Annual Report - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Year In ReviewRESEARCH WEEKThroughout the year, USU hosts a variety of educational, military and social events. These include lectures fromdistinguished scientists, service-oriented special occasions and campus-wide observances.USU’s annual Research Week is designed to promote researchby faculty and students at the university and its affiliate institutionsand to provide increased opportunities for interdisciplinarycollaboration. The event informs the local scientific community,partnering institutions and other federal agencies aboutresearch projects being conducted at, and in conjunction with,USU. The poster presentations, invited speakers and panelsexemplify the university’s unique role in public health andmilitary research.In 2007, USU was honored to welcome Anthony Fauci, M.D.,Director of the National Institute of Allergy and InfectiousDiseases, as the plenary speaker.WU AND LEONARD AWARDSMEDICAL MASTERPIECES: ART OF A SURGEONIn 2007, USU had the distinction of hostinga collection of original paintings andsketches by renowned medical illustratorFrank Netter, M.D.. Dr. Netter, a surgeonby training, was a U.S. Army officer duringWorld War II and was placed in charge ofcreating graphic training aids, largely usedto teach combat first aid and survival skills,and to train x-ray technicians. He went onto become the world’s foremost medicalillustrator, with his artwork serving as thestandard by which all others are measured.Netter once was hailed by The New YorkTimes as, “the medical Michaelangelo.”As part of the university’s Research Week, two USUfaculty members were recognized for their uniqueand fundamental contributions to advancing researchin their fields. Chou-Zen Giam, Ph.D. (left), receivedthe Henry Wu Award for Excellence in BasicResearch for his work on the human retrovirus HTLV-1,which causes adult T cell leukemia. Shiv Srivastava,Ph.D. (right), received the James Leonard Award forExcellence in Clinical Research in recognition of hisdiscoveries regarding the over-expression of the ETSrelatedgene-1 in prostate cancer. The researchersreported their findings in the prestigious publicationsThe EMBO Journal and Oncogene, respectively.18Dr. Alan Seyfer, USU Distinguished Professor of Anatomy,Physiology and Genetics and Air Force 2nd Lt JoshuaGustafson were instrumental in arranging the exhibit.