Milestones

APPOINTED

Bret Bielema has been hired as defensive coordinator for the football team. Bielema served as co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas State University.

James Cleary, UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, UW Hospital and Clinics, recently assumed the 2004 presidency of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. AAHPM is an organization of physicians and other medical professionals dedicated to excellence in palliative medicine, the prevention and relief of suffering among patients and families by providing education and clinical practice standards, fostering research, facilitating personal and professional development of its members, and public policy advocacy.

Jane Nelson-Worel, UW Hospital and Clinics preventive cardiology nurse, was elected to the board of directors for the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. In this volunteer role, Nelson-Worel will help plan the association’s annual meeting and develop strategic plans for the organization.

HONORED

Herb Chen, general surgery, is the recipient of a James IV Traveling Fellowship in 2004. The James IV Association of Surgeons aims to foster the exchange of knowledge among the distinguished surgeons of countries where English is freely spoken. Chen will spend six weeks sharing new techniques and innovations to surgical audiences in other countries.

Michael Fiore, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, received a Special Recognition Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine Feb. 21. The ACPM is the national professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion.

Judith Ladinsky, associate professor of population health sciences and international health, received a People’s Health medal and certificate from Tran Thi Trung Chien, the Vietnamese minister of health, on Jan. 15. The award is the highest honor Vietnam can bestow upon those working in the health field.

Stewart Macaulay, Malcolm Pitman Sharp Hilldale Professor and Theodore W. Brazeau Bascom Professor of Law, has received the Outstanding Scholar Award conferred annually by the American Bar Foundation. The highly esteemed award, which recognizes fellows of the ABF who have engaged in outstanding scholarship in the law or in government, was announced Feb. 7 at the ABF’s fellows annual banquet in San Antonio.

Douglas Maxwell, professor emeritus of plant pathology, was co-recipient of the 2003 Award for Scientific Excellence from the Board for International Food and Agriculture Development. Rep. Tammy Baldwin presented the award at a Feb. 4 ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Stephen Nakada, chair of urology, was the 2004 recipient of the Gold Cystoscope Award. The award, presented annually to a urologist who has distinguished himself or herself by contributions to the profession within 10 years of completing residency training, will be presented at the 2004 American Urological Association annual meeting.

Joseph R. Robinson, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded the Kremers Professorship in Pharmacy. A faculty member since 1966, Robinson researches controlled drug delivery, ocular drug disposition and bioadhesives.

Ben Shen, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded the inaugural Charles Melbourne Johnson Chair, which honors and rewards a faculty member who engages in outstanding academic activities. Charles Melbourne Johnson was a graduate of the School of Pharmacy (B.S. ’29, M.S. ’31).

Jamie Van Gompel, a research fellow in the Department of Surgery, is featured on the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Web site (http://www.hhmi.org/news/wismedfellowgia.html), along with his mentor Herb Chen, general surgery. Van Gompel, the recipient of a Medical Student Research Fellowship from HHMI, is investigating a novel protein that may be effective in treating patients with carcinoid tumors and other neuroendocrine cancers.

PUBLISHED

Christopher Kleinhenz, French and Italian, is the general editor of the two-volume set, “Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia” (New York and London: Routledge, 2003).

OTHER MILESTONES

Students from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf mock trial team reached a groundbreaking achievement on Feb. 7 in Janesville, winning the regional competition of the Wisconsin State Bar mock trial competition. Founded and coached by Michele LaVigne, Law School clinical associate professor, the team is now preparing for the state tournament in Madison on March 14.

The Division of International Studies received a substantial gift in support of study abroad programs, Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies, announced Feb. 5. The Vince Club Family Foundation has pledged $75,000, specifically for yearlong study in one of the UW–Madison’s overseas programs. The gift was led by Gigi Pritzker Pucker, an alumna of UW–Madison’s Nepal study abroad program.

The Farm and Industry Short Course Dairy Judging Team took second place overall among 10 teams competing at the Southwestern Exposition dairy cattle judging contest, held Jan. 18 at Fort Worth, Texas. The team is coached by Cheryl Marti.