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
Paul Abramowitz, assistant dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy, will serve a three-year term as treasurer of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
Leslie Baxter, professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service from the National Communication Association.
Barbara Biesecker, associate professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has received the Douglas W. Ehninger Award, named in honor of the former University of Iowa professor, from the National Communication Association.
Hans Breder, professor emeritus of art and art history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Dortmund, Germany.
David Grady, associate vice president and director of University Life Centers, has been elected president of the Order of Omega.
Barry Greenberg, Iowa Memorial Union food services manager, was the top honoree at the Culinary Challenge of the National Association of College and University Food Services.
Oscar Hahn, professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the Premio del Consejo Nacional del Libro award in Chile.
John Peters, professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the Franklyn S. Haiman Award from the National Communication Association.
David Redlawsk, associate professor of political science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the Alexander George Book Award from the International Society for Political Psychology.
Arthur Spector, professor of biochemistry and internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine, received the Alexander Leaf Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids.
Publications and Creations
College of Education
Constantine E, Grant and Research Services Center: a chapter, “Practical Consequences of Soviet Policy and Ideology for Gender in Central Asia and Contemporary Reversal,” Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, Indiana University Press, 2007.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
For a list of recently published books and compact discs, go to www.clas.uiowa.edu/books.
College of Public Health
Allareddy V, health management and policy; Peek-Asa C, occupational and environmental health; Yang J, community and behavioral health; Zwerling C, occupational and environmental health: an article, “Risk factors for rural residential fires,” Journal of Rural Health 23(3), Summer 2007.
Allareddy V, Ward MM, health management and policy; Ely JW, family medicine; Levett J: an article, “Impact of complications on outcomes following aortic and mitral valve replacements in the United States,” Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Torino) 48(3), June 2007.
Campo S, community and behavioral health: “A review of Lederman and Stewart’s Changing the Culture of College Drinking: a Socially Situated Health Communication Campaign,” Journal of Health Communication 12, 2007.
Davidson MH; Robinson JG, epidemiology: an article, “Safety considerations with aggressive lipid management,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 49, 2007.
Flanagan M; Ramanujam R; Sutherland J, family practice; Vaughn T, health management and policy; DiekemaD, Doebbeling BN, internal medicine: an article, “Development and validation of measures to assess prevention and control of AMR in hospitals,” Medical Care 45(6), June 2007.
Gryzlak BM, Wallace RB, epidemiology; Zimmerman MB, biostatistics; Nisly NL, internal medicine: an article, “National surveillance of herbal dietary supplement exposures: The poison control center experience,” Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, July 6, 2007.
Janz KF, health and sports studies; Gilmore JM, Levy SM, preventive and community dentistry; Letuchy EM, Burns TL, epidemiology; Beck TJ: an article, “Physical activity and femoral neck bone strength during childhood: the Iowa Bone Development Study,” Bone, May 10, 2007.
Jaramillo SA; Felton D; Andrews L; Desiderio L; Hallarn RK; Jackson SD; Robinson JG, epidemiology; Ockene JK; Coker LH; Espeland MA for the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study Research Group: an article, “Enrollment in a brain magnetic resonance study: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (WHIMS-MRI),” Academic Radiology 14, 2007.
Kooperberg C; Cushman M; Hsia J; Robinson JG, epidemiology; Aragaki A; Baird A; Beresford SA A; Johnson KC; Kuller L; Rodriguez B: an article, “Inflammation and thrombosis biomarkers, risk of ischemic stroke, and interactions with hormone treatment in postmenopausal women,” PLoS Clinical Trials 2(6), 2007.
Luthe G, occupational and environmental health; Swenson DC, chemistry; Robertson LW, occupational and environmental health: an article, “Influence of fluorosubstitution on the planarity of 4-chlorobiphenyl (PCB 3),” Acta Crystallographica B 63(2), April 2007.
Missen CC, library and information science; Cook TM, occupational and environmental health: an article, “Appropriate information-communications technologies for developing countries,” Bulletin of the World Health Organization 85(4), April 2007.
Myers KP, Setterquist SF, Capuano AW, Gray GC, epidemiology: an article, “Infection due to 3 avian influenza subtypes in United States veterinarians,” Clinical Infectious Diseases 45(1), July 2007.
