August 2009
SAC elects officers, recognizes service
Chad Landgraf has been re-elected president of the OSU-CHS Staff Advisory Council and Dennis Adams is re-elected vice-president. Dallis Graham is secretary and Vicky Pace is treasurer. Landgraf presented certifications of appreciation for service to committee chairs Dora Johnson, Adams, Austin McCoy, Sandra Hale, Briá Taylor, Sarah Quinten, Rebecca Nida and Reneé Williams. Plaques went to Adams, Hale and Cathy Ramsey. Hale also was thanked for her service during a transition time for the president and the leave of absence of the treasurer.
Forensic evidence holds up
Forensic sciences students presented evidence from a recent mock crime scene at a moot court with law students at the University of Tulsa. Did the evidence hold up? Robert Allen, Ph.D., professor and chair of forensic sciences, says it did, adding the mock trial went very well, with accolades from the judge presiding on the preparation and delivery of questions and testimony by both the forensics students and the law students.
In the news
Robin Dyer D.O., chair of OMM, was interviewed in a Tulsa World article about exercise and weight loss. Stanley E. Grogg, D.O., professor of pediatrics and interim dean/president, was interviewed in a Tulsa World article about the H1N1 flu vaccine and pregnancy. Harriet Shaw, D.O., clinical professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine, was interviewed for a Tulsa World article on the health benefits of locally produced honey.
Professional updates
"Sleep at Simulated 2438 m: Effects on Oxygenation, Sleep Quality and Post-sleep Performance" has been selected for publication in the August 2009 issue of Aviation, Space, And Environmental Medicine. (Aviat Space Environ Med 2009; 80:691-697), Paul Rock, D.O./Ph.D. and Matt Weaver.
Appointed to AOA House of Delegates, Chair of Educational Affairs; listed in AOA Expert Sources section on AOA’s website, Stanley E. Grogg, D.O.
Invited to serve on the advisory board for the OSU Advance grant, a NSF-funded grant to increase the retention and advancement of female faculty in 17 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics departments, Stillwater, Susan K. Redwood, Ph.D.
Contract from Oklahoma State Department of Health, $750,000 for FY 09-10, for OKAHEC activities (health workforce development); from University of Oklahoma, $57,000 for FY 09-10 for Oklahoma Geriatric Center continuing education activity in rural Oklahoma; and from Oklahoma City Community College, $20,000 for FY 09-10 for support of Clinical Research Technician training program, Richard Perry, M.A.
Abstract: “Estrogen Regulates Escherichia-coli Uropathogenesis by Modulating Expression of Host Colonization Factors Involved in Uro-virulence”. Clinical Immunology Vol 131, Supplement 2009. Tom Glass, D.D.S/Ph.D., Anil Kaul, M.D., D.D.S., Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D., Senait Assefa, Ph.D. and Rashmi Singh.
Invited to serve as board member on the Advisory Committee of Laboratory Science Technology, Tulsa Technology Center Riverside Campus, Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.
Fieldwork as a research associate at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, conducting collections, research and collaborating on the preparation of manuscripts with Dr. Thomas Williamson, Curator of Paleontology at the museum, Anne Weil, Ph.D.
“Renal Protein Excretion and Sex Differences in Mice” poster presentation at the International Union of Physiological Sciences in Kyoto, Japan, research of differences between men and women regarding kidney function and disease, Al Rouch, Ph.D.
Posters presentation at Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors annual meeting “Estrogen And Hsd2 Neuron Labeling In The Nucleus Tractus Solitarius In Rats,” MT Ngo, JL Hackett, Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.*; “Estrogen And Hindbrain Activation In Response To Sodium Loss In Rats,” L Fan* and Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.; “Estrogen Effects On Neural Activation In Circumventricular Organs In Response To A Hypertonic Saline Infusion,” AB Jones* and Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.; “Rapid Gastric Emptying When Hypovolemic Rats Drink Water And Saline,” MR Bykowski, Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D., JC Smith, EM Stricker*. (* = presenting author)
Poster presentation: “Noninvolvement of Outer Membrane Impermeability in the Mitigation of Triclosan Efficacy by Methylation,” NIH-INBRE Program, OUHSC, Oklahoma City, Ashton Clayborn, student, and Frank Champlin, Ph.D., advisor.
Presentation: “Multi-drug Resistant Staphylococcus and Micrococcus Species Isolated from Protective Athletic Mouth-guards,” National Athletic Trainers’ Association annual meeting, San Antonio, Stan Conrad, Ph.D. and Tom Glass, D.D.S./Ph.D.
Review of paper for Psychoneuroendocrinolog, Sarah McCoy, Ph.D.
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