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Honors & Other Things |
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October 11, 2016, Volume 63, No. 09 |
Harold Feldman: American College of Epidemiology President
Garret FitzGerald: Distinguished Service Award
Jane Goodall: Penn Museum’s Wilton Krogman Award
Wendy Grube, Sharon Irving and Lea Ann Matura: Nursing Fellows
Penn: 13th in World Rankings
Penn Business Services’ Green Purchasing Awards
Harold Feldman: American College of Epidemiology President
Harold I. Feldman, the George S. Pepper Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, chair of the department of biostatistics and epidemiology and director of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently named president of the American College of Epidemiology. Dr. Feldman’s term as their president will continue until fall 2017.
The College is the professional organization of the nation’s epidemiologists—health professionals who examine patterns of diseases such as cancer, obesity, food poisoning and influenza; and their causes, which range from lifestyle choices to environmental exposures to genetic factors.
In setting out his vision for the field and the College, Dr. Feldman evoked epidemiology’s dual mission. “We must help prevent disease and we must aid the hundreds of millions whose chronic health conditions demand active management. We must help them to live better, more productive and longer lives,” he said.
In addition, on January 1, 2017, Dr. Feldman will become editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.
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Garret FitzGerald: Distinguished Service Award
Garret A. FitzGerald, chair of systems pharmacology and translational therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a 2016 Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad. He is the first recipient in the new category of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Charles Flanagan, minister for foreign affairs and trade for Ireland, characterized Dr. FitzGerald as a “globally recognized research physician and scientist … an active member of our diaspora [who is] closely engaged in facilitating scientific endeavor in Ireland.”
The Presidential Distinguished Service Award was established in 2011 by the Republic of Ireland to recognize the contribution of Irish citizens and persons of Irish descent who have made a “valuable contribution to people’s lives.” Only people who live outside of Ireland can be nominated for the award. Nominations were made by Irish communities abroad through Ireland’s network of diplomatic missions.
Dr. FitzGerald received his undergraduate and medical degrees from University College Dublin.
The award recognizes the impact of his research on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, and his efforts in supporting the training and mentorship of Irish researchers.
Dr. FitzGerald is also director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at Penn, which supports research at the intersection of basic and clinical research, focusing on developing new and safer medicines.
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Jane Goodall: Penn Museum’s Wilton Krogman Award
Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a United Nations Messenger of Peace and a world-renowned conservationist, received the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Wilton Krogman Award for Distinguished Achievement in Biological Anthropology during her visit to Penn on September 29. The award was presented at the 2016 Philomathean Society Annual Oration in the Penn Museum’s Harrison Auditorium.
“Over the course of more than 55 years, Jane Goodall has worked tirelessly to study and understand our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees, and ultimately to redefine the relationship between humans and animals. Her strong scientific integrity, combined with her deep compassion for humans, animals and our shared environment, as well as her willingness to speak out on the things that matter, have made her an international leader and a model for young people around the world,” said Julian Siggers, Williams Director of the Penn Museum, who presented Dr. Goodall with the Krogman Award.
The Wilton Krogman Award for Distinguished Achievement in Biological Anthropology was developed in memory of Wilton M. Krogman, former professor of physical anthropology (1947-1971) and founder of the Philadelphia Center for Research in Child Growth, now the W.M. Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development.
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Wendy Grube, Sharon Irving and Lea Ann Matura: Nursing Fellows
Three University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) faculty members will be inducted as 2016 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) during its annual policy conference, Transforming Health, Driving Policy, taking place October 20-22 in Washington, DC. This year’s fellows are Wendy D. Grube, practice associate professor and director of the Center for Global Women’s Health; Sharon Y. Irving, assistant professor of pediatric nursing; and Lea Ann Matura, assistant professor of nursing.
Fellow selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care, and sponsorship by two current AAN fellows. Applicants are reviewed by a panel composed of elected and appointed fellows, and selection is based, in part, on the extent the nominee’s nursing career has influenced health policies and the health and well-being of all.
