Accolades
Appointments
R. Van Harrison, professor of medical education at Medical School, has been appointed by the Association of American Medical Colleges to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The association sets the standards for organizations that provide continuing medical education by directly reviewing and accrediting nearly 700 medical societies, schools, hospitals and other organizations, and oversees the accreditation of nearly 1,600 hospitals and medical societies.
Sioban Harlow, professor of epidemiology, has been appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory Board Arsenic Review Panel. The panel provides advice to EPA on issues related to the agency's assessment of the carcinogenic effects of inorganic and organic arsenic compounds.