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U-M Medical School News Med School's Savageau and Schwenk elected to IOM
Two department chairs from the U-M Medical School were among a select group of 65 new members elected on October 14, 2002 to the prestigious Institute of Medicine. This year's election of Michael A. Savageau, Ph.D., and Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. - along with James S. Jackson, Ph.D., and Robert L. Kahn, Ph.D., from the U-M Institute for Social Research - brings the total number of University of Michigan members elected over the years to 29. Full Story ....................................................................................................... OVPR awards 21 U-M, UMHS faculty members Twenty-one U-M and UMHS faculty members were recognized by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) for their teaching, scholarship, service and creative activities this month. Awards were presented to the following UMHS faculty:
 Distinguished
University Professorships Michael A. Savageau, chair and professor of microbiology and the Nicolas Rashevsky Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, was presented with this award. Distinguished University Professors are scholars of great depth and breadth, as well as outstanding teachers and mentors.  Distinguished
Faculty Achievement Awards Don B. Clewell, professor of dentistry and of microbiology and immunology, was among five faculty to receive this honor, which recognizes extraordinary achievements in teaching, scholarly research or creative endeavors.
....................................................................................................... Deaf mouse leads scientists to new human hearing loss gene
In a powerful demonstration of how animal research can help humans, a pair of scientific teams is reporting the discovery of defects in a deafness gene in mice that led to the identification of similar genetic defects in people with hearing loss. The findings, published in two new papers, may eventually lead to a screening test and therapy for families affected by one type of inherited hearing loss. The discoveries also
bring scientists closer to understanding the intricate choreography of
genes and proteins involved in the normal development of human hearing
-- and the tiny missteps that can destroy hearing even before a baby is
born. Full
Story Lazar J.
Greenfield chosen as interim executive vice president for Medical Affairs
President Mary Sue Coleman has selected Lazar J. Greenfield, M.D., professor of surgery at the U-M Medical School, to serve as the University's interim executive vice president for Medical Affairs. She will submit her recommendation to the U-M Board of Regents at its Sept. 19 meeting. If approved, the appointment will be effective retroactive to Aug. 19 and Greenfield will serve until a new permanent executive vice president takes office. "Dr.
Greenfield is an outstanding academic physician, scholar and administrator.
I thank him for his willingness to assume this important role and I look
forward to working with him on behalf of the University and the Health
System," says Coleman. Full
Story U-M doctors
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