What’s on my mind this month is how fortunate we are to have excellent and wonderfully vibrant graduate, allied health and public health programs embedded within the School of Medicine, which form an invaluable part of our academic enterprise.
About half of the approximately 1,300 students enrolled in the School of Medicine are working toward degrees in life sciences, physical therapy, genetic counseling, medical and research technology, public health, and pathologist assistant. As advances in science and research move us closer to understanding health and disease at the molecular level, the medical and allied health professions must be intimately linked to scientific research. At UMSOM, we are extremely fortunate to have every phase in the biomedical and healthcare enterprise represented.
Students in our Graduate Program in Life Sciences (GPILS) pursue competitive research degrees under the mentorship of faculty within the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, and, most recently, the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. In fiscal year 2012, our PhD students held individual research grants totaling approximately $600,000. Recognizing that the career choices for graduate students are ever-changing, the GPILS program staff has modified course structure to maximize classroom discussion time and will incorporate training in careers beyond academia, such as biotechnology, science writing and patent review, into the curriculum.
Our Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS) program is one of only five physical therapy programs in the country that are departments within a school of medicine. It has trained the majority of the licensed physical therapists practicing in Maryland. Many of our faculty and graduates have held national-level leadership roles. PTRS research studies of patients with neuromotor control impairments due to stroke and Parkinson’s disease are recognized across the country and around the world. Faculty and students in the department also run a service-learning center that provides pro-bono therapy to patients without health coverage and real-world experience to students-in-training.
With the increased interest in personalized medicine, our genes may be the basis upon which we are treated, and the demand for graduates from programs such as our Master in Genetic Counseling program also will increase. Our students are committed to their genetics, clinical, and service learning education and are publishing at a success rate of 70–80 percent based on the quality of their research. All of our alumni are certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling, and this year our students had a 100 percent pass rate for first-time test takers on the board exam.
The Department of Medical and Research Technology (DMRT) offers undergraduate and Master’s degrees, and prepares medical laboratory scientists through specialized training in healthcare screening, diagnostics and monitoring, and laboratory management. DMRT students come from a variety of backgrounds and account for much of the racial and ethnic diversity at the School of Medicine. Our graduates have careers at academic centers and organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Georgetown University, and UMSOM; several graduates have gone on to medical school; and many graduates have applied their skills to better our local hospital and biomedical workforce.
Our Master of Public Health (MPH) program within the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health provides a unique opportunity for students to complete single and dual degrees with medicine, dentistry, law, nursing, pharmacy and social work. The program attracts students from across the United States and internationally, many of whom are students-of-color. Drawing from a wealth of diverse perspectives in the classroom, a number of our MPH students have chosen to take their education to places such as Mali, India and Nigeria to complete their senior projects, while others work to address the myriad of public health needs in Maryland.
One of only eight such programs in the country, our Pathologists’ Assistant Program trains students who will work in surgical pathology laboratories preparing complex specimens and assisting in hospital autopsies. Thanks to rigorous academic and clinical training, our elite program has 100 percent job placement for graduates within the field. Our program has received accreditation for the maximum number of years by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and the application rate has increased about 60 percent over the last year due to the incredible reputation and work of our students, faculty and staff.
Effective and dynamic graduate programs are essential for a medical school to succeed. Every member of our community is vital to maintaining the UMSOM’s leadership in training the next generation of biomedical healthcare professionals, and I applaud our graduate programs for providing such a rich academic environment for all our students.
In the relentless pursuit of excellence, I am
Sincerely yours,
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and
Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Appointments
Delia Chiaramonte, MD, assistant professor, Family & Community Medicine, has been promoted to associate director of the Center for Integrative Medicine.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, has been appointed a guest editor for the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.
Richard Eckert, PhD, the John FB Weaver Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was chosen as president-elect of the Association of Medical and Graduate Departments of Biochemistry (AMGDB) at that organization’s annual meeting in Quito, Ecuador, in January. As part of his responsibilities, Dr. Eckert will organize AMGDB’s 2014 meeting in Antigua, Guatemala. During 2014, he will also serve as president of the organization, until the 2015 meeting, when he will then be named past-president.
