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No. 2 Lynne Andreozzi-Fontaine, PhD, adjunct associate professor of pediatrics, was invited to review an article for Women’s Health and Urban Life for their special issue on drug use and health consequences for urban women.
Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, gave three presentations at Contemporary Forums 25th Annual Obstetric Nursing Conference in Las Vegas, NV, April 21-23. They were: “Triage Dilemmas: A Case-Based Approach”; “Hot Buttons in OB Triage”; and “Clinical Considerations When Managing Shoulder Dystocia.” She was an invited speaker at the 19th Annual Northwest Regional Perinatal Nursing Conference at the Center for Perinatal and Pediatric Excellence, Swedish Medical Center and Washington State AWHONN in Seattle, WA, on May 19. Her presentations were “Shoulder Dystocia”; “OB Triage”; and “Trauma in Pregnancy.”
Michael K. Atalay, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging and medicine (cardiology), was invited to present “Instructional course: Getting the Correct Slice Position” at the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance annual meeting held in Los Angeles in February, and “Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Physics” at the New England Roentgen Ray Society meeting held in April. At the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society held in Washington, DC, in April, Atalay presented: “Cardiac CT: Keynote address,” “Cardiac MRI: The Basics,” and was the cardiac/chest CT session moderator.
Michael Beland, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “Utility of 4D CT in Localizing Ectopic Parathyroid Glands in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism” at the 108th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, held in Washington, DC, in April. Co-authors were Mayo-Smith WW, Dupuy DE, Grand DJ, Cronan JJ, and Monchik J.
Rosemarie Bigsby, PhD, ScD, OTR/L, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, taught a two-day course for NICU professionals, “Intervention for the High Risk Infant: Providing Services in the NICU and During the Transition Home,” at Baylor Medical Center, in Fort Worth, TX, March 6-7. She was invited to present the same course at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, on April 5-6. She taught a two-day course titled “Evidence-Based Early Intervention Services for High Risk Infants and Their Families: Easing the Transition Home from the NICU” on April 18-19 at Care Resources, in Baltimore, MD.
Ghada Bourjeily, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was awarded two stars by United Health Care as recognition for exceeding the quality and efficiency of care analysis in March. She was appointed faculty and medical director of the Rhode Island Society of Respiratory Care at the annual meeting in Newport, RI, April 3-4.
Charles C.J. Carpenter, MD, professor of medicine, served on the External Expert Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Division of AIDS HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks Strategic Working Group meeting in Bethesda, MD, May 19-20. He served as a consultant for the NIAID, Division of AIDS, Special AIDS Vaccine Research Subcommittee meeting in Bethesda on May 30.
Kevin J. Chang, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging, was invited to present “More than Just a Pretty Picture: CT Colonography” at the Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symposium sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Brown University, in Providence, in March.
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and medicine, gave a lecture titled “HIV and the Mature Woman,” at the University of Colorado Medical School, in Denver, CO, on May 8. She delivered the same lecture at the Clinical Care of HIV-Infected Women Conference for the Colorado Women’s HIV Consortium in Denver, on May 9. She presented “Gender Issues in HIV,” in conjunction with lectures for HIV Update: Contemporary Issues in HIV Management sponsored by Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Cambridge, MA, on May 30.
Christy Dibble, DO, clinical assistant professor of medicine, was appointed chairperson for the Rhode Island Colorectal Cancer Detection and Screening Work Group, Rhode Island Department of Health, in conjunction with American Cancer Society in March. She chaired the Community Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Effort with the American Cancer Society, recognizing March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Damian E. Dupuy, MD, professor of diagnostic imaging, gave the following invited presentations: “Microwave”; “Combined Ablation and Radiation Therapy”; and “Instrument Navigation and Tracking: Lung RFA” at the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology in Washington, DC, in March. At the European Conference on Integrated Optics held in Florence, Italy, on April 11, he presented “Combined Ablation and Radiation Therapy” during the Clinical Focus Session: Lung Tumors.
Lance D. Dworkin, MD, professor of medicine, has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Medicine. He is currently the director of the Division of Nephrology and vice chair of Medicine for Research. Dworkin has been at Brown since 1993.
