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Pitt Police officers Michelle McDaniel and Jonathan Beck Stricker discusses UHC, inspect Chris Chirdon’s bike out- side Posvar Hall as part of Bike to Campus Day. Chirdon, a Univer- sity Honors College staffer, said his appointment as dean he tries to bike the 9.5 miles from his Shaler Township home three ’m surrounded by allies,” days a week. said Distinguished Uni- In recognition of national Bike versity Professor of Neu- to Work Day, bicycle commut- “I roscience Edward M. Stricker, as ers were treated to breakfast, giveaways, a prize drawing and he prepares to take on the duties discount coupons. The May 20 of dean of the University Honors event drew record participation — 33 registrants, up from 29 reg- College (UHC) on July 1. istrants last year and only seven Stricker was chosen last week in Pitt’s initial event in 2009, said from among a half-dozen final- Janet D. Thomas, assistant direc- tor for parking. ists to succeed founding UHC dean G. Alec Stewart, who died In partnership with the Oakland in April 2010. Transportation Management Association, riders who registered “I don’t think I would bring a their bikes received bike inspec- new philosophy — it’s the same tions and reflective backpacks philosophy that Alec always had, filled with maps, information and Christopher Chirdon safety gear including a pocket- and that a lot of other people have Edward M. Stricker sized first aid kit, reflectors and a always had too,” he maintained. “I clip-on LED headlight. thought that as a dean I might have A. Nordenberg stated,“It would Police checked bikes for safety, a better platform for advocating be very difficult to find many examining brakes, tire pressure, for … the importance of quality other faculty members, here or chain oil and general structural conditions. They advised riders education, quality mentoring, in other universities, who have to register their bikes and keep quality teaching in the classroom,” built a broad-based record of them locked up when not in use. McDaniel said officers routinely Stricker said. achievement that equals the record check campus bike racks and take “It already is in lots of classes built by Ed Stricker. … Even any unlocked bikes to the sta- and all I want is to have it be more important, in terms of his tion for safekeeping. Attempts to notify the owner can be difficult more — more faculty involved and appointment as dean of our honors if a bike isn’t registered, she said. more students benefiting. I want college, is his career-long commit- —Kimberly K. Barlow there to be more opportunities for ment to teaching and mentoring, students, more for the faculty, and which is evidenced by his receipt certainly to enrich the academic of the highest teaching honors environment” in Pitt’s classrooms, awarded by our University.” labs and libraries. “I would say Patricia E. Beeson, provost and Dixon again is Pitt’s highest paid that’s essentially what Alec had senior vice chancellor, expressed always wanted,” Stricker said. confidence that, as dean, Stricker’s ead men’s basketball coach head football coach, who earned in deferred compensation, and As dean, “I understand the “scholarly leadership, dedication James P. Dixon II topped $1,434,331 in total compensation. $13,269 in nontaxable benefits. visibility and I’m happy to be the to undergraduate students and Hthe list of Pitt’s five high- That figure is the sum of $546,587 • Donald S. Burke, associate spokesperson for that position. commitment to excellence” will est-paid, non-officer employees in base pay; $825,000 in bonus/ vice chancellor for global health But I don’t see it as a unique posi- serve Pitt well. “He personifies in calendar year 2009. This was incentive compensation; $15,217 and dean of the Graduate School tion. And I should point out that our institutional belief in the value Dixon’s fourth year as Pitt’s top in other reportable compensation; of Public Health, who received neither the provost nor chancellor of the highest quality education wage earner. $35,525 in deferred compensa- $464,017 in total compensation would disagree with that either,” and the importance of imparting According to Pitt’s feder- tion, and $12,002 in nontaxable — $422,987 in base pay; $6,135 he said, pointing out that by virtue a lifelong interest in learning and ally required financial filings benefits. Wannstedt resigned as in bonus/incentive compensation; of his selection the administra- research to our students.” released this month, Dixon earned coach in December 2010. $600 in other reportable com- tion is charting the course for q $1,692,852 in total compensation, • Steven C. Pederson, director pensation; $22,293 in deferred UHC’s future. “We’re all on the Stricker came to the University which is defined as the sum of the of Athletics, who got $599,807 in compensation, and $12,002 in same page. If they wanted to take in 1971 as an associate professor following categories: base com- total compensation — $444,160 nontaxable benefits. the honors college in a different of psychology and biological sci- pensation ($694,453); bonus and in base pay; $112,500 in bonus/ Compensation figures for direction, they would have chosen ences. He became a professor in incentive compensation, which for incentive compensation; $10,227 those five employees appear on somebody else,” he said. 1976 and was named University coaches includes media program- in other reportable compensation; Internal Revenue Service forms Professor of Neuroscience in ming revenue and contractual per- $19,600 in deferred compensa- filed last week by Pitt. IRS form q 1986. formance incentives ($838,500); tion, and $13,320 in nontaxable 990 requires tax-exempt, private Following the successful and He became the founding chair other reportable compensation benefits. corporations to report by May beloved Stewart may appear of the Department of Neurosci- ($17,470); retirement and other • Agnus M. Berenato, head 15 the compensation figures for daunting, but Stricker said doesn’t ence in 1986 — at the same time deferred compensation, such as women’s basketball coach, who their five top-earning, non-officer look at it that way, given their that Pitt trustees approved Stew- the University contributions to earned $495,004 in total com- employees, as well as for senior like-minded philosophies. “Part art’s proposal to form the UHC pension plans ($129,402), and pensation — $396,710 base administrators and trustees paid of the reason I was interested in out of what had been Pitt’s honors nontaxable benefits ($13,027). pay; $45,682 in bonus/incentive by the institution. the position was because he wasn’t program. Rounding out the top five were: compensation; $9,939 in other The IRS instructs not-for- there to look after the honors col- That serendipitous timing put • David R. Wannstedt, former reportable compensation; $29,404 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 lege,” Stricker said. Stricker and Stewart into regular UHC has many successful contact as they found themselves elements that merely need to be in the same meetings and in ori- maintained and perhaps expanded, entations for new administrators. he said. “It’s a wonderful unit and I Through those coincidental inter- think it’s important to the Univer- actions, Stricker said he found sity that there be an honors college common ground with Stewart’s that functions the way it does and strong focus on quality education. I would like to preserve it.” The two saw eye-to-eye on In a prepared release that high- “the importance of research and lighted Stricker’s many accom- scholarship and the idea that stu- Jamie Dixon Dave Wannstedt Steve Pederson Agnus Berenato Donald Burke plishments, Chancellor Mark CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

1 U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES SAC officer elections to begin he Staff Association Coun- and incumbent Jon-Paul “J.P.” committee chair. cil (SAC) will have a new Matychak, who in March replaced The new president will succeed Tpresident following officer Colwell in this position. Gwen Watkins, who said that time elections, which begin May 31 and Colwell told the University constraints make it impossible for continue until 5 p.m. June 7. Times that he had resigned as her to continue as president. Results of the elections, which vice president of steering when his In her final report to Senate are being conducted electronically work responsibilities increased; Council May 11, Watkins touted for the first time, are expected to those responsibilities since have some of SAC’s recent achieve- be announced at SAC’s June 8 abated somewhat, he said. ments. During her two-year term, meeting. Following Colwell’s resigna- SAC: Voting for SAC officers is tion, SAC elected Matychak to • Held an event marking the open to full SAC members. (New serve out the remainder of the 40th anniversary of SAC’s found- members serve six months as asso- term. ing. (See July 22 University Times.) ciate members before becoming Candidates for vice president • Replaced its paper newsletter eligible to vote.) for marketing and communica- with an electronic version. Officers serve two-year terms tions are Monika Losagio, vice • Updated its bylaws. beginning at the conclusion of chair of the salary and job clas- • Introduced electronic voting SAC’s June meeting. sification committee, and Jesse via a recently launched online Candidates for president are Nicholson, who chairs the newly portal restricted to members. Libby Hilf, vice president for formed diversity and inclusion • Aided local charities with marketing and communications, committee. Nicholson also is a clothing and book drives. and Deborah Walker, chair of member of the governance com- • Created two new standing the newly formed staff mentoring mittee. committees. committee and a member of the Candidates for SAC treasurer • Collaborated with students in program and planning committee. are Monica Costlow and Amy a recent letter-writing campaign Vice president of steering Elliott, both of whom serve on to lobby against cuts in Pitt’s com- candidates are Rich Colwell, the program and planning com- monwealth appropriations. immediate past president of SAC, mittee, with Costlow serving as —Peter Hart n Pitt ranked among top research schools Oleg Gotchev with “Man and Scholarship” itt ranks among the top or students. No. 9 in endowment assets; No. U.S. research universities, Pitt ranked in the top 25 11 in total research; No. 21 in Bradford adds 3rd academic mural Paccording to the 2010 research universities nationwide National Academy members; No. report of the Center for Measuring in four of the nine measures: No. 23 in doctorates granted, and No. Pitt-Bradford has added another mural to its campus. “Man and University Performance released 12 in federal research dollars (2008 23 in SAT/ACT range. Scholarship” was painted during the spring term by Oleg Gotchev last week. figures), with $456.2 million; No. Pitt ranked No. 31 nationally in and his Mural Design class. Gotchev, who heads the mural depart- In preparing the report — “The 12 in postdoctoral appointees the annual giving measure among ment at the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, taught at Top American Research Universi- (2008 figures), with 830; No. 13 in public universities. UPB this spring as a Fulbright Scholar. ties: 2010 Annual Report” — the faculty awards (2009 figures), with Joining Pitt in the group of “I leave behind something done by my hand,” he said of the center considers the most recent 33, and No. 16 in total research public institutions with top 25 new mural in Swarts Hall, which houses the behavioral and social publicly available data and relies dollars (2008 figures), with more ranking in eight measures were sciences, nursing, composition, writing, languages, English, busi- heavily on the insights of its advi- than $595.6 million. Georgia Tech, Minnesota, Ohio ness management and education programs. Tiled depictions of the sory board and the recommenda- Pitt ranked in the top 26-50 in State, Penn State and Washington. different disciplines are incorporated into the mural. tions of colleagues throughout three measures: No. 30 in endow- According to the report’s “This is the symbolic figure of the thinker and creator,” Gotchev the country. ment assets (2009 figures) with authors, “The Center for Mea- said. In the center of the woman’s figure, Gotchev painted “I think, The 2010 report includes only more than $1.8 billion; No. 33 in suring University Performance therefore I create, therefore I am” in Latin, English and Bulgarian. those institutions with at least doctorates granted (2009 figures) produces these tables not to create Kong Ho, associate professor in art, taught the Mural Design $40 million in research expendi- with 448, and No. 40 in National a ranking ... but rather to analyze class that created the academic mural in Fisher Hall, Pitt-Bradford’s tures in fiscal year 2008; 163 such Academy members (2009 figures) the characteristics that identify building for science and engineering. That mural depicts scenes institutions — 116 public and 47 with 26. successful research universities of natural beauty