Nothwehr F, community and behavioral health: an article, “Self-efficacy and its association with use of diet-related behavioral strategies and reported dietary intake,” Health Education and Behavior, June 29, 2007.
Ortiz EJ, epidemiology; Kochel TJ; Capuano AW, Setterquist SF, Gray GC, epidemiology: an article, “Avian influenza and poultry workers, Peru,” Influenza & Respiratory Viruses 1, 2007.
Parizkova J; Chin MK; Chia M; Yang J, community and behavioral health: an article, “An international perspective on obesity, health and physical activity: Current trends and challenges in China and Asia,” Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness 5(1), 2007.
Peek-Asa C, occupational and environmental health; Casteel C; Allareddy V, health management and policy; Nocera M; Goldmacher S; Ohagan E; Blando J; Valiante D; Gillen M; Harrison R: an article, “Workplace violence prevention programs in hospital emergency departments,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 49(7), July 2007.
Robinson JG, epidemiology; Davidson M: an article, “Investigational drugs targeting HDL metabolism and reverse cholesterol transport,” Future Lipidology 2, 2007.
Romitti PA, Herring AM, Dennis LK, Wong-Gibbons DL, epidemiology: an article, “Meta-analysis: Pesticides and orofacial clefts,” Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 44(4), 2007.
Romitti PA, Sun L, epidemiology; Honein MA; Reefhuis J; Correa A; Rasmussen SA: an article, “Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and risk of orofacial clefts,”American Journal of Epidemiology, July 3, 2007.
Rosenbaum ME, consultation and research in medical education; Schwabbauer M; Kreiter C, consultation and research in medical education; Ferguson KJ, community and behavioral health: an article, “Medical students’ perceptions of emerging learning communities at one medical school,” Academic Medicine 82(5), May 2007.
St Louis EK, neurology; Gidal BE; Henry TR; Kaydanova Y; Krumholz A; McCabe PH; Montouris GD; Rosenfeld WE; Smith BJ, biostatistics; Stern JM; Waterhouse EJ; Schulz RM; Garnett WR; Bramley T: an article, “Conversions between monotherapies in epilepsy: expert consensus,” Epilepsy and Behavior, June 21, 2007.
Tiesman H; Young T; Torner JC, epidemiology; McMahon M; Peek-Asa C, occupational and environmental health; Fiedler J: an article, “Effects of a rural trauma system on traumatic brain injuries,” Journal of Neurotrauma 24(7), July 2007.
Vanderpool RW; Byrd LA; Wiener RW; Hunikey ET; Labickas M; Leston AR; Tolocka MP; McElroy FF; Murdoch RW; Natarajan S; Noble CA; Peters TM, occupational and environmental health: an article, “Laboratory and field evaluation of crystallized Dow 704 oil on the performance of the WINS PM2.5 fractionator,” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 57, 2007.
Wolinsky FD, Miller TR, health management and policy; Geweke JF, economics; Chrischilles EA, epidemiology; An H, biostatistics; Wallace RB, epidemiology; Pavlik CE, geography; Wright KB, epidemiology; Ohsfeldt RL, health management and policy; Rosenthal GE, internal medicine: an article, “An interpersonal continuity of care measure for Medicare part B claims analyses,” Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 62(3), May 2007.
Wolinsky FD, Miller TR, health management and policy; Malmstrom TK; Miller JP; Schootman M, epidemiology; Andresen EM; Miller DK: an article, “Four-year lower extremity disability trajectories among African American men and women,” Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 62(5), May 2007.
University staff
Black G, Dye J, University Housing: a recipe, "Fiesta Taco Pie," Trend Bulletin 19, 2007.
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 March are listed below.
25 Years
- Janice Alrichs Hanson, nursing services
- Lori Berger, Iowa Memorial Union
- Betty Breazale, Museum of Art
- Mark Brown, Center for Disabilities and Development
- Joyce Dunlap, pediatrics
- Lori Fisher, pharmacy
- Karey Garringer, bioengineering
- Damian Hamilton, health care information systems
- Jacqueline Heinle, nursing administration
- Sara Kendall, nursing
- Patricia Kenner, human resources
- Raymond Meredith, educational placement
- Sonia Mueller, nursing administration
- Judy Ruth, family care center
- Michael Stokes, Joint Office of Patient Financial Services
- Peggy Timm, Asian languages and literature
- Patricia Villhauer, hygienic laboratory
- Michele Wagner, nursing administration
- James Walker, health protection office
30 Years
- Doris Baxter, medicine administration
- Wilma Exline, radiology
- Martha Hunzinger, radiology
- Susan Lincoln, dietary services
- Teresa Shay, periodontics
35 Years
- Marcelene Olson, ITS—systems and platform administration
- Greg Rogers, dietary services
40 Years
- Eugene Howard, facilities management
Award winners for April are listed below.
