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Ashraf Z. Badros, MD
Ashraf Z. Badros, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine and the Program in Oncology, co-authored an article entitled “The Natural History of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Multiple Myeloma Patients” in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26:5904-9, 2008.
Marcus Chibucos, PhD,
and Michelle Giglio, PhD
Marcus Chibucos, PhD, bioinformatics analyst, Institute for Genome Sciences, and Michelle Giglio, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored an article entitled “Programmed Cell Death in Host-symbiont Associations, Viewed through the Gene Ontology” in BMC Microbiology, 2009. 9(Supplement 1):S5 (19 February 2009). Additionally, Dr. Chibucos co-authored “Common Themes in Nutrient Acquisition by Plant Symbiotic Microbes, Described by the Gene Ontology” in BMC Microbiology, 2009. 9(Supplement 1):S6 (19 February 2009) and “Common Processes in Pathogenesis by Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens Described with Gene Ontology Terms” in BMC Microbiology, 2009. 9(Supplement 1):S7 (19 February 2009). Dr. Giglio also co-authored an article entitled “The Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology (PAMGO) Consortium: Community Development of New Gene Ontology Terms Describing Biological Processes Involved in Microbe-host Interactions” in BMC Microbiology, 2009. 9(Supplement 1):S1 (19 February 2009).
Gary Fiskum, PhD
Gary Fiskum, PhD, professor, Department of Anesthesiology, is the senior author of an article entitled “Sulforaphane Protects Astrocytes against Oxidative Stress and Delayed Death Caused by Oxygen and Glucose Deprivation,” which was published in Glia, 2009 April 15;57(6):645-56. In addition, Dr. Fiskum, along with Courtney Robertson, MD, assistant professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, and Susanna Scafidi, MD, assistant professor, and Mary McKenna, PhD, associate professor, both from the Department of Pediatrics, co-published “Mitochondrial Mechanisms of Cell Death and Neuroprotection in Pediatric Ischemic and Truamatic Brain Injury” in the July 2009 issue of Experimental Neurology.
Les Costello, PhD
Les Costello, PhD, professor at the University of Maryland Dental School and an instructor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Program in Oncology, is co-editor of a newly-published book entitled “Mitochondria and Cancer.”
Vasken Dilsizian, MD
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, chaired the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology writing group responsible for new “PET Nuclear Cardiology Guidelines,” which appeared in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, (2009;16:183–206).
Amy Fulton, PhD
Amy Fulton, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Program in Oncology, published “CXCR3 Expression is Associated with Poor Survival in Breast Cancer and Promotes Metastasis in a Murine Model” in the Journal of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 8:490, 2009.
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Rao Gullapalli, PhD
Rao Gullapalli, PhD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Functional Neuroimaging of Grammatical Class: Ambiguous and Unambiguous Nouns and Verbs,” which was e-published ahead of print in Cognitive Neuropsychology in December 2008. In addition, Dr. Gullapalli, along with Jiachen Zhuo, PhD, research associate, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Noninvasive Monitoring of HPMA Copolymer-RGDfK Conjugates by Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” which was e-published ahead of print in Pharmaceutical Research in January 2009.
Tibor Kristian, PhD
Tibor Kristian, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, is the senior author of an article entitled “Cyclophilin D is Expressed Predominantly in Mitochondria of Gamma-aminobutyric Acidergic Interneurons” which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2009 April; 87 (5):1250-1259.
Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD
Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, co-published a paper entitled “SL: IL-17 Receptor Signaling Inhibits C/EBP{beta} by Sequential Phosphorylation of the Regulatory 2 Domain” in Science Signaling, 2009, 2:ra8. This study identified a novel negative regulatory mechanism employed by IL-17 to inhibit C/EBP-b dependent gene expression. Additionally, Dr. Kalvakolanu co-authored “E2F1 Induces Tumor Cell Survival Via Nuclear Factor-kappaB-dependent Induction of EGR1 Transcription in Prostate Cancer Cells” in Cancer Research, 2009, 69:2324-2331.
Michael J. Makley, MD
Michael J. Makley, MD, assistant professor, Department of Neurology, was the lead author on an article entitled “Return of Memory and Sleep Efficiency Following Moderate to Severe Closed Head Injury,” which was published in the May 2009 issue of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.
