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Research Council Announces 2002 Dual-Mentored Fellowship Awards- Clinical & Research News - For and about the Physicians and Researchers of Brigham and Women's HospitalResearch Council Announces 2002 Dual-Mentored Fellowship Awards- Clinical & Research News - For and about the Physicians and Researchers of Brigham and Women's Hospital

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December 10, 2002

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The Strength of the BWH Research Enterprise Service Awards Leaping Ahead: BWH Delivers Perfect Score Letter from the Chief Medical Officer Letter from the BWPO Chairman Legislative Update Committee Sets Goals for 2002-03 Press Ganey Results Discharge issues addressed in patient satisfaction survey:Names and Faces Partners Celebrates New Proteomics Facility Heritage Society Event Celebrates Fundraising Leadership Women Faculty Receive a Warm BWH Welcome Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization Honored for Diabetes Management Eighth Annual John A. Mannick Award Length of Stay: An Ongoing Challenge BWH Participates in Citywide Emergency Preparedness Drill UW/Tobin School Campaign Results are Tallied Medical Journals Available On-line Reminder: Text Paging via Telephone BWH Anticoagulation Service Expands Coverage Top-Notch Care Meets Cutting Edge Technology Order Entry Goes Live in the NICU Report From Town Meetings Thier Says Thank You at Partners Town Meeting BWH Recognized for Trailblazing Patient Safety Efforts Town Meeting Q&A Legislative Update New Staff Physicians SAVE THE DATES 2002 Physician Recognition Dinner Celebrates Service Awards of Recognition Tower 4B Opens for Business Letter from the Chief Medical Officer Letter from the BWPO Chairman Tufts Ranks BWPO Physicians as “Excellent”BWPO Adds Programs to Enhance MD's Quality of Worklife Harvard Collaboration Gains Ground with New Facility Plans Research Council Announces 2002 Dual-Mentored Fellowship Awards Behforouz receives $1 million from the Department of Health and Human Service Compliance Focus: Medicare/Medicaid BWH/Faulkner Update Boosting Energy into Infusion/Transfusion Services 60 Seconds New Staff Physicians Save These Dates

The BWH Research Council is pleased to announce the first dual-mentored fellowship program awardees, who will participate in a research training program involving the laboratories of two mentors. The goal in establishing this program was to enable two laboratories in different disciplines to interact more closely, thereby enhancing interdisciplinary research and providing a unique training opportunity. Applications were received in mid-summer and stipends were issued to the recipients listed below beginning on October 1.

Mechanisms Underlying the Lack of Desensitization of the CaR
Mei Bai, PhD, Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine
Aldebaran Hofer, PhD, Department of Surgery

Assessment of Diastolic Function and Central Aortic Stiffness in Response to Changes in Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Activity
Paul Conlin, MD, Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine
Scott Solomon, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine

Role of Kruppel-like Factors in Endothelial Biology
Mukesh Jain, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine
Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, PhD, Department of Pathology

Mapping and Identification of Genes in Human Development
Cynthia Morton, PhD, Department of Obstetric, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Richard Maas, MD, PhD, Genetics Division, Department of Medicine

Role of ICOS and Co-Stimulation in Transplant Rejection
Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD, Immunology Research Division, Department of Pathology
Mohamed Sayegh, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine

Optimizing Resilience in the Tissue-Engineered Intestine
Edward Whang, MD, Department of Surgery
Richard Blumberg, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine