Marja M. Hurley PhD

Dr. Marja Hurley has been honored by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) with its prestigious 2016 Lawrence G. Raisz Award. The award recognizes Hurley, a professor of medicine and orthopaedic surgery at UConn Health, as a distinguished ASBMR member with outstanding achievements in preclinical and translational research. He is honored to receive one of the major and most prestigious awards of ASBMR,” said Hurley who accepted the honor on Sept. 16 at the society’s annual meeting in Atlanta. “It is especially meaningful to me to accept this award named after UConn’s late Dr. Lawrence G. Raisz who was a strong role model with such a lasting legacy in the field for his research excellence.