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LAURELS: 2 biomedical profs selected to give Harvey Lectures

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Two 嘿嘿视频 professors are among seven of the world鈥檚 leading biomedical researchers selected to give presentations this year in the Harvey Lecture series that has previously featured most recipients of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

Stephen Kowalczykowski, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, gave his lecture, 鈥淲atching Individual Proteins Working on Single Molecules of DNA: From Biophysics to Cancer,鈥 on March 15.

Jodi Nunnari, chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, also in the College of Biological Sciences, is scheduled to give her address on May 17, on the topic 鈥淭he Behavior of Mitochondria.鈥

The sponsoring was founded in 1905 by a group of New York scientists and physicians to forge a closer relationship between practical medicine and laboratory experiments. The society鈥檚 namesake is William Harvey (1578-1657), the English physician who first proposed that the heart pumps blood around the body.

Each year the society sponsors seven lectures, free public talks, at Rockefeller University in New York. The collected lectures are published in book form every year.

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Adela de la Torre has had a new Latino honor society named after her at Northern Illinois University.

嘿嘿视频 alumna Emily Prieto, director of , founded the honor society and named it after her mentor, professor and chair in the 嘿嘿视频 Department of Chicana/o Studies.

Prieto holds three degrees from 嘿嘿视频: a Bachelor of Arts in community rhetoric (2002), a Master鈥檚 Degree in sociocultural studies (2005) and a doctorate in language, literacy and culture (2007).

She has been director of the NIU Latino Resource Center since August 2007.

The aims to recognize and promote excellence among Latinos, build student leaders and help render service through a unified effort, according to the society鈥檚 mission statement.

De La Torre, a national expert on Chicano and Latino health issues, last year received a five-year, $4.8 million federal grant for a Central Valley study titled (Healthy Children, Healthy Family), to discover the best ways to help Mexican-heritage children maintain healthy weights.

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Sarah Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology, has been awarded the for her book Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding. The gives the prize, which, according to the SAR website, is often called the 鈥淧ulitzer Prize of anthropology."

鈥淭he award recognizes innovative works that go beyond traditional frontiers and dominant schools of thought in anthropology and add new dimensions to our understanding of the human species,鈥 states the award .

Hrdy joined the faculty of the Department of Anthropology in 1984 and took emeritus status in 1996. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the California Academy of Sciences.

The Staley award presentation is planned in November during the 鈥檚 annual meeting, scheduled to be held this year in San Francisco.

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Ramona Hernandez is on her way to becoming president of the , or WACUHO.

Hernandez is director of Business Services for Student Housing, after previously serving as an associate director from 2009 to 2011. She joined 嘿嘿视频 in 2001 as manager of privatized housing.

She has been active in WACUHO for many years. She served as treasurer for two years (2008-10) before being elected recently as president-elect, to hold office in 2013-14.

She has served on many committees, including finance advisory (five years, including three as chair), legislative affairs and corporate relations.

She was chair of WACUHO鈥檚 annual conference in 2008, the year 嘿嘿视频 hosted the event (in Sacramento).

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嘿嘿视频鈥 campuswide research blog, is 鈥渁n academic paradise,鈥 one of the according to , a website that aims to help students choose where to pursue higher education.

鈥淔eaturing research conducted by 嘿嘿视频 students and staff, visitors can read up on the latest science news,鈥 states the "Egghead" description in the Online College list.

University Communications science writer Andy Fell writes and compiles "Egghead," which, according to Online Colleges, lives up to its name.

The top 50 blogs are broken into eight categories, including dean and administrator blogs, student blogs, sports blogs, political blogs and mixed bag, for 鈥渂logs that refuse to be categorized.鈥

"Egghead" fell into the category of 鈥淟earning Beyond the Book: Academic Blogs.鈥

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The has honored the 嘿嘿视频 Health System鈥檚 Thomas Nesbitt for innovation.

Nesbitt, who received his medical degree at 嘿嘿视频, is a professor of family and community medicine, associate vice chancellor for Strategic Technologies and Alliances, and director of the Center for Health and Technology.

He received the Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award, recognizing people and organizations for outstanding contributions in health care delivery and financing.

鈥淒r. Nesbitt鈥檚 passion for improving health care in underserved communities has had a powerful influence on the evolution of telehealth in California and the nation,鈥 said Ann Madden Rice, chief executive officer of the 嘿嘿视频 Medical Center. 鈥淗is contributions are especially important as the nation focuses on ensuring all Americans have equal access to quality health.鈥

Rich Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, lauded Nesbitt鈥檚 visionary in telehealth, public health and disaster planning.

Nesbitt served on the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and the Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities, reporting to the 9/11 Commission.

In addition, he worked to establish Rural PRIME (Programs in Medical Education, to train physicians in small, underserved communities. He advocated for funding to expand the state鈥檚 medical education and telemedicine capabilities, most notably in a successful 2006 ballot measure.

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Associate Vice Chancellor Heather M. Young has been appointed to the strategic advisory committee for .

Young, who serves as dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, also received an award recently: the Anna M. Shannon Mentorship Award from the .

The Campaign for Action aims to ensure all Americans have access to high-quality, person-centered health care, with nurses contributing to the full extent of their capabilities.

Young serves on the strategic advisory committee with 11 other leaders in business, health care, education, organized labor and consumer advocacy.

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the AARP Center to Champion Nursing in America, will work to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine鈥檚 2010 report on

Young has been involved with the Campaign for Action since the beginning, appointed by the Johnson foundation to the California Action Coalition Executive Committee to lead implementation efforts in this state.

The nursing school leader received the Shannon mentorship award during the Western Institute of Nursing鈥檚 Communicating Nursing Conference in Portland, Ore.

嘿嘿视频 nursing researcher Elena O. Siegel was among Young鈥檚 nominators for the award.

鈥淒r. Young has served as a formal mentor to 56 emerging nurse leaders, including 13 junior faculty and postdoctoral scholars, and 19 doctoral and 24 master鈥檚 degree students鈥 Siegel said. 鈥淚n addition, she has served as a mentor for recipients of awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar program, John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program and deTornyay Center for Healthy Aging.鈥

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