| CUMC Celebrates - March 6, 2007 |
This e-letter is the first in what will be a regular communication highlighting the achievements of our people. Future issues will celebrate major grant awards, gifts, new recruits, and appointments, as well as honors. We look forward to hearing from you and to celebrating the wealth of achievements that enrich our CUMC community.
Lee Goldman
EVP & Dean
HONORS
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Mailman School of Public Health
School of Nursing
College of Dental Medicine
Graduate Program
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Philip O. Alderson, MD, the James Picker Professor of Radiology and chairman of radiology and radiation oncology, is the 106th president of the American Roentgen Ray Society. He is also president of the American Board of Radiology for a two-year term.Richard Ambron, PhD, professor of anatomy & cell biology, was named teacher of the year by P&S Class of 2009.
Spencer Amory, MD, clinical professor of surgery, received the NYPH/Allen Pavilion physician of the year award.
Jonathan Aviv, MD, professor of otolaryngology/head & neck surgery, was elected president of the American Bronchoesophagological Association.
Matthew Bartels, MD, the John A. Downey Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, received the NYPH physican of the year award.
Mitchell C. Benson, MD, the George F. Cahill Professor of Urology and chairman of urology, received the John K. Lattimer, MD, Award from the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America for contributions to urology.
Monica Bhatia, MD, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, hematology division, received the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital physician of the year award.
Louis Bigliani, MD, Frank E. Stinchfield Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and chairman of orthopedic surgery, was chosen distinguished practitioner of 2006 by the NYPH Society of Practitioners.
John Bilezikian, MD, professor of medicine and pharmacology, received the first global leadership award of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (award renamed John Bilezikian Global Leadership Award).
Andrew Blitzer, MD, DDS, professor of clinical otolaryngology/head & neck surgery and dentistry, received the Chevalier Jackson Award from the American Bronchoesophagological Association.
Mark Bradley, MD, assistant in clinical psychiatry, received the Samuel W. Perry III, M.D. Distinguished Award in Psychiatric Medicine.
Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine (P&S) and public health policy & management (Mailman), was named clinician-investigator of the year by the mid-Atlantic chapter, Society of General Internal Medicine.
Nancy Chang, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Stanley Chang, MD., the Edward S. Harkness Professor of Ophthalmology and K.K. Tse and Ku Teh Ying Professor of Ophthalmology and chairman of ophthalmology, received the 2006 Hobie Award (NY State Ophthalmological Society’s highest honor) and Jackson Memorial Lecture Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Louis Z. Cooper, MD, professor emeritus of pediatrics, received an award for lifetime contribution to education in infectious diseases from the American Academy of Pediatrics section on infectious diseases.
Mary D’Alton, MD, the Willard C. Rappleye Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and chair of obstetrics & gynecology, received the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine achievement award recognizing contributions to the field and her role as a mentor.
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD, the Percy & Joanne Uris Professor of Clinical Medicine and director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received the William Dameshek Prize, the highest honor of the American Society of Hematology. Dr. Dalla-Favera, professor of genetics and development and pathology, and director, Institute for Cancer Genetics, has also received the American-Italian Cancer Foundation prize for scientific excellence in medicine.
Anita Darmanian, MD, associate clinical professor, medicine, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
David Diuguid, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine and clinical pathology, hematology & medical oncology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Karen Duff, PhD, assistant professor of pathology, shared the 2006 Potamkin Prize for life-time achievement in Alzheimer’s disease research.
Frieda Feldman, MD, professor of radiology and director of musculoskeletal radiology, was one of three recipients of the American Roentgen Ray Society’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to Radiology. This medal is the society’s highest award.
William P. Fifer, PhD, professor of clinical psychiatry, is co-recipient of the First Candle/SIDS Alliance’s Research Award recognizing research into mechanisms underlying sudden infant death syndrome.
David Figurski, PhD, professor, microbiology, received the Charles W. Bohmfalk Award at Columbia for teaching in pre-clinical years.
Carl Erik Fisher, P&S'08, was chosen for the board of the National Resident Matching Program, representing the American Medical Students Association.
John T. Flynn, MD, the Anne S. Cohen Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, received the Marshall M. Parks Medal from the foundation of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
Max Forbes, MD, professor emeritus of clinical ophthalmology, received the American Glaucoma Society president’s award for scientific achievement and service to the society.
