Appointments

Gary D. Bos has been appointed chair of the Department of Orthopedics.

Philip M. Dobard has been appointed to the staff of Arts Policy and Administration.

William J. Hicks has been appointed to the medical staff of Internal Medicine.

Michael B. Howie has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.

Larry Schlesinger has been appointed director of the Division of Infectious Diseases.

Exhibit

William C. Hemming, Psychology, artwork selected to appear in the Fourth Annual Mac 21 International Contemporary Art Fair, at Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Marbella Costa Del Sol, Spain, July 24-28.

Grants

Anne VanBuskirk, Surgery, $167,000, Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation, for her work "Cytokine Inhibition of CTL Reactivation and Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative."

Steve Gavazzi, Human Development and Family Science, and Mary Fristad, Psychiatry, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to implement and evaluate an expanded version of a family psychoeducation program.

M.D. Kleinhens, B. McSpadden Gardener, J. Cardina, S. Miller, M. Batte and P.S. Grewal, Entomology, $400,000 USDA-CSREES, Organic Transition Program Grant for four years for "Paths of Transition: Strategies for Peri-Urban Organic Farmers."

Laura Podalsky, Spanish and Portuguese, $1,366 Ohio Arts Council grant to support the visit of Cuban film critic Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero to Columbus and the screening of recent Cuban films.

Presentations

Brian Badgwell, Surgery, presented "Patterns of Recurrence Following Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer," at the Columbus Surgical Society's 13th Annual Presidential Symposium, Feb. 9.

Karen Barnes, University Development, Susan Litton, Financial Training, and Al Rodack, Office of the Treasurer, presented "Stewardship of Endowment and Gift Funds" to departmental and college fiscal officers, May 14-15.

Paul R. Berger, Electrical Engineering, presented "Nanoelectronics: Extending CMOS Using Tunneling Devices" at the University of Cincinnati, 2001.

Deborah Bonhanan, Treasurer's Office, and Tricia Privette, Accounting, presented "Accounts Receivable & Accounts Receivable Collection Services" to departmental and college fiscal officers, May 23.

Tammy Bray and Thomas W.M. Boileau, Human Nutrition, presented "UVA Radiation Modulates Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NFkB) Activation in Human Lens Epithelial Cells," co-presenter was Josh A. Bomser; and "CuZuSOD Gene Expression and Exposure to Hyperoxia Influence Heme Oxygenase 1 (HO=1) Protein Levels in Mouse Brain," co-presenters were Mark A. Levy and Yu-Hwai Tsai, at the Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, April 21-24,

Brenda Brueggemann, English, presented "An Enabling Pedagogy: Integrating Disability Studies into the Curriculum" and "Where Disability Studies Sits with Disability Services" at the Muhlenberg University All-Faculty Colloquium, Allentown, Pa., May 2002.

Becky Cornett, Health System, presented "Making the Privacy Rule Happen: Theory into Practice" at the Health Care Compliance Association's HIPAA Forum, Boston, June 14.

D. Denlinger, Entomology, presented "Shutting Down for the Winter: Unique Patterns of Gene Expression During Insect Diapause" at the International Symposium on Animal Physiology, Alexisbad, Germany, May 23-25.

Kathy Edwards, University Press, presented "Debits & Credits" to departmental and college fiscal officers, April 9-10, co-presenter was Stephen Finn, Resource Planning, and "Debits & Credits" to departmental and college fiscal officers, June 3-4, co-presenter was Kevin King, Academic Affairs.

C. Edwards, Entomology, presented "The Assessment of the Effects of Pesticides on Soil Invertebrate Populations, Particularly Earthworms" at the University of West Indies, Mara, Jamaica, Feb. 27-March 6; "The Importance of Earthworms in our Soils" at Marietta College, March 14; and "The Role of Pesticides in the Pest Status of Broad Mite" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, May 14-17.

M.L. Failla, Human Nutrition, presented "Accumulation And Retention Of Micellar B-Carotene Expoxides By Caco-2 Human Intestinal Cells" at the Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, April 21-24, co-presenters were N. Puspitasari-Nienaber and S.J. Schwartz.

Stephen Finn, Resource Planning, Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, and Rick Shaffer, Optometry, presented "Earnings Operations at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, May 7-9.