Michael E. Mulligan, MD
Michael E. Mulligan, MD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was a co-author of “Are Pelvic Radiographs Needed in Assault Victims?,” e-published in January 2009 ahead of print in Emergency Radiology.
Paul Nagy, PhD, and RadIT Team
Christopher Meenan, Antoinette King, Christopher Toland, Mark Daly, all members of the RadIT team in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Paul G. Nagy, PhD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Use of a Wiki as a Radiology Department Knowledge Management System,” which was e-published ahead of print in the Journal of Digital Imaging in January 2009.
Andrew F. Neuwald, PhD
Andrew F. Neuwald, PhD, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Institute for Genome Sciences, authored a paper entitled “The Glycine Brace: A Component of Rab, Rho, and Ran GTPases Associated with Hinge Regions of Guanine-and Phosphate-binding Loops” in BMC Structural Biology, 2009; March 5; 9(1):11.
Susanna Scafidi, MD
Susanna Scafidi, MD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, is the first author of an article entitled “Delayed Cerebral Oxidative Glucose Metabolism after Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Rats” in the Journal of Neurochemistry, 2009; May;109 Suppl 1:189-97. |
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
Eliot L. Siegel, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Digital Radiography Reject Analysis: Data Collection Methodology, Results and Recommendations from an In-depth Investigation at Two Hospitals” in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of Digital Imaging, 2009;22:89–98..
Brian M. Polster, PhD
Brian M. Polster, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, published an article entitled “Reactive Oxygen Species Regulation by AIF- and Complex I-depleted Brain Mitochondria” in Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 2009; 46: 939-47.
David A. Rasko, PhD
David A. Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored “Novel Approaches to Bacterial Infection Therapy by Interfering with Cell-to-cell Signaling” in Current Protocols in Microbiology, 2009 February, Chapter 17:Unit 17.3. In addition, Dr. Rasko co-authored “The Two-component System QseEF and the Membrane Protein QseG link Adrenergic and Stress Sensing to Bacterial Pathogenesis” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences US, which was published online on March 16, 2009, ahead of print.
Raj Shekhar, PhD
Raj Shekhar, PhD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Multimodality Cardiac Stress Testing: Combining Real-time 3-dimensional Echocardiography and Myocardial Perfusion SPECT” in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, February 2009;50:226–230.
Deborah M. Stein, MD,
Thomas M. Scalea, MD,
and Clint W. Sliker, MD
Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, assistant professor, and Thomas M. Scalea, MD (pictured), professor, both from the Department of Surgery, and Clint W. Sliker, MD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Does Treatment Always Matter?” in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Trauma, 2009;66:132–143.
Hervé Tettelin, PhD
Hervé Tettelin, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, co-authored an article entitled “Acidithiobac-cillus Ferrooxidans Metabolism: From Genome Sequence to Industrial Applications” in BMC Genomics, 2008 December 11, 9:597.
Bret A. Hassel, PhD
Bret A. Hassel, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Program in Oncology, published an article entitled “Ribosomal Protein mRNAs Are Primary Targets of Regulation in RNase-L-induced Senescence” in RNA Biology,6:3 1-11. |
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Brian J. Browne, MD
Brian J. Browne, MD, professor and chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, was the keynote speaker at the International Emergency Medicine Symposium spon-sored by Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, China, in April 2009. His lecture was entitled “Emergency Medicine in the USA: Past, Present and Future.” Y. Veronica Pei, MD, MEd, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, also was an invited lecturer at the symposium, presenting “The Initial Assessment of a Trauma Patient” and “Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST).”
Jinshui Fan, PhD
Jinshui Fan, PhD, research associate in the laboratory of Feyruz Rassool, PhD, associate professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, presented “Cells Bearing FLT3/ITD Mutations Exhibit Elevated Repair Errors Generated through Alternative DNA Double Strand Break Repair Pathways: Implications for Genomic Instability and Therapy” during a mini-symposium at the 100th Annual Meeting for the American Association for Cancer Research in Denver, Colorado, in April 2009. Additionally, at the same meeting, Dr. Fan presented a poster “DNA Ligase and PARP Inhibitors are Therapeutic Targets in TKI Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.”