Joseph H. Friedman, MD, clinical professor of clinical neuroscience (neurology), and director, NeuroHealth Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, was invited to join the editorial boards of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and Therapy, both peer-reviewed journals. He was invited to join the scientific advisory board of the Lewy Body Dementia Association and invited to join the International Working Group on Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease of MerckSerono Pharmaceuticals. Friedman has also published a new book.
David J. Grand, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “Cross- Sectional Enterography” at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Brown University in March. Also in March, he presented “Imaging of Percutaneously Treated Liver Lesions: Dead or Alive” at the annual meeting of the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Grand was a moderator for the Genitourinary Power Hour and a moderator for the genitourinary imaging papers at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting held in Washington, DC, in April. He also presented “Can CT Measurements Predict Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Pressures? Correlation of Multidetector Row CT Morphologic Measurements with Right Heart Catheterization Pressures” at the same meeting. Co-authors were Mayo-Smith WW, Atalay MK, Dupuy DE, and Cronan JJ.
Steven P. Hamburg, PhD, associate professor of environmental studies, received an Individual Environmental Merit Award from the Environmental Protection Agency on April 22 in Boston. Hamburg convinced the CEO of a national chain that its stores should make a mission of turning energy-efficient CFL bulbs into the dominant light bulb used in America. His vision accelerated the sale of CFL bulbs and led to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million tons in 2007. Hamburg and his students founded Project 20/20, which promotes the value of CFL lighting in low-income neighborhoods. The project installs CFLs for free in Providence.
Zeev Harel, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, presented “Effects of hormonal contraception on bone mineral density in adolescents and young adults: Mechanisms and clinical implications” at the Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, on March 13. He presented “The approach to dysmenorrhea in the adolescent” at the 12th Mount Sinai School of Medicine annual post-graduate course on pediatric, adolescent, and young adult gynecology, held in New York, NY, on April 4.
Pamela High, MD, professor of pediatrics (clinical), Jean Twomey, PhD, Heather Chapman, MD, and Amy Salisbury, PhD, all of the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, presented the keynote and workshops at Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund: Understanding, Responding and Coping with Infant Crying: From Prevention to Intervention, in Westborough, MA, on May 19. The title of their presentation was “The Infant Behavior, Cry and Sleep Clinic: A Model for Prevention and Treatment.”
Joseph W. Hogan, ScD, professor of biostatistics, was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association in May. He has also co-authored a new text.
Elisabeth D. Howard, PhD, CNM, clinical teaching assistant in obstetrics and gynecology, has published a book chapter: “Delivery in the Absence of Primary Care Provider.” In Intrapartum Management Modules. Kennedy MB, Ruth DJ, Martin EJ, Eds. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2008. Howard has successfully defended and completed requirements for her PhD from Vanderbilt University. Her dissertation was “Women’s Decisional Conflict, Anxiety and Coping Strategies Following Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormality.”
Linda Hunter, EdD, CNM, clinical teaching assistant of obstetrics and gynecology, has been elected a peer reviewer for the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD, clinical professor of medicine (gastroenterology), received the Irving Addison Beck Laureate Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians in April. He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Classical High School Alumni Association.
Gregory Jay, MD. See David Lindquist.
Conrad E. Johanson, PhD, professor of clinical neurosciences, was an invited keynote speaker and session chair at the Fifth Congress of the Global Conference on Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration, in Bucharest, Romania, March 3-6. His presentation was: “Amyloid increase in the aging rat brain: Association with decreased expression of the LRP-1 and P-gp transporters at the blood-brain barrier in cortex and hippocampus.” He was also a visiting scientist in Baton Rouge at Louisiana State University and the Pennington Brain Research Center, presenting the seminar “Altered expression of A-Beta transporters at the blood-brain and blood-CSF barriers over the continuum of aging, normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer’s disease,” April 10-14.
