Five faculty members honored with endowed professorships

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Five faculty members honored with endowed professorships

Pietro de Camilli, M.D., FW ’79, professor of cell biology, has been named the Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology. De Camilli, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, leads a research program exploring the molecular basis for synaptic transmission.

Daniel C. DiMaio, M.D., Ph.D., professor of genetics, has been named the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics. DiMaio is vice chair of the genetics department and director of the Yale Cancer Center’s Molecular Virology and Oncology Training Program.

Steven C. Hebert, M.D., chair and professor of cellular and molecular physiology and professor of medicine, has been named the C.N.H. Long Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology. Hebert studies the mechanisms and regulation of potassium, sodium and chloride transport by cells.

Arthur L. Horwich, M.D., HS ’78, professor of genetics and pediatrics, has been named the Eugene Higgins Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics. Horwich, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, studies proteins known as molecular chaperones and the mechanisms by which they assist in protein folding in the cell.

Stefan Somlo, M.D., FW ’91, professor of medicine and genetics and chief of the Section of Nephrology, has been named the C.N.H. Long Professor of Medicine. Somlo heads a multidisciplinary research center at Yale that investigates polycystic kidney disease.

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Myron Genel, M.D., professor emeritus of pediatrics, has received the Joseph W. St. Geme Jr. Leadership Award, presented annually by the seven societies that constitute the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. The international award recognizes Genel’s contributions to pediatrics and to the advancement of national health policy for children. Last year Genel was named chair of the Governing Council of the American Medical Association’s Section on Medical Schools. The section, which has 600 representatives, gives U.S. medical schools a voice in the formulation of the association’s policies. It has been involved in recent discussions on implementing the new clinical-skills portion of the national board exams.

James D. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the William Go Award by the American Pancreatic Association. The award is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to pancreatic studies. Jamieson, professor of cell biology and director of the M.D./Ph.D. program at Yale, was honored for his leadership in national organizations, his academic achievements and his abilities as an educator.

Keith A. Joiner, M.D., M.P.H. ’03, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, became dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, on March 1. At Yale Joiner was the associate chair of medicine, chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases and director of the Investigative Medicine Program. Joiner’s group studied two parasites, one that causes central nervous system infections in patients with AIDS and another that causes malaria. He joins the University of Arizona at the start of a major expansion, including a bioresearch institute and a medical research building.

Becca R. Levy, Ph.D., assistant professor of gerontology, was named the 2003 recipient of the Margret M. Baltes Early Career Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology by the Gerontological Society of America. This annual award recognizes outstanding early career contributions to the field. Levy’s research focuses on psychosocial influences on aging.

Robert W. Makuch, Ph.D., professor and former head of the Division of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, was named a fellow of the American Statistical Association in June. Makuch was honored for his statistical consultations to government and the pharmaceutical industry, for his contributions to the design and analysis of clinical trials and for his administration of an academic biostatistics division.