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Faculty—
Dr. Satheesh Elangovan, Department of Periodontics, has received a two-year, $104,625 grant from the Osteology Foundation (Switzerland) for his research project, “A Novel RNA Based Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration.”
The goal of this research will be to develop a safe and efficient nonviral RNA delivery system in vivo for periodontal and bone regeneration and other orthopedic applications. Co-investigators include Dr. Liu Hong, Dows and Prosthodontics; Dr. Aliasger K. Salem, College of Pharmacy; and Dr. Deborah V. Dawson, College of Dentistry. Drs. Georgia K. Johnson, Clark M. Stanford, and Michael Kormann (Germany) are consultants in this project.
“Creating a Shared Context for Value-Based Collaboration & Decision Making,” an article co-authored by Don Guckert and Jeri King for the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA), has been selected the winner of APPA’s 2013 Rex Dillow Award for Outstanding Article.
The article presents a model for understanding the integration of services offered by a facilities management organization, and creates an appreciation for the complexity of the challenges in managing university physical assets.
Eligible articles are those written by a full-time employee of an APPA member institution and published in APPA’s Facilities Manager magazine. Non-author members of the Information & Research Committee of APPA select the best article based on the content, interest, readability, applicability, and ease of editing.
The award will be presented to Guckert and King at the APPA Annual Meeting on Aug. 2 in Minneapolis. This is their second Rex Dillow Award; the first was presented in 2003 for “The High Cost of Building a Better University.”
Aron Aji, adjunct professor of comparative literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,was recently shortlisted for the PEN Translation Prize for his translation with Fred Stark of A Long Day's Evening by Bilge Karasu.
Staff—
Wendy Meyers, academic program specialist in the UI College of Engineering, was awarded the 2013 Robert Ray Staff Scholarship.
Meyers started working for the UI after graduating with an AAS degree from Kirkwood Community College and plans to pursue her education in the Applied Studies with tracks in Entrepreneurial Management and Human Relations.
For more information, visit www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/news/index.html.
Students—
Marc Polacco, third-year medical student at the UI Carver College of Medicine, was recently awarded the 2013 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship presented by Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
The fellowship supports student-designed and initiated projects and includes a $5,000 award, with $1,000 available for travel to a national meeting to present research results.
Alumna—
Paula Vincent, the chief administrator at the Heartland Area Education Agency in Des Moines, was recognized as a leader among leaders when she received the 2013 Excellence in Educational Leadership Award from the University Council for Educational Administration.
Vincent, who earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Iowa College of Education, got her start as a special education teacher and is now leading Iowa’s largest Area Education Agency. Prior to taking her current post in 2010, she was superintendent of the Clear Creek Amana School District.
Faculty—
Dr. Christopher Squier, Dows and Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, gave a presentation, “The Role of the Dental Profession in Tobacco Cessation and Control in Malaysia,” during his visit to the Asian Institute for Medical Science and Technology in Kedah, Malaysia.
Faculty—
Schneider B; Mitchell B; an article, "Stretching educational boundaries." Dent Today. 2013 Jun;32(6):10, 12.
Avila-Ortiz G; Wang HL; Galindo-Moreno P; Misch CE; Rudek I; Neiva R. an article, "Influence of lateral window dimensions on vital bone formation following maxillary sinus augmentation." Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2012 Sep-Oct;27(5):1230-8.
Elangovan S: an article, "Complete regeneration of peri-implantitis-induced bony defects using guided bone regeneration is unpredictable." J Am Dent Assoc. 2013 Jul;144(7):823-4.
Moreno Uribe LM; Vela KC; Kummet C; Dawson DV; Southard TE; an article, "Phenotypic diversity in white adults with moderate to severe Class III malocclusion." Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2013 Jul;144(1):32-42.
KennellyT; Leisner, JS; Hospodarsky, G B; Gurnett, DA: Physics and Astronomy, an article:"Ordering of Injection Events Within Saturnian SLS Longitude and Local Time." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 118, pp. 832-838, doi:10.1002/jgra.50152, Feb. 28.
Menietti, JD; Katoh Y; Hospodarsky, GB; Gurnett,DA: Physics and Astronomy, an article:"Frequency Drift of Saturn Chorus Emission Compared to Nonlinear Theory." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 118, pp. 982-990, doi:10.1002/jgra.50165, March 20.
Morgan, DD; Witasse, OG; Gurnett, DA; Duru, F; Kirchner, DL: Physics and Astronomy, an article:"The Processing of Electron Density Profiles from the Mars Express MARSIS Topside Sounder." Radio Science, Vol. 48, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1002/rds.20023, May 15.
Kletzing, CA; Kurth, WS; Acuna, M; MacDowall, RJ; Torbert, RB; Averkamp, T, Bodet, D; Bounds, SR ; Chutter, M; Connerney, J; Crawford, D; Dolan, JS; R. Dvorsky, R; Hospodarsky, GB Howard, J; Jordanova, V; Johnson, RA ; Kirchner, DL; Mokrzycki, B; Needell, G; Odom, J; Mark, D; Pfaff, R. Jr; Phillips, JR;. Piker, CW; Remington, SL; Rowland, D; Santolik, O; Schnurr, R.; Sheppard, D; Smith, CW; Thorne, RM; Tyler, J: Physics and Astronomy, an article:"The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP." Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-013-9993-6, June 1, 2013.
Persoon, A M; Gurnett, D A; Leisner, J S; Kurth, WS; Groene, JB;Faden, JB:, Physics and Astronomy, an article:"The Plasma Density Distribution in the Inner Region of Saturn's Magnetosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 118, pp. 1-5, doi:10.1002/jgra.50182, June 6.