Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity and the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, has been named recipient of the Rush Medical College Alumni Association 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Lipkin, who received his MD degree at the medical college in 1978, was selected for his mark on the medical community around the world. His accomplishments will be celebrated at Rush Medical College Alumni Reunion weekend in early October 2013.