Rami Kantor, MD, assistant professor of medicine (research), Division of Infectious Diseases, was invited to present on “HIV diversity and drug resistance in Western Kenya” at the annual review meeting of the 2008 University of Nairobi STD/AIDS collaborative group, held April 14-19, in Nairobi, Kenya. He was also invited to give a talk on “Principles in HIV drug resistance and interpretation” at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, on April 16 in Nairobi. He presented “HIV update: progress and challenges” at the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science Central New England conference in Providence, held May 6-8.
Paul M. Knopf, PhD, the Charles A. and Helen B. Stuart Professor Emeritus of Medical Science and founding chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, is a co-author of a recent publication in the January issue of Immunology and Cell Biology. The article, “Novel function of complement C3d as an autologous helper T-cell target,” was selected as an “Outstanding Observation” by the journal’s editorial board. Anne S. DeGroot, MD, adjunct associate professor of pediatrics and CEO of EpiVax, Inc. (which provided support for the project), is a co-author, as are Si-Han Hai ’08 and EpiVax technical staff members. Two other Brown undergraduates participated in this project as independent study students: Sarah Kimball ’05 and Courtney Wright ’06.
Leo Kobayashi, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, presented “Simulation Center Operations” at the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Simulation Center/ Laerdal Regional Simulation Workshop, on April 3 in Providence. With Gregory Jay, MD, and Frank Overly, MD, he presented at the national Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference: The Science of Simulation in Healthcare, Defining a National Agenda for Simulation Research in Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education, on May 28, in Washington, DC. Kobayashi and Overly (track leads) presented “(Micro-) System Expertise: Effective Simulation at the Organizational Level.” Kobayashi was a panelist for “(Macro-) System Expertise: Effective Simulation at the Organizational Level.” With Angela Anderson, MD, Linda Brown, MD, Susan Duffy, MD, and Stephanie Sudikoff, MD, Kobayashi also led a workshop titled “Teaching the Management of Pediatric Emergencies Using Medical Simulation” at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference on May 29, in Washington, DC.
Erna M. Kojic, MD, assistant professor of medicine, gave a lecture titled “Menopause” at the Fifth Annual Women and HIV International Clinical Conference (WHICC) in Dallas, TX, on April 29. She presented “HPV and HIV” at the same conference on April 30.
Linda L. Lagasse, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics (research), and Barry M. Lester have co-authored a chapter: Lester, BM., LaGasse, LL. Crying. In Haith, MM, Benson, JB (eds). 2008 Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Vol 1; 332-343.
Abbott Laptook, MD, professor of pediatrics, was invited to present “Brain Hypothermia Where Are We in 2008?” at the NOGAN Clinical Consensus Seminars at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, on April 29. He also presented “Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Is this a Modifiable Condition?” at Emory on April 30. He presented “Apgar Scores at 10 Minutes and Outcome in Term Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)” at the Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research on May 3-6 in Honolulu, HI.
Barry M. Lester, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics and director of the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, presented “Maternal Substance Use and Infant Outcomes” at the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study Spring Network Meeting on March 10 in Bethesda, MD. He was invited to present “Longitudinal Research on Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine and Methamphetamine and Development of the Vulnerable Infants Program (VIP) in Rhode Island” and “How Can We Apply the Research on the VIP RI Program? Practical Implications for Judges” at the Effective Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System meeting held in Honolulu, HI, on March 28. He was invited by the University of California, Berkeley’s National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center to present a web-based teleconference to participants all over the U.S. titled “Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure and Child Outcome: What Do We Know?” on April 24. Lester was invited by the University of Arkansas College of Medicine to present at their 24th Annual Conference, Perinatal Care: Mind and Body, which took place April 10-11 in Little Rock, AR. His talk was “Women, Pregnancy and Drug Use: Separating Facts from Fiction.” He also sat on a panel to teach about dual diagnosis in addicted women and important ingredients of recovery titled “She would have stopped if she could have: Lessons from the trenches.” On April 28, Lester presented “Translational Opportunities in Infant Mental Health” at the Women & Infants Pediatric Department Retreat in Providence. Lester was invited to teach three training sessions on Infant-Parent and Child Mental Health in Napa, CA. His first session, on May 16, was titled, “What’s all the fuss about colic: Understanding, assessing and treating the infant with problematic crying.” On May 17, he presented “Deconstructing children at risk: Defining risk, risk factors and cumulative risk” and “Translating research into policy and practice: Creating a Vulnerable Infant Program.”
