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.
Applied Physics Laboratory
Frank Criste, program manager for the
Infocentrics Operations Business Area Navy account, has
been awarded a 2005 Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious
Executive for his "outstanding leadership, accomplishments
and service" while a senior executive with the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Networks and
Information Integration.
Doug Hudson, director of Special Programs, has
been appointed to the National Industrial Security Program
Policy Advisory Committee. Comprising both government and
industry representatives, NISPPAC is responsible for
recommending changes in industrial security policy to the
president, the secretary of defense and other executive
branch officials.
Jerry Krill of the Director's Office was
recently chosen an Innovator of the Year by the Maryland
Daily Record for his optical communications network
innovation that would make universal wireless broadband
possible.
Bruce Newhall, a group supervisor in the
National Security Technology Department, received the
National Defense Industrial Association's Bronze Award
Citation at the association's 2005 Joint Undersea Warfare
Technology Fall Conference. The award is presented annually
to NDIA members from Navy research and academic
laboratories for their lifetime contributions to the field
of undersea warfare. According to the award citation,
Newhall's "contributions in the areas of sensor and signal
processing development for undersea warfare are directly
reflected in the design of surveillance and tactical sonar
systems in operation by the Navy today."
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Andrea Carlson Gielen, professor in the
Department of Health, Behavior and Society and director of
the Center for Injury Research and Policy, was recently
elected a fellow of the American Academy of Health
Behavior. Gielen focuses her research on the development
and evaluation of community- and clinic-based programs that
address health behavior problems affecting women and
children, primarily among low-income families in urban
areas. She also examines the application of behavioral
sciences to childhood injury control and domestic violence
prevention programs, in addition to studying the
relationship between violence and HIV risk. Gielen, who
joined the academy in 2001, will be formally recognized at
its annual meeting in March.
Johns Hopkins Bayview
Melissa Feld has been appointed assistant dean
of the Bayview campus. In this position, Feld will partner
with David Hellmann, chairman of the Department of Medicine
and vice dean of Bayview, to build upon the medical
center's strengths and to develop programs that reinforce
the bonds between The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns
Hopkins Bayview. Feld will continue her duties as the
administrator of the Department of Medicine.
School of Medicine
Eric B. Bass, professor of medicine and senior
faculty research fellow at the Urban Health Institute, has
been named editor in chief of the new journal Progress in
Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and
Action.
Landon King has been named head of the Division
of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department
of Medicine. King was promoted to associate professor of
medicine and biological chemistry in 2003, having
established his laboratory as leading the field in
exploration of the role of water channels in pulmonary
biochemistry and physiology. He obtained his medical degree
from Vanderbilt University and came to Hopkins as an Osler
house officer and then completed a fellowship in pulmonary
medicine and a postdoctoral position in the laboratory of
Peter Agre.
Wendy Sanders has been appointed assistant dean
for graduate and medical education, a new position that
stems from the increasing demand for programs that enhance
career services and professional development for students,
fellows and young faculty. The position will report to the
Office of Graduate Student Affairs. Sanders has served as
director of the Professional Development Office since its
inception; concurrent appointment as assistant dean
recognizes her success in establishing the office as the
pre-eminent resource for programs in biomedical
communications for the entire JHMI community. Her
additional duties will include developing intersession
courses in biomedical communications as part of the
school's new curriculum and establishing programs to
encourage an interest in science among high school
students, through JHM's various partnerships with area
schools.
Gary Wand, professor of medicine and psychiatry
and director of the Endocrine Training Program, has been
admitted to the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology.
School of Nursing
Hae ra Han, assistant professor, was elected to
serve as a member of the nominating committee for the
Southern Nursing Research Society for the 2006-2008 term.
Robin Newhouse, nurse researcher, received a
three-year Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
(KO8) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
for "Rural Hospital Nursing: Environment, Effects and
Evidence." The award will provide additional training in
health services research and fund a study to evaluate the
effects of legislative and market influences on rural
nursing structure and patient outcomes.
Linda Rose, associate professor, is now
director of the baccalaureate program. Rose joined the
faculty in 1993 and has taught in both the bachelor's and
doctoral programs, most recently coordinating the
psychiatric mental health course and the research course in
the bachelor's program.
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