Carol Friedman, PhD, professor of biomedical informatics, was appointed chair, board of scientific counselors, for Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, a research and development division of the National Library of Medicine.
Thomas Garrett, MD, professor of clinical medicine, hematology & oncology division, was named teacher of the year by P&S class of 2008.
Anne Gershon, MD, professor of pediatrics, is president-elect of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Currently VP of the society, she becomes president in 2008. In April she will give the annual Allan Granoff Lecture at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Elsa Giardina, MD, professor of clinical medicine, cardiology division, was appointed chair of the strategic planning committee for the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s 25th anniversary. She is board secretary of the foundation, which fosters careers in cardiovascular research by engaging medical students and young investigators in personalized research experiences with preeminent cardiovascular scientists.
Jay A. Gingrich, MD, PhD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, was selected to help plan the NIH Blueprint for Neurodevelopment (in neurodevelopment and disease section). He was also selected as new director of the Frontier Fund, which provides up to $60,000 per year to young investigators at Columbia/NY State Psychiatric Institute.
Michael E. Goldberg, MD, the David Mahoney Professor of Brain and Behavior in Neurology (in Psychiatry and in the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior), recently completed a term as treasurer of the Society for Neuroscience, the world’s largest organization of scientists devoted to the study of the brain.
Elisabeth Guthrie, MD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, has been selected as AACAP/Harvard Macy Teaching Scholar.
Ziv Haskal, MD, professor of radiology, will serve as program chair for the 2007 Society of Interventional Radiology annual meeting, the world’s largest meeting for the vascular and interventional radiology specialty.
Wayne Hendrickson, PhD, University Professor, biochemistry & molecular biophysics, received the NY City Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science and Technology.
Dawn Hershman, MD, the Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine (P&S) and Epidemiology (Mailman), received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Barry Honig, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biophysics, will receive the 2007 Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics from the National Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions in biophysics. He also will be guest of honor at a symposium on implicit-solvent models scheduled for the 2007 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago.
Evelyn Horn, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, cardiology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Joshua E. Hyman, MD, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, became a member of the American Orthopaedic Association and was inducted into the Orthopaedic Honor Society.
Thomas Jacobs, MD, professor of clinical medicine, endocrinology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Eric Kandel, MD, University Professor, psychiatry, physiology & cellular biophysics, and biochemistry & molecular biophysics, received the Benjamin Franklin Medal for distinguished achievement in the sciences from the American Philosophical Society, the McKnight Recognition Award from McKnight Conference for Neuroscience, the Louise T. Blouin Foundation Award, and honorary doctorates from NYU and Rockefeller University.
Gerard Karsenty, MD, professor and chairman of genetics & development, received the Drieu Cholet Award from the National Academy of Medicine in France.
Jennifer Kasten, P&S’09, won the Carter Center’s 2007 graduate assistantship and consulted on its infectious disease eradication programs in Tanzania and Mali. The Center, an NGO founded by President Carter, selects just one graduate/medical student with significant tropical medicine experience for this honor each year.
K. Craig Kent, MD, professor of surgery and director of vascular services for the NYP Hospital Network, is current president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, the country’s largest vascular surgeon society.
Alexander Kushnir, P&S’10, was named an associate member of Sigma Xi, an international society that honors excellence in scientific investigation. Those invited to join as associates have shown potential as researchers.
Francis Y. Lee, MD, associate professor of clinical orthopedic surgery, has been selected as one of the 2007-2008 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Leadership Program fellows.
William Levine, MD, associate professor of clinical orthopedic surgery, received the Charles S. Neer, M.D. teacher of the year award for resident education.
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Lieber Professor of Psychiatry, chairman of psychiatry, and director, NY State Psychiatric Institute, was awarded the Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research from NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association. One of the most prestigious awards in brain and behavioral disorders science, the prize was given to him “for bringing new understanding to the development and progression of schizophrenia and the mechanisms and effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs for treating the disease.”
Arthur Magun, MD, clinical professor of medicine, division of digestive and liver diseases, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Mark J. Mann, P&S’08, won first prize for clinical oral presentation at the Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum hosted by the University of Miami in February.
Steven Marx, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the oldest, most respected medical honor societies. Dr. Marx joins 71 other P&S physician-scientists as members; only UCSF, Penn, and Washington University have more members. Members are elected based on scholarly achievements in biomedical research. ASCI members are active physician-scientists who work at the bedside, the research bench, and the blackboard.
