Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, receives National Top Physician Award
New York -- University of Michigan physician and researcher Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, will be honored as one of America’s top doctors at the 11th Annual National Physician of the Year Awards, to be held March 21, 2016, in New York. Presented by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., the awards annually recognize and honor exemplary physicians practicing in communities throughout the United States. Dr. Feldman is one of three recipients of the Clinical Excellence Award. “It is such an honor to be recognized, but this is truly the result of tremendous teamwork,” said Dr. Feldman, the Russell N. DeJong Professor…
Genetics Ph.D. candidate wins national graduate student award
This week, Emily Maclary will defend her doctoral thesis for research in the laboratory of Sundeep Kalantry, Ph.D. in the Medical School’s Department of Human Genetics. It’s the culmination of five years of work aimed at understanding epigenetic mechanisms through the study of X-chromosome inactivation. But her work has already garnered a major national award, placing her among the nation’s top basic biomedical science graduate students. Maclary was recently named one of 12 winners of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She’ll receive the award and give a talk on her…
Give from Within: Victors for Michigan
This month, a volunteer committee of faculty and staff who care deeply about the mission of the University of Michigan – and its people – will be reaching out to the…
U-M cardiologist earns state’s top patient safety award
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association presented its MHA Keystone Center Patient Safety & Quality Leadership Award to University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center cardiologist Hitinder Gurm, M.D., during the 2016…
Recognize a department for reducing ergonomic risks
Nominations are now being accepted for the university’s annual MHealthy Ergonomics Awards for Departments. Any faculty or staff member can nominate a department or unit for reducing ergonomic risk factors by…