in the area as well as mathematical patterns and private — met the criteria. Accord- In the other two measures, and identify benchmarks for uni- elements of science. Ho led another group of students to create a ing to the report authors, these Pitt’s national rank was No. 58 in versity improvement. ... mural depicting the arts in Blaisdell Hall. 163 schools account for about 90 annual giving (2009 figures) with “We believe that university Ho spent the spring 2010 term as a Fulbright fellow at the percent of all reported academic more than $100.6 million, and performance does not fall along National Academy of Arts in Sofia, where he met Gotchev. n federal research expenditures. No. 125 (2008 figures) for SAT a linear, one-dimensional rank- The listing identifies 53 insti- or ACT range (Pitt’s median of ing hierarchy. ... Rather, we find tutions (26 private and 27 public) its 25th-75th percentile scores that research universities fall into Pitt 8th in research productivity that rank in the top 25 nationally was 570-670 verbal; 580-670 groups, with similar if not identi- itt ranked eighth nationally paper was $72,020, according to on at least one of nine measures quantitative). cal performance on a variety of in a new study on research Litwin’s study. related to financial support, faculty Four institutions — Columbia, dimensions. If an institution is Pproductivity that mea- Penn was ranked as most MIT, Penn and Stanford — were among the top 25 on all of the sured research expenditures per productive with $28,547 in aver- ranked in the top 25 in all nine measures we identify as reliable published paper, The Chronicle age expenditure per publication, measures. and appropriate, then these of Higher Education reported followed by Harvard ($31,231 per The report also ranked public institutions are all first rate even this week. publication) and the University and private institutions separately, if they may have different levels A study of 72 of the nation’s of Chicago ($42,209 per publica- U N I V E R S I T Y identifying 39 public institutions of performance on the various largest public and private research tion). that rank in the top 25 among all measures.” institutions examined expenditure The study showed the least TIMES publics in at least one of the nine Current and previous years’ data reported by the institutions to productive universities in this EDITOR measures. report data, dating to 2000 when the National Science Foundation category were Johns Hopkins N. J. Brown 412/624-1373 Among public research institu- the report was first released, are from 1989 to 2004. The study was ($185,811 per publication), fol- [email protected] tions, Pitt ranked in the top 25 in available at http://mup.asu.edu. conducted by Jeffrey M. Litwin, lowed by Texas A&M ($128,269) WRITERS eight measures: No. 6 in postdoc- (For last year’s Pitt rankings, see associate dean at George Brown and Carnegie Mellon ($118,344). Kimberly K. Barlow 412/624-1379 toral appointees; No. 7 in federal May 13, 2010, University Times.) College in Toronto. Litwin’s study also showed [email protected] research; No. 7 in faculty awards; —Peter Hart n The study measured a uni- that private research universities Peter Hart 412/624-1374 versity’s total research spending on average were more efficient [email protected] against the number of papers its than public ones, the Chronicle Correction researchers published in scholarly reported. BUSINESS MANAGER The Pitt Online program journals. Pitt joined three other public Barbara DelRaso 412/624-4644 began in 2009 with master’s pro- Litwin’s study showed that universities in the top 10 overall, [email protected] grams in the School of Educa- Pitt’s average research expenditure with Indiana University (No. Events Calendar: [email protected] tion and the School of Nursing. per publication was $53,906. That 4 — $48,851 per publication), The University Times is published bi-weekly An incorrect date appeared in on Thursdays by the University of Pittsburgh. ranked the University eighth most Virginia (No. 6 — $50,042) and Send correspondence to University Times, the May 12 University Times. productive nationally among the California-Santa Barbara (No. 308 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Rosemary Hoffmann directs the 72 American institutions that 7 — $53,471). Pittsburgh, PA 15260; fax to 412/624-4579 nursing school’s clinical nurse reported the highest research The Chronicle’s coverage or email: [email protected]. leader program. Her name was expenditures and that had com- of Litwin’s study is available at Subscriptions are available at a cost of $25 for the publishing year, which runs from Septem- misspelled and an incorrect parable data on publications as http://chronicle.com/article/ ber through July. Make checks payable to the photo was identified as Hoff- compiled by Thomson Reuters, Johns-Hopkins-Texas-A-M- University of Pittsburgh. mann in the same story. We a New York-based data-gathering Were/127603/?sid=at&utm_ The newspaper is available electronically at: apologize for the errors. company. source=at&utm_medium=enm. www.utimes.pitt.edu. The real Rosemary Hoffmann The median expenditure per —Peter Hart n

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tions. • Baker announced that the BPC talks about fiscal matters in closed session annual peer group analysis of aver- age salaries of faculty and librar- he University Senate the potential of cuts to it ranging as he prepares a budget proposal (See May 12 University Times), ians is expected to be presented at budget policies committee anywhere from 15 to 50 percent,” to present to the Board of Trustees a less severe reduction than the BPC’s June meeting. The report T(BPC) met briefly in public adding, “Little can be said or for approval. governor’s budget proposed. compares Pittsburgh campus sala- May 20 before closing the meeting planned accurately until the state The substance of those rec- State leaders aim to pass a ries with a peer group of faculty to discuss University fiscal year legislature passes its appropriation ommendations is not revealed budget by July 1, a deadline that and librarians at public Association 2012 budget matters. budget for Pitt for next year.” until after a University budget is had not been met during the of American Universities institu- Following the meeting, BPC As part of the University’s approved. Rendell administration. tions and compares salaries at chair John J. Baker said the com- annual planning and budgeting (An outline of Pitt’s planning q Pitt’s Carnegie category II-B mittee reviewed the University cycle, UPBC (which includes and budgeting process is at www. In other BPC business, the (undergraduate baccalaureate- Planning and Budgeting Com- administrators as well as faculty, academic.pitt.edu/pb/.) committee: level) Bradford, Greensburg and mittee’s (UPBC) budget recom- staff and student representatives) Historically, the University • Accepted nominations for Johnstown campuses with a peer mendation to the chancellor. forwards budget parameters and delays approving its budget until officers for the upcoming aca- group from similar campuses at Baker told the University salary pool increase recommen- state legislators finalize Pitt’s state demic year. Baker was nominated institutions in the American Asso- Times that BPC “believes the dations to the chancellor. While appropriation during their own as chair and Beverly Gaddy as co- ciation of University Professors UPBC budget recommendations BPC may agree with the UPBC budgeting process. chair. No nominees for secretary Middle Atlantic, East North Cen- to the chancellor for FY12 were recommendation, it also may The House of Representatives were presented. tral and South Atlantic regions. appropriate and well conceived choose to make a separate recom- on May 24 approved a Republican Baker said he would ask the (For the most recent report, see the given the uncertain status of Pitt’s mendation to the chancellor, who budget proposal that would cut Senate office staff to poll voting June 10, 2010, University Times.) state appropriation for FY12 and takes the input into consideration Pitt’s appropriation 25 percent members for additional nomina- —Kimberly K. Barlow n Stricker discusses honors college, his appointment as dean CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dents should explore while they’re He also proposed offering mentoring … I thought it would be Yet “there’s still room for growth in college,” Stricker said. UHC programming to more stu- “There’s still room great and it turns out to be great. and there’s a lot of activity that has Students should “try things dents, noting that some students That was a lot of fun too,” he said. to be done in order to maintain out and have opportunities to be who weren’t at the top in high for growth and “People think that administra- what you have. The University has curious and examine their own school develop into some of the tion may not be as stimulating as given me a lot, and I’m inclined to ideas, and find out what they’re best students in college. “What there’s a lot of research. And it isn’t in some ways, give back. So it’s very easy for me interested in and what they’re do you do with those students activity that has to and it’s harder in other ways. It’s to accept the position of increased good at. All these things that we who become some of the best?” very challenging and very inter- responsibility.” did in the department, they did in he asked. “There are more special be done in order to esting. You end up dealing with a Stricker said both luck and the honors college too.” students than the University first lot of people and a lot of complex opportunity have contributed to Stricker has interacted with identified,” he said, arguing that maintain what you issues,” he observed. his many happy years at Pitt. “I honors college students in 25 UHC students’ experience won’t have.” “It’s not just that the teach- think part of it is luck. There were years of teaching his introduction be diluted by bringing in more —Edward Stricker ers and the scientists are good, opportunities. People reacted to to neuroscience course, which first-rate students. “I’m not sug- Incoming honors college dean the administrators are good too. those opportunities in a way that includes an honors section that gesting blowing the doors off the They know what they’re doing. was unpredictable. When I applied offers a subset of 15-20 students honors college,” he said, noting to establish the Department of They’re sharp, experienced and for this position, it wasn’t inevi- a more in-depth examination of that not all students are interested, Neuroscience during his tenure insightful,” he said. table I’d be selected. When the the primary scientific literature. and not all can handle the intensity. as director of Pitt’s behavioral “I was at the University a long department was founded in 1986, Stricker said Stewart often Still, he said he’d rather welcome neuroscience program (1983- time without ever having a chance the reason it was founded was that directed students interested in those who want to be included. 86), he was founding director of to interact with the deans and I had a job offer at Yale. [Former the biological sciences toward Stricker said he also would like the Center for Neuroscience and provosts and so on. I didn’t fully Chancellor] Wesley Posvar con- the neuroscience department. to create a vehicle through which Schizophrenia (now the Conti understand what they did,” he tacted me and asked what he could “He thought this might be a good UHC alumni could talk to current Center for Neuroscience of admitted, labeling the acquisition do to keep me here. And I started home for them,” adding that a students about their experiences Mental Disorders) and codirected of that knowledge “a wonderful talking about the community I was steady stream of students came and offer advice on how to make the University’s Center for Neu- education.” joining at Yale and I said if there and stayed. “Because we were suc- the honors college as meaningful roscience (1996-2002). Stricker Serving on University commit- was a community like that here, cessful in mentoring and nurturing to others as it was to them. also was the founding co-director, tees gave him the opportunity to I would stay. these students, he kept sending us He also wants to work with in 1992, of the NIMH-funded meet high-quality colleagues from “He was responsible for setting others, so we grew as he grew,” faculty and department chairs to undergraduate research fellow- other areas of the University he in motion the ultimate founding Stricker said, labeling it a “very expand honors courses either by ship program. wouldn’t otherwise have known, of the department. He didn’t have happy relationship.” offering more of them or increas- q he said. “You end up being proud to react that way,” Stricker said. In their professional interac- ing their enrollment. “I’ve had multiple responsi- of being at a university that has “You don’t know what life tions, Stewart’s concern for stu- q bilities over the years,” Stricker people like that in it. … I didn’t might have been like if certain dents was unmistakable, Stricker