Experts in the News

A bone marrow drive held at Busch Memorial Center for a local boy was covered Oct. 28 by KMOV-TV Channel 4, KPLR-TV Channel 11 and KSDK-TV Channel 5.

ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION
James McGivney, D.D.S. (advanced dental education) was quoted regarding forensic dentistry in the Waco Tribune Herald, Portland Oregonian and the Patriot Leader (Quincy, Mass.).

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman, Ph.D. (nutrition and dietetics) was interviewed Oct. 24 by KPLR-TV Channel 11 regarding the Fall Culinary Institute, which brought together chefs and dietitians to explore healthy and delicious cooking techniques.

Mark Reinking (physical therapy) and a patient were interviewed Oct. 24 by KMOV-TV Channel 4 for a story on how to prevent sports injuries in kids. His appointment to the Specialty Council on Sports Physical Therapy was covered by South County Journal, Southwest City Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal and Southwest County Journal.

William Hart, Ph.D (nutrition and dietetics) was quoted in the St. Louis Review regarding over-the-counter remedies advertised to cure every possible ailment.

ARTS AND SCIENCES
Tim Lomperis, Ph.D. (political science) was interviewed Oct. 26 live on the set of KTVI-TV Channel 2 and KMOV-TV Channel 4, and on Oct. 25 by KMOX-AM 1120 about the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. He also was interviewed Oct. 26 by KMOX-AM 1120 about reports that the first ground troop efforts in Afghanistan were nearly disastrous. In addition, he was interviewed Oct. 23 by the Philadelphia Inquirer about what do with Osama bin Laden if and when he is captured.

Ken Warren, Ph.D. (political science) was interviewed live during drive time Oct. 25 by KTSA-FM 55 (San Antonio) about the political implications of the anthrax scare in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Shippey, Ph.D. (English) was interviewed Oct. 22 by Catholic News Service about the upcoming "Lord of the Rings" movie.

Thomas Madden, Ph.D. (history) was interviewed by Epoca, Brazil's weekly news magazine about the Crusades and their role in the present struggle.

Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux, Ph.D. (political science) was interviewed by Radio Canada about how Americas are dealing with the anthrax scare. He also was interviewed by the Suburban Journals about tracking down Osama bin Laden.

BUSINESS
Scott Safranski, Ph.D. (management) was interviewed Oct. 25. by the Associated Press, on Oct. 26 live on KSDK-TV Channel 5, live on KMOV-TV Channel 4, live on KTRS-AM 550, on taped interviews on KTVI-TV Channel 2, KMOX-AM 1120 and by Metro Networks, on Oct. 27 on KMOX-AM 1120 and on Oct. 28 live on KTRS-AM 550 about the effects on Boeing of the joint strike fighter program being awarded to Lockheed-Martin.

James Fisher, Ph.D. (marketing) was interviewed Oct. 24 by the Belleville News-Democrat for a story about the need for new retail developments in the metro area.

Patrick Welch, Ph.D. (economics) was interviewed Oct. 22 by KSDK-TV Channel 5 for a story about the St. Louis economy.

ENGINEERING AND AVIATION
Paul Czysz (aerospace and mechanical engineering) was interviewed Oct. 28 and 26 by KTRS-AM 550, on Oct. 26 live on the set of KTVI-TV Channel 2 and by KMOX-AM 1120 and on Oct. 25 by KPLR-TV Channel 11 about the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

HEALTH CARE ETHICS
Gerard Magill, Ph.D (health care ethics) was interviewed by the St. Louis Business Journal regarding stem cell research.

Benedict Ashley (health care ethics) was quoted in Catholic Universe Bulletin regarding biotechnological advances and theology.

John Brehany (health care ethics) was featured in the St. Cloud Visitor (Minn.) about a lecture he gave.

MEDICINE
Mark Buller, Ph.D. (infectious diseases) was interviewed Oct. 25 by Science, magazine, Oct. 26 by the Tampa Tribune and live Oct. 26 on National Public Radio regarding his smallpox research and about smallpox in general. He also was featured on a front-page story Oct. 7 regarding his smallpox research in the Southwest City Journal. He also was quoted about smallpox in the San Jose Mercury News.

