Achievements
University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See
who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.
Offices and Awards
Noel Estrada-Hernández, an assistant professor in the Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation, and Dennis Harper, professor and director of the R.E.A.C.H. program, both in the College of Education were honored by the American Psychological Association for writing one of the best 200 articles published in 2007.
Murray Madsen, program consultant for the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health in the College of Public Health, was reelected president and board chair for Farmers Mutual Electric Company, Geneseo, Ill.
Teresa Morgan, clinical associate professor in the College of Dentistry, was appointed to the examination committee of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Thanos Papanicolaou, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, has been awarded the 2008 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Norbert Pienta, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named editor of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Val Sheffield, Martin and Ruth Carver Chair in Genetics and professor of pediatrics in the Carver College of Medicine, has been renewed through August 2013 as an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Mark Sidel, professor in the College of Law, will receive the Civil Liberties Prize from the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law and the Catholic Organization for Relief and Development.
The Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the 2008 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department from the American Mathematical Society.
Publications and Creations
Tippie College of Business
Savin G, economics; Ray S: an article, “The performance of heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation robust tests: A Monte Carlo study with an application to the three-factor asset pricing model,” Journal of Applied Econometrics 23, 2008.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
For a list of recently published books and compact discs, go to www.clas.uiowa.edu/books.
Annapureddy HVR; Hu ZH; Xia JC; Margulis CJ, chemistry: an article, “How does water affect the dynamics of the room-temperature ionic liquid 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate and the fluorescence spectroscopy of coumarin-153 when dissolved in it?” Journal of Physical Chemistry B112(6), Feb. 14, 2008.
Friscic T; Klasinc L; Kovac; MacGillivray LR, chemistry: an article, “HeI photoelectron spectra and gas-phase electronic structures of end-functionalized [3] and [5]-ladderanes,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112(7), Feb. 21, 2008.
Liu Y; Gibson ER; Cain JP; Wang H; Grasian VH, chemistry; Laskin A: an article, “Kinetics of heterogeneous reaction of CaCO3 particles with gaseous HNO3 over a wide range of humidity,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A112(7), Feb. 21, 2008.
Neighbors JD; Mente NR; Boss KD; Zehnder DW; Wiemer DF, chemistry: an article, “Synthesis of the schweinfurthin hexahydroxanthene core through Shi epoxidation,”
Tetrahedron Letters49(3), Jan. 14, 2008.
Rahaman A; Grassian VH, Margulis CJ, chemistry: an article, “Dynamics of water adsorption onto a calcite surface as a function of relative humidity,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C112(6), Feb. 14, 2008.
Runge MB; Mwangi MT; Miller AL; Perring M; Bowden NB, chemistry: an article, “Cascade reactions using LiAIH(4) and grignard reagents in the presence of water," Angewandte Chemie–International Edition 47(5), 2008.
Schuttlefield JD; Grassian VH, chemistry: an article, “ATR-FTIR spectroscopy in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory, Part I: fundamental and examples,” Journal of Chemical Education85(2), 2008.
Schuttlefield JD; Larsen SC, Grassian VH, chemistry: an article, “ATR-FTIR spectroscopy in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory, Part II: physical chemistry laboratory experiment on surface adsorption,” Journal of Chemical Education85(2), 2008.
Sokolov AN; Swenson DC; MacGillivray LR, chemistry: an article, “Conformational polymorphism in a heteromolecular single crystal leads to concerted movement akin to collective rack-and-pinion gears at the molecular level,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America105(6), Feb. 12, 2008.
Wiemer AJ; Yu JS; Lamb KM; Hohl RJ; Wiemer DF, chemistry: an article, “Mono- and dialkyl isoprenoid bisphosphonates as geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase inhibitors,” Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry16(1), Jan. 1, 2008.
College of Public Health
Bahensky JA, Jaana M, Ward MM, health management and policy: an article, “Health care information technology in rural America: Electronic medical record adoption status in meeting the national agenda,” Journal of Rural Health 24(2), Spring 2008.
Carter BL, clinical hospital pharmacy; Bergus GR, family medicine; Dawson JD, biostatistics; Farris KB, clinical hospital pharmacy; Doucette WR, clinical and administrative pharmacy; Chrischilles EA, epidemiology; Hartz AJ, family medicine: an article, “A cluster randomized trial to evaluate physician/pharmacist collaboration to improve blood pressure control,” Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich) 10(4), April 2008.
