AWARDS
Jocelyn Bruce, M.D., professor of pathology, was honored by the Women’s History Coalition of Miami-Dade County at its annual Women of Impact XXI awards ceremony in March. She was selected for her community service, which includes the founding in 1994 of NANAY, Inc. (National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and the Youth), which provides supportive services for older citizens. Bruce has also served as a mentor for young women, especially minority women, interested in the medical field. She was one of only six women selected for the honor.
Guillermo Prado, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and public health, has received a $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue work on the Familias Unidas intervention program. Study findings published in 2007 showed that the program was successful in preventing or reducing substance use and HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth. Hilda Pantin, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of epidemiology and public health; Kathryn McCollister, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology and public health; and Maria Tapia, M.S.W., senior research associate of epidemiology and public health, are collaborators on the grant.
Mark Brown, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair emeritus of orthopaedics, received the 2008 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year first-place award in the consumer health category for Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off! The category includes “health-related books intended for a lay audience, although they may be valuable resources for the professional nurse.”
David Loewenstein, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and neurology, won a silver medal in the Mom’s Choice Awards in the category of adult inspirational book. He won for his book For the Love of Rachel: A Father’s Story, which tells the story of his daughter Rachel, who was born four months premature and weighed only 18 ounces and has had to overcome multiple physical and mental disabilities. The Mom’s Choice Awards recognize excellence in family-friendly media, products, and services.
APPOINTMENTS
José Szapocznik, Ph.D., professor and chair of epidemiology and public health, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the NIH Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. This is his fifth appointment to a National Advisory Council.
Susan Gold, Ed.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the Mailman Center for Child Development, has been elected chair of the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council. The federal government funds councils in each state, and in Florida the 29 members are appointed by the governor. The council promotes meaningful participation in life for Floridians with developmental disabilities.
PRESENTATIONS
Mehrdad Nadji, M.D., professor of pathology, presented findings at the American Society for Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting on an innovative technique of rapid tissue processing developed by UM pathologists. Coverage of the presentation was recently published in Medscape Medical News. In addition, the Department of Pathology was in the top 10 percent of all submitting medical centers in terms of first-authored scientific abstracts that have been accepted for presentation at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2009 annual meeting in Boston.
Efren C. Manjarrez, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of clinical operations for the Division of Hospital Medicine, represented the Miller School and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) at the “Management of the Hospitalized Patient” symposium in Spain in October and at the First Chilean Congress of Hospital Internal Medicine in November. He was also selected to chair the International Hospital Interests Section at the SHM annual meeting in Chicago in May.
Howard Liddle, Ed.D., ABPP, professor of epidemiology and public health and director of the Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, is featured in a DVD produced by the American Psychological Association as part of a series on leading evidence-based therapies. It includes an interview of Liddle about his science-based therapy for adolescent drug abuse, multidimensional family therapy, and a demonstration interview of his approach with an actual clinical case of a parent and 15-year-old boy. Liddle also filmed a special DVD for Hazelden; at the addiction center in Minneapolis, he delivered the keynote address at the annual Hazelden Youth Conference.
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