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Tell us about your awards and accomplishments, or those of your colleagues. Send your contributions to Sara Selis by e-mail selis@stanford.edu or fax (650) 723-7172, or call her at (650) 723-7798.

AJAY CHAWLA, assistant professor of medicine (endocrinology), was named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The award, which provides up to $50,000 annually for three years, recognizes young scholars who show promise in research for the treatment of cancer, cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis. Chawla received the research award for his studies to evaluate the role of PPAR delta in silencing macrophage inflammatory responses and to determine whether this transcription factor plays a critical role in the origin and development of multiple sclerosis. He will work in collaboration with the lab of Lawrence Steinman, professor of neurology and neurological sciences.

DAVID SPIEGEL, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, received the 2002 Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Scientific Excellence from the International Society of Hypnosis. Spiegel was recognized for a lifetime of published experimental work that has substantially advanced the understanding of hypnosis and the outcome of its applications. The award, which will be presented to Spiegel at a future meeting of the International Society of Hypnosis, honors the late Ernest Hilgard, a hypnosis pioneer, founding president of the society and longtime Stanford professor of psychology.

DAVID A. STEVENS, professor of medicine (infectious diseases and geographic medicine) at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, was chosen for the 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Medicine Award by the Santa Clara County Medical Association for his contributions to the betterment of patient care. Stevens was recognized for establishing the infectious diseases division at Valley Medical Center and for his international reputation in the field of fungal disease. He received the award June 5 at the SCCMA awards banquet in San Jose.

GLORIA M. KARDONG, adjunct clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was named a new fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in recognition of her dedication to the association's work and her contributions to the psychiatric profession. Kardong, who specializes in women's health care, was recognized in May at the psychiatric association's annual meeting in San Francisco.

JARED R. TINKLENBERG, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has attained the status of distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was previously named a distinguished fellow in recognition of his achievements as an outstanding psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the field. Tinklenberg, a pioneer in geriatric psychiatry, was honored in May at the association's annual meeting in San Francisco.

SAMUEL SO, professor of surgery, was chosen to receive the Santiago Ramon y Cajal Award, which is presented annually to an individual or organization for outstanding research on minority health in observance of National Minority Health Month. The award is named for Ramon y Cajal, a Spanish histologist and professor who received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1906. So received the award April 9 at the second annual National Minority Health Month dinner in Washington, D.C.

JEFFREY B. GOULD was appointed professor of pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. An investigator and clinician in pediatrics, he has worked for several years with David Stevenson, the Faber professor of pediatrics, developing the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. From 1982 through 2002, Gould served on the faculty of the UC-Berkeley School of Public Health. Gould is a leading public health researcher in population-based studies related to neonatal and perinatal diseases. His research focuses on developing strategies to assess the quality of perinatal care based on risk-adjusted indicators of neonatal morbidity. In January he was named director of perinatal epidemiology and health outcomes in the division of neonatology and developmental medicine at Stanford.

ASHIMA MADAN was promoted to associate professor of pediatrics (neonatology) at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. She previously served at El Camino Hospital as medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit and as attending physician in the NICU at Packard. Madan's research focuses on neonatal hypoxic brain injury and on retinopathy of prematurity, the most common cause of blindness among children in the United States. She is currently the principal investigator of a study on the prevention of anemia in pre-term infants and is co-principal investigator of a new study on early detection of vision impairment in high-risk infants. Madan is also director of neonatal transport at Packard Children's Hospital.

LORRY R. FRANKEL, associate professor of pediatrics, was appointed to the board of directors of Interplast, a Mountain View-based nonprofit organization that provides free reconstructive surgery to needy children in developing countries. Frankel has volunteered with Interplast since 1987. He has participated in surgical trips to Brazil, Mongolia, Peru and Vietnam and has served on Interplast's pediatrics and quality-improvement committees. Since its founding in 1969, Interplast has provided more than 47,000 free surgeries around the world.

TIFFANY DANTON and MATTHEW KLEIN, chief residents in plastic surgery, recently won research awards at the 2003 National Senior Residents Conference in Los Angeles. Danton's project, "Reconstruction of the Hand in Apert Syndrome: A Simplified Approach," was sponsored by James Chang, associate professor of surgery; Vincent Hentz, professor of plastic/reconstructive surgery; and Amy Ladd, associate professor of orthopedic surgery. Klein's project, "CT Angiography in Microvascular Reconstruction," was sponsored by Chang and Geoffrey Rubin, associate professor of radiology.

ANNA KUANG, chief resident in plastic surgery, was awarded the Resident's Research Award for "DNA Microarray Analysis of Breast Capsular Contracture" at the 2003 California Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Sacramento. Her research was sponsored by Yvonne Karanas, assistant professor of surgery; Michael Longaker, professor of surgery; and Peter Lorenz, associate professor of surgery. This is the second consecutive year that a Stanford plastic surgeon has received this prestigious prize.