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2009 Community Health Leaders Award For Recruiting Disadvantaged Youth Into The Medical Profession

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced its selection of Lynne Holden, M.D., co-founder and president of Mentoring in Medicine in New York City, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. Holden is being honored for her work to reduce health disparities by creating a more diverse health care workforce. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who received the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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Ten Elsevier Books Win First Prize At BMA Medical Book Competition

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Elsevier is pleased to announce that ten of its professional and scholarly books were honored at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London on September 8th 2009. An additional 19 Elsevier books were highly commended. In total, 684 books were entered to the BMA's competition with 126 prizes awarded with 26 first prizes, 91 highly commended prizes and 9 commended prizes.

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