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Research
Highlights
Grants
/ Funding
Heidi
Karpen, MD. The role of Caveolin-1
and cholesterol in the regulation of hedgehog signaling pathway.
USDA/ARS non-competitive grant renewal. $39,176.
Kirsten
A. Kienstra,
MD. Kirsten A. Kienstra, MD, Contribution of bone
marrow-derived cells to nevascularization during wound healing.
LifeCell Corporation,
$63,567.
Events
Steven
Abrams, MD, conducted a series of training
programs on neonatal resuscitation in The Gambia. Presented Stable
Isotope Methods in Micronutrient Research at a research meeting
of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Bangkok, Thailand.
James M. Adams, MD, included in Best Doctors
in America for 2003-2004.
Diane
Anderson, PhD, appointed to the strategy planning committee
of the Commission of Dietetic Registration, the credentialing
agency for the American Dietetic Association.
Caraciolo
J. Fernandes, MD, received the Baylor Pediatric Award
of Achievement in Teaching by Baylor College of Medicine Department
of Pediatrics Faculty Teaching Awards Committee for developing,
implementing, and teaching the NALS curriculum.
Ian
Griffin, MD, invited speaker, American Dietetic Association
annual meeting, October in San Antonio, Texas. Topic: Focus
on Follow-up of Low Birth Weight Infants.
Heidi
Karpen, MD, speaker at 10th annual South Central Conference
on Perinatal Research at Lakeway in Austin, Texas. Topic: Transcriptional
Regulation of The Headgehog Receptor Patched.
Chantal
Lau, PhD, keynote speaker at Joe DiMaggio Children’s
Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Conference.
Topic: Development of Suck-Swallow-Breathe Coordination in
The Preterm Infant.
Michael
E. Speer, MD, received the Texas Perinatal Association’s
Helen Farabee Award honoring his sustained contributions to health
care of woman and their newborn infants. Was re-elected President
of the American Academy of Pediatrics Texas Chapter.
Marlene
Walden, PhD, RN, presented Neonatal Pain Assessment
and Management at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s
Pediatric Conference in Odessa, Texas.
Leonard
E. Weisman, MD, presented Neonatal Intensive
Care: Special Patients and Families Require Special People
and Programs at
the opening of the Mother and Child Center at Erasmus Medical
Centre Sophia Hospital in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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