Noteworthy
 

HONORS & APPOINTMENTS

Grace Brannan, Ph.D.

CORE Research Director

Associate Member of the International Academy for Quality

Jay H. Shubrook Jr., D.O. (’96), FACOFP

Young Physician of the Year Award

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

Sharon Zimmerman

Director of Medical Development, Executive Director of Alumni Affairs

Osteopathic Spirit Award, Ohio Osteopathic Association

Office of Communication

AACOM Excellence in Communication Awards

   Best marketing or public relations campaign: CORE

   Best logo: CORE

   Best specialty item: CORE fold-out map

   Best special event: OU-COM Spring Fling

   Best feature story or article: “Multilingual Medicine” 

Grants

Fabian Benencia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Immunology

“Recruitment of bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells to tumors”

$177,000, NIH (1/2009-12/2010)

Jane Hamel-Lambert, Ph.D.

Director of Multidisciplinary Mental Health Education

   • Faculty for the Engaged Campus

     $15,000 (2009-2010) 

   • “Building Capacity-Raising Resiliency”

     $375,000 HRSA  (5/1/2009-4/30/2012)

Ramiro Malgor, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology

“Understanding WNT-5A and TLR-4 cross-signaling during atherosclerosis”

$221,250, NIH (4/1/2009-5/31/2011)

Tracy Marx, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

$30,000, Palliative Care Education Project

Olivia Ojano-Sheehan, Ph.D.

Assistant Director of Faculty Development,
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Residency Directors Residency Administration Program

$9,936, Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital Foundation (7/2009 – 6/2010)

Daniel Smith

Distance Learning Coordinator

Ohio Behavioral Telehealth Network

$2,880, ADAMHS Board for Montgomery

Kathleen Trace

Director of Community Health Programs

   • “Medications for Free Clinic”

     $9,100, Ohio Association of Free Clinics

   • “Tuberculosis Contract”

     $45,644, Athens County Tuberculosis Clinic Board

Retirements

Azeezah Abdullah

Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs

John Brennan

Manager of Network and Data Services

Bobbi Conliffe

Coordinator of Curriculum Resources

George Dunigan, II

Director of Governmental Relations

Judith Edinger

Director of Predoctoral Education

Leonard Kohn, M.D.

J.O. Watson Endowed Diabetes Research Chair

Edwin Rowland, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology

Nancy Schell

AmeriCorps Program Coordinator

Lynn Smith

Coordinator of the Childhood Immunization Program