center and a 1999 recipient of a Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award, will receive a continuation grant of up to $200,000 to support exceptional mentoring or research projects.

MGH Nutrition and Food Services was selected as a 2006 Healthcare All-Star by Foodservice Equipment and Supplies magazine for management of the MGH's large foodservice program and its high-quality facilities such as the Eat Street Café.

Nathaniel Evans, MD, a senior resident in the MGH Department of Surgery, has been selected to participate in the second annual Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) Leadership Institute to be held April 14 in Chicago. The one-day forum is designed to focus on leadership development, mentorship and developing critical skills for academic surgeons. The SBAS aims to stimulate, mentor and inspire young African-American surgeons to pursue careers in academic medicine.

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers awarded Jeremy Schmahmann, MD, of the MGH Department of Neurology, and co-author Deepak Pandya, MD, of Boston University, the 2006 Medical Science Award for their book Fiber Pathways of the Brain. Winners were selected on the basis of their unique contributions to scholarly publishing by a 12-member panel of librarians, academics and publishers.