Betty R. Vohr, MD, director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Program at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and medical director of the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program, was the recipient of the Albany Medical College Alumni Association 2018 Distinguished Alumna Award for her pioneering work as a clinician and researcher dedicated to improving the lives of high-risk premature infants and infants with hearing loss.
The award honors an alumnus who has earned national recognition for outstanding leadership in health care. A 1966 graduate of Albany Medical College, Dr. Vohr is a professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She was national coordinator of follow-up studies for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network between 1990 to 2016 and has published more than 300 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
She received the award at Albany Medical College during Reunion Weekend held April 27 and 28 in Albany, New York. While on campus, she also presented the Distinguished Alumna Lecture, “The Power of Language,” which covered her research and clinical work with premature infants and infants with hearing loss.