W. Florian Fricke, PhD
W. Florian Fricke, PhD, research associate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented “The Increasing Availability of Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants: Implications for Pathogen Evolution and Bio-preparedness” during a plenary session on antimicrobial resistance at the 7th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Meeting in Baltimore in February 2009.
Amy Fulton, PhD
Amy Fulton, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Program in Oncology, was an invited speaker at the World Cancer Congress in Beijing, China, in June 2009. Dr. Fulton presented “The Role of the Cyclooxygenase-2 Pathway in Cancer Metastasis.”
Stephen B. Liggett, MD
Stephen B. Liggett, MD, professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, presented “Pharmacogenomics within the Adrenergic Network for Treatment of Heart Failure” during the Department of Cardiology’s Grand Rounds at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in April 2009. At Hopkins again in May 2009, Dr. Liggett presented “Sequencing and Analyses of All Known Human Rhinovirus Genomes Reveals Structure and Evolution” during the Department of Pathology’s Grand Rounds.
James S. Gammie, MD,
Stephen T. Bartlett, MD,
and Bartley P. Griffith, MD
James S. Gammie, MD, associate professor, Stephen T. Bartlett, MD (pictured), Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Transplant Surgery and chair, and Bartley P. Griffith, MD, professor, all from the Department of Surgery, presented “Small-Incision Mitral Valve Repair: Safe, Durable and Approaching Perfection” at the American Surgical Association’s 129th Annual Meeting in Indian Wells, California, in April 2009. Additionally, at the same conference, Drs. Bartlett and Griffith, along with David G. Neschis, MD, associate professor, William R. Flinn, MD, professor, and Thomas M. Scalea, MD, Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery, all from the Department of Surgery, presented “Endograft Repair of Traumatic Aortic Injury — A Technique in Evolution.” |
Jeffrey Hasday, MD, and
Sergei Atamas, MD, PhD
Jeffrey Hasday, MD (left), professor, and Sergei Atamas, MD, PhD, associate professor, both from the Department of Medicine, organized and hosted the first annual Hales Lung Conference in April 2009. The all-day conference, which focused on the theme “Mechanisms of Lung Fibrosis and Clinical Applications,” was held at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and included internationally-recognized speakers and led to a new concept about the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The event was sponsored by the Hales family and Hemagen Diagnostics. Tom Hales is a grateful patient; he and his wife, Alice Marie, funded the Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Distinguished Professorship in Thoracic Transplant Surgery which was bestowed upon Bartley Griffith, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, during an investiture ceremony in June 2009.
Michael J. Makley, MD
Michael J. Makley, MD, assistant professor, Department of Neurology, gave an invited presentation on “Brain Injury and Sleep Disorders” for the US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group Winter Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, in February 2009. Additionally, Dr. Makley was a course instructor for “Ten Sequelae of Brain Trauma” at the 61st Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting in Seattle, Washington, in April 2009.
Amal Mattu, MD
Amal Mattu, MD, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, delivered the keynote address at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, in March 2009. The title of his talk was “Becoming the Leader That Others Will Follow: Lessons From the Great Minds Through the Ages.” At the same meeting, Fermin Barrueto, Jr., MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented a talk entitled “How Does Selection of a Procedural Sedation Agent Affect Quality Measures in a Community Emergency Department?” and Jeff Gerton, MD, and Esti Schabelman, MD, both third-year residents, Department of Emergency Medicine, presented the results of their study “When is a Physician in Triage a Financially Viable Option?” Additionally, Dr. Mattu was the keynote speaker at the Continuing Concepts in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Conference, held in Suffolk, Virginia, lecturing on the topics of “Emergencies in the Elderly Patient,” “Modern Management of Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema,” and “10 Things You Must Consider in the Crashing Patient.” He was also the keynote speaker at the 14th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference of the British Columbia Medical Association Section of Emergency Medicine, where he presented two lectures on advanced electrocardiography (ECG) interpretation. In addition, at the annual Emergency Medicine Conference, the largest emergency medicine conference in Canada, sponsored by North York General Hospital in Toronto, Dr. Mattu was the only United States representative out of its 37-member faculty. He conducted two workshops on advanced ECG interpretation and lectured on advanced cardiac cases and the approach to the moribund patient. All three of these conferences were held in April 2009.
