November 6, 1998

Teri Flynn, RN, BSN, MSN, ANP, of the MGH AIDS Unit has recently been inducted to the Northeastern University College of Nursing Hall of Fame for her efforts as an outstanding nurse clinician and provider of significant health care services to patients in the community.

James Gusella, PhD, director of the MGH Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, recently received the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Health for developing strategies to localize and characterize genes that cause neurological disorders.

W. Alan Walker, MD, chief of the Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Research at the MGH and Children's Hospital, has been awarded the 1998 Hugh R. Butt Award for Distinguished Achievement in Clinical Nutrition by the American Gastroenterological Association.