Paul C. McCormick, MD, MPH, the Herbert and Linda Gallen Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, is one of five alumni of Columbia College chosen to receive the undergraduate college's highest honor, the John Jay Award. The award was given March 1. Dr. McCormick also earned degrees from P&S and the Mailman School.
Joseph Meltzer, MD, assistant professor of clinical anesthesiology, received the NYPH physician of the year award.
Philip R. Muskin, MD, professor of clinical psychiatry, received one of the Association for Academic Psychiatry’s inaugural distinguished life fellow awards given to national psychiatric educators for mastery in a career dedicated to educational endeavors.
Andrew Mutnick, MD, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, was named teacher of the year by P&S Class of 2007.
Michael Myers, PhD, professor of clinical psychiatry, is co-recipient of the First Candle/SIDS Alliance’s Research Award recognizing research into mechanisms underlying sudden infant death syndrome.
George Niedt, MD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, was named teacher of the year for 2006 by dermatology residents at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital.
Mero Nocenti, PhD, professor emeritus of physiology & cellular biophysics, received the P&S Distinguished Service Award.
Carl A. Olsson, MD, the John K. Lattimer Professor of Urology and a 1963 graduate of Boston University’s School of Medicine, in January received a Boston University Alumni Award, that university’s most prestigious award to alumni. He received a similar honor from the BU medical school in 1985.
Geoffrey S. Pitt, MD, PhD, the Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Medicine and assistant professor of pharmacology in the Center for Molecular Cardiology, received the first Lewis Katz Cardiovascular Research Prize for a Young Investigator. This prize recognizes a faculty member with promise for contributing to the study of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Pitt also received Columbia's Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award in the basic sciences.
Roy Pizzarello, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine, cardiology division, was named teacher of the year for 2006 in cardiology.
Kenneth M. Prager, MD, clinical professor of medicine, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented annually by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to a physician who has demonstrated compassionate patient care and is a humanistic role model for students and young physicians. The award honors Leonard Tow’s compassion and respect for others and his advocacy for students and humanitarian health care.
Donald Quest, MD, the J. Lawrence Pool Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, currently serves as president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
LeRoy Rabbani, MD, professor of clinical medicine, cardiology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MRCP, associate professor of clinical medicine, nephrology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
James A. Reiffel, MD, professor of clinical medicine, is among the first group of fellows named by the Heart Rhythm Society.
Noel Robin, MD, professor of clinical medicine, department of medicine, Stamford Hospital, received Columbia’s Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for teaching in clinical years.
David P. Roye Jr. MD, the St. Giles Foundation Professor of Clinical Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, led a 26-member team to China to perform operations on disabled orphans in 2006. He is medical director of Children of China Pediatrics Foundation.
David Silvers, MD, clinical professor of dermatology and pathology, was named teacher of the year for 2006 by dermatology residents at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Samuel C. Silverstein, MD, the John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, has had an Antarctic peak, Mount Silverstein, named in his honor. This recognition by the U.S. Geological Survey is for his participation in the 1966-67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition. Dr. Silverstein has also received the American Society for Cell Biology’s Bruce Alberts Award for excellence in science.
Scott Small, MD, Irving Assistant Professor of Neurology, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, received Columbia’s Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award in clinical sciences.
Craig R. Smith, MD, the Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery, was honored February 28 as recipient of the Heart of New York Award for achievement in cardiovascular science and medicine. This award is given by the American Heart Association.
Robert Solomon, MD, the Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery and chairman of neurological surgery, was named president-elect of the Society of University Neurosurgeons. He also is serving as chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and president of the New York State Neurosurgical Society.
Margaret Spinelli, MD, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, will chair the National Institute of Mental Health review committee for small business grants to develop educational Web sites for postpartum depression.
Nancy Strauss, MD, interim chair and associate clinical professor of rehabilitation medicine, is among 10 individuals selected nationally for the rehabilitation management panel of the CDC’s Muscular Dystrophy Care Considerations group. The CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy are collaborating on this initiative.
Nicole Suciu-Foca, PhD, professor of clinical pathology, received the prestigious Rose Payne Award from the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. The award recognizes her long-standing contributions to immunogenetics.
Brian A. Stone, MD, assistant professor of urology, is serving a two-year term as president and chair of the R. Frank Jones Urological Society, which represents the nation’s African-American urologists.
