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Volume 26 • No. 5
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MAY 2002
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MARIA MILLAN, assistant professor, and GEORGE P. YANG, staff physician, in the Department of Surgery were awarded American College of Surgeons Faculty Scholarships. Millan received the award for the project "Epstein-Barr Virus Induces Antiapoptotic Factors in the Vascular Endothelium and Protects Against Uncontrolled Activation and Apoptosis." Yang was honored for "Role of Angiogenesis in Wound Healing." The awards are each $40,000 a year for two years.
CRAIG C. GARNER was appointed professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, with tenure, and, by courtesy, of neurology and neurological sciences. Garner came to Stanford last month from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he served as professor of neurobiology and of cell biology. His scholarly work involves the mechanisms underlying the formation and function of synapses in the brain.
DANIEL HERSCHLAG was promoted to professor of biochemistry and, by courtesy, of chemistry and chemical engineering. Herschlag, who joined the Stanford faculty in 1992, received tenure as an associate professor in 1997. His research focuses on macromolecular mechanisms, RNA folding and RNA enzymes.
WILLIAM S. TALBOT was promoted to associate professor of developmental biology, with tenure. Talbot is recognized as a leading researcher and contributor to the field of zebrafish development and genomics. His scholarly work involves the genomics of the zebrafish and the genetic mechanisms that regulate cell fate and morphogenesis in the zebrafish.
STEPHAN BUSQUE was appointed associate professor of surgery (transplantation). He joined Stanford last September from a faculty post at the University of Montreal, where he served on the transplant team. Busque pioneered laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in Canada. He is a recognized expert in isolated pancreas transplantation.
H. PETER LORENZ was appointed associate professor of surgery (plastic and reconstructive surgery). He came to Stanford in November from UCLA where he co-directed the Regenerative Bioengineering and Repair Laboratory and the Gonda Wound Treatment and Clinical Tissue Engineering Center. His recent research has focused on the stem cell potential of adult human fat, creating the possibility of an alternative to embryonic stem cells as a source of adult tissues required for reconstructive work.
RAVI TOLWANI was promoted to associate professor of comparative medicine. Tolwani holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and a PhD in molecular and cellular physiology. As a laboratory animal medicine specialist, he assists Stanford investigators with experimental design and animal study models, and he developed a program to ensure the genetic integrity of Stanford's mouse colonies.
Endowed professorships in endocrinology and in nephrology were established this year through the Department of Medicine to provide support for the respective division chiefs - FREDRIC B. KRAEMER and BRYAN D. MYERS - and their administrative efforts as well as the divisions' clinical, educational and research programs. Kraemer, named Stanford University Professor in Endocrinology, became division chief in January 2002. His research focuses on cellular lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and the mechanisms that regulate cholesterol and triglyceride accumulation in cells. Myers, named the Stanford University Professor in Nephrology, has been chief of his division since 1984. His research focuses on the tufts of capillaries within the kidney, which are called glomeruli and which act as high-capacity ultrafiltration membranes.
Postdoctoral fellows LAKSHMIKANTH S. GANDIKOTA and D. SCOTT MERRELL were awarded three-year fellowships by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. Gandikota, sponsored by biochemistry professor James A. Spudich, received the award for "Characterization of conformational states of myosin during motility." Merrell, sponsored by microbiology and immunology professor Stanley Falkow, was selected for "Identification of essential colonization genes of Helicobacter pylori."
LINDA GIUDICE is principal investigator of two five-year grants in reproductive research recently awarded to Stanford, including a $6.7-million NIH Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproductive Research award and a $1.9-million Cooperative Agreement on Trophoblast-Maternal Interactions award. The SCCPRR is comprised of 14 U.S. centers dedicated to diverse aspects of reproductive research. The Stanford multidisciplinary center involves investigators MARCO CONTI, SHEAU-YU HSU, AARON HSUEH, SALLI TAZUKE and Giudice in gynecology and obstetrics and MARGARET FULLER and Tazuke in developmental biology.
CHRISTOPHER ZARINS presented the five-year results of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair using the AneuRx stent graft and FRANK ARKO presented information on endovascular vs. open aneurysm repair in women at the annual meeting of the International Union of Angiology last month in New York. At the same meeting, vascular surgery fellow KONSTANTINOS FILIS was awarded second prize in the international competition for his work on aortoiliac tortuosity in predicting outcome following endovascular aneurysm repair.
KEN ZAFREN, clinical assistant professor of surgery (division of emergency medicine), was a member of an eight-person panel of international experts selected to revise the Cold Injuries and Cold Water Near Drowning Guidelines for the state of Alaska. The panel met April 10-13 in Sitka, Alaska. Zafren also was elected vice president of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine at its 2002 spring meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
