Dr. Kori Inkpen is the CHCCS Achievement Award winner for 2017. For the past 25 years, she has worked in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including ten years as a faculty member, first at Simon Fraser University and then at Dalhousie University, followed by another ten years in industry at Microsoft Research. Her research has focused on supporting collaboration in a variety of dom...

In an earlier study we examined the available evidence on the Edelman Prize finalist applications 1989-1998. This study concluded that 13 of the 42 private sector applications provide examples of strategic operations research (SOR) when SOR is defined as operations research that creates a sustainable competitive advantage. In a follow-up study we tested our classifications, gathering longitudin...

The second Bristol-Myers Squibb Lifetime Achievement Award in Hypertension is presented to Harriet P. Dustan, MD, for her outstanding contributions in the field of hypertension in its broadest scope—clinical, investigative, and public and professional education — and for personal leadership. Dr. Dustan received her undergraduate and medical education from the University of Vermont and her inter...

On September 8, Johnson & Johnson awarded the 2010 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH, and Erik De Clercq, professor emeritus at the Rega Institute for Medical Research in Belgium (Figure 1), in recognition of their work on HIV and AIDS. Named for physician and chemist Paul Janssen, kn...