David Sulzer, PhD, associate professor of clinical neuroscience (in psychiatry, neurology, and pharmacology), was awarded a Columbia Integrated Science & Engineering award for exploratory research.
Dorothy Warburton, PhD, professor of clinical genetics & development, received the 2006 William Allan Award, the most prestigious award given by American Society of Human Genetics. The award recognizes “substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics performed over a sustained period of scientific inquiry and productivity.”
Marvin Wasserman, MD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, received the George S. Goldman Award for achievement in clinical psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic education.
Erin Wilkes, P&S’07, was elected vice speaker of the AMA medical student section. She is one of seven on the national governing council for the AMA-MSS group.
Gail Williams, MD, clinical professor of medicine, nephrology division, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD, Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and assistant professor of pathology (in surgery), received Columbia’s Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award in clinical sciences and physician of the year award from Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.
Chun Yip, MD, clinical professor of medicine, division of pulmonary, allergy and critical care, received the Ewig Award for outstanding teaching.
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MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Elaine Abrams, MD, professor of pediatrics/epidemiology, is chair of the primary therapy committee of International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials.Barbara Barlow, MD, P&S professor of surgery (in Mailman’s epidemiology department), recently received the Humanitarian Award from the Defining Moment Foundation of Englewood, N.J.
Paul Brandt-Rauf, ScD, MD, DrPH, chairman and professor of environmental health sciences, professor of earth & environmental engineering, and professor of medicine, was recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for his leadership in developing and implementing the nation’s occupational safety and health research agenda over the past decade.
Alwyn Cohall, MD, associate professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and population & family health, was presented with the Shirley Gordon Public Policy Leadership award by the Family Planning Advocates of NY State for work as director of the Harlem Health Promotion Center, which uses research, education, and service delivery to improve the health and well-being of the Harlem community.
Wafaa El Sadr, MD, MPH, professor of clinical epidemiology and director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, was selected by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Edward Kass Lectureship.
H. Jack Geiger, MD, visiting professor of epidemiology, received the lifetime achievement award in Health and Human Rights from Physicians for Human Rights.
Sherry Glied, PhD, professor and chair of health policy & management, was elected to a four-year term on the board of Academy Health, the preeminent professional society for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners. She also was elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance, a nonprofit/nonpartisan group that promotes education and informed policies on social insurance and related programs.
Joseph Graziano, PhD, associate dean for research and professor of environmental health sciences, was elected fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy of experts in occupational and environmental health. He also was appointed to the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council, a group advising HHS, NIH, and the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD, associate professor of clinical epidemiology, was appointed in February to the South African government’s taskforce to finalize that country’s next five-year HIV/AIDS strategic plan.
Bruce Levin, PhD, professor of biostatistics, was appointed to the scientific review committee for the Parkinson’s Study Group and to the external advisory committee for the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Research network.
Ian Lipkin, MD, Jerome L. & Dawn Greene Professor of Epidemiology (Mailman) and professor of neurology and pathology (P&S), was elected a fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology. The Institute of Medicine also honored him with the Invited Lectureship, “Institute of Medicine, Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges, Finding Solutions,” in Washington, D.C., in December.
Ilan H. Meyer, PhD, associate professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and deputy chair for MPH programs, is a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation for the 2006-07 academic year, working on a book exploring social stress and health of diverse minority populations in the United States.
Ruth Ottman, PhD, professor of epidemiology in neurology (Mailman) and the Sergievsky Center (P&S), will spend the 2007-08 year on sabbatical as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, located on the Stanford campus.
Les Roberts, PhD, associate clinical professor of population & family health, is among the first 25 ambassadors selected for the advisory council of Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health.
Allan Rosenfield, MD, dean of the Mailman School, was honored in January by the International Women’s Health Coalition for dedication to health of women worldwide and commitment to reproductive rights and health. A grant in his name was given to the Institute of Gender, Law and Development in Argentina. In December, the deans of member schools of the Association of Schools of Public Health voted unanimously to rename the ASPH/CDC Global AIDS Fellowship Program in his honor.
Lorraine Tiezzi, MS, associate clinical professor of population & family health and director, Center for Community Health and Education, was honored by Northern Manhattan’s Take Time for Health Committee Celebrating Humanism and Community for her leadership in strengthening community-institutional health partnerships.