Raymond Fang, MD, FACS, clinical associate professor, Department of Surgery, is currently serving a six-month deployment as Deputy Commander for Clinical Services at Craig Joint Theatre Hospital at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Dr. Fang, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, is director of C-STARS (Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills), which provides real-time training in trauma and critical care for Air Force physicians, nurses, OR technicians, Special Operations medics and chaplains prior to their deployment to the Middle East.
Judy LaKind, PhD, adjunct associate professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, has been elected to serve on the council for the International Society of Exposure Science.
Anthony Mitchell, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, is currently deployed with the Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Team at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Dr. Mitchell is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force.
Yvette Rooks, MD, CAQ, FAAP, assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been appointed to the College Athletic Trainers Society’s (CATS) Board of Directors. She is only the second medical practitioner to serve on the Board. CATS represents college and university athletic trainers across the country who are employed by National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) institutions in various divisions. Members also include team physicians and other allied healthcare professionals. Dr. Rooks has been a Team Physician for the University of Maryland College Park since 1998.
Stacy Shackelford, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor, Department of Surgery, recently finished a six-month deployment as the Joint Theatre Trauma Systems Director at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Dr. Shackelford is a colonel in the United States Air Force.
Eric Shepard, MD, FCCM, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, was appointed chair of the Patient and Family Support Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for the 2013 term.
Events, Lectures & Workshops
Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, presented two talks, “Development of Genomics Resources for Babesiamicroti, an Emerging Infectious Disease Agent in the United States” and “Whole-Genome Capture of Theileriaparva, an Apicomplexan Parasite of Cattle in Sub-Saharan Africa,” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Atlanta, GA, from November 11–15, 2012.
Douglas Floccare, MD, MPH, clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and state aeromedical director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), chaired a meeting of NAEMSP’s Air Medical Services Committee and presented a general session lecture on utilization of helicopter emergency medical services at the annual convention of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), held in Bonita Springs, FL, in January.
J.V. Nable, MD, EMT-P, clinical instructor, and Benjamin Lawner, DO, EMT-P (pictured), assistant professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, presented “Comparing Two Prediction Models for Mass Gathering Events” at the annual convention of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), held in Bonita Springs, FL, in January. Their presentation was based on analysis of medical care needs during the 2011 Grand Prix race in Baltimore, a study that included co-authors from the School of Medicine Samuel Galvagno, DO, PhD, MS, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Debra Lee, MD, assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; along with Asa Margolis, DO, MPH, resident, and Michael Millin, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Alexander Perricone, BS, NREMT-P, Baltimore City Fire Department; and Richard Alcorta, MD, State Medical Director, MIEMSS.
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology & Public Health, presented “Genomic Analysis of P. falciparum Diversity: Implications for Vaccine Development” at the 2012 Grand Challenges Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, in December 2012.
Richard Zhao, PhD, professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology, was an invited speaker at the “Biotechnology in China Workshop” organized by the U.S. Government’s Science and Technical Expert Partnership (STEP) program, held in McLean, VA, in September 2012.
Grants & Contracts
Caron Hong, MD, MSc, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, received a four-year, $308,000 American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant for “Role of Sur1 and MRP 8/14 in Neuroinflammation After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.” She will investigate the novel molecular and clinical mechanisms of subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cortical inflammation and dysfunction. The goal is to develop new therapeutic approaches to prevent devastating cognitive impairment following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Dr. Hong works in the laboratory of Marc Simard, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Neurosurgery, who helps direct her research program.
Y. Veronica Pei, MD, MPH, MEd, assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, is the co-principal investigator on a grant titled “Improving Pre-Hospital Care in China Through the Development of a Model Provincial Pre-Hospital Care Training Program,” funded by the China Medical Board. Dr. Pei, director of the department’s international medicine fellowship, is collaborating on this project with physicians at Xiang Ya Hospital at Central South University in Hunan Province. Their goal is to develop a pre-hospital training curriculum for the province and to evaluate a web-based training platform.
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology & Public Health, received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) for “Pilot Studies of the Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Malaria in Myanmar.”
Herve Tettelin, PhD (pictured), associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, is the principal investigator on a one-year, $469,001 sub-project entitled “Genetic Basis of Pulmonary Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections (Whole Human Exome Sequencing Project).” Dr. Tettelin’s project is part of the “Genome Sequencing Centers for Infectious Diseases” federal contract, under the overall direction of Claire Fraser, PhD, professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, and director of the Institute for Genome Sciences. Dr. Tettelin is also the principal investigator on a one-year, $129,112 sub-project entitled “Whole-Genome Sequencing of Bordetella holmesii, an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen of Humans,” which is also part of the aforementioned federal contract.
