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No. 2 Division faculty were recently quoted in the following media.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research) Jean Twomey was interviewed for an iParenting Media article, “Fighting sleep: A look at why babies and toddlers fight sleep.”Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry & Human Behavior Stephen Sheinkopf was interviewed by Dr. Pablo Rodriguez for a May 1 broadcast on Latino Public Radio about autism conditions and treatments.
The Toledo Blade reported that Vince Mor, professor and chair of Community Health, had been appointed to a three-member committee convened by HCR ManorCare Inc., a Toledo company that operates more than 500 nursing home and rehabilitation centers across the country, to advise the firm’s board on quality-of-care issues.
John B. Murphy, president-elect of the American Geriatrics Society and professor of internal and family medicine at Alpert Medical School, was quoted in a May 5 article in the AMA’s American Medical News about the looming shortage of available geriatricians trained to care for aging baby boomers.
In early May, a new study conducted by Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Mark Zimmerman and other Rhode Island Hospital researchers suggests that bipolar disorder is over-diagnosed. The research was widely reported in various media outlets, including NPR’s All Things Considered, the Los Angeles Times, CBS News, and online news sources.
Robert Swift, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, was quoted in the May 20 issue of the New Yorker in an article about alcohol hangover.
On May 19, Providence Business News reported on research by Gideon Koren and other Brown researchers originally published online in The Journal of Clinical Investigation that provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms that cause arrhythmia.
Jean Twomey, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) and Research Associate at the Brown Center for Study of Children at Risk, was interviewed for iParenting Media article about what parents can do when babies and toddlers fight sleep.
John P. Donoghue, director of the Institute of Brain Science at Brown University, was quoted in a New York Times article May 29 about a report from University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon researchers about monkeys moving an artificial arm using only brain activity.
Army Reservist Michael Feldman, clinical assistant professor of orthopaedics, reflected on his service in the Iraq War in an article in the Rhode Island Jewish Voice & Herald on May 30.
The online Earthtimes reported on June 1 that Don Dizon, assistant professor of obstetrics gynecology and medicine, announced safety and efficacy results from a clinical trial of picoplatin and liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced solid tumors, including ovarian cancer, during the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.
In a June 2 Los Angeles Times story about the National Weight Control Registry, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Rena Wing explained that the registry needs additional input from individuals of all racial and ethnic groups to see whether differences in maintaining weight loss can be linked to gender, race, or ethnicity.
U.S. News & World Report published an online article on June 4 summarizing Brown postdoctoral research fellow Christy Capone’s latest findings on student drinking: namely, that college students with a “dense” family history of alcoholism, defined as families with greater numbers of affected relatives, have the highest risk of developing alcohol-use disorders.
On June 4, JAMA reported that poor sleep in a child’s early years may not only interfere with normal growth and development but also strain family life—findings that were reported at the fourth annual pediatric sleep medicine conference, sponsored by Alpert Medical School and co-chaired by Judith Owens, associate professor of pediatrics at Brown and director of pediatric sleep disorders at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
On June 5, Science Daily reported that Brown nanotechnology specialist Thomas Webster has found a way to regenerate cartilage naturally by creating a synthetic surface that attracts cartilage-forming cells.
The Northwest Arkansas Times reported on a June 14th presentation by EEB postdoctoral research associate Nickolay Hristov titled, “The Charm and Mystery of Bats,” at 19th annual Bat-O-Rama weekend at Devil’s Den State Park, in Arkansas’ Ozark mountains.
Professor of Biology Kenneth Miller held his own during a June 16 appearance on the Colbert Report, when he discussed his new book, Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. He appeared the week before on NPR’s Science Friday with guest host Joe Palca.
Professor of Dermatology Martin A. Weinstock was quoted in a May USA Today article about Sen. John McCain’s melanomas. Weinstock was also interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about recent research on vitamin D and conflict of interest issues. He discussed sunscreenand skin protection with The Nation’s Health and www.healthday.com.