Dr. Ruth Browne to Receive Lewis and Jack Rudin Prize for Medicine and Health
Dec 4, 2013
Ruth C. Browne, ScD, MPH, MPP, chief executive officer of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, will be awarded the 2013 Lewis and Jack Rudin Prize for Medicine and Health, at the New York Academy of Medicine, December 11, 2013. The event will begin with a reception at 5:30 pm, with lectures to start at 6:15 pm. Dr. Browne will speak at the event, as will the 2012 Lewis and Jack Rudin Prize recipient, Henry Chung, MD, chief medical officer of the Montefiore Care Management Company and medical director for the Montefiore Accountable Care Organization.
The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health was founded by the late tennis great Arthur Ashe at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1992, and continues to work in close partnership with SUNY Downstate.
The Lewis and Jack Rudin Prize is given to clinicians, healthcare administrators,
or health policy and health services researchers from the New York metropolitan area
who have demonstrated how the healthcare delivery system can work effectively with
partners in public health and the community. The awards are sponsored by the Greater
New York Hospital Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Rudin Family
Foundation.
In addition to her position at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, Dr. Browne
is a director of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, a partnership between the
Arthur Ashe Institute, SUNY Downstate, and the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President.
She is also a clinical associate professor in the School of Health Professions and
a clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine
at SUNY Downstate.
The New York Academy of Medicine is located at 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street in Manhattan. For more information, visit: http://support.nyam.org/site/Calendar?id=104441&view=Detail .
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.