Student Awards
2010
Vincent du Vigneaud Symposium Awards, May 4, 2010
Alex R. Hansler, a third year Pharmacology student, was awarded the Vincent du Vigneaud Award of Excellence for poster presentations. The Vincent du Vigneaud Award of Excellence for oral presentations was presented to Ronald S. Bultje, a fifth year Pharmacology student. The Vincent du Vigneaud First-Year Award was given to Rebecca L. Goldstein, a first year Pharmacology student.
2009
Congratulations to Dr. Geoffrey Ling, the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient of 2009.
Colonel Geoffrey S.F. Ling, M.D., PH.D. '82 is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Neurology Department at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS),
director of Neurocritical care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and attending neurocritical care physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an active duty Colonel in the U.S. Army and the only board certified neurocritical care specialist in the Department of Defense. He served in Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq.
Col. Ling entered Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences to pursue a doctorate in Pharmacology,
which he received in 1982 for his studies of physical dependance and tolerance to methadone in the rat. After three years of postdoctoral training in neuropharmacology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, he entered Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.,
where he earned the M.D. degree in 1989. He completed both neurology internship and a neurology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. He also completed a fellowship in the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit, Johns Hopkins University.
Col. Ling leads the neurotrauma laboratory at USUHS. The focus areas are basic and applied research in traumatic brain injury with studies on the role of cytokines and cell cycle regulators in central nervous system inflammation and cell death, as well as application of novel technologies and pharmacologic agents to diagnose and treat this disease.
He has received numerous national awards and has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews and book chapters, including Cecil's Textbook of Medicine.
Col. Ling is also a program manager with the Defense Advances Research Projects Agency. His portfolio focuses on restoring those injured in battle and preventing future injury. These programs include the development of advanced prosthetic limbs, pre-symptomatic disease detection, and determining causes of and potential mitigation strategies for traumatic brain injuries caused by explosion.
On June 1st, 2009, Dr. Ling gave a special seminar, which was followed by a reception, for Pharmacology graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
