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A Message From the President
Billiken Briefs
Human Resources FYI
Media Matters
Medical News
News Briefs
Professional Notes
Top Ten
Trivia Corner
University Condolences
University Grants
Drew Morten (physician assistant program) has been appointed executive director of the Foundation for Community Health Care Inc.
Dr. M. Waheed Rana (anatomy and neurobiology) received the Micah Award at the 52nd annual meeting of the St. Louis chapter of the American Jewish Committee. Rana is the first Muslim to be presented this award. He was selected because of his efforts in educating the community about his Muslim faith and for his work with other ethnic and religious communities.
SLUCare Provider Services/Network Development staff presented "The Evolution of A Physician Liaison Program" at the University Health System Consortium meeting, held in New Orleans June 15-17. The Saint Louis University Program, created in 1984, is the oldest such program at an academic institution in the country.
Jamie Ostdiek (cardiology) received the American Academy of Physician Assistant's publishing award for 1996 for her article, "Counseling Coronary Artery Disease Patients on Cholesterol Reduction," that appeared in the June 1996 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Ostdiek received the award at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physician Assistants in Minneapolis.
From the department of allergy and immunology: Mark Dykewicz, M.D., is assuming directorship of the residency training program that recently received a full five-year accreditation from the Residency Review Committee in Allergy and Immunology. Dykewicz presented "New Treatment Strategies for Asthma" at the Texas Medical Association annual meeting in Houston in May. Raymond Slavin, M.D., has been appointed chair of the awards, memorials and commemorative lectures committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. In May, Slavin spoke on "Allergic Rhinitis" at Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital, and on "New Insights into Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergilosis" at the Long Island Allergy Society in Newport, R.I. In June he presented "Interaction Between Upper and Lower Airways" at Health Learning Systems in Los Angeles; "Sinusitis and Asthma," "Anti-Cholinergic Therapy for the Upper and Lower Airways" and "Nasal Steroids vs. Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis" at the Cottle Symposium in Philadelphia; and "Relationships Between the Upper and Lower Airway" and "Resistant Sinusitis: What to Do When Usual Treatment Fails" at the Pennsylvania State Allergy Society in Hershey, Pa.
Dr. Seung H. Kim and C.C. Ueng (international business) co-wrote a paper, "The Determinants of Foreign Operation Mode Decisions & Wholly Owned vs. International Joint Venture," that has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Business Research.
Dr. John A. Slosar Jr. (Social Service) has been appointed to a three-year term by Archbishop Justin Rigali to the Commission on Human Rights of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The commission assists the Archbishop in addressing questions of human rights and social justice in the Archdiocese from the standpoint of Catholic social teaching.
Dr. Doris McGartland Rubio (research services) and Dr. Marla Berg-Weger (Social Service) were among the four co-authors of an article, "Triage Services: A Profile of High Utilization," accepted for publication in Social Work in Health Care. Rubio also co-presented "Latent Class Analysis Vs. Factor Analysis: Which is More Appropriate for Your Data?" at the Council for Social Work Education in Chicago, and she will present a paper, "How to Meet the Assumptions of Multivariate Analyses?" at the American Statistical Association's Joint Statistical Meetings in Anaheim, Calif.
From the department of psychiatry: Dr. Linda Hay and Donald Hay, M.D., presented guidelines for efficacy evaluations in clinical trials as part of a workshop on "Developing Guidelines for Clinical Trials in Late-Life Mental Disorders" at an annual meeting sponsored by the National Institutes of Mental Health in Boca Raton, Fla. Donald Hay also presented "Special Considerations for Ambulatory ECT in the Elderly" at the annual meeting of the International Association for Convulsive Therapy, which was held during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Diego. Dr. Rosalyn Schultz presented "Adjudicating Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse When Custody is in Dispute" before the State of Washington Superior Court Judges. Schultz also published "Evaluating Medical and Mental Health Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases" in the Wiley Family Law Update. Jean M. Thomas, Karen A. Guskin and Carol S. Klass published "Early Development Program: Collaborative Structures and Processes" in Infant Mental Health Journal. Joy Webster and George T. Grossberg, M.D., published "Disinhibition, Apathy, Indifference, Fatigability, Complaining and Negativism" in International Psychogeriatrics.
