2026 Dr Gertrude Herzfeld Prize Award Ceremony
Schedule
Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC
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Join us to celebrate the Dr Gertrude Herzfeld Prize 2026, honouring the achievements of Jewish women in medical science. This year's award will be presented to Professor Rachel Yehuda PhD, the Chemers Neustein Family Professor of Trauma and Resilience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She founded Mount Sinai’s Traumatic Stress Studies Division in 1991 and, in 2020, she established The Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing, which she currently directs. At the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx, she directs the Center for Psychedelic Therapy and previously served as Director of Mental Health for 15 years.
The award ceremony will be followed by a bagel lunch (kosher).
Partners for this event are the University of Edinburgh Medical School College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre.
With generous support from our major donors: Joe Goldblatt, Hynda Kleinman, Adam Leven, Michael Leven, Harriet Lyall and Nancy Lynner.
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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 16a Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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