Dr. Lisa Newman, chief of the section of breast surgery, was the 2020 recipient of SHARE’s Ann Grant Advocacy Leadership Award, presented at “A Second Helping of Life 2020: A Virtual Gala to Benefit SHARE Cancer Support for Women.” A Second Helping of Life, an annual event now in its 17th year, raises funds for underserved women and their loved ones effected by breast, ovarian, uterine or metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Marc Goldstein, the Matthew P. Hardy, PhD Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Urology and a professor of reproductive medicine, has received a Star Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. The Star Awards are given annually to recognize and thank members who have dedicated hours of time and service to shape ASRM into the leading society for reproductive medicine.

Dr. Melissa B. Davis, who was recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine as an associate professor of cell and developmental biology research in surgery, was on Dec. 28 named to Cell Mentor’s list of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America. The Community of Scholars, a group of Persons Excluded because of their Ethnicity or Race (PEER) composed of postdoctoral fellows, early-stage investigators, instructors and consultants, created this list of inspiring Black scientists in order to  highlight outstanding Black talent and dismantle the myth that outstanding Black scientists comprise a small percentage of the scientific community.