Richard Zhao, PhD, professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology, and Sanford Stass, MD, professor and chair, Departments of Pathology and Medical & Research Technology, received a $141,848 award from the Clinical Assay Validation Network (CAVN) of the National Cancer Institute to carry out a clinical assay development and validation study on “Insight Genetics—Companion of ALK Mutations.”
Honors & Awards
William Blattner, MD, professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology, was presented with a Certificate of Recognition from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on January 23, to thank him for his ten years of service as Chair of the Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention.
Ziv Haskal, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the newly launched multidisciplinary international journal, Gastrointestinal Interventions, published by Elsevier. He has also been appointed president-elect of the Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention and was awarded honorary fellowship in the British Society of Interventional Radiology, an honor accorded to only one inductee each year.
Anthony Mitchell, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been Board certified in Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. This was the inaugural exam for Board-eligible Emergency Medicine physicians in the field of Critical Care Medicine.
Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS, professor, Department of Surgery, received Honorable Mention in the Baltimore Sun’s 2012 Marylander of the Year feature. Dr. Rodriguez was recognized for leading the team that performed the most-extensive full-face transplant to date last March at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Eric Shepard, MD, FCCM, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, received a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for “Outstanding Contributions to the Organization” during 2012.
In the News
Chris D’Adamo, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, was the featured expert in Bottom Line’s Healthy Woman section on December 2, 2012. His topic was “Say Yay for Whey and Lose Weight.”
Joyce Frye, DO, clinical assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and the Center for Integrative Medicine, was quoted in the Health magazine December 2012 story “How to Lose Weight and Detox with Ginger.”
Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, was mentioned in Elsevier on November 30, 2012 for his work on current hospital cleaning protocols being ineffective against the multi-drug resistant A. Baumannii.
Eric Manheimer, MS, research associate, was a featured expert in Pain Pathways’ Winter 2012 article “Understanding Complementary Medicine.”
Daniel Morgan, MD, MS, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, was mentioned on the Internal Medicine News Digital Network for his work on contact precautions for drug-resistant infections being linked to shorter and fewer patient visits from healthcare workers.
Charlene Quinn, PhD, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was featured in a spotlight video on the National Institutes of Health Director’s Blog for her research on evaluating mobile health approaches for managing diabetes.
Patents & Inventions
Vincent Njar, PhD, and Angela Brodie, PhD, both professors in the Department of Pharmacology, have received Japanese patent #51304453 for “Novel C-17-Heteroaryl Steroidal CYP17 Inhibitors/Antiandrogens: Synthesis, In Vitro Biological Activities, Pharmacokinetics and Antitumor Activity.” The patent will be effective until March 2, 2026. This is the fifth patent issued for this technology.
Mark Smith, PhD, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the grantees for U.S. Patent #8,335,363, “Method for Image Reconstruction of Moving Radionuclide Source Distribution,” issued on December 19, 2012.
Publications
Melissa Armstrong, MD (pictured) , assistant professor; Stephen Reich, MD, professor; and William Weiner, MD, recently deceased professor and chair, all from the Department of Neurology, were among the co-authors on “Criteria for the Diagnosis of Corticobasal Degeneration” in Neurology, 2013 Jan 29;80:496-503.
Omer Awan, MD, fourth-year resident; Lina Chen, MD, assistant professor; and Charles Resnik, MD (pictured), professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were co-authors on “Imaging Evaluation of Complications of Hip Arthroplasty: Review of Current Concepts of Imaging Findings” in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, 2013 Jan 3: S0846-5371(12)00095-2. [Epub ahead of print].
Carissa Baker-Smith, MD, MS, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, was a co-author on the book chapter “Lifestyle Interventions for Blood Pressure Control in Children and Adolescents” in Nutrition, Lifestyle Factors, and Blood Pressure, published in 2012 by CRC Press.
Brian Berman, MD, professor, and Joyce Frye, DO, clinical assistant professor, both from the Department of Family & Community Medicine and the Center for Integrative Medicine, which Dr. Berman directs, were among the co-authors on “Patients Seek Integrative Medicine for Preventive Approach to Optimize Health” in Explore (NY), 2012 Nov;8(6):348-52. Dr. Berman was also among the authors on “Building a Strategic Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine” in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012. Dr. Frye was among the co-authors on “Homeopathic Oscillococcinum for Preventing and Treating Influenza and Influenza-like Illness,” which was published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012 Dec 12;12:CD001957.
