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UMDNJ Matters NJMS Publications: "Assessment of Response Bias in Mild Head Injury: Beyond Malingering Tests," by Scott Millis, PhD, associate professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, et al., was in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2001. "Dietary Fiber Intake in Patients with Myofascial Face Pain," by Karen Raphael, PhD, associate professor, Psychiatry, and associate professor, Oral Pathology and Diagnostic Sciences, NJDS, Joseph Marbach, DDS, (deceased), and Riva Touger-Decker, PhD, associate professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, SHRP, was in the Journal of Orofacial Pain, Vol. 16, 2002. "Employment, Social Support and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior in Puerto Rican Women," coauthored by Denise Dixon, PhD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in AIDS and Behavior.
"Functional Performance Deficits in Athletes with Previous Lower Extremity Injury," coauthored by Scott Nadler, DO, associate professor and director, Sports Medicine, Gerard Malanga, MD, associate professor, Joseph Feinberg, MD, assistant professor, Mariam Rubbani, MD, Peter Moley, MD, residents, and Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, et al., published 6 articles about industrial injuries and occupational health in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 83, March 2002. "Integrating Aspects of EMDR with Hypnosis for Treatment of Trauma," coauthored by Sheila Bender, PhD, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2001. "Modified Constraint-Induced Therapy in Subacute Stroke: A Case Report," coauthored by Stephen Page, PhD, Sue Ann Sisto, PhD, assistant professors, and Mark Johnston, PhD, professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 83, February 2002. "Objective and Subjective Handicap Following Spinal Cord Injury: Interrelationships and Predictors," by Mark Johnston, PhD, professor, Kenneth Wood, PhD, assistant professor, and David Tulsky, PhD, associate professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 2002. "Psychiatry Rehabilitation Principles for Re-Engineering Board and Care Facilities," coauthored by Myron Pulier, MD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 24, No.3, Winter, 2001. Steven Kirshblum, MD, associate professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, et al., published 5 articles on spinal cord injury medicine in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 83, March 2002. "Trying to Understand Why Horrible Things Happen: Attribution, Shame and Symptom Development Following Sexual Abuse," by Candice Fiering, PhD, professor, Lynn Taska, PhD, associate professor, and Kevin Chen, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in Child Maltreatment, Vol. 7. "Using Oigong Therapy in the Detoxification of Heroin Addicts," coauthored by Kevin Chen, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Psychiatry, was in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2002. "Widespread Pain and the Effectiveness of Oral Splints in Myofascial Face Pain," by Karen Raphael, PhD, associate professor, Psychiatry and associate professor, Oral Pathology and Diagnostic Sciences, NJDS, and Joseph Marbach, DDS, (deceased), was in the Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol. 132, 2001. Honors: Larry Frohman, MD, associate professor, Ophthalmology and Neurosciences, was named as the president-elect of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society for a two-year term. Robert Heary, MD, associate professor, Neurological Surgery and director, The Spine Center of New Jersey, chaired the annual meeting of the 2002 American Association of Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves held in Orlando. Scott Nadler, DO, associate professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and director, Sports Medicine, was elected as a member of the medical fac-ulty of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Dr. Nadler trained skaters at the Sports Sciences and Medicine Workshop in Colorado Springs for the third consecutive year.
NJDS Publications: "Developing a Behavior Rating Scale for Comparing Teachers’ Ratings of Children With and Without Craniofacial Anomalies," by Hillary Broder, PhD, MEd, professor and acting chair, Community Health, was in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Vol. 38, No. 6, November 2001. "Longitudinal Appraisal of Facial Growth Following Early Pharyngeal Flap Surgery in a Patient with Bilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Palate: A Case Report," co-authored by Michael Arvystas, DMD, clinical professor, and Anthony Maganzini, DDS, MSD, professor, Orthodontics, was in the World Journal of Orthodontics, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2001. "Response to Terrorism," by Milton Houpt, DDS, PhD, professor, Pediatric Dentistry, was in the American Journal of Pediatric Dentistry, Vol. 23, No. 5, September/October 2001. "Year One Dental Visit—For Whose Benefit?"by Dr. Houpt was also published in this journal (Vol. 23, No. 6, November/ December 2001). "Report from the 15th International Symposium on Dental Hygiene," by Claudine Paula Drew, EdD, MS, RDH, adjunct associate professor, Community Health, was in the November/ December issue of the Journal of Practical Hygiene. "Tetralogy of Fallot: An Overview, Case Report, and Discussion of Dental Implications," by Evan Spivack, DDS, clinical associate professor, Pediatric Dentistry, was in Special Care Dentistry, Vol. 21, No. 5, 2001. Grants: Hillary Broder, PhD, MEd, professor and acting chair, Community Health, received a one-year, $335,000 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for "Child Oral Health Quality of Life Questionnaire." Daniel Fine, DMD, professor and acting chair, Oral Biology, received two grants: $75,000 from Pfizer, Inc. for a three-month study: "Characterization of Periodontal Pathogens: A Pilot Study;" and $227,334 from the Delta Dental Insurance Company of New Jersey for a two-year study: "Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Children at Risk for Aggressive Diseases of the Oral Tissues."
