November 2004 Table of Contents
She's a pepper Champions of Health Cassani lecture set Campus makes changes Round of Applause Chili, costumes and contests top off UW campaign Scholarships presented New employees

She's a pepper
Jan Barber says the first time she made chili and entered it in a cook-off, the stuff was terrible. Undaunted, she kept cooking up batch after batch until her chili got so good she brought home a second-place ribbon from this year’s Tulsa State Fair-Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) contest.

Barber, who works in the rural health department, entered that long-ago first chili contest with her husband, Mike, an award winning barbeque cook. After that first attempt, they went to work to create a championship bowl of chili. “We got a good recipe and we started placing in contests,” Barber says.

Chili cook-offs have their rules; you can’t just throw in the kitchen cupboard. Barber says you can only use meat and sauce for the CASI contest, no beans are allowed. Judging is based on aroma, color and taste. A huge container holds needed ingredients when the couple packs up for a contest. Barber mixes up her own blend of specially-purchased spices, and the chili is made on-site. Two years ago, her chili entry at the Oklahoma City fair qualified her as the Oklahoma Women’s State Champion to cook in the International Chili Championship in Terlingua, Tex.

She always uses the same recipe, but gets different results each time. For example, in Terlingua where humidity is low, she had to keep adding water. The resulting “bowl of red” placed in the top 50 from among more than 300 entries.

Barber is a certified referee who can run a chili cook-off. She’s also a past Great Pepper (president) of the local CASI chapter.

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Champions of Health
OSU Telemedicine is the 2004 recipient of the Champion of Health Care in Rural Oklahoma award from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma. Attending the award dinner were Jon Barnaby, Ray Stowers, D.O., Michael Young, Debbie Martin, John Fernandes, D.O., emcees Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner, Karen Wicker, Richard Wansley, Ph.D., Emily Lim, Eric Scholl, and Ron King, from Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

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Cassani lecture set				Campus makes changes
Alan N. Langnas, D.O., professor of surgery and chief of transplantation surgery for the Nebraska Organ Transplant Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is the featured speaker for the annual Colby Cassani Foundation endowed lectureship at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Dunlap Auditorium. John and Starla Cassani established the endowed lectureship to educate students and professionals about organ donation and transplantation after the death of their young son, Colby, whose organs were donated to three different recipients.John Cassani is a 1980 graduate of the College. Langnas’ topic is "Organ Replacement Therapy for the Treatment of Intestinal Failure".				New titles, security upgrades and office relocations highlight recent campus change. New titles Promotions and appointments for Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences professionals were recently announced. Jenny J. Alexopulos, D.O. named chair of family medicine Larry D. Cherry, D.O. named vice president for academic affairs Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D. named vice president for enrollment management and marketing JoAnn Ryan, D.O. appointed assistant professor and chair of the newly formed department of osteopathic manipulative medicine Joan Stewart, D.O., M.P.H. is associate dean for clinical education Damon Baker, D.O. is chair of internal medicine Security cameras installed David Harper, security officer, said a total of 16 security cameras are installed to provide increased security coverage for the main campus, the business office and the clinics. The campus formerly had five cameras. A recording monitor with 16 panels, one for each camera, provides security-desk surveillance of entrances, exits and other areas at each location. Harper said security officers are available to escort personnel and students to their vehicles after hours, upon request. He recommends that faculty, staff and students program the security phone number (625-8592) into cell phones for quick use in case of an emergency. For assistance in-house, dial #911. Relocations Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D., vice president for enrollment management and marketing, and Cathy Ramsey have relocated to room A-111 Alumni affairs staff member Reneé Motte now is located in room A-113 Amanda Guterriez,recruiting coordinator, is relocated to the student affairs office, B-157 The Office of Development will relocate to the fourth floor and a search is underway for a new director Room A-109 now is a research lab for graduate and medical students

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Round of Applause!

