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
William Greenough III, professor of medicine
and international health, has received the William
J. McCarthy Award from the Bayview board of trustees. The
award, named in honor of the board's
late director, recognizes employees and volunteers whose
standards of service exemplify the best
traditions of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Greenough has been a
specialist in geriatric medicine and
infectious diseases at Bayview for more than 40 years.

Carey Business School
Elena W. Thompson has been appointed director
of alumni relations. She has spent the last 15
years in development and alumni relations, most recently as
the director of MBA alumni relations for
the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College.
Jim Zeller, vice provost for budgets and
planning for the university, will join the school July 1 as
associate dean for finance and administration. Zeller has
been "on loan" from the Office of the
Provost since the school's inception in January 2007,
helping to address the financial challenges of
planning and budgeting for a new school.

Centers and Affiliates
Leslie Mancuso, CEO and president of JHPIEGO,
is among seven 2008 fellows of The American
Society of Association Executives & The Center for
Association Leadership. The fellows program
recognizes individual accomplishments and contributions to
ASAE & The Center. Fellows serve as
models and ambassadors for the association, seek out
opportunities to serve on boards and
committees, and participate as speakers, authors, reviewers
and mentors.
Lea Ybarra, executive director of the Center
for Talented Youth, has been appointed to the
Maryland Commission on Hispanic Affairs by Gov. Martin
O'Malley. The 21-member commission focuses
on economic, business and work force development for
Maryland's rapidly growing Hispanic population.
In addition, Ybarra was recently awarded recognition from
the Promete Foundation of Spain for her
work with gifted students, both in Spain and abroad.

Multidisciplinary
Five women affiliated with Johns Hopkins were named
this month to The Daily Record's Top 100
Women list, an award that was created to recognize
successful female professionals who also give
back to their professions and their communities by
mentoring others and by personal community
involvement. They are Elizabeth Hunt, assistant
professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,
School of Medicine; Leslie Mancuso, CEO and
president, JHPIEGO; Redonda Miller, associate
professor, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine;
Stephanie Reel, chief information officer for the
university and health system; and Cynda Hylton
Rushton, associate professor, Nursing Systems and
Outcomes, School of Nursing.

School of Advanced International
Studies
SAIS received a gold and three silver awards for
materials it entered in the 23rd Annual
Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions
Marketing Report. The awards, all for a
graduate school, were gold for SAISPHERE 2006 (the
China issue), Best Internal Publication; and
silver for the 2007-2008 SAIS catalog, Best Catalog; 2007
Summer Program marketing materials,
Best Direct Mail Advertising Campaign; and 2007 Alumni
College marketing materials, Special
Publication.

School of Medicine
Nancy Davidson, a professor at the Oncology
Center, will be honored with the 11th Annual
American Association of Cancer Research Women in Cancer
Research-Charlotte Friend Memorial
Lectureship. The lecture, which honors renowned virologist
Charlotte Friend, recognizes an
outstanding scientist who has made exceptional
contributions to the field of cancer research and who
has, through leadership or by example, furthered the
advancement of women in science. Davidson will
present her lecture during the AACR Annual Meeting, to be
held April 12-16 in San Diego. In addition,
Davidson was recently presented with the seventh annual
Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in
Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute's
Intramural Scientific Retreat. The prize honors
the commitment of women in cancer research and is given in
tribute to chemist Rosalind Franklin, who
played a critical role in the discovery of the DNA double
helix.
Barbara Fivush, professor of pediatrics, has
been selected as the first director of the new
Office of Women in Science and Medicine, which has the
mandate to increase the role of women in
leadership positions in the university. The office will
strive to eliminate gender issues and foster the
goals of civility and respect for all SoM faculty and staff
enunciated in the university's Vision 2020
report. For the past five years, Fivush has been co-chair
of the school's Women's Leadership Council.
Ted Dawson and Gregg Semenza have been
elected to the Association of American Physicians.
Dawson, professor of neurology and neuroscience and
co-director of the neuroregeneration program in
the Institute for Cell Engineering, focuses on the
molecular basis of neurodegeneration and
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's. Semenza,
professor of pediatrics and director of
ICE's program in vascular cell engineering, concentrates on
the molecular mechanisms underlying blood
vessel formation and vascular remodeling in cardiovascular
disease and cancer. Election to the AAP is
considered one of the highest honors in American
medicine.
John Gearhart, professor of pediatrics and
director of Pediatric Urology at Johns Hopkins
Children's Center, has been awarded honorary membership in
the Fellowship of the Royal College of
Surgeons. Gearhart was honored for helping children
worldwide and for his basic science and clinical
contributions in the treatment of major birth defects of
the reproductive organs and the urinary
system. Gearhart will accept his honorary FRCS degree in
Edinburgh, Scotland, in the fall. In
continuous existence as a corporate body since 1505, the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh may
lay claim to being one of the oldest surgical corporations
in the world.
Philip C. Wong, associate professor in the
departments of Pathology and Neuroscience, is one of
three recipients of the annual MetLife Foundation Awards
for Medical Research in Alzheimer's
Disease. Wong was recognized for his work on molecular
mechanisms and experimental therapies for
Alzheimer's. Winners will receive a $25,000 personal award
in addition to a $175,000 award to their
institutions.