Jared Gardner, English, presented "Imperial Bradstreet" at the Ibero/Anglo Americanist Summit, Tucson, Ariz., May 2002.

Donna Guy, History, presented "Women's Organizations and Jewish Orphanages in Buenos Aires, 1918-1955" to the Institute for Scientific Study of Judaism, Buenos Aires, May 22; "Institutionalizing Gender: Disciplinary Sites in Turn of the Century Argentina" at the Twelfth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Storrs, Conn., June 8; and "The History of Sexuality in 20th Century Latin America" to the NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers, Arizona State University, June 20.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented "Accommodating Physically Impaired Students in Biological Science Courses" at the 24th Annual NISOD International Conference on Teaching & Leadership Excellence, Austin, Texas, May 26-29.

Jonathan B. Heistein, Surgery, presented "Composite Graft Survival in Digital Tip Amputations," at the Columbus Surgical Society's 13th Annual Presidential Symposium, Feb. 9.

M. Holmes-McNary, Human Nutrition, presented "Carcinogen-induced Oncogenesis Mediated Through NF-kB Activation" and "Trans-Resveratrol Attenuates DMBA-Induced MAP Kinase Activity and NF-kB Mediated Cell Survival Gene Expression," co-presenters were A. Powolny and J. DeIuliis; and "Synergy of AGEs and P.g. LPS-induced NF-kB Activation and Cox-2 Expression," co-presenters were J. Southerland, C. Downey, A.S. Baldwin Jr. and S. Offenbacher, at the Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, April 21-24.

D. Horn, Entomology, presented "Birds and Habitat Changes" at Kelleys Island Audubon Society, May 15, and "What Butterflies Tell Us about the Environment" at South Bass Island Elder Hostel, May 15.

Rob Hupp, Division of Accounting, Nancy Jacobs, Mathematical and Physical Science, Don Seidelmann, Resource Management Systems, and Anne Wilcheck, Division of Accounting, presented "Using General Ledger Reports" to departmental and college fiscal officers, April 22-23, May 1-2 and June 19-20.

Char Jessie, Financial Training and Documentation, presented "Procurement Card Fiscal Training" to departmental and college fiscal officers, June 7; "Working With the Office of Accounts Payable" to departmental and college fiscal officers, May 29-30, co-presenter was Aleta Wallace, Division of Accounts Payable; and "Working with the Office of Accounts Payable" to departmental and college fiscal officers, April 4-5, co-presenter was Craig Dudley, Division of Accounts Payable.

Renne Komula, Business and Finance, and Susan Litton, Financial Training & Documentation, presented "Accounting at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, April 17-18.

Barbara A. Lehman, Teaching & Learning, presented "Lessons in Literature: Didactic and Aesthetic Tensions in Teaching Children's Literature" at the Children's Literature Association 29th Annual Conference, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 15.

Susan Litton, Financial Training & Documentation, presented "Accounting at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, June 10-11.

Robert E. Michler and Karl P. Klassen, Surgery, presented "Bioartificial Organs," to the Surgeon Generals' Scientific Advisory Council, Washington, DC., March 11.

Publications

Jan S. Adams, International Studies, emerita, "Russia's Gas Diplomacy," Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 49, No. 3 (May/June 2002), pp. 14-22.

A.P. Aguiar, Entomology, "Revision of the Australian Stephanidae (Hymenoptera)," Invertebrate Taxonomy, Vol. 15, pp. 763-822.

E. Ammar and L.R. Nault, Entomology, "Virus Transmission By Leafhoppers, Planthoppers and Treehoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Homoptera)," edited by R.T. Plumb and J.A. Callow, in Plant Virus Vector Interactions, Vol. 36, pp. 141-167, Academic Press 2002.

Paul R. Berger, Electrical Engineering, "A PNP SI Resonant Interband Tunnel Diode with Symmetrical NDR," Electronics Letters, Vol. 37 (2001), pp. 1412-1414, co-authors were Niu Jin, Sean L. Rommel, Phillip E. Thompson and Karl D. Hobart; and "Doping and Junction Formation" and "Electrodes," Survey of Semiconductor Physics, Vol. II (2002), 2nd edition, edited by Karl Boer.

