Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 19, 2007|Volume 36, Number 7

Carolyn Mazure is recognized for her contributions to women’s health research

Yale faculty member Carolyn M. Mazure has received the 2007 Marion Spencer Fay Award, which honors a distinguished woman physician or scientist whose national leadership has had a major impact on research and the application of science to health care.

Mazure created and directs Yale’s program on health and gender, called Women’s Health Research at Yale. She is being recognized for the accomplishments of this innovative program, including the development of new investigations in women’s health, and for her own research contributions in the field of depression.

The National Board for Women in Medicine established this award in 1963 in honor of Marion Spencer Fay, who was the dean and president of Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania 1946-1963. Today the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine, which addresses health issues of women and promotes women in medical education, oversees the award selection.

“Professor Mazure is an outstanding national leader in women’s health research, and has pioneered the integration of science, educational outreach and policy development in this field,” said Dr. Robert Alpern, dean of Yale School of Medicine.

Mazure noted that the honor “highlights the importance of continuing to study women’s health and gender differences.” She will receive the award in Philadelphia on Dec. 6.

In addition to being the director of Women’s Health Research at Yale, Mazure is a professor of psychiatry and associate dean for faculty affairs at Yale School of Medicine. Past winners include Drs. Mary-Claire King, best known for identifying breast cancer genes, and Catherine D. DeAngelis, the first woman to be appointed editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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