Dussaq Wins 2019 William Boyd Medal

At the University of Alabama School of Medicine Awards Ceremony on May 17, the William Boyd Medal was awarded to ALEX M. DUSSAQ, M.D., PH.D. Dr. Dussaq, a native of Reno, Nevada, came to Birmingham to join the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD-PHD) at UAB. His research centered around developing innovative bioinformatics approaches to solve clinical problems. He worked in the UAB Department of Pathology Division of Genomic Diagnostics and Bioinformatics, as well as studied with Christopher Willey M.D., Ph.D., from the UAB Hazelrig Salter Radiation Oncology Center. Dussaq accepted a position in the Pathology Residency Program at Stanford University. The Boyd Medal has been awarded continuously since 1967 and given on behalf of the Alabama Association of Pathologists and the faculty of the UAB Department of Pathology to the graduating medical student whose performance in Pathology throughout their medical school career has been most exemplary. This award was named in honor of Dr. William Boyd who is considered by many to be one of the fathers of modern pathology education. Dr. Boyd was born in Portsoy, Scotland, in 1885 and obtained his medical degree in 1908 at Edinburgh. He was a medical officer in WWI and published his first book, "With a Field Ambulance at Ypres in 1916," about his war experience. He then moved to Canada, where he rose to the rank of professor of pathology at the University of Manitoba, later moving to the University of Toronto, and then to the University of British Columbia. After retirement, he came to Birmingham as a visiting professor at UAB from 1955 to 1962. During his career, Dr. Boyd published seven textbooks, one of which was the first pathology text to emphasize clinical-pathologic correlations and pathogenesis. This text was popular worldwide and generated 20 editions. Dr. Boyd was once referred to as, “The pathologist with a silver tongue and a golden pen.” PETER ANDERSON, DVM, PHD, PROFESSOR, PATHOLOGY, WITH DR. ALEX DUSSAQ ON RECEIVING THE AWARD Dussaq Wins 2019 William Boyd Medal At

DR. RAY WATTS WITH DR. YABING CHEN

Dr. Yabing Chen, Professor, Molecular & Cellular Pathology and Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Education, was honored in August as a 2019 Outstanding Faculty Senate Committee Member. Chen celebrated with other School of Medicine award recipients at a reception attended by Dean Selwyn Vickers, M.D., and hosted by President Ray Watts, M.D., at the UAB Woodward House.

Each year, the faculty senate recognizes a few of its 70 to 80 members for their outstanding service on one of the six standing committees. The number of awards varies, with five awards handed out this year. The event honors current and incoming members of the UAB Faculty Senate and UAB Faculty Policies and Procedures Committee.