Jeanette A. St. Vrain (cardiology) recently was elected to a three-year-term on the board of directors of the American Society of Echocardio-graphy (ASE). St. Vrain also is chair of the sonographer training and education committee of the ASE, serves as vice chair of the joint review committee in cardio-vascular technology and recently was reappointed for a second term on the adult echo committee of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.
From the School of Nursing: Dr. Patsy Ruchala was invited by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal to serve as a corresponding member of the Committee on Research for the 1997 term. At the Midwest Nursing Research Society meeting in Minneapolis, Dr. Andrew Mills presented "Characteristics of Patient Visits to Nurse Practitioners and Physical Assistants in Hospital Ambulatory Care Settings." At the same meeting Dr. Louise Flick, Frances Atkins and Ruchala presented "Evidence Against Using Standard Statistical Package with Complex Sampling Designs," and R. Wunderlich presented "Patients' Perceptions of Cognitive Needs During the Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation." Dr. Cecilia Hegamin-Younger presented "APACHE II as a Predictor of Mortality in Specialized Intensive Care Hospitals" at the 1997 American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco. In addition, Hegamin-Younger, along with Dr. Mary Ann Lavin, presented "Specification and Measurement of Outcomes of a Rural Health Outreach Demonstration Program in Missouri" at the first annual research day in Charlotte, N.C. Dr. Anne Perry was appointed a permanent reviewer for the journal AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, published by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Mary Ellen Grohar-Murray, Ann Marie Becker and S. Reilly published "Self-Care Actions to Manage Fatigue in Myasthenia Gravis" in The Missouri Nurse.
Kathleen P. Gioia (pediatrics) co-wrote an article, "Von Willebrand Disease: A Nursing Perspective," for the May-June issue of JOGNN.
Dr. Reuven Levary (decision sciences and management information systems) recently was profiled in the St. Louis Business Journal's annual "Who's Who in Technology" section. Levary also has accepted an invitation to join the public awareness committee of the Institute for Operations Research and Manage-ment Sciences. Part of his responsibilities will be to help organize and lead workshops for high school teachers and to develop informational videos designed to demonstrate how applications of management science techniques can increase the competitiveness of businesses.
Terrence Kelly and Hameed Hindi (aerospace technology) gave a presentation, "Higher Educational Opportunities for Airframe and Powerplant Technicians," at the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association's International Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas.
Maurice C. Lunik (pharmacy services) coordinated an educational session at the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists' annual meeting in Minneapolis. The program was titled "Managing Issues Related to Clinical Research" and dealt with trends in clinical research, business, regulatory and training issues.
Leslye Ellison (career center) presented a workshop, "The MBTI and You," for the SLUCare Continuing Medical Education Outreach Program's spring conference in Troy, Mo., in April.
Dr. James Hitchcock (history) published "Christ and Culture: A Dilemma Reconsidered" in Touchstone. His article, "Conservative Catholicism in the United States," has been cited by the American Academy of Religion in bestowing an award on the volume in which the article appeared, Fundamentalism Observed, published by the University of Chicago Press.
Dr. Paul Shore (educational studies and American studies) presented a paper, "Bohemian Jesuits and the Enlightenment: 1730-1773," at a conference titled "The Jesuits: Culture, Learning and the Arts, 1540-1773," held in Boston. He's also published a book, Rest Lightly: An Anthology of Latin and Greek Tomb Inscriptions.
Dr. John P. Doyle (philosophy) published "Vitoria on Choosing to Replace a King" in a book, Hispanic Philosophy in the Age of Discovery, published by Catholic University of America Press. He also published Francisco de Vitoria, O.P.: On Homicide and Commentary on Summa Theologiae II-II, Q. 64, translated from the Latin with an introduction and notes. The work was published by Marquette University Press.
Kathy Humphrey (residence life) was selected as a faculty member for the 1997 National Housing Training Institute in Gainesville, Fla., in June. The program was an intensive, five-day workshop for housing professionals, and the faculty represented the best academicians and practitioners from across the United States. This was the second consecutive year that Humphrey was chosen to participate.
