July 8, 2004
Health Sciences News Briefs
Honors for primatologists
Dr. Gene (Jim) Sackett, professor emeritus of psychology and core staff member at the Washington National Primate Research Center, received the Distinguished Primatologist Award from the American Society of Primatologists at the group’s annual conference last month. The career achievement award honors a primatologist who has had an outstanding career and made significant contributions to the field. His work has been in developmental psychology, focusing on the effects of early experience on behavioral development.
Dr. Jackie Pritchard, manager of the Primate Information Center, was also honored by the American Society of Primatologists with a Distinguished Service Award for his work managing the Primate Information Center and his efforts to support the PrimateLit database. The award is presented to people who have contributed long-standing service to the society.
Nursing researchers honored
Dr. Pamela Mitchell, the School of Nursing’s associate dean for research and professor of biobehavioral nursing and health systems, received the Distinguished Research Lecturer Award at the Western Institute of Nursing’s annual meeting on communicating nursing research, held in Portland in April.
Dr. Margaret Dimond, professor emeritus of biobehavioral nursing and health systems, received the Western Institute of Nursing’s Regional Geriatric Nursing Research Award for an Experienced Researcher at the meeting.
Dr. Margaret Heitkemper, professor and chair of biobehavioral nursing and health systems, was inducted into the Western Academy of Nurses at the aforementioned meeting.
Anniversary planning
Dr. Sarena Seifer, research assistant professor of health services and executive director of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, is a member of the planning group for an invitational seminar that will mark the 75th anniversary of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The seminar, to take place in Houston in February 2005, will focus on the theme: “Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Schools of Public Health Respond as Engaged Institutions.”
Pew Biomedical Scholar
Dr. Ning Zheng, assistant professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine, has been named as one of 15 Pew Biomedical Scholars for 2004. Each scientist receives a total award of $240,000 to support his or her research over a four-year period. The scholars also meet regularly as a group. The program was launched in 1985 and has funded nearly 400 scholars. It is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of California at San Francisco. Zheng’s work is in structural biology and his project title is “Structural Biology of Protein Ubiquitination and Degradation.”
Innovative pharmacist award
Steve Riddle, medication utilization and quality improvememt lead for Harborview Medical Center’s Ambulatory Pharmacy, has received the Washington State Pharmacy Association’s Elan Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award. After working on the Preferred Drug Formulary at Harborview, he worked with pharmacy residents to educate pharmacists around the state during immplementation of the Medicaid Preferred Drug List. He has made the information available on the WSPA Web site, and developed a widely-distributed CD of the presentation.
