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Expert on gene swapping joined molecular biology at its very beginnings
Charles M. Radding, M.D., professor emeritus of genetics, did sculpture as a hobby in medical school, and his portraits demonstrated a natural aptitude for plastic surgery, according to an influential mentor who also happened to be his older brother, Philip. The elder...
For new deputy dean, focus is on top-notch care, service to patients
As the new deputy dean for clinical affairs, David J. Leffell, M.D., continues a task he began 10 years ago, when he added a new portfolio to his work as a dermatologist: improving the business side of medicine.As head...
Kidney researchers celebrate a banner year
First Stefan Somlo, M.D., Yale’s chief of nephrology, learned that he would be heading off to Singapore in late June to accept the field’s top award for research in polycystic kidney disease, a life-threatening...
Unconventional physician-filmmaker receives “genius” grant
When Gretchen K. Berland, M.D., embarked on a research project in 2001 aimed at improving health care for the disabled, she took an unusual approach: she gave video cameras to three people in wheelchairs and asked them...
New HHMI investigator says appointment liberates his science
Ronald R. Breaker, Ph.D., has never shied away from less-charted scientific waters, but he says the best thing about his selection in March as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator is that the...
Awards & Honors
Hal Blumenfeld, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, neurobiology and neurosurgery, has...
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Linda Degutis, Dr.Ph., M.S.N., associate professor of surgery (emergency medicine) and of...
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Roberto J. Groszmann, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Section of Digestive Diseases...
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Albert C. Lo, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, received a Presidential Early Career...
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John D. MacMicking, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, has been...
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Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology, was appointed to the nutrition subcommittee of...
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David McCormick, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology, has received the Jacob Javits Award in the...
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John A. Persing, M.D., professor of surgery (plastic) and neurosurgery, will begin his term as...
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Raymond R. Russell, M.D., assistant professor of medicine (cardiology), has been named the 2004...
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Robert S. Sherwin, M.D., the C.N.H. Long Professor of Medicine, has received the Long- Standing...
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Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., the Lampman Memorial Professor of Surgery and Oncology and chair of...
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Stephen G. Waxman, Ph.D., M.D., professor of neurology, pharmacology and neurobiology and chair of...
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