Appointments George Bornstein, the C. A. Patrides Professor of Literature in the Department of English, has been elected president of the Society for Textual Scholarship (STS) for 2006-07. The STS is the leading professional association for important innovations in editorial theory and practice over the past two decades. Its members predominantly come from literature but also include historians, musicologists, philosophers and other humanistic scholars. Ralph Lydic, the Bert LaDu Professor, associate chair for anesthesiology research and professor of physiology, has been named to the External Advisory Council for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Funded by NASA, the NSBRI is a consortium of institutions studying health risks related to long-duration space flight. Lydic will advise the NSBRI Human Performance Factors, Sleep and Chronobiology Team. Awards Betsy Foxman, professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health and director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, has been named the 2005 winner of the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship Award from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association. The award recognizes a person who has made a significant contribution to addressing a public health issue of major importance by applying epidemiologic principles and methods. Dr. Bertram Pitt, an active emeritus professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Medical School, recently received the prestigious Herrick Award from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes a physician for scientific achievements that have contributed profoundly to the advancement and practice of clinical cardiology. Ron Lesthaeghe, visiting professor of sociology, LSA, and visiting research professor of population studies, Institute for Social Research, recently received the prestigious Solvay Award from the Belgium Academy of Sciences. An international jury conferred the award; Lesthaeghe is the 2005 winner in the social sciences and humanities. He received the award from King Albert II of Belgium in a public ceremony. Dr. David Fox, chief of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Internal Medicine, was elected vice president of the American College of Rheumatology at the recent Annual Scientific Meeting. Fox specializes in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, and his research interests include the study of human T-lymphocyte biology and monoclonal antibodies. Barbara Israel, professor of health behavior and health education at the School of Public Health, has been awarded the 2005 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Distinguished Fellow Award. The highest honor given by SOPHE, the award was presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Philadelphia. Fawwaz Ulaby, who has just stepped down as vice president for research, and is the R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Engineering, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Edison Medal for pioneering research in microwave and radar remote sensing technology and their environmental and industrial applications. IEEE’s oldest medal is presented for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering or the electrical arts. Dr. Anna Lok, professor of internal medicine, received an unrestricted $500,000 Freedom to Discover Research Grant over five years, for her research on viral hepatitis. The grant, funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, is given to infectious disease researchers in recognition of their past research accomplishments and the potential for future research. Fatma Muge Gocek, associate professor of sociology and associate professor of women’s studies, and Ronald Suny, the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History and professor of history, and members of the Workshop for Armenian-Turkish Scholarship, recently received the Academic Freedom Award from the Middle Eastern Studies Association. The award recognizes their role in initiating a series of conferences to facilitate dialogue among Armenian and Turkish scholars about the events of 1915 that led to the destruction of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian population.
