August 22, 2006
Health Sciences News Briefs
The UW Regional Heart Center is organizing a large team of walkers for the 2002 American Heart Association Heart Walk. Proceeds are used to fund critical research and education on heart disease and stroke. Last year UWMC and Harborview fielded a team of 270 walkers, and organizers hope for more this year. The UW is a major recipient of these grants. The Heart Walk begins at 8 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at Safeco Field. For registration information, contact Sheryl Stradling at sastrad@u.washington.edu or call 206-598-5762.
An extensive article on Dr. Leonard Cobb and Medic One, including development of the emergency response system and the innovation of citizen training in CPR, has been published in the July issue of the journal Resuscitation as part of a series on “The Resuscitation Greats.” The author is Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, UW professor of medicine and head of the Emergency Medicine Service at UW Medical Center. Cobb is now professor emeritus of medicine.
Dr. Karen Holbrook, former UW professor of biological structure and associate dean for scientific affairs in the School of Medicine, has been named president of Ohio State University. Since leaving the UW in 1993, she has been vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida and senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia. For more information, see the OSU site at http://www.osu.edu/index.php.
