Promising Einstein Staffers Receive the Manny Genn Prize in 2023
Two exceptional members of the Einstein community have been awarded the 2023 Manny Genn Prize: Ahamefule Okorozo, research coordinator in the department of medicine, and Holly Nuthmann, program manager of the Service Learning course.
Holly Nutham and Dr. Ahamefule Okorozo are recipients of the 2023 Manny Genn Prize, which supports professional development
The prize goes to rising stars among our staff who seek to develop skills, knowledge, and other qualities that prepare them to grow within the College of Medicine. Its benefactor is Emanuel “Manny” Genn, who retired as Einstein’s associate dean for business affairs in 2008 but has retained his longstanding interest in Einstein through the prize that he and his wife Myra established in 2011.
Holly Nuthmann: Supporting Service Learning
Holly came to Einstein with a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago in 2022, just when Einstein’s office of medical education was launching the Service Learning course. Service Learning pairs medical students with 38 community-based organizations in the Bronx, Westchester, and Harlem.
“Many social determinants of health are addressed through the social services system, and when we build bridges between healthcare and social services, outcomes for community members improve,” she said.
Holly will use her prize to take part in Organizational Change and Uncertain Times: A Leadership Program for Higher Education, a course given by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The online offering supports her professional growth goals and will offer her effective tools and skills for implementing the College of Medicine’s new course.
Because Service Learning is new at Einstein, Holly has had to forge new paths and relationships that can support the course’s aims. While she worked with high school and college students in Chicago, she will now guide and support medical school students and seek to ensure they have learning experiences that are relevant to their growth as future physicians.
She noted, “My background is not in medicine, and I greatly appreciate how Einstein has offered me opportunities to increase my skill set to help make Service Learning an invaluable experience for each and every student.”
Ahamefule Okorozo: Enriching Clinical Research
Ahamefule arrived at Einstein in 2021 with a medical degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences, in Ghana, and a master’s in biostatistics from Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. “My goal was to have a balance of clinical practice and research,” he said.
As a physician, Ahamefule cares for patients with asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and other conditions affecting the lungs; as research coordinator in Einstein’s division of pulmonary medicine, he assists with clinical trials and conducts research.
“I decided to pursue CCRP [Certified Clinical Research Professionals] certification through SOCRA [Society of Clinical Research Associates] to get a thorough knowledge of FDA regulations, and ICH guidelines regarding the drug development process and medical devices,” he said.
He added, “The SOCRA prep course would cover the responsibilities of everyone in the research line, plus bioethics, clinical trial design, Investigational new drug, Investigational device exemption, Good Clinical Practice, FDA inspection and audits, safety reporting, study close-out, and more.”
Ahamefule was delighted to be selected for the Manny Genn Prize, which will cover his classes, CCRP certification, SOCRA membership, and Association of Clinical Research Professionals membership. It will also help him manage research study compliance, both his own and others being conducted within the division.
Posted on: Monday, July 15, 2024