Uttam Bodanapally, MBBS, assistant professor; Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MBBS, professor; Stuart Mirvis, MD, professor; and Clint Sliker, MD, assistant professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the authors of “Implementation of 24/7 Radiology Services in an Academic Medical Centre Level-1 Trauma Centre: Impact on Trauma Resuscitation Unit Length of Stay and Economic Benefit Analysis” in Injury, 2013 Jan;44:75–79.
Emilie JB Calvello, MD, MPH, assistant professor, and Christian Theodosis, MD, MPH, clinical assistant professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the co-authors on “A Model for Emergency Medicine Education in Post-Conflict Liberia” in the African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012 Dec;2(4):143-150.
Joseph Cheer, PhD (pictured), associate professor, and Erik Oleson, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, both from the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, were among the co-authors on “Using Dopamine Research to Generate Rational Cannabinoid Drug Policy” in Drug Testing and Analysis, 2013 Jan;5(1):22-26.
Carolyn Cronin, MD, PhD (pictured), assistant professor; George Wittenberg, MD, PhD, associate professor; and John Cole, MD, MS, associate professor, all from the Department of Neurology, were among the co-authors on “Altered Taste and Stroke: A Case Report and Literature Review” in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2013 Jan-Feb;20(1):78-86.
Barry Daly, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Evaluation of Potential Renal Transplant Recipients With Computed Tomography Angiography” in the Archives of Surgery, 2012 Dec 1;147:1114–1122.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was a co-author on “Journey in Evolution of Nuclear Cardiology: Will There Be Another Quantum Leap With the F-18 Labeled Myocardial Perfusion Tracers?” in JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 2012 Dec;5:1269–1284. Dr. Dilsizian was also a co-author on “Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Humans Holds Promise for Image-Guided Approach to Heart Failure Therapy” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012 Dec 18;60:2535–2538, and was also among the co-authors on “Absence of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Remote Implantations Demonstrated by Fluorine-18 Positron Emission Tomography” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012 Nov 20;60:2259–2260.
Aletta Frazier, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Isolated Pulmonary Amyloidomas: Report of 3 Cases With Histologic and Imaging Findings” in Pathology, Research, and Practice, 2012 Dec 5 [Epub ahead of print], and on “The Imaging of Pulmonary Hypertension” in Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR, 2012 Dec;33:535–551.
Ziv Haskal, MD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the author of “The State of the Ship? The Vessel is Sound” in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2013 Jan;24:1.
Bryan Hayes, PharmD, clinical assistant professor; Michael Winters, MD, associate professor; Brian Browne, MD (pictured), professor and chair; and Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the co-authors on “To-Go Medications for Decreasing ED Return Visits” in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012 Nov;30(9):2011-4.
Bertrand Janne d’Othee, MD, MPH, associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Joint Practice Guideline for Sterile Technique During Vascular and Interventional Radiology Procedures” in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2012 Dec:23:1603–1612. He was also among the co-authors on “Partial Splenic Embolisation Using n-Butyl Cyanocrylate: Intraprocedural Evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging” in European Radiology, 2012 Nov 19 [Epub ahead of print].
Gaurav Jindal, MD, assistant professor, and Dheeraj Gandhi, MD (pictured), professor, both from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Interventional Neuroradiology Applications in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery” in Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2012 Dec;45:1423–1449.
Seth Kligerman, MD, and Wengen Chen, MD, PhD, both assistant professors, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the authors of “Spatial-Temporal 18F-FDG PET Features for Predicting Pathologic Response of Esophageal Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy” in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2012 Dec 6 [Epub ahead of print]. Dr. Kligerman was also among the authors of “Use of a Hybrid Iterative Reconstruction Technique to Reduce Image Noise and Improve Image Quality in Obese Patients Undergoing Computed Ttomographic Pulmonary Angiography” in the Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 2013 Jan;28:49–59, along with department colleagues Jean Jeudy, MD, associate professor, and Charles White, MD, professor.
Theresa Kouo, MD, assistant professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the author of “Experience With a Practice Quality Improvement System in a University Radiology Department” in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2012 Nov;9:814–819.
