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New Jersey Medical School

Publications:

"A Flawed Infinite Decision Puzzle," by Myron Pulier, MD, clinical associate professor, Psychiatry, was in Theory and Decision, Vol. 49, No. 3, November, 2000.

"Coordinated and Adequately Funded State Streams for Rehabilitation of Newly Injured Persons with TBI," by Stephen Page, PhD, assistant professor, and Mark Johnston, PhD, professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2001.

"Cost-Effectiveness of Screening X-Rays at Admission to Acute Rehabilitation After Joint Replacement Surgery," co-authored by Steve Lim, MD, resident, Yekyung Kong, MD, assistant professor, and Joel DeLisa, MD, MS, chair and professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 80, No. 4.

"Dosage Regimens of Intranasal Aerosolized Surfactant on Otitis Media with Effusion in an Animal Model," co-authored by Natarajan Venkatayan, MD, research assistant, Patricia Connelly, PhD, assistant professor, Yolanda Troublefield, MD, resident, and Sujana Chandrasekhar, MD, associate professor, all in Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, January, 2001.

"Imagery Improves Motor Function in Chronic Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia: A Pilot Study," by Stephen Page, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, Vol. 20, No.3, Summer 2000.

"Learning Impairment is Associated with Recall Ability in Multiple Sclerosis," co-authored by John DeLuca, PhD, associate professor, and Joseph Ricker, PhD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2000.

"Measuring Professionalism in a Physiatry Resident Training Program," by Joel DeLisa, MD, MS, professor, and chair, Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professor, Steven Kirshblum, MD, associate professor, and Christopher Christodoulou, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 80, No. 3.

"Pain Relief Runs Hot and Cold," co-authored by Scott Nadler, DO, and Todd Stitik, MD, assistant professors, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Biomechanics, January 2001.

"Phlebotomy-Related Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Injury," by Todd Stitik, MD, Patrick Foye, MD, Scott Nadler, DO, assistant professors, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Gwen Brachman, MD, assistant clinical professor, Medicine, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 80, No. 3.

"Reservoir Herniating as a Complication of Three-piece Penile Prosthesis Insertion," co-authored by Hossein Sadegh-Nejed, MD, assistant professor, Surgery, Division of Urology, was in Urology, Vol. 57, January 2001. He also co-authored "Unilateral Renal Agenesis Associated With Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens: Phenotypic Findings and Genetic Considerations" in Human Reproduction, Vol. 2, February 2001.

"The Crossed Femoral Nerve Stretch Test to Improve Diagnostic Sensitivity for the High Lumbar Radiculopathy: 2 Case Reports," co-authored by Scott Nadler, DO, Gerard Malanga, MD, Todd Stitik, MD, assistant professors, Rohit Keswani, MD, resident, and Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 82, April 2001.

"The Evolution of Medicare Financing Policy for Graduate Medical Education and Implications for PM&R: A Commentary," co-authored by Joel DeLisa, MD, MS, chair and professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 82, April 2001.

"Weight Loss in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis," by Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: State-of-the-Art Reviews, Vol. 15, No.1, February 2001.

Grants:

Paul Palumbo, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, received a one-year, $1,491,974 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services and the NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the New Jersey Pediatric AIDS Consortium.

Professional Activities:

Diana Scott, MD, chief resident, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, presented "Expression of cAMP Response Element Modulator Isoforms in Endometrial Hyperplasia" to the New York Obstetrical Society.

Gerson Weiss, MD, professor, and chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, presented "Women’s Health at Midlife," and a special Grand Rounds, "Clinical Significance of Perimenopausal Changes," to the Women’s Health Research Institute in Amarillo, Texas.

Honors:

Peter Carmel, MD, professor and chair, Neurological Surgery, was named the 2001 Kasden Lecturer at the annual Lende neurosurgery meeting in Snowbird, Utah. He gave the following lectures: "The Chiari Malformations from Cleland to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome;" "The Ideal Shunt for Hydrocephalus;" and "Craniopharyngiomas 1971-2001, a Thirty Years War."

