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| Dear Colleagues:
What’s on my mind this month is human embryonic stem cell research. Recently, President Barack Obama lifted the ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, which has been in place since 2001 and has limited federal funding to only 21 existing lines. Lifting the ban is an important first step — but it is mostly symbolic. Unless it leads to a significant increase in funding for rebuilding the infrastructure this field needs to mature, it is likely to have little tangible effect. This would be very unfortunate, because the field of regenerative medicine — which utilizes stem cells, among other tools, to understand disease processes and to repair damaged organs — is ripe for development.
Little federal research has been conducted on human embryonic stem cells over the past eight years. In 2007, for example, the federal government allocated a mere $41 million to this research, compared with approximately $400 million invested by the states last year. The federal funding ban made it extremely difficult to attract young or new researchers to stem cell research, while prompting many established investigators to look elsewhere to conduct their work. The lack of progress in embryonic stem cell research has held back venture capital investment in this field as well.
Human embryonic stem cells can differentiate into any type of cell in the body, whereas adult stem cells can change into only a limited number of cell types. Thus, the lack of progress in embryonic stem cell research has created a major bottleneck in developing understanding of and potential treatments for many diseases not currently treatable by adult stem cell therapies.
Maryland is positioned to become a world leader in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda conducts stem cell research throughout many of its 27 institutes. In addition, the Johns Hopkins University has a major stem cell research program, and we recently launched the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine here at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Governor Martin O’Malley made an early commitment to providing state funding for stem cell research and has increased funding this year despite the dismal fiscal climate. As a result — and because of our state’s growing nucleus of expertise in stem cells — the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins will co-host the World Stem Cell Summit in Baltimore this fall.
The federal government’s more favorable attitude toward embryonic stem cell research must not prompt states and private funders to cut back their support, keeping the field underfunded and fragmented. A significant new investment in stem cell research could allow research institutions such as ours to have a major impact not only on the health of our nation but also on the health of our national economy. Additional investments in stem cells would allow us to create more high-paying, sustainable jobs in our research laboratories as well as economic opportunities for businesses that will help translate our lab discoveries into therapies for patients. The new administration’s encouraging words on embryonic stem cell research are a good sign that progress toward that goal may now resume.
In the relentless pursuit of excellence,
I am
Sincerely yours,
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor &
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Joana Carneiro Da Silva, PhD
Joana Carneiro Da Silva, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences; Amy Eagan, BS, software engineer, Bioinformatics; Anup Mahurkar, MBA, director, Software Engineering; and Jonathan Crabtree, MS, lead software engineer, Bioinformatics, all from the Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “IDEA: Interactive Display for Evolutionary Analyses” in BMC Bioinformatics, 2008; December 8; 9(1):524. In addition, Dr. Carneiro Da Silva co-authored “Properties of Non-coding DNA and Identification of Putative Cis-regulatory Elements in Theileria parva” in BMC Genomics, 2008; December 3; 9(1):582.
Toni Pollin, PhD, and Various Department of Medicine Faculty
Toni Pollin, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, co-published “A Null Mutation in Human APOC3 Confers a Favorable Lipid Profile and Apparent Cardioprotection” in Science, Volume 322:1702-1705, December 12, 2008. Additional authors include Coleen Damcott, PhD, assistant professor; Haiqing Shen, PhD, instructor; John Shelton, research assistant; Richard Horenstein, MD, JD, assistant professor; John McLenithan, PhD, assistant professor; Braxton Mitchell, PhD, MPH, professor; Michael Miller, MD, associate professor; Jeffrey O’Connell, DPhil, assistant professor; and Alan Shuldiner, MD, professor, all from the Department of Medicine, and Sandra Ott, research specialist, Institute for Genome Sciences. In addition Dr. Shen and Ms. Ott, along with Soren Snitker, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, co-published “Effects of Novel Capsinoid Treatment on Fatness and Energy Metabolism in Humans: Possible Pharmacogenetic Implications” in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008 Dec 3, [Epub ahead of print].
Ronald Gartenhaus, MD
Ronald Gartenhaus, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, published an invited commentary entitled “Transcriptional Profiling of CLL: Is There Still More to Learn?” in the January 2009 edition of Leukemia and Lymphoma.