25 Years
- Earl Barnes Jr., safety and security
- Joan Dolezal, food and nutrition services
- Kathleen Duttlinger, facilities services
- Connie Friedl, environmental and guest services
- George Herbert Jr., Iowa Memorial Union
- Marlo Laing, human resources
- Katherine Marshall, printing department services
- Martha Monick, internal medicine
- Nancy Ream, biocatalysis/bioprocessing center
- Scott Rohwedder, respiratory care
- Paul Schubert, respiratory care
- Lois Van Winkle, nursing
- Kathleen Willier, intercollegiate athletics
- Patricia Wolf, nursing
- Rebecca Zaharias, Dows Institute for Dental Research
- Nancy Zear, medicine administration
30 Years
- Dixie Bond, nursing administration
- Nancy Hall, hygienic laboratory
- Joan Kjaer Kirkman, broadcasting services
- Loren Schaapveld, office of animal resources
- John Schiltz, purchasing
35 Years
- Richard McPherson, parking and transportation
- Nancy O’Brien, health information management
40 Years
Award winners for May are listed below.
25 Years
- Rochelle Brannian, opthalmology
- Cheryl Conrad, pediatrics
- Kathryn Duethman, rehabilitation therapies
- Nancy Ganschow, opthalmology
- Richard Gloss, Jr., Hancher Auditorium
- Leslie Hagen, Graduate College
- Mark Hautt, facilities management
- Sandra Hester, internal medicine
- Mark Johnson, recreational services
- Brent Popham, environmental and guest services
- Vicki Siefers, pathology
- Julie Thein, nursing
30 Years
- Bruce Buell, pathology
- Brenda Gritsch, journalism and mass communication
- Richard Hellwig, facilities management
- Leanna McGuire, parking and transportation
- Marinea Mehrhoff, hygienic laboratory
- Jeffrey Wilson, animal resources
- Linda Younkin, nursing services
35 Years
- Tammi Craft, health information management
- Karen Marek-Bacher, nursing administration
- John Rose, pharmacy
- Debra Routh, nursing administration
- Ann Schaapveld, nursing administration
- Michael Whitehead, facilities services
Award winners for June are listed below.
30 Years
- Joseph Bainbridge, pharmacy
- Donna D’Ambrose, campus technology services
- Douglas Eltoft, engineering computer network
- Kathleen Kelly, pathology
- Janice Launspach, internal medicine
- Selina Lin, library administration
- Kathy Miller, speech pathology and audiology
- Deborah Ockenfels, nursing
- Steve Rhodes, Office of the Provost
- Dennis Riley, facilities services
- Rod Strabala, pharmacy
35 Years
- Christine Christian, pathology
- Debrorah Eimen, nursing
- Susan Marks, library administration
- Mary Nace, nursing administration
- Gertrude Nath, human resources
- Anne Sopher, purchasing
- Peggy Stover, orthopaedic surgery
- Wayne Williams, dietary services
- Stephen Wombacher, facilities management
40 Years
- Sherrie Bogs, nursing
- Nancy Loney, food and nutrition
45 Years
- Dianna Penny, internal medicine
Retirements
Faculty
- Adel Afifi, pediatrics
- William Albrecht, economics
- Alice Atkinson, teaching and learning
- Douglas Behrnedt, cardiothoracic surgery
- Robert Brenner, geoscience
- Bruce Brown, radiology
- Donald Burton, chemistry
- Patricia Cain, office of the provost
- David Frisbie, educational measurement and statistics
- Christine Grant, health and sport studies
- Penelope Hall, pathology and audiology
- William Hammonds, anesthesia
