Martin S. Hirsch, MD, FIDSA, was awarded the Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).  The award is presented to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health.  Dr. Hirsch is currently professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and editor of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Carol Dukes-Hamilton, MD, MHS, FIDSA, has been named IDSA’s representative to the TB Alliance’s Stakeholders Association.  The TB Alliance’s Stakeholders Association includes representatives from developed and developing nations’ governments, non-governmental organizations, professional organizations, academia, foundations, and industry who share an interest in developing a faster, better cure for tuberculosis.  Dr. Dukes-Hamilton is currently associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and medical director of the North Carolina TB Program.

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