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Richard Balon, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, has been appointed a member of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Test Material Development Committee for Psychiatry. He was also elected vice president of the Michigan Psychiatric Society.

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, assistant professor of neurology, was named to the Grants Advisory Panel of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan.

Joseph Dogariu, PhD, was recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges for serving on the national Group on Student Affairs Committee on Admissions.

Tamara Ferguson, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, presented "Computer Assessment in Scores and Narratives" at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. In addition, Dr. Ferguson presented "Measuring Progress in the Treatment of Mental Illness" at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

Jennifer Gallant, research assistant in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "Selective Loss of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 4 Message During Free Radical Injury" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Alan Gruskin, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics, has been elected to the American Board of Pediatrics.

Michael Harbut, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, was elected vice-chair of the Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease Section of the American College of Chest Physicians.

Stephen Krawetz, PhD, associate professor in ob/gyn and the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, was an invited speaker at the US Department of Energy’s annual workshop entitled Beyond the Identification of Transcribed Sequences: Functional and Expression Analysis. His presentation focused on "Organization, Structure and Expression of the Male Gamete Genome."

Robert Lisak, MD, professor and chair of neurology, presented the third annual Rikki O’Neil Lecture to the Nerve Research Foundation of the University of Sydney.

Jeanne Lusher, MD, professor of pediatrics, was recently elected to serve as a member of the American Society of Hematology’s scientific subcommittee on hemostasis for a four-year term. She was also appointed to the editorial board of The International Journal of Hematology.

Additionally, Dr. Lusher was a visiting professor at the Children’s Hospital of San Diego in September. In October, she became chair of the Genetics Institute’s Global Hemophilia Physicians Advisory Boartd, chaired an international workshop on "Factor IX Products and Severe Allergic Reactions," and she chaired a symposium on "Inhibitor Antibodies to Clotting Factors" at the National Hemophilia Foundation’s annual meeting. Dr. Lusher also organized and chaired a program on "Bleeding Disorders in Women: Recognition and Management" at the annual scientific meeting of the Michigan State Medical Society.

Ken Maiese, MD, associate professor of neurology, anatomy/cell biology, Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, and the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, chaired a session on ischemic apoptosis at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Avraham Raz, PhD, professor of internal medicine, has been elected president of the International Metastasis Research Society.

Barry Rosen, PhD, professor and chair of biochemistry and molecular biology, participated in a Workshop on Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Exposure, sponsored by the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Rosen is also an invited lecturer for the FEBS Advanced Lecture Course: ATP-Binding Cassette Proteins: From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic Disease, to be held in Austria this coming February.

Mitchell Rosenthal, PhD, associate chair of physical medicine and rehabilitation, participated in the Consensus Development Conference on Rehabilitation of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury at the National Institutes of Health in October.

Michael Shy, MD, associate professor of neurology, recently organized an international conference on Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease, in conjunction with the CMT Association and the New York Academy of Sciences. Wayne State faculty members also contributed as guest presenters for four sessions and three posters.

Michelle TenBroeke, research assistant in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "The Retinoblastoma Gene: A Molecular Target Against Neuronal Programmed Cell Death" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Mark Upfal, MD, associate professor of family medicine, has established a competency inventory for occupational and environmental medicine professionals. This list identifies the necessary competencies for member physicians of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Andrea Vincent, PhD, research associate in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia, presented "Lubeluzole Prevents and Repairs the Early Stages of Neuronal Programmed Cell Death" at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.