David Lindquist, MD, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine, presented “Simulation Debriefing” and “Simulation Center Operations” at the Rhode Island Hospital Medical Simulation Center/Laerdal Regional Simulation Workshop on April 3 in Providence. He was also part of a panel, with Marc J. Shapiro (track lead) and Gregory Jay, on “Group Expertise: Effective Teamwork and Communication- Evaluation” at the national Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference: The Science of Simulation in Healthcare, Defining a National Agenda for Simulation Research in Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education, on May 28, in Washington, DC.
Martha B. Mainiero, MD, associate professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “US-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of the Axilla in Staging of Patients with Breast Cancer” at the Breast Imaging Course presented by the Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham, MA, on March 8. She was a moderator at the annual meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology held in Seattle, WA, where she gave the following invited presentations: “Responsibilities of the Program Director,” on March 25; “Mentoring,” on March 28; and “ACR Initiatives in Systems-Based Practice Education,” on March 29. At the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, held in Washington, DC, on April 17, she gave an invited presentation, “Breast MR Case-based Imaging Review.”
Kenneth H. Mayer, MD, professor of medicine and community health, gave the Tim Gill Endowed Lecture, titled “Biological Interventions to Prevent HIV: Pitfalls and Promise,” at the University of Colorado in Denver on March 26. The Tim Gill Chair in Infectious Diseases was established in 1998 to support HIV/AIDS research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Health Science Center and to promote HIV/AIDS education at the University and within the community. Mayer was an invited faculty member for “Optimal Approaches to HIV Testing, Treatment and Postexposure Prophylaxis,” Symposium of the International Conference on Emergency Medicine in San Francisco, CA, on April 5. At the HIV Prevention Trials Network, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project in Arlington, VA, on April 6, he presented “HPTN 061, Research Advocacy for HIV Prevention: US Domestic Research.” Mayer gave a lecture titled “Update on the Use of Antivirals for HIV Prevention” at the Physicians’ Research Network meeting in New York, NY, on April 15 and was an invited Symposium Faculty member, presenting “Routine Opt- Out Testing for HIV: Rationale and Obstacles,” at the Best Practices Workshops for the Treatment Team, First Care Forums in HIV, Medical Education Collaborative in Miami, FL, on April 19. Mayer presented “Potential Transmitters - Update on IAS Abstract/ Analyses,” at the SUN Investigator Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, held April 30-May 1. He gave a lecture titled “Sexual Behavior Patterns in Different Populations, Furthering the PrEP Scientific Agenda” at the CDC-HPTN Meeting in Atlanta, GA, on May 2. At the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV/American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association Third Joint Conference in New York, NY, May 7- 10, Mayer presented “Reaching the HIV Infected But Undiagnosed Individuals – The US Experience Symposium” and “Antivirals for HIV Prevention.” He has also recently published two book chapters: Mayer KH, Carballo- Dieguez A. “Homosexual and Bisexual Behavior in Men in Relation to STDs and HIV Infection.” In Holmes KK, Sparling PF, Stamm WE, Piot P, Wasserheit JN, Corey L, Cohen MS, Watts, DH (eds) Sexually Transmitted Diseases 4th edition, McGraw Hill Medical, New York, 203-218, 2008; and Bradford J, Mayer KH. “Demography and the LGBT Population: What We Know, Don’t Know, and How the Information Helps to Inform Clinical Practice.” In The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health. Philadelphia: ACP Press; 2008.
Edie McConaughey, CNM, clinical teaching associate of obstetrics and gynecology, made a presentation on Electronic Fetal Monitoring for Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, MA, on April 2.
Leonard A. Mermel, DO, professor of medicine, presented “Controversies in Critical Care: Antimicrobial Coated Catheters: Pro and Con Debate” at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America annual meeting, in Orlando, FL, on April 8. He gave a “Meet the Consultant” presentation titled “Bloodstream Infections” at the same meeting on April 4.