Dr. Robert J. Nikolai (orthodontics, associate Graduate School dean) has been appointed to the editorial board of The Angle Orthodontist, a leading, national, peer-reviewed journal in the orthodontics field. He also was appointed to a national committee, jointly within the American Dental Association and the American National Standards Institute, that is charged with the preparation of a specification to govern the manufacturing and marketing of orthodontic brackets. Nikolai also was the co-author of a paper, "Displacements and Stress Distributions in Response to Crown-Delivered Force," presented by Dr. Nita Viwattanatipa, a second-year orthodontic resident, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Orthodontists in Philadelphia.
Rev. Nicholas Smith (Professional Studies) has been named teacher of the year by the School for Professional Studies. Smith is an adjunct professor in English and theology. In addition to his work at Saint Louis University, Smith teaches at St. Mary's High School and is a part-time associate pastor at St. Martin of Tours parish.
Stan Eddy (scholarship/financial aid) was one of eight college and university representatives from across the nation invited to attend an evaluation symposium for the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. The symposium was designed to obtain input, ideas and recommendations for the department on future electronic initiatives, software programming specifications and quality assurance practices to better support colleges and universities in the delivery of federal financial aid.
John Morley, M.D. (internal medicine) spoke on geriatrics at the second annual Wake-Up Weekend sponsored by St. Mary's Health Center and the St. Louis Health Care Network. That same month he also spoke on "Patient Management in the Acute Care Setting" at a training program sponsored by The Zitter Group in San Francisco and on erectile dysfunction at a conference in Anaheim, Calif. He spoke on "Sexual Dysfunction in the Elderly" before the Cape Girardeau (Mo.) County Area Medical Society in April and was a panel member for a conference in Maryland on restructuring health professionals' educational programs. Also in April he spoke on "Nutrition and Health in Long Term Care" at the Oakwood Corporation 1997 Medical Conference and on "Hormonal Fountain of Youth" at the University of Kansas Medical Center. In May he spoke on "Alternative Medicine and the Older Person" at the Geriatric Medicine Symposium sponsored by Cox Health Systems in Springfield, Mo.; "Exploring Joint Research Initiative: Opportunities for Collaboration between the US and the UK" at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society and American Federation for Aging Research in Atlanta; and gave several talks on hormone replacement therapy while in Vancouver, Canada. In June he spoke on the "Effect of Metformin on Nitric Oxide Synthase" at the Endocrine Society Meeting in Minneapolis, Minn.
Sandra Spencer (pastoral care) has been recommended for certification as a board-certified chaplain. She was recommended by a state review committee of peers, successfully completed a paper review by the National Certifi-cation Commit-tee and will be awarded certification at the 1997 annual meeting of the College of Chaplains and Association of Mental Health Clergy, a not-for-profit, interfaith body of more than 3,300 members.
Fran Kaiser, M.D. (internal medicine) has been a very active speaker over the last several months. She gave a keynote address on the physiology of aging before the Institute of Medicine in New Orleans, presented on menopause at a geriatric symposium in Madison, Wisc.; spoke on sexual dysfunction at a geriatric symposium in Springfield, Mo.; moderated a session and presented a paper on erectile dysfunction to the American Geriatrics Society; presented a talk on impotence before the American Academy of Physician Assistants; spoke on the use and abuse of androgens before the Association des Medecins Endocrinologues du Quebec in Montreal; presented on osteoporosis and aging at the 1997 International Symosium in Aging Research in Seoul, Korea; gave two presentations at the fourth annual Primary Care Review for the Family Practitioner conference in Tulsa; made two presentations at the University of Calgary as well as three different presentations at three hospitals in Kansas City, Kan; and presented on osteoporosis before the Medical Review for the Primary Care Physician conference in Amelia Island, Fla.
