The brainchild of psychology researchers Nadine Kaslow and Jeana Griffith (right), the program stresses breaking the cycle of abuse by improving communication among family members. Through family interventions, therapists capitalize on individual strengths and work to make fundamental changes in the family system. Each family meets with two therapists - at least one is African-American - for 12 sessions.

Kaslow attributes the program's success to exhaustive meetings in which researchers and members of Providence Baptist aired concerns and refined the program. Initially funded by a grant from the Turner Foundation, the close collaboration of psychology researchers, interns, postdocs, residents, and church members resulted in what all groups hope will be an effective, strong, and lasting relationship.

Funds from the Carter Award will be used to establish a church mentoring program for young girls.

Thomas Aaberg, chair of ophthalmology, has received the Hermann Wacker Prize, the highest honor of Club Jules Gonin, a prestigious international retinal foundation.

The adult cardiac transplant program in the department of surgery was recognized by the United Network of Organ Sharing as one of the top five centers in the country based on length of postoperative stay.

Robert Bachman has been appointed chief operating officer for Emory University Hospital (EUH). Also promoted to assistant administrator posts for Emory Hospitals (EUH, Crawford Long, and Wesley Woods) by CEO John Henry were Mark Aycock, finance; Debra Bloom, institutional advancement; Babs Hargett, clinical performance improvement; and Larry Hodges, human resources.

Robert Bays, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery, received the Simon P. Hullihen Award from the West Virginia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the University of West Virginia School of Dentistry.

Wright Caughman, chair of dermatology, received the Joseph von Plenck Award for outstanding research and advances in dermatology from the Austrian Society of Dermatology.

Donald Davis, professor of medicine, and Jonathan Masor, associate professor of medicine, were named outstanding primary care physicians in the United States by Town & Country magazine.

Robert DeHaan, founding director of the graduate division of biological and biomedical sciences and the Emory Ethics Center, has retired from the School of Medicine. He developed the Elementary Science Education Partners program, which helps educators teach students through inquiry-based instruction. During his 27 years at the medical school, he received numerous awards, including the university's Thomas Jefferson Award for service and the medical school's outstanding teacher's award.

Carlos Del Rio, associate professor of medicine, is on the CDC's advisory committee on HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention.

John Fox, president of Emory Healthcare, is also acting chief operating officer of The Emory Clinic, as the search continues for a permanent candidate for the position.

Linda Gooding, professor of microbiology and immunology, is a member of the acupuncture advisory committee of the Georgia Board of Medical Examiners.

Leon Haley, medical director of the emergency care center at Grady Hospital, has been appointed deputy chief of staff and vice president of medical affairs for the Grady Health System. He is responsible for the care management section in the office of medical affairs.

John Henry, CEO of Emory Hospitals, is chair-elect of the Georgia Hospital Association, which represents 180 hospitals and health systems. He will take office as chair in 2002.

The Emory Center for Injury Control under the direction of Arthur Kellermann, chair of emergency medicine, is the research partner for the Atlanta Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative, a Department of JusticeÐfunded effort to reduce gun violence in Atlanta. Kellermann also serves on the board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians and co-chairs the Institute of Medicine's committee on the consequences of the uninsured.

James Madara, chair of pathology and laboratory medicine, was named a trustee of the American Board of Pathology.

The medical school's department of family and preventive medicine was recognized for promoting health and economic development through reconciliation and diversity. Katharine Meier, coordinator of human resources, accepted the honor at the Community Service Awards Program 2001, sponsored by the Rollins School of Public Health, the Goizueta Business School, and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

Otolaryngologist Charles Moore received the Nickens Faculty Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges for his commitment to academic medicine, research, and clinical practice and his work to address the educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities.

Medical resident Carlos Franco Paredes, an MPH student and fellow in the RSPH's AIDS international training and research program, received Emory's Humanitarian Award for his work to improve health care for local immigrants from Mexico. He also was recently named chief resident at Grady Hospital.

In December, the physician's assistant program graduated 51 students with a master's of medical science degree. Besides its 100% national certification pass rate, the Emory class scored above the 97th percentile on the primary care board exam. The class average score for the surgery specialty exam for the six students who elected to take it was the highest in the nation.

Robert Rich, executive associate dean of research for the medical school is one of 12 members named to the new National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee by former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. The committee will advise the department on issues pertaining to human subjects protections and responsible conduct of human research.

John Rock, chair of gynecology and obstetrics, was named an honorary fellow in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Society in London.

Surgeon Grace Rozycki was appointed to the national ultrasound faculty of the American Board of Surgeons.

Sandra Sexson, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, received the Spirituality and Medicine Curricular Award for Psychiatric Residency Training Programs from the National Institute for Healthcare Research. The award recognizes model programs in spirituality and health at medical schools nationwide at the undergraduate and residency levels.

Jonathan Simons, director of the Winship Cancer Institute, serves on the Georgia Cancer Coalition Policy Task Force at the request of Governor Roy Barnes. He is also associate editor of Cancer Research.

Recent Fulbright scholar grant winner Don Stein, Asa G. Candler Professor of psychology and emergency medicine, is spending spring in Paris, where he is continuing his research on the effects of progesterone and estrogen on brain damage recovery. This is Stein's second Fulbright grant.

Infectious disease specialist James Steinberg received the 2000 Hemophilia of Georgia Outstanding Medical Service Award for his involvement with AIDS care for persons with hemophilia.

Claire Sterk, chair of the RSPH department of behavioral sciences and health education, received a five-year independent scientist award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse. The award frees 75% of her time to study substance abuse within families and explore the correlation between substance abuse and psychopathology, as well as gender- and culture-specific ways to reduce risk of drug addiction. With other Emory researchers, she is studying tobacco addiction and the association between cocaine use and mental illness.

Ophthalmologist Paul Sternberg received the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his outstanding teaching and service to the profession. Only eight such awards are presented each year.

Pediatrician Corrine Taylor was appointed director of medical affairs for the Egleston campus of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Neurosurgeon Suzie Tindall, chief of the neurosurgical teaching service at Crawford Long Hospital, retired after 18 years of service to the department of neurosurgery. During her time there, she forged a path for other women by achieving full professor status in a predominantly male field.

Professor of medicine Kenneth Walker was nominated by his students to receive the Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award.

Endocrinologist Nelson Watts has begun a two-year term as president of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry.

As Emory's new director of state affairs, Linda Womack brings over 25 years of experience in state government and public affairs, most recently as state government regional manager for Parke-Davis division of the Warner-Lambert Company. She represented the company on a wide range of health care issues impacting public policy.

William Wood, chair of surgery, was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his outstanding contributions in surgery. He was also honored at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Meeting as the principal investigator of one of the "ten most significant clinical trials in breast cancer in the last century."

From the Director  /  Letters

On the front lines of health care

Half century of cooperation (photos)

Research: The VA's secret weapon

Designer medicine

Moving Forward  /  Noteworthy

Unfinished business: The prospects for health care reform in the 107th Congress

Looking for greener pastures

John Bostwick III, director of the division of plastic surgery and chief of plastic surgery for The Emory Clinic and Emory Hospital, died January 11. Nationally recognized for his pioneering work in breast reconstruction following breast cancer surgery, he was loved and admired as an excellent surgeon, outstanding teacher, and kind gentleman.

Jose Luis Torres, 26, a drywall construction worker, fell to his death in January while working on the Whitehead Research Building. He had been in this country for only three weeks.