Dr. Steven Gabbe, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named to chair the Steering Committee for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). He will assume the chair in February. The Network was established in 1986 as a partnership between 13 participating maternal-fetal medicine programs around the country and the national data coordinating center at Georgetown University. The Network has conducted studies on prevention of pre-term birth, preeclampsia and cerebral palsy; and on management of asthma in pregnancy and prolonged pregnancy.

Dr. Nancy Stevens, associate professor of family medicine, has been appointed director of the Affiliated Family Practice Residency Network, which trains family practice medical residents at 16 sites in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Stevens plans to increase electronic information sharing among programs in the network, which is linked by a secure intranet. Stevens has directed faculty development in the residency network since 1993 and has been associate director of the network since March. She succeeds Dr. Al Berg, who had served as the residency network director since 1992. Berg now chairs the UW Department of Family Medicine.

Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller, associate professor of medical education and head of the Division of Biomedical Informatics, has been appointed to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Better Health 2010 Advisory Board by AAMC President Jordan Cohan. The group’s charge is to frame a vision, make recommendations for action and identify information infrastructure priorities for medical schools and teaching hospitals in the next decade. Fuller directs the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest, and is a member of President Clinton’s Information Technology Advisory Committee.

Nancy Amidei, senior lecturer in the School of Social Work and coordinator of the U District-University Partnership for Youth, has received one of five 1999 Human Rights Awards given by the Seattle Chapter of the United Nations Association. She was honored for her education programs in effective advocacy for disadvantaged political interest groups.