Archive late 2010

Pulmonary Center faculty were recipients of 2010 awards for exceptional service to the BUSM Department of Medicine.  Associate Professor Christine Campbell Reardon received the Outstanding Citizenship Award, and Professor Hap Farber received the Special Recognition Teaching Award. 
 
Both Associate Professor Darrell Kotton and Associate Professor Avrum Spira were elected to become members of the American Society of Clinical Investigation as of 2011.  The ASCI is a medical honor society for physician-scientists with outstanding records of scholarly achievement in biomedical research.
 
Professor Jerry Brody was a recipient of the 2010 Alton Ochsner Award from the American College of Chest Physicians, presented at their annual meeting in early November.  The prime criterion for this award is scientific impact on the major health threats posed by tobacco use.  Dr. Brody was recognized for his outstanding and exemplary basic science investigations, fundamental in scope, relating tobacco consumption and health.