Vishvanath Nene, PhD
Vishvanath Nene, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and associate director, Institute for Genome Sciences, co-edited a book entitled Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animal-Associated Microbes, which was published by Springer-Verlag, 2009.
David J. Chess
David J. Chess, a graduate student working in the laboratory of William Stanley, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine, published a paper entitled “The Antioxidant Tempol Attenuates Pressure Overload-induced Cardiac Hypertrophy and Contractile Dysfunction in Mice Fed a High Fructose Diet” in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2008 December; 295:H2223-H2230. |
Julie Dunning Hotopp, PhD,
and Hervé Tettelin, PhD
Julie Dunning Hotopp, PhD (left), assistant professor, and Hervé Tettelin, PhD, associate professor, both from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “Parasitism and Mutualism in Wolbachia: What the Phylogenomic Trees Can and Cannot Say” in Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2009; January; 26(1):231-41. In addition, Dr. Hotopp authored “Bacterial Sequences in an Invertebrate Genome” in Microbiology Today, 2008; November; 35(8):176-9.
Zuzana Justinova, MD, PhD
Zuzana Justinova, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, published an article entitled “Blockade of THC-seeking Behavior and Relapse in Monkeys by the Cannabinoid CB(1)-receptor Antagonist Rimonabant” in Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008 Nov;33(12):2870-7.
Emmanuel F. Mongodin, PhD
Emmanuel F. Mongodin, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “Regulation of the Xylan Degrading Apparatus of Cellvibrio japonicus by a Novel Two-component System” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2008, and “Hydrogenomics of the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus” in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 November; 74(21):6720-9.
Pablo Rabinowicz , PhD,
and Kimberly O'Brien
Pablo Rabinowicz, PhD (right), assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Institute for Genome Sciences, and Kimberly O’Brien, research specialist for the Institute for Genome Sciences, co-published “The Highest-copy Repeats are Methylated in the Small Genome of the Early Divergent Vascular Plant Selaginella moellendorffii” in BMC Genomics, 2008 June 12; 9:282.
Robert Edelman, MD, FACP
Robert Edelman, MD, FACP, professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, wrote a 43-page document, with input from an international working group, which was published by the World Health Organization’s Initiative for Vaccine Research. The document is entitled “Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Dengue Vaccines in Endemic Areas” and is addressed to national and regulatory authorities in over 100 dengue-endemic countries who may be interested in using vaccines to control the disease.
Mary Beth Bollinger, DO
Mary Beth Bollinger, DO, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, co-published an article entitled “Seasonal Patterns of Controller and Rescue Medication Dispensed in Underserved Children with Asthma” in the Journal of Asthma, 2008;45:800-806. |
Jacques Ravel, PhD,
David A. Rasko, PhD, and
Claire Fraser-Liggett, PhD
Jacques Ravel, PhD (left) , associate professor, and David A. Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, both from Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, and Claire Fraser-Liggett, PhD, professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, and director, Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “The Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames Ancestor” in the Journal of Bacteriology, 2009; January; 191(1):445-446.
Jakub Simon, MD; Myron
Levine, MD; Karen Kotloff,
MD; and Marcelo Sztein, MD
Jakub Simon, MD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Vaccine Development, was first author on an article entitled “Antigen-specific B Memory Cell Responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and Invasion Plasmid Antigen (Ipa) B Elicited in Volunteers Vaccinated with Live-attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a Vaccine Candidates” and published in Vaccine, 27 (2009). Co-authors include Myron Levine, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, and director, Center for Vaccine Development, and Karen Kotloff, MD, professor, and Marcelo Sztein, MD, professor, both from the Department of Pediatrics.
Jennifer Wortman, MS
Jennifer Wortman, MS, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the Filamentous Fungus Penicillium chrysogenum” in Nature Biotechnology, 2008 October: 26(10); 1161-8, and “Genome-Wide Survey, Discovery and Evolution of Repetitive Elements in Three Entamoeba Species” in BMC Genomics, 2008 December 10; 9(1):595. In addition, Ms. Wortman, along with Kristine Jones, BS, research supervisor, and Luke Tallon, BS, director, GRC Research & Development, Bioinformatics, both from the Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “Refined Annotation and Assembly of the Tetrahymena thermophila Genome Sequence through EST Analysis, Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Targeted Gap Closure” in BMC Genomics, 2008 November: 26-9(1):562
Silvia A. Pineiro, PhD
Silvia A. Pineiro, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medical & Research Technology, co-published “Bacterial Intein-like Domains of Predatory Bacteria: A New Domain Type Characterized in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus” in the January 20, 2009, issue of Functional & Integrative Genomics.