T.M. Bray, Human Nutrition, "Dietary Zinc Supplementation Inhibits NFkB A Citvation and Protects Against Chemically Induced Diabetes in CD1 Mice," Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 226, No. 2 (Feb. 2001), pp. 103-111, co-authors are E. Ho, N. Quan, Y.H. Tsai and W.M. Lai; "Administration of NFkB Decoy Inhibits Pancreatic Activation of NFkB and Prevents Diabetogenesis by Alloxan in Mice," Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal, Vol. 15, No. 9 (May 18), pp. 1616-1618; and "Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Fungal Delta 6-Desaturase Activity in a Transformed Yeast System," Lipids, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Feb. 2001), pp. 139-143, co-authors were L.T. Chuang, J.M. Thurmond, J.W. Liu, S.J. Kirchner, P. Mukerji and Y.S. Huang.

Becky Cornett, Health System, "A Forum for Bringing Patient Care Compliance to Life," Compliance Today, Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 2002), pp. 20-21.

Robert A. DiSilvestro, Human Nutrition, "Antioxidant Actions of Flavonoids," Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, (Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2001), edited by R. Wildman, pp. 127-142; "Association Between Vitamin E and Enhanced Athletic Performance in Sled Dogs," Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Vol. 33, No. 5 (May 2001), pp. PS826-33, co-authors were R.J. Piercy, K.W. Hinchcliff, P.S. Morley, G.A. Reinhart, S.L. Nelson, K.E. Schmidt and A.M. Craig; "Effects of Dietary Antioxidant Supplementation on Oxidative Damage and Resistance to Oxidative Damage during Prolonged Exercise in Sled Dogs," American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 61, No. 9 (Aug. 2002), pp. 886-91, co-authors were C.R. Baskin and K.W. Hinchcliff; "Vitamin E and Exertional Rhabdomyolysis During Endurance Sled Dog Racing," Neuromuscular Disorders, Vol. 11, No. 3 (April 2001), pp. 278-286, co-authors were G.A. Reinhard, S.L. Nelson, K.E. Schmidt and A.M. Craig; and "Diethyldithiocarbamate Inhibition of Galactosamine-Induced Hepatitis in Rats," Pharmacolical Research, Vol. 45 (2002), pp. 253-255, co-authors were H.G. Lee and David L. Rogers.

C. Edwards, Entomology, "Sustainable Agricultural Practices," Encyclopedia of Pest Management, pp. 812-814, edited by D. Pimentel and Marcel Dekker.

Mark L. Failla, Human Nutrition, "Assessment of Degradation and Intestinal Cell Uptake of Carotenoids and Chlorophyll Derivatives from Spinach Puree Using an In Vitro Digestion and Caco-2 Human Cell Model," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Vol. 49, No. 4 (April 2001), pp. 2082-89, co-authors were M.G. Ferruzzi and J. Schwartz; "Copper," Present Knowledge in Nutrition, (Washington, D.C.: ILSI Press, 2001), edited by R. Russel, pp. 374-84, co-authors were M.A. Johnson and J.R. Prohaska; "Differentiation of Human U937 Promonocytic Cells is Impaired by Moderate Copper Deficiency," Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 226, No. 3 (March 2001), pp. 222-228, co-authors were Z.X.L. Huang and P.G. Reeves; "Elevated Iron Status Increases, Bacterial Invasion and Survival and Alters Cytokine/ Chemokine mRNA Expression in Caco-2 Human Intestinal Cells," Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 131, No. 5 (May 2002), pp. 1452-58, co-authors were S.L. Foster and S.H. Richardson; "Nutrition: A Reservoir for Integrative Science," Nutrition Research, Vol. 131, No. 4 (April 2001), pp. 1319-21, co-authors were S.H. Zeisel, L.H. Allen, S.P. Coburn and J.W. Erdman; and "Relative Bioavailability of ­Carotene from Supplement Sources," Journal of Nutrition Research, Vol. 21, No. 9 (2001), pp. 1209-15, co-authors were C.J. Fuller and D.N. Butterfoss.

P.S. Grewal, X. Wang and R.A.J. Taylor, Entomology, "Dauer Juvenile Longevity and Stress Tolerance in Natural Populations of Entolopathogenic Nematodes: Is There a Relationship?" Int. J Parasitol, Vol. 32, pp. 717-725.

