Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D., William H. Eilinger Chair of Pediatrics and the pediatrician-in-chief at UR Medicine鈥檚 Golisano Children鈥檚 Hospital, has been named the recipient of the Child Neurology Society鈥檚 2017 Hower Award, the organization鈥檚 highest honor.

The award is given annually to a child neurologist for being an outstanding teacher, scholar, and for making high levels of contributions to the field and to the Child Neurology Society. Schor, who has spent much of her career researching neuroblastoma, one of the most common childhood cancers, will be recognized at the society鈥檚 annual meeting in October, in Kansas City, Mo. She will also have the honor of giving the annual Hower lecture.

鈥淚 am so honored and excited to accept this award and present the associated lecture to an audience comprised of my colleagues, friends, mentors, and trainees,鈥� said Schor.

The Child Neurology Society is the preeminent non-profit professional association of pediatric neurologists in the United States, Canada, and worldwide. Schor, the 麻豆视频鈥檚 seventh Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, joined the university in 2006.