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Andrew H. Talal, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, has been appointed to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s task force that will advise the state on its Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Elimination Campaign.

Research led by Jonathan F. Lovell, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has provided a breakthrough in efforts to boost the efficacy of malarial transmission-blocking vaccines (TBV).

The so-called mystery paralysis that has now affected more than 70 children in the United States this year is understandably causing concern among parents, but it is extremely rare, according to Mark D. Hicar, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

Gross anatomy class — arguably the most memorable class that medical students take — has a new home.

Bruce R. Troen, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, was honored by the Amherst Senior Citizens Foundation (ASCF) with its Senior Leadership Award.