Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers recognizes achievement of consequence among faculty, staff and students. A separate section records some promotions and new hires. We welcome contributions submitted in writing accompanied by a telephone number. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content. In addition, items not included for reasons of space will be published in the next Cheers. ------------------------------------------------------------- Honors, awards and appointments Arts and Sciences Deena Rabinowicz Dugan has received the Edward S. Corwin Award of the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public law in 1992-93. She is the third Corwin Award winner from Johns Hopkins in the last nine years. Tamara Johnson, a sophomore biology major, was one of nine Maryland students named UPS scholars at area colleges and universities. She will receive a $2,550 scholarship for this academic year. Medicine Neil Bressler, associate professor of ophthalmology, has received a 1994 Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in recognition of his presentations at the academy's annual meeting and for service on its committees. Donald Coffey, Distinguished Professor of Urology, Oncology, and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, is the first recipient of the SIU-Yamanouchi Award. Created jointly by the Soci‚t‚ Internationale d'Urologie and the Yamanouchi European Foundation, the award will be presented every three years to a scientist or clinician/urologist of good scientific and ethical standing. William Crawley, assistant professor of plastic surgery, has been appointed to the State Board of Physician Quality Assurance by Gov. William Donald Schaefer. Allan C. Gelber, postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Molecular and Clinical Rheumatology, is one of 10 recipients of a 1994 Senior Rheumatology Scholar Award from the American College of Rheumatology. Michael Johns, dean of the medical faculty and university vice president for medicine, has been appointed to the Governor's Task Force on Community Health Networks. The 25-member task force has been given a mandate to study the impact and growth of health networks to ensure they are accountable to the regions they serve. John Niparko, associate professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, has received an Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in recognition of service contributed to the academy without remuneration. Richard Ross, dean emeritus of the medical faculty, has been named the 1994 recipient of the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The association created the award in 1958 to recognize extraordinary individual contributions to medical schools and the entire medical education community. Bert Vogelstein, Clayton Professor of Oncology, has been chosen to receive the 1994 Herbert J. Block Memorial Lectureship Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer from the Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute at Ohio State University. The $15,000 award recognizes an individual whose contribution to cancer research, patient care and/or education has received international recognition. Public Health John C. Beier, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, has been elected to the Office of Councilor by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. During his five-year term, Dr. Beier will help formulate society policies and direction.