Professional Activities: Steven Baum, DDS, clinical instructor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, presented "Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of the Orthognathic Patient" to dentists, dental assistants and hygienists attending the Middlesex Study Club in East Brunswick. Kuang-min Chang, DMD, PhD, associate professor, Periodontics, was the keynote speaker and a poster presenter at the 56th Indian Dental Conference in Bhubaneswan. He presented "Digital Radiography in Dentistry," and a poster, "Comparison of Alveolar Bone Levels Between Conventional and Digital Radiographs." Michael Deasy, DMD, MDS, MS, professor, Periodontics, presented "Innovations in Chemotherapy in Periodontics" to members of the Indian Dental Society of New York. David Goteiner, DDS, clinical professor, Periodontics, presented "The New Paradigm in Periodontics" to the Delta Dental Insurance Company of New Jersey. Robert Leonetti, DMD, clinical instructor, General Dentistry and Community Health, presented "Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations" at the annual Southern Association of Institutional Dentists in Williamsburg. Ival McDermott, DDS, clinical professor, Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, presented "It All Depends on the Group Leader" at the San Diego 79th Annual Session for the American Dental Education Association. Talib Najjar, DMD, MDS, PhD, professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, presented "The Value of Bone and Bone Substitutes to Aid Osseointegration" to members attending the XIII International Odontostomatologic Congress in Monte Carlo. Appointments: Kuang-min Chang, DMD, PhD, associate professor, Periodontics, was elected president of the American Chinese Medical Association of New Jersey at their annual meeting. Cecile Feldman, DMD, MBA, dean and professor, General Dentistry and Community Health, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Special Olympics in New Jersey. Surendra Singh, DDS, MDS, professor, Periodontics, was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Indian Dental Association, New Jersey Chapter.
UBHC Grants: Peter Aupperle, MD, medical director, Extended Treatment/Geriatrics, received two, two-year grants for Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE): $147,970 from the National Institute of Mental Health/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to study "Comparing Three Antipsychotics (Risperidone, Olanzapine and Quetiapine) and Citalopram (Antidepressant) for Treating Psychosis in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease 50 Years and Older," and $201,744 from Merck Research Laboratories for "A Multicenter Study of the Long-Term Efficacy of MK-0869 in the Maintenance of Antidepressant Effect in Geriatric Outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder." The Case Management Services received an award for one-time financial housing assistance for clients suffering from mental illness of $111,500 per year, of which $88,000 goes directly to assist clients. Each client is allowed up to $2,000 once in a lifetime to avert homelessness. Additionally, an award was given for specialized case management and outreach services in the amount of $124,746 per year. This grant provides services to Middlesex County adults with severe mental illness who are not engaged in treatment or case management services. Linda Karimi, MS, RN, clinician administrator, Case Management Services, is the contact person. The Edison School Based Program received a one-year, $56,160 grant to provide mental health services for the Bridges Program, an after school program in Edison and JP Stevens High Schools. This is a collaborative project with the Edison Department of Health and the school district, which the New Jersey Department of Juvenile Justice funds through the Middlesex County Department of Human Services. The New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services awarded The Traumatic Loss Interventions for Youth Project a one-time, one-year grant of $800,000 to accelerate and expand implementation of the project, which was originally established to enhance connections between schools, mental health resources and law enforcement personnel around traumatic loss events. This was accomplished by hiring coordinators in ten counties to meet with school, mental health and law enforcement officials. The accelerated project will bring the remaining New Jersey counties into the coalition by the end of 2002. Karen Maxim, MS, RN, Behavioral Research and Training Institute, is the contact person. Professional Activities: Gail Reynolds, LCSW, EdD, clinical administrator, Brief Treatment, presented "Using the Strength Based Model of Intervention in a School Based Setting" at the Clinical Training Institute for School Based Health Centers in Washington. Honors: Peter M. Aupperle, MD, medical director, Extended Treatment/Geriatrics, has been appointed program chair for the 2003 annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Nancy Randolph, RN, MSN, CS, CNAA, nurse administrator, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Advanced Practice Nurses in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing.
