ANNOUNCEMENTS

Niels Kumar Rathlev MD, Appointed Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Rathlev will also serve as Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Tufts University School of Medicine. He will begin his tenure at Baystate and Tufts on September 1, 2008.

Previously, Dr. Rathlev had been on the faculty at Boston City Hospital and Boston University since 1991. He had recently been Executive Vice Chair and Clinical Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Boston Medical Center and currently holds the rank as Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University.

Dr. Rathlev, born in Denmark, received his MD degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital.

Thomas Campfield MD, Department of Pediatrics, Recipient of the First Annual Tsacoyeanes Pediatric Renal Research Award

National Kidney Foundation's Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont Affiliate offered this $30,000 one-year, non-renewable award for the first time this year. It is funded by a generous contribution from the Tsacoyeanes family earmarked for an additional award with the same goals and eligibility criteria as NKF's existing Pediatric Renal Research Award.

The award will fund part of Dr. Campfield's 20-year research focusing on hypertension and renal impairment in adults who were premature infants. The new project will study the ontogeny of urinary osteopontin excretion, assess the physiologic importance of low urinary osteopontin excretion in premature infants, investigate a pharmacologic intervention that might correct this developmental deficiency and study tissue expression of factors that regulate osteopontin expression. According to Campfield, the work will lead to increased understanding of this complication of prematurity and may lead to clinical strategies that will preserve renal function in these vulnerable infants. Dr. Gregory Braden, Deparment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, is part of Campfield's collaborative team.

Collaborative Biomedical Research Program

Grant Proposals Due July 8th

The summer deadline for submission of CBR grant proposals is July 8, 2008. Applicants will be notified of decisions by mid-August. Information on proposal guidelines.

Keith White PhD, New Assistant Director of Education in Academic Affairs

On June 2nd, Dr. Keith White joined Academic Affairs as its first Assistant Director of Education. Dr. White will provide administrative oversight to the education offices and also will collaborate on projects to support Baystate’s growing educational research initiative.

Dr. White was formerly the Director of Evaluation and Assessment at Tufts University School of Medicine where he guided a number of evaluation projects. He received his PhD from Southern Illinois University in Educational Psychology.

Carolanne Lovewell, Manager of Baystate's Animal Care Facility, Fulfills Requirements for Technician Certification Registry

Carolanne Lovewell has successfully fulfilled the educational requirements for participation in the Technician Certification Registry and is entitled to use the RLATG certification (Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist). The Technician Certification Registry is authorized by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). Participation in the Registry is nationally recognized as exemplifying dedication and professionalism in laboratory animal care.