NEWSLETTER - Purdue University

SPRING 2011
HEALTH SCIENCES
NEWSLETTER
THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES • PURDUE UNIVERSITY
HEALTH SCIENCES
GRADUATION &
AWARDS BANQUET
The School of Health Sciences
celebrated its successes on Friday,
April 15, 2011 with the Annual
Graduation and Awards Banquet at
the Purdue Memorial Union in the
South Ballroom. We were honored
to have as our guest, Dean
Christine Ladisch.
Congratulations to our award
winners, Distinguished Students
and Ambassadors who were
honored for their many
contributions to academic
achievement, service, research,
and teaching in the School.
Also recognized at this banquet
was our Robert Landolt Excellence
in Teaching Award winner, Dr.
Ulrike Dydak and our 2011 Young
Alumni recipient, Julie Kucek.
Please see page 6 for a complete
list of winners and page 7-8 for
photos of the event!
Dr. Gary Carlson
has announced that
he will retire from
the School of
Health Sciences
and
Purdue
University effective
June 30, 2011 after
30
years
of
dedicated service.
Dr. Carlson is currently the Senior Advisor
to the Head, Chair of Purdue Animal Care
and Use Committee, and Chair of
Committee
on Toxicology, National
Spring
2011
Academy of Sciences.
Dear Alumni and Friends:
As the Head of the School, I indeed have the
privilege to be the first to learn about our faculty’s
and students’ achievements, while in the
meantime being the first to know of faculty
promotions, departures and whereabouts. Most
of the time the news is joyful, yet it can be
sorrowful sometimes.
I had this very mixed sorrow-joy feeling when
announcing Dr. Gary Carlson’s retirement in our
Spring Awards Banquet. Gary has served
Purdue for more than 33 years, ever since 1978.
He has been instrumental to our School’s growth
and program improvement, not to mention his
decades-long contribution to the School’s
financial stability. He sets a high standard for
himself and is a role model not only for our
Prof. Wei Zheng, Head
students but also for our faculty members. He
has always been selfless in contributing his time, effort and knowledge in helping
School’s operation, currently being a member of 25 committees at local and national
level! It is somewhat sorrowing to see Gary’s ultimate leaving; yet we celebrate his
retirement, for he finally has the time to devote exclusively to Judy. I am sure that Gary
will have a lot more fun walking on the golf course than working on the toxicology
course.
This spring, the School passed another milestone: Dr. Keith Stantz has been
successfully promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Congratulations,
Keith, for your achievements and recognition!
You may know by now that our industrial hygiene program has been accredited by
ABET. But you may not know that the dossier prepared by our ABET team was
selected as the model dossier to be displayed in ABET’s national conference. I’d like to
congratulate our ABET team led by Dr. Jim McGlothlin and the members Drs. Frank
Rosenthal, Neil Zimmerman, Jennifer Freeman, and Ms. Yvonne Nash for their
outstanding job!
There are many more laudable achievements and recognitions made by our faculty
members. Dr. Jim Schweitzer has been congratulated by President France A.
Cordova in her personal letter to Jim for his multiple national television appearances on
MSNBC and Fox News network providing his expert analysis on the nuclear reactor
crisis in Japan. Dr. Shuang Liu has recently been appointed as the Chair of the Area
Committee (Life Science) in Purdue’s Graduate School, which bestows him
membership to the Steering Committee of Purdue Graduate Council. Dr. Ulrike Dydak
has been appointed by Dean Ladisch to serve as the member of the College Planning
Steering Committee.
(to be continued on next page)
UNDERGRADUATE SERVICES
The 2010-2011 school year has been remarkable for a number of reasons not the least
of which has been the transition to the new college. With change, there are always
challenges to be met but thanks to a great staff and student body we have been able to
make the transformation.
Our undergraduate numbers in the current school year are slightly low yet the quality of
student body is excellent. The pre-professional program continues to lead in numbers
with just under 330 enrolled. Medical Laboratory Sciences has 75 students enrolled.
Occupational Health Sciences enrollment is hovering around 50, while Radiological
Health Sciences and Environmental Health are steady at around 25 enrolled. We have
enjoyed a tremendous success rate of acceptance for these students who were
choosing to go on to professional schools.
Bob Walkup, Head Academic Advisor,
Office of Student Services
For the Fall 2011 beginning class, we are expecting 135 new students to join our family,
but that number may increase depending on the needs of the new college. It is
customary that we have larger numbers of students in our Junior and Senior classes as we are the recipients of many
students who choose our majors after having been admitted to Purdue. This year’s Senior class is one of our largest
with nearly 180 students. We expect our Junior class to grow from the 105 students currently enrolled.
Demographically, we are about 66% female with nearly 72% of our students coming from the state of Indiana. We also
have over 18% of our students classified as minorities. It is our goal to retain our diversity while increasing our
enrollment slightly over the next two years. Educating the next generation of well-trained health science professionals to
meet the job market demand is our ultimate goal. If you have any suggestions for helping us to reach our goal of an
overall increase in our pre-professional student numbers, please contact Bob Walkup – [email protected].
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1—HEAD’S MESSAGE
Dr. Linda Nie has just received the summer PRF award, one of only two awardees in the HHS, and Drs. Zimmerman
and Rosenthal have collectively received about $22,000 instructional equipment funds for improvement of School’s
teaching facility. Many congratulations to our faculty for their accomplishments as well as their selfless services!
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to page 3 to congratulate our graduates, the future leaders in health and
human sciences. There are more award winners (starting on page 8) to share with you. Please also allow me to
represent our School in thanking Dr. Tom Widner’s family and those who made contributions to the Thomas Widner
Scholarship. Tom graduated from our environmental health sciences and industrial hygiene programs in the early
1980’s. I met Tom in his office in downtown San Francisco on June 3, 2010. We shared a good laughter on his assorted
Purdue boilermaker collections. On my desk, I still have three his own papers he handed over to me and wanted me to
read, all about nuclear power plants! I thought that it was perhaps his gentle way to put the health physics education on
my radar screen. Tom passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 52; he will be remembered forever in our
minds! Please go to page 12 to enjoy a superb eulogy by Dr. Dennis Paustenbach. We, as well as our students, will
strive to finish the unfinished business left by Tom – to make the world a better and safer place to live!
Hail Purdue!
Wei Zheng, Professor and Head
Spring 2011
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!!
