For the Record: Cheers
Cheers is a monthly listing of honors and
awards received by faculty, staff and students plus recent
appointments and promotions. Contributions must be
submitted in writing and be accompanied by a phone
number.
Bayview Medical Center
Steven Kravet, assistant professor of medicine,
has been named chief medical officer for patient safety and
quality.
Constantine "Kostas" Lyketsos, professor of
psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has been appointed
chief of the Department of Psychiatry. Lyketsos, formerly
co-director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and
Neuropsychiatry at JHH, holds a joint appointment in mental
health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is
academic director for the School of Medicine-affiliated
Copper Ridge Institute in Sykesville, Md. As chief, he
succeeds Chester Schmidt, who will remain on the
faculty.
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Susan P. Baker, a professor in Health Policy
and Management, received the inaugural Champions Award from
the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
in recognition of her successful promotion of the field of
injury and violence prevention. She received the honor at
the awards banquet of the Injury Control and Emergency
Health Services Section of the American Public Health
Association, held Nov. 7 in Boston. An epidemiologist
specializing in injury prevention, Baker was the first
director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research
and Policy.
Richard Morrow, a professor in the Department
of International Health, has received the 2006 Lifetime
Achievement Award from the American Public Health
Association. Morrow was recognized for his contributions to
the study of tropical diseases, epidemiological methods,
quality-assurance management and the measurement of the
burden of disease on populations.
Barry R. Zirkin, head of the Division of
Reproductive Biology in the Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, has received a MERIT (Method to Extend
Research in Time) Award from the National Institutes of
Health. The awards are initiated by the National Institute
on Aging and the National Advisory Council on Aging and
provide long-term support to outstanding, experienced
investigators. The award recognizes Zirkin's work on
reproduction and his longtime contributions to the study of
aging of the male reproductive tract.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lillie Shockney, administrative director of the
Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, has received
the 2006 Patients of Courage: Triumph Over Adversity Award
from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons. Shockney, a
breast cancer survivor, has two new books, Navigating
Breast Cancer and Stealing Second Base.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
JHM, with 34 team captains, raised more than
$33,000 during America's Walk for Diabetes, held Oct. 7 by
the American Diabetes Association. Paul Thompson, of the
JHU Maintenance Department, raised $6,900, and Carlisa
Jones of the Wilmer Eye Institute, who organized the JHM
ADA Walk, headed the team raising the most money,
$3,051.
School of Medicine
Hal Dietz, professor of pediatrics, has been
awarded the American Society of Human Genetics' Curt Stern
Award in recognition of his scientific achievements in
genetics research involving Marfan syndrome. The $2,500
award honors the late Curt Stern, a pioneering human
geneticist.
Todd Dorman, associate professor of
anesthesiology, surgery and medicine; associate dean and
director of continuing medical education; and vice chair
for critical care services in Anesthesiology and Critical
Care Medicine, is president-elect of the American Society
of Critical Care Anesthesiologists.
Joel Gallant, associate professor of medicine
and assistant director of the AIDS Service, has received
the Emerging Leader in HIV Clinical Education Award from
the HIV Medicine Association. Gallant was recognized for
his research, co-authorship of Medical Management of HIV
Infection and numerous Web-based additions to patient and
clinical education.
Elizabeth Jaffee, professor of oncology and
pathology and co-director of the Cancer Immunology Program
and the Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, has received
the National Cancer Institute's 2006 Outstanding SPORE
(Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) Investigator
award. She was honored for her work in pancreatic and
breast cancer drug development.
Beth Murinson, assistant professor of
neurology, has received a total of $210,000 in grants from
the Mayday Fund and the Milbank Foundation for
Rehabilitation to develop an educational program for
medical students studying the treatment of pain.
Arnall Patz, director emeritus of the Wilmer
Eye Institute, has been elected to the American Printing
House for the Blind's Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends
of the Blindness Field. He will be inducted along with the
late Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher and companion.
Patz also will receive the organization's Wings of Freedom
Award.
Koji Tamada, assistant professor of
dermatology, has received a young investigators grant from
the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy. Tamada is working on
maximizing the potency of a potential cancer vaccine.
Philip Cole, Mingzhao Xing and Pamela
Zeitlin have been named Innovators of the Year by
The Daily Record. The Baltimore newspaper selected
Cole, professor and director of the Department of
Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, as the top overall
winner, for research on how signaling pathways in cells
function. Xing, an assistant professor in endocrinology,
was cited for uncovering a mutation in a gene associated
with tumor growth in papillary thyroid cancer and
developing a novel molecular diagnostic method. Zeitlin,
professor of pediatrics, was honored for identifying a
protein that eliminates the mutant cystic fibrosis gene.
School of Nursing
Kathleen Becker, assistant professor, Graduate
Instruction, has been appointed as a content expert for the
American Nurses Credentialing Center Adult Nurse
Practitioner Examination and selected to be a member of the
review panel for the Journal of Nursing Education.
Maryann Fralic, professor, Graduate
Instruction, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from
Duquesne University School of Nursing, where she received
her undergraduate degree.
Martha Hill, dean, and Ibby Tanner, assistant
professor, Graduate Instruction, received the John A.
Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric
Nursing/American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2006
Award for Baccalaureate Education in Geriatric Nursing at
the AACN's Fall Semi-annual Meeting, held in Washington,
D.C.
Joan Kub, associate professor, Undergraduate
Instruction, received the Mentor of the Year Award from the
Maryland Nurses Association at its awards luncheon on Oct.
20.
Rosemary Mortimer, instructor, Undergraduate
Instruction, is president-elect of the Maryland Nurses
Association.
Marie Nolan, associate professor and director
of the Doctoral Program, was one of the 12 selected for the
2007 Maryland Nurses Association Face of Nursing
Calendar.
Cynda Rushton, associate professor,
Undergraduate Instruction, is one of 24 nationally and
internationally recognized nurse scholars who will
participate in April in Nursing and Health Care Ethics: A
Legacy and a Vision, a program sponsored by Creighton's
Center for Health Policy and Ethics in Omaha, Neb.
Dan Sheridan, assistant professor, Graduate
Instruction, received a grant from the Governor's Office of
Crime Control and Prevention to coordinate in 2007 two
Maryland Board of Nursing-approved trainings to begin to
prepare registered nurses to become sexual assault forensic
examiners.
School of Professional Studies in Business and
Education
Eric Green, assistant professor in the
Education Division and internship coordinator in Counseling
and Human Services, received the Public Education and
Promotion Award at the annual meeting of the Association
for Play Therapy, held Oct. 14 in Toronto. The award
acknowledges the degree to which Green educated the general
public about the value of play therapy in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. His team of licensed mental health
professionals and registered play therapists created
makeshift playrooms in Red Cross centers housing children
and families in southern Louisiana. During numerous media
interviews, Green explained how play, when developmentally
appropriate, can be effectively used to communicate with
and counsel clients, especially children.
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