Margaret Miller, MD, assistant professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, presented “Common Medical Problems in Pregnancy” at Greenville Hospital, Greenville, SC, on April 11. She presented a series of lectures on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, gastrointestinal disorders, headache, hypertension, lower back pain, mood disorders, obesity, preventive care, pulmonary, smoking and thyroid at ExamPro Board Preparation Course in Baltimore, MD, on May 18, and in New York, NY, on May 27.
Peter M. Monti, PhD, professor of medical science and director, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, was invited to present “Naltrexone, Genes and Behavior: Examining the Role of Stress and HPA-Axis Activation” at the conference Alcoholism and Stress: A Framework for Future Treatment Strategies in Volterre, Italy, in May. This international meeting was aimed at bridging ongoing independent programs on alcoholism and stress mechanisms in Europe and the U.S. and was sponsored in part by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He was also an invited presenter in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse Substance Misuse Liaison Nursing Conference. Monti presented “Motivational Interviewing versus Feedback Only in Emergency Care for Young Adult Problem Drinking” and conducted a day-long workshop titled “Coping Skills and Cue Exposure Treatment for Alcohol Dependence.”
Carmen Monzon, MD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, was invited to present “Communicating Concerns and Feelings” (in Spanish) at the “I Can Cope” Spanish support group for the American Cancer Society at Saint Joseph Hospital on March 27.
Timothy P. Murphy, MD, professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “Update on Management of Aortoiliac Insufficiency” categorical course at the Society of Interventional Radiology 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, in Washington, DC, on March 15. He also delivered the meeting’s plenary sessions, “Peripheral Arterial Disease: What We Don’t Know About What We Do Today” and “PAD Interventions in 2008: Who Is Doing Them, Where Does IR Fit In and What’s Going On in SIR,” on March 15. He presented the Renovascular Interventions Workshop on March 16. At the American College of Cardiology 57th Annual Scientific Session on March 30 in Chicago, he presented “Renal Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Stents Are the Preferred Treatment of Renal Arterial Stenosis—Antagonist.” He presented “PAD: Claudication & Interventions on the Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Arteries: Interventional Therapy vs. Best Medical Therapy” at the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Initiatives in Vascular Disease Conference, sponsored by the Society for Vascular Surgery on April 10, in Washington, DC. He presented “Latest Recommendations for Claudication: Update on the NIH Trials” at the Eighth Hawaii Vascular Symposium on April 25, in Kapolei, HI. At the same meeting, on April 26, he presented “Renal Artery Stenting SHOULD NOT be used widely: Update on the CORAL Trial.” He presented “Lower Limb Ischemia Journal Club: What We Know (And What We Don’t)” at Current Trends and Technologies in Medicine, Orthopedics & Podiatric Surgery, in Newport, RI, on May 2.
Elizabeth “Libby” Nestor, MD, MDIV, FACEP, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine, has been named 2008 Woman Physician of the Year by the Rhode Island Medical Women’s Association (RIMWA). The award is given annually to a local female physician who has demonstrated excellence and a high level of commitment to medicine, family, and the community community. Nestor was the first full-time female faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital. She presented “The Intimate Science: 100 Years of Medical History in One RI Family” during the presentation ceremony at the RIMWA annual meeting on May 5 at the Providence Marriot.
Eduardo A. Nillni, PhD, professor of medicine (research), Division of Endocrinology, was an invited speaker at the University of Michigan for the seminar series on Endocrinology and Metabolism on September 16, 2007. He talked about the role of leptin in the regulation of thyrotropin releasing hormone. Nillni was invited to give a symposia lecture at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association held October 3-6, 2007, in New York. He discussed his recent studies related to obesity and leptin resistance. On October 26, he was an invited speaker at Columbia University, where he discussed the role of the melanocorting system in energy balance. At the Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK, he presented his work at the External Research Seminar Series last spring. In the fall he will present at the International Symposium on Signal Transduction in Health and Disease (STADY V) to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel. Nillni’s laboratory recently published its findings, “Novel Regulation Mechanism of ProThyrotropin-Releasing Hormone,” in the journal Endocrinology. Endocrine News magazine from the Endocrine Society hailed this work as one of the most relevant research accomplishments of the year.
