October 1, 1998

Of note

Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D., and Michael D. Darcy, M.D., both associate professors of radiology, were named fellows of the American College of Radiology at the college's annual meeting held in Pittsburgh. Brown and Darcy were two of three Missouri radiologists to receive this recognition in 1998. ...

Sol L. Garfield, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology in Arts and Sciences, was honored at the annual meeting of the International Society of Psychotherapy Research with a special symposium celebrating his 80th birthday and his contribution to psychotherapy research. ...

The Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association (ABA) has elected Ronald M. Levin, J.D., professor of law, to serve as vice chair for 1998-99. The vice chair automatically becomes chair in 2000-2001. In addition, Levin's article, "The Anatomy of Chevron: Step Two Revisited," was recently published in the Chicago-Kent Law Review. Levin also served on the editorial advisory board and wrote the section on First Amendment aspects of lobbying regulation for the second edition of The Lobbying Manual, published by the ABA. ...

Jessica E. Wagenseil, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a three-year renewable fellowship from the Whitaker Foundation. The foundation annually awards 30 fellowships nationwide to support promising young biomedical engineering students.

Speaking of

Dwight C. Look, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, presented an abstract titled "Mechanisms of Adenoviral EIA-Mediated Inhibition of Stat1-Dependent Gene Activation in Airway Epithelial Cells" at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society annual meeting in Chicago. Look's abstract was one of 10 chosen for presentation at the meeting, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. ...

John C. Morris, M.D., the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology, recently served as invited speaker for the sixth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders held in Amsterdam. In addition, Morris presented on "Clinical Diagnosis of Presymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease" during a roundtable symposium on individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Also in Amsterdam, Morris was selected to present on "Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease" as part of the Clinical Leaders Program. While abroad, he was invited to present "Incipient Alzheimer's Disease" as visiting professor to the Dementia Research Group of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, London.

To press

Leila Sadat Wexler, J.D., LL.M., D.E.A., professor of law, published a book review titled "International Criminal Law Comes of Age" on the first major casebook on international criminal law in "The Criminal Law Forum." Wexler, who advises the Jessup International Moot Court Competition at the law school, also has been named to the board of directors of the International Law Students Association, which administers the competition. Additionally, she was named to the board of editors of the "Revue Quebecoise de Droit International" and has been nominated for a position on the Executive Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law.

Clarification

Louise Jones, whose photo appeared on page 6 of last week's Record, is associate director of medical development in Alumni and Development Programs. She was insufficiently identified in the caption.

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