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Awards and Honors

Jack M. Fletcher Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, Medical School (MS), and co-director, Center for Academic and Reading Skills, has been appointed chair of the National Commission on Reading Research.

Mohammad Madjid, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, MS, co-chaired the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conference Aug. 13 on “Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Threats: The Clinical and Public Implications for the Prevention and Control of Heart Disease.” This conference at Heart House in Bethesda, Md., convened a multidisciplinary group of about 35 experts in clinical cardiology, cardiovascular science, emerging infectious diseases, immunization and bioterrorism to develop a consensus report, which will be published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, and Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.

Presentations

Corwin Boake, Ph.D., associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, MS, spoke Sept. 9-10 on “Psychological Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: Anxiety, Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” and “Historical Perspectives on Brain Injury Rehabilitation: What Do They Tell Us about Future Developments?” at Headway’s 25th Anniversary Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. Headway provides support, services and information to brain injury survivors, their families and caregivers.

Martin Young, D.Phil., assistant professor in cell signaling, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, and a faculty member at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), was an invited speaker on “Potential Role of the Circadian Clock in Metabolic Adaptation of the Heart” at the International Society for Heart Research 2004 World Congress Aug. 6-10 in Brisbane, Australia; at the World Congress Satellite Meeting Aug. 13-15 in Kruger National Park, South Africa; and at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Aug. 18-19 in Alderley Edge, England.

Publications

Kathleen Becan-McBride, Ed.D., director of community outreach and education, Health Science Center, and professor of family practice and community medicine, MS, and long-time co-author Diana Garza, Ed.D., have updated their Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials for the 7th edition, published in July by Prentice Hall. The book is used internationally in phlebotomy, clinical laboratory science, medical assisting and nursing courses. For the first time the book comes with a CD-ROM containing gaming techniques for learning each chapter. The Instructor’s Resource Guide for the Phlebotomy Handbook was published in September to accompany the book.

Research led by Ke-He Ruan, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, MS and GSBS, was featured in Sciencebase.com in Cambridge, UK. Science writer David Bradley said, “By assembling NMR-derived structures U.S. researchers have been able to obtain a much clearer picture than before of a receptor protein that is the target for anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive drugs. The study could provide new insights for drug designers.”

Ruan; Jiaxin Wu, GSBS student and MS research assistant; Shui-ping So, fellow in internal medicine, MS; and summer research students Lori A. Jenkins and Cheng-Huai Ruan were authors of an article on “NMR Structure of the Thromboxane A2 Receptor Ligand Recognition Pocket,” published in July in the European Journal of Biochemistry.

Stephen K. Tyring, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology, MS, is author of “Once, Twice, or Three Times Daily Famciclovir Compared with Aciclovir for the Oral Treatment of Herpes Zoster in Immunocompetent Adults: A Randomized, Multicenter, Double- Blind Clinical Trial,” published in April in the Journal of Clinical Virology. Tyring and Peter Rady, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology, MS, are among co-authors of “High Level of Orexin A Observed in the Phenylketonuria Mouse Brain is Due to the Abnormal Expression of Prepro-Orexin,” published in April in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Tyring, Rady, and Qin He, M.D., a research scientist in the Department of Dermatology, MS, are among co authors of “HPV Typing in Brazilian Patients with Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis: High Prevalence of EV-HPV 25,” published in May in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. Tyring and David Huang, M.D., a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, MS, are among co authors of “Vaccines and Immunotherapies for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases Having Cutaneous Manifestations,” published in April in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Penelope S. Villars, D.S.N. student, SON, and Shannan K. Hamlin, D.S.N. student, SON, are among co authors of “Role of Diastole in Left Ventricular Function, I: Biochemical and Biomechanical Factors,” in the September issue of the American Journal of Critical Care. Part II of the article, “Role of Diastole in Left Ventricular Function, II: Diagnosis and Treatment,” will be published in the November issue.