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Volume 26 • No. 3 • MARCH 2002

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KATE LORIG was promoted to professor (research) of medicine (immunology and rheumatology) through February 2008. Lorig joined Stanford Arthritis Center in 1978 and served at the medical school as a senior research scientist from 1987 to 1995, when she became an associate professor. Her work focuses on patient education, chronic disease management, community-based programs and outcomes research.

MATTHEW P. SCOTT, professor of developmental biology, was named chair of the leadership council of the Bio-X program, the campuswide bioengineering, biomedicine and biosciences initiative. The new position reports to the Bio-X executive committee, consisting of the university dean of research and the deans of the four schools that oversee the program.

DANIEL H. KIM was promoted to associate professor of neurosurgery. He joined Stanford in 1998 as an assistant professor and director of spinal neurosurgery and reconstructive peripheral nerve surgery. Kim is responsible for pioneering the first minimally invasive endoscopic procedure for spinal surgery at Stanford.

LAWRENCE LEUNG was promoted to professor of medicine (hematology). Leung joined Stanford in 1985 and achieved the rank of associate professor in 1991. In 1995 he was appointed chief of the hematology division. His research focuses on natural antithrombotic pathways and the pathophysiology of vascular thrombosis.

GILBERT CHU was promoted to professor of medicine (oncology) and of biochemistry. Chu joined the faculty in 1987 and was promoted in 1994 to associate professor of medicine and of biochemistry, with tenure. Chu's research focuses on how cells recognize and respond to DNA damage.

EMILY F. RATNER was promoted to associate professor of anesthesia. She completed a residency and chief residency in anesthesia at Stanford, served as staff physician and in 1993 joined the medical center faculty. She is a clinical anesthesiologist, with particular emphasis on obstetrical anesthesia.

LAWRENCE J. SAIDMAN was appointed professor of anesthesia at the medical center. He served from 1972 on the faculty at UCSD, where he chaired the Department of Anesthesiology for 12 years and achieved emeritus status in 1996. He joined Stanford in 1997 as a staff physician.

Assistant professors LAURA ATTARDI, CORINNA DARIAN-SMITH, MIRIAM GOODMAN and MERRITT MADUKE were named 2002 Baxter Foundation Faculty Scholars. Attardi is in the Department of Radiation Oncology; Darian-Smith is in the Department of Comparative Medicine; and both Goodman and Maduke are in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.

ANNE VILLENEUVE was promoted to associate professor of developmental biology and of genetics, with tenure. Villeneuve received an appointment to the faculty in 1995, with a joint appointment in genetics in 1998. She is a recognized expert in the field of meiosis and the acknowledged leader in meiosis of C. elegans, in particular.

MYRIAM J. CURET was appointed associate professor of surgery. She served as deputy clinical director and chief of general surgery and surgical services at Gallup (N.M.) Indian Medical Center and on the medical faculty of the University of New Mexico. She came to Stanford as a staff physician in July 2000 and was named acting associate professor last August.

LAURA D. ATTARDI, assistant professor of radiation oncology, was selected to receive a Damon Runyon Scholar Award for research on "Investigating mechanisms of p53-mediated tumor suppression using mouse models." The award provides $100,000 each year for three years. Attardi is one of five recipients chosen from a competitive pool of more than 46 applicants.

JAMES CHANG, assistant professor of surgery (plastic surgery), was awarded a three-year $360,000 renewal of his federal Merit Review grant, "Modulation of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in Scarless Flexor Tendon Wound Healing," a project aimed at understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of flexor tendon repair. Chang is chief of plastic surgery at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and residency program director.

DENISE L. JOHNSON, assistant professor of surgery (surgical oncology), was selected for a 2002 Women of Color Health, Science and Technology Award, and will be recognized April 12 in Nashville, Tenn., at a special awards conference honoring 15 national award winners. Johnson will receive the 2002 Medical Leadership in Education Award for career accomplishments and for dedication to helping other minorities succeed in health, science and technology careers.

ROBERT S. NEGRIN, associate professor of medicine and director of bone marrow transplantation, was named one of three directors of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation at the organization's annual meeting in February.

GLYN D. WILLIAMS was appointed associate professor of anesthesia. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Rhodesia and completed an anesthesia residency and a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship in South Africa. He served as a pediatric anesthesia fellow at the University of Washington and joined the UW medical faculty in 1993. He came to Stanford in 2001 as a staff physician.

PIETER VAN DER STARRE was appointed associate professor of anesthesia. Van der Starre has doctoral degrees from the universities of Utrecht and Maastricht. He completed a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia at the Texas Heart Institute and served with the Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at De Weezenlanden, Zwolle, in the Netherlands.

JOHN BOOTHROYD, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at the School of Medicine, received the title of University Fellow along with seven faculty members in other schools at Stanford. Boothroyd, who teaches a freshman seminar on infectious diseases, was named the Dunlevie Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education.