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Claudia R. Baquet, MD, MPH
Claudia R. Baquet, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Medicine, and associate dean for Policy and Planning, spoke at a National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities convention entitled “NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities” and held in National Harbor, Maryland, in December 2008. Dr. Baquet gave an oral presentation on “Fostering Diversity in Clinical and Community Research Participation to Eliminate Health Disparities” and also sat on an expert panel with former US Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, and ABC News’ Dr. Tim Johnson. The topic of discussion for the panel was “Science and the Role of Media and Policy in Eliminating Health Disparities.” This plenary session was the climax of the conference and was attended by 3,000 participants.
Brian Berman, MD
Brian Berman, MD, professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, and director, Center for Integrative Medicine, presented written testimony on February 23, 2009, at the US Senate for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on “Principles of Integrative Health: A Path to Health Care Reform.”
Maureen Black, PhD
Maureen Black, PhD, professor, Department of Pediatrics, was invited by the Government of Ecuador’s Ministry of Planning and Development to consult with them on their national Early Child Development Programs workshop, which was held in January 2009. As part of the consultation, and as part of the workshop, Dr. Black presented “Socioeconomic and Cultural Environment for Child Development.”
Y. Christy Chang, PhD
Y. Christy Chang, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, gave a platform presentation entitled “Common Variants in STK39 Are Associated with Blood Pressure Levels” at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in November 2009.
Soren Snitker, MD, PhD
Soren Snitker, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, served as the invited chair of a session entitled “Lessons from the Gila River Indian Community” at the Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society in Phoenix, Arizona, in October 2008.
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Howard Dubowitz, MBChB, MS
Howard Dubowitz, MBChB, MS, professor, Department of Pediatrics, presented “Fatalities and Child Neglect,” “Poverty and Child Maltreatment in the USA” and “Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Role for Health Professionals” at the 23rd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment in San Diego, California, in January 2009.
Leon Kochman, MD,
Symposium
in Rheumatology
The Department of Medicine hosted the Leon Kochman, MD, Symposium in Rheumatology, November 21, 2008, in Davidge Hall. The symposium honored the now retired Barry S. Handwerger, MD, a professor from the Department of Medicine, who also served as head, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, from 1985 to 1995 and associate chair for Research in Medicine from 1995 to 2001. Dr. Handwerger graduated from the School of Medicine in 1968. Speakers included former faculty and trainees who were recruited by Dr. Handwerger during his tenure as division head. The event was emceed by Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Medicine, and head, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology.
Andrew F. Neuwald, PhD
Andrew F. Neuwald, PhD, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented “The CHAIN Program: Forging Evolutionary Links to Underlying Mechanisms” at the 27th Leeds Annual Statistical Research Workshop: The Art and Sciences of Statistical Bioinformatics in Leeds, England, in July 2008. Additionally, in October 2008, Dr. Neuwald presented “The Chargedipole Pocket: An Ancient Ras-like GTPase Component Associated with Switch II Restructuring” at the Center for Bioinformatics at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and at a seminar held by Kansas State University’s Department of Biochemistry in Manhattan, Kansas.
Giora Netzer, MD, MSCE
Giora Netzer, MD, MSCE, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, presented “Transfusion and Early Sepsis” at CHEST 2008: American College of Chest Physicians 74th Annual Scientific Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October 2008.
Kevin Chen, PhD
Kevin Chen, PhD, associate professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and Center for Integrative Medicine, presented a lecture entitled “Introduction to Medical Qigong — Mysteries & Wonders of Chinese Medicine” at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Consult Service lecture series in Bethesda, Maryland, in March 2009. The lecture series provides National Institutes of Health clinical center staff with the opportunity to learn more about how the integration of various complementary and alternative medicine treatments can affect approaches into the research and practice of medicine. |
Mary Rodgers, PT, PhD
Mary Rodgers, PT, PhD, the George R. Hepburn Dynasplint Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was on the committee that organized the first Physical Therapy and Society Summit (PASS), held in Landsdowne, Maryland, in February 2009. PASS was created as part of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Vision 2010 plan, which focuses on how physical therapists can meet current, evolving and future societal healthcare needs. The mission of PASS is to empower physical therapists to be leaders in integrating innovative technologies and practice models and to establish collaborative interdisciplinary partnerships that will address these current, evolving and future societal healthcare needs. Attendees included physical therapists from around the country as well as non-physical therapists representing health policy, industry, government and targeted health care disciplines.
