Dr. Eva Feldman and Marianne Udow-Phillips are among the 100 most influential women in Michigan, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. Feldman is the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology and director of the ALS Clinic, the JDRF Center for the Study of Complications in Diabetes, the Program for Neurology Research and Discovery, and the Taubman Medical Research Institute. Crain’s touts her research team’s oversight of Phase 2 U.S. Food and Drug Administration trials treating ALS patients with injections of embryonic human stem cells. Udow-Phillips directs U-M’s Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation. Crain’s highlights her role in working with the state of Michigan and writing the winning grant for the five-year, $110 million Michigan Primary Care Transformation demonstration project.
Kristin Bhaumik has been named Financial Educator of the Year by financial literacy nonprofit the National Endowment for Financial Education and its CashCourse college project. Bhaumik has taken the lead on financial literacy for U-M, working in several capacities. She is assistant director for counseling, processing and advising, and adjunct lecturer in curriculum support, LSA.
Charles Eisendrath has received the Richard M. Clurman Award for his dedication to mentoring young journalists. A former Time correspondent based in Washington, D.C., London, Paris and Buenos Aires, Eisendrath came to U-M as a Journalism Fellow in 1974. He is associate professor of communication studies, LSA; academic program director, Knight Wallace Fellows, Rackham Graduate School; and senior counselor to the provost. The award is part of the recent Livingston Awards, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and U-M.
Don Scavia, director of the Graham Sustainability Institute, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. Members include leading experts from research institutions as well as senior decision-makers from government and industry who deal with issues of sustainable development, and who are in a position to mobilize new strategies and resources for sustainability. He also is a Graham Family Professor; professor of natural resources and environment, School of Natural Resources and Environment; professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering; and special counsel to the president.
Ruth Dunkle, Wilbur J. Cohen Collegiate Professor of Social Work, and associate dean of faculty and academic affairs, School of Social Work, has been named to the HealthcareAdministrator.org list of Top 50 Gerontology Professors Worldwide in 2016. The list was made after thorough research, including student surveys.