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Department of Radiation Oncology held its 6th Annual Radiobiology and Physics Review Course in May 2009. The purpose of this four-day course was to provide a comprehensive review of radiobiology and physics for senior radiation oncology residents preparing to take their board certification exams for the first time, as well as practicing radiation oncologists who attend to prepare for their re-certification examinations. Held on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, in the Dental School, the review course garnered attendees from all over the United States.
Michael Winters, MD,
Sara Scott, MD, and
Larry Weiss, MD, JD
Michael Winters, MD, assistant professor, Sara Scott, MD, clinical instructor and chief resident, and Larry Weiss, MD, JD (right), professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, gave presentations at the annual educational conference of the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, held in Baltimore in April 2009. They spoke, respectively, on “Care of the Critically Ill: Articles That Will Change Your Practice,” “Coumadinosis: Pearls and Pitfalls That You Must Know,” and “The Top Five Legal Pitfalls in Emergency Medicine.” |
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Medicine, presented a seminar entitled “The Evolution of Drug Resistant Malaria” at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics in January 2009. He chaired a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2009, on the role of drugs in the global eradication of malaria as part of the Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (MalERA) project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, Dr. Plowe pre-sented “Application of Genomics to Evaluation of Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trials” during the malaria symposium of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases’ 12th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research in April 2009.
David A. Rasko, PhD
David A. Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented “Pathogen Comparative Genomics” at the Public Health Agency of Canada Research Forum in Winnipeg, Canada, in March 2009.
Feyruz Rassool, PhD
Feyruz Rassool, PhD, associate professor, Department of Radiology Oncology and Program in Oncology, was an invited speaker at the European Hematology Association Stem Cell Workshop in Cannes-Mandelieu, France, in April 2009. Dr. Rassool presented “ROS, DNA Damage and Repair in Leukemic Stem Cells.”
Jacques Ravel, PhD
Jacques Ravel, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented “The Genomics Behind the Amerithrax Investigation” during a plenary session on the science behind the investigation of the “Anthrax Letters” — letters laced with anthrax that appeared in the US mail soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — at the 7th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Meeting in Baltimore in February 2009. In addition, Dr. Ravel chaired a genetics and microbial communities workgroup entitled “Moving into the Future: New Dimensions and Strategies for Women’s Health Research” at the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Women’s Health National Conference at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in March 2009. The conference was aimed at ensuring research on women’s health continues to be on the most advanced and cutting edge of science, technologies and methodologies.
Alice Ryan, PhD
Alice Ryan, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine, presented “Exercise and the Elderly” for the NPHY/BSCI 614: Physiology of Aging course at the University of Maryland’s Dental School and School of Nursing in March 2009.
Edward Sausville, MD, PhD
Edward Sausville, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine and Program in Oncology, was an invited speaker at the American Association for Cancer Research Translation of the Cancer Genome meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in February 2009. Dr. Sausville presented “How to Define a Cancer Drug Target.”
Hervé Tettelin, PhD
Hervé Tettelin, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented “Bacterial Genomics: From Ge-nomes to Pan-genomes and Vaccines” at the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kilifi, Kenya, in December 2008. |
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Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, and Various Institute for Genome Sciences Faculty and Staff
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, and director, Institute for Genome Sciences, was featured in a television show entitled “Anthrax Investigation” on PBS’ NOVA scienceNOW, which aired on June 30, 2009. Jacques Ravel, PhD, associate professor, David A. Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, both from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, and Luke Tallon, director, Genomics Resource Center, Naomi Senglemay, research specialist, and Kisha Watkins, research specialist, all from the Institute for Genome Sciences, are also featured. To view this broadcast, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0401/02.html. Additionally, Drs. Fraser-Liggett, Ravel and Rasko and Ms. Watkins, along with Samuel Angiuoli, bioinformatics programming and applications manager, Heather Huot-Creasy, research specialist, Cheron Jones, research supervisor, and Anna Seekatz, graduate student, all from the Institute for Genome Sciences, will be featured on National Geographic’s "Undercover History: Anthrax", which will air on July 26, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. and again on July 31, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel.
Carnell Cooper, MD
Carnell Cooper, MD, associate professor, Department of Surgery, was selected as a CNN Hero for his Violence Intervention Program. Dr. Cooper was interviewed by journalist Larry King; the interview can be found on www.CNN.com.
