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Deets: In a welcome return to its in-person event, the Women’s Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will hold its 67th Spirit of Achievement Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at The Rainbow Room in New York City.
The Women Funding Science event recognizes notable achievements in fashion, philanthropy and medicine to raise funds for comprehensive health care through cutting-edge research that changes the course of human health.
Past honorees include Eleanor Roosevelt, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, Sharon Stone, Christine Baranski, Anne Bancroft, Jane Pauley, Gloria Steinem, Twyla Tharp, Candice Bergen, Barbara Cocoran, Hoda Kotb, Cynthia Nixon, Whoopi Goldberg, Cindy Crawford, Katie Couric, Vera Wang, Iris Apfel, Shirley MacLaine, Elsa Peretti, Joyce Carol Oats, Diane Von Furstenberg, Patricia Field, Susan Lucci, Glenn Close, Diane Sawyer, Nora Ephron, Evelyn Lauder, Jill Martin, Donna Karan and many others.
The dedicated members of the Women’s Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine are a driving force in aiding medical research and education for the development of innovative treatments and cures for life-threatening conditions.
They are pleased to announce Change-Maker Honoree Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD, Robert and Renée Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disease and Professor and Co-Director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Fashion Industry Icon Fern Mallis, Author and President of Fern Mallis LLC and Creator of New York Fashion Week will accept the Innovative Spirit Award.
The Philanthropic Spirit of Achievement Honorees are Laurie M. Tisch, Founder and President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and her daughters, Emily Tisch Sussman, Executive Vice President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and Veteran Political Strategist and Podcast Host of Pivot, and Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, Executive Vice President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Strategic Advisor to High-Growth Consumer Companies and Former Chief Marketing Officer of Peloton.
This year’s event will be attended by nearly 250 supporters and hosted by Co-Presidents of the Women’s Division Terri Goldberg and Trudy Schlachter, and Luncheon Chairs Carol Roaman and Andrea Stark.
Since its inception, the Women’s Division has raised more than $100 million and has established: a Wing for Prenatal Studies and Research in Birth Defects, a Clinical Research Institute for Child Development, and funded major research in immunodiagnosis and immunotherapy in cancer.
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