April 4, 2023
David Solá-Del Valle, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at HMS, were both nominated for the HMS Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Awards.
These awards recognize faculty members who have demonstrated a significant commitment to enhancing diversity and have helped move HMS toward being a diverse and inclusive community.
This awards program is named in honor of Harold Amos, PhD, who was the first African American to chair a department, now the Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, at HMS. Dr. Amos worked tirelessly to recruit and mentor countless numbers of minority and disadvantaged students who pursued careers in academic medicine and science.