Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Announces Scientific Achievement Award Winners

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America has announced the three physician winners of its 2012 Scientific Achievement Awards, according to a news release.

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The award recipients were nominated by the medical and research community for their dedication to the field of inflammatory bowel diseases. The winners are as follows:

  • Richard J.Grand, MD, Boston Children’s Medical Center — Henry D. Janowitz Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jeffrey S. Hyams, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center — Achievement in IBD Clinical Research Award
  • Richard S. Blumberg, MD, Brigham and Women’s Medical Center, Boston — Achievement in IBD Basic Research Award

 

The winners will be acknowledged at CCFA’s annual Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference in Hollywood, Fla.

 

“It is our privilege to recognize these trailblazers at this year’s Advances conference,” said James Lewis, MD, MSCE, chair of CCFA’s national scientific advisory committee and professor of medicine and clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, in the release. “These physicians join the illustrious ranks of medical leaders we honor each year for their efforts to aid Americans suffering from these debilitating, incurable diseases.”

 

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