William Oh, MD, professor of medical science, was an invited guest speaker at the 13th Annual New York Regional Neonatal Perinatal Symposium held on Long Island, NY, on March 20. His talk was titled “Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An Update.” Oh was an ad hoc member of a NIH Study Section to review grants on the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis, on March 21in Bethesda, MD. Oh will be an editor for the book Nephrology and Fluid/Electrolyte Physiology: Neonatology Questions and Controversies, published by Saunders/ Elsevier. Co-editors are Jean-Pierre Guignard, MD, and Stephen Baumgart, MD, and consulting editor is Richard A. Polin, MD.
Frank L. Overly, See Leo Kobayashi.
James F. Padbury, MD, Oh-Zopfi Professor in Pediatrics for Perinatal Research, presented “Neonatal Medical Evidence and Design Implementation” at the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions and National Association of Children’s Hospitals Creating Connections Conference, March 18-19, in Miami, FL. He served as co-chair of the Second Annual Neonatal—Pediatric Gastroenterology Summit in Warwick, RI, on March 26, and as a moderator of a Platform Session at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research 20th Annual Meeting March 28-30 in Philadelphia, PA.
Michael J. Paglia, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Women & Infants Hospital, has been named associate program director of the residency program in obstetrics and gynecology.
Teri Pearlstein, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, presented “Effects of Depression, Anxiety and Treatment on the Perinatal Woman,” and was Symposium Chair and Faculty Presenter, 3rd International Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia, on March 18. She also gave the keynote presentation at the meeting on March 20, titled “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment Options.” She presented “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Hormonal and Nonhormonal Treatment Strategies,” Mood Disturbance in Younger and Midlife Women: Defining Treatment Strategies, at the symposium faculty, 161st Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, in Washington, DC, on May 4.
Raymond O. Powrie, MD, associate professor of medicine, was invited to present “Ten Things Every Clinician Should Know About Pregnancy,” at Lowell General Hospital on April 2. He presented “Hypertension in a Woman Desiring a Pregnancy” at the American College of Nurse Midwives 53rd Annual Meeting and Workshop in Boston, MA, on May 27. At Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in New Orleans, LA, on May 9, he presented “Pulmonary Edema in Pregnancy: Ten Lessons I’ve Learned.”
Josiah D. Rich, MD, professor of medicine and community health, presented “Responsibilities of Medical Professionals in Reform of Sentencing, Diversion and Conditions of Confinement” at the Second Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health Care sponsored by University of Massachusetts Correctional Health of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Quincy, MA, on March 29. He presented “The Importance of HIV Treatment and Care for Inmates and Continuity of Care Post-Release,” at the AmFAR Congressional Briefing on HIV in Correctional Settings: Implications for Prevention and Treatment Policy conference in Washington, DC, on April 22.
Barbara H. Roberts, MD, FACC, associate clinical professor of medicine and director, The Women’s Cardiac Center at The Miriam Hospital, received the Betty Marcus Women’s Health Award for contributions to women’s health on March 15. On April 21, she received the Recognition of Excellence Award from the Rhode Island Urban League for “excellence in leadership, service to the community, and standing tall for justice.”
Pablo Rodriguez, MD, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and associate chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital, was recently honored with a “Profile in Change Award” by The Fund for Community Progress. Rodriguez was involved in drafting the legislation that created RIte Care, which is nationally recognized for insuring the health of low income children. He works actively for the empowerment of women, minorities, and the poor through education and the political process (see Clinical Corner). Rodriguez was honored along with Congressman Patrick F. Kennedy. According to The Fund for Community Progress, this award is Rhode Island’s distinctive honor for those who have dedicated their lives to creating positive change in the community. It reflects The Fund’s motto, “Change, not Charity.” In honoring these people, The Fund aspires to motivate others to become agents of change and to encourage support for organizations that help create change.
Damaris Rohsenow, PhD, associate director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and professor (research) of community health, gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism titled “Pilot Study of Varenicline vs. Patch for Sober Alcoholic Smokers.”
