June 2009

Robert Allen, Ph.D., is assisting the U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Technical Assistance Program in its efforts to enhance forensic DNA analysis in Colombia. 

He will make four to five week-long trips there this year to consult with government forensic laboratories on how to enhance their efficiency in processing routine criminal cases, and to provide guidance on a rather large national program to identify remains from as many as 30,000 unidentified victims from drug related killings in rural areas in the country. 

In Bogota recently he consulted with forensic scientists working in labs attached to the National Police, the prosecutor, and the Institute for Legal Medicine.  A large, but rewarding, challenge associated with this visit was delivering a lecture on family relatedness testing entirely in Spanish.  He will visit the cities of Cali and Medellin later this year.

Robert Allen, Ph.D., has been inducted as an alumnus member of the Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa - University of Tulsa.

William S. Eddy, D.O., M.P.H., Lora Cotton, D.O., Regina Lewis, D.O., residents and students provided camp physicals for Girl Scouts.

Robin Dyer, D.O., is new president of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Association.

Stanley E. Grogg, D.O., was alumni speaker at graduation activities at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Mo. He also was speaker at the OSU Medical Center resident’s graduation.
 
Richard Perry, M.A. was presenter to Oklahoma Conference on Aging – “Developing Educational Resources for Working with Older Adults”, Oklahoma City, with Thomas Teasdale of Geriatric Education Center.

Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D. has been awarded an OCAST Health Research Program grant, “Estrogen, Central Pathways, and Body Fluid Regulation (three years for $111,000).

Poster Presentations: 
R. Thomas Glass, D.D.S./Ph.D., “Incidence and Diseases Associated with Microorganisms Isolated from Protective Athletic Mouth-guards (PAM),” presented at the 2009 annual meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, May 30 in Seattle.
Robert S. Conrad, Ph.D. - “The Spectrum Of Methicillin-resistant Gram Positive Cocci Isolated From Protective Athletic Mouth-guards (PAM),” presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, May 30 in Seattle.

Publication:
Dr. Anil Kaul, M.D., D.D.S. and others:  “Designing a wireless sensor system for continuous monitoring of the cervical dilation of a pregnant woman,” Int. J. Advanced Media and Communication, vol. 3, nos. 1/2, 2009

Reviews:
Reviewed manuscript for Physiology and Behavior – Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.
Reviewed three manuscripts for the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology – Anil Kaul, M.D./D.D.S.

 

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