Walter Duran, PhD, professor, Pharmacology and Physiology, is serving as the 45th president of the Microcirculatory Society, Inc.

Devang Gor, MD, first year resident, Radiology, received the 2001 President’s Award in the annual Residents in Radiology Awards competition of the American Roentgen Ray Society for his paper entitled "Radiographic Differentiation of Intraocular Glass-Evaluation of Imaging Techniques, Class Types, Size and Effect of Intraocular Hemorrhage."

Mark Johnson, MD, MPH, chair, Family Medicine, was voted president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine. He will serve two years as president-elect and two years as president.

Ruy Lourenco, MD, former dean, and professor, Medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology, received an award from the National Hispanic Medical Association honoring him for his leadership in improving the health of Hispanics.

Carlos Molina, PhD, assistant professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, was the recipient of a 2001 American Association of Cancer Research Minority Scholar Award supported by a grant from the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Program of the National Cancer Institute.

Stanley Weiss, MD, associate professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, was appointed to the American Public Health Association nominating committee.

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University Behavioral HealthCare

Publications:

"Family Involvement in Suicide Prevention and Postvention: A Psychoeducational Perspective," a chapter by Karen Dunne-Maxim, RN, MSW, clinician supervisor, Technical Assistance Center, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, was in the book Suicide: An Unnecessary Death.

"Prevalence and Predictors of Physical Partner Abuse Among Mexican-American Women," a research study by William Vega, PhD, associate director of services research, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, and professor, Psychiatry, RWJMS, was in the American Journal of Public Health, March 2001.

"Responding to Traumatic Death in the School: The New Jersey Model," a chapter co-authored by Maureen Underwood, LCSW, and Karen Dunne-Maxim, RN, MSW, clinician supervisors, Office of Prevention Services and Research, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, was in the book Shocking Violence: Youth Perpetrators and Victims-A Multidisciplinary Perspective.

"The Relationship Between Dementia and Elder Abuse," co-authored by Andrew Coyne, PhD, director, Accreditation and Standards, and associate professor, Psychiatry, RWJMS, and William Reichman, MD, medical director and associate professor, Psychiatry, RWJMS, was in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 150.

Grants:

Paulette Hines, PhD, clinician administrator, Office of Prevention Services and professor, RWJMS, and William Vega, PhD, associate director of services research, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, and professor, Psychiatry, RWJMS, received a three-year, $847,800 grant from the National Institutes of Health to address "The Critical Issue of Reducing Violence and Victimization in a Demographically High-risk, Predominantly African-American Adolescent Population."

The Extended Treatment Services received a one-year, $309,709 grant from the Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act to provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

The Institute for Quality, Research and Training’s Office of Prevention Services received a one-year, $62,198 grant from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Department of Education, to initiate a Brownfields training program as part of the New Jersey Youth Corps Program.

Professional Activities:

Robert Hendren, DO, director, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, and professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, RWJMS, presented six lectures on bipolar and autism spectrum disorders and new developments in the neurosciences at the International Symposium on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The topics presented were: "How New Developments in the Neurosciences are Changing the Way We Understand Child Development and Learning;" "Diagnostic Neuroimaging for Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders;" "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Across the Life Cycle;" " Bipolar and Other Mood Disorders in Children;" "Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children and Adolescents;" and "An Update on Psychopharmacology for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders."

William Vega, PhD, associate director of services research, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, and professor, Psychiatry, RWJMS, participated in a National Institutes of Mental Health sponsored services research training program at the University of New Mexico.

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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Publications:

"Current Medical Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease," co-authored by Kiron Das, MD, PhD, professor, Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, was in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 6, 2000.

"IL-10 Enhances IL-2-Induced Proliferation and Cytotoxicity by Human Intestinal Lymphocytes," by Ellen Ebert, MD, professor, Medicine, was in Clinical Experimental Immunology, Vol. 119, 2000.

"Inhibin B Response to the Exogenous Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Reserve Test (EFORT) is Associated with the Outcome of Oocyte Retrieval in the Subsequent IVF Cycle," co-authored by David Seifer, MD, professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, was in Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 74, 2000.

