Awards
G. Lita Smith, a nurse practitioner in the Breast Care Center and nurse practitioner supervisor at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, recently was selected to receive the 2012 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award for cancer caregiving. The award recognizes individuals who have made a difference through innovation, leadership and consistent excellence in providing compassionate, skilled care and counsel to people living with cancer and their families.
Christopher Maksym, director of Pharmacy and Home Care Operations and adjunct clinical associate professor of pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, has been awarded the National Home Infusion Association’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. It recognizes one who has consistently demonstrated leadership, commitment to the home infusion industry, advancement of infusion practice on the national level, advocacy at the state and federal level, professional research and clinical stewardship of patient care.
Dr. Matthew L. Boulton, director of the Preventive Medicine Residency and the Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies, associate professor of epidemiology, health management and policy, and preventive medicine at the School of Public Health, and associate professor of internal medicine, Medical School, is this year’s recipient of the Duncan Clark Award presented by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. The award recognizes a lifetime of achievement in teaching, research and advocacy in prevention and public health.
Dr. Lillian Min, assistant professor of internal medicine, Medical School, recently won the Epidemiology Presidential Poster Award at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society for her presentation Novel Predictors Of New Antibiotic Resistant Organism Colonization In Nursing Home Residents. The presentation was based on a paper for which Min was the lead author and Lona Mody, associate professor of internal medicine and research associate professor of internal medicine, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School, was the senior author.
Greg Cartee, professor of kinesiology, School of Kinesiology, research professor, Institute of Gerontology, and professor of molecular and integrative physiology, Medical School, is scheduled to be honored with the American College of Sports Medicine Citation Award. The award recognizes Cartee for his lifetime of contributions to research in exercise, diet and age effects on insulin signaling and glucose.