SPH Publications: "An Investigation of Microbial Contamination of Compressed Air Used in Dentistry," by Michael Conte, DMD, MPH, assistant professor, Dental Public Health Division, Richard Lynch, PhD, assistant professor, and Mark Robson, PhD, MPH, associate professor and director, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, was in the Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2001. "An Investigation of Ventilation Effects on Lead at a Firing Range," coauthored by Mark Robson, PhD, MPH, associate professor and director, and Brian Buckley, PhD, adjunct associate professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, was in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2002. "Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among New Jersey African-Americans and Latinos," by Jane Lewis, DrPH, assistant professor, Health Education and Behavioral Science Division, was in New Jersey Medicine, Vol. 99, No. 99, 2001. "Current Smoking Behavior Among Workers Exposed to Asbestos," coauthored by Osinubi Omowunmi, MD, assistant professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, was in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2002. "Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Other Airborne Pollutants From Charcoal Making in Kenya and Brazil," coauthored by Junfeng Zhang, PhD, associate professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, was in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 2001. Commentary about this article, "Charcoal Warms the Whole World," was in the December 15, 2001 issue of Science News. Dr. Zhang also coauthored "Worker Exposures and Health Risks from Volatile Organic Compounds Utilized in the Paint Manufacturing Industry of Kenya," in Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 16, No. 11, 2001. "Field Conditions for Agricultural Workers in the El Paso, Texas Region," by Mark Robson, PhD, MPH, associate professor and director, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, and Dona Schneider, PhD, MPH, associate professor, Epidemiology Division, was in New Solutions, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2001. They also coauthored "Environmental Health Issues in Rural Communities," in the Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 63, No. 10, 2001. "Occupational Health In Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s: One Step Forward and Two Steps Backward?" coauthored by Mark Robson, PhD, MPH, associate professor and director, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, was in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2001. He also coauthored "Associations of Polycyclic Organic Matter in Outdoor Air With Decreased Birth Weight: A Pilot Cross-sectional Analysis," in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, Vol. 64, 2001. "Problems in Dealing with Missing Data and Informative Censoring in Clinical Trials," by Weichung Joe Shih, PhD, professor and director, Biometrics Division, was in Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2002. "The UMDNJ-School of Public Health," by Leah Ziskin, MD, MS, associate dean, Stratford/Camden campus, was in New Jersey Medicine, Vol. 98, No. 12, 2001. "Tobacco in the Workplace," coauthored by Osinubi Omowunmi, MD, assistant professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, and John Slade, MD, (deceased), was in Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2002.
Professional Activities: Mark Robson, PhD, MPH, associate professor and director, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, presented "Human Host Factors: Bioavailability of Metals" for the Scientific Group for Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC) 15 at the Institut Fur Umweltchemie and Okotoikologie in Schmallenberg, Germany. Susan Santos, PhD, assistant professor, Health Education and Behavioral Science Division, presented "Communication of Public Health and Environmental Information – Using a Risk Communication Paradigm"to the United Nations Briefing on Communication in Health and Sustainable Development. RWJMS Publications: "Decision Analysis: A Basic Overview for the Pediatric Surgeon," coauthored by Randall Burd, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Medicine, Surgery, and Frank Sonnenberg, MD, professor, Medicine, and clinical associate professor of Health Informatics, SHRP, was in Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 2002, Vol. 11. "Intelligent Systems for Clinical Guidelines," coauthored by C. Greg Hagerty, PhD, programmer/Analyst II, and Frank Sonnenberg, MD, professor, Medicine, and clinical associate professor of Health Informatics, SHRP, was in Proceedings of the EUNITE-Workshop (EUropean Network on Intelligent TEchnologies), Austria, October, 2001. Grants: Barbara Brodsky, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, received a one-year, $161,653 grant from NIH to study "Acquisitions of a Circular Dichroism Spectrometer." Jeffery Carson, MD, professor, Medicine, and Reynolds Chair in Internal Medicine, received a one-year, $275,000 grant from Amgen, Inc., to study "The Influence of NESP on Improvement in Functional Areas in Hip Fracture Patients." Michael Hampsey, PhD, associate professor, Biochemistry, received a three-year, $380,228 grant from NSF to study "Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Chromatin Modulators in Yeast." Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, received a four-year, $849,000 grant from NIH to study "Transcription Regulation by NC2." Frank Sonnenberg, MD, professor, Medicine, and clinical associate professor of Health Informatics, SHRP, received a one-year, $158,044 grant from Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals to develop a phamacoeconomic model and presentation format for contraceptive technology. Barry Weinberger, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, received a five-year, $585,740 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award from NICHD to study "Mechanisms of Altered Neutrophil Apoptosis in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia."