SPRING 2011 HEALTH SCIENCES GRADUATES
Spring 2011
Allison Allbaugh
Kaitlyn Edwards
Kuan-Yu Lin
Kaitlyn Salpietro
Miguel Arambula
Sarah-Ruth Egel
Christina Lovell
Randolph Sarnowski
Murad Arif
Elizabeth Emily
Kristal Lykins
Elizabeth Scott
Michael Arvin
Brandon Evans
Philip Maletta
Jessica Sedwick
Kathleen Athern
Morgan Flinchbaugh
Mallory McCormick
Caden Shields
Brian Baer
Lyndi Gable
Steven McGovern
Kristin Shrack
Aster Berhe
Alia Garza
Abby Meister
Samantha Simiele
Muzit Berhe
Emily Gerig
Caitlyn Metzger
Lindsey Sims
Jessica Brinson
Brittany Gilson
Jacqueline Miller
Allison Smith
Jordan Brooks
Jennifer Harber
Kimberly Morgan
Matthew Smith
Carolyn Brown
Kristin Hardy
Samantha Morgan
Christopher Snyder
Christina Brown
Geoffrey Harris
Kelsey Myers
Jessica Stanish
Thomas Brown
Spencer Hatfield
Matthew Neidow
Jessica Stanley
Bryant Burkett
Sanna Ho
Matthew Nettleman
James Stovall
Sarah Butts
Patrick Hodge
Kyle Niewiadomski
Taylor Terveer
Michael Bylsma
Daniel Hood
Lauren Oman
Jasmine Utterback
Maggie Cappel
Philip Hoyt
Cody Owens
Alex Van Hooser
Krystin Carlson
Brittany Jackson
Zachary Pasquinelli
Jake Van Hooser
Maria Carro
Brittney Jasek
Roshni Patel
Genevieve Viduya
Stephanie Chambless
Suyoung Jeong
Kaitlin Pfister
Jennifer Wang
Mary Cherven
Lauren Johnson
Thanh Pham
Eric Ward
David Colturi
Theodore Korty
Renay Polk
Ann Wiechel
Danielle Craig
Britney LaFollette
Dustin Pruett
Evan Wright
Jacob Crist
Jennifer Lee
Lauren Redig
Caitlin Wuerther
Melissa Darang
Sharon Lee
Shay Reinle
Ye Yuan Fan
Elizabeth Dehaan
Randy Lehman
Natalie S. Robinson
Betsy Eagin
Leslie Levenhagen
Nina Sadeghi
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DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS
Tyler Alverson
Murad Arif
Michael Arvin
Kathleen Athern
Amanda Barnum
Tommy Bassetto
Christina Basso
Karlee Bauer
Carter Beckham
Elizabeth Bell
Carolyn Benages
Jesse Blair
Katherine Boehm
Krish Bonebrake
Brian Bonk
Jonathan Bons
Weston Brander
Jessica Brinson
Jordan Brooks
Christina Brown
Christina Burke
Bryant Burkett
Michael Bylsma
Joseph Calderaro
Maggie Cappel
Krystin Carlson
Susan Choe
Alyssa Choi
Donghoon Choi
Colleen Clifford
Desiree Coleman
Catherine Collins
David Colturi
Laurie Conrad
Ellen Cotant
Jennifer Cozad
Jacob Crist
Melissa Darang
Douglas Day
Monica Deprospero
Betsy Eagin
Kaitlyn Edwards
Kaitlyn Egan
Gage Egierski
Micah Fischer
Morgan Flinchbaugh
Allison Forkner
Lyndi Gable
Jason Gadlage
Spring 2011
Amalia Giannini
Brittany Gilson
David Goddard
Alexis Goedde
Bria Goode
Paige Grable
Stefanie Gresham
Lauren Groothuis
Laura Guse
Matthew Gusler
Lauren Gustafson
Barbara Gutmann
Laci Hamilton
David Harbaugh
Jennifer Harber
Spencer Hatfield
Robert Heestand
Monica Henggeler
Charles Hill
Patrick Hodge
Daniel Hood
Kathryn Hornung
Ming-Jung Hsieh
Brittany Jackson
Brittney Jasek
Lauren Johnson
Pamela Jung
Najwa Kashow
Elizabeth Kauffman
Cassandra Kelly
Katie Kickertz
Maya Koehler
Lauren Kolecki
Theodore Korty
Erica Kuchler
Britney La Follette
Katie Lamb
Katrina Larson
Gen Joo Lee
Michelle Lee
Sharon Lee
Jeffrey Leggett
Randy Lehman
Leslie Levenhagen
Kuan-Yu Lin
Emily Loehrlein
Shaina Logermann
Kristal Lykins
Chelsea Maciejack
Mary Majewski
David Manring
Jenna Maraldo
Camille Marion
Nicholas Markovich
Mallory McCormick
Laura McLain
Megan Meents
Jacqueline Miller
Marissa Mills-Clark
Ssamantha Morgan
Michael Muchnik
Roirdan Murphy
Corrine Nelson
Matthew Nettleman
Hung Nguyen
Kyle Niewiadomski
Laura Noble
Allison Northquist
James O'Reilly
Lauren Oman
Stephan Ong
Cody Owens
Zachary Pasquinelli
Emily Peppin
Gisella Pere
Kaitlin Pfister
Thanh Pham
Molly Powers
Kristen Probst
Summer Rathbun
Lauren Redig
Lauren Rigg
David Robbins
Elaina Roeing
Brookley Rogers
Elizabeth Rowland
Anneliese Rupp
Kari Russell
Lindsey Rylee
Nina Sadeghi
Sara Sadeghi
Christie Saldana
Deborah Sceniak
Betsy Schlehuser
Kelly Schlotman
Ellen Schoenle
Brett Schuhler
Jenna Schultheis
Marcus Schwab
Elizabeth Scott
Kyle Scott
Benjamin Seagren
Caden Shields
Eric Simiele
Samantha Simiele
Austin Simpson
Emily Sirk
Alayna Skinner
Alex Slaten
Allison Smith
Bianca Smith
Kelsey Smith
Matthew Smith
Olivia Smith
Stephanie Snack
You Min Sohn
Yae Sam Song
Courtney Sperry
Kyle Spidel
Jessica Stanish
Stephanie Steiner
Robert Stratman
Mina Tawfik
Marrissa Taylor
Taylor Terveer
Maxter Thai
Lauren Trout
Jasmine Utterback
Gretchen Van Meter
Jacob Van Westrum
Genevieve Viduya
Aleksandra Vukovic
Ashley Wagner
Stephanie Wagner
Kaylie Waltz
Amanda Welch
Claire Wellinghoff
Ann Wiechel
Timothy Willard
Cody Wilson
Rebecca Wilson
Andrew Wiseman
Evan Wright
Mark Ziemba
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OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Wayne Duke
Postgraduate Awardee - 2011
Allie Smith
Purdue senior Allie Smith of
women's swimming and diving has
been selected as the 2011 female
recipient among the Big Ten
Conference of the prestigious
Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award.
