February 5, 2004

Faculty honors

Philip Greenland, M.D., the Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology and chair of preventive medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named editor of The Archives of Internal Medicine.

Greenland, who joined the Feinberg School in 1991, served as assistant and associate professor at the University of Rochester, with appointments in the department of medicine and the department of psychiatry. He was a visiting professor of cardiology at the Henry Neufeld Cardiovascular Institute at Tel-Hashomer Hospital in Israel from 1989 to 1990.

He completed his residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, and completed a cardiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis.

Greenland’s research, teaching and clinical interests focus on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

E. Terry Papoutsakis, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the 2003 recipient of the Alpha Chi Sigma Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

The award recognizes “outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied chemical engineering research.” Papoutsakis was cited for his “significant contributions in animal-cell biotechnology, metabolic engineering and stem-and T-cell bioengineering.”

Papoutsakis’ research focuses on three areas: bioengineering of stem cells and hematopoiesis, the process by which mature blood cells are generated from stem cells in the bone marrow, and the search for better methods for ex vivo stem cell expansion; metabolic engineering,, including the molecular biology of anaerobic bacteria and the construction of recombinant cells with altered cellular programs and pathways; and the molecular biology of T-cell differentiation in the context of cellular immunotherapy, whereby a patient is treated with large doses of ex vivo expanded immune cells to eradicate malignant or virally infected cells.

Manijeh Razeghi, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Quantum Devices, has received the IEC Fellow Award from the International Engineering Consortium (IEC).

The IEC Fellow Award recognizes individuals who have provided the information industry with a superior level of sustained and significant service in areas that include education, technology and industry leadership.

In receiving the award, Razeghi joins more than 80 communications and technology trailblazers, including David Packard, founder of Hewlett-Packard; Robert Galvin, former CEO of Motorola, Inc.; and Nobel Laureate Jack S. Kilby, a pioneer in the development of the integrated circuit.

Razeghi is the first woman be named an IEC Fellow.