School of Graduate Studies Alumni Class Notes

Dr. Cathy J. Hatcher (Ph.D. in physiology, '98)
Recently presented a paper, "TBX 5 (A Transcription Factor) Regulation of Cell Proliferation Mediates Cardiac Morphogenesis" at the 72nd Scientific Sessions of the American HeartAssociation in Atlanta. She is a postdoctoral fellow in cell and molecular biology at Cornell University Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y.

Dr. James Bradley Summers (Master's Pharmacology/Toxology '97)
Has completed his medical internship at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile and is beginning a residency program in diagnostic radiology at the same institution. He completed his graduate studies at MCG under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Buccafusco.

Dr. Ptiene Minick (Ph.D., '92)
And her co-authors won an award in the education category of the 1999 AORN Journal Writers Contest for their article, "Clinical Decision-Making Process in Preoperative Nursing."

Dr. Darrell W. Brann (physiology, '90)
Associate professor in the Department of Physiology, organized and chaired a symposium titled "Neurobiology of the GnRH Neuron" at the Experimental Biology 2000 meeting in San Diego, Calif., April 15-18. Dr. Brann also presented a talk in the symposium titled "Astrocyte-Neuronal Interactions and Control of GnRH Secretion." Other topics included new experimental models for the study of GnRH neuron physiology and function, homeodomain proteins that regulate the GnRH gene, and differentiation, migration and neuroprotection of GnRH neurons. The symposium was sponsored by the Endocrinology & Metabolism and Central Nervous Systems sections of the American Physiological Society. Over 6,000 scientists worldwide attended the Experimental Biology 2000 meeting.

Dr. Brooks A. Keel (Endocrinology, '82)
who earned a Ph.D. in endocrinology in 1982 joined the faculty of Florida State University April 1 as associate vice president for research and professor of biomedical sciences. He will oversee research regulatory compliance matters for FSU's 17 colleges and schools. He also will coordinate and facilitate research in FSU's new College of Medicine. Before joining FSU, Dr. Keel was associate dean for research at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, where he established the Women's Research Institute and the Reproductive Medicine Laboratories. In 1995, he was named the first recipient of the university's Daniel K. Roberts Distinguished Professorship, an endowed chair in obstetrics and gynecology.

Dr. William D. Davenport, Jr. (Anatomy, '76)
Has been appointed by the American Dental Association's Joint Commission on National Board Examinations to serve on the Dental Hygiene Part B National Board Test Construction Committee. Dr. Davenport is a member of the Anatomic Sciences Test Construction Committee, which composes the Part I-Anatomical Sciences portion of the Dental National Board Examination. He also served on the committee from 1977 to 1982. In 1983, he served on an ad hoc committee appointed by the ADA Joint Commission on National Board Examinations to study the oral biology content on Dental National Boards. He is an associate professor of oral pathology and associate professor of cell biology and anatomy at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans. He also is coordinator of support technologies and director of the research histology laboratory.