Presented by the Indianapolis Big
Ten Community Partnership, the award is an annual scholarship recognizing one male
and one female Big Ten senior student-athlete pursuing a postgraduate degree for
achievements in academics, athletics, extracurricular activities and leadership. Smith
joins former Purdue women's basketball player Lauren Mioton (2009) as Boilermakers to
win the Wayne Duke Award since its inception in 2008.
The Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award is named for the former Big Ten Conference
commissioner who served from 1971-89. While leading the Big Ten, Duke spent much of
his time working to improve academic standards and graduation rates for studentathletes. Former Commissioner Duke placed great emphasis on civic service and
leadership, along with a high-level of performance both in athletic competition and in the
classroom. Smith is a two-time honorable mention All-American, Big Ten Distinguished
Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten, and CSCAA All-Academic.
Smith is a two-time honorable mention All-American, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar,
Academic All-Big Ten, and CSCAA All-Academic. Smith plans to attend Washington
University in St. Louis to pursue her Master's Degree in physical therapy. She is a
member of the Purdue OT/PT, Boilermaker Athletic Council, Purdue Cancer Center
Challenge, John Purdue Club Thank-A-Thon, National Girls and Women in Sports Day,
Purdue Street Fest and Purdue Dance Marathon.
Smith holds five Purdue swimming records (three individual and two relay) and was the
Boilermakers' leading point scorer at the 2010 Big Ten Championships. At the 2011 Big
Ten Championships, the Green Bay, Wis., native broke her own school record in the 100
backstroke for a fourth time and helped Purdue also
“Allie has excelled as a
establish new program benchmarks in the 200 and 400 student athlete in her time
medley relays. She has been the Boilers' top performer in here at Purdue," women's
the backstroke events during her collegiate career and swimming and diving head
coach John Klinge said.
also excels in the 200 individual medley.
"The Wayne Duke Award
Smith is a general health sciences and pre-physical is a great honor for her
therapy major, who will be graduating from Purdue in May. and well deserved."
The Charles O. McGaughey Leadership Awards
Kristin Shrack, a junior in the School of Health Sciences was one of the 2010
awardees of the Charles O. McGaughey Award. This award is presented annually
during the Spring semester to at least seven Purdue students. Mr. McGaughey
developed these awards to honor Purdue undergraduates who show leadership
abilities and the appreciation for basic American values. Among other requirements,
students must have demonstrated an appreciation of the values of liberty and the
democratic form of government and an appreciation of the importance of respect for
others and for the diversity of the United States of America. Mr. McGaughey believed
that it was appropriate to recognize individual student leaders' efforts with an honor
like the McGaughey Leadership Award.
Job well done—Kristin!
Spring 2011
Mortar Board, upon its
founding at Syracuse
University in 1918,
became the first
national organization
honoring senior
college women. In the Fall of 1926, the Purdue
Chapter of Mortar Board was chartered and
since that time has grown to preeminence in
the national organization, which claims 226
college chapters. Mortar Board remained a
society for senior women until 1975 when men
were permitted to be selected to its prestigious
ranks.
Mortar Board members are selected for their
superior scholarship, dedicated service to the
university community, and outstanding and
constant leadership. Mortar Board can be
found assisting special university leaders,
holding a leadership conference, backing
intercollegiate athletics, and honoring staff
members who are especially supportive of
students. The YWCA Women's Shelter,
Community and Family Resource Center , the
Liberal Arts Learning Center, Span Plan, and
University Day have all benefited from Mortar
Board's financial assistance.
The Barbara Cook Chapter of Mortar Board is
so named to honor retired Dean of Students
Barbara Cook, who advised Mortar Board from
1956 to 1986. To honor Dean Cook, Mortar
Board, along with friends and former students,
donated a University marker which stands near
the corner of Stadium and Northwestern
Avenue.
Three of our Health Sciences students are
fortunate to be associated with this
organization: Maggie Cappel, Kristin Shrack
and Allison Smith received a Mortar Board
Fellowship and Kaylie Waltz and David Pison
are new members. Way to go!
Kristin Carlson was awarded the Horace H.
Rackham Merit Fellowship which will allow her
to pursue her Ph.D. will full financial support
for five years.
Eleina Faber is the Director of Fine Arts for
the Purdue Student Union Board.
Ann Weichel will be a Campus Staff Member
with Greek InterVarsity, part of InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship, in the Great Lakes West
Region.
