Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics Jeanne Lusher, M.D., will receive the National Hemophilia Foundation's Inspiration Award at its fifth annual Spring Soiree on May 21 at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York, an event co-chaired by fourth-year Wayne State University School of Medicine medical student Phillip Kucab.

Dr. Lusher, a Rochester Hills resident, retired from the School of Medicine in June 2013. She continues as a member of the steering committee for a National Institutes of Health-funded multi-center research study. She also is active on committees for the National Hemophilia Foundation, American Thrombosis/Hemostasis Network, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society, and a gene therapy study, and is on the editorial board of the journal Haemophilia. She is a lifetime member of Wayne State's Academy of Scholars, the highest honor bestowed on a university faculty member.