Offices and Awards

Chris Atchison, associate dean for public health practice, College of Public Health, appointed to the steering committee for the Building Bridges project of the Association of Schools of Public Health.

Willard "Sandy" Boyd, interim president, appointed by Gov. Vilsack as chair of a new statewide task force on nonprofit organizations.

Kathleen Braddy, fellow, cardiology, recipient of the Young Alumni Award from Cornell College.

Thomas D. Brown, professor, John Callaghan, professor, Richard Johnston, visiting professor, Douglas Pedersen, research engineer, orthopaedic surgery, recipients of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Frank Broz, Aprille Clark, Ken Clinkenbeard, Denny Crall, Stewart McLain, and Kaspar Stromme, Information Technology Services—Academic Technologies, members of a team that won the 2003 Great Midwest Trivia Contest.

Caroline Carney-Doebbeling, assistant professor of psychiatry, elected president of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.

Barry L. Carter, professor of clinical and administrative pharmacy, appointed to the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

Antonio Damasio, professor of neurology, recipient of a doctor honoris causa degree from the University of Aachen in Germany.

Hanna Damasio, professor of neurology, recipient of a doctor honoris causa degree from the University of Aachen in Germany and a Ph.D. honoris causa from the University of Lisbon in
Portugal.

Bradley Doebbeling, professor of internal medicine, appointed to a three-year term on the Deployment Health Work Group of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Linda Q. Everett, associate director and chief nursing officer, UI Hospitals and Clinics, appointed as a magnet hospital appraiser
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and appointed to a study section of the Health Services Research Initial Review Group.

Lesanne Fliehler, director, Gary Kuhlmann, editor, Ann Freerks, designer, Tom Jorgensen, Kirk Murray, and Tim Schoon, photographers, University Relations Publications, and Thomas K. Dean, consulting editor, President's Office, recipients of a Citation of Excellence from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for the cover of Blueprints for the Future, the University's 2001-02 annual report.

Bret Gothe, creative director, and Lisa Langel, writer, IMU Marketing and Design, recipients of an ADDY award from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for their IM4U mixed-media campaign.

Bret Gothe, creative director, and Chen Wang, illustrator, IMU Marketing and Design, recipients of a Citation of Excellence from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for a poster highlighting Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Week events.

James R. Howe, associate professor of surgery, appointed to a three-year term as cancer liaison physician as part of the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer.

Tom Jorgensen, photographer, University Relations Publications, recipient of an ADDY award from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for photography in Blueprints for the Future, the University's 2001-02 annual report.

Ben Lewis, webmaster, IMU Marketing and Design, recipient of a Citation of Excellence from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for the IMU Virtual Tour, a web-based interactive tour of the IMU.

Agnieszka Ligendza and Diane DeBok, program associates, Center for Credit Programs, recipients of eight ADDY awards from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for a variety of materials promoting the Bachelor of Liberal Studies external degree program and for the cover of the center's July 2002 Guided Independent Study catalog.

Daniel McMillan, editor, Debra Venzke, writer, Patti O'Neill, designer, Cheryl Jacobsen, illustrator, Danny Wilcox Frazier, photographer, College of Public Health, recipients of an ADDY award from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for Defining Moments in Public Health, the college's annual report.

James A. Ponto, chief nuclear pharmacist, radiology, recipient of the Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award from the American Pharmaceutical Association.

Timothy Ryken, associate professor of neurosurgery, named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Michael Sondergard, editor, Lee Ann Williams, designer, Rita Liddell, photo coordinator, and Clancy Champanois, writer, Joint Office for Planning, Marketing, and Communications, recipients of a Citation of Excellence from the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids for Serving Iowa and Beyond, the annual report for UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Nancy Sprince, professor of occupational and environmental health, appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Worker's Advocacy Physicians Panel.