Mona Baumgarten, PhD
and Michelle Shardell, PhD

Mona Baumgarten, PhD (left), associate professor, and Michelle Shardell, PhD, assistant professor, both from the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, co-authored “Validity of Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis Using Digital Photography” in Wound Repair and Regeneration (2009) 17, 287-290.

Alexander G. Agthe, MD, PhD

Alexander G. Agthe, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, co-authored “Clonidine as an Adjunct Therapy to Opioids for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Randomized, Controlled Trial” in Pediatrics, May 2009; 123: e849-e856. This article publishes the results of a clinical trial to treat newborn infants with severe withdrawal from opioids.

Shane M. Ceraul, PhD;
Sheila Dreher-Lesnick, PhD;
Mohammed Sayeedur, PhD
and Abdu F. Azad, PhD

Shane M. Ceraul, PhD (left), research associate; Sheila Dreher-Lesnick, PhD, graduate research associate I; Mohammed Sayeedur, PhD, former assistant professor, and Abdu F. Azad, PhD, professor, all from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, co-published an article entitled “Functional Characterization and Novel Rickettsiostatic Effects of a Kunitz-type Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Tick Dermacentor variabilis” in Infection & Immunity, 2008 76: 5429-5435.

Carol Carraccio, MD, MA

Carol Carraccio, MD, MA, professor, Department of Pediatrics, co-authored “How Do We Know When We Have Succeeded in Making a ‘Good Doctor’? Theory and Practice of Graduate Medical Education?” as a supplement to Pediatrics, 2009; 123 (supplement 1): S17-21. In addition, Dr. Carraccio co-published “The Residency Review and Re-design in Pediatrics (R3P): Roots and Branches” in a supplement to Pediatrics, 2009; 123 (supplement 1): S1-7.

Anil Dhople, MD; Shahid Naqvi, PhD; William Regine, MD
and Young Kwok, MD

Wilbur Chang, MD, PhD
and Stuart E. Mirvis, MD

Wilbur Chang, MD, PhD, fourth-year resident, and Stuart E. Mirvis, MD, professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Diagnostic Determinants of Craniocervical Distraction Injury in Adults” in the American Journal of Roentgenology, January 2009;192:52–58.

Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH; Richard Goldberg, PhD; Julie Kreyenbuhl, PhD; Deborah Medoff, PhD and Lisa Dixon, MD

Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH (left), assistant professor; Richard Goldberg, PhD, associate professor; Julie Kreyenbuhl, PhD, assistant professor; Deborah Medoff, PhD, assistant professor and Lisa Dixon, MD, professor, all from the Department of Psychiatry, co-authored “Care and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Individuals with Schizophrenia and Type 2 Diabetes Who Smoke” in General Hospital Psychiatry, 2009 Jan-Feb;31(1):30-2.

Ziv J. Haskal, MD

Ziv J. Haskal, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Uterine Fibroid Embolization for Patients with Acute Urinary Retention” in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, October 2008;19:1503–1505.

James B. Kaper, PhD;
Lisa Harrison Plemons, PhD; Prasad Rhallabhandi, PhD
and Stefanie Vogel, PhD

Alicia Lucksted, PhD

Alicia Lucksted, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, co-authored “Initial Evaluation of the Peer-to-Peer Program” in Psychiatric Services, February 2009, 60:250-253.

Michael E. Mulligan, MD
and Stacy E. Smith, MD

Steven D. Munger, PhD

Steven D. Munger, PhD, associate professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, co-authored “Subsystem Organization of the Mammalian Sense of Smell” in the Annual Review of Physiology, 2009, 71:115-140.

Eli Perencevich, MD, MS

Eli Perencevich, MD, MS, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, co-authored an editorial entitled “Preventing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Thinking Outside the Checklist” in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009;301(12):1285-1287.

Prasad Rallabhandi, PhD;
Quan Nhu; Andrei E. Medvedev, PhD; Stefanie Vogel, PhD; and Alessio Fasano, MD

Prasad Rallabhandi, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and Quan Nhu, a graduate student in the Program in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, both of whom work in the laboratory of Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, shared first authorship on “Analysis of Proteinase-activated Receptor 2 and TLR4 Signal Transduction: A Novel Paradigm for Receptor Cooperativity” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283: 24314-24325 (2008). Their co-authors on this project included Andrei E. Medvedev, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dr. Vogel and Alessio Fasano, MD, professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine and Pathology and director, Mucosal Biology Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research.