Anil K. Jaiswal, PhD
Anil K. Jaiswal, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, was featured on the cover of the International Journal of Oncology, Vol. 34, No. 4, April 2009. In the pages of this international journal devoted to oncology research and cancer treatment, Dr. Jaiswal is highlighted as a member of its Editorial Academy. Coverage included his biography.
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Bradley E. Alger, PhD
Bradley E. Alger, PhD, professor, Department of Physiology, received a five-year $1,658,295 competing renewal from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his training grant entitled “Training Program in Cellular & Integrative Neuroscience.” The grant will provide training funds for six post-doctoral trainee slots.
Nicholas A. Frost, BA
Nicholas A. Frost, BA, graduate student, Department of Physiology, received a four-year $164,704 individual Pre-doctoral MD/PhD Fellowship (F30) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for his work entitled “Regulation of Actin Dynamics at Functional Subdomains within Dendritic Spines.”
Amy Fulton, PhD
Amy Fulton, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Program in Oncology, received a three-year $562,500 Department of Defense IDEA Award for her work entitled “Reducing Breast Cancer Mortality by Targeting the COX-2 Pathway.”
Andrew Goldberg, MD
Andrew Goldberg, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, received an $853,631 continuation to his T32 training grant entitled “The Biology of Exercise and Aging.” This grant will fund three post-doctoral fellows for five years.
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Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD
Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Program in Oncology, received a five-year $1,360,621 competitive renewal R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute for his work entitled “Cytokine Modulated Model Growth Inhibitory Mechanisms.” This grant will focus on the role of GRIM-19, a novel tumor suppressor, in tumor development. Dr. Kalvakolanu discovered GRIM-19 in a genetic screen that he has employed to isolate tumor suppressor genes induced by interferons.
Jessica A. Mong, PhD
Jessica A. Mong, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, received a one-year $112,500 grant from the Autism Research Program, which is administered through the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, for her work entitled “Etiology of Sleep Disorders in ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders): Role for Inflammatory Cytokines.” Dr. Mong will study the role of proinflammatory cytokines as a possible mediator of sleep disruptions associated with ASD.
Cindy Weisbart, PsyD
Cindy Weisbart, PsyD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, received a one-year $60,000 service grant from the United Way to provide mental health services to neglected children in the Care Clinic. The Care Clinic, located in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Child Protection, is also funded by the state of Maryland’s Department of Human Resources and is now able to provide free mental health services to Maryland children and families with histories of physical or sexual abuse, neglect or exposure to domestic violence. |
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Medicine, received a one-year $52,550 competing award from Vanderbilt University and the Association for American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for his work entitled “Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center @ Vanderbilt University & AAMC (FICRS).” This grant is renewable for at least two years.
Bernardo Ortega, PhD
Bernardo Ortega, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physiology, received a one-year $10,000 mini scientific grant from the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland for “Molecular Mechanism of Loop Diuretic Resistance in DCT.”
Brian M. Polster, PhD
Brian M. Polster, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, received a four-year $700,000 R01 grant from the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his work entitled “Proteolytic Fragments and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury.”
Justin M. Kerr, BS
Justin M. Kerr, BS, graduate student, Department of Physiology, received a two-year $53,470 individual Pre-doctoral Fellowship (F31) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for his work entitled “Dynamics of the Structure-Function Relationship at Single Postsynaptic Densities.” |
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Stephen Bartlett, MD
Stephen Bartlett, MD, Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Transplant Surgery and chair, Department of Surgery, was honored with the Julius A. Mackie Distinguished Graduate Award and Lecture from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, where he completed his residency in general surgery. At the May 2009 event, Dr. Bartlett presented “Composite Tissue Transplantation.”
Olga Ioffe, MD
Olga Ioffe, MD, associate professor, Department of Pathology and Program in Oncology, was chosen by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2009 to receive a Student Council Faculty Award in the Preclinical Awards category. Dr. Ioffe’s award was announced and recognized at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Convocation Ceremony on May 15, 2009.
Andrew P. Goldberg, MD
Andrew P. Goldberg, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, received the Master Teacher Award in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in recognition of his outstanding teaching ability and contributions to geriatric medicine and gerontology. Dr. Goldberg received the award at SUNY Downstate’s 129th Anniversary Alumni Reunion in Brooklyn, New York, in May 2009.