Bruce Bacon, M.D. (gastroenterology and hepatology) was interviewed Oct. 25 by KMOV-TV Channel 4 regarding hemochromatosis, a common genetic disorder. The story will run in late November and will be highly promoted as part of "sweeps" ratings month.

Ken Haller, M.D. (pediatrics) was interviewed Oct. 22 by WSIE, the NPR affiliate in Edwardsville, live on the morning show Oct. 23 on KTRS 550 AM and live at noon Oct. 25 on KSDK-TV Channel 5 regarding Halloween safety tips for children. Also, he was profiled in the Belleville News Democrat as part of a "where are they now" feature. Haller had been featured in the Sunday magazine of the paper 10 years earlier for his inner city work caring for children in East St. Louis.

John Richart, M.D. (hemotology/oncology) was interviewed Oct. 25 by KMOV-TV Channel 4 about the health status of a 19-year old leukemia patient, and the importance of donating bone marrow to be added to the national registry.

Micheal Wolverson, M.D. (radiology) was interviewed Oct. 25 by KTVI-TV Channel 2 discussing the benefits and limitations of full body scans.

Donald Kennedy, M.D. (infectious diseases) was interviewed Oct. 24 by the Wall Street Journal and KPLR-TV Channel 11 about smallpox. Also, he was interviewed Oct. 23 by a business columnist for Reuters News Service about practical measure to prevent anthrax contamination.

Katherine Lichtenberg, DO, MPH (community and family medicine) was interviewed live on the air on Oct. 24 by KMOV TV Channel 4 regarding anthrax. She was interviewed on related issues by the Belleville News Democrat on Oct. 23.

Sharon Frey, M.D. (infectious diseases) appeared live via satellite on "The Early Show" on CBS to discuss smallpox vaccine research. She was interviewed about her smallpox study Oct. 22 by USA Today and CNSnews.com, Oct. 23 by the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, by KSDK-TV Channel 5, KMOV-TV Channel 4, KTVI-TV Channel 2, KPLR-TV Channel 11, Metro News Service and KMOX 1120 AM. She was photographed and interviewed for a story that ran Oct. 14 in the Southwest City Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal, South County Journal and Southwest County Journal.

Robert Belshe, M.D. (infectious diseases) was interviewed by the Newhouse Newspaper chain regarding "the pace of science" in light of the terrorist attacks. He appeared on the "Nightly Business Report" on PBS Oct. 22 discussing how the attacks could affect vaccine research and the work of biotech companies, along with the SLU smallpox vaccine research. He was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding epidemic intelligence service officers.

Dee Anna Glaser, M.D. (dermatology) was interviewed by KTVI-TV Channel 2 regarding toenail and fingernail fungus problems. She was featured in a front-page story that ran Oct. 20 in the Southwest City Journal regarding the use of botox to alleviate tension headaches.

Sarah Barlow, M.D. (pediatrics) is quoted in the October issue of Parenting magazine regarding kids and weight loss.

Richard D. Bucholz, M.D. (neurosurgery) and his appointment as the first holder of the K.R. Smith Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery was covered by the South County Journal, Southwest City Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal, and Southwest County Journal.

Thomas Chambers, M.D. (molecular microbiology) was quoted in the Cahokia Herald and Alton Telegraph regarding West Nile virus.

John Chibnall, Ph.D (psychiatry) was quoted in the Marion Daily Republican for his research regarding spirituality and healing.

Charles Conway, M.D. (psychiatry) was featured in the West End-Clayton Word regarding his research study involving schizophrenia.

Mark Dykewicz, M.D. (allergy and immunology) was covered by the Citizen Journal, Press Journal, Chesterfield Journal, Mid County Journal, Webster Kirkwood Journal, Ladue News, West County Journal, Webster Kirkwood Times, South County Journal, Southwest City Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal, and Southwest County Journal regarding his placement as chair of an FDA pulmonary and allergy committee.

Duane Grandgenett, Ph.D. (molecular virology) was quoted in the West-End Clayton Word regarding his research into ways to inhibit HIV replication.

