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Children need help to lose weight and keep it off, researchers find Studying efforts to combat obesity in children, a research team led by School of Medicine investigators has found that children who lose weight are able to keep it off more effectively if they participate in a maintenance-targeted treatment program, although the effectiveness of the maintenance program lessens over time. Mackinnon elected to Institute of Medicine Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Humphrey named Ladenson Professor at School of Medicine Peter Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Ladenson Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology. As the Ladenson professor, Humphrey becomes chief of the newly renamed Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology within the department. Memorial service for Schuster Oct. 22 A memorial service will be held in honor of Daniel P. Schuster, M.D., Monday, Oct. 22, from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Eric P. Newman Auditorium. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Dale Thuet, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy, prepares the InBody body scanner to analyze Nikki Morilak, a first-year student.