Dr. Albert Jonsen, professor emeritus of ethics in medicine, has been elected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities at the society’s annual meeting Oct. 27-30 in Philadelphia. A past chair of the School of Medicine’s Department of Medical History and Ethics, Jonsen is internationally respected for his scholarly analysis of ethical issues in clinical care and biomedical research. Oxford University Press published Jonsen’s The Birth of Bioethics in 1998 and will release his latest book, A Short History of Medical Ethics, in October. Jonsen earned a Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1967. He has been invited to return to Yale as a visiting professor emeritus of bioethics for the 1999-2000 academic year.

The Boeing Company, through its Corporate Contributions Committee, will help support two medical research projects. The Boeing gifts for medical research were created to fund applied research on topics significant to employee health. Dr. Thomas Trumble, professor of orthopaedics, and Dr. Christopher Allan, assistant professor of orthopaedics, received support for a project titled “Randomized Clinical Trial of Open versus Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release and Hand Therapy.” Dr. Phillip Tarr, professor of pediatrics, and Dr. Robert Hershberg, a former UW fellow now with Virginia Mason Medical Center, received funding to study “Immunotherapy Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.”

Dr. Stephen J. Polyak, research assistant professor of laboratory medicine, has received a Liver Scholar Award from the American Liver Foundation. The award will provide partial salary support for three years for his research on the hepatitis C virus.

Dr. Richard Palmiter and colleagues are featured in the current issue of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin (June 1999) for their work linking a deficiency in neuropeptide Y and excessive alcohol consumption. Palmiter is a UW professor of biochemistry and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The work with mice deficient in neuropeptide Y was inspired by a query from Dr. Todd Thiele, a research scientist in the Department of Psychology. Before the question from Thiele, Palmiter and colleagues had been studying the neuropeptide Y-deficient mice and their food consumption, he explained in the article.

“Exercise and Joint Pain: Tips for Staying Active and Feeling Good” is the next Healthy-U presentation at 7 p.m., Monday, July 19, at the downtown Seattle REI store. Dr. Robert Willkins, chief of the arthritis division at Harborview Medical Center, will be the speaker. He will offer tips on participating in recreational activities without risking severe pain and give an overview of arthritis and related conditions. The presentation is free.

Healthy participants needed: The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences seeks healthy adults under the age of 50 who drink regularly and whose drinking may have caused concern for themselves or someone else. Participation involves completion of memory, problem solving and drinking questionnaires. The study requires a three-hour time commitment over three months and participants are paid $55 for completion. Call Art at 543-4339 or send e-mail to awblume@u.washington.edu

The UW Physicians Network has won several national awards for marketing in the 16th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards. The UWPN annual report and the direct mail campaign for neighborhood clinic openings each won second-place Silver Awards. Newspaper ads, logo and letterhead design and folder design each received a fourth-place Merit Award. Karen Roti, now marketing director for UW Medical Center, headed the marketing efforts at UWPN. ¶