Michael S. Donnenberg, MD

Michael S. Donnenberg, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, received a $1,166,667 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to fund years 17 through 21 of his work entitled "The Eae Gene Cluster of Enteropathogenic E. coli."

Jill Whitall, PT, PhD

Jill Whitall, PT, PhD, professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, received a two-year $125,000 RO3 grant from the National Institute of Aging for her work entitled "Treadmill Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing in Older Adults with Chronic Stroke."

A. James Mixson, MD

A-Lien Lu-Chang, PhD, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received a $25,000 program pilot grant from the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Cancer Center. Dr. Lu-Chang’s project is entitled "Role of Thymine DNA Glycosylase in Preventing Breast Cancer." This project is in collaboration with Angela Brodie, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmacolgy & Experimantal Therapeutics.

Mary Beth Bollinger, DO

Mary Beth Bollinger, DO, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, received a two-year $100,000 grant from the Weinberg Foundation to fund the University of Maryland Hospital for Children’s Breathmobile.

David W. Scott, PhD

Richard L. Eckert, PhD, MS

Richard L. Eckert, PhD, MS, professor and chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, has been selected for the Leadership Maryland Class of 2008. Leadership Maryland is an independent, educational non-profit organization designed to inform top-level executives from the public and private sectors about the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing the state of Maryland and its regions. Dr. Eckert is one of 52 accomplished and talented statewide leaders selected to participate in the eight-month program. Following a two-day retreat, participants will attend five two-day and one one-day intense sessions focusing on issues such as economic development, education, health and human services, criminal and juvenile justice, environment and multi-culturalism and diversity.

Charles S. Resnik, MD

Charles S. Resnik, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was inducted as president of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology at the group’s annual meeting in Seattle in March 2008.

Marcela F. Pasetti, MD

Marcela F. Pasetti, MD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Vaccine Development, has accepted an invitation from the Department of Health and Human services to serve as a member of the Vaccines against Microbial Diseases Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. The term of appointment will begin July 1, 2008, and run through June 30, 2012. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific displine as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.

Larry D. Weiss, MD, JD, FAAEM

Larry D. Weiss, MD, JD, FAAEM, professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was elected to a two-year term as president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine at the organization’s annual scientific assembly, which was held on Amelia Island, Florida, in February 2008.

Patricio O’Donnell, MD, PhD

Patricio O’Donnell, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, has been appointed to the Scientific Council of the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders (NARSAD). NARSAD is one of the largest foundations supporting mental health research, focusing on schizophrenia and affective disorders.

Melissa McDiarmid, MD, MPH

Martin J. Edelman, MD

Martin J. Edelman, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, has been appointed an associate editor for the journal Lung Cancer.

Ronald B. Gartenhaus, MD

Amal Mattu, MD, and Robert L. Rogers, MD

Patrick Aquino, MD

Patrick Aquino, MD, PGY-3 resident, Department of Psychiatry, received the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training George Ginsberg Fellowship Award for excellence in psychiatric education and teaching.

Aquanette Brown

Aquanette Brown, MS I, received a $5,000 Summer Intern Scholarship in Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008 Award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery to work with Robert Pierson, MD, professor, Department of Surgery.

Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP

Marguerite Buzza, PhD, and Ian Anglin, PhD

Marguerite Buzza, PhD, CJ Martin post-doctoral research fellow, and Ian Anglin, PhD, senior post-doctoral research fellow, both from the Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, each received a 2008 American Heart Association Poster Award at the Gordon Conference on Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis in San Diego. Each award comes with a prize of $250. Dr. Buzza’s poster was entitled "Matriptase Regulates Barrier Formation in Intestinal Epithelial Cells" and Dr. Anglin’s poster was entitled "Intracellular Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 2 (SerpinB2) Modulates Calpain Activity."

Shannon Dean and David Edwards

Shannon Dean, GS III, and David Edwards, MS IV, both students in the MD/PhD Program, each were awarded a $700 travel scholarship to attend and present a poster at the Days of Molecular Medicine Symposium, entitled "Cognitive Dysfunction in Disease: Mechanisms and Therapies," in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 2008. The annual symposium focuses on selected areas at the interface between basic and clinical research with the aim of establishing translational highways for catalyzing the information exchange between the bench and bedside. Only 15 MD/PhD students nationwide were selected to receive travel scholarships, which were provided by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Stacy Taylor, MD

Stacy Taylor, MD, PGY-4 resident, Department of Psychiatry, received the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training Frieda Fromm-Reichmann M.D. Memorial Award for a paper on psychotherapy.

Erin T. Strovel, PhD

Erin T. Strovel, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, was awarded the 2007 Alumni Professional Achievement Award from McDaniel College. This award is presented to graduates who have gained national/international distinction in his/her chosen field or profession and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on the college. Dr. Strovel graduated from McDaniel College in 1993.

Jonas Nelson

Jonas Nelson, MS III, has accepted a position in the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine for 2008 to 2009.

Tammitia Wallace, Bhoughkumarie (Reena) Rambharat and Silvia Piñeiro, PhD

Wendy Bowman, Heather Smith
and Elizabeth Middleton

Wendy Bowman, Heather Smith and Elizabeth Middleton, all Class of 2009 undergraduate students from the Department of Medial & Research Technology, participated in the Fifth Annual American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Region II Case Study Contest that was held at Mercy Medical Center on March 29, 2008. In recognition of their presentations, Ms. Bowman was awarded first place, Ms. Smith was award second place and Ms. Middleton received a certificate of merit.

Lisa Green

Lisa Green, MSIII, who is also the first MD/MPH candidate currently in the MPH year, was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) Fellowship. The CRTP is a 12-month program designed to attract to the NIH campus the most creative, research-oriented medical and dental students. Fellows spend a year engaged in a mentored clinical or translational research project in an area that matches their personal interests and goals.

John Sorkin, MD, PhD

John Sorkin, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, was awarded Outstanding Scientific Poster and Outstanding Poster Presentation for "Changes in Cardiovascular Risk over Time: A Comparison of Framingham Risk Scores, 1988-1994 to 1999-2004," which was presented at the 2008 Annual Preventive Medicine Meeting in Austin in February 2008.

Asma Hijazi and Ed Thompson

Asma Hijazi and Ed Thompson, both Class of 2008 undergraduate students from the Department of Medical & Research Technology, were awarded scholarships from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. These scholarships provided funding towards tuition and fees, helping the students to complete their baccalaureate degrees at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Stephen Kinsey

Stephen Kinsey, research supervisor in the laboratory of Mordecai P. Blaustein, MD, Department of Physiology, received his MBA from the Loyola College Sellinger School of Business’ Executive MBA Fellows Program in February 2008. Mr. Kinsey also became a Fellow in UMB’s Office of Technology Commercialization in May 2008.

Willam Romani, PT, PhD

Willam Romani, PT, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was named a 2008 Daily Record Health Care Professional Hero winner.