Chris Atchison, associate professor and associate
dean for public health practice, College of Public
Health, appointed by Gov. Tom Vilsack to the Prevention
of Disabilities Policy Council.
Venise Berry, associate professor of journalism
and mass communication, recipient of the Zora Neale
Huston Society Award for Creative Contributions to
Literature.
Family Medicine Interest Group, recipient
of two awards from the American Academy of Family
Physicians: the Program in Excellence Award and the
Family Practice Advocacy Award.
Gregory Gray, professor of epidemiology and
member of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board,
awarded the Outstanding Public Service Medal by the
U.S. Department of Defense.
Deborah Hellinger, fellow associate in diagnostic
radiology, and D. Lee Bennett, assistant professor
of diagnostic radiology, received the 2003 Bronze
Medal Award for excellence in a scientific exhibit.
Francis Miller, assistant professor of internal
medicine, recognized by HighWire Press as being the
most cited original contributor from 1997 through
March 2003 in the on-line edition of American
Heart Association Journal.
John Moloney, IMU chef, second-place winner
in the culinary
competition of the National
Association of College and University Food Services.
Laura Phearman, pediatric nurse practitioner,
winner of an honorable mention in the Founder’s
Award of the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association.
Ignacio V. Ponseti, professor emeritus of
orthopaedics and rehabilitation, recipient of the
American Orthopaedic Association’s AOA-Zimmer
Award.
Lawrence Prybil, professor and associate
dean for external relations, College of Public Health,
elected vice chair of the Sisters of Charity Health
System Board of Directors.
Kwan Rim, professor of biomedical engineering,
appointed chairperson of the board of directors of
the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology;
also appointed by Korea’s Ministry of Science
and Technology to chair the planning committee for
the Development of Science and Technology Centered
Society.
Vanessa Shelton, director of scholastic journalism
programs, first-place winner in the Innovative Outreach
to Scholastic Journalism competition and recipient
of the 2003 Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruitment
Award, both from the Association for Education in
Journalism.
Linda Snetselaar, associate professor of
epidemiology, appointed to the American Dietetic
Association Research Committee and to the Iowa Dietetic
Association Council. She also will sit on three National
Institutes of Health study sections: Multi-Center
Clinical Trials, Nutrition and NIH Risk, and Prevention
and Health Behavior Center for Scientific Review.
UIHC Respiratory Care Service, honored by
the Quality Respiratory Care Recognition Program
of the American Association for Respiratory Care.
UI Mobile Clinic, recipient of the second-place
prize for interdisciplinary programs in the Secretary’s
Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention from the American Association of Colleges
of Nursing.
The University of Iowa, recipient of the
Engineering Excellence Award of the American Council
of Engineering Companies of Iowa.
Himie Voxman, former director of the School
of Music and professor emeritus of music, recipient
of the A. August Harding Award from the American
School Band Directors Association.
Miles Weinberger, professor of pediatrics,
recipient of the 2003 Sumner J. Yaffe Lifetime Achievement
Award in pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics.
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