Pictured from left: Dr. Gary Gilkeson, professor of Medicine/Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina and chair of the Lupus Foundation of America’s Medical-Scientific Advisory Council; Dr. Eliza F. Chakravarty, an associate member of the arthritis and clinical immunology research program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize recipient); Dr. Jane E. Salmon, the Collette Kean Research Professor at the Hospital for Special Surgery and professor of medicine and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College (Evelyn V. Hess Research Award recipient); Dr. George C. Tsokos, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston (Evelyn V. Hess Research Award recipient); and Sandra C. Raymond, president & CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America.
BOSTON—The Evelyn V. Hess Award is presented annually by the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of lupus, its diagnosis and treatment. The presentation was made on Nov. 17, 2014, during a reception at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in Boston. Gary S. Gilkeson, MD, a professor of medicine/microbiology and immunology at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, introduced the winners:
“If you have been in attendance at the Hess Awards these past years, you have heard us talk about Dr. Hess’ many professional achievements.