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2010-2011 HEALTH SCIENCES AWARD WINNERS
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BARBARA YOUNG AWARD
Carolyn Benages
DISTINGUISHED HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENT
Allison Smith
BOOTSMA DISTINGUISHED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY STUDENT
Christopher Malek & Theresa Xavier
ROBERT R. LANDOLT RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP
Samantha Simiele
RICHARD VETTER SCHOLARSHIP
Michelle Lee & Lauren Rigg
WAYNE V. KESSLER GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Beauregard Middaugh
GRADUATE SERVICE AWARD
Samuel Peterson
THOMAS E. WIDNER SCHOLARSHIP
Weston Brander
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY HEALTH PHYSICS AWARD
Claire Wellinghoff
PAUL L. ZIEMER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN
SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE
Elizabeth Rowland
SERVICE AWARD
Kaitlin Pfister
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AWARD
Adam McLeland
Spring 2011
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2010-2011 HEALTH SCIENCES GRADUATION & AWARDS BANQUET
Dr. Zheng & Christina Peace
David Tate & Carolyn Benages
Dr. Neil Zimmerman & Allison Smith
Michaele McDonald & Theresa Xavier
David Tate & Chris Malek
Dr. Ulrike Dydak & Samantha Simiele
“Success means having the courage,
the determination, and the will to
become the person you believe you
were meant to be”
George Sheehan
Dr. Jim McGlothlin & Michelle Lee
Bob Walkup & Kaitlin Pfister
Spring 2011
Dr. Linda Nie & Weston Brander
Dr. Frank Rosenthal & Lauren Rigg
Dr. Gary Carlson, Elizabeth Rowland
& Dr. Paul Ziemer
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Dr. Shuang Liu & Beau Middaugh
PMO Boiler Boys
Weston Brander & Family
Dr. Wei Zheng & Dr. Gary Carlson
Spring 2011
Mark Wood & Adam McLeland
Dean Ladisch, Judy & Gary Carlson
Dr. Jim Schweitzer & Adam McLeland
Dr. & Mrs. Lee, Michelle Lee
& Dr. Jim McGlothlin
Dr. Jennifer Freeman & Sam Peterson
Dr. Shuang Liu, Mrs. Olive Kessler
& Beau Middaugh
James Summons & Theresa Xavier
Mr. & Mrs. Sirk and Dr. Wei Zheng
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EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Congratulations to Dr. Ulrike Dydak on being selected as 2011 the
recipient of the Health Sciences Robert L. Landolt Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
Criteria for the award include: Clarity of Presentation, Creating
Student Interest in the Subject, Intellectual Challenge to the
Students, Development of Logical Approaches and Critical
Evaluation
Dr. Dydak was also honored in an event by the Provost at the
Faculty Awards Convocation on Thursday, April 28th in the Shively
Club, Ross Ade Pavilion.
Dr. Zheng presented the award to Dr. Dydak
Congratulations Dr. Dydak—Keep up the great work!
OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD
I initially came to HLS and met Mr. Dave Tate where I was instantly shown an entire new world of
lab science that I did not even know existed. While at Purdue, the HLS curriculum prepared me
for my journey into the clinical year. The topic specific classes that I took during my third year at
Purdue really projected me ahead of my fellow classmates during the clinical year. I entered the
clinical year very confident that Purdue had completely prepared me for the busy year.
Clinical rotations at St. Margaret’s Medical Technology Program were wonderful for many
reasons. The curriculum is scheduled so that you are in lectures twice a week and lab three times
a week. I believe that the exposure to the lab continually throughout the year really provides great
life experiences about being a lab tech. In addition, by adding in the lecture areas twice a week, I
felt there was continual review of material which allowed much better retention of that material.
Julie Kucek
The best aspect of the program is that some rotations are at the hospital and some are at the
Core laboratory. This gives students the opportunity to experience both aspects of laboratory careers. I learned more
in my clinical rotations than I thought possible.
The clinical rotation prepared me for my future by exposing me to the Core lab setting. I initially knew that this is
where I wanted to be opposed to a hospital lab. The education I received in the program and at Purdue also prepared
me for my future position as Microbiology Supervisor. I continued my education at the Purdue Calumet campus in
Hammond, IN and received my Master’s of Science in Biology in 2008. Purdue has always been and always will be a
part of my educational goals, as I am back at the Purdue Calumet campus in pursuit of an MBA degree. In the future I
would like to finish my MBA and possibly pursue a PhD degree to continue my career in Microbiology and MLS.
Thank you so very much for this honor. I am very humbled and proud to receive such an award from the School of
Health Sciences at Purdue University. I would like to thank Rosemary Duda for nominating me. Rosemary is the
director of the Medical Technology program at St. Margaret’s in Hammond, IN where I attended my clinical year in
2004. Rosemary has truly become a mentor and inspiration for me throughout my career. Without Rosemary and the
wonderful program at HLS I would not be where I am today.
Spring 2011
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COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES GRADUATION AND AWARDS BANQUET
Rosie Ricci, Dr. Wei Zheng, Betsy Eagan and Dr. Jennifer Freeman.
Dean Christine Ladisch, Dr. Paul Ziemer and Dr. Wei Zheng.
Betsy was recognized as one of The College of Health and Human
Sciences 2011 HHS Outstanding Seniors. She was honored at the
HHS Alumni Awards dinner on Friday, April 8th.
Dr. Ziemer was one of two individuals honored as Health and Human Sciences Alumni Awards Recipients for 2011
Dr. Howard Zelaznik, Christina Peace and Dr. Wei Zheng
Christina was the 2011 recipient of The Dr. Johnny E. Brown Membership
Award from the Black Graduate Association. This award is given to a
Black Graduate Association member who has been a diligent participant in
the organization. This award is a token of appreciation from the BGA to a
member who has gone far beyond the call of duty to ensure that the BGA
remains an active force on Purdue's campus. This award is given as a
tribute to Dr. Johnny E. Brown. After graduation, Christina, a Health
Physics Masters student and recently being promoted to Airforce Major,
will return to active duty with the U.S. Air Force and will be
stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn,
Ohio.
Thank you Major Peace for your dedicated
service to our country!
Faculty Recognition
Dr. Ulrike Dydak
won
funding for her pilot
proposal entitled “In-Vivo
GABA MRS of Metal
Toxicity in the Human
Brain” has been selected
for funding by Indiana
Clinical and Translational
Sciences Institute. The
project receives $10,000 for
the period of 1/01/2011 –
12/31/2012.
On March 17, 2011 Prof. Jim Schweitzer, our
School’s health physics faculty, was on national
TV, discussing the essentials of nuclear power
plant, recent explosion in Japan, and radioactive
exposure and prevention.
Spring 2011
Dr. James McGlothlin
received additional funding
to support his Study Abroad
program:
Contemporary
Issues in International
Public Health - China 2011
from Purdue’s Study
Abroad Program.
The 2010-11 ABET SelfStudy prepared by the
Industrial Hygiene — MS
program at Purdue was
selected in a display of “Well-written Self-Studies” at
the April 2011 ABET Symposium. The criteria for
selection were designed to identify well-written and
organized Self-Studies for others to view as examples
of well-written documentation for ABET accreditation.
