The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina is a multidisciplinary research center focused at the intersection of politics, policies and ideas. Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland.

Previous winners for the Pell Center Prize are Danny Strong (2014), an Emmy-winning screenwriter, producer and actor and Dana Priest (2013), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning former Washington Post writer, now the John S. Within a week of being published, Inside The O’Briens landed on the New York Times bestseller list and was recognized by the Library Journal as “a gut-wrenching and memorable read.” Inside The O’Briens (2015), Genova’s fourth novel, tells the story of a family living with Huntington’s Disease. Julianne Moore won the 2015 Best Actress Oscar for her role as Alice Howland. The novel has been recognized by several book clubs and is now a film from Sony Pictures Classics starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, and Hunter Parrish. Still Alice tells the story of Alice Howland, a Harvard professor, wife and mother, who battles early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She has helped prompt a national discussion about individuals and families with these diseases-and the overall public-health ramifications of an aging population.” Wayne Miller, “With her science background and gift for narrative, Lisa occupies a unique position in the literature of Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological disorders. Said Story in the Public Square Director G. “We are thrilled to welcome her to Salve Regina University.” “Lisa Genova is a talented storyteller whose work prompts us to consider the personal experience of living with disease,” said Jim Ludes, executive director of the Pell Center. “Thank you for recognizing storytelling as an accessible way to understand complex and often frightening neurological diseases and disorders.” “I’m honored and thrilled to be receiving the 2015 Pell Center Prize,” Genova said.

Additional details will be released in coming weeks. Genova will receive the award at an event on Jon the campus of Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Her works include Inside the O’Briens (2015), Love Anthony (2012), Left Neglected (2011), and Still Alice (2009), which has spent 56 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and been made into a major motion picture. in neuroscience from Harvard University, has written about neurological diseases and their impact on affected individuals and their families.

– New York Times best-selling author Lisa Genova will be honored June 4 at Salve Regina University when she receives the third annual Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square, an award recognizing a contemporary storyteller whose work has had a significant impact on the public dialogue.

Still Alice by Lisa Genova