William T. Regenold, MD, CM; Robert R. Conley, MD;
Abraham Obuchowski, MD;
and Rao Gullapalli, PhD

William T. Regenold, MD, CM (right), associate professor, and Robert R. Conley, MD, adjunct professor, both from the Department of Psychiatry, and Abraham Obuchowski, MD, assistant professor, and Rao Gullapalli, PhD, associate professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Relationship of Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Metabolites to MRI Deep White Matter Hyperintensities and Treatment Resistance in Bipolar Disorder Patients” in the November 2008 issue of Bipolar Disorders, (2008;10:753–764).

Charles S. Resnik, MD

Charles S. Resnik, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Panel Discussions in Radiology: Changes in Radiology Training and New Examination Format” in the American Journal of Roentgenology, December 2008;191:W217–W230.

Robert L. Rogers, MD;
Amal Mattu, MD;
Michael E. Winters, MD;
Joseph P. Martinez, MD;
Mercedes Torres, MD;
and Siamak Moayedi, MD

Robert L. Rogers, MD, assistant professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, is the chief editor of Practical Teaching in Emergency Medicine, an 18-chapter book published by Wiley-Blackwell in January 2009. Associate editors for this text are Amal Mattu, MD (above), associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Michael E. Winters, MD, assistant professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, and Joseph P. Martinez, MD, assistant professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, and assistant dean for Student Affairs. Mercedes Torres, MD, clinical instructor, and Siamak Moayedi, MD, assistant professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, contributed to the chapter on teaching procedures.

Mark F. Smith, PhD

Mark F. Smith, PhD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Quantification of Radiotracer Uptake with a Dedicated Breast PET Imaging System” in Medical Physics, November 2008;35:4989–4997.

Kari Ann Shirey, PhD; Leah Cole, PhD; Achsah Keegan, PhD; and Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD

Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS; Stuart E. Mirvis, MD; Uttam Bodanapally, MBBS;
Clint Sliker, MD; Thorsten Fleiter, MD; and Lisa Miller, MD

Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS, professor, and Stuart E. Mirvis, MD, professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “The 2008 RadioGraphics Monograph Issue: Emergency Imaging in Adults” in RadioGraphics, October 2008;28:1539–1540. They also co-authored “Evaluation of a Single-pass Continuous Whole-body 16-MDCT Protocol for Patients with Polytrauma” in the American Journal of Roentgenology, January 2009;192:3–10. In addition, Drs. Shanmuganathan and Mirvis, along with Uttam Bodanapally, MBBS, instructor, Clint Sliker, MD, assistant professor, Thorsten Fleiter, MD, assistant professor, and Lisa Miller, MD, assistant professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “MDCT Diagnosis of Penetrating Diaphragm Injury,” which was published online on March 31, 2009, ahead of print, in European Radiology.

Eliot L. Siegel, MD

Maria Salvato, PhD

Maria Salvato, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology, was senior author of an article entitled “Gene Expression in Primate Liver during Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” in Virology Journal, 6(1):20, February 2009.

Soren Snitker, MD, PhD

Soren Snitker, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, is the lead author of an article entitled “Effects of Novel Capsinoid Treatment on Fatness and Energy Metabolism in Humans: Possible Pharmacogenetic Implications” in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009;89:45-50.

Clint W. Sliker, MD

Clint Sliker, MD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, authored “Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Imaging with Multidetector CT Angiography” in RadioGraphics, October 2008;28:1689–1708.

Vasken Dilsizian, MD

Howard M. Richard, III, MD
and David M. Widlus, MD

Howard M. Richard, III, MD (left), assistant professor, and David M. Widlus, MD, associate professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Percutaneous Fluoroscopically Guided Jejunostomy Placement” in the Journal of Trauma, November 2008;65:1072–1077.

Zhitong Yang, PhD

Zhitong Yang, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, co-authored “Iterative Active Deformational Methodology for Tumor De-lineation: Evaluation across Radiation Treatment Stage and Volume” in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, November 2008;28:1188–1194.

Charles S. White, MD

Reha Erzurumlu, PhD

Reha Erzurumlu, PhD, professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, received a five-year $1,640,625 RO1 competing renewal grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his work entitled “Somatosensory Cortical Development and Plasticity.”

E. David Litwack, PhD

E. David Litwack, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, received a two-year $230,000 Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Exploratory Grant for his work entitled “Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation by Nuclear Factor One Transcription Factors.”