School of Nursing
Jerilyn Allen, professor in Acute and Chronic
Care and associate dean for research, will direct a
$1.1 million federal training grant to continue the
Interdisciplinary Training in Health Disparities
Research program aimed at preparing nurse scientists in
identifying, preventing and reducing health
disparities among underserved populations. The grant is
funded through the National Institute of
Nursing Research, a branch of the National Institutes of
Health.
Jacquelyn C. Campbell, professor in Community
Public Health Nursing, has been named director
of the new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty
Scholars program, which will be
headquartered at the school. RWJF will provide $28 million
over the next five years to outstanding
junior nursing faculty to help them advance in their fields
and seek faculty positions earlier in their
careers by providing mentorship, leadership training,
salary and research support.
Cynda Rushton, associate professor in Nursing
Systems and Outcomes, has been named an "Edge
Runner" by the American Academy of Nursing in recognition
of her role as program director of the
Harriet Lane Compassionate Care program, which provides
comprehensive management of the physical,
psychological, social and spiritual needs of children with
life-limiting conditions and their families. At
Harriet Lane, Rushton leads a core team, leadership
committee, pediatric palliative care network and
comprehensive bereavement program. AAN Edge Runners are
recognized as the practical innovators
who have led the way in bringing new thinking and methods
to a wide range of health care challenges.
Jodi Shaefer, assistant professor in Nursing
Systems and Outcomes, recently presented "Fetal
and Infant Mortality: Using Qualitative Data to Address
Issues Related to Health Disparities" to the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, which
makes recommendations to Health and
Human Services Secretary Michael Levitt. Her presentation
focused on FIMR's program successes in
reaching underserved populations.

University Administration
Sunanda Holmes has been named assistant
director for international business operations
compliance, a new position, in the Controller's Office.
Holmes has a juris doctorate from Howard
University, a master of law from Georgetown University, an
MBA from Johns Hopkins and a bachelor's
degree from the University of Maryland. She has more than
17 years of experience as an attorney
practicing corporate and business law, and working on
policy-related issues in international law,
education, health care and governance. She just returned
from the West Bank as a Fulbright Senior
Scholar teaching human rights law at Birzeit and Al Quds
universities.

Whiting School of Engineering
Joelle Frechette, assistant professor in
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has received a
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career
Development award. The CAREER award is given in
recognition of young scientists' commitment to research and
education. Frechette's CAREER program
in materials design and surface engineering will support
her research to harness interfacial phenomena
and achieve external, reversible and local control of
wetting and adhesion properties between
surfaces. Her award also supports the development of
workshops created in conjunction with the
National Federation of the Blind for visually impaired
students.
Kevin Hemker, professor and chair of Mechanical
Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Being elected a
fellow is the highest grade of membership
within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional
engineering achievements and
contributions to the engineering profession. Hemker is
considered one the world's leading researchers
at the interface of materials science, novel test methods
and solid mechanics. His experimental work
is leading to a better understanding of ceramic thermal
barrier coatings for jet engine turbine blades.
Benjamin Hobbs, a professor in DoGEE, has been
elected a fellow in the class of 2008 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for
"integration of economic and environmental
concerns into power systems design and operation." The
grade of fellow recognizes unusual distinction
in the profession and is conferred by the board of
directors upon a person with an extraordinary
record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of
interest. Hobbs' research focuses on the
analysis and economics of environmental and energy systems.
Howard E. Katz, a professor in Materials
Science and Engineering, was named one of 34
inaugural fellows of the Materials Research Society. This
honor was given "for introducing
multifunctional organic materials into electronic and
optical devices including transistors and electro-
optic modulators; for innovation in materials synthesis;
and for serving the materials community
through society leadership, editorship and government
outreach." Katz was an MRS board member
from 2000 to 2005 and will assume the presidency of the
International Union of Materials Research
Societies in 2009.
Hai-Quan Mao, assistant professor in Materials
Science and Engineering, has received a
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career
Development award. The CAREER award is given in
recognition of young scientists' commitment to research and
education. Hai-Quan's CAREER program
will support his research to understand the roles of
nanofiber scaffold as an artificial stem cell niche
in presenting topographical and surface-tethered
biochemical cues that can potentiate neural stem
cell adhesion, contact guidance and growth factor signaling
and thereby regulate NSC proliferation,
differentiation and migration. The long-term goal of this
study is to provide new methodologies for
efficient stem cell expansion and directed differentiation
that facilitate stem cell-based regenerative
therapies, particularly for treating degenerative diseases
and traumatic injuries of the central
nervous system.
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