News and Highlights
June 2009
Commencement News
At the 2009 Medical College Commencement ceremony, President David Skorton spoke on the theme of health care reform. As part of his talk, he prominently featured the work of Lawrence Casalino, MD, PhD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research; and Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Quality and Medical Informatics in the Department of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Medicine.
Student Prizes
At the 2009 convocation ceremony, three graduating medical students were selected by the Department of Public Health for special recognition:
The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health was awarded to Cristin Price. This prize is given to the woman student(s) in the graduating class who best reflects the attributes and values of Dr. Elise Strang L'Esperance, who graduated from the Women's Medical College of The New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1901. Dr. L'Esperance served on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College for over 40 years. She and her sister, May Strang, founded the Strang Cancer Prevention Clinics at Memorial Hospital and The New York Infirmary in memory of their mother.
The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health was awarded to Ryan Cauley and Ian Huntington. This prize was endowed in 1992 by friends and colleagues of Dr. George Reader, '43, who served as chairman of the Department of Public Health from 1972 to 1992. A cash prize is given to the graduating student(s) who, in the judgment of the Department's faculty, show the most promise in the field of public health.
Read more on the Convocation ceremonies in the Dean's Bulletin.
