Health Sciences Open House exhibitors: Applications for space at the Health Sciences Open House 2000, scheduled for Friday, April 7, and Saturday, April 8, will be mailed later this month for all those who mounted exhibits in the last Open House. Units that have not had exhibits in the past are urged to consider joining the Open House this year. Additional applications - and answers to your questions - are available from Sharon Brown, Open House coordinator, at 221-7745 or by e-mail at sharb@u.washington.edu The deadline for submitting applications is Jan. 19.

Martin Luther King Tribute: The annual Health Sciences Center Tribute is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, in the Health Sciences Lobby. This year’s theme is “Keeping His Dream Alive in the 21st Century.” The planning committee is asking faculty and staff to nominate UW students, faculty or staff, as well as family, friends or community members who are volunteers, particularly within communities of color or low income. Send names with address and phone along with a three- or four-sentence description of their contribution and your name and phone to Julie Collier, Box 356345 or by e-mail at jcollier@u.washington.edu. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 17.

Drug Therapy Discussion Group: The class, Pharmaceutics 507, taught by Dr. Milo Gibaldi, professor and dean emeritus of the School of Pharmacy, will move from Fridays to Mondays for Spring Quarter. Sessions will be at 12:30 p.m. in room T-739. Look for weekly topics in the health sciences section of the calendar.

Dr. Wayne Crill, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and professor of neurology, has received the UW School of Medicine Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award for 1999. Crill, a 1962 School of Medicine graduate, is an internationally known neurophysiologist. In addition to his research on properties of synapses and membranes in nerve tissues, Crill is a clinical physician and an enthusiastic teacher. After receiving his M.D. with honors from the UW, Crill was an intern and resident at the New York Hospital of Cornell University. He returned to the UW in 1966 and has been a full professor since 1977. He was named chair of the Physiology and Biophysics Department in 1983.

Dr. Patricia Wahl, dean of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and a professor in the Department of Biostatistics, recently received the American Public Health Association’s Statistics Section Award for “outstanding contributions to biostatistics and public health through excellence in administration, teaching and research.” Wahl’s research interests encompass a variety of areas including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and the health of Japanese-Americans.

Dr. Danny Lin, professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has won the Mortimer Speigelman Award from the American Public Health Association. The award is given annually to a “stellar statistician” who is under 40 and has made outstanding contributions to the field of health statistics. Lin was honored for his contributions to survival analysis, design and analysis of clinical trials and epidemiological methods. UW biostatisticians have won 7 of the 30 Speigelman Awards presented so far.

Dr. Ronald Maier, professor of surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Harborview Medical Center, has been chosen as president-elect of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). He will assume the presidency at the organization’s annual meeting in October 2000. The AAST is the leading academic surgical organization dedicated to lessening the devastating impact of trauma on American society.

Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor of laboratory medicine and medicine and head of the Program in Infectious Diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Michigan Medical Center Alumni Association. Corey is a respected teacher and clinician who has contributed significantly in the field of herpes and AIDS research. He serves on several hospital and medical school committees and on the editorial boards of leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine. Corey received a bachelor’s degree in 1967 and an M.D. in 1971 from the University of Michigan.

Dr. William R. Morton, professor of comparative medicine and director of the UW Regional Primate Research Center (RPRC), has been appointed to a four-year term on the National Advisory Research Resources Council. The appointment was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. The council advises the secretary, as well as the director of the National Institutes of Health and the director of the National Center for Research Resources, on the development and support of essential health-related research resources.

Dr. Marilyn Roberts, professor of pathobiology in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, moderated a symposium at the University of Puerto Rico last summer on antibiotic resistance. Roberts is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, which conducted a program on “Evolution and the Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Perspective” in conjunction with the symposium. The program brought together 28 experts from 12 nations. A forthcoming book will summarize the discussion and recommendations of the group.

Dr. Peggy Schlesinger, coordinator for the School of Medicine’s student clerkships in Missoula, Mont., has been selected by Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society as the volunteer faculty member of the year. A rheumatologist, Schlesinger is considered an outstanding teacher and role model and is known for her personal interest in students.

Dr. Stephen Dager and imaging researchers at Harvard University have received a three-year National Institutes of Health neuroimaging grant for $975,000. Dager is UW professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, radiology and bioengineering. The project’s goal is to standardize spectroscopic imaging techniques and characterize brain chemical abnormalities in bipolar disorder. Dager’s local collaborator on the project is Dr. David Dunner, UW professor of psychiatry. The research will be done at the UW Diagnostic Imaging Sciences Center and the Center for Anxiety and Depression. ¶