FACULTY PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004
Susan Alt, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Hisham Bassiouny, to Professor, Surgery
Joy Bergelson, to Professor, Ecology & Evolution
Marc Bissonnette, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Ira Blumen, to Professor, Medicine
Martin Burke, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Judy Cho, to Associate Professor, Medicine
David Cohen, to Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nancy Cox, to Professor, Human Genetics
Wei Du, to Associate Professor, Ben May Institute for Cancer Research
Lorrie Elliott, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Helen Fromme, to Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Thomas Gajewski, to Associate Professor, Pathology
Brian Gehlbach, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Lawrence Gray, to Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
David Howes, to Professor, Medicine
Pradeep Kadambi, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Andrea King, to Associate Professor, Psychiatry
John Lantos, to Professor, Pediatrics
Patrick LaRiviere, to Assistant Professor, Radiology
Anne Laumann, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Stacie Levine, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
David Lovinger, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Daniel McGehee, to Associate Professor, Anesthesia & Critical Care
Shane Meehan, to Associate Professor, Pathology
Arno Mundt, to Associate Professor, Radiation & Cellular Oncology
Antonia Nicosia, to Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Michael Nishimura, to Associate Professor, Surgery
Olatoyosi Odenike, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Plamen Penev, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Victoria Prince, to Associate Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Jan-Marino Ramirez, to Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Paul Rathouz, to Associate Professor, Health Studies
Bharathi Reddy, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phoebe Rice, to Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jordan Rosenblum, to Associate Professor, Radiology



DR. ELWOOD JENSEN PRESENTS HISTORY OF LASKER AWARD-WINNING RESEARCH



Provost Richard Saller, Dean James Madara and Dr. Jensen pose for photographs following Dr. Jensen’s brief talk on “The Discovery of the Estrogen Receptor” on September 27, 2004. Jensen is the recipient of the 2004 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his pioneering work in the field of nuclear hormone receptors and breast cancer research.

Greg Sachs, to Professor, Medicine
Michael Schreiber, to Professor, Pediatrics
John Schumann, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Donald Scott, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Michael Snabes, to Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Joseph Shega, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Deepti Singh, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Frances Sperry, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Nadera Sweiss, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
James Tao, to Assistant Professor, Neurology
Terry Vanden Hoek, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Tamara Vokes, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Hiroyuki Yoshida, to Associate Professor, Radiology

NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Robert Anders, Instructor, Pathology
Vineet Arora, Instructor, Medicine
Anirban Basu, Instructor, Medicine
Justin Borevitz, Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolution
Melanie Brown, Instructor, Pediatrics
Leslie Caldarelli, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Sonia Callejas, Assistant Profesor, Medicine
Anthony Chang, Instructor, Pathology
Steven Chmura, Instructor, Radiation & Cellular Oncology
Saima Chohan, Instructor, Medicine
Maria Dowell, Instructor, Medicine
Lili Farrokh-Siar, Assistant Professor Opthalmology & Visual Science
T. Conrad Gilliam, Chair and Professor, Human
Fernando Goldenberg, Assistant Professor, Neurology
Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Jose Guevara, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Charles Heilig, Associate Professor, Medicine
Andrzej Joachimiak, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jaime Kim, Instructor, Medicine
Rita Konetzka, Assistant Professor, Health Studies
Lianne Kurina, Assistant Professor, Health Studies
Eric Larson, Instructor, Psychiatry
Daniel Levy, Instructor, Medicine
Jennifer Liedel, Instructor, Pediatrics
Neil McGill, Assistant Professor, Anesthesia & Critical Care
Anne Laumann, to Associate Professor, Medicine
Stacie Levine, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
David Lovinger, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Daniel McGehee, to Associate Professor, Anesthesia & Critical Care
Shane Meehan, to Associate Professor, Pathology
Arno Mundt, to Associate Professor, Radiation & Cellular Oncology
Antonia Nicosia, to Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Michael Nishimura, to Associate Professor, Surgery
Olatoyosi Odenike, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Plamen Penev, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Victoria Prince, to Associate Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Jan-Marino Ramirez, to Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Paul Rathouz, to Associate Professor, Health Studies
Bharathi Reddy, to Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phoebe Rice, to Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jordan Rosenblum, to Associate Professor, Radiology
Tamara Nix, Instructor, Pediatrics
Karen Onel, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Kenan Onel, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Silvana Pannain, Instructor, Medicine
Amy Peterson, Instructor, Medicine
Vesna Petronic-Rosic, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Jayant Pinto, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Yonglin Pu, Assistant Professor, Radiology
Tipu Puri, Instructor, Medicine
Callum Ross, Associate Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
S. Murray Sherman, Chair and Professor, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
Michael Terry, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Janis Tupesis, Instructor, Medicine
Samir Undevia, Instructor, Medicine
Tracie Wilcox, Instructor, Medicine
Zdravka Zafirova, Assistant Professor, Anesthesia & Critical Care
Mario Zaritzky, Instructor, Radiology
Jian Zhang, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Brain Tumor Center Funded by Dean's Initiative
Maciej Lesniak, M.D., Department of Surgery, is passionate about providing the best possible care to patients diagnosed with brain tumors...

A Novel Look at Speciation
Chung-I Wu, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, has taken on the process of evolution at its genetic core. His work, primarily using Drosophila melanogaster, seeks to understand how certain genetic alterations manifest...

BSD and Hospitals Sponser Achieving Breakthroughs Initiative
Leadership of the Hospitals and BSD have jointly committed to implementing an initiative called "Achieving Breakthroughs in Service and Operational Excellence...

DISCOVERIES
The BSD to announce the appointment of T. Conrad Gilliam, Ph.D., as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Human Genetics, effective September 1, 2004...

DEVELOPMENT
The new academic year is off to an energetic start. Spark Discovery, Illuminate Life has a new website, which was launched on October 18...

Dollars and Sense
The BSD financial highlights for fiscal year 2004

In Memoriam
Stanley Yachnin, M.D., professor emeritus and former section chief of hematology and oncology at the University of Chicago, died at his daughter's home in Hyde Park on Monday, Aug. 30...

ACCOLADES
Recent Awards and Grants Information for Biological Sciences Division Faculty

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Recent Recruitemnts and Appointments of Biological Sciences Division Faculty

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