Professional Activities: Celine Gelinas, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, presented "The Rel/NF-kB Proteins: From Transcription to Oncogenesis" at the NIH-NCI. Michael Gochfeld, MD, PhD, professor, Environmental and Community Medicine, and chair of New Jersey’s Mercury Task Force, formally presented to the DEP Commissioner and the public the Task Force’s final report, culminating three years of research on the impact of mercury contamination on human and ecological health in New Jersey’s environment. Michael Laumbach, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Environmental and Community Medicine, presented "Community Health Risks From Environmental Contamination" to the Citizen Advisory Panel for Rhodia, Inc. Elaine Leventhal, MD, PhD, professor, Medicine and director, Gerontological Institute, presented "Adaptive Effects of Aging on Self-Regulation and Coping with Threats of Illness" at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Chicago. Michael Lewis, PhD, University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, presented "Autism and Cognitive Development" at Princeton University. Jeffrey Kempf, MD, clinical associate professor, Radiology, presented "An Update on Positron Emission Tomography in Lung and Breast Carcinoma for 2002" at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York. Nicola Partridge, PhD, professor and chair, Physiology and Biophysics, presented "Parathyroid Hormone Action: Divergent Pathways for Divergent Roles" at a meeting of the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology. She also presented "A System to Regulate Collagenase-3 in the Extracellular Milieu" at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor, Biochemistry, presented "Effect of Chromatin Alteration on Gene Expression" at the president’s research seminar series at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Roberich Schwarz, MD, assistant professor, Surgery and director, Pancreatic Cancer Program, CINJ, presented "Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy for Gastric Carcinoma in the USA" at the 8th Aichi Cancer Center International Symposium on Gastric Cancer in Nagoya, Japan. Frank Sonnenberg, MD, professor, Medicine, and clinical associate professor of Health Informatics, SHRP, presented "A Health Economic Analysis of Autologous Transfusion," to the 2nd annual Concept Autologe Transfusion Symposium in Lucerne-Nottwil, Switzerland.
Honors: Eftichia Kontopoulos, MD, resident, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, received the 2002 Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Parke-Davis Scholar Award.The Department of Psychiatry received the Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Psychiatry Award for the fourth year. The award allows the department to invite a prominent physician-scientist for 3 days of teaching and professional exchange. SHRP Professional Activities: Laura Byham-Gray, MD, RD, CNSD, assistant professor, Clinical Nutrition Program, presented "Evaluating the Patient on Total Parenteral Nutrition Strategies for the Practitioner in the Long Term Care" to the New Jersey Consulting Dietitians in Health Care Facilities in Princeton. Nadine Fydryszewski, MS, CLS, MT, assistant professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and director, Center for Advanced and Continuing Education, participated in a panel presentation on bioterrorism at the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions Winter Meeting in San Antonio, TX. David Kietrys, PT, MS, OCS, assistant professor in the Masters of Physical Therapy Program, Stratford, presented "Physical Therapy Management of the Patient with HIV and the Guide to Physical Therapy Practice" at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Boston. Diane Rigassio Radler, MD, RD, assistant professor, Primary Care, presented "Nutrition and Health: Issues for Children" to public health nurses in Bergen County for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
SOM Publications: "Breastfeeding Provides Critical Protection," by Lori Winter, MD, associate professor, Pediatrics, was in the New Jersey Pediatrician, Vol. 27, Winter 2002. "Divalproex Sodium in the Treatment of Migraine and Cluster Headaches," by R. Michael Gallagher, DO, vice dean and professor, and Loretta Mueller, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, was in JAOA, Vol. 102, No. 2, 2002. "Headache Characteristics in Patients After Migrainous Stroke," by Loretta Mueller, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, was in Neurology, Vol. 58, 2002. "Migraine: Diagnosis, Management and New Treatment Options," by R. Michael Gallagher, DO, vice dean and professor, Clinical Family Medicine, was in the American Journal of Managed Care 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3. "Spirituality in Primary Care," by Frank Filipetto, DO, assistant professor, Clinical Family Medicine and director, Residency Program, was in The Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2002. Professional Activities: Carman Ciervo, DO, associate professor, Clinical Family Medicine, presented "The Effectiveness of a First Year Preceptorship on Data Collection and Communication Skills of Second Year Medical Students," at the American Board of Medical Specialties — Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Conference on Assessment of Physician-Patient Communication in Chicago. Frank Filipetto, DO, assistant professor, Clinical Family Medicine and director, Residency Program, presented "Project Interact: Planning and Collaboration Strategies for Incorporating Cultural and Interdisciplinary Competencies into Predoctoral Curriculum" at the Unified Medical Education for the 21st Century National Symposium.
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