Volume 8, Number 42

October 22, 2004


Diana Cardenas elected to Institute of Medicine

	Diana D. Cardenas, UW professor of rehabilitation medicine and chief of rehabilitation medicine at UW Medical Center, is one of 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences. (Full Story) Photo by Blayne Vixie

UW receives $13 million grant to train clinical research scholars

The UW School of Medicine has received a $13 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant aimed at bridging the gap between research advances and improved health care. (Full Story)

Alfred Berg wins Thomas W. Johnson Award from AAFP

Alfred Berg, professor and chair of family medicine, has won the Thomas W. Johnson Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians. (Full Story)

Idaho WWAMI preceptor Richard Paris named AAFP Family Physician of the Year

Richard Paris, a physician in Hailey, Idaho, was named the Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians. (Full Story)

Resident Jeff Huebner wins Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Academic Excellence

Jeff Huebner, a third-year family practice resident, has received the Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Huebner, who is based at Harborview Medical Center, received the award at the AAFP annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month. (Full Story)