Stricker earned bachelor’s and said, highlighting the satisfaction know they existed, much less how opportunities hadn’t presented said. “We saw each other maybe master’s degrees in chemistry from he’s drawn from each facet of his good they were. It’s all been a lot themselves. But I had a couple once a month and it was always the University of Chicago and a academic career. of fun.” of very good breaks and the Uni- coincidental — we happened PhD in psychology from Yale. He Noting that he has taught con- Stricker, who turned 70 this versity, by which I mean a collec- to be at the same meeting, or held postdoctoral fellowships at tinually for 40 years, he said, “I’ve week, closed his research lab three tion of specific individuals who would bump into each other,” he the University of Colorado and always been interested in teaching years ago. “I decided 40-plus years were in a position to do things to said. “Invariably we would talk Penn and was a faculty member and it’s always been enjoyable. I of doing science was enough and make things happen, provided the not about programs or courses at McMaster University (where teach the courses that I want to I was closer to the end of my specific opportunities they did, but about students,” he recalled. he was honored for distinguished teach; I like the students that I academic career than I was to the and that changed my life in ways “Years after a student had come teaching) prior to joining the Pitt teach. I like everything about it, beginning and I had to think in that I’m really grateful for. I’ve through our program and gradu- faculty. He also has been a visiting the subject matter. It’s wonderful.” terms of how did I want to spend had chances to develop in ways I ated, he was still asking about professor at Johns Hopkins and Stricker said he also has a love the rest of my academic career.” hadn’t imagined,” he said. them. … It was remarkable.” Cornell. for research, calling it “the most Knowing he didn’t want to “I’ve learned how to deal with The sort of devotion Stew- Recognized internationally as intellectually stimulating thing retire, he chose to expand his things in a way that I might not art embodied contributes to a leading expert in homeostatic I’ve ever encountered. teaching, which he felt “would be have some years ago. There’s a the attractiveness of the honors systems, especially the control “It is as good as it gets for a better way for me to spend the learning curve for everything,” he college and fosters the sense of of fluid ingestion and the- kid intellectual challenges — to try time than being in the research said, arguing that learning from belonging and subsequent loyalty neys, and their integration by to figure out something that lab,” Stricker said. experience should make a person of UHC alumni. UHC students the brain, Stricker has received nobody else has ever figured out “And then came this dean more capable. “If you continue to “are not bystanders,” Stricker a National Institute of Mental in the history of the world,” he opportunity,” he said, noting be in a position where you can use said, noting that following a pre- Health Research Scientist Award said. “There are no guarantees that he feels no need to “linger that capability in your job, then sentation he made last month as and an NIMH MERIT Award. at all. So you try your best and to ensure things will keep going your job benefits from it.” a candidate for the dean’s job, he At Pitt, he has received both see if your best is good enough. I well” in neuroscience given that As for his future in the honors received more than a dozen emails the Chancellor’s Distinguished love that challenge and I love the it is thriving. However, he plans college, “Alec was dean for 24 from students who had questions, Teaching Award and the Bellet research,” he said. to continue to teach, adding that years … I’m not going to be here comments or concerns. Teaching Excellence Award, “Teaching and research as a he would not have considered a 24 years,” Stricker said. In his April 14 presentation, which honors faculty in the School career, I thought it was heaven on position that would have taken He said it’s important that he Stricker outlined five successful of Arts and Sciences. earth. It was great.” him from the classroom. not stay “past the time that I’m aspects of the honors college that Stricker has served on chan- Another opportunity came in q effective,” adding, “I think Alec he believes should be maintained: cellor’s and provost’s advisory chairing Pitt’s new neuroscience Through 40 years at Pitt, has left it in very good shape and recruiting; advising; building committees and chaired search department. “I did that for 16 Stricker said he has seen the what I would hope to do is to community; the bachelor’s of committees for the senior vice years. That was terrific too. Start- University grow from a bankrupt leave it in as good shape or even philosophy degree awarded by the chancellor for Health Sciences ing a department that I thought institution to one that is prosper- better. It would make me sad if it honors college, and the Bracken- and the dean of the School of Arts would be a terrific addition to the ing with strong nationally promi- wasn’t at least in as good a shape ridge summer research fellowship and Sciences. curriculum of the University both nent programs and increasing as I inherited it.” program. In addition to leading the effort in terms of teaching, research, numbers of high-quality students. —Kimberly K. Barlow n

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reportable compensation; $23,671 Romoff repeats as UPMC’s top wage earner in estimated other compensation. Key employees PMC president and CEO associated compensation figures Highest-paid non-officers other compensation. In addition to Romoff, those Jeffrey A. Romoff again are reported for calendar year Five physicians were listed as • Orthopaedic surgeon Mark specified as current key employ- Utopped the list of the 2009. UPMC’s highest-paid employ- Rodosky — $1,467,228 in report- ees included in the UPMC 990 health care system’s highest-paid In its IRS reporting, UPMC ees, excluding officers, directors able compensation; $23,348 in filing were: employees in 2009. provides one form 990 for the and trustees. Compensation estimated other compensation. • Charles E. Bogosta, UPMC In an annual federal form 990 UPMC parent organization and on UPMC’s 990 filing includes • Neurosurgeon Adnan Abla executive vice president and tax filing required of non-profit a consolidated form 990 for the “reportable compensation from — $1,441,447 in reportable com- president, International and organizations, Romoff’s compen- UPMC Group. According to a the organization,” and “estimated pensation; $96,888 in estimated Commercial Services Division — sation was reported as $4,011,375. UPMC spokesperson, the UPMC amount of other compensation other compensation. $1,043,943. That amount included $959,617 Group includes only those UPMC from the organization and related • Cardiothoracic surgeon • Robert J. Cindrich, UPMC in base compensation, $2,558,000 tax-exempt entities that fall under organizations.” Victor Morell — $1,293,829 in senior vice president and chief in bonus and incentive compen- IRS requirements for filing, as well The five were: legal officer — $1,466,920. sation, $46,209 in other report- as financial information on the • Neurosurgeon Ghassan Bej- • Elizabeth B. Concordia, able compensation, $418,196 in parent organization. UPMC’s cur- jani — $2,336,905 in reportable UPMC executive vice president retirement and other deferred rent IRS 990 filings can be found compensation from the organi- — $1,882,185. compensation and $29,353 in at www.upmc.com/aboutupmc/ zation and $30,494 in estimated • Sandra N. Danoff, UPMC nontaxable benefits. FinancialInformation/Pages/ other compensation from the senior vice president and chief The form 990 filings released IRSfiles.aspx. organization and related orga- communications officer — this month are based on the fiscal UPMC reported that 2,820 nizations. $886,028. year that ended June 30, 2010, but, employees earned more than • Neurosurgeon Richard Spiro • Daniel Drawbaugh, UPMC under recent Internal Revenue $100,000 in reportable compensa- — $2,213,088 in reportable com- senior vice president and chief Service (IRS) requirements, the tion from the organization. pensation; $19,201 in estimated information officer — $1,279,741. • David M. Farner, UPMC senior vice president and chief of staff — $1,159,761. Dixon again is Pitt’s highest paid • C. Talbot Heppenstall Jr., CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 UPMC senior vice president and profits to report base compensa- $440,215 in total compensation family member of Agnus M. treasurer — $909,109. tion as identical to what is reported — $345,204 in base pay; $53,000 Berenato, who is one the five • Diane P. Holder, UPMC in box 5 (Medicare-eligible wages) in bonus/incentive compensa- highest-paid employees. executive vice president — on the employee’s tax year 2009 tion; $30,626 in other reportable • Jessica Griffin Burke of the $1,316,374 (all from related W-2 form. compensation, and $11,385 in Department of Behavioral and entities). Thus, while the general finan- nontaxable benefits. Community Health Sciences in • Gregory K. Peaslee, UPMC cial information on form 990 (Maher stepped down as pro- the Graduate School of Public Jeffrey Romoff CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 is based on the fiscal year that vost in June 2010 to return to Health, who earned $67,639. ended June 30, 2010, under these the Pitt faculty, and was named Burke is a family member of IRS requirements, the associated provost emeritus by University Donald S. Burke, who is one the compensation figures are reported trustees.) five highest-paid employees. for calendar year 2009. Cochran, executive vice chan- • Joshua Cochran of Public Pitt’s 25 highest-paid According to IRS form 990, cellor, earned $537,099 in total Safety, who earned $55,937; Pitt paid a total of 1,518 employees compensation — $385,036 in base • Lindsay Cochran, who more than $100,000 each in 2009. pay; $53,000 in bonus/incentive earned $17,689. Both Cochrans non-officers in FY10 compensation; $23,557 in other are family members of Executive Senior administrators reportable compensation; $63,953 Vice Chancellor Jerome Cochran. n addition to the federally mandated IRS form 990, Pitt Pitt’s IRS form 990 also in deferred compensation, and Lindsay Cochran’s Pitt employ- annually must file a similar document with the common- includes required financial infor- $11,553 in nontaxable benefits. ment ended Aug. 31, 2010. Iwealth by May 30. The requirement is a result of the state’s mation on the chancellor and six Ramicone, then-vice chancel- • Anita P. Courcoulas of the “right-to-know” disclosure law passed in 2008. other senior administrators. lor for Budget and Controller, Department of Surgery, who The state requires total earnings figures on the Univer- Senior officers did not receive earned $396,339 in total com- earned $208,178. Courcoulas is sity’s 25 highest-paid non-officers, instead of only the five a base pay hike in calendar 2009 pensation — $261,058 in base a family member of trustee Ira J. highest-paid as required by the IRS. These total earnings are under the officer salary freeze pay; $53,000 in bonus/incentive Gumberg. defined as the sum of base compensation, bonus/incentive put in place by the chancellor compensation; $23,599 in other • Erin Nordenberg of the compensation and other compensation, but do not include and trustees from January 2008 reportable compensation; $46,121 Clinical and Translational Science the IRS criteria of deferred compensation and nontaxable to December 2010. (For officers’ in deferred compensation, and Institute, who earned $48,725; benefits. The figures are for the fiscal year ending June 30, current salary information, see Dec. $12,561 in nontaxable benefits. • Michael Nordenberg, who 2010, whereas the IRS figures in the accompanying stories 9 University Times.) Amy K. Marsh, then-treasurer earned $23,265. are based on the 2009 calendar year. However, under a deferred and chief investment officer, Both Nordenbergs are family The top 25 highest-compensated non-officers were: retention incentive plan dating earned $372,460 in total compen- members of the chancellor. 1. James P. Dixon II, Athletics — $1,538,500. to 2002, four of the officers — sation — $314,336 in base pay; Michael Nordenberg’s employ- 2. David R. Wannstedt, Athletics — $1,375,000. Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, $14,413 in other reportable com- ment at Pitt ended June 25, 2010. 