"Regulation of Collagenase-3 Gene Expression in Osteoblastic and Non-Osteoblastic Cell Lines," co-authored by Nagarajan Selvamurugan, PhD, assistant professor and Nicola Partridge, PhD, professor, and chair, Physiology and Biophysics, was in the Journal of Cell Biochemistry, Vol. 79, 2000.

"TFIIH is Negatively Regulated by CDK8 - Containing Mediator Complexes," co-authored by Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, was in Nature, Vol. 407, 2000.

"The Personality Associated with Parkinson’s Disease," by Matthew Menza, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in Current Psychiatry Reports, Vol. 2, 2000.

"The Taming of the SNARE," by Chavela Carr, PhD, assistant professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Research Division, was in Nature Structural Biology, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 2001.

"Viscoelastic Properties of Human Skin and Processed Dermis," co-authored by Frederick Silver, PhD, professor, and Joseph Freeman, graduate student, Division of Biomaterials, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, was in Skin Research and Technology, Vol. 7, 2001. Silver also co-authored "Transition From Viscous to Elastic-Based Dependency of Mechanical Properties of Self-Assembled Type I Collagen Fibers," in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 79, 2001.

Grants:

Jeffrey Carson, MD, professor, Medicine, received a two-year, $71,323 grant from the National Blood Foundation and Ortho Biotech to study "The Effect of Anemia and Transfusion on Postoperative Delirium."

Jonathan Dinman, PhD, assistant professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, received a 4-year, $768,860 grant from NIH to study "Ribosomal Frameshifting as a Probe of 5S RRNA Function."

Javier Escobar, MD, professor and chair, Psychiatry, received two NIH grants: $721,926 for five years for the "National Latino and Asian American Study;" and $1,570,000 for four years for "Treatment of Somatization in Primary Care."

Céline Gélinas, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, and member, CABM, received a five-year, $1,327,686 grant from NIH to study "Transacting Function of the v-and-c Rel Oncoproteins."

George Lambert, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, received a one-year, $75,000 grant from the New Jersey Cancer Commission for "Examining the Effects of Herbal Medicines on Human Sex Hormone Receptors and on Drug Metabolism in Mammals."

Michael Leibowitz, MD, PhD, professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, received a four-year, $2,134,193 grant from NIH for "UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program."

Michael Lewis, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, received a five-year, $1,053,286 grant from NIMH, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science, to study "Emotions and Behavioral Outcomes in Neglected Children."

Peter Lobel, PhD, professor, Pharmacology, received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Genzyme Corporation to study "Classical Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis."

Matthew Menza, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, received a one-year, $119,000 grant from Lilly Research Laboratories for "Olanzapine Plus Fluoxetine Combination Therapy in Treatment Resistant Depression: A Dose Ranging Study."

Smita Patel, PhD, associate professor, Biochemistry, received a four-year, $1,067,600 grant from NIH to study "Mechanistic Studies of Hexameric."

Sidney Pestka, MD, professor and chair, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, received a five-year, $1,391,413 grant from NIH to study "Interferon Alpha/Beta Receptors."

Patricia Sonsalla, PhD, associate professor, Neurology, received a four-year, $1,067,575 grant from NIH to study "Dopaminergic Neurotoxins and Aging."

Professional Activities:

Angelica Diaz-Martinez, PsyD, clinical instructor, Psychiatry, presented "Working with Latina Women: A Culturally Sensitive Feminist Approach" at the 26th Annual Feminist Psychology Conference in Los Angeles.

Emmanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, associate professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology, presented "PACAP Signaling Negatively Regulates Cell Cycle Machinery and Cerebral Cortex Neurogenesis in Vivo" at the Twenty Second Annual Neuropeptide conference in Breckenridge, CO.

Andrew Einstein, MD, PhD, resident, Medicine, presented "Lacunarity and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of Chromatin Texture for Diagnosis in Breast Cytology."

Javier Escobar, MD, professor and chair, Psychiatry, presented "Immigration and Mental Health: A Paradox for Mexican Americans in the United States" at the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture Scientific Program in Chantilly, France.

