July 13, 2007

In General

James F. Gusella, PhD, director of the MGH Center for Human Genetic Research, has received the 2007 Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association. The one-year grant of $100,000 will aid Gusella in his study of several gene variants associated with autism.

Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD, director of MGH Cerebrovascular Surgery, has been named the recipient of the C. Miller Fisher, MD, Award from the American Stroke Association (ASA), a division of the American Heart Association. Named in honor of former MGHer C. Miller Fisher, MD, the award is the ASAÕs highest honor and recognizes a member of the Greater Boston medical community for contributions to the stroke field.