Dr. Allen A. Mitchell receives highest honor from the National Birth Defects Prevention Network

Allen A. Mitchell, MD, a professor of public health (epidemiology) and professor of pediatrics at the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, recently received the Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., Award at the annual meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Mitchell, who is also the director of Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center , was recognized for his significant lifetime contributions to the field of birth defects.