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BEYOND GRADUATION...CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION
Allie Allbaugh
Occupational Therapy School
Tennessee State University
Delphine Suyoung Jeong
Dental School
Boston University, Case Western Reserve,
Marquette Universities & University of Pennsylvania
Murad Arif
Indiana University School of Medicine
Sharon Sae-Rom Lee
School of Pharmacy
Virginia Commonwealth University
Christina Brown
Physicians Assistant Program
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kuan-Yu Lin
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Bryant Burkett
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Michael Bylsma
Physical Therapy
Andrews University, Washington University,
Northwestern University, & Indiana University
Maggie Cappel
Physical Therapy
Indiana University, Midwestern University
& Belleramine University
Krystin Carlson
Doctor of Philosophy - University of Michigan
Lauren Conrad
University of Louisville Medical School
Melissa Darang
Doctor of Philosophy
Midwestern University
Betsy Eagin
Masters of Public Health
George Washington & Tulane University
Patrick Hodge
Masters of Public Health
Indiana University
Caitlyn Metzger
Physician Assistant School
Rosalind Franklin University
Matthew Nettleman
Lake Eric College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kaitlin Pfister
Dental School
Indiana University, Michigan, Louisville, & Marquette
Kristin Shrack
Masters of Public Health
Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis
Matthew Smith
Physical Therapy
Northwestern University & University Illinois Chicago
Jessica Stanish
Physical Therapy
University of Indianapolis & Midwestern
Jill Steinhoff
Physician Assistant Program
Missouri State University
Michael Wibel
Veterinary School
Michigan State, Illinois & St. Georges University
HEALTH SCIENCE ADVISORS CELEBRATE ’80’ YEARS OF SERVICE AT PURDUE
This past year our three Health Science Advisors celebrated their Service
Anniversaries for a ‘combined total of ’80’ years of service to Purdue!
From left to right: Bob Walkup, Head of Student Services with his ‘20’ Year
Service plaque; Rosie Ricci, our PreAllied Health Coordinator and Dave Tate,
Director of Medical Laboratory Sciences and of Alumni Relations, with their
‘30’ Year Service plaques from Purdue.
That takes a lot of patience, knowledge and dedication!!
WAY TO GO BOB, ROSIE & DAVE!
Spring 2011
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THOMAS WIDNER SCHOLARSHIP
The Thomas Widner Scholarship in Health Sciences has been established by the
family of Thomas E. Widner (BSEH’80, MS’81) in memory of a beloved husband
and father. Tom passed away unexpectedly on July 19, 2010 at the age of 52.
Tom wife, Kathleen Widner (CLA’79), said she and her children created the scholarship
because, “the kids and I loved Tom very much and this is our way for other folks to
remember him.” Purdue is where Tom and I met so it will always have a special place in
my heart. We are Boilermakers through and through. Tom was so passionate about his
work as a Health Physicist and Industrial Hygienist. He always felt the foundation he
received through his Purdue BS and MS gave him the confidence to push the boundaries
of what was known in both fields. Tom would love knowing there is a scholarship in his
name because he received one, the Jeff Kaiser Memorial Foundation, during his time at
Purdue. He was honored when he received that and enjoyed meeting Jeff's parents, so I
know this scholarship would have great meaning to him.”
Tom Widner, BSEH 1980 and MS 1981
Dennis Paustenbach, Widner’s former Purdue instructor and, years later, his co-worker,
gave the eulogy at Tom’s funeral in July 2010. Below is an excerpt from Paustenbach’s
eulogy.
I first met Tom 30 years ago when he sat in the first row of my industrial hygiene class at Purdue. He may have been my
best student ever. He was one of my first Master’s degree students and, later in life we worked together for 20 of the past
30 years. One of my first recollections of Tom was that he took terrific notes in class. That attention to detail and
excellence stayed with him throughout his professional career. After graduation, Tom worked in the nuclear industry
where he was recognized as a brilliant applied health physicist. He helped bring integrity to the field in the post Three
Mile Island era.
One morning in 1988, not having seen Tom for about six years, I had a feeling I should connect with him. It had crossed
my mind that he might want to work with me in my new firm, ChemRisk. As I walked to the kitchen that morning, the
phone rang. It Tom was on the other end. Tom said, “Hi, I have missed your mentorship, do you have a job for me?” I
was startled and then said, “of course!”
The Dept of Energy had been told that ChemRisk knew quite a lot about chemical risk assessment. The DOE and the
State of Colorado were getting asked many tough questions by the citizens around Rocky Flats. They wanted someone
to bid on a 5-year, $10M project to estimate the dose of chemicals and radionuclide to which the people living near the
facility might have been exposed. Our 12 person group, led by Tom and two others, won that job, beating out companies
having 600 to 30,000 employees. I am sure Tom’s Midwestern purity and intelligence, and our wisdom and integrity were
responsible for winning that job. And, as expected, the team performed in an exemplary way and won over the respect
of the Dept of Energy and numerous other government bodies. This was the beginning of unearthing the history of the
United States nuclear energy program and how it might have had an impact on nearby citizens.
Due to the great work that was performed, our firm won four successive contracts at other facilities and towns where
World War II bombs were built. Those projects have lasted 22 years and Tom was project manager for all of them. He
met every deadline and virtually every budget. More importantly, he earned the total respect of every scientist and citizen
in every town in which he worked. He became the world’s authority on how to look at 60 years of data and accurately
estimate exposure over time. Something no one had been able to do previously.
Tom was a gentle giant, both physically and mentally. He exuded integrity, honesty and wholesomeness. No one ever
questioned his scientific wisdom or his judgment. And, he always demonstrated the utmost respect to both the
concerned citizen with a 6th grade education and the scientists with a PhD. And, to be sure, they had great respect for
him.
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Throughout his career, he wrote more than 10,000 pages of text describing his analysis of the Rocky Flats, Oak Ridge and Los
Alamos sites. He mentored no less than 50 scientists during his 22 year journey in these three communities. And, to my knowledge, there has never been anyone better able to handle an unhappy group of citizens at a town hall meeting. It would be difficult
to find a better mentor than Tom. He was kind, gentle, understanding and a good teacher. If someone failed to do a job well or
missed a deadline or blew a budget, Tom would work weekends and through the night to “fix things,” never once complaining.
But he was not all work. Tom had nearly 400 books at home and read IH and health physics books and the related history just for
fun! And he loved a practical joke. I remember once Tom wanted to brag about his family. It was 1989. He called me in his office and pulled out his wallet. (Back then family photos were kept in wallets and not on an Iphone!) He said, “Here is my pride and
joy.” Instead of seeing a picture of his son or wife, he handed me a card with a photo of Pride hand detergent and Joy laundry detergent! Old habits don’t die easily—I saw him pull this stunt on one of our summer interns about a month ago! Tom’s corniness
was legendary, and he believed only those of us from the Midwest (especially Purdue and Michigan graduates) truly understood his
dry and Catskills style of humor.
