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." ---------------- Honors, awards and appointments ---------------- Arts and Sciences ----------------------------------------------------------------- Krishna M. Chowdary, a senior physics major, was elected as Young Trustee by the Board of Trustees. He will serve a four-year term on the board beginning July 1. Engineering ----------------------------------------------------------------- W. Mark Saltzman, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named 1995 Maryland's Outstanding Young Engineer for his extraordinary professional accomplishments. Dr. Saltzman is internationally regarded as a leader in cellular and molecular engineering research. Homewood Student Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Baumgarten, a senior biology major and co-captain of the men's soccer team, received the Robert H. Scott Award from the Department of Athletics for his demonstrated excellence in athletics, scholarship and extracurricular participation at the university. Amy Dodrill, a senior chemical engineering major and two-year co-captain of the women's basketball team, received the Catherine P. Cramer Award for her outstanding contribution in athletics. She was also recently named the 1995 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, which is given annually to the top senior women's basketball player in the nation (all divisions) under 5 feet 6 inches. Karen Hoffman, a senior chemical engineering major and co-captain of the women's basketball team, and Gary Campbell, a senior psychology major and undergraduate assistant coach on the Hopkins football staff, both received the Larry Goldfarb Award for outstanding service to the university athletics program. Michael House, a senior biology major and co-captain of the football team, received the Dr. William Howard Award for excellence as both a scholar and athlete at Johns Hopkins. The recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, he also received the Woody Hayes Award as the top male scholar-athlete in the nation (for all sports) in Division III. Terry Riordan, a senior political science major and a four-year starter on attack for the Blue Jays' men's lacrosse team, received the C. Gardner Mallonee Award for his outstanding contribution in athletics. He is a leading candidate for national player of the year and will finish his career as the leading scorer in Hopkins lacrosse history. Medicine ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy M. Berg, professor and director of the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, has been named Maryland's Outstanding Young Scientist for 1995. Chosen from a field of 26 candidates, Berg was recognized for his application of chemical principles to the function of metal-binding domains in proteins. Henry Brem, professor of neurosurgery and oncology, recently received the Clemson Award for Applied Research from the Society for Biomaterials at its annual meeting in San Francisco. The award recognizes significant utilization or application of basic knowledge in science to accomplish a significant goal in the biomaterials area. Nathan Crone, instructor of neurology, and Lora Hedrick, assistant professor of pathology, were named 1995 Passano Physician Scientists by the Passano Foundation. Harry C. Dietz III, a fellow in pediatrics, has been awarded a $30,000 grant by the Plum Foundation in Studio City, Calif., to carry out preliminary work on the creation of a large animal model of Marfan syndrome. Laura Crawford Williams, a second year student in the Medical Illustration graduate program in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, received the 1995 Long & Widmont Memorial Foundation annual award for graduate research. Her research included the creation of an animated sequence in a multimedia computer-aided program of cardiac electrophysiology. Stephen Peter Graepel, also a second year student in the Medical Illustration graduate program, was awarded the 1995 Inez Demonet Scholar prize and named an honorary trustee of the Vesalius Trust. The annual $2,000 award is presented to the student who exhibits the most merit and overall potential in the field of biomedical communications. Four Hopkins students in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine received funding from Vesalius Trust Research Grants for research in biocommunications: Donna DeSmet, for her study of the Equine carpus and palmer intercarpal ligaments; Juan Garcia, for his creation of The Prosector Trainer: A Multimedia Guide to Autopsy Technique; Stephen Graepel, for his work on producing a three-dimensional reconstruction of the musculature of the philtrum; and Michael Tirenin, for his work on a computer-based reconstruction of the male urethral sphincter. Bert Vogelstein, Clayton Professor of Oncology, has been elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society, America's oldest scholarly organization. Multidisciplinary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Vaitkevicius and Jeremy Walston, of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology in the School of Medicine, and Joseph Gallo, of the School of Public Health, are among the five winners of this year's prestigious Brookdale National Fellowships. The awards provide each of the recipients with about $200,000 over the next three years to pursue their research. Peabody ----------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Currier, a Peabody graduate who earned his Bachelor of Music in 1983, has won the prize for musical composition at the annual, internationally prestigious Rome Prize Competition sponsored by the American Academy in Rome. He has received numerous awards in the past, including a recent Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Robert Pierce, retiring director of Peabody; Melvin A. Steinberg, former lieutenant governer of the state of Maryland and architect of the 1989 Governor's Task Force Report on Peabody; and Hugo Weisgall, one of Peabody's most distinguished alumni, have all been selected to receive George Peabody Medals. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to music in America in the field of performance or arts administration, as well as service to the arts in the political arena. Public Health ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth Faden, professor in Health Policy and Management, and Martin Gaynor, associate professor in Health Policy and Management, have each received a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. Lenora Davis, administrator of the Maternal and Child Health program, has been appointed by the Association of Schools of Public Health to chair the Minority Affairs Council for the 1995-97 term. Bernard Guyer, chairman of Maternal and Child Health, has been appointed by the Association of Schools of Public Health to chair the Maternal and Child Health Council for the 1995-97 term. Elizabeth Ploton, postdoctoral fellow in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been named by the Millipore Foundation as a Dimitri V. d'Arbeloff Fellow in the Biological Sciences for 1994-95. Alfred Sommer, dean of the school, has been appointed head of the Association of Schools of Public Health's Legislative Committee through 1997, and chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Mei-Chang Wang, associate professor in Biostatistics, has been selected as a member of the AIDS and Related Research Study Section 2, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, for the term ending June 30, 1998. Martin Wasserman, Maryland secretary of health and mental hygiene, was awarded the Anna Baetjer Society's first Professional Commendation Award for his dedication to promoting key public health initiatives. The society, a master of public health student society, chose Dr. Wasserman for his efforts to secure passage of the workplace smoking ban. ---------------- Changing places, new faces ---------------- Andrea Gielen has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health. Dr. Gielen researches the development and evaluation of community and clinic-based intervention programs that address health problems, including domestic violence, affecting women and children. Jo Ellen Gray has been named assistant professor and chairwoman of the Department of Leadership, Organization Development, and Management in the School of Continuing Studies' Division of Business and Management. Dan Rattay has been named the new defensive coordinator of the Blue Jays' lacrosse team. In addition to his duties as coordinator, he will coach the Hopkins defensive backs and be involved in all areas of physical conditioning, practice preparation, game planning, personnel decisions and the game day direction of the defense. John D. Stobo, chairman and chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Health Care LLC, has been named chairman-elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Jonathan Weiner has been promoted to professor in Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health. Dr. Weiner's research has focused on health services including health professions, planning, mix and quality of care.