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BULLETINNative American Students Participate in Summer ProgramsThis summer five Hopi high school students spent three weeks studying the biology of diabetes in the labs of David Potter and Ed Furshpan, HMS research professors of neurobiology, while three others worked at the Graduate School of Design on plans for a new high school to replace their old one. The students are part of the Two Plus Two Plus Two program at the Hopi Junior/Senior High School of the Hopi Nation in northern Arizona, which offers students the chance to enroll in classes offering transferrable college level credit. The program has increased college enrollment and was recognized in 2000 by Honoring Nations, an awards program of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Visiting Hopi Indian high school students and their science teachers pause for a picture with mentor David Potter. In front are (l to r) teacher Martha Miguel, Eva Bahnimptewa, Darlene Leslie, and Kim Zahne. In back are (l to r) teacher Thomas Mentzer, Potter, John Toms, and Courtney Lucas. Photo by Jeff Cleary This summer also marks the eighth session of the Four Directions Summer Research Program in which gifted and talented Native American college students who are interested in medicine and biomedical research come to HMS. During the eight weeks, they do research and shadow physicians in different disciplines at HMS-affiliated hospitals. It is entirely directed and coordinated by Native American physicians and students. This year's coordinators are Tarayn Grizzard, HMS '04, and Tracy Arobba, a participant in last year's program.
Tilly Named Kirsch InvestigatorJonathan Tilly, HMS associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been named one of four recipients of the Kirsch Investigator Awards, which recognize innovative research with a potential for significant breakthrough. The program was started last year by the Kirsch Foundation. "We focus our funding on curing diseases, rather than treatments," said Steve Kirsch, the foundation's chairman of the board. "These recipients have the same passion." Tilly will receive $150,000 for the first year to study the genetics of normal and premature men-opause, with a possibility of additional funds for the second and third years. MGH will receive $30,000 per year for indirect costs. Ronald DePinho, HMS professor of medicine (genetics) at Dana– Farber, one of the first to receive the award last year, will receive funding for a second year.
U.S. News Rates Harvard Hospitals Among America's BestHMS-affiliated teaching hospitals continued to rank high in this year's listing by U.S. News and World Report of the nation's best hospitals. The annual rankings, published in the magazine's July 23 issue, include an "honor roll" that ranks hospitals that "demonstrate unusual excellence across the board," and again Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital made the list, ranking third and eleventh, respectively. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center came in at number 27 in oncology, 10 in cardiology, 5 in endocrinology, 19 in gastroenterology, 11 in geriatrics, 42 in gynecology, 21 in nephrology, 43 in neurology, 37 in orthopedics, and 31 in rheumatology. Brigham and Women's ranked number 18 in oncology, 5 in cardiology, 4 in endocrinology, 15 in gastroenterology, 16 in geriatrics, 3 in gynecology, 2 in nephrology, 13 in neurology, 12 in orthopedics, 9 in pulmonary disease, 4 in rheumatology, and 20 in urology. Children's Hospital ranked number 1 in pediatrics. The Dana–Farber Cancer Institute came in at 4 in oncology and 20 in neurology. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ranked number 3 in otolaryngology and 4 in ophthalmology. MGH came in at 13 in oncology, 3 in cardiology, 2 in endocrinology, 4 in gastroenterology, 5 in geriatrics, 7 in gynecology, 1 in nephrology, 2 in neurology, 3 in orthopedics, 16 in pediatrics, 1 in psychiatry, 7 in pulmonary disease, 6 in rheumatology, and 8 in urology. McLean Hospital ranked number 4 in psychiatry. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital ranked 12 in rehabilitation.
Symposium Explores Radiation Damage to DNAThe John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences and Environmental Health at HSPH will hold its fourth annual symposium on Oct. 12 to 13. This year's symposium, "Radiation Damage to DNA: Repair and Cellular Responses," will include talks and panel discussions with James German from Cornell, Carol Prives from Columbia, and Frederick Alt from HMS, among many others. Registration is free, but the deadline to register is Sept. 7. For more information, contact Virginia Braga at 432-1184 or e-mail gbraga@hsph.harvard.edu or visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccb/rb/jblsymposium.htm.
In Memoriam
Arnold Colodny, an esteemed pediatric surgeon and HMS clinical professor of surgery, died June 15. He was 77 years old. A graduate of the University of Vermont Medical School, Colodny became an HMS faculty member in 1961 when he joined the staff of Children's Hospital. In 1977, he was appointed associate director of the Division of Urology, a position he held until retiring in 1996. Internationally recognized for his treatment of children with complex urinary problems, he published widely and held visiting professorships around the world. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; a son, Craig of Orlando, Fla.; a daughter, Lissa of France; and four grandchildren. Theodore Anderson, HMS clinical instructor in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and former assistant commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, died July 14. He was age 70. A Harvard College alumnus, he received his MD from the University of Michigan. From 1968 to 1975, Anderson was assistant commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, after which he became medical director of Stony Brook Counseling Center and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy. Besides MGH, he was on the staff of Choate–Symmes, Emerson, Waltham, and Winchester hospitals. He leaves his wife, Cynthia; two daughters, Sandra Storer of Lincoln, Mass., and Karyn Anderson of Baltimore, Md.; two sons, Scott of Golden, Colo., and Brett of Atkinson, N.H.; a sister, Janet Twente of Missouri; and five grandchildren.
Rowe graduated from HMS in 1933 and served as an army surgeon in the Pacific during World War II. For the next 45 years, until his retirement in 1991, he treated thousands of patients, including Boston Bruins Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. From 1946 to 1966, Rowe also practiced surgery at the Boston VA Hospital. Rowe taught at HMS from 1954 to 1976. He is survived by his wife, Mary; three sons, Carter Jr. of Seoul, Korea, John of Hamilton, Mass., and Richard of Piedmont, Calif.; and four grandchildren. |
Carter Rowe, HMS associate clinical professor emeritus of orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, died June 25 at age 94.