Karen Rosene-Montella, MD, professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, was invited to present “Venous Thromboembolism and Thrombophilias in Pregnancy” at Prentice Women’s Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, IL, on April 18. At the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting on May 16, she presented “Medical Complications of Pregnancy.”
Sharon Rounds, MD, professor of medicine and of pathology and laboratory medicine and chief of the Medical Service at the Providence VA Medical Center, has been named chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Thoracic Society. The ATS is a 13,000-member international professional organization of clinicians and scientists working in the area of lung health. As chair of the ATS Scientific Advisory Committee, she will be responsible for reviews and administration of a research grant program that will award $4 million to investigators in 2009. This program consists of grants funded by the ATS and also grants co-funded by partnering patient interest organizations.
Stephen Salloway, MD, MS, professor of clinical neurosciences and psychiatry and human behavior and director of Neurology and the Memory and Aging Program, Butler Hospital, is serving as a reviewer for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease Research and has been a member of the steering committee for the NIA’s U01 Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network since last year. He presented “CADASIL: Arteriolar Degeneration, Stroke and Dementia” at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT, in January. At St. Vincent’s Hospital Neurology Grand Rounds in Worcester, MA, he presented “CADASIL and Vascular Contributions to Dementia” also in January. He gave the featured presentation, “MCI: Results of Studies with Cholinesterase Inhibitors,” at the 10th International Hong Kong/ Springfield Pan-Asian Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, Hong Kong, China, in February 2008. He presented “Efficacy and tolerability of donepezil in CADASIL: A model of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment” (reporting the first double-blind placebo-controlled trial in CADASIL; a genetic cause of stroke and vascular dementia in middle-aged adults) at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology Late Breaking Science, Chicago, IL, in April 2008.
Johanna Schmitt, PhD, Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Center for Environmental Sciences, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer. Schmitt, whose biological research integrates plant evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, and ecological genomics, is the first female scientist at Brown to be elected into the Academy.
H. Denman Scott, MD, FACP, professor emeritus of community health and medicine, was recently named a Master of Internal Medicine. Scott received his Mastership at Internal Medicine 2008 in May in Washington, DC.
Stephen Sheinkopf, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior (research) at the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk presented “Understanding an Autism Diagnosis” at the Parenting Matters event on March 29 at Bradley Hospital in East Providence. He was an invited journal reviewer for the March edition of Development and Psychopathology. Sheinkopf was invited to speak at the South County Collaborative Office Rounds, on April 1 in Westerly, RI, where he presented “Early Diagnosis of Autism.” He was invited to be part of the Autism Speaks Foundation Grant Review Panel for Special Treatments in Autism in Washington, DC, April 28-29. He presented “Atypical Cry Characteristics in Infants at Risk for Autism” at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), in London, UK, in May. Contributing authors from the Center include Barry Lester, PhD. Sheinkopf was also one of the authors on the paper, “An Acoustic Inspection of Vocalizations in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” which was presented at the same meeting.
Marc J. Shapiro, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, was track lead for the panel “Group Expertise: Effective Teamwork and Communication- Evaluation” at the national Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference: The Science of Simulation in Healthcare, on May 28, in Washington, DC. Janet Singer, CNM, clinical teaching associate in obstetrics and gynecology, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Medical Students for Choice. Linda A. Steinhardt, CNM, clinical teaching assistant of obstetrics and gynecology, presented “Managing Gestational Diabetes: An Evidence Based Approach” at the American College of Nurse Midwives 53rd Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, on May 27. Mary C. Sullivan, PhD, adjunct professor of pediatrics, and Robin Miller, PhD, RN, (first author) presented “Health behaviors of preterm infants in early adolescence” at the Scientific Sessions for Eastern Nursing Research Society on March 28, in Philadelphia, PA. With Kathleen Hawes, MS, RN, CS, (first author) she presented “Healthy preterm infants at age four—A cohort comparison of preschool health outcomes” at the same meeting. She is the president of the Society. Sullivan was an invited member of the National Nursing Research Roundtable, NIH National Institute of Nursing Research, on March 7, in Bethesda, MD. She is also a member of the Council for Advancement of Nursing Science Steering Committee.
