UW News

December 4, 2008

Faculty honored for outstanding work


Pellegrini and Elmore named to Robert Wood Johnson advisory committee


Two UW faculty members, Dr. Carlos Pellegrini and Dr. Joanne Elmore, are among five new appointees to the national advisory committee of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. Pellegrini is the Henry Harkins Professor and Chair of Surgery. Elmore is a professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and is an adjunct member of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

The foundation also named a new chair of the advisory committee. Dr. Richard Krugman, the vice chancellor for health affairs, dean and professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will lead the committee starting in January. Along with the chair, committee members oversee the program and provide individual mentorship to program scholars. The Clinical Scholars Program offers a master’s degree graduate-level study and research in university-based, post-residency training programs. It generally involves two years of study with generous protected time for research. In some cases, the project can be extended for a third year. More information about the program can be found at: http://rwjcsp.unc.edu/

Surawicz elected a master of the American College of Gastroenterology

Christina Surawicz, professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and assistant dean for faculty development in the School of Medicine, has been elected a master of the American College of Gastroenterology. Mastership is an honor conferred by the ACG upon physicians who have demonstrated distinguished service to the college and to patient care and education in the field of GI. Dr. Surawicz is a past president of the college and has served it in many other capacities. She is also a past president of the Western Association of Physicians. She is section chief for gastroenterology at Harborview Medical Center, adjunct professor of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, and an affiliate member of the Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Fairhall receives Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award


Adrienne Fairhall, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, has received the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff award “for her excellent work in the field of adaptation in neural codes and leadership in advancing training in computational neuroscience”. The Dayhoff award is given by the Biophysical Society to a woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research within the purview and interest of the Biophysical Society. This award honors the memory of Dr. Margaret Dayhoff, former President of the Biophysical Society, Professor of Biophysics at Georgetown University, and Director of Research at the National Biomedical Research Foundation. Two other UW faculty, Rachel Klevit (Biochemistry) and Sarah Keller (Chemistry) are past winners of the Dayhoff award. Adrienne shares the award with Teresa Giraldez of the Hospital Universitario Nuestra SeƱora de Candelaria and Jin Zhang of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The Dayhoff award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Boston February 28-March 4, 2009.