Dr. Marty Allen Ferman (aerospace and mechanical engineering) presented a paper, "A New Concept for Smart Structures as Applied to Aeroelastic Tailoring of Aircraft Lifting Surfaces," at the ASEE Conference at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio, this spring. He also was awarded a summer contract with McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in the amount of $11,400 for a project titled "Measurement and Analysis of Cavity Acoustics Data." Ferman also has been appointed to the international organizing committee by the Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace. Ferman has been asked to present a paper and organize a session of invited speakers. This conference will be at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College in Daytona Beach Fla. next spring.
From the School of Law: John Attanasio attended the annual meeting of the American Law Institute, held in Washington, D.C., in May. In May he also spoke at the Tri-Circuit meeting honoring law student volunteers of the Mathews-Dickey tutoring program, co-hosted with Washington University. He spoke on "The Rule of the Judge in the American Legal System" to a group of 17 Russian judges visiting the School of Law in conjunction with the World Affairs Council of St. Louis' International Visitor Program in June. In May Stanislaw Frankowski spoke on "The Death Penalty in Poland & History and Recent Developments" at the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies Occasional Seminar Series at the University of Westminster. Jesse Goldner and Sandra Johnson co-wrote "Legal and Institutional Policy Responses to Medical Futility" for the March issue of the Journal of Health and Hospital Law. Johnson spoke on "Aging the Health Law Curriculum" at a plenary session of a workshop titled "Old Teachers, New Teachers Roundtable" at the Health Law Teachers' Conference of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics at Seton Hall June 6-7. She participated in a session for the American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys at its annual meeting in Toronto June 24-25. Johnson spoke on "The Pain Relief Act" to the Federation of State Medical Boards at their strategic planning committee meeting in Dallas on June 11. Johnson also is serving as project director of the "Mayday Scholars Program" sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. The newly funded project provides funds to expand scholarship and expertise in legal, regulatory and financing policies that affect access to effective pain relief. Her article, "Disciplinary Actions and Pain Relief: Analysis of the Pain Relief Act," was published in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics in March. James Milles published an article, "From the Bramble Bush to the Web: How the Internet is Changing the Practice of Law," in the St. Louis Bar Journal. Josef Rohlik delivered a talk at the University of Georgia School of Law, "The Role of the United Nations in the Maintenance of Peace Before and After the Year Two Thousand," which was later published in the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Stephen Thaman's paper, "The Jury as Catalyst for the Reform of Criminal Evidentiary Procedure in Continental Europe: The Cases of Russia and Spain," delivered at the Open University of the Netherlands, was published in the Proceedings of the First World Conference on New Trends in Criminal Investigation and Evidence. He also published "The Reform of the Procuracy in Russia: Is the Procurator the Prosecutor or the Eye of the Executive Branch?" in the Bulletin of Justice. The work was published in the Georgian language, with an introduction by the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Georgia. Thaman's article, "Spain Returns to Trial by Jury," has been accepted for publication in the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Thaman spoke on "The Return to the Classic Jury on the European Continent: The Case of Russia and Spain" at the 1997 annual meeting of the Law and Society Association. The second edition of Nic Terry's torts casebook, Tort Law: Cases, Materials, Problems, co-authored with Jerry Phillips, Frank Maraist and Frank McClellan, will be published by the Michie Company. Judge Myron H. Bright (professor emeritus) will receive the 1997 Francis Rawle Award for outstanding achievement in post-admission legal education. The presentation will be made on Sunday, Aug. 3, in San Francisco during the annual luncheon of the American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education. Matthew Mirow presented a paper on "The Ascent of the Readings: Some Evidence from Readings on Wills" at The 13th British Legal History Conference at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, July 2-5. Mike Nevins delivered the 1997 annual Law and Literature Lecture this spring at Loyola Chicago School of Law. Constance Wagner served as faculty adviser to law students competing in the Midwestern regional Jessup Competition. Wendy Werner has been recommended to serve on a FOCUS St. Louis committee to conduct a customer-focused assessment of the municipal functions that report to Mayor Clarence Harmon. The committee will help the mayor's office make decisions on key implementation and strategy issues. Alan Weinberger taught "Property" at Texas University this summer as part of the National Institute for Legal Education program. Pete Salsich has been appointed editor of the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law for a two-year term.