Vol. 26, No. 4
Nov. 19, 2004 |
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Carolyn W. Broome, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, has received $447,000 from the Department of Defense (DoD) to study, “Gene Expression in African-American Breast Cancer." According to the DoD, only 14 percent of the submitted proposals received awards.
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| Christine Carrington, Ph.D., assistant professor and chief psychologist, was asked to participate in a mental health delegation to South Africa for two weeks for a professional and cultural exchange with the professionals there. The event was sponsored by the People to People Ambassador Program, which was founded nearly 45 years ago by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Additionally, Dr. Carrington participated in a DVD presentation, “Notable Psychologists,” sponsored by the National Register of Health Service Providers Psychology that will be distributed to psychology graduate programs throughout the U.S. and Canada. |
| Thomas Gaiter, M.D., medical director, Howard University Hospital, has been invited by Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, to serve on the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) of the National Institutes of Health. The NCMHD promotes minority health and leads, coordinates, supports and assesses the NIH's effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. His term will end on Feb. 28, 2008. |
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William B. Lawson, M.D., chair, Department of Psychiatry, participated in a panel on “Race, Medicine and Public Policy” sponsored by the American Educational Institute on Nov. 12. The issue was the new medication being marketed specifically to African Americans with heart disease. In October, he spoke before the State of Connecticut, Southeastern Mental Health Authority on “Diagnosing and Treating People of Color: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in African Americans and People of Color" and at the 56th Institute on Psychiatric Services - Mental Health Disparities in the Community on “Race and Substance Abuse: Dual Dilemma for Bipolar Disorder.” |
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Ivor Lensworth Livingston, Ph.D., professor, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, is the editor of the newly-released Praeger Handbook of Black American Health: Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health (two volumes). Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General, provided the foreword for this comprehensive resource.
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| Jerome Peters, budget analyst in the Office of the Provost, has been appointed interim director of Enrollment Management Operations. He will work closely with Linda Sanders-Hawkins, providing enhanced administrative efficiency. |
| Linda Sanders-Hawkins, associate director in the Office of Admission, has been appointed the interim director. In this position, she will work with the four section managers, providing leadership until a permanent director is appointed. |
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| Orlando Taylor, Ph.D., dean, Graduate School, has been appointed as chair of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s special Commission on Campus Diversity. The 22-member group will work to assess and reframe the university’s commitment to building a racially and ethnically diverse community. Additionally, Taylor, who is also the vice provost for Research, will be among four distinguished educators receiving the annual National Communication Association (NCA) Mentor Award during the association’s annual convention in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 13. |
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Oghenesume D. Umugbe, M.D., resident, Department of Psychiatry, received the Resident of the Year Award from the Washington Psychiatric Services on Nov. 4. Additionally, he was presented the Henry P. and Page Laughlin Distinguished Psychiatric Resident Award from the Washington Council of American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians.
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Bailus Walker Jr., Ph.D., professor, College of Medicine, has been named vice president of the American Public Health Association, representing the United States. The association, which is the world’s oldest and largest organization of health professionals, annually elects three vice presidents: for Canada, Mexico, and the United States. He will serve a one-year term.
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