Fiscal Year 2007 - Department of Medicine - University of ...

The Research Council hosted its third annual Research
Day in April 2007, approving 81 posters for display.
Gary Schoolnik, MD, chief of Stanford University School
of Medicine’s Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious
Diseases, presented the 2007 Stanley Chapman Distinguished
Research Lecture, “The Molecular Ecology of
Vibrio cholerae in the Gangetic Delta.”
Of the 81 posters, 24 were eligible for the Research
Council’s poster competition, which was open to those studies
that were conducted primarily by a medical student or a
fellow or resident within the Department of Medicine.
Posters were judged on the quality of the research design,
the significance of the findings, the current and anticipated
impacts on the applicable field of study, and the individual’s
ability to present his or her findings when queried.
Winners of the poster competition were (1) Narendra
Siddaiah, MD; (2) Stephen Weeks, MD; and (3) Chris
Abrasley, MD.
Faculty members in the department who were recognized
this past year included Mike Flessner, MD, PhD, who
received the 2006 Fred Allison Research Award in recognition
of his sustained productivity of superior and significant
research, and Anil Minocha, MD, who received the 2006
Langford Research Mentor Award in recognition of his exceptional
service as research mentor to fellows and residents.
UMMC recognized several department faculty with
its series of Excellence in Research awards. Drs. Tom Abell
and Harold Henderson each received a Bronze-level Excellence
in Research Award. Drs. Mario Sims and Marion Wofford
each received a Silver-level Excellence in Research
Award. Jim Wilson, MD, received a Gold-level Excellence in
Research award.
Leadership of the Research Council was assumed by
Elise Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD. An active researcher and
prolific author, Gomez-Sanchez is a fellow of the American
Heart Association’s Council for High Blood Pressure Research
and serves on the editorial boards of Hypertension and
Endocrinology.
RESEARCH COUNCIL
Elise Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD
Stanley Chapman, MD
Sue Downey, MPA
Albert Dreisbach, MD
Michael Flessner, MD
Ervin Fox, MD, MPH
Stephen Geraci, MD
Celso Gomez-Sanchez, MD
John Hall, PhD
John Jenkins, MD
Christian Koch, MD, PhD
Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH
Deborah King Minor, PharmD
Thomas Mosley, PhD
Thomas Payne, PhD
Mario Sims, PhD
Jose Subauste, MD
Donna Sullivan, PhD
Edwin Swiatlo, MD
Herman Taylor, MD, MPH
James Wilson, MD
Marion Wofford, MD, MPH
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