Incoming Dean of Cornell Medical College Is Honored for Her Work on Cytokines

Laurie H. Glimcher, the Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology at the Harvard School of Public Health, who in January will become dean of the  Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, received the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, the highest honor bestowed by the International Cytokine Society. The award was presented earlier this week at the joint conference of the International Cytokine Society and the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research in Florence, Italy.

Dr. Glimcher received her B.A. degree from Radcliffe College and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School.