I had one of my best discussions in recent years with Tom last Friday. He handed me his most recent paper
that he was going to submit for publication to a journal. It took me all of 10 minutes to see that it was, as usual,
incredibly well organized and beautifully written. I said “Tom, you write like the Shakespeare of the sciences
and the world deserves to benefit from your wisdom.” He thanked me and then said, “Although some of these
papers have sat around for several years…..I have 5 more right here that I plan to finish up shortly.” I hope that
we will be able to memorialize his legacy by doing just that. It is definitely a life and career that hundreds of A b o v e : T o m ’ s
favorite possession,
colleagues had grown to admire.
As someone who has admiration for the largest five or six religions of the world….I am reminded that ALL of
them state that when we lose a loved one….it is meant to be a reminder to inculcate the best of that person into
our own lives. I pray we can do that.
his lapel A-Bomb pin
from the Manhattan
project.
Contributions to the Tom Widner Scholarship in Health Sciences can be made by mailing a check made out to “Purdue Foundation”
with “Tom Widner Scholarship” in the memo. Please mail checks to Travis Stoutenborough at 812 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2060. You can also make a contribution by visiting Purdue’s Giving Website: https://donate.purdue.edu/Menu.aspx
If you would like establish a scholarship in honor of memory of a loved one, please contact Travis Stoutenborough, Director of Development, College of Health and Human Sciences at [email protected] or 765-494-4013.
ANDY MONNOT ACCEPTED A POSITION IN CHEMRISK
Andy joined Dr. Zheng’s lab in 2006. His doctoral research project was to explore how the body’s
iron status interferes the copper regulatory processes at blood-brain interface, which may underlie
the etiology of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to lab bench-top
experiments, Andy went to China and conducted a field study among workers occupationally
exposed to toxic metals in Tangshan area. Andy published 2 papers and submitted the third as the
first author and had his name on 3 additional manuscripts and 6 national conference abstracts.
Beyond the study and research, Andy has been very actively engaging in public services; he was the
Student Liaison and the member of the Executive Committee of SOT Metals Specialty Section, the
Senator of Purdue Graduate Student Government, and a Member in School’s Awards Committee.
He received SOT Student Travel Award in 2009 and School’s Wayne Kessler Graduate Student
Award in 2010. Andy had several job offers in his hand from New York to California. He chose to join
ChemRisk for its high quality consulting services and its broad reach to the general public health.
Congratulations Andy!!
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Donor Recognition
Individual Donors
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We would like to thank the following for their generous support of the School of Health Sciences
Ms. Susan Adam
Mr. Richard Adams
Mrs. Kimberly Aleshire
Mr. Norman Allen
Ms. Ida Appiah-Agyei
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aspy
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Bailey
Ms. Sharlin Barfield
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Barker
Mrs. Lisa Barksdale
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barringer
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Beach
Mr. and Mrs. David Beal
Mr. and Mrs. William Beard
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beaumont
Mrs. Lora Poor and Mr. James Becka
Mr. Scott Berry
Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Diane Birt
Dr. and Mrs. Rafik Bishara
Mr. Frederick Boelter
Ms. Cynthia Boggs
Ms. Angela Bramlett
Mr. David Brekke
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Brock
Dr. Andrea D'Andrea Browne
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Bruno
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Burbrink
Mr. Timothy M. Burkhart
Mr. Patrick Byrne
Dr. David Carlson
Dr. Gary Carlson
Miss Brenda Chamness
Dr. Rosanna Chan
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cheng
Martin Cohen and Wendy Leisenring
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Coleman
Dr. David Conover
Capt. (Ret.) and Mrs. Joseph Corsi
Miss Sarah Coy
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cravens
Drs. Edward
and Florence Cua-Christman
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Mrs. Jennifer Mast
and Mr. Paige Cutshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Daer
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dempsey
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Doty
Mrs. Patti Duellman
Mr. W. Michael Edmonds
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Ellis
Dr. and Mrs. Nagy Farid
Mr. and Mrs. David Farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fischer
Dr. Judith Foulke and Mr. Mark Elrod
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gadomski
Ms. Karen Gahimer
Mrs. Linda Gates
Mr. Edward Gazdik
Mr. David Gerteisen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gierscher, Jr.
Dr. Steven R. Ginos
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Godsey
Mrs. Kathleen Hall
Mr. and Mrs. John Hardin Jr.
Mr. Nicholas Harmon
Dr. Jason Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Hawrysz
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hill
Mr. Stuart Hinnefeld
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hostetler
Mrs. Eva Y. Huerta-Pavia
Mr and Mrs. Scott Hutchinson
Dr. and Mrs. Jou-Guang Hwang
Mr. John Imperial
Ms. Jennifer Inskeep
Dr. and Mrs. James Jacob
Mr. Mrs. Brian Jacquay
Mrs. Susan R. Jervey
Ms. Beth Ann Jewell
Ms. Yun Jin and Mr. Jianhua Dong
Mrs. Cynthia Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. John Kay
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Keenan
Dr. Bryce Andrew Kerlin
Mr. Nathaniel King Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kirkham
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klonowski
Ms. Lindsey Kneten
Mr. Jack Kraus
Mrs. Elaine Kreil
Mr. Robert Kretvix
Mrs. Cathy Krings
Ms. Amanda Kupper
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lach
Miss Michelle LaLonde
Mr. Jason Lang
Mr. Matthew Le
Ms. Elizabeth Leach
Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Leininger
Mrs. Marcia Lesniak
Ms. Rachel Lime
Ms. Donna Lucas and Mr. Louis Jensen
Ms. Frances Luft
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Lukens
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Lutgring
Ms. Kathryn Manteuffel
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. James Mason III
Mr. and Mrs. Trenton Mays
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McCarroll
Dr. and Mrs. Richard McDowell
Mr. Shaun McLain
and Dr. Jamie Ulbrich-McLain
Mrs. Barbara McVey
Dr. Marion Meeks
Mr. Thomas Merchant
Mr. Thomas Micek
Dr. Charles Miller
Mr. and Mrs. James Moore
Mrs. Victoria Morris
Mrs. Diane Morris Mack
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Moser
Dr. Brent Murphy
Dr. Dennis Murphy and Ms. Anita Perry
Dr. Brigette Nelson and Mr. Kevin Nelson
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Donor Recognition (con’t)
Individual Donors (con’t)
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Nelson
Mrs. Jennifer Ochsenhirt
Mr. R. Mark O'Mara
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony O'Neil
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Oxley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oxley
Ms. Kathleen Palla
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Patton
Dennis Paustenbach Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pearson
Mr. Luther Peddy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pierre
Mrs. Robin Pletcher
Ms. Deborah Poi
Mr. & Mrs. Seth Ponder
Mr. and Mrs. David Quiring
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Rahrig
Mr. and Mrs. Cirilo Rangel
Ms. Britt Reddington
Mr. Sean Reddington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid
Mrs. Emily Reynolds
Mr. Reginald Richards
Corporate Donors
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Alcoa Inc.
