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Join the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center for a special evening celebrating Jewish history, leadership, and community. We will present the 2026 Tzedakah Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Rochelle Walensky and feature her in conversation with Kevin Tabb, MD about her Jewish family history, distinguished medical career, and leadership during the Covid pandemic. Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, served as the 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023. Her distinguished career in public health and infectious diseases includes groundbreaking work in AIDS research, treatment, and policy. She was Chief of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2017 to 2021, and currently serves as Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and on the faculty of Harvard Kennedy School. She is a member of the American Academy of Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, and Council on Foreign Relations, and also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Doris Duke Foundation and The Carter Center. She is a founding member and Medical Affairs Adviser the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is dedicated to providing trusted, science-based information for informed vaccine choices. Dr. Walensky received her BA from Washington University, her MD from Johns Hopkins University, and her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Learn more and purchase your tickets: https://jewishheritagecenter.org/JHC-Benefit-2026
For any questions or assistance in registration, please contact Special Events Manager Lauren Vitacco at 617-226-1267 or [email protected].
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The Lenox Hotel - Boston, 61 Exeter Street,Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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