The Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award
Past Award Recipients
2009 - Carol C. Nadelson, M.D. • 2008 - Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D.
2007 - Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H. • 2006 - Mary Guinan, PhD, M.D.
2005 - Audrey E. Evans, M.D. • 2004 - Christine Haycock, M.D., FACS
2003 - Mary Ellen Avery, M.D.• 2002 - Carola Eisenberg, M.D.
2001 - Barbara Barlow, M.D., FACS • 2000 - Alma Dea Morani, M.D., FACS
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine Announces Award Recipient
CAROL C. NADELSON, M.D., NAMED 2009 ALMA DEA MORANI, M.D. RENAISSANCE WOMAN AWARD RECIPIENT
Carol C. Nadelson, M.D., Director, Partners Office for Women’s Careers, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, Massachusetts, was named the 2009 Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award recipient by The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine (FHWIM). Wilma Bulkin Siegel, M.D., Chair of the FHWIM Awards Committee, announced, “Carol Nadelson has had a major impact on the career development and advancement of women physicians and scientists throughout the world, making her an ideal candidate for the Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Woman Award.”
Dr. Nadelson pioneered work in women's health and mental health, dedicated herself to the education and mentoring of students, physicians and the public, and provided inspirational leadership in psychiatry and medicine. She has steered an unusual course in academic medicine, devoting herself to innovative and evolving areas of investigation, clinical understanding and education. Her work has left an indelible mark on patients and on generations of students and colleagues.
The 2009 Alma Dea Morani Award will be presented in October 9, 2009 at the Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library of Medicine, An Alliance of the Boston Medical Library and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. For an invitation to the 2009 presentation, please contact the Foundation.
ALMA DEA MORANI, M.D. RENAISSANCE WOMAN AWARD
Audrey E. Evans, M.D. (in blue), 2005 Alma Dea Morani Award RecipientThis Award will honor an outstanding woman physician or scientist in North America:
- who has furthered the practice and understanding of medicine in our lifetime and made significant contributions outside of medicine, for example, in the humanities, arts or social sciences
- whose determination and spirit have carried her beyond traditional pathways in medicine and science;
- and who challenges the status quo with a passion for learning.
The Awardee will receive a sculpture representing humanism in medicine. The Award will be presented in conjunction with an annual lectureship in conjunction with The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in the fall of 2010. A stipulation of receiving the award is that the recipient be available to give a twenty to thirty minute keynote speech.