ACAAI Woman in Allergy Award honors contributions of Rhode Island-based physician
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The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology has chosen Marcella R. Aquino, MD, FACAAI, as the recipient of its 2024 Woman in Allergy Award.
The annual award honors an individual who has made a significant contribution to the allergy field and/or advanced the role of women in medicine.
“I am so honored and humbled to have been selected as the 2024 Woman in Allergy by the ACAAI,” Aquino told Healio. “I am so grateful that my career has been strengthened by many female allergy mentors and I hope to provide the same mentorship to others.”
Aquino is an allergist and immunologist in the department of pediatrics and the division of allergy and immunology at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
She is also professor of pediatrics and director of the allergy and immunology fellowship program at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and a past member of the ACAAI board of regents.