Judy LaKind, PhD, adjunct associate professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, was a co-author on “Use of NHANES Data to Link Chemical Exposures to Chronic Diseases: A Cautionary Tale” in the Public Library of Science One, 2012 Dec;7(12):e51086. She was also a co-author on “Can Coatings for Foods and Beverages: Issues and Options” in the International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 2013 Jan;13(1):80-95, and on “Cancer Clusters in the USA: What Do the Last Twenty Years of State and Federal Investigations Tell Us?” in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2013 Jan;43(1):75-76.
Lixing Lao, PhD (pictured), professor; Brian Berman, MD, professor; and Ruixin Zhang, PhD, assistant professor, all from the Department of Family & Community Medicine and the Center for Integrative Medicine, which Dr. Berman directs, were among the co-authors of “Spinal Interleukin-17 Promotes Thermal Hyperalgesia and NMDA NR1 Phosphorylation in an Inflammatory Pain Rat Model” published in Pain, 2013 Feb;154(2):294-305. Dr. Lao also was a co-author on “Training Self-Administered Acupressure Exercise among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoarthritic Knee Pain: A Feasibility Study and Lessons Learned” in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012 Oct 23;2012:570431.
Erik Lillehoj, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, was a co-author on “Prevention of Lung Injury by Muc1 Mucin in a Mouse Model of Repetitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection” in Inflammation Research, 2012, Sep;61(9):1013-1020.
Cristina Linde, PhD, postdoctoral fellow; John Hamlyn, PhD, professor; and Vera Golovina, PhD (pictured), associate professor, all from the Department of Physiology, were among the co-authors on “Activation of c-SRC Underlies the Differential Effects of Ouabain and Digoxin on Ca2+ Signaling in Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells” in the American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology, 2012 Nov 28 [Epub ahead of print]. Drs. Linde and Golovina, along with Mordecai Blaustein, MD, professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Nanomolar Ouabain Increases NCX1 Expression and Enhances Ca2+ Signaling in Human Arterial Myocytes: A Mechanism that Links Salt to Increased Vascular Resistance?” in the American Journal of Physiology—Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2012 Oct 1;303(7):H784-94. Drs. Hamlyn and Blaustein were also co-authors on “Salt Sensitivity, Endogenous Ouabain and Hypertension” in Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2013 Jan;22(1):51-8.
Amal Mattu, MD, professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, had his lecture “Everyday Leadership: Lessons from Great Leaders Through History” published, in Italian, in the December 2012 issue of Decidere in Medicina. Dr. Mattu presented the lecture during the opening session of last year’s Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine in San Diego, CA.
Christopher Meenan, CIIP, research associate and director of Clinical Informatics, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Certification of Imaging Informatics Professionals (CIIP): 2010 Survey of Diplomates,” in Journal of Digital Imaging, 2012 Oct;25:678–681.
Jonathan Mezrich, MD, JD, a third-year resident in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the author of “Legal Perspective: Surgeons and Imaging––Are Self-Reads a Mistake?” in the American Journal of Surgery, 2012 Oct;204:545–547.
Reuben Mezrich, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Unbiased Review of Digital Diagnostic Images in Practice: Informatics Prototype and Pilot Study,” in Academic Radiology, 2012 Oct 26: S1076-6332(12)00489-8 [Epub ahead of print].
Stuart Mirvis, MD, professor; Kathirkama Shanmuganathan, MD, professor; and Fred Moeslein, MD, PhD, assistant professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors on “MDCT Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Hepatic Arterio-Portal Fistulas” in Emergency Radiology, 2012 Dec 13 [Epub ahead of print]. Drs. Mirvis and Shanmuganathan were also among the co-authors on “Predictors of Pulmonary Complications in Blunt Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury” in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2012 Sep;17(1 suppl):38–45. They were also among the authors on “Intramedullary Lesion Expansion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging In-patients with Motor Complete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury” in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2012 Sep;17:243–250.
Sandra Mooney, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, was a co-author on “Molecular Substrates of Social Avoidance Seen Following Prenatal Ethanol Exposure and Its Reversal by Social Enrichment” in Developmental Neuroscience, 2012;34(2-3):115-28. The paper was chosen as the Editor’s Pick for that issue.
