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Awards and Honors

Robert M. Chamberlain, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at the UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), received the first M. D. Anderson Postdoctoral Association Distinguished Mentor Award at a June 7 ceremony. Established in 2005, the award will acknowledge annually a faculty member who, through guidance of postdoctoral fellows, exemplifies the fundamental mentoring qualities of teacher, coach and sponsor.

Marlene Cohen, Ph.D., the John S. Dunn Sr. Distinguished Professor of Oncology Nursing and interim chair, Department of Nursing for Target Populations, School of Nursing (SON), has been appointed a member of the National Institutes of Health study section for Nursing Science: Adults and Older Adults for the threeyear term of July 1, 2005-June 30, 2008. Cohen recently served as a temporary member of this study section.

Ronald Kerman, M.D., professor of surgery, Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation, Medical School (MS), was elected to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation board of directors for a three-year term.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has appointed Susan Landry, Ph.D., director of the State Center for Early Childhood Development, UT Health Science Center, as chairman of the new Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Head Start Accountability and Education Performance Measures. The committee will help assess progress in developing and implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (a school readiness rating system for early childhood education) and make recommendations for integrating the system with other broader, on-going assessments of Head Start. Landry, chief of developmental pediatrics, MS, and the Michael Matthew Knight Professor, will lead the 10- member committee for the next two years. The first meeting was June 15 in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Mackey, Ph.D., professor of clinical nursing, Department of Target Populations, and director, UT Health Services, SON; Frank Cole, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Acute and Continuing Care, SON; and Julie Lindenberg, assistant professor of nursing, Department of Acute and Continuing Care, and nurse practitioner, UT Health Services, SON, received a research award June 19 at the 2005 Annual National Conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in Ft. Lauderdale. Their award-winning paper on quality improvement and changes in diabetic patient outcomes in an academic nurse practitioner primary care practice has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners for December 2005.

Michael W. Ross, Ph.D., professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health (SPH), graduated at the top of his class at Cambridge University, with a prize for the best student in criminology.

James H. Steele, D.V.M., emeritus professor, SPH, received the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Medal for Leadership in Veterinary Medicine during the annual Public Health Professionals Conference of the Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service June 6-9 in Philadelphia. He made a presentation on “History of the Role of Veterinary Medicine in Public Health.”

James T.Willerson, M.D., president, UT Health Science Center, has been appointed chairman of the Scientific Advisory Panel to the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation’s Cardiovascular Clinical Research Program. The program’s goal is to achieve significant impact in the fight against atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic heart disease through a network of institutions and scientists dedicated to translating cutting-edge discovery research in prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Jerry S.Wolinsky, M.D., the Bartels Family Professor of Neurology, MS, was received an award and honorarium because of his outstanding contributions to multiple sclerosis research June 16 at this year’s annual gala at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Proceeds from the gala benefit multiple sclerosis research.