(Non-Operational)
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ChemRisk
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Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation
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Enbridge Energy Partners
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Gavilon LLC
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Mayo Clinic
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MJP Risk Assessment, Inc.

Quiring Associates, Inc.
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Showalter Trust
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The Hwang Foundation
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Mr. John Ridpath
Mr. William Riley Jr.
Mr. Kevin Rosner
Mr. and Mrs. Sven Rundman III
Mr. Charles Schafer
Mrs. Deborah Schelling
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schentrup
Mr. Michael Schroader
Mr. Craig Schwartz
Dr. and Mrs. James Schweitzer
Carrie Sheldon and Joshua Montemayor
Drs. Shu-Jane Shen and Ten-Huei Guo
Mrs. Paula Smith
Dr. James Smith
Janette Smock and Thomas Wiseman
Mr. Michael Spoerner
Mr. Noel Stanton
Mrs. Kristina Stinnett
Dr. and Mrs. James Stiver
Mr. Travis Stoutenborough
Dr. and Mrs. Craig K. Svensson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swaim
Dr. and Mrs. James Thompson
Drs. June Tsao and Ming Luo
Dr. and Mrs. David Tuomenoksa
Mr. Thomas Utter
Ms. Lori Verhagen
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Vetter
Mr. and Mrs. John Vosicky
Miss Jennifer Vrlik
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walkup
Dr. and Mrs. David Wang
Mr. Michael Wibel
Mrs. Kathleen Widner
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wight
Mr. Eric Williams
Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wolfgram
Mr. Christopher Wooden
Miss Ning Wu
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Yeagy
Dr. and Mrs. R. Craig Yoder
Mr. Eric Zaban
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zerr
Drs. Wendy and Wei Zheng
Dr. Neil Zimmerman
LTJG Larry P. Burns III was born in Granite City,
IL, on October 20, 1984. He graduated from high
school in 2003 in Muncie, IN. He then attended
Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. At
Purdue in 2007, he received a bachelor’s degree
in General Health Science. After his
undergraduate studies, he continued his
education at Purdue. In 2009, he received
Larry P. Burns
a Master’s degree in medical physics. LTJG Larry
LTJG, MSC, USN
Burns taught at a private career college, MedTech
College, in Indianapolis, IN, until being
commissioned to join the Navy on August 27, 2010.
Following Officer Development School, he will be traveling to radiation training
in Groton, CT and Yorktown, VA. He will then proceed on to his final duty
station as a radiation health officer, RHO, at the Naval Medical Center San
Diego.
Congratulations Lieutenant Burns!
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IT’S CONFERENCE TIME…..
Students win at Society of Toxicology Conference
Fourteen members of the School of Health Science attended the annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology in Washington, DC,
from March 6-10, 2011, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Purdue Faculty, postdocs and graduate students from Dr.
Wei Zheng’s, Dr. Gary Carlson’s, Dr. Jennifer Freeman’s, Dr. Linda Nie’s and Dr. Ulrike Dydak’s labs presented their numerous
research findings related to toxicology and environmental and occupational health in a total of one oral and 13 poster presentations
and enjoyed networking with their national and international colleagues. Dr. Gary Carlson received an award on behalf of the
National Academy of Science in his position as chair of the Committee on Toxicology
More than 30 Purdue alumni, advisory board members and friends of the School of Health Sciences attended the SOT Purdue
Alumni Reception held in conjunction with the Society meeting. An overview of current activities in the School of Health Sciences
was given by HSCI Head, Dr. Wei Zheng.
Purdue Faculty, Advisory Board Members, Postdocs and Graduate Students attend
the SOT Purdue Alumni Reception.
Stanley Roberts & Carolyn and Craig Schnell
Greg Weber, graduate
student in Dr. Jennifer
Freeman's lab, won 2nd
place in the graduate
student poster competition
of the Reproductive and
Developmental Toxicology
Specialty Section. Greg
also received a Society of
Toxicology Graduate
Student Travel Award to
attend the meeting.
Dr. Wei Zheng, Dr. Jill Harvilchuck and Lynn Fairobent
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Dr. Jun Xu, post doctoral
fellow in Dr. Ulrike Dydak's
lab, took 3rd place for the
Charles River Best Abstract Award by the American Association of Chinese
in Toxicology
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Purdue students recognized during AIHA event in Chicago
On February 23, the Chicago Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association hosted its annual Student Night.
Students and industrial hygiene faculty from Purdue University look forward to the annual event as it provides an opportunity to
showcase student research in undergraduate and graduate programs. This year was no exception. In competition with the
University of Illinois at Chicago and Illinois State University, Purdue students finished first in the undergraduate poster competition
and placed second in the graduate poster competition.
Pictured left to right: Stephanie Snack took first place in the undergraduate competition for her winning poster titled Shim Cart Design
with Ergonomic and Productivity Features that Reduce Safety and Musculoskeletal Risk Factors among a Special Needs Work
Population. Middle: Adam McLeland placed second for the graduate poster competition with his poster titled Evaluation of Fume Hood
Containment as a Potential Means of Reducing Fume Hood Energy Use. Snack received $200 and McLeland was awarded $100 dollars.
Right: PIHSA members at the AIHA Chicago Local Section Student Night.
In March, PIHSA sponsored an emergency response
scenario and 5 hour training exercise for Purdue
University students. The event was moderated by
representatives from local police, fire and emergency
management crews, and was highlighted in a newscast
by Channel 18 News.