- Peter Hansen, chemistry
- William Kupersmith, English
- Allyn Mark, medicine administration
- Sanford Markham, obstetrics/gynecology
- Peter Nathan, psychology
- William Nibbelink, teaching and learning
- David Nielsen, physical therapy
- Virendra Patel, mechanical engineering
- Gerald Payne, physics and astronomy
- Peter Riesz, marketing
- Kenneth Slonneger, computer science
- Han-Chin Wu, civil and environmental engineering
Merit
- Walter Andrews, custodial services
- Don Beard, Hillcrest food service
- Marlene Blakley, internal medicine
- Ronald Blick, environmental services
- Peggy Blosser, nursing services
- Rose Bollei, Student Health Service
- Linda Sue Kessler Bonar, interdisciplinary programs
- Wesley Butts, pharmaceutical services
- Jon Coppess, patient financial services
- Mary Jean Dye, continuing education
- Gary Engh, UIHC maintenance/engineering
- Jean Gardner, anatomy and cell biology
- Richard Gisel, facilities management
- Jerry Haldeman, UIHC health information management
- Marcia Hauschild, nursing services
- James Holderness, UIHC patient finance services
- Nancy Hudson, nursing services
- Marlo Jack, art and art history
- John Jennewein, UIHC ambulatory care clinics
- Ronald Kaufman, residence hall custodial services
- Sandra Kindhart, UIHC radiology
- Margaret McGlumphry, UIHC food and nutrition services
- Anita Milder, nursing services
- Sharon Young Mullin, pediatrics
- Nancy Murphy, library administration
- James Prandy, facilities management
- Brenda Lawrence Saville, geoscience
- Mary Lou Schmidt, education policy and leadership
- Marilyn Shaw, dental clinic administration
- Barbara Anne Siebenschuh, library administration
- Marilyn Stalkfleet, Burge food service
- Kathleen Steve, UIHC laundry and linen services
- Lavon Tomas, UIHC environmental services
- Sharon Sue Varner, cardiothoracic surgery
- Quang Vi, facilities management
- Mary Lois Wagenknecht, UIHC telecommunications
Merit Exempt
- Allen Eakes, UIHC safety and security
- Sharie McDermott, UIHC food and nutrition services
- William Moorhead, medicine administration
- Judith Ann Whetstine, business office
Professional and Scientific
- Jerry Atkins, UIHC capital management
- Carolyn Edwards Beelner, UIHC Cancer Center
- Jean Blair, division of sponsored programs
- Donna Boyle, nursing services
- Louis Crist Jr., continuing education—medicine
- Anne Frankel, Academic Advising Center
- Carolyn Frisbie, center for advanced studies
- Mary Gilchrist, hygienic laboratory
- Mary Hacker, Student Health Service
- Johnita Langenberg, Student Health Service
- Charles Lovig, medicine administration
- Margaret Malik, pediatrics
- Martha Peters, law administration
- Philip Potter, academic technologies
- Carol Reese, epidemiology
- Nancy Rae Royalty Richards, social services
- Richard Schmidt, medicine administration
- Eileen Shey, nursing services
- Beth Graham Smith, linguistics
- Mary Therese Maher Sturm, pathology
- Roberta Till-Retz, labor center
- Linda Wieskamp, UIHC patient financial services
- Madonna Louise Worden, admin information systems
Tenure and Promotions
The University is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions. The promotions are effective for the 2007-08 academic year, beginning July 1.
