Awards & honors
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics and professor of medicine and molecular biophysics and biochemistry, has received the Alfred Newton Richards Award from the International Society of Nephrology. This award, the highest scientific honor of the society, cited Lifton’s pioneering contributions to understanding the molecular and genetic basis for renal and cardiovascular disease.
Bernard Lytton, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., Donald Guthrie Professor Emeritus of Surgery, is president of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS). The AAGUS is a professional association of academic urologists from around the world. Lytton, who joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1962, performed the first kidney transplant in Connecticut in 1967.
Cindy R. Miller, M.D., associate professor of diagnostic radiology and co-section chief of pediatric imaging, received the Jack O. Haller Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Society for Pediatric Radiology at the society’s annual meeting in April. Miller, whose research interests include the relationship between imaging findings and clinical outcomes in premature infants, was honored for her commitment to mentoring medical students, residents and fellows in pediatrics and radiology.
Clarence T. Sasaki, M.D., Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery and chief of otolaryngology, is the president of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA). ABEA is a society of physicians who convene each spring to present original research in otolaryngology. Sasaki, who received his M.D. from the School of Medicine in 1966 and now specializes in head and neck surgeries, began his term in April.
Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D., associate professor of medicine and immunobiology, has received aClinical Scientist Award in Translational Research by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The $750,000 award supports physician-scientists who are dedicated to mentoring trainees and to translational research, the two-way transfer between laboratory research and patient treatment. Shlomchik studies immune system responses to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells, such as those used in bone-marrow transplants for leukemia.
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