New Haven, CT - The Yale Graduate and Profession Student Senate is delighted to announce that Dr. Alfred Lee is the recipient of the 2018 Inspiring Yale Award for the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Lee was honored, for being an inspiration to the Yale University student body in and out of the class room, at the 4th annual Inspiring Yale event on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at The Yale School of Management, Zhang Auditorium. Dr. Lee shared the stage with this year’s guest speaker and honoree Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Alfred Ian Lee is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program. He received his MD/PhD from the Yale School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Lee completed residency in internal medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, where he served as Chief Medical Resident, followed by a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His primary academic interests are benign hematology and medical education. He has received such honors as the Leah M. Lowenstein Award for excellence in the promotion of humane and egalitarian medical education and the Charles W. Bohmfalk Prize for teaching in the basic sciences.“We are honored to be presenting this year’s Inspiring Yale award to such a deserving individual,” stated Shermaine Hutchins, 2018 Inspiring Yale Committee Chair and Yale School of Public Health MPH student. “This award is a testament to the impact made on the Yale University student body, who graciously selected all of this year’s recipients.” With the presentation of The 2018 Inspiring Yale Award, Dr. Lee joins a notable and exclusive community of other Yale University faculty members who were also honored.
We are honored to be presenting this year’s Inspiring Yale award to such a deserving individual,
Shermaine Hutchins- 2018 Inspiring Yale Committee Chair and Yale School of Public Health MPH student