3. Steven C. Pederson, Athletics — $562,500. former Provost James V. Maher, pensation; $30,531 in deferred 4. Agnus M. Berenato, Athletics — $448,182. Executive Vice Chancellor Jerome compensation, and $13,180 in Highest-paid contractors 5. Donald S. Burke, public health — $432,535. Cochran and Chief Financial Offi- nontaxable benefits. Pitt also is required by the IRS 6. Michael J. Becich, biomedical informatics — $396,389. cer Arthur G. Ramicone — receive (In December 2010, trustees to file compensation figures for 7. David Gur, radiology — $394,649. additional pay for remaining in changed Ramicone’s title to chief the five highest-paid independent 8. Alan J. Russell, surgery — $394,053. their positions through June 30 financial officer; Marsh’s title contracting firms that received 9. Thomas W. Braun, dental medicine — $389,835. each year. That 2009 compensa- was changed to chief investment compensation from the University 10. Steven L. Kanter, medicine — $385,750. tion and the interest earned on it officer and treasurer.) during fiscal year 2010. 11. Marc Shane Malandro, Office of Technology Manage- are reported in the bonus/incen- B. Jean Ferketish, secretary to Pitt contracted with the follow- ment — $351,500. tive compensation category for the Board of Trustees and assistant ing five highest-paid firms: 12. Angela M. Gronenborn, structural biology — $349,031. each recipient. chancellor, earned $234,852 in • Sodexo, Atlanta, food ser- 13. Lauren B. Resnick, Learning Research and Development In calendar 2009, Nordenberg total compensation — $184,918 vices — $24,799,817. Center — $348,041. earned $691,413 in total com- in base pay; $9,821 in other • PJ Dick, Pittsburgh, con- 14. Ronald B. Herberman, medicine — $343,904. pensation — $456,369 in base reportable compensation; $27,552 struction services — $22,258,077. 15. Savio L-Y Woo, bioengineering — $338,300. compensation; $79,500 in bonus/ in deferred compensation, and • Mascaro Construction Co., 16. Bruce A. Freeman, pharmacology and chemical biology incentive compensation; $24,572 $12,561 in nontaxable benefits. Pittsburgh, construction services — $337,667. in other reportable compensation; Pitt’s trustees were not listed — $21,462,626. 17. Jeffrey L. Masnick, Office of Senior Vice Chancellor for $64,752 in deferred compensation, because they are not compensated • Massaro Corp., Pitts- Health Sciences — $331,725. and $66,220 in nontaxable benefits for their service on the board. burgh, construction services — 18. Massimo M. Trucco, pediatrics — $331,703. (which includes an ascribed rent $14,838,114. 19. Thomas E. Smithgall, microbiology and molecular genet- value of the University-owned Family member employees • Volpatt Construction Corp., ics — $331,612. chancellor’s residence). As of last year’s 990 filings, Pittsburgh, construction services 20. Charles A. Perfetti, Learning Research and Development Arthur S. Levine, senior vice institutions are required by the — $9,555,592. Center — $330,300. chancellor for Health Sciences and IRS to disclose financial informa- Pitt paid 786 other unspecified 21. Johnny Huard, orthopaedic surgery — $323,624. dean of the School of Medicine, tion on those employees who are independent contractors more 22. Raymond A. Frizzell, cell biology and physiology — earned $803,707 in total compen- related to senior officers, trustees than $100,000 each for services, $323,298. sation — $698,679 in base pay; or highest-paid employees. according to information provided 23. Zhou Wang, urology — $322,689. $63,718 in other reportable com- Seven such employees received to the IRS. 24. Gerald Phillip Schatten, obstetrics, gynecology and repro- pensation; $29,400 in deferred compensation from the University Pitt’s form 990 is posted on the ductive sciences — $318,028. compensation, and $11,910 in in 2009. They were: Office of the Chief Financial Offi- 25. Joseph C. Glorioso III, microbiology and molecular genet- nontaxable benefits. • Andrew Berenato of the cer web site at www.bc.pitt.edu/ ics — $313,331. Maher, then-senior vice Department of Athletics, who documents/Pitt6-30-10_2.pdf. —Peter Hart n chancellor and provost, earned earned $21,078. Berenato is a —Peter Hart n

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ers, particularly those involved in pediatric, reproductive health Study to follow 100,000 kids, birth to age 21 and pregnancy-related research. s the nation embarks women being recruited, they’ve “I would really foster collab- on the largest children’s had some very insightful ideas on orative work across the University Ahealth study ever under- how to reach those groups, includ- in terms of investigators who are taken in the United States, Pitt is ing using social media. interested in proposing an ancil- among the institutions playing a To reach the local study site’s lary study once we’re allowed to role in collecting data. goal of 1,000 babies, 4,000 women submit them,” Cauley said. Cur- The National Children’s Study ages 18-49 must be recruited, rently such proposals aren’t being (NCS), authorized by the Chil- Cauley said. So far, about 30 preg- accepted while the study focuses dren’s Health Act of 2000, aims nant women and 30 women who on determining its recruitment to examine the effects of genetic are trying to become pregnant approaches and settling exactly and environmental factors on the have enrolled. In addition, there what analyses will be conducted growth, health and development are a large number of women who as part of the study. of U.S. children by following a are not trying to become pregnant, The initial study design representative sample of women but who have agreed to keep in exceeds what is affordable, so through pregnancy and birth, then touch. Given that about 50 percent priorities must be set. According following their babies through of pregnancies are unplanned, Think of those three statistics,” very early in the process. Cauley to the NCS site, federal funding age 21. some research subjects eventually Cauley said. has had a research facility in Mon- has been allocated each year since The study, a collaborative may be recruited from that group In addition, she said, “Out essen, Westmoreland County, 2000; for fiscal year 2010, up to effort between the U.S. Depart- as well, Cauley noted. of 100 U.S. children right now, since 1986, from which she has $193.8 million was designated for ment of Health and Human Ser- While Cauley is responsible seven will develop asthma, 12 conducted studies and clinical the study nationwide. vices (including the National Insti- for the West Virginia site as well, will develop ADHD and 17 will trials related to her research on To date, Pitt has received $4.6 tute of Child Health and Human colleagues at West Virginia Uni- be obese. If you add all that up, osteoporotic fractures. Initially, million, Cauley said. Development, the National versity are subcontractors for that’s one-third of U.S. children.” epidemiology chair Roberta Cauley said researchers hope Institute of Environmental Health the research to be conducted in Locally, the study is being Ness was Pitt’s NCS site PI, but to know early next year what will Sciences at the National Institutes Marion County, which is south of launched at an important time, Cauley took on the role in 2008 be included in the final protocol. of Health and the Centers for Morgantown. That study site also as Marcellus shale development when Ness left to become dean of “The investigators very much Disease Control and Prevention) is seeking to enroll 1,000 babies. is expanding. “That’s very topical the University of Texas School of want to be a part of helping to and the U.S. Environmental Pro- “NCS wants to comprehen- when I go out into the commu- Public Health. decide,” she said, noting that tection Agency, seeks to recruit sively study how we can help nity,” she said. “People are really Cauley said she hopes to build researchers are part of the steer- 100,000 children nationwide. Par- children and families be healthy,” concerned. ... That’s definitely on her own research background ing committee that will make such ticipants will be recruited from 105 Cauley said, noting that the study something we’re going to be by looking at how childhood decisions. “Really, there’s a lot of study locations across the United stands to shed light on many interested in.” exposures impact fractures in later expertise amongst the steering States that collectively make up a interesting and important health The study’s definition of life. “Osteoporosis is sometimes committee and a lot of people have “micro-U.S.A.” from a statistical questions. children’s environment is wide- considered a pediatric disease been doing this type of research standpoint, based on demograph- “Some studies have suggested ranging, going far beyond air with adult consequences,” she for a very long time, so I think ics and expected birth rates. that the rate of autism spectrum and water. “It’s the food they said, noting that a study of hopefully we’ll be able to have Pitt is the lead institution for disorders has increased 370 eat, it’s their neighborhoods, vitamin D exposure in utero or some input,” she said. study centers in Westmoreland percent from 1980. Attention their intrauterine environment, measurements of bone density q County, Pa., and in Marion deficit disorders have increased by their biological environment. and attainment of peak skeletal Information on the local site County, W.Va. approximately 250 percent since Environment is the genes that we mass in children could be valuable can be found at www.ncsinwest- The study involves observa- 1990. And childhood obesity has have — it’s very broadly defined. in better understanding risks for moreland.org; information on tions — no medications or treat- tripled from 5 percent in 1980 So I think it hopes to be a very fractures in later life. NCS is available at nationalchil- ments — although biological and to about 17 percent currently. comprehensive study.” She sees ample opportunity drensstudy.gov. environmental samples will be Environmental assessments for other University research- —Kimberly K. Barlow n collected from some participants, are being phased in, she said. said epidemiology professor Jane Initially researchers want to obtain Cauley, principal investigator for umbilical cord blood and maternal Chair endowed in social work Pitt has received a $2 million commitment to establish the the Pitt study site. blood samples when participants James J. and Noel W. Browne Chair in the School of Social Work. Findings from the study will be deliver their babies. Water samples The chair is the first externally funded chair solely dedicated to released as they become available as well as dust samples — col- the social work school. throughout the course of the study. lected from vacuum cleaner bags A 1973 school alumnus, James Browne, who is a principal of Current study activities include in participants’ homes — also are Allegheny Financial Group and Allegheny Investments, an invest- determining which recruitment being taken. When the study is ment advisory and financial planning firm he co-founded in 1976, approaches may be most feasible in full swing, there are plans to said he and his wife Noel Browne, a 1974 alumna of the school, and cost-effective. leave air quality monitors in par- hope the chair will give the School of Social Work an edge for The Westmoreland County ticipants’ homes and perhaps to attracting and influencing the best and brightest students. site’s recruiting is based on a direct take additional biological samples In addition, the Brownes have funded the Browne leadership consumer marketing theory. In including placenta and breast milk program, new this year in the School of Social Work. It is a cross- fact, students in a Pitt-Greensburg samples, she said. disciplinary program consisting of introductory coursework fol- marketing course have been Although Cauley’s research lowed by social-problem analysis and skill-building and culminating assisting with some of the mar- interests have not been in the spe- with a six-to-eight-week experiential summer program. keting approaches, Cauley noted, cific areas of reproductive health The Browne Chair brings to 90 the number of endowed chair adding that because many of those or children’s health, she’s been positions that have been created as part of Pitt’s capital campaign. n students are of similar age to the Jane Cauley involved in the NCS study from Romoff repeats as UPMC’s highest paid employee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 senior vice president and chief and deferred compensation and • Michael Finikiotis, general • David Hirsch Perlmutter, the kind of services. human resources and administra- nontaxable benefits. internal medicine — $259,978. pediatrics — $308,762. They were: tive services officer — $1,142,712. Among those reported on the • Freddie H. Fu, orthopaedics • Joel S. Schuman, ophthal- • General contractor PJ • Marshall W. Webster, UPMC 990 form compensated — $988,977. mology — $415,164. Dick Contracting, Pittsburgh — UPMC executive vice president by UPP were UPMC department • Joel S. Greenberger, radia- • Steven Shapiro, medicine — $35,688,196. — $933,528 plus $131,447 from and division administrators: tion oncology — $393,128. $415,224. • General contractor MBM related organizations. • Derek Angus, critical care • W. Allen Hogge, obstetrics/ • Jeannette E. South-Paul, Contracting, Pittsburgh — medicine — $431,909. gynecology — $405,088. family medicine — $201,058. $20,227,397. University of Pittsburgh • K. Ty Bae, diagnostic radiol- • Jonas T. Johnson, otolar- • Jules H. Sumkin, clinical • General contractor Massaro Physicians (UPP) ogy — $171,668. yngology (ear, nose and throat) radiology (Magee-Womens Hos- Corp., Pittsburgh — $17,715,288. The UPMC filing included • Timothy R. Billiar, Division — $669,875. pital) — $631,307. • Organ recovery services pro- compensation for members of of General Surgery — $694,060 • David J. Kupfer, psychiatry • Evan Waxman, ophthalmol- vider Center for Organ Recovery the University of Pittsburgh plus $252,784 from related enti- — $398,462 (retired October ogy — $288,619. and Education, Pittsburgh — Physicians faculty-physician ties. 2009). • Lawrence Weschler, neurol- $16,717,032. partnership. • Michael Boninger, physical • David A. Lewis, psychiatry ogy — $418,970. • General contractor Bridges UPP member physicians also medicine and rehabilitation — — $201,462. • John P. Williams, anesthesi- Construction, Pittsburgh — were Pitt faculty. Amounts listed $165,473. • Barry London, medicine/ ology — $423,188. $11,836,464. represent pay for UPMC duties • Margaretha Casselbrant, cardiology — $380,497. • Donald Yealy, emergency UPMC also reported that a and do not include any Univer- pediatric otolaryngology— • James Luketich, cardiotho- medicine — $309,035. total of 219 independent contrac- sity pay. $264,545. racic surgery — $1,962,177. tors received more than $100,000 Compensation includes base • Anita Courcoulas, trauma • George K. Michalopoulos, Independent contractors each in compensation in 2009. compensation, bonus and incen- and general surgery — $472,802. pathology — $338,125. UPMC also was required to Combined, the top five received tive compensation, other report- • Louis D. Falo Jr., dermatol- • Joel B. Nelson, urology — report its five highest-paid inde- a total of more than $102 million. able compensation, retirement ogy — $290,477. $614,787. pendent contractors, regardless of —Peter Hart n