Goodheart M, oncology; Jacobson G, radiation oncology; Smith BJ, biostatistics; Zhou L: an article, “Chemoradiation for invasive cervical cancer in elderly patients: outcomes and morbidity,” International Journal of Gynecological Cancer 18(1), January–February 2008.
Grassian VH, chemistry; O'Shaughnessy PT, occupational and environmental health; Adamcakova-Dodd A; Pettibone JM, chemical and biochemical engineering; Thorne PS, occupational and environmental health: a response, “Titanium dioxide nanoparticles: Grassian et al,” Environmental Health Perspectives 116(4), April 2008.
Gray GC; McCarthy T; Capuano AW, Setterquist S, epidemiology; Alavanja MC; Lynch CF, epidemiology: an article, “Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa’s agricultural workers,” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, April 7, 2008.
Luthe G, occupational and environmental health; Garcia BR; Jacobus J, occupational and environmental health; Smith BJ, biostatistics; Rahaman A, chemistry; Robertson LW, Ludewig G, occupational and environmental health: an article, “Xenobiotic geometry and media pH determine cytotoxicity through solubility,” Chemical Research in Toxicology, April 11, 2008.
Oleson JJ, biostatistics; He CZ: an article, “Adjusting nonresponse bias at subdomain levels using multiple response phases,” Biometrical Journal 50(1), February 2008.
Ott DK; Peters TM, occupational and environmental health: an article, “A shelter to protect a passive sampler for coarse particulate matter, PM10-2.5,” Aerosol Science and Technology 42(4), 2008.
Peters TM, Riss AL, occupational and environmental health; Holm RL; Singh M; Vanderpool RW: an article, “Design and evaluation of an inlet conditioner to dry particles for real-time particle sizers,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring 10(4), March 12, 2008.
Polgreen PM, infectious disease; Bohnett LC; Cavanaugh JE, biostatistics; Gingerich SB; Desjardin LE, hygienic lab; Harris ML; Quinlisk MP; Pentella MA, hygienic lab: an article, “The duration of mumps virus shedding after the onset of symptoms,” Clinical Infectious Diseases 46(9), May 2008.
Rautiainen RH, occupational and enviornmental health; Lehtola MM; Day LM; Schonstein E; Suutarinen J; Salminen S; Verbeek J: a review, “Interventions for preventing injuries in the agricultural industry,” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 23(1), January 2008.
Robinson JG, epidemiology: an article, “Models for describing relations among the various statin drugs, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering, pleiotropic effects, and cardiovascular risk,” American Journal of Cardiology 101(7), April 1, 2008.
Wallace RB, Gryzlak BM, epidemiology; Zimmerman MB, biostatistics; Nisly NL, internal medicine: an article, “Application of FDA adverse event report data to the surveillance of dietary botanical supplements (May),” Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 8, 2008.
Wehby GL, health management and policy; Ohsfeldt RL; Murray JC, neonatology: an article, “'Mendelian randomization' equals instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments,” Statistics in Medicine, March 14, 2008.
Wibbenmeyer LA, burn treatment center; Kealey GP, surgery; Young TL, occupational and environmental health; Newell IM; Lewis RW 2nd, surgery/burn unit; Miller BR; Peek-Asa C, occupational and environmental health: an article, “A prospective analysis of trash, brush, and grass burning behaviors,” Journal of Burn Care and Research, April 2, 2008.
Longevity Awards
Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all P&S and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.
Award winners for May are listed below.
25 Years
- Jan Brunstein, Office of the Registrar
- Jerolyn Corpman, University of Iowa Heart Care
- Michael Craig, Facilities Management
- Kelly Donovan, rehabilitation therapies
- Lucille Heitman, Office of the President
- Kurt Kuebler, psychiatry
- Jean Quinlan, neurosurgery
- Patricia Rehnblom, pharmacy
- Marvin Sims, social services administration
- Mary Solis, social services
- John Stefaniak, biological sciences
- Shari Tolander, business administration–graduate program
- Susan K. Wells, nursing administration
30 Years
- Ginette Budreau, nursing administration
- Mark Considine, radiology
- Ozzie Diaz-Duque, Spanish and Portuguese
- Calvin Freese, anesthesia
- Rose Haughton, public health administration
- Carolyn Heitshusen, medical instruments
- Mary A. Kline, health information management
- Trudy Laffoon, anesthesia
35 Years
- Marjorie Caruth, food and nutrition services
- Mary Clanton, nursing
- Patricia D. Miller, Family Care Center
- Sue Swearingen, nursing
40 Years
- Paul Brogan, engineering services
- Irene Pearson, intercollegiate athletics
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