Myron Genel, M.D., professor emeritus of pediatrics (endocrinology) and clinical professor of nursing, will receive an award for Distinguished Service on May 22 from the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE).
Genel is being honored for his outstanding leadership as an academy officer, member of council and executive editor of the CASE Bulletin. The CASE Governing Council created the Distinguished Service Award in 2010 to honor members who have provided outstanding service to the Academy. CASE will present the award at its 42nd Annual Meeting and Dinner at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Genel joined the School of Medicine faculty in 1971 and was associate dean for government and community affairs from 1985 to 2004. Previously he was chief of the section of pediatric endocrinology and program director of the Children's Clinical Research Center.
Genel was elected to CASE in 1992. He has served on several study committees, including the Connecticut Disparity Study (2013-16), and A Needs-Based Analysis of the UConn Health Center Facilities Plan (2008). Since the spring of 2016, he has served as the 1st CASE Bulletin Executive Editor for Medicine, providing expert advice and editing support for each issue and assisting in the selection feature articles.
Genel has served at the interface between biomedical research, clinical endocrinology, and public policy in many capacities. For 27 years, beginning in 1984, he directed the public affairs activities of three major pediatric academic and research societies: American Pediatric Society, Association of American Medical School Department Chairs, and the Society for Pediatric Research. He has also served as chair of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Scientific Affairs; the governing council of the AMA Section on Medical Schools and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Academic Societies.