B. Gunadi, C. Blount and C. Edwards, Entomology, "The Growth and Fecundity of Eisenia Fatida (Savigny) in Cattle Solids Precomposted for Different Periods," Pedo Biologia, Vol. 46, pp. 13-23.

Minnie Q. Holmes-McNary, Human Nutrition, "Choline," Handbook of Vitamins, (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001), edited by R. Rucker, J. Suttie, D. McCormick and L. Machlin, pp. 513-28, co-author was S.H. Zeisel; "Impact Factors on Development of Cirrhosis and Subsequent Hepatocellular Carcinoma," Compendium Contin. Educ. Dent., Vol. 22, No. 3 (July 2001), pp. 19-33; "Opposing Regulation of Choline Deficiency-Induced Apoptosis By p53 and NFkB," Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 276, No. 44 (2001), pp. 41197-204, co-authors were A.S. Baldwin Jr. and S.H. Zeisel; and "Nuclear Factor Kappa B Signaling in Catabolic Disorders," Curr. Opin. Clin. Nutr. Metab. Care Clin., May 2002, pp. 255-263.

G.B. Jagdale and P.S. Grewal, Entomology, "Identification of Alternatives for the Management of Foliar Nematodes in Floriculture," Pest Manag. Sci., Vol. 58, pp. 451-458.

G.B. Jagdale, N. Somasekhar, P.S. Grewal and M.G. Klein, Entomology, "Suppression of Plant-Parasitic Nemotodes with Application of Live and Dead Entomopathogenic Nematodes on Boxwood (Buxus spp.)," Biol. Contr., Vol. 24, pp. 42-49.

Lisa Kiser, English, review of The Boundaries of the Human in Medieval English Literature, by Dorothy Yamamoto, Speculum 77 (April 2002), pp. 660-662.

Recognitions

Brian Badgwell, Surgery, is the recipient of the 2002 John P. Minton Award, an honor recognizing the best research paper submitted to the annual meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Brenda Brueggemann, English, won the 2002 Dick Maxwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Students with Disabilities, from the Office of Disability Services.

Daniel Collins and Jacqueline Hartzell, Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, was awarded certificates of appreciation from the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, for their support of a student employee in the Air National Guard.

Saul Cornell, History, was awarded a month-long fellowship at the New York Public Library from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Stephanie Dunn, English, Mansfield, was selected to be an Affiliated Scholar with the Beatrice M. Bain Research Group (BBRG) at the University of California-Berkeley. BBRG fosters and coordinates scholarship on women and gender across disciplines.

Clive Edwards, Entomology, received the OARDC Senior Faculty Award, April 23.

Steve Gavazzi, Human Development and Family Science, and Mary Fristad, Psychiatry, conducted a research project that investigated the efficacy of a family psychoeducation program for children with mood disorders. Their project was identified as contributing to the No. 1 research finding in the state by the Ohio Department of Mental Health, April 2002.

Karen Hartker, Medicine and Public Health, received the College of Medicine and Public Health/Office of Health Sciences Employee for the month of June.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, received a 2002 NISOD Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas at Austin.

Sarah-Grace Heller, French and Italian, has been award the prize for Best Dissertation 2000-2002 at the University of Minnesota for her dissertation, "Robing Romance: Fashion in Literature in Thirteenth-Century France and Occitania."

Murli Narayan, Veterinary Biosicences, received 1st place and Wei Ding, Ohio State Biochemistry Program, received 2nd place for the Roche Molecular Biochemicals Distinguished Graduate Publication Award.

Laura Rush, Veterinary Biosicences, received 1st place and Bruce LeRoy received 2nd place for the "Roche Molecular Biochemicals Distinguished Graduate Seminar Award.

Anne M. VanBuskirk, Surgery, has been named the 2002 recipient of the Women's and Minority Faculty Award by the American Society for Tranplantation. VanBuskirk was recognized for research on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.

Julia Watson, Comparative Studies, has received a Camargo Foundation Residency Fellowship to Cassis, France, September-December, 2002.

Service

Donna A. Caniano, Surgery, and chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery, was a guest editor of the November 2001 issue of Seminars in Pediatric Surgery.

Ted Futris, Human Development and Family Science and OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, was elected president of the Ohio Council on Family Relations.

Randall K. Wolf, Surgery, has been appointed to the strategic advisory board of Verimetra, Inc. a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices for the surgical industry.