Jacques Ravel, PhD
Jacques Ravel, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, was co-chair of and participated in a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored workshop entitled “Workshop on Bacterial Vaginosis: Identifying Research Gaps” that was held in Bethesda, Maryland, in November 2008. Also at the workshop, he was the co-chair of a discussion panel on “Molecular Methods for Characterizing the Vaginal Microbiota.”
Wendy Sanders, MA
Wendy Sanders, MA, assistant dean for Research Career Development, conducted a grant writing workshop at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 2009. Sponsored by the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, this workshop was funded through a National Institutes of Health grant that is intended to reduce disparities in health among underrepresented minorities.
The Department of
Radiation Oncology
The Department of Radiation Oncology sponsored a continuing medical education symposium entitled “Mid-Atlantic 2008 ASTRO Review” in January 2009. The course provided radiation oncologists, radiation therapists, medical oncologists, hematologists, nurse practitioners, dosimetrists, physician assistants and nurses with the changes in technology and treatment modalities that occurred in 2008, as presented at the 50th Annual American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 2008. This included the latest developments in treating genitourinary, head and neck, central nervous system, gastrointestinal, breast, thoracic and lymphoma cancers. |
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Elizabeth Pradhan, PhD
Elizabeth Pradhan, MPH, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and Center for Integrative Medicine, was a guest on the January 12, 2009, edition of Prescription for Health, a weekly talk radio program on 680 AM WCBM hosted by Brian Sanderoff, a University of Maryland School of Pharmacy graduate. Dr. Pradhan answered questions about mindfulness and health.
Jill Whitall, PhD, and Sandra McCombe Waller, PT, PhD, MEd
Jill Whitall, PhD (left), professor, and Sandra McCombe Waller, PT, PhD, MEd, assistant professor, both from the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were featured in the January issue of Urbanite. The piece discussed the Tailwind BATRAC (Bilateral Arm Trainer with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing), which was developed by the two researchers and local company Encore Path. The BATRAC device helps people with stroke recover lost abilities.
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Niel Constantine, MD
Niel Constantine, MD, professor, Department of Pathology, received a one-year $25,000 MDC Associates Clinical Trial Amendment for his work entitled “Validating Supplemental Testing to Confirm Preliminary Positive Rapid HIV Tests.”
Erin Hager, PhD
Erin Hager, PhD, project coordinator for the Department of Pediatrics’ Growth and Nutrition Program, was awarded a one-and-a-half year $50,000 grant for “Evaluating the Influence of the Internal and External Middle School Environment on the Health of Low-Income Urban African-American Adolescent Girls” from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Hager’s grant and research will be under the direction of Maureen Black, PhD, professor, Department of Pediatrics.
A. James Mixson, MD
A. James Mixson, MD, associate professor, Department of Pathology, received a one-year $99,999 Maryland Industrial Partnerships Award from Sirnaomics, Inc. for “Silencing Scar Formation by Targeting Hoxb13-Phase II.”
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Sanford A. Stass, MD
Sanford A. Stass, MD, professor and chair, Department of Pathology, and chair, Department of Medical & Research Technology, received a five-month $150,000 National Cancer Institute AIDS Administrative Supplement Award to his University of Maryland Biomarker Reference Laboratory U01Grant.
Richard Venezia, MD
Richard Venezia, MD, professor, Department of Pathology, received a one-year $18,995 award from MicroPhage, Inc. for his work entitled “Primary Investigation into the Performance of the MicroPhage S. aureus MSSA/MRSA Test Direct from Blood Culture.”