Ali Hamedani, MS I
Ali Hamedani, MS I, received a Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship from the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Medical Honor Society. The $5,000 award provides summer term support for clinical investigation, basic laboratory research, epidemiology or social science/health services research by a medical student. Funds from the fellowship are expected to be the major source of support for the student and only one candidate from each medical school may be nominated per year. Only 50 scholarships are approved nationwide and students need not be AΩA members. The fellowship honors Carolyn L. Kuckein, long-time administrator of AΩA and an honorary member of the society, who died in 2004. Mr. Hamedani will be conducting his summer research under the guidance of Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH, professor, Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine. The title of his research is “Case-Control Study of Ischemic Strokes in Young Adults: the role of Factor V Leiden.”
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Donna S. Hanes, MD
Donna S. Hanes, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, was chosen by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2009 to receive a Student Council Faculty Award in the Clinical Awards category. Dr. Hanes’ award was announced and recognized at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Convocation Ceremony on May 15, 2009.
Department of Pathology’s Cytogenetics Laboratory
In January 2009, the Department of Pathology’s Cytogenetics Laboratory was re-accredited by the College of American Pathologists and recognized for the “excellence of services being provided.” The Cytogenetics Laboratory provides clinical diagnostic services to the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center as well as other local hospitals, including St. Agnes Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center and Anne Arundel Medical Center. The laboratory performs approximately 2,000 tests annually for the diagnosis of chromosome abnormalities using karyotyping and fluorescence in-situ hybridization, or FISH, techniques. It participates in clinical research organized by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B and Children’s Oncology Group, both national clinical trial cooperative groups. The laboratory also serves as a subcontractor for Maryland and National Institutes of Health-funded research projects and hosts rotations for fellows, residents and genetic counseling students. To learn more about the Cytogenetics Laboratory in the Department of Pathology or for assistance with current clinical or research projects, please contact the Cytogenics Laboratory Director, Yi Ning, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pathology, ayning@som.umaryland.edu.
Yassar Youssef, MD
Yassar Youssef, MD, resident, Department of Surgery, won first place at the “Top Gun” competition of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2009 Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, in April 2009. The “Top Gun” competition tests laparoscopic skills and talent. Dr. Youssef entered the contest after a year-long practice at the University of Maryland’s Maryland Advanced Simulation, Training, Research and Innovation, or MASTRI, Center. The meeting garnered more than 2,000 national and international attendees.
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E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, vice president for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland, John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor, and dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the prestigious Marcus Garvey Universal Negro Improvement, or UNIA, Award for his outstanding and dedicated services to the Baltimore community at-large. Dr. Reece will receive the award at the Jamaican Association of Maryland’s annual Jamaican Independence Ball in August 2009, which will be held under the auspices of His Excellency Anthony Johnson, the Jamaican Ambassador to the United States.
Kathleen Oktavec, MS III
Kathleen Oktavec, MS III, received a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Fellowship from the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Research Resources. The award provides an intensive learning experience to prepare the fellow to become an exemplary clinical researcher and/or teacher of clinical research in any discipline, specialty or subspecialty. Matriculation is July 1, 2009 until June 30, 2010, and the award provides a stipend of $20,772 plus tuition and expenses and enrollment in the Master of Public Health (MPH) or the Master of Health Science (MHS) program. Ms. Oktavec will work with a Hopkins faculty mentor to design, implement and submit a research study for publication that meets the requirements of the MPH capstone project or the MHS thesis in clinical epidemiology. She also will participate in program activities (e.g. seminars, journal clubs, prospective student information sessions) during and after the year of support.
Jun Shen, PhD
Jun Shen, PhD, post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Anil Jaiswal, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, received the University of Maryland, Baltimore Translational Graduate Research Award from the Office of Research & Development on April 3, 2009, in recognition of exceptional research that shows the greatest potential to lead to new commercial products for the benefit of human health. His project, “Higher Expression of p63 and Lower Induction of p53 and Apoptosis Led to Benzo(a)pyrene and Dimethylbenz(a)ntmhracene Induced Skin Tumors in NQ01-/-/NQ02-/-double Knockout Mice,” has implications for the therapeutic treatment of skin cancer.
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