Jeffrey Hammond, MD, MPH, professor, Surgery, Chief, Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, presented "Increasing Physician Involvement in Injury Prevention" at the first annual Tri-State Child Passenger Safety conference in Fishkill, NY. He also presented "Abdominal Compartment Syndrome," "Evidence-based Medicine and the Rationale Use of Antibiotics in Trauma," and "Current Problems in Brain Death Declaration and Organ Donation" at the University of Florida Winter Critical Care Conference.

Stephen Lowry, MD, professor and chair, Surgery, presented "Immunomodulation of Sepsis" at the Japanese Society of Critical Care Medicine in Tokyo.

Matthew Menza, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, presented "Depression in Parkinson’s Disease" at a symposium on depression in neurological illness at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry in San Francisco.

David Seifer, MD, professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, presented "The Challenges of the Aging Ovarian Follicle" at the 20th Congress of the Royal Moroccan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Fez, Morocco. He also presented "The Role of Inhibin A and Inhibin B in Assessing Ovarian Reserve"to the Paris Reproductive Endocrinology Society.Michael Shen, PhD, associate professor, Pediatrics, presented "Regulation of the Nodal Signaling Pathway in Mouse Embryogenesis" at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Weichung Shih, PhD, professor, Environmental and Community Medicine, and director of Biometrics, presented "Recent Biostatistical Developments and Advancement in Biopharmaceutical Research and Clinical Trials" at the National Health Research Institute of Taiwan, Republic of China.

Ann Stock, PhD, associate professor, Biochemistry, presented "Structural Analysis of a Full-length OmpR Homolog From Thermotoga Maritima"at the Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction VI Conference in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Arnaldo Negron, MD, associate professor, Psychiatry, presented "Ethnic/Minority Aging" at the First Annual Puerto Rico Geriatric Psychiatry Conference.

Honors:

Edward Kim, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey.

John Kostis, MD, John G. Detwiler Professor of Cardiology, professor, Medicine and Pharmacology, and chair, Medicine, was designated a Distinguished Hellenic Physician Honoree by the Hellenic Medical Society of New York.

Teodoro Santiago, MD, professor, Medicine, received the 2001 Sir William Osler, MD, Award from the American Lung Association of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Dental School

Publications:

"A Rat Model for Colonization by Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans," by Helen Schreiner, PhD, instructor, David Furgang, MS, research teaching specialist II, and Daniel Fine, DMD, professor and director, Dental Research Center, and acting chair, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in the Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 80, 2001.

"Attributes and Practices of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Departments of U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools," by Mel Kantor, DDS, MPH, associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Endodontics, Vol. 91, No. 1, February 2001.

"Doxycycline Alters Production of IL-10," and "Fosamax (bisphosphonate) Modifies the Production of TNF-a," co-authored by John Jandinski, DMD, professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in the Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 80, 2001.

"News From the Components - New Jersey," by Robert Binder, DMD, clinical professor, Orthodontics, was in the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists.

"Nutrition Education in Health Professions Programs: A Survey of Dental, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Midwifery Programs," by Riva Touger-Decker, PhD, RD, associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2001.

"Osteopetrosis of the Maxillo," by Vincent Ziccardi, DDS, MD, assistant professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Endodontics, Vol. 91, No. 2, February 2001.

"Root Resorption During Orthodontic Tooth Movement in an Animal Model of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis," co-authored by David Covell, Jr., DDS, assistant professor, Orthodontics, was in the Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 80.

"Secretion of RTX Leukotoxin by Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans," by Daniel Fine, DDS, professor and director, Dental Research Center, and acting chair, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, was in Infection and Immunity, Vol. 68, No. 11, November 2000.

"Students’ Attitudes Toward Asking and Answering Questions in Class," by Earl Warman, DDS, associate professor, and Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MA, associate professor, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, in the Journal of Dental Education, Vol. 65, No. 1, January 2001.

Grants:

Hillary Broder, PhD, MEd, associate professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, received a two-year, $785,000 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for "Child Oral Health Quality of Life."