Elizabeth Pradhan, PhD
Elizabeth Pradhan, MPH, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Center for Integrative Medicine, received a one-year $50,295 grant from the Mental Insight Foundation in support of a study entitled “Mindfulness Meditation and its Affects on Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”
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Jennifer Wortman, MS
Jennifer Wortman, MS, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, received a five-year $1.35 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her work on Aspergillus genomics and molecular biology. The title of her grant is “Aspergillus Genome Database.” The primary goal will be to improve predicted gene models across all Aspergillus genomes, incorporating available data resources and leveraging comparative genomics analysis.
Dean L. Mann, MD
Dean L. Mann, MD, professor, Department of Pathology, received a one-year $99,999 Maryland Industrial Partnerships Award from Gliknik, Inc. for “A Drug Screening Assay to Find a Drug for Lupus.”
Rose Viscardi, MD
Rose Viscardi, MD, professor, Department of Pediatrics, received a two-year $412,500 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for her work entitled “Role of Intrauterine Ureaplamsa-Infection in BPD Pathogenesis.” |
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Robert Edelman, MD, FACP
Robert Edelman, MD, FACP, professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, was selected for membership to the World Health Organization’s Advisory Committee on Dengue and Other Flavivirus Vaccines for a five-year term.
Michael T. Shipley, PhD
Michael T. Shipley, PhD, Donald E. Wilson Distinguished Professor, and chair, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, was elected chair-elect of the Section on Neurosciences of the American Association to the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Shipley will be chair-elect in 2010 and chair in 2011.
Sanford A. Stass, MD
Sanford A. Stass, MD, professor and chair, Department of Pathology, and chair, Department of Medical & Research Technology, was appointed to the editorial board of Cancer Biomarkers.
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Christine Wells, PT, PhD
Christine Wells, PT, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was elected vice president of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2009.
Keith Zurbuch, PT
Keith Zurbuch, PT an instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, passed the exam to be designated a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist in February 2009.
Jennifer Wortman, MS
Jennifer Wortman, MS, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, was invited to join the editorial board of the journal BMC Genomics as an associate editor.
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Robert C. Gallo, MD
Robert C. Gallo, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, and director, Institute of Human Virology, was named the recipient of the 2009 Governor’s International Leadership Award. Dr. Gallo was honored at the World Trade Center Institute’s prestigious gala held at the Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore in March 2009. The Governor’s International Leadership Award, the most esteemed international award bestowed by the state of Maryland, recognizes decades of sustained and exemplary global leadership by those who make a significant positive impact on Maryland and its global footprint. Annually, nominations are submitted and one Marylander is selected as the recipient. Dr. Gallo achieved world fame twenty-five years ago upon co-discovering HIV as the cause of AIDS.
E. Tonas Kalil, PT, MGA, RT
E. Tonas Kalil, PT, MGA, RT, instructor and academic coordinator of Clinical Education, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, received the Barbara Knothe Burn Therapist Achievement Award at the American Burn Association Annual Meeting in March 2009. This yearly award recognizes the outstanding performance of occupational therapists/assistants or physical therapists/assistants and his/her dedication, service and contribution to the realm of burn care and rehabilitation. Mr. Kalil is co-founder of the Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp, which provides programs for burn-injured youths and their families, and also serves as a consultant for the International Association of Fire Fighters, assisting in the organization of programs for young burn survivors. Mr. Kalil was also a finalist in The Daily Record’s 2009 Health Care Heroes Awards, presented March 17, 2009.
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Jingyi Li, MB, MS
Jingyi Li, MB, MS, a PhD candidate in epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, has received a Society of Public Health in Education (SOPHE) Student Fellows in Injury Prevention Award. SOPHE is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and is designed to recognize, assist and train students working on research or practice-based projects in either unintentional injury prevention or violence prevention in health education or the behavioral sciences. Mr. Li’s research focuses on effectiveness of various speeding enforcement strategies. The award includes a $1500 stipend, free student membership for one year and complimentary registration to SOPHE’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he will present his research and receive a fellowship certificate. The award will support Mr. Li’s dissertation entitled “Health Education Conducted by Traffic Court Judges: The Effects of Court Appearances on Repeat Speeding Violations.” Mr. Li is mentored by Elisa R. Braver, PhD, adjunct associate professor, who also now works for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Sania Amr, MD, associate professor, and Gordon S. Smith, MBChB, MPH, professor, all from the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine.
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