Max Essex, Mary Woodward Lasker Professor of Health Sciences and chairman of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, was awarded the Institute of Human Virology Lifetime Achievement Award for Scientific Contributions for his work on animal and human retrovirus research and his public health leadership Botswana. The award was presented during IHV’s 13th Annual International Gala Awards Banquet on November 1, 2011.
Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention is the recipient of the 2011 Research Achievement Award of the American Heart Association. This award is conferred annually in recognition of distinguished scientific achievement in the field of cardiovascular research.He will be honored on November 13, 2011, at the AHA Scientific Sessions.
