Jo Shapiro,MD,chief of the Division of Otolaryngology,was appointed as a member of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee by the American Board of Medical Specialties. BWH News
Amir Lahav,ScD,PhD,the principal investigator of the Lahav Laboratory for Neonatal Research,received a $ 264,000 grant from the Gerber Foundation to study the effects of exposure to recorded lullabies to premature babies. BWH News
Wassim Elyaman,PhD,an assistant scientist in the Department of Neurology,received a two-year research award from the Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium. BWH News
The Integrated Waste Team received the 2013 Sustainable Champion Award from Partners HealthCare Sustainable Initiatives in recognition of their commitment to a higher standard of excellence in sustainability at Partners. BWH News
70 leading health care,research,and disease advocacy organizations that together involve colleagues in over 40 countries have taken the first steps to form an international alliance dedicated to enabling secure sharing of genomic and clinical data. BWH News
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