Members are elected by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health
The honor is among the highest honors that the University of Michigan can bestow on a faculty member; the Medical School has more than 425 professorships, dating to 1898
An award presentation capped a two-hour event that included a keynote address and a panel of faculty and a medical student discussing their often-turbulent journey as women in academic medicine
The group was recognized for their contributions to a broad range of topics, including cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, hepatology, health inequities, and anesthesiology informatics and clinical research
University of Michigan honor recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the betterment of women through their leadership, scholarship or other ways in their professional life
The Board of Regents established these professorships to recognize senior faculty who have exceptional scholarly or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence and superior records of teaching, mentoring and service
During a virtual ceremony, Neil Jairath will receive the Paul DeWolf Award, Patrick John Niland Award, Academic Recognition Award, and Academic Achievement Award from the Michigan Medicine Alumni Society
M Response Corps honored as a group who has made a positive, meaningful, and lasting impact in surrounding communities through social action and community engagement
Santiago Schnell, D.Phil., is chair of the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, effective March 1; Srijan Sen, M.D., Ph.D., is director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center, effective Jan. 1; and Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., is interim director of the Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI), effective March 1; in addition, Shelly B. Flagel, Ph.D., has been named interim co-director of the MNI
A total of eight scientists and engineers from the U-M were chosen as AAAS fellows by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications
The group, which includes three from the Medical School, study everything from the brain to health care policy and cancer care, and all have demonstrated decades of expertise and achievement
John M. Carethers, M.D., will discuss “Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair” and Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., will present “Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses”
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., MPP, Carol R. Bradford, M.D., Mark S. Cohen, M.D., Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D., and Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., will receive their awards Oct. 30 at a private dinner in the Rackham Graduate School
The honor is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates a significant impact on the advancement of women's roles in academic medicine and science