Irina G. Luzina, MD, PhD

Andrei E. Medvedev, PhD

Andrei E. Medvedev, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, received a one-year $70,000 University of Maryland, Baltimore-University of Maryland College Park Intramural National Institutes of Health Seed Grant entitled “Molecular Mechanisms of Impaired Sensing of Mycobacteria & Their Components by TLR2 & TLR4 Polymor-phic Variants.” Dr. Medvedev’s collaborator on the grant is Volker Briken, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Maryland College Park.

Michael Miller, MD

Steven D. Munger, PhD

Steven D. Munger, PhD, associate professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, received a two-year $249,000 grant from the Ajinomoto Amino Acid Research Program, or 3ARP, for his work entitled “Modulation of Umami Sensing in the Taste and Digestive Systems.”

Robert O’Toole, MD, MSME

Celine Plachez, PhD

Celine Plachez, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, received a two-year $110,000 Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant entitled “Role of Metalloproteinases in the Migration of Transplanted Human Stem Cells.” Under the grant, Dr. Plachez will work in the lab of Adam Puche, PhD, associate professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology.

Mary Cain

Mary Cain has been promoted to Executive Director of Development and Campaign Programs within the Office of Development. The executive director reports to Dennis Narango, Associate Dean for Development, and is responsible for providing strategic leadership as well as long-range and short-term planning in a number of areas, including management, operations, board relations, events and finance. During the past two years, Mrs. Cain has served as the Office of Development’s Director of Special Events and Board Relations. Prior to that position, she was special events coordinator. Before joining the medical school in March 2005, she was an events and fund raising specialist with the Harbinson Group, serving as a consultant to the Office of Development for the School of Medicine’s first Fund for Medicine Gala in 2004. Mrs. Cain has worked successfully with various units and individuals throughout the medical school and university on a number of complex projects. A graduate of Missouri State University with a major in communications, she has previous business experience in marketing, communication and management.

John A. Kastor, MD

John A. Kastor, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, has been appointed as a member of the editorial board of The Pharos, the quarterly journal of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Richard Y. Zhao, PhD

Richard Y. Zhao, PhD, associate professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology and Institute of Human Virology, has been appointed as an advisor to the Subcommittee on Establishing Molecular Testing in Clinical Laboratory Environments, Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI). CLSI is a global, nonprofit, standards-developing organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines within the health care community.

Michael Naslund, MD

Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD

Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine, was appointed to a two-year term as associate editor to the journal Diabetes.

Robert C. Gallo, MD

Robert C. Gallo, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, and director, Institute of Human Virology, was one of three recipients of the annual $1 million Dan David Prize. The 2009 Dan David Prize laureates are categorized in “Past, Present and Future Time Dimensions.” Dr. Gallo was honored in the “Future” category, in the field of “Global Public Health,” not only for his research of HIV and T cell leukemia viruses, but especially for the development of a robust, simple blood test to detect HIV, the importance of which cannot be overestimated for the epide-miology of this huge pandemic. The Dan David Prize is named after international businessman and philanthropist Dan David and is headquartered at Tel Aviv University. The laureates, who donate 10 percent of their prize money towards 20 doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships, were honored at a ceremony at Tel Aviv University in May 2009 in the presence of the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres.

Quan M. Nhu

Quan M. Nhu, a graduate student in the Program in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, working in the lab of Stefanie Vogel, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, won the Young Investigator Award at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the International Endotoxin & Innate Immunity Society (IEIIS), held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August 2008. The IEIIS Young Investigator Award recognizes the achievements of promising young scientists at the start of their careers and is given to pre- or post-doctoral students who are younger than 35 years old. Four finalists are selected and compete for the award by presenting a research poster, discussing the poster with a small committee and giving an oral presentation at the meeting. Mr. Nhu also received a travel award from IEIIS to attend the meeting.

Stephen Bartlett, MD

Daniel Farber, MD

Daniel Farber, MD, assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedics, is a recipient of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Traveling Fellowship Award. The AOFAS Traveling Fellowship Awards program is open to active members, associate members, candidate members and international members who are 45 years old or younger. Five members are chosen annually to travel and visit leaders in foot and ankle education and research. A goal of the Traveling Fellowship Awards Program is to spur new thinking about orthopaedic foot and ankle care and research. Traveling fellows are required to present a summary of their findings at the AOFAS Annual Summer Meeting and in an article in an AOFAS publication. Dr. Farber will travel to learning centers in the Northwest United States and Canada, where he will interact with AOFAS surgeons. As a fellow, he will observe surgery, attend clinics, give presentations and participate in a surgical planning conference and cadaver workshop.