	Faculty and staff have volunteered to assist Eugene Field as mentors. Blake Hodges will tutor, Monica Browne-Hagans will assist as a playground monitor, Karen Merz, Sarah Quinten and Amanda Sumner are teacher assistants. Other mentors helping in various areas are Shirley Quintana, Elizabeth Nokes, Steven Phillips, Cathy Ramsey, Cathy Newsome, and students Sarah L. Oberste, Annie Wood and David Hassett. Michelle Bartlett, coordinator of student records, is elected to a two-year term as vice president of Registration and Records for the Oklahoma Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (OACRAO). In February, she attends the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) conference in Myrtle Beach. She is on the standing committee for membership for SACRAO’s regional organization. Jim Hess, Ed.D., has been elected president of the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House in Tulsa. He has volunteered for the organization for the past three years. OSU-CHS was in the news 67 times during September and October. Richard Perry, M.A., grants to AHEC, $346,172 and Bioterrorism Continuing Education, $851,322, both from HRSA/ Bureau of Health Professions. Stanley Grogg, D.O., “Pediatric Pointers for Diagnosing Pediatric Gastroenteritis”, October OOA Journal; continued Rotavirus Vaccine research study; site inspection by Merck for MMR II Study. Frances Wen, Ph.D., Joo Hee Kim, M.P.H., Laurie Clark, D.O., and Charles Henley, D.O., Evaluation of the Accreditation Council for Medical Education and American Osteopathic Association core competencies in a family medicine residency program, distinguished paper presented at the 32nd North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Research. Robert Allen, Ph.D., $50,000, Chapman Charitable Trust for Forensic Sciences laboratory equipment. Manuscript review for Transfusion.		William Meek, Ph.D., published paper, “Increased Intercellular Communication Through Gap Junctions May Contribute to Progression of Osteoparthritis,” Clinical Orthopaedics Rel. Res. 422:224-232; 2004 Technology Innovator Award for creative use of technology by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Information Technology Division of OSU. Joseph Price, Ph.D., published abstract: “Replacement in position 12 of MCD peptide leads to the formation of an antagonist of IgE binding.” #P321, 3rd International and 28th European Peptide Symposium, Wiley Interscience. Manuscript review for International Journal of Radiation Biology. Al Rouch, Ph.D., reviewed manuscript for American Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Charles Sanny, Ph.D., reviewed manuscript for Analytical Biochemistry. Greg Sawyer, Ph.D., published paper “GABA A Receptor Proteins, Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry.” W.J. Lennarz and M.D. Lane, eds. Elsevier , Oxford, 2: 162-166. Kent Smith, Ph.D., “A New Genus of Eomyidae (Mammalia:Rodentia) from the Miocene (Late Hemingfordian and Early Barstovian) of Nevada”, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, 64th Annual Meeting of Vertebrate Paleontology 24:115A. Craig Stevens, Ph.D., “Opioid Research in Amphibiars: An Alternative Pain Model Yielding Insights on the Evolution of Opioid Receptors,” Brain Res Rev 46:204-215. Manuscript review for Journal of Pain and Brain Research. Earl Blewett, Ph.D., published abstract, "A Naturally Occurring Fatal Case of Herpesvirus papio2 Pneumonia in an Infant Baboon (Papio ssp)". 55th American Association for Laboratory Animal Science National Meeting.

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Chili, costumes and contests top off UW campaign
A certain gangster and moll took first place in the Halloween costume contest that was part of the final day of United Way week on campus. The campaign theme was “Give Like WILD to the Health of Tulsa”. A special “treat” for the main campus was a visit from first graders from Eugene Field elementary school, who paraded through the main campus building in costume, collecting treats along the way. They joined in for chili and hot dogs with CHS personnel, then sang several Halloween songs. A costume contest and jack-o-lanterns competition completed the program. That afternoon, medical students, in costume, visited Eugene Field to bring Halloween treats to students, play games and assist with classroom parties. Elizabeth Nokes coordinated the visit.

Costume contest: Ryan Miller and Bavette Leeper, first place Sandy Cooper, second place Karen Merz, Ph.D., third place Betty Jo Westerfield, fourth place Reneé Motte, honorable mention Jack-O-Lantern honors: Crystal Remy, first place Marty Coleman, second place Jan Barber, third place Let’s doctor this up Ray Stowers, D.O., (above) grills his WILD Dogs and Burgers on the main campus. Michael Young and Tom Pickard, D.O., (right) tend the grill at the Health Care Center. Jan Barber made the OSU aprons.

Karen Merz, Ph.D., welcomes visitors from Eugene Field elementary school. Flippin’ for United Way Eric Polak, Lisa McCutcheon and Ryan Miller cooking for the United Way WILD Dogs and Burgers lunch.

 

 

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Scholarships presented
Twelve OSU Medicine students received $1,000 grants from the Tulsa County Medical Society at a recent presentation.

Dr. Fernandes (left) attended the event, along with students (front) Chelsey Griffin, Kristin Martin, Kathy Cook, Audrey Stanton, Kristy Wingerter, (back) John Paulson, Garrett Decker, Stephanie Griffith, and Brian Ranson. Dr. Candy Ting, (right front) also attended the presentation. Not shown are recipients Rebecca Everhart, Josh Everhart and Joel Hopper.