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n a little more than a decade, insurers and employers to have genetic sequencing has evolved the information, Iwema said. Ifrom a lengthy, expensive pro- Knowing your The Genetic Information cess to one that rapidly is becom- Nondiscrimination Act, passed ing commonplace. in 2008, provides some protec- Advances in genetic sequenc- tion by prohibiting employers or ing increasingly are making per- health insurers from discriminat- sonalized medicine accessible to ing based on a person’s genetic the masses, said Health Sciences GENETIC information. Library System molecular biol- ogy information specialist Carrie Controversy Iwema in a recent HSLS Lunch “There are some issues, as With a Librarian presentation, PROFILE you might think, with offering “Personal Genomics, Personal- medical information to the general ized Medicine and You.” public,” Iwema said, noting that Genetic sequencing technolo- controversy over genetic testing gies have developed rapidly and has surfaced in several recent the so-called “thousand dollar situations. genome” — a term that has Better, faster A pair of California universities become a buzzword in personal- brought the issue home to college ized medicine circles — looms on technology campuses last summer. the horizon. UC-Berkeley truncated its “It was in 1995 … the first plan to offer incoming students genome of a free-living organ- expected to testing for three genetic variants as ism, Haemophilus influenzae, part of a program on personalized was sequenced,” Iwema said. be available medicine after state officials raised “Five years after that, the draft legal concerns. However, Stanford sequence of the human genome medical school allowed students was released, and that took over in a few years the option of using their own 13 years and $2.7 billion to do.” genetic data obtained through a Three years later, a complete kit in a genomics and personalized human reference genome was medicine elective. completed. genetic sequences in genome-wide the probability for disease and file analyzed at www.snpedia.com “This is already moving into In 2007, the first individual association studies that aim to enable people to take preventive and in a few minutes receive details our colleges, for better or for diploid genome — of Cellomics gather information to compare measures. It also can enable doc- on what certain SNPs may mean. worse,” Iwema said. entrepreneur Craig Venter — variations across a large popula- tors to tailor personalized drug In addition to gender, ethnic back- More broadly, a deal that would was published. “This genome tion. therapies based on what is known ground and associated medical have put Pathway Genomics sequence, compared to 2000, Direct-to-consumer tests about how people with different conditions, the tool also can reveal direct-to-consumer tests on Wal- was ‘only’ $1 million and took already are on the market. Some genetic variants may respond to a other interesting details about green’s pharmacy shelves was put only one month to do. It was companies, such as 23andMe particular medication. traits associated with particular on hold after the Food and Drug quite an improvement although and deCODEme, are consumer- Pharmacogenomics, which genetic variations. Administration took note. still quite expensive,” she said. oriented, allowing customers to is based on how one’s genotype The FDA launched a molecu- “Three years after that, in 2010, order tests and receive results influences how the body reacts Challenges lar and clinical genetics panel to we finally moved away from the directly. Others — Navigenics or to various medications, can help While knowing one’s genetic examine the potential risks and wealthy white male genomes and Pathway Genomics, for instance, doctors prescribe the right medi- profile has benefits, the tests benefits of direct-to-consumer added Korean-Asian and African- work through physicians. cines and dosages, leading to the sometimes can reveal problematic tests that make medical claims. American genomes, again with a For as little as $99, an indi- development of better medica- information: What if you discover Consumer protection concerns decrease in both time and money vidual can order a genetic test tions and perhaps lower overall your father isn’t your father, for over ensuring scientific validity of — $24,000 in about 15 days,” kit and return a saliva sample health care costs. instance? the tests and correct interpretation she said. for analysis. “The company puts Will knowing about an of results remain. A public com- Decreasing costs and desktop- your sample on a chip and reports What then? increased risk of disease raise ment period on the issue closed sized NGS (next-generation back to you,” Iwema said. “It’s “What do you do with the insurance worries? May 2. sequencing) machines are bring- important to point out, for most information once you have it?” What about other effects on “There’s probably going to be ing genetic sequencing ever closer of these, you’re not getting your Iwema asked. family members? some kind of regulation associ- to the consumer. full sequence done.” Having a single nucleotide “If I find I’m a carrier of some ated with these, but the public “Now it’s projected by 2014, The reports contain informa- polymorphism associated with disease, that means my parents has a right to their own personal the big race is going on for what tion on a person’s gender, ancestry, a disease typically doesn’t mean have it — do we tell them?” Iwema information. That’s where the they’re calling the thousand-dollar physical traits and other details that a person will get that disease, asked. “What if they don’t want main conflict is,” Iwema said. genome. And that’ll take about 15 such as whether they carry genetic only that there is an association, to know?” On the positive side, direct- minutes to do. That’s what the pro- variations that are associated with although some genetic markers, Similarly, should your children to-consumer testing has benefited jection is right now,” Iwema said. certain diseases or conditions. such as for Huntingdon’s disease, be tested as well? What about the public good, Iwema noted. She noted that in 2001 the Exactly how many people show a very strong correlation potential kids? Is fetal testing The direct-to-consumer firm cost of sequencing a genome was are buying DTC tests is unclear, between the SNP mutation and something to consider? And what 23andMe has been comparing its $100 million, but by last January it although Iwema noted that one the disease. do you do if you find something own database with other studies had dropped to $10,000. “At that report estimated 20,000-30,000 Individuals who have received amiss? and advancing scientific knowl- rate, it’s going to reach $1,000 or such scans were done in 2009. results can choose to discuss them Concerns about privacy and edge in the process. less per genome, making it more with their doctor or a genetic who should have access to the “There’s some skepticism affordable for everybody.” Why get tested? counselor at the testing firm, results are another challenge, she about some of the things they What makes people interested or can take the do-it-yourself said. One study found that doctors, found in certain papers. They’re Personal genome sequencing in their genetic information? Per- route. “You can take it into your spouses and researchers ranked actually pushing science forward When it comes to genomic haps they are curious about their own hands,” she said, caution- high on respondents’ list of people as well — they’re not just collect- sequencing, the focus has turned ancestry or merely are interested ing, “That doesn’t mean you can they felt could be trusted with their ing. The whole idea is to make to the individual. “Personal in new technologies and in shar- analyze it any better, but it gives genetic information. Respondents this information public, so they’re genome sequencing is an analysis ing information. Or they may be you control.” were less comfortable with police using it to see what’s out there and of your specific genes looking for concerned about diseases in their Armed with test results, indi- having the information and even add to it.” the differences and mutations genetic background, particularly viduals can have their genetic data more wary of allowing health —Kimberly K. Barlow n — it’s essentially like that large if they are concerned for the Human Genome Project, but potential effect on their offspring. specific to you,” Iwema said. Most reasons fall into four Want more information? Such testing identifies single basic categories, Iwema said. nucleotide polymorphisms, or • Predictive testing, which Workshop materials from Carrie Iwema’s • Genomics Law Report SNPs, which are a variation of just seeks to determine whether a April 28 presentation are available on the www.genomicslawreport.com one nucleotide in a person’s DNA. person is at risk for any particular Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) site “As simple as it may seem, a lot of diseases; by selecting “Personal Genomics, Personal- • National Human Genome Research Institute times it’s just that one nucleotide • Diagnostic testing, which ized Medicine and You” at www.hsls.pitt.edu/ http://genome.gov that can make a difference” in searches for a genetic basis for a molbio/tutorials. whether a person has a certain disease a person has; For additional information on genetic • Personal Genetics Education Project characteristic or is more likely • Carrier testing, which pro- sequencing and personalized medicine, Iwema http://genepath.med.harvard.edu/WuLab/ to get a certain disease, she said. vides information on whether a suggested “The $1,000 Genome: The Revolu- pgEd/ Today, the Personal Genome person has a genetic condition tion in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Project (www.personalgenomes. that could be passed on to his or Personalized Medicine.” The book, by Kevin • Personal Genome Project org), led by Harvard researchers, is her children, and Davies, is available through HSLS. www.personalgenomes.org seeking 100,000 participants who • Prenatal testing, which exam- Iwema also recommended several web sites: will have their genomes sequenced ines the genetic profile of a fetus. • Personalized Medicine Coalition and made public. Knowing the details of your • Genomes Unzipped www.personalizedmedicinecoalition.org n The National Institutes of genetic sequence can be helpful, www.genomesunzipped.org Health also is collecting individual Iwema said. It can serve to predict

