Rheumatologists in the News
Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize for Research in Arthritis
Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD, who is Paul A. Marks, MD professor and chair of the department of genetics and development at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Michel Nussenzweig, PhD, Sherman Fairchild professor at Rockefeller University, both in New York City, have been awarded the Arthritis Foundation’s 2008 Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize for Research in Arthritis.
Dr. Karsenty’s research focuses on understanding the development and function of the skeletal system. He is specifically interested in transcriptional control of osteoblast differentiation, and his work paved the way for much of the present research in this field. Dr. Nussenzweig’s research on B cell development and dendritic cell function has contributed to the understanding of the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, driving development of novel therapies for these diseases.
Association of Specialty Professors Honors Past President
Dennis Boulware, MD, chief of rheumatology at Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, received the Association of Specialty Professors’ (ASP’s) 2008 Eric G. Neilson, MD, Distinguished Professor Award. He was honored for overseeing the unified staff structure under the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine during his term as ASP president and instituting a long-range plan for the organization. He also helped bring academic general internal medicine into the ASP.
