Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and psychology, has received the Mary S. Sigourney Award for lifetime contributions to psychoanalytic theory, research and education. The award, which carries a cash prize of $50,000, is considered the most distinguished international award for contributions to psychoanalysis.

David C. Cone, M.D., associate professor of surgery and epidemiology, is president-elect of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), a professional society with more than 1,200 members consisting primarily of emergency physicians who serve as the medical directors of EMS agencies and out-of-hospital care systems. Cone, who studies effects of emergency medical dispatch systems on EMS resources and mass casualty triage, begins his term as NAEMSP president in January.

Linda C. Degutis, Dr.Ph., M.S.N., associate professor of surgery and public health, is president-elect of the American Public Health Association (APHA). With more than 50,000 members, the APHA is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world. Degutis, who begins her term in the fall of 2007, does research on clinical and policy interventions related to injury and substance abuse, as well as disaster preparedness.

Arthur L. Horwich, M.D., Eugene Higgins Professor of Genetics and professor of pediatrics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS named 449 members Fellows this year, for “advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.” Horwich studies a large ring-shaped molecular machine called a chaperonin that mediates protein folding within a large cavity.

Annette M. Molinaro, Ph.D., assistant professor of public health, has been elected as a member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The ISI’s approximately 2,000 elected members are internationally recognized leaders in the field who have made distinguished contributions to the development or application of statistical methods. Molinaro specializes in statistical genetics and computational biology.