Ora Weisz will receive the 2023 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award

Ora Weisz, assistant vice chancellor for faculty excellence in Pitt’s schools of the health sciences, will receive the 2023 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).

The annual award is presented to a scientist for outstanding scientific achievements and a record of active leadership in mentoring underrepresented groups. In Pitt’s School of Medicine, Weisz directs the Junior Faculty Scholar Awards program, which provides research support to junior investigators with significant extraprofessional responsibilities.

While at Pitt, Weisz has earned a School of Medicine Distinguished Mentor Award and a Postdoctoral Association Advocate Award. An alumna of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program, she is a member of Pitt Medicine’s Academy of Master Educators and director of its career mentoring program.

The professor of medicine and cell biology will receive a $1,000 stipend and will speak at ASCB’s annual meeting, Cell Bio 2023, in December.