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ullying really doesn’t persist in a culture “Bthat doesn’t allow it to be there,” said workplace civility specialist Debra Messer in a recent faculty and staff develop- ment workshop, “Creating a Civil Workplace Culture.” Top manag- ers must set the tone when it comes BULLYING to establishing and maintaining a civil workplace culture, she said. Using the analogy of a healthy family that takes in a disrespect- ful teenage relative, Messer, an account manager for LifeSolu- tions, Pitt’s employee assistance program, said, “It’s not going to take very long before the kids in that family and the parents in that family say, ‘You don’t do that here.’ … It’s the same in the workplace.” Bullying may not always be intentional, but it is a symptom of other negative things that may be going on in a workplace, she maintained. “There are ways of behaving, managing and being in the work- place that can be insidious,” she said, adding that people may not realize they’re fostering bullying. Bullying is an abusive use of power that results in embarrass- ing, demeaning or intimidating a co-worker. A 2007 Zogby Interna- tional survey found that 49 percent of people reported either having This childish been bullied (37 percent) or having witnessed others being bullied (12 percent) in the workplace. behavior has The overwhelming majority of bullies — 72 percent — were bosses. followed us into The survey found that 62 per- cent of employers who were told about a bullying incident either the workplace ignored it or took actions that made the situation worse for the person who reported it. paradigm shift,” she said. “People Canada are promoting “healthy want to hire for diversity, then noting that studies have shown Bullies suffered few conse- sometimes have to have a totally workplace” legislation (www. with a diverse workforce in place that the best leaders are those with quences while 77 percent of those new way of thinking about how healthyworkplacebill.org), which wonder why everyone can’t act the most kindness, thoughtfulness, targeted by bullies left their jobs they do business, how they relate protects employees and employers the same way. consideration and compassion. or were terminated, the survey to the people that they work with by providing a clear definition of “Diversity is when you really Clarity and lack of fear pro- showed. Often, management and particularly about how they “health-harming behaviors” and recognize that people from dif- mote civility, she said. In a civil supported the bullies: 43 percent manage people.” compelling employers to address ferent backgrounds, different workplace, employees’ roles were reported to have an executive Some aspects of a civil work- the issue of workplace bullying. generations, different cultures, are clear, communications are sponsor, one-third had support place culture may seem counter- different religions, different age open and management is done from peers and 14 percent had sup- intuitive or go against existing What is civility? groups … are going to think about by empowerment, engagement, port from their HR department. management styles — particularly things differently. They’re going incentive and inspiration, rather Bullying can affect employees’ to those who espouse tough man- “Sometimes I get requests to express themselves differently; than by intimidation, she said. health, Messer said, adding that agement — but workplace cultures from organizations and callers they’re going to have differ- 45 percent of those who had been that permit bullying do so at their will say, ‘We’ve got a lot of morale ent values. You honor that and What impedes civility? bullied reported health problems. own peril, she said. problems that I’m dealing with you’re curious about that and you One-third of them said those and people aren’t very respectful welcome it because you know it’s “If work is piled on, you’re set- problems remained a year later. Legal precedent of one another. Can you come and going to make your environment ting the groundwork for incivility When workplace bullying teach our folks good manners?’” richer,” she said. in the workplace,” Messer said. occurs, it affects everyone, she Awareness of the issue is rising. Messer related. Flexibility is an important Constant change — in poli- said. Managers have to spend time A 2008 decision by Indiana’s “We’re not talking about component because it enables cies, workload or even technolo- and energy mediating conflicts Supreme Court set precedent by having good manners,” she said, employees to get their jobs done gies — can stress workers out. and calming stressed employees identifying workplace bullying as noting that civility is much more in a people-centered environment. Change may be inescapable, but in addition to dealing with dis- “a form of intentional infliction of than that. “If you have a civil cul- “Yes, we have patients to see, empathy can help. “What makes ciplinary issues and handling the emotional distress.” In the case ture, good manners and politeness we have students to teach, reports the difference for employees a lot resulting absenteeism and reten- Raess v. Doescher, the court awarded are going to organically evolve out to write, but management is always of times is if their managers and tion issues. $325,000 to a hospital perfusionist of that culture.” thinking about how its policies supervisors are at least empathic Bystanders may share the vic- who charged that his supervising P.M. Forni, co-founder of the impact on employees: Is this going about the fact that change is dif- tim’s stress, wondering whether cardiologist’s derogatory, critical Johns Hopkins civility project, to make their lives hard? Is this ficult. They’re sitting down with they’ll be next. “It becomes a and belittling comments inflicted defines civility in part as “a form of going to be tough for them to them and saying, ‘I know this is distraction and a recipe for poor stress that ultimately left him gracious goodness,” Messer said. do? They question those things hard, but how can I help you? morale,” she said. unable to work. Interpersonal behaviors that and are always concerned about What can I do to make this work “The bottom line is that bul- Prior to that case, employees demonstrate respect and “love of the well-being of the employees,” a little bit better?’” lying hurts people,” she said. “It who were bullied had no legal thy neighbor,” cooperation and she said. disempowers them — it damages ground unless they could prove teamwork, all are hallmarks of a Egalitarianism — treating The value of them and their self esteem.” that they were being discriminated civil workplace culture, Messer workers the same regardless of punitive management against due to race, color, religion, said. their rank — is a big part of a Civility sex or national origin, she said. civil workplace, Messer said. It Messer said supervisors ask “That got people’s atten- What promotes civility? plays out in the kinds of perks that whether they sometimes need to “It’s not enough to say we tion and set a legal precedent,” employees receive and the way put the fear of God into subordi- would like to have a civil work- Messer said, noting that employers Friendliness — even as simple workers are treated. “You treat nates to motivate them. place. … What you really have to responded to the wake-up call by a gesture as a greeting when pass- the janitor with the same level of “Yes, you can use fear as ask is how do we behave in ways examining their own policies. ing co-workers in the hallway or respect, courtesy and formalness motivation if what you want is that will be civil? How do we Still, the United States is asking about their weekend — as you treat the CEO,” she said, an employee who comes to work embody civility in every interac- behind the times, she said. “All boosts civility. Respect — ranging admitting that in America’s often- and punches in, is disengaged, tion we have with every single Western democracies except the from good manners and courtesy hierarchical society, “that doesn’t is only going to do the best job employee, every moment every United States have passed legisla- to respect for differences — also always happen.” when you’re watching them, who’s day?” Messer said. tion against workplace bullying.” is important. Kindness, an attribute not disgruntled, is unhappy, disloyal “What that means for a lot Today, legislators and activ- Messer said she often finds always equated with business, and would love to leave any chance of people is that it requires a ists in the United States and that employers may say they contributes to civility, she said, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S the long-term use of oral corti- The University Times Research costeroids (OCS) by people with Notes column reports on funding severe asthma and found that more awarded to Pitt researchers and on Mutant mice The findings support the role component of the National Insti- than 60 percent of patients who findings arising from University of the genetic variant in the devel- tutes of Health and NIH Roadmap research. model major were treated with oral steroids We welcome submissions from depression opment of MDD, and affirm the for Medical Research. such as prednisone at their initial all areas of the University. Submit School of Medicine research- mutant mouse strain as a model evaluation remained on OCS four information via email to: utimes@ ers have developed a mouse model of MDD worthy of further study, Thoracic years later, which could be pre- pitt.edu, by fax to 412/624-4579 or by campus mail to 308 Belle- of major depressive disorder Zubenko said. research dicted by a high degree of airway Previous studies of families field Hall. (MDD) that is based on a rare presented obstruction and inflammation. For submission guidelines, genetic mutation that appears with a severe and strongly familial Researchers from the School These results suggest alternate visit www.utimes.pitt.edu/?page_ to cause MDD in the majority form of MDD revealed a mutation of Medicine and UPMC recently treatments to OCS are needed in id=6807. of people who inherit it. The in the control region of CREB1, a presented early findings from stud- many patients with severe asthma. findings, published online in the gene that orchestrates the expres- ies of asthma, chronic obstructive certain gene expression patterns American Journal of Medical sion of many other genes that pulmonary disease, idiopathic Premenstrual asthma in an immune signaling pathway Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric play important roles in normal pulmonary fibrosis, critical care Wenzel and colleagues found to measure with a gene microarray Genetics EarlyView, could help to brain functioning. Mice have a medicine and other areas at the that premenstrual asthma is a or chip, and found that decreased clarify the brain events that lead CREB1 gene that is very similar American Thoracic Society 2011 condition characterized by high expression among specific genes to MDD, and contribute to the to the human version and, with international conference. frequency of symptoms, exac- is associated with a greater likeli- development of better means of the aid of genetic engineering Highlights included: erbations and general severity. hood of death from the disease. treatment and prevention. techniques, the researchers were Premenstrual asthma is strongly The findings indicate that a simple Lead author George able to establish a mutant mouse New form of asthma identified? associated with asthma-like reac- blood test can reveal disease Zubenko, a faculty member in strain that bore the same genetic Sally Wenzel, a faculty tions to aspirin; lower levels of prognosis, which could help guide psychiatry, said, “Major depres- error. member in the Division of Pul- IgE antibody, which typically play treatment planning, such as when sive disorder is a leading cause of Since the control regions of monary, Allergy and Critical a role in allergy; smaller lung vol- to pursue lung transplantation. suffering, disability and premature corresponding human and mouse Care Medicine and director of the umes, and gastroesophageal reflux death from all causes including genes often have regions of high UPMC Asthma Institute, and her disease, suggesting this may be a ICU patients’ families suicide. While the cause currently similarity, the methods described colleagues have identified what different and hormonally driven more optimistic than docs is unknown, twin and adoption in this report may be useful in could be a new kind of asthma in asthma variant. Critical care medicine faculty studies indicate that genetic fac- creating mouse models of other a subset of patients with severe member Douglas White, who tors account for 40-70 percent human diseases. symptoms, primarily women, Monocyte genetics a factor directs the department’s program of the risk for developing this Hugh B. Hughes III of the who do not readily improve with in IPF prognosis on ethics and decision-making in common disorder. In this report, Zubenko lab was a co-author. conventional treatments, includ- Naftali Kaminski, a faculty critical illness, and his colleagues we describe how we constructed The research was supported by ing steroids. member in the Division of Pul- studied caregivers who were surro- a laboratory mouse strain that the National Institute of Mental Lung biopsies indicate that monary, Allergy and Critical gate decision-makers for patients mimics the brain mechanism Health, the Provost’s Fund for inflammation resembling a mix- Care Medicine and director of and their doctors in four intensive that leads to major depression Research Development and the ture of hypersensitivity pneu- the Dorothy P. and Richard P. care units. in humans, rather than symp- Shane Richard Brown Fund. monitis and asthma is present Simmons Center for Interstitial The researchers found that toms,” he said. “Nonetheless, in MRI data were collected at in these patients and that many Lung Diseases, and colleagues surrogate decision-makers were our initial characterization the the Pittsburgh NMR Center for improve dramatically following found that patterns of gene activity unduly optimistic about prog- mutant mice exhibited several Biomedical Research at Carnegie treatment with alternative anti- in white blood cells called mono- noses compared to physicians. features that were reminiscent Mellon University and were ana- inflammatory drugs, including cytes reflect patients’ prognosis in This discordance seemed to come of the human disorder, including lyzed with support from the Office azathioprine, instead of steroids. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a from disbelief rather than mis- alterations of brain anatomy, gene of the Senior Vice Chancellor for progressive lung-scarring disease. understanding of the physicians’ expression, behavior, as well as Health Sciences and the National Oral corticosteroid use studied Starting from more than 2,500 prognostications. increased infant mortality.” Center for Research Resources, a Wenzel and colleagues studied genes, the researchers identified CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