Daniel Fine, DDS, professor and director, Dental Research Center, and acting chair, Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, received a one-year, $422,307 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to extend the Newark-based Northeastern Minority Oral Health Research Center study.

Professional Activities:

Stephen Bruce, CDA, dental care coordinator, Clinical Affairs, was the principal coordinator and moderator for "Focus on the Faculty," a seminar for the Section on Dental Assisting Education. He received an award for outstanding leadership as counselor for the Section on Dental Assisting at the 78th Annual Session for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in Chicago. He also chaired two working group sessions for a special ADEA multi-section task force to develop a national survey for allied dental programs, and served as a member of the ADEA House of Delegates.

Ival McDermott, DDS, associate professor, Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, and group practice administrator, Clinical Affairs, and Michael Conte, DMD, assistant professor, General Hospital and Community Dentistry, and group practice administrator, Clinical Affairs, presented "Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? It’s a Group Leader!" at the 78th Annual Session for the American Dental Education Association in Chicago. McDermott was also the principal coordinator and moderator for "Optimizing the Commitment," a special session regarding recall programs, and was elected secretary for the Section on Clinical Affairs.

Honors:

Arnold Rosenheck, DMD, assistant dean, Hospital Affairs and Institutional Development, and acting chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was appointed a member of the New Jersey Board of Dentistry in the Department of Law and Public Safety by Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco.

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School of Osteopathic Medicine

Publications:

"Benign Pineal Cysts and Headaches: Causation or Epiphenomenon?" by Gary McAbee, DO, associate professor, Clinical Pediatrics and chair, Pediatrics, R. Michael Gallagher, DO, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and vice dean, and Carman Ciervo, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and acting chair, Family Medicine, was in Headache Quarterly.

"Fever and Arm Pain: Make Rheum for Another Diagnosis," by Lori Winter, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, was in Contemporary Pediatrics, Vol. 17, May 2000.

"Increased Prevalence of Sensing Types in Men with Cluster Headaches," by Loretta Mueller, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, R. Michael Gallagher, DO, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and vice dean, Robert Steer, EdD, professor, Psychiatry, and Carman Ciervo, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and acting chair, Family Medicine, was in Psychological Reports, 2000.

"On Values, Professionalism and Nosology: An Essay with Late Commentary on Essays by DeVito and Rudnick, " by Edmund Erde, PhD, professor, Family Medicine, was in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2000.

Professional Activities:

R. Michael Gallagher, DO, professor, Clinical Family Medicine, and vice dean, presented "Advances in the Acute Treatment of Migraine" to physicians at the Calgary Headache Clinic at the Foothills Hospital in Canada. He also presented "Headache Management" at the annual meeting of the Florida Osteo- pathic Association in Sanibel Island, Fl.

Linda Jones-Hicks, DO, assistant professor, Clinical Pediatrics, presented "Adolescent Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases" at the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians’ Annual National Conference in Phoenix, AR.

Loretta Mueller, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, presented "Cytokine Levels in Cluster Headache" at the American Osteopathic Association in Orlando. She also presented "Migraine Management" at the American Osteopathic Association Women’s Health Advisory Committee to the public in New York City.

Lori Winter, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, presented a poster on "Lessons Learned From EBC Data About Breastfeeding in New Jersey" at the International Lactation Consultants Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. She also presented "Breastfeeding: The Management of Common Problems" to a multidisciplinary primary care group in Hartford, CT.

Honors:

Lori Winter, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, was elected to the Board of Directors at the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, an international physicians’ organization dedicated to advancing the science and practice of breastfeeding.

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School of Nursing

Publications:

"Technology and the Faculty Role: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You," by Denise Link, MSN, APN, assistant professor, Nursing, Stratford, was in Nurse Educator, November/December 2000.

Professional Activities:

Denise Link, MSN, APN, assistant professor, Nursing, Stratford, presented "Legislative and Regulatory Issues for Advanced Practice Nursing" for the New Jersey State Nurses’ Association Forum for Advanced Practice Nurses at St. Peter’s Medical Center, New Brunswick.


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