In April, the AIHA Indiana Local Section presented the first
ever “Neil J. Zimmerman” Student Service Award to three
PIHSA members for outstanding service and participation
in AIHA. The prize included a plaque and monetary
award. The 2010-2011 winners were Dustin Pruett (1st
Place), Eric Ward (2nd Place), and Kimberly Morgan (3rd
Place).
Other Award winners
Pictured Left: Anshuman Panda (Dr. Dydak’s lab) won 3rd place and middle - Alumn Li Zhao won
2nd place with their presentations at the Annual Spring Symposium of the Ohio River Valley Meeting
of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine held in Cincinnati, OH on Mach 4, 2011.
Ms. Zaiyang Long and Ms. Shalmali Dharmadgujari (Dr. Dydak’s Lab) have won the travel
awards by International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) for their submitted
presentations. Both doctoral students will present their research in the 19th Annual Meeting of
ISMRM in Montreal, Canada, May 7-13, 2011.
Dr. Yang Zhou, a Post/doc Fellow in Dr. Shuang Liu’s group won a travel award to present her
research in the Breast Cancer Imaging Symposium at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland between April 21-22, 2011.
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS….
NIH Research Fellow Shines at Drug Development Meeting
(Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)
NIEHS research fellow Dr. Xueqian (Shirley) Wang, who obtained a Ph.D. degree with Dr. Wei Zheng of
Purdue University, recently received a first-place prize for her presentation at the Research Triangle Park
Drug Metabolism Discussion Group 2011 Winter Symposium, March 17 at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham
Airport in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Wang presented the findings of her recent research, "Activating
PKC [protein kinase C isoform] Beta1 at the Blood-Brain Barrier Reverses Induction of P-glycoprotein
(Pgp) Activity by Dioxin and Restores Drug Delivery to the CNS." For the past four years, Wang has
been a member of the NIEHS Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology Intracellular Regulation
Group, headed by Principal Investigator and Acting Scientific Director David Miller, Ph.D. Miller and a
former postdoctoral fellow in the group, Brian Hawkins, Ph.D., were co-authors on the study. As part of
the group, Wang has investigated the biology of Pgp, an ATP-driven drug efflux pump that is highly
expressed at the blood-brain barrier (BBB), where it performs an important protective function by limiting the transport of
environmental toxicants into the central nervous system (CNS). However, induction of Pgp can also impede the delivery of
therapeutic drugs for treating CNS disorders and for effectively reducing pain in as many as 30 percent of patients.
The researchers exposed freshly isolated rat brain capillaries to a form of dioxin known as TCDD, which more than doubled
Pgp and significantly reduced brain uptake of the drug verapamil, a Pgp substrate. The team then perfused the brain vasculature of
the exposed rats with a compound known as dPPA, which specifically activates PKCbeta1. They determined that this activation at
the BBB both reduced basal Pgp activity and reversed the increase in activity triggered by AhR induction of transporter expression.
This intervention thus improved brain uptake of verapamil, suggesting that targeting PKCbeta1 may be an effective strategy for
improving drug delivery to the brain, even for drug-resistant patients.
In addition to her winning presentation, Wang has received several awards in recognition of her research at NIEHS,
including NIH Fellows Awards for Research Excellence (FARE) in 2009 and 2010, as well as two first place prizes from the Society
of Toxicology in 2010. Wang said that the next step in her work will be looking into the role of the Nrf2 protein in regulation of Pgp
and other ATP-binding cassette (ABC).
The School of Health Sciences is proud of our alumni … Dr. Bruce Mallett
We are lucky to have a small group of our successful alumni volunteer their time, talents, and treasures
to the Purdue University School of Health Sciences Advisory Board. In this newsletter, we would like to
highlight Advisory Board member, Bruce Mallett (Ph.D. ’78).
Dr. Mallett has a Ph.D. in Health Physics, Purdue University; M.S. in Biochemistry, Wright State
University; B.S. in Microbiology, Wright State University. He has over 37 years of experience in the
nuclear industry giving him the opportunity to engage in many unique opportunities. His hard work and
dedication sparked the interest of President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush, each honoring
Dr. Mallett with a Meritorious Federal Senior Executive Award. Throughout the course of his career, Dr.
Mallett has performed research in academic and medical center institutions, taught university level courses, and has mentored
numerous individuals who are now senior leaders in the U.S. Federal Government.
Additionally, Dr. Mallett has experience in management, leadership, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) programs such as
licensing, inspection, security, incident response, emergency preparedness, and radiation protection for new reactors, nuclear power
reactors, research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, academic, industrial and medical facilities. He has also performed medical physics at
medical facilities in the state of Ohio.
The diversity of Dr. Mallett’s experiences are quite extensive and the School of Health Sciences is lucky he volunteers his time to
serve on the Advisory Board. It is because of Dr. Mallett and the other members of the Advisory Board that the strategic direction
and the reputation of the School is secure. The School of Health Sciences would like to thank Dr. Mallett and the rest of the Advisory
Board for their hard work and dedication to the School’s success.
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ALUMNI UPDATES
Two HLS grads in OCCH, Don Pearson and Andrea
Essig Meyer, accept the Indiana Governor’s Award for
their companies health and safety record
Kyle Russell is with the
Defense
Contract
Management Agency and
provides Industrial Hygiene
technical support to various
commanders, operators and
supervisors.
Ben Atkinson (right), shown with
his wife Allison, is pursuing
freelance business development
opportunities in healthcare.
Ken Weber at his home in Colorado with his family: Adrienne, Rebecca,
Alexandra, Samantha and Victoria
 Brian Daniels is completing his residency in Family Practice in Milwaukee, WI
 Erin Lunsford is a pediatric Physical Therapist at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, IN
 Brandon Quinn is in private practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky as a vascular surgeon.
 Patrick Quinn has graduated from Dental School and is in private practice in Fort Wayne.
 Devin Sandlin is an Emergency Room Physician at the University of Louisville Medical Center and his wife, Emily,
has a Master’s degree in Public Health From IU and has been admitted to the Indiana University Medical School.
 Anna Schwartz is a Pediatric Physician at Northwestern Hospital, Evanston, IL
 Chris Shinneman is a ER resident at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
 Theresa Xavier has received the Robinette Driver Award for the Outstanding Medical Laboratory Sciences student
research paper
 Mohamed Zalatimo, who owns his own packaging company in Jordan, is now engaged.
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