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SCHOOL OF NURSING
Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc, Alumni Professor of Nursing, has been selected as one of the 100 most distinguished alumni of the UCSF School of Nursing. Last fall the American Medical Informatics Association awarded Dr. Bakken the Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award for visionary leadership and career service in use of informatics to transform patient care.Kristine Gebbie, RN, DrPH, the Elizabeth Standish Gill Associate Professor of Nursing, was named to the health policy advisory committee for New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s transition office.
Sookyung Hyun, DNSc, associate research scientist, won the Harriet H. Werley Award for her paper on nursing informatics at the American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting. This award has been won by a Columbia nurse four times in the past six years. Faculty members Suzanne Bakken and Leanne Currie and alumna Patricia Dykes, DNSc, also played prominent roles at the meeting.
Rachel Lyons, MS, PNP, is 2006 winner of the CampusRN/AACN Scholarship. Ms. Lyons, enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, plans to build on her pediatric nursing experience as she trains for advanced practice nursing.
Patricia Stone, PhD, assistant professor, was named lead editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research (volume 24), which is focused on patient safety. She also is co-author of a chapter on the intersection of patient safety and nursing research. In addition, Leanne Currie, DNSc, and Suzanne Bakken, DNSc, authored chapters on fall and injury prevention and informatics for patient safety, respectively.
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COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE
Columbia’s chapter of the American Student Dental Association was nationally recognized at the recent ASDA annual session for its 2006 Crest Healthy Smiles community outreach project, which provided 200 Washington Heights 6th graders with dental supplies and oral health education. Neeru Singh, CDM’08, and Wayne Stephens, CDM’09, accepted the award.Marvin Baptiste, CD’08, president-elect of the national Student National Dental Association, will receive an American Dental Education Association-Listerine Prevention Award during the ADEA meeting in New Orleans this month.
Vinette Brown and Wayne Stephens, both CDM ’09, have each been awarded a $2,500 American Dental Association Foundation minority dental student scholarship.
Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH, professor of clinical dentistry and director of community health, was appointed to an Institute of Medicine/National Research Council committee focused on issues in adolescent health care services. He is the only dentist on the panel of health professionals.
Steve Huang, CDM’08, received a research award at the Greater New York Dental Meeting.
Lois Jackson, DDS, assistant clinical professor and a Columbia graduate (DDS’77, PED ’80), was elected chair, NY section, American College of Dentists. She is president of our college’s Alumni Association.
Ira Lamster, DDS, dean of the College, was named to the board of the NY State Dental Foundation. The foundation supports public projects in oral health throughout the state, including the Percy T. Phillips Visiting Professorship at Columbia, now in its 26th year.
Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD, associate professor, has been named associate editor of Stem Cells and Development, a journal focused on stem cells of all types and potential therapeutic applications. Dr. Mao’s research involves regenerative tissue studies and the creation of replacement tissues. His laboratory was recently awarded a two-phase grant from Biomet Inc. to study cartilage regeneration.
John M. Scarola, DDS, (CDM’60), clinical professor of dentistry in the prosthodontics division, has been inducted as president-elect of the American College of Dentistry.
Yunyan Shen, CDM’08, was honored for a presentation at the 12th annual Hinman Student Research Symposium in Memphis. The symposium featured oral and poster presentations by dental students and graduate students from across North America.
Laura Sotomayor, CDM’09, received a scholarship from the American Dental Association Foundation.
Wayne Stephens, CDM’09, was selected from a national pool of applicants to participate in a six-week health policy externship in the American Dental Association’s Washington office. He plans to enroll in Columbia’s joint MBA program in health management.
Jenny Zhu, orthodontics ’07, received a student research award from Northeastern Society of Orthodontists. Mentor for her project, “Quantification of Osteoclastic Resorption on Bone Slices by Infrared Imaging,” was Dr. Nancy Pleshko Camacho.
Laureen A. Zubiaurre, DMD, associate professor and director of the college’s third-year predoctoral clinical program, is one of 17 fellows selected for an intensive one-year national leadership development program, the Leadership Institute of the American Dental Education Association..
Ellen Ezratty and Michael Crickmore have received 2007 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Awards from Fred Hutchison Cancer Center in Seattle. Decided by international competition, these prestigious awards honor achievements in biological sciences graduate study. Ms. Ezratty’s research is conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Gregg Gundersen; Mr. Crickmore’s studies, in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Mann.
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