Vincent Njar, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmacology, and Purushottamachar Puranik, PhD, a research associate in Dr. Njar’s lab, were co-authors on “A New Simple and High-Yield Synthesis of 5a-Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a Potent Androgen Receptor Agonist” in Steroids, 2012 Dec;77(14):1530-4. Additionally, Drs. Njar and Puranik were also among the co-authors on “First Chemical Feature-Based Pharmacophore Modeling of Potent Retinoidal Retinoic Acid Metabolism Blocking Agents (RAMBAs): Identification of Novel RAMBA Scaffolds” in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012;47(1):412-23. Dr. Njar and Lalji Gediya, PhD, research associate, Department of Pharmacology, were among the co-authors on “The Combination of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat and Synthetic Triterpenoids Reduces Tumorigenesis in Mouse Model of Cancer” in Carcinogenesis, 2013 Jan;34(1):199-210.
Michelle Pearce, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and the Center for Integrative Medicine, authored the book chapter “Addressing Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare Systems” in the APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality: Vol 2. (American Psychological Association, Jan 2013) and co-authored a chapter entitled “Self-Control and Spiritually-Oriented Treatments for Addiction” in Religion and Positive Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Fruits of Faith (West Port, CT: Praeger/Greenwood Press, 2012). She was also a co-author on “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For the Treatment of Depression in Christian Patients with Medical Illness” in Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 2012 Aug 28;0(0):1-11.
David Rasko, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, was a co-author on “Clostridium difficile Healthcare-Associated Epidemics” in Nature Genetics, 2012 Dec 16;45(1):6-7.
Jacques Ravel, PhD (pictured), professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and associate director for Genomics; Pawel Gajer, PhD, research associate; Li Fu, research assistant; Sara Koenig Eppinger, former laboratory supervisor; and Joyce Sakamoto, PhD, former post-doctoral fellow, all from the Institute for Genome Sciences, were among the co-authors on “Twice-Daily Application of HIV Microbicides Alter the Vaginal Microbiota” in MBio, 2012 Dec 18;3(6). Drs. Gajer and Ravel were also among the co-authors on “Fecal Microbial Determinants of Fecal and Systemic Estrogens and Estrogen Metabolites: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the Journal of Translational Medicine, 2012 Dec 21;10(1):253 [Epub ahead of print].
Eliot Siegel, MD, professor; Fred Weiss, MD, fourth-year resident; and Jean Jeudy, MD (pictured), associate professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors on “TB or Not TB: Interreader and Intrareader Variability in Screening Diagnosis On an iPad Versus a Traditional Display” in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2013 Jan;10:42–44.
Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD (pictured), assistant professor; Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health (first author) and Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology & Public Health (senior and corresponding author), along with co-authors Christopher Jacob, PhD student; Matthew Adams, research specialist; and Leo Kenefic, post-doctoral fellow, all from the Center for Vaccine Development Malaria Group, and Cesar Arze, bioinformatics software engineer; Gustavo Cerqueira, PhD, former bioinformatics software engineer; and Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, all from the Institute for Genome Sciences, published “Genetic Loci Associated with Delayed Clearance of Plasmodium falciparum Following Artemisinin Treatment in Southeast Asia” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013 Jan 2;110(1):240-5. Drs. Plowe and Harrison, with Amed Ouattara, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Department of Medicine (first author); William Blackwelder, PhD, professor, Department of Medicine; and Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, published “Molecular Basis of Allele-Specific Efficacy of a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine: Vaccine Development Implications” in the Journal of Infectious Disease, December 18 [Epub ahead of print].
Michael Witting, MD, MS, associate professor; Michael Winters, MD, associate professor; and David Jerrard, MD (pictured), associate professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors on “Support For a Waiting Room Time Tracker: A Survey of Patients in an Urban ED” in The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013 Jan;44(1):225-9. At the time the manuscript was written, the lead author, Sanober Shaikh, MD, was an emergency medicine resident at UMMC and another co-author, Michael Brodeur, BS, was a University of Maryland medical student.
Su Xu, PhD, assistant professor; Jiachen Zhuo, PhD, assistant professor; Steven Roys, research associate; and Rao Gullapalli, PhD (pictured), associate professor, all from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Early Microstructural and Metabolic Changes Following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury in Rat: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Study,” in the Journal of Neurotrauma, 2012 Oct;28:2091–2102.