George Grossberg, M.D. (psychiatry) was quoted about the important role Alzheimer's patient caregivers in the Southwest City Journal, South County Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal, Southwest County Journal, Carl Junction Jasper County Citizen and Pierce City Leader Journal. He was quoted in a second story regarding Alzheimer's disease that appeared in the South County Journal, Southwest City Journal, South Side Journal, South City Journal, Oakville Mehlville Journal, Southwest County Journal, West County Journal, Press Journal, O'Fallon Journal and Webster Kirkwood Journal.

Ganesh Kudva, M.D. (hemotology/oncology) had research appear in broadcast reports on the following stations regarding his recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine on thalidomide, which could potentially be used to treat certain types of cancer: WBNS-CBS (Columbus, Oh.), WKRG-CBS (Mobile, Ala.), and KMTV-CBS (Omaha).

Joan Lang, M.D. (psychiatry) was interviewed live on the air by KMOX 1120 AM, by Metro News Service and the Missouri Radio Net news service regarding fear and anxiety stemming from the terrorist attacks. She was interviewed by KSDK-TV Channel 5 regarding how parents and kids should be dealing with the attack and how these issues relate to Halloween. She was quoted regarding human resiliency in the face of terrorist attacks by Catholic Key (Kansas City), Lake Shore Visitor (Pa.), the Evangelist (Albany, N.Y.) and Catholic Herald (Madison, WI.)

D. Douglas Miller, M.D. (internal medicine) was quoted in the Ladue News regarding SLUCare, a new service being offered by SLUCare and Saint Louis University Hospital.

Patricia Monteleone, M.D. was interviewed by the St. Louis Business Journal regarding the Missouri Foundation for Health.

Terry Moore, M.D. (rheumatology) was photographed in St. Louis Magazine and the Ladue News receiving a $120,000 donation for his lupus research.

Jan Ryersee, Ph.D (pathology) was covered in the West and St. Charles zones sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch set a national record in his age group by running a distance of 121.4 miles in a 24-hour period.

Raymond Slavin, M.D. (allergy and immunology) was quoted in the Ladue News regarding pet owners and their allergy/asthma problems.

Saint Louis University School of Medicine's smallpox vaccine research was mentioned in the San Jose Mercury News and in broadcast reports that aired on KABC-ABC(Los Angeles), WHAS-ABC (Louisville), KHOU-CBS (Houston), WPTY-ABC (Memphis), WATE-ABC (Knoxville), KFDM-CBS (Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas) and KTKA-ABC (Topeka).

A study being conducted about ragweed season by the division of allergy and immunology was featured in the St. Peters Journal and St. Charles Journal.

Two new grants received by the department of community and family medicine, which will help provide care in underserved areas, were covered in a story that ran in the West End-Clayton Word.

NURSING
Joan Carter, Ph.D. (nursing) was interviewed by KSDK-TV Channel 5 regarding the possibility of more nurses joining unions.

Joanne Kraenzle Schneider Ph.D. (nursing) was mentioned in the South Side Journal regarding her study of the effect of the power of positive thinking on exercise.

The school's Accelerated Option program was mentioned in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The program at SLU, which allows a college graduate to get a nursing degree in one-year and was the first of its kind in the country, served as a model for a similar program at Cleveland State University.

PUBLIC HEALTH
Ross Brownson, Ph.D. was mentioned in the Manassas Journal Messenger (Manassas, VA) about using trails and hiking as a more intense exercise routine.