To professor
- Debashish Bhattacharya, biological sciences
- Warren Bishop, pediatrics
- Mary Kathleen Clark, nursing/Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse
- Kennith Culp, nursing/occupational and environmental health
- Donna D'Alessandro, pediatrics
- Warren Darling, integrative physiology/physical therapy and rehabilitation science
- William Doucette, pharmacy
- John Ely, family medicine
- R. William Field, occupational and environmental health/epidemiology
- John Freeman, psychology
- Gregory Hamot, teaching and learning/international programs
- Johannes Hell, pharmacology
- Keri Hornbuckle, civil and environmental engineering/occupational and environmental health
- Malik Juweid, radiology
- Chuanren Ke, Asian languages and literature/international programs
- John Kimmich, journalism and mass communication
- Fred Lamb, pediatrics
- Rene Lecuona, music
- Ching-Long Lin, mechanical engineering
- Dwight Look, internal medicine
- Waltraud Maierhofer, German
- Kimberley Bell Marra, theatre arts/American studies
- Mark Reagan, geoscience
- Richard John Roller, microbiology
- Warren Schmidt, internal medicine
- Susan Kay Schultz, psychiatry
- William Sharp, surgery
- James Snitzer, art and art history/interdisciplinary programs
- Cole Swensen, creative writing/english
- Shaun Vecera, psychology
- Larry Weber, civil-environmental engineering
- Kathryn Whitmore, teaching and learning
- Angela Onwuachi Willig, law
- Tung Yin, law
To professor, clinical track
- Mary Adamek, music
- Gregory Doelle, internal medicine
- Christopher Goerdt, internal medicine
- Kenneth Goins, ophthalmology and visual sciences
- Mark Granner, neurology
- Lenore Holte, speech pathology and audiology/pediatrics
- Arlan Johnson, ophthalmology and visual sciences
- Thomas Loew, pediatrics
- Lon Moeller, management and organizations
- Nicole Nisly, internal medicine
- Thomas Oetting, ophthalmology and visual sciences
- Mark Wilkinson, ophthalmology and visual sciences
To associate professor
- Mark Andrejevic, communication studies
- Matthew Brown, English
- Terry Braun, ophthalmology and visual sciences/biomedical engineering
- Kyle Brown, internal medicine/radiation oncology
- Samuel Burer, management sciences
- Aimee Carrillo Rowe, rhetoric
- Robert Cornell, anatomy and cell biology
- David Cunning, philosophy
- Anny Curtius, French and Italian/international programs
- John D’Agata, English
- Jorge Dipaola, pediatrics
- Frank Durham, journalism and mass communication
- Jennifer Glanville, sociology
- Loren Glass, English
- Jean Gordon, speech pathology and audiology
- Prabhat Goswami, radiation oncology
- Laura Gotkowitz, history
- Nicole Grosland, biomedical engineering/orthopaedics and rehabilitation
- Peter Kaboli, internal medicine
- Daniel Katz, surgery
- Meena Khandelwal, anthropology/women's studies/international programs
- Priya Kumar, English
- Brian Lai, political science/international programs
- Miriam Landsman, social work
- John Logsdon, biological sciences
- Jia Lu, mechanical engineering
- Gabriele Ludewig, occupational and environmental health
- Rene Martin, nursing/psychology
- Jose Morcuende, orthopaedics and rehabilitation
- Robert Mullins, ophthalmology and visual sciences
- Mary Noonan, sociology
- Faryle Nothwehr, community and behavioral health
- Sonja Olhoft Rego, accounting
- Sergio Paradiso, psychiatry
- John Paul Prineas, physics and astronomy
- Thomas Prisinzano, pharmacy
- Jacki Rand, history
- Paul Romitti, epidemiology
- Debra Schutte, nursing
- Russell Smith, otolaryngology-head and neck surgery/radiation oncology
- Sujatha Sosale, journalism and mass communication
- Carolyn Turvey, psychiatry
- Ergun Uc, neurology
- Sherry Watt, counseling, rehabilitation and student development
To associate professor, clinical track
- Ann Broderick, internal medicine
- Todd Burstain, internal medicine
- Kent Choung Choi, surgery
- Laila Dahmoush, pathology
- Theresa Hegmann, physician assistant
- Hans House, emergency medicine
- Jason Hughes, emergency medicine
- Charles Jennissen, emergency medicine
- Melinda Johnson, internal medicine
- Mark Karwal, internal medicine
- Sergio Mendoza, orthopaedics and rehabilitation
- Shawn Simmons, anesthesia
- Christine Sindt, ophthalmology and visual sciences
- Douglas Somers, internal medicine
- Debra Suda, psychiatry
- Anne Sullivan, family medicine
- Debra Szeluga, anesthesia
- Jodi Tate, psychiatry
- John Swegle, pharmacy
To adjunct clinical associate professor
- Michael Flood, internal medicine
- Mark Purtle, internal medicine
- Nicolas Shammas, internal medicine
- Mir Waziri, pediatrics
To tenure at current rank
- Marian Kimber, music
- Charmaine Kleiber, nursing
- Donald McLeese, journalism and mass communication
- John Northup, psychological and quantitative foundations
- Jennifer Robinson, epidemiology/internal medicine
- Edwin VanBeek, radiology/internal medicine
- Katherine Wolfe, music
- Ying Zhang, biostatistics
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