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

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He received
the Jaros Memorial Lectureship Award at the
2006 annual meeting of the American College of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Richard D. deShazo, MD, division faculty
member and chair of the Department of Medicine,
conducts research focusing on the pathophysiology
of inflammatory sinus diseases, such as allergic fungal
sinusitis and sarcoidosis. deShazo is also a specialty
editor for the American Journal of Medicine and
associate editor of the Southern Medical Journal. During
this past year, he received the Special Service
Award from the American Academy of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology, and the ACAAI Distinguished
Fellow Award from the American College
of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
The weekly medical call-in radio show, Southern
Remedy, which is aired on Mississippi Public
Broadcasting and co-hosted by deShazo, received th
2007 Award for Excellence in Medical Communication
from the Mississippi State Medical Association’s
Council on Public Information.
Stephen F. Kemp, MD, is associate division
director for education and director of the allergy
and immunology fellowship training program.
Kemp recently obtained an ACORN fellowship
award from the American College of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology to support training for a
new fellow. He also serves as medical director of
the Jackson Medical Mall’s Adult Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology Clinic. Kemp’s research efforts
focus on factors that influence susceptibility to, and
severity of, anaphylaxis reactions in various patient
populations.
Linda Tanaka, MD, joined the faculty earlier
this year after having been in private practice in the
Jackson metropolitan area. Her clinical interests include
asthma in pregnant women and their families.
She is also involved in our fellowship teaching program.
Lianbin Xiang, MD, recently joined the division
and has established a molecular immunology
laboratory. His research efforts center on determining
genetic polymorphisms in stress hormone receptors
as a way to identify individuals who are
more sensitive to the adverse effects of psychological
stress on their immune systems.
Jeanette L. Arnold, RN, FNP, the division’s
nurse practitioner, participates in a national educational
effort for Allied Health Professionals aimed at
increasing understanding of the theory and practice
of allergy and immunology. She has recently been
certified as an asthma educator.
Senior fellow Matthew Oswalt, MD, completed
his pediatrics residency and served as a chief
resident before beginning his fellowship. Two junior
fellows joined the divisional training program in
July: Tran Ly, MD, who trained in internal medicine
at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas, and Jo Reed, MD, who completed
a medicine-pediatrics residency at the University of
Tennessee at Memphis.
The division recently established the Laboratory
of Behavioral Immunology Research and is
collaborating with other investigators to better understand
the mechanisms and clinical implications
of various forms of psychological stress (including
psychosocial factors) on immune networks active in
asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and
obesity.
During this past year, peer-reviewed publications
by faculty members have appeared in Brain, Behavior
and Immunity, Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology,
Cancer, Up-To-Date, and the American Journal of Medicine.
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