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HMS and HSPH Faculty Elected to the IOMSix faculty members from HMS and HSPH are among the 60 new members recently elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer on committees engaged in a broad range of health policy issues. The new members from the Medical and Public Health Schools are: Lisa Berkman, the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman professor of health and social behavior and epidemiology at HSPH, whose work has focused on the ways that health is influenced by social conditions, including social networks and social inequalities related to socioeconomic status and race, and the ways that social policies affect health by shaping social conditions; Arnold Epstein, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the John H. Foster professor of health policy and management and chair of the department at HSPH, whose research interests focus on quality of and access to care for disadvantaged populations, racial disparities in care, public reporting of quality performance data, and Medicaid policies; Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati professor of medicine and chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose main research interests are in the fields of cancer and AIDS, and who has contributed to society's understanding of biology and medicine through his lay writings; Frank Speizer, the Edward H. Kass professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, professor of environmental health at HSPH, and codirector of the Channing Laboratory, who has studied the natural history and risk factors for the development of asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases, investigated the health effects of air pollutants, and contributed to studies of behavioral and lifestyle risk factors for chronic diseases among middle-aged women; Lisa Iezzoni, professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose research involves designing and evaluating methods for measuring quality of care and resource needs specifically by quantifying the clinical and other risks patients bring to health care encounters, and who is examining quality of and access to care for people with disabilities; and John Parrish, the Edward Wigglesworth professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at HMS and chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Dermatology Service, whose major interests center around integration of medicine with innovative technology and whose research team introduced several therapeutic uses of lasers in dermatology, ophthalmology, and surgery. New HMS Program In Clinical Science Grants Master of Medical Sciences DegreeA newly established HMS postdoctoral training program, the Scholars in Clinical Science Program is designed for those pursuing careers in patient-oriented research. The two-year program, funded by a Clinical Research Curriculum Award from the NIH, grants the Master of Medical Sciences degree. The program consists of a structured curriculum, a longitudinal seminar series, and a mentored clinical research project. Candidates must have an MD or DMD and have completed their clinical training; applicants with a PhD in a clinically related discipline are also eligible. Students do not pay tuition costs. Applications for the 20012002 academic year are due Dec. 15. For more information and an application, visit www.illumina-interactive.com/hmscsp/site or call Lauren Dewey Platt at 278-0882. Orkin Is First Holder of Nathan Chair
The David G. Nathan professorship in pediatrics has been established at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, honoring its president emeritus. A hematologist, Nathan has made important contributions to research in pediatric cancer and blood disorders, helping to develop prenatal detection techniques for inherited red cell diseases and cofounding the combined Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Children's and Brigham and Women's Hospitals. The first incumbent, Stuart Orkin (above), is widely recognized for his work on the molecular basis of inherited disorders of the blood. Orkin also was recently named chief of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Dana–Farber. In Memoriam Ramzi Cotran, the Frank Burr Mallory professor of pathology and chairman of the Departments of Pathology at both Brigham and Women's and Children's Hospitals, died October 23 at the age of 67. Born in Haifa, Palestine, he graduated from the American University in Beirut and came to Boston for postgraduate research in pathology and nephrology. Widely acknowledged as the foremost academic pathologist in the U.S. and mentor of many talented pathologists worldwide, Cotran began his career at HMS as a teaching fellow in 1958. For 27 years he served as the pathologist in chief at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Beginning in 1979, he became the primary author of Pathologic Basis of Disease, one of the most widely read medical texts. In September, an endowed professorship was established in his name in recognition of his significant contributions to academic pathology. Also this year, Cotran received the Medical School's Lifetime Achievement Award in Mentoring and the Dean's Award for Support and Advancement of Women Faculty. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Irene Stiver, HMS lecturer on psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and founder and former director of the Department of Psychology at McLean Hospital, died September 24 at the age of 76. A native of New York, Stiver graduated from Brooklyn College and received her PhD from Cornell University. She began her career as an experimental psychologist at Wellesley College, before joining the HMS faculty in 1956. Stiver was a pioneer in the clinical approach to psychology known as the relational–cultural theory, which held that women's relationships are part of their essential being and that mutual empathy is at the center of their development. Stiver left McLean in 1991 for private practice and continued work at Wellesley's Stone Center for the Study of Psychological Problems. She is survived by her husband, Ray. Richard Wuerz, HMS assistant professor of medicine (emergency medicine) at Brigham and Women's Hospital died October 6. He was 39. Born in St. Charles, Mo., Wuerz attended Washington University and the University of Rochester Medical School. Before coming to HMS, he taught at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. As associate research director in emergency medicine at BWH, Wuerz helped to develop a system that enables hospitals to score emergency room patients and reliably predict resource utilization and patients' likelihood of death or need for hospitalization. For this, he received the Esther B. Kahn Fellowship Award. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Elsner; two sons, Andrew and Alexander; a daughter, Emily; his parents, Robert and Teresa of Chesterfield, Mo.; and two brothers, Stephen and Larry. New Associate Dean of Educational Technology
Daniel Lowenstein, dean for medical education, has announced the appointment of John Halamka, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to the newly created position of associate dean for educational technology. Trained in emergency medicine, Halamka is chief medical information officer at BID, where he is credited with overhauling the medical center's information system. In his position as associate dean, he will be responsible for computer technologies and informatics for the Program in Medical Education, as well as developing new applications of information technology for medical education. Honors and AdvancesJames Hogle, the Edward S. Harkness professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS, is one of seven biophysicists elected to serve a three-year term on the council of the Biophysical Society. At HMS, Hogle researches the structure and function of viruses and their proteins, x-ray crystallography, and structure-based drug design. Ladies' Home Journal magazine has named HMS professor of medicine JoAnn Manson one of the top 10 champions of women's health in the U.S. Manson, chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is being honored for her work in women's health and preventive medicine, especially the prevention of heart disease and diabetes, as well as her leadership role in the Women's Health Initiative and other major women's health studies. Stephen Cannon, HMS associate professor of neurobiology, was awarded the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award by the American Neurological Association. The award recognizes "a newly elected member of the association who has achieved a significant stature in neurological research and who promises to continue making major contributions to the field of neurology." Third-year HMS student Laura Gottlieb was one of six medical students chosen nationally to receive a 2000 Pisacano Leadership Foundation Scholarship. The $50,000 scholarship is given to third- and fourth-year medical students who have made a commitment to specialize in family practice and who demonstrate strong leadership skills. |
