Professional Notes: Summer 2022 Part One
07/29/2022
Professional Notes is a round-up of awards, presentations, papers, and the other professional achievements of SLU faculty, staff members, and students.
Faculty and Staff
The National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded a five-year $2,713,856 grant to Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Physiology) and Chris Arnatt, Ph.D. (Chemistry). The grant, "Uncovering the roles of oxysterols in neuropathic pain", is the result of a five-year collaboration between the PIs and the Henry and Amelia Nasrallah Center for Neuroscience. The objectives of the research are to understand the molecular mechanisms engaged by oxysterols in the spinal cord in the development of central sensitization associated with chronic neuropathic pain states and the development of non-opioid based therapies. Additional members of the team include John Chrivia, Ph.D., Tim Doyle, Ph.D., and Karen Galen (Pharmacology and Physiology).
Fred Niederman, Ph.D., the Shaughnessy Endowed Professor of Management at Saint Louis University, is the recipient of the 2022 ACM SIGMIS CPR Lifetime Achievement Award. The SIGMIS Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the recipient’s dedication to promoting excellence in the Management Information Systems (MIS) profession over a substantial period. A lifetime achiever serves as a superior role model to their peers. Recognized achievements can include technical innovations, publications, leadership, teaching, mentoring, and service to the MIS community. The award is announced annually at the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference.
FOCUS St. Louis has selected Chalana Scales-Ferguson, J.D. (Chaifetz School of Business) and Myron Minner (IM-Gastroenterology) as two of 63 outstanding individuals from the private, public and nonprofit sectors for the 47th Leadership St. Louis (LSL) class. LSL is a highly respected program for experienced leaders who have demonstrated a deep commitment to improving the St. Louis region. The immersive nine-month curriculum explores issues such as economic development, racial equity, education, criminal justice, poverty, immigration and arts and culture.
Patrick F. Foley, D.D.S., (Center for Advanced Dental Education) was installed as president of the American Board of Orthodontics.
Ronald R. O’Dwyer, S.J., (Education) has been named president of De Smet Jesuit High School, effective July 1. Father O’Dwyer had been serving as interim president of De Smet since January 2022. He spent three years at De Smet as part of his formation as a Jesuit in the early 2000s, teaching theology and running student activities. Father O’Dwyer will be formally installed as president at an all-school Mass on Aug. 25. St. Louis Review highlighted the news.
Farzana Hoque, M.D. (Internal Medicine) has been appointed as the Deputy Editor of the Journal of BMANA. This journal is open-access and fully peer reviewed.
Mark Etling, Ph.D. (School for Professional Studies) presented a three-part scripture study series "Themes in the Gospel of St. Luke" on Saturday, July 16, 23, and 30 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Shrine Guild Center. The event was highlighted in the Belleville News Democrat.
Publications
Jay Hammond, Ph.D. (Theological Studies), a Franciscan scholar, participated in a 30-part series of short YouTube videos on the life of St. Francis. The videos were included in a new handbook published by the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. The free handbook provides readers with a simple methodology for entering into the spirituality of St. Francis using passages from his Earlier Rule of 1221.
Bill McCormick, S.J., Ph.D. (Political Science) published The Christian Structure of Politics, the first full-length monograph on Thomas Aquinas's De Regno in decades, offers an authoritative interpretation of De Regno as a contribution to our understanding of Aquinas's politics, particularly on the relationship between Church and State. A book review was featured in The American Conservative.
Richard A. Grucza, Ph.D. (Family and Community Medicine) co-authored the study, "Comparative Effectiveness Associated With Buprenorphine and Naltrexone in Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Polysubstance Use" published in the JAMA Network. The Washington University-led study in collaboration with Saint Louis University was highlighted in West Newsmagazine. Medical researchers suggest a drug that could help prevent thousands of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. is being underutilized.
The pilot survey study, "Outcomes That Matter to Adolescents With Continuous Headache Due to Chronic Migraine and Their Parents," led by Cynthia Morris, M.D. (Neurology) was highlighted in Neurology Live.
Chris Sebelski, Ph.D. (Physical Therapy and Athletic Training) with colleagues published Self-Leadership Is Critical for All Physical Therapists in PTJ: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal.
Kevin Scannell (Computer Science) was featured in the Irish Echo newspaper about his work on the Irish language.
Elaine Siegfried, M.D., (Pediatrics and Dermatology) discussed therapeutic management considerations for dermatologists in consulting with diverse patients with atopic dermatitis in the American Journal of Managed Care .
Michael Rozier, S.J., Ph.D. (Health Management and Policy) and Kimberly R. Enard, Ph.D. (Health Management and Policy) wrote the article "Leveraging Community Benefit To Increase Health Care Value" in a May edition of Health Affairs.
Thomas Madden, Ph.D. (History/Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) review of Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age was featured in The New York Times.
Phyllis Weliver, D.Phil, (English) wrote a featured article, 'Long COVID Patient Narratives' published this month in The Polyphony - Conversations Across the Medical Humanities. This two-part essay considers the importance of long haulers’ voices for therapeutic expression, reframing social experience, and providing data for treatment. Weliver also appeared on ‘Women of the Academy,’ Episode 1 of Short Stories: 200 years of the Royal Academy of Music. This podcast is available on Spotify, Audible, and all the major platforms.
Patrick McCarthy (University Libraries) was included in a St. Louis Public Radio story about a new film on the Bosnian refugee community in St. Louis. The story referenced McCarthy’s forthcoming book on Bosnian St. Louis. The book is co-authored by fellow SLU employee Akif Cogo (Facilities). McCarthy was also interviewed by the Bosnian daily newspaper Oslobodjenje about his long-standing work with the Bosnian community.
Terri Rebmann, Ph.D. (Special Assistant to the President, College for Public Health and Social Justice), was featured as a special guest on the APIC's '5 Second Rule" podcast in an episode focused on the "Between a Rock and Hard Place: APIC's White Paper and Call to Action."