National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences has selected William H. Foege to receive its most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. Established in 1914, the medal is presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good. The Academy chose Foege for his dedication to eradicating global disease and his leadership in redefining the scope of public health policy in th...Peter H. Arger, MD, receives the 2004 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
PHOENIX, AZ - The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) will award Peter H. Arger, MD, with the 2004 William J. Fry Award at the 2004 AIUM Annual Convention on June 20, 2004, for his numerous contributions to the scientific progress of medical diagnostic ultrasound.... ..."Dr. Arger was president of the AIUM at a challenging time and lead with aplomb, working very hard to guide the...Fran Visco receives Frances Williams Preston Award from Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 14, 2002) -- Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, is the 2002 recipient of the Frances Williams Preston Award for Breast Cancer Awareness, presented by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. ... Visco is the first president of the NBCC, a grassroots advocacy organization that has grown to encompass more than 600 member organizations and 70....BOSTON -- William Cohn, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will receive the 2000 Distinguished Inventor Award from the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Cohn is being honored for inventing the Cohn Cardiac Stabilizer, a device and method that makes it possible to perform coronary artery bypass surgery on a beating heart without the use of a hea...