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Lucy Marion, School of Nursing Dean, received the 2005 Public Health Nurse Creative Achievement Award from the American Public Health Association for her innovations combining teaching and practice to better prepare nursing students for public health service. |
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 Dr.
Darrell G. Kirch, dean of the School of Medicine from 1994 to 2000
and currently dean of the Penn State College of Medicine, has been named
president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, His tenure
will begin July 1. |
 Dr.
Kalu Ogbureke, assistant professor of oral biology and maxillofacial
pathology, has been named a fellow of the American College of Legal
Medicine, which promotes interdisciplinary cooperation where law and
medicine converge. Dr. Ogbureke has a doctorate in medical
sciences and oral biology from Harvard University, a graduate
certificate in the business of medicine from Johns Hopkins University
and a juris doctorate from Suffolk University. |
 Dr.
Iqbal Khan, professor and director of the In Vitro Fertilization/Andrology
Laboratories, has begun a one-year term as a consultant for the College
of American Pathologists' Reproductive Medicine Committee. The
four-member committee makes recommendations to the college for new
proficiency tests for reproductive laboratories nationwide.
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 Dr.
William H. Salazar, internist and psychiatrist, has been appointed
to the Behavioral Sciences Test Committee of the National Board of
Medical Examiners. He has received a concurrent appointment on the U.S.
Medical Licensing Examination 2006 Step I Test Material Development
Committee for Behavioral Sciences.
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 Dr.
Dilip A. Thomas, director of oculoplastic surgery and neuro-ophthalmology,
has been named a fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery. The society advances education, research and
treatment in aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery of the face,
orbits, eyelids and lacrimal system.
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 Dr.
Edmond F. Ritter, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, has had his
contributions to academic medicine recognized in the Congressional
Record of the 109th U.S. Congress. He was honored by U.S. Rep. Edolphus
Towns of the 105th Congressional District of New York for
accomplishments in reconstructive microsurgery, his role in training
more that 30 plastic and reconstructive surgeons and his research to
better understand tumor biology.
|
 Dr.
Gregory A. Harshfield, hypertension researcher and associate
director of the Georgia Prevention Institute, has been named institute
director. Dr. Harshfield who joined the GPI in 1997, will continue
research related to blood pressure regulation, particularly the impact
of impaired sodium secretion following stress. |
 Dr.
Abdullah Kutlar, hematologist and director of the MCG Sickle Cell
Center, has been appointed to the Candidate-Gene Association Resource
Steering Committee of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The
13-member committee will help direct federal research initiatives by
identifying which candidate genes merit study for their role in specific
diseases.
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 Dr.
Max E. Stachura, director of the Center for Telehealth and Georgia
Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Telemedicine, has been reelected
president of the nonprofit Alliance for Public Technology Board of
Directors. The alliance educates nonprofit groups and the public about
technology and telecommunications services. |