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Penn: 13th in World Rankings
The University of Pennsylvania earned 13th place in the World University Rankings 2016-2017 list of the 980 top universities in the world. The rankings are published by The Times Higher Education, a London-based magazine. Penn was the highest ranked Pennsylvania school.
In the performance breakdown of the rankings, Penn received the following scores: 85.9 for teaching; 50.1 for international outlook; 88.9 for research; 98.6 for citations; 49.9 for industry income; and 87.1 overall.
The rankings are based on 13 performance indicators and are subject to independent audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers. For more information, visit https://www.timeshighereducation.com/
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Penn Business Services’ Green Purchasing Awards
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(from left to right) Margo Pietras Barnes, senior project manager (FRES, PECO Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan team); John Mahony, senior project manager (FRES, PECO Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan team); Janel Baselice, executive assistant to the Dean of SAS (Bright Green Idea award recipient); Colleen Reardon, director, Strategic Sourcing and Sustainability (Penn Purchasing Services); Andrew Zarynow, energy planner (FRES, PECO Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan team); and John Zurn, Century Bond project director (FRES, PECO Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan team); Junie Showell, technician (The Penn Genetics and Penn Genome Frontiers Institute team); Mark Mills, executive director (Penn Purchasing Services). |
The University of Pennsylvania’s Green Purchasing Awards presented by Penn’s Purchasing Services and Green Campus Partnership were announced at the annual Purchasing Services Supplier Show on September 28.
The awards honor leading actions of an individual or team that significantly advance the development of sustainable purchasing practices at Penn.
Three Green Purchasing Awards were presented this year.
“With Penn’s dedication to environmental sustainability, it’s important for Purchasing Services to not only promote green purchasing, but to recognize those individual champions throughout our Schools and Centers,” said Mark Mills, executive director of Penn Purchasing Services. “When we review nominations each year, it’s incredibly fun and rewarding to learn about the smart, responsible purchasing activities that are taking place among Penn’s purchasing community – many of which can be shared and repeated across the University.”
The first award was bestowed to Janel Baselice, executive assistant to the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS). Ms. Baselice’s “Bright Green Idea” was to purchase and install reusable, plastic sign holders for waste and recycling updates made by the School’s Green Team. Previously, SAS used laminated signs, which were then put in the landfill stream when signage was updated. The new sign holders, purchased at the relatively low cost of $164.25, serve multiple purposes and allow the new signs to be recycled as clean office paper. This “Bright Green Idea” has been implemented throughout 37 buildings at hundreds of recycling cans in public spaces.
Another Green Purchasing Award recipient was a team from Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES). Over the past two years, the honorees collaborated on 60 projects that provided reductions in electric consumption to qualify for rebates of over $3.4 million from the PECO Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan. One of the Act’s programs is called “Smart Ideas,” which is designed to help offset the increased costs typically associated with investing in more energy-efficient equipment. In Penn’s case, the rebates are for energy-efficiency improvements to the campus in the form of lighting replacements, new steam-driven chillers, upgraded equipment controls and modernized HVAC equipment. The award recipients include Rafael De Luna, project manager; William Dierkes, project manager; Chris Kern, director, design and construction; John Mahony, senior project manager; Margo Pietras Barnes, senior project manager; George Zafiropoulos, director, design and construction; Andrew Zarynow, energy planning engineer; and John Zurn, Century Bond project director.
The Disposable Petri Dish Reduction Project also was a Green Purchasing Award recipient. The Penn Genetics and Penn Genome Frontiers Institute (PGFI) team of Shaili Patel, research scientist; Elicia Preston, research scientist; and Junie Showell, technician, joined forces on a waste minimization and reduction project to replace disposable plastic petri dishes with reusable glass petri dishes. The project has significantly reduced lab waste at the PGFI facility. The team reports that this initiative has reduced autoclave trash generated by the lab by approximately one-third.
These initiatives align with Penn’s Climate Action Plan 2.0, the University’s comprehensive strategic roadmap for environmental sustainability that sets forth standards and goals for campus performance as part of the Penn’s collective commitment to reduce carbon emissions, engage the community and expand sustainability-related teaching and research.
For more information about the Green Purchasing Award recipients and their accomplishments, visit www.upenn.edu/purchasing |
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