Bruce Clements, M.P.H. (Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections) was qouted in the Record (Troy, NY), the Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), the San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), The Detroit News, the Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa, ID), the Longview News Journal, the Akron Beacon Journal (OH), the Daily Reporter-Herald (Loveland, CO), the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Manhattan Mercury (Manhattan, KS), the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, TX), the Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY), the Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX), the Ledger (Ellwood City, PA), the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), the Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), the Daily Republican-Register (Mt. Carmel, IL), the Natchez Democrat (Natchez, MS), the Texarkana Gazette (Texarkana, TX), the Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, TX), the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Little Rock, AR), the Salina Journal (Salina, KS), the Aspen Daily News (Aspen, CO), the Herald & Review (Decatur, IL), the Greenville Herald Banner (Greenville, TX), the Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA), the Macomb Daily (Mt. Clemens, MI), the Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), the Brownwood Bullentin (Brownwood, TX), the Monitor (Mc Allen, TX), the Kingman Daily Miner (Kingman, AZ), the Odessa American (Odessa, TX), the West Hawaii Today (Kailua Kona, HI), the Times-News (Twins Falls, ID), the Killeen Daily Herald (Killeen, TX), the Ketchikan Daily News (Ketchikan, AK), the Northern Star-Northern ILL. University (DeKalb, IL), the San Angelo Standard Times (San Angelo, TX), the Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR), the Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, SC), the Naples Daily News (Naples, FL), the South County Journal (Kent, WA), the Westerly Sun (Westerly, RI), the Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA), the Salem Evening News (Salem, MA), the Lodi News-Sentinel (Lodi, CA), the Morning Call-Suburban Lehigh and Berks (Allentown, PA), the Newsday-Nassau Edition (Long Island, NY), the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), the Grass & Grain (Manhattan, KS), the Herald-News (Joliet, IL), the News-Sun (Waukegan, IL), the News & Record (Greensboro, NC), the Santa Maria Times (Santa Maria, CA), the Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), the Morning Call (Allentown, PA), the Tyler Morning Telegraph (Tyler, TX), the Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), the Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), the Park Hills Daily Journal (Park Hills, MO), the Standard Times (San Angelo, TX), the Courier Times Telegraph (Tyler, TX), the Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA), the Montana Standard (Butte, MT), the Northeast Reporter (Towson, MD), the Prince George's Sentinel (Seabrook, MD), the Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), the Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX), the Montgomery County Sentinel (Rockville, MD), the Calvert Recorder (Prince Frederick, MD), and the Press & Sun-Bullentin (Binghamton, NY) on his insight on Americans being ready for bioterrorism attacks.

Greg Evans, Ph.D. (Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections) was quoted in the Sun (Baltimore, MD), the Simi Valley Star (Simi Valley, CA), the Moorpark Star (Moorpark, CA), the Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY), the Oxnard Star (Oxnard, CA), the Thousand Oaks Star (Thousand Oaks, CA), the Camarillo Star (Ventura, CA), the Leader-Herald (Gloversville, NY), the Daily Free Press (Boston, MA), the Robesonian (Lumberton, SC), the Paragould Daily Press (Paragould, AR), the Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM), the Ottawa Herald (Ottawa, KS), the Herald and News (Klamath Falls, OR), the San Marcos Daily Record (San Marco, TX), the West County Times (Richmond, CA), the Valley Times (Pleasanton, CA), the Capital Press (Salem, OR), the Times Bulletin (Van Wert,OH), the Ventura County Star , the Cortland Standard (Cortland, NY), the Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), the Hannibal Courier-Post (Hannibal, MO), the Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), the Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) and the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) on his insight on the United States attentiveness for bioterrorism attacks. Also, he was interviewed by WJW-TV Channel 8 (Fox Network, Cleveland), the Chicago Tribune and the Atlanta Journal Constitution regarding developments in the cases of anthrax and our country's efforts to prepare for possible further attacks.

Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D. was mentioned in the Telegraph (Alton, IL), the Belleville News Democrat and the Maryville Daily Reform for her grant monies received to help eliminate obesity in children.

Heather Jacobsen, M.P.H. was mentioned in the Indianapolis Star for her research on seatbelt usage in movies.

Douglas Luke, Ph. D. was mentioned in the Herald (Mascoutah, IL), the Tribune (Fairview Heights, IL), the Pulse (St. Louis, MO), the South County Journal and the Southwest County Journal for his study on teenager's attitudes towards smoking.

Brooke Shadel, Ph.D. (Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections) was interviewed by the Kansas City Star and the Binghamptom Press (NY) regarding our readiness for further acts of bioterrorism and the latest cases of anthrax.

The Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections was mentioned in the Cherokee Daily Times (Cherokee, IA) as a center of preparedness in case of bioterrorism attack.

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