and should provide safeguards for managers and employees alike. It should guarantee no retaliation for those who make good-faith reports, yet include consequences for malicious accusations. Messer said she’s not in favor of zero-tolerance policies, which she BULLYINGfinds “not very civil” because they CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 can make people fearful or cause they get,” she said. be at work. Such an atmosphere is physical symptoms. Being bullied others being bullied. Interest- witch hunts that can trap people “So, if you want that kind of conducive to less bullying, fewer may result in social isolation, not ingly, that means that the other who make a mistake. employee, go ahead and use fear, disciplinary issues and managers only in the workplace, but outside 50 percent “are saying ‘I never Zero tolerance for specific because it works. who are freed to do their jobs, of work, when friends get tired of saw it happen,’” she pointed out. behaviors may be warranted, but “But if you want an engaged she said. hearing about it, Messer said. Witnesses who want to inter- “give the bully an opportunity to employee and you want an Sometimes bullies pick on vene would be wise to proceed change,” she advised. employee who comes forward with What is bullying? others deliberately and mali- with caution, Messer said. As Managers may worry that civil- ideas and is loyal to the company ciously — such as when employ- in domestic violence situations, ity will undermine their authority, and wants to be there … you Bullying is an action or behav- ees gossip about or ostracize a bystanders who get involved may but civility isn’t meant to take away don’t want to use fear because that ior that “repeatedly humiliates, co-worker, or when managers become the object of the abuse. a manager’s ability to discipline, doesn’t work. It’s your choice.” undermines or intimidates an mistreat or force out a person “You’ve got to be careful. The she said. Instead, managers can employee, causing emotional they don’t like. outcomes are not always good,” be taught how to do so in a civil The bottom line or physical distress, creating an Other times, bullies don’t rec- she warned. way — by discussing matters pri- unpleasant or hostile work envi- ognize that’s what they’re doing. Bystanders can offer support vately rather than humiliating an “If you have a workplace that’s ronment, disrupting or interfer- They might perceive themselves for the victim by saying something employee publicly, for instance. not particularly civil … one of the ing with the employee’s ability as merely being tough manag- like ‘I saw what happened and I Civility and kindness plus rea- things you’re going to see is disen- to perform the job,” Messer said. ers, or act a certain way because feel bad about it,’ Messer said. If sonable expectations and account- gagement,” she said. Poor morale Bullying can include nitpicking, they’ve been managed that way they feel comfortable doing so, ability equal strong leadership, results in frustrated, discouraged micromanagement, sarcasm and themselves. they might confront the bully — she said. “Managers need to workers who are simply putting gossip or actions such as sighing, who may not be aware he or she understand bullying and civility.” in their time. “Disengagement making condescending remarks Am I a bully? is being a bully — or they could Changing a workplace cul- costs billions” in terms of lost or eye-rolling. report the situation to someone ture takes time — perhaps years, productivity, lack of ideas and lack It also can be done by exclud- “If you make a mistake, that in higher management. Messer said. Individuals can do of creativity, Messer said. ing an employee from meetings or doesn’t make you a bully,” Messer However, if management is not their part by resolving to act more “Fear and mistrust cost a lot,” the lunch table or by withholding said. Bullying isn’t an isolated on board, bullying may continue. civilly themselves, but manage- she said, adding that employees resources or information. It may incident but a process that happens Commitment to a civil workplace ment involvement is key. may then refuse to admit errors rise to public humiliation, embar- over and over and escalates if not culture must come from the top, “It’s going to be hard to change or offer ideas. rassment, physical threats, unrea- dealt with, she said, adding that she said. the entire culture if you don’t have Such companies will see higher sonable demands or sabotage. repetition is a key factor. “So you top leadership involved.” absenteeism and low retention, she The impact can be serious, rolled your eyes at a staff meeting. Anti-bullying policies q said: “Employees want to leave.” causing emotional distress, anxi- That’s rude, but it doesn’t make The faculty and staff devel- In addition, the bad reputation can ety, depression, loss of self-esteem, you a bully.” Policies against bullying must opment program, sponsored by spread through the community, despair, post-traumatic stress be more than mere additions to a the Office of Human Resources, making it difficult to attract the disorder or even suicide, she said. Seen it? company’s anti-harassment policy, offers a variety of workshops to best and brightest workers. Targets of bullying may retali- Messer said. Anti-bullying policies enhance employees’ professional Employees in a civil work- ate, or may hold their emotions in Typically about 50 percent should include expectations and and personal development. For a place are more engaged, she said. until they blow up and get fired. of employees will admit that definitions as well as agreed-upon schedule, visit www.hr.pitt.edu/ Empowered to speak openly and They may be unable to focus they’ve either been bullied in the actions if the policy is violated. orgdev/fsdp.htm. ask questions, they tend to want to or concentrate or may develop workplace or that they’ve seen Good policy will apply to all —Kimberly K. Barlow n

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S Iannacchione of Pitt’s Depart- Medicine and head of cardiotho- ment of Civil and Environmental racic transplantation at UPMC, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Engineering and researchers from presented findings from research Tropical indicates a wetter season, while school faculty members Noedahn West Virginia University, the Uni- exploring outcomes in lung trans- droughts levels are high when monsoon Copley-Woods and Richard versity of Kentucky, Ohio State plant patients over age 70. predicted rain is light. Guido of obstetrics, gynecology University, Penn State and Penn. While many transplant centers A 2,300-year climate record The team then established a and reproductive sciences. The technical scope of the will not perform lung transplants recovered from an Andean lake connection between rainfall and Using hysterectomy as a case research ARIES will conduct in patients older than 65, research- reveals that as temperatures in Northern Hemisphere tempera- study for the amount of waste includes: ers found that single and double the northern hemisphere rise, the tures by comparing their core to generated during surgeries, the • Evaluating the effects of coal lung transplants can be offered to planet’s densely populated tropi- the movement of the intertropi- researchers will apply a life-cycle mining on streams and biological highly selected patients ages 70-74 cal regions likely will experience cal convergence zone (ITCZ), assessment, or LCA, which gauges communities in the region; with excellent outcomes. severe water shortages as summer a stormy area near the equator the environmental effect of the • Investigating methods for monsoons become drier. where winds from the Northern entire procedure, from the raw minimizing water discharges Cancer & kidney transplantation A Pitt research team found and Southern hemispheres meet. materials and basic tools needed effectively through alternative Christine Wu, a faculty that equatorial regions of South Abbott and his colleagues con- to the ultimate disposal of the water management practices and member in the Department of America already are receiving less cluded that warm northern tem- implements and equipment used. treating water prior to discharge; Medicine, and Ron Shapiro, rainfall than at any point in the peratures such as those currently Hysterectomies were selected • Developing analytical tools director of UPMC’s kidney, pan- past millennium. recorded lure the ITCZ — the because of the multiple procedures to allow mine planners to locate, creas and islet transplantation, The researchers report in main source of monsoons — north involved — the researchers will isolate and manage strata that may presented research on the inci- the Proceedings of the National and ultimately reduce the rainfall be able to conduct comparative generate releases of environmen- dence of cancer among deceased Academy of Sciences that a nearly on which tropical areas rely. LCAs of abdominal, vaginal, tal concern, and and living donor kidney transplant 6-foot-long sediment core from Abbott worked with geology laparoscopic and robot-assisted • Assessing improved place- recipients who were given the Laguna Pumacocha in Peru and planetary science faculty surgery. ment designs and spearheading antibody alemtuzumab. contains the most detailed geo- member Mike Rosenmeier; Once the entire footprint of development of mining engi- Researchers looked at 1,350 chemical record of tropical climate Broxton Bird and Nathan these procedures is known, the neering systems and practices transplants done between 2001 fluctuations yet uncovered. The Stansell, who received their PhD team will be able to assess which that can improve environmental and 2008 and found that 52, or core shows pronounced dry and degrees in geology from Pitt in areas could be more sustainable. performance and accountability. 3.85 percent, were diagnosed with wet phases of the South American 2009, and researchers from Union “Greening” the OR will ARIES is being funded with cancer after their transplant. The summer monsoons and corre- College and the State University contribute substantially to the a five-year, $12.5 million grant most common type identified was sponds with existing geological of New York-Albany. researchers’ overall goal of help- from Alpha Natural Resources, lymphoma. Researchers did not data of precipitation changes in Graphs illustrating the sedi- ing hospitals reduce the amount International Coal Group, Massey find that use of alemtuzumab the surrounding regions. ment core’s correlation with of waste generated. Energy, Natural Resource Part- was associated with a higher risk Paired with these sources, the climate data are available at ners, TECO Coal Corp., Patriot of cancer. sediment record illustrated that www.news.pitt.edu/news/tropi- Energy research Coal Corp., Cliffs Natural rainfall during the South Ameri- cal-monsoon-drought-climate- consortium Resources, Mepco and Norfolk PRES risks explored can summer monsoon has dropped change. formed Southern. Transplant surgeon Ruy Cruz sharply since 1900 — exhibiting Pitt is one of seven research For additional information, of the Thomas E. Starzl Trans- the greatest shift in precipitation Researchers universities that have formed a visit www.energy.vt.edu/ARIES. plantation Institute presented since approximately 300 BCE — seek greener new initiative to address the envi- findings into the understanding while the Northern Hemisphere operating room ronmental impacts of the discov- of posterior reversible encepha- has experienced warmer tem- Pitt engineering and medi- ery, development, production and Transplant lopathy syndrome (PRES), a rare peratures. cine researchers have received a use of energy resources in Appa- research complication that can occur after Study co-author Mark Abbott, $25,000 grant from Pitt’s Clinical lachia. The Appalachian Research presented a liver transplant. a geology and planetary science and Translational