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(cont.) New IOM Committee Chair and Other Honors Jennifer Ryea and Yue Yin, PhD students in Biostatistics, are the recipients of this year’s GlaxoSmithKline Scholar Award, which encourages interest in biostatistics and honors previous research by incoming students. Fernando P. Polack, MD, assistant professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and International Health, received the second annual Thomas and Carol McCann Award for Innovative Research in Asthma and Respiratory Disease. His research project is entitled “The Role of Complement in Bronchoconstriction during Enhanced Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease.” Robert E. Black, MD, MPH, Edgar Berman Professor and chair of International Health, was elected in October to the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academies of Science. Shelley Hearne, DrPH, executive director for Trust for America’s Health and a visiting scholar in Health Policy and Management, was recently elected chair of the board for the American Public Health Association. Scott Zeger, PhD, professor and chair of Biostatistics, was recently named one of the 25 most cited mathematical scientists of the past 10 years by Science Watch. Susan P. Baker, MPH ’68, professor of Health Policy and Management, was recently awarded the Abe Mirkin Service Award by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Patti Gravitt, MS, PhD ’02, assistant professor of Epidemiology, was awarded the 2002 Ho-Ching Yang Memorial Faculty Fellowship Award. Her research focuses on human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated malignancies and cervical cancer screening. C. Earl Fox, MD, professor of Population and Family Health Sciences and director of the Urban Health Institute, was recently inducted as a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, D.C. David D. Celentano, ScD ’77, MHS ’75, professor and director of the Infectious Diseases Program in Epidemiology, received the Achievement Award from the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association. Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH ’63, professor of Health Policy and Management, won the 2002 Morehouse School of Medicine Excellence in Primary Care Award. |