Robert Swift, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior and a member of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, was chair of a Special Grant Review Committee at that National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to review proposals for long-term follow up of the Combine Study cohort in May. He presented “Stress Opioid Systems and Naltrexone Response” at the symposium, Alcohol and Stress: A Framework for Future Treatment Strategies, in Volterra, Italy, in May. At the University of Pennsylvania Addiction Treatment Research Unit on June 8 he presented “Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Naltrexone.”
Jean Twomey, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry (research), and Suzy Barcelos- Winchester, MA, presented “Perinatal Substance-Users after Family Treatment Drug Court Involvement” on April 11 at the National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter’s 10th Biennial Social Work Symposium in Newton, MA. With Heather Chapman, MD, Twomey presented “Infant Sleep,” at the Blackstone Valley Mother of Twins Club, in Cumberland, RI, on May 27.
Betty Vohr, MD, professor of pediatrics, received the Antonia Brancia Maxon Award for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Excellence presented at the National EHDI Conference held in New Orleans, February 25-26. She presented “Easing the Transition Home for Preemies” at the Rhode Island Parent Information Network Conference held on March 27 in Providence. Vohr chaired the Network Follow-up Principal Investigator’s Session at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Honolulu, HI, May 3-6. She was an external reviewer for an Association of University Centers on Disabilities grant application.
Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD, professor of orthopaedics and assistant dean of medicine (admissions), was an international visiting professor at Universitatsklinikum Wurzburg, Germany, on February 22-23. His lectures were: “Wrist Arthritis,” “The Distal Radio-ulnar Joint,” and “Exam of the Wrist.” Weiss has two forthcoming book chapters: Weiss, KE; Weiss, APC. Peripheral Nerve Entrapment. In: Bulstrode, C; Buckwalter, J; Wilson-MacDonald, J; Fairbank, J (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma. Oxford University Press, Oxford. In Press; and Rodner, C; Weiss, APC. Acute Scapholunate and Lunotriquetral Tears. In: Budoff, JE (Ed.), Master Skills—Fractures of the Upper Extremity. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Rosemont, IL. In Press.
Valerie Petit Wilson, PhD, clinical professor of community health, was appointed to the committee to study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Personnel of the Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Division of Global and Policy Affairs, of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. The committee will conduct a review and prepare a report to the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare and Quality Research on issues regarding research personnel needs as they relate to the administration of the National Research Service Awards program. The committee’s report will be finalized in December 2009.
Courtney A. Woodfield, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “MR Imaging of Müllerian Duplication Anomalies” and “MR Imaging of Female Pelvic Floor Weakness” at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Uroradiology in Rancho Mirage, CA, in February. At the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association of University Radiologists in Seattle, WA, in March, she presented the abstract “Radiology Resident Dictation Instruction: Effectiveness of the Didactic Lecture” with co-author Martha B. Mainiero.
Haiyan Xu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (research), Division of Endocrinology, presented “Adipose inflammation and obesity” on May 20 at AGA Institute, Digestive Disease Week 2008, in San Diego, CA.
Don C. Yoo, MD, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging, presented “CT/PET for Metastasis and Recurrence” at the Fourth Annual Symposium Current Topics in Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, in Providence, on March 8. At the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Washington DC, on April 14, he presented “PET/CT in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Following Thermal Ablation.” He presented the keynote address, “Utility of V/Q scans in Pregnancy,” at that meeting on April 15. He presented a case-based review course, in the Nuclear Medicine Section, on “Gastrointestinal Cases.” He served as section head, Nuclear Medicine Section, for “Approach to Diagnosis—A Case- Based Imaging Review” and “Instructional Courses in Nuclear Medicine.” He was the moderator for the meeting’s Scientific Session in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging on April 15 and for all instructional courses in nuclear medicine.
Caron Zlotnick, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, presented “Interventions with Pregnant Women with Partner Abuse,” at the University of Rochester, Department of Psychiatry, on April 30.