Science Insti- Initiative for Environmental Sci- The following studies were Cruz and his colleagues ana- faculty member who also co- tute to help establish procedures ence (ARIES), under the direction among the research presented lyzed more than 1,800 adult liver designed the project, said that and policies that hospitals can of the Virginia Center for Coal by Pitt doctors during the 2011 transplant recipients between he and his colleagues did not adopt to be more environmentally and Energy Research at Virginia American Transplant Congress 2000 and 2010 and found 18 had anticipate the rapid decrease in conscious. Tech, will study both upstream in Philadelphia: been diagnosed with PRES. 20th-century rainfall that they The team includes civil and and downstream issues related to Researchers found that low observed. environmental engineering fac- the energy sector. Lung transplants in the elderly levels of magnesium and infec- “This model suggests that ulty members Melissa Bilec and In addition to Virginia Tech, Yoshiya Toyoda, a faculty tion may put patients at risk for tropical regions are dry to a point Amy Landis, as well as medical team members include Anthony member in surgery at the School of developing PRES. n we would not have predicted,” Abbott said. “If the monsoons that are so critical to the water supply in tropical areas continue to diminish at this pace, it will have devastating implications for the water resources of a huge swath of the planet.” The sediment core shows regu- lar fluctuations in rainfall from 300 BCE to 900 CE, with notably heavy precipitation around 550. Beginning in 900 CE, however, a severe drought set in for the next three centuries, with the driest period being 1000-1040. This period correlates with the demise of regional Native American populations, Abbott explained, including the Tiwanaku and Wari that inhabited present-day Bolivia, Chile and Peru. After 1300, mon- soons increasingly drenched the South American tropics. The wettest period of the past 2,300 years lasted from roughly 1500 to the 1750s during the timespan known as the Little Ice Age, a period of cooler global temperatures. Around 1820, a dry cycle crept in briefly, but quickly gave way to a wet phase before the rain began waning again in 1900. Photos by Kimberly K. Barlow By July 2007, when the sedi- Four baby peregrines — three females and one male — were banded May ment core was collected, there 19 in the Babcock Room on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. Five had been a steep, steady increase chicks, the offspring of Pitt’s resident peregrine pair Dorothy and E2, hatched at the Cathedral of Learning nest in late April, but one did not survive. in dry conditions to a high point Each year, the peregrine chicks are examined and banded with state and fed- not surpassed since 1000. eral ID tags before they are old enough to fly. To create a climate record At left, Pennsylvania Game Commission land management group supervisor Doug Dunkerley prepares a chick for banding. Above, veterinarian Robert from the sediment core, the team Wagner, right, hands one of the chicks to the game commission’s Allegheny analyzed the oxygen isotope delta- County wildlife conservation officer Beth Fife after its exam. Video of the chicks being removed from and returned to the nest is part of O-18 ratio in each annual layer of the FalconCam archives at www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_cl.php. lake-bed mud. Low delta-O-18

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P E O P L E O F T H E T I M E S The People of the Times column features recent news on faculty and staff, including awards and other honors, accomplishments and administra- tive appointments. Lora E. Burke, a faculty Two faculty members have directors for the 2010-13 term. We welcome submissions from all areas of the University. Send informa- member in the School of Nursing received the 2011 Provost’s Award Many of her doctoral students tion via email to: [email protected], by fax at 412/624-4579 or by campus mail to 308 Bellefield Hall. Department of Health and Com- for Excellence in Mentoring, have developed careers as faculty For submission guidelines, visit www.utimes.pitt.edu/?page_id=6807. munity Systems, has received the which recognizes faculty for their members in tenure-stream posi- Katherine A. Lembright Award mentoring of doctoral students. tions and as researchers at cancer for Excellence in Cardiovascular The honorees are Jane Cauley, centers and hospitals. “Cincinnati Review” and “Notre meeting in Washington, D.C. Nursing Research from the Car- vice chair for research in the On the national level, Grandis Dame Review.” SPR is an international society of diovascular Nursing Council. Department of Epidemiology, secured funding in 2005 for a researchers committed to devel- The award honors Pitt School Graduate School of Public Health; conference on research training, Michael J. Fine, director oping and improving preventive of Nursing alumna Katharine A. and Jennifer Grandis, the UPMC which resulted in a new NIH fund- of the VA Center for Health interventions. Lembright who, as the American Endowed Chair in Head and Neck ing opportunity aimed at training Equity Research and Promotion Ridenour is director of the Heart Association’s assistant direc- Cancer Surgical Research in the ear, nose and throat physicians to (CHERP) and a faculty member translation tor for nursing 1960-81, played an School of Medicine’s Department conduct research. in the Division of General Internal module of Pitt’s important role in the development of Otolaryngology and director of This is the sixth year the Medicine at the School of Medi- Center for Edu- and growth of the Council on the head and neck program at the mentoring awards have been cine, has received the 2011 John cation and Drug Cardiovascular Nursing. University of Pittsburgh Cancer granted; each of the honorees M. Eisenberg Award for Career Abuse Research. Burke also was honored by the Institute. received a cash prize of $2,500. Achievement in Research from CEDAR UCLA School of Nursing as one Cauley has spent the past 15 The winners were selected from the Society of General Internal includes a group of 60 distinguished alums in honor years examining the physical and a pool of nominees whose names Medicine (SGIM), a national of faculty representing the fields of of the school’s 60th anniversary. psychological changes that occur were submitted by Pitt doctoral organization of general internal genetics, methodology, psychiatry, In addition, Burke received a in postmenopausal women. Her students and faculty. medicine physicians working in prevention, developmental psy- $699,897 four-year award from work has focused on the use of U.S. academic medical centers. chopathology and neuroscience. the National Institutes of Health estrogen, the risks of hip fractures The Department of English The award recognizes the In 2009, Ridenour began his for her study, “Advancing Real and the bone density and choles- recently announced a number of career achievement of a senior term as chair of the Early Career Time Data Collection: Adaptive terol levels of women who are faculty honors. SGIM member whose research Preventionist Network and as a Sampling and Innovative Tech- going through menopause. Nick Coles, director of com- has changed the way generalists board member of the Society for nology.” Cauley is a co-principal inves- position, was elected president care for patients, conduct research Prevention Research. Also at the nursing school, tigator for the Pitt site of the of the Working Class Studies or educate students. Paula Sherwood, a faculty Women’s Health Initiative, a Association. The association aims As director of CHERP, Fine The women’s basketball team member in the Department of National Institutes of Health to develop and promote multiple has advanced has announced two changes to Acute/Tertiary Care, was hon- (NIH)-sponsored study. Her forms of scholarship, teaching and the field of its staff. ored with the 2010 Distinguished doctoral students have received activism related to working class health research Meghan Bielich moves into Researcher Award from the Penn- fellowships and awards in recogni- life and cultures and to create by developing a the director of operations position sylvania State Nurses Association. tion of their dissertation work — partnerships that link scholarship widely used con- after serving the past five years Sherwood also received a and have become faculty members with activism in labor, community ceptual frame- as the team’s video coordinator. Fulbright Lecturing/Research and researchers holding leader- and other working-class social work for dispari- In her new position, Bielich will Award in Finland for the 2011-12 ship positions in their schools and justice organizations. ties research and coordinate and oversee travel for academic year. in government research institutes. Coles teaches and writes about making substantial contributions the Panthers. She also will serve as Cauley also has mentored students literacy and pedagogy, working- to the empirical medical literature co-director of head coach Agnus John Prescott, Thomas in other health-related disciplines, class literature, contemporary in this field. Berenato’s summer basketball O’Brien Chair including nursing, audiology and poetry and teacher-research. He According to the VA, Fine’s camps and as the program’s liaison of Strategy at the physical and occupational therapy. also serves as field director of the work has transformed how gen- within the athletics department. Katz Graduate Grandis, who also is the assis- National Writing Project, based at eralists and pulmonary and Bielich will coordinate the wom- School of Busi- tant vice chancellor for research Berkeley, whose goal is to improve infectious disease specialists en’s basketball team’s community ness, has been program integration in the Schools students’ writing and academic manage pneumonia and has service efforts. invited to join the of the Health Sciences, began to performance in K-12 schools. shaped national and international David Scarborough succeeds editorial board of focus on the biology of head and Neepa Majumdar’s book, quality and efficiency standards Bielich as the women’s basketball the Academy of neck cancers during her medical “Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! for this illness. video coordinator. Scarborough Management Review. training at Pitt’s School of Medi- Female Stardom and Cinema in was the men’s basketball director cine. A physician-scientist, she India, 1930s to 1950s,” won an Ty Ridenour, a faculty of operations at Robert Morris John Murphy, a faculty has devoted her research career honorable mention in the Best member in the Department of University the past two seasons. In member in the to studying the critical genetic First Book category of the 2010 Pharmaceutical Sciences, School that role, he developed and man- Department of alterations that characterize those Society for Cinema and Media of Pharmacy, will be presented aged the team budget, coordinated Chemical and cancers, with the ultimate goal of Studies awards. with the Service to the Society travel and supervised the hiring Petroleum Engi- improving patient treatment and Majumdar, who also holds a for Prevention Research (SPR) and scheduling of student manag- neering, has been survival. faculty appointment in the film Award on June 2, at the SPR annual ers and graduate assistants. n named president Grandis is senior editor for studies program, researches star of the Society for Clinical Cancer Research and the studies, film sound, South Asian Grant to fund med students’ Mining, Metal- scientific editor for Cancer Dis- early cinema, documentary film lurgy and Exploration, a national covery. She recently was elected to and film history and historiog- work in Bradford area professional society consisting serve on the American Association raphy. The medical school’s Department of Family Medicine, working of about 14,000 members. for Cancer Research’s board of Joy Katz, an adjunct faculty in partnership with Pitt-Bradford’s Center for Rural Health Practice, member in the writing program, has received a $1 million U.S. Department of Health and Human was named a 2011 National Services/Health Resources and Services Administration grant to Endowment for the Arts poetry bring medical students to the Bradford region. fellow. Third- and fourth-year medical students from Pitt’s School of Six poems from her second Medicine will serve four-week rotations, working with physician book, “The Garden Room,” were mentors. The grant also would enable students to return to Bradford set to music and premiered at the for eight weeks during the summer to conduct public health research. University of Nebraska Kearney Physicians interested in mentoring students should call Youmasu J. New Music Festival in February. Siewe, director of the Center for Rural Health Practice, at 814/362- Recent poems by Katz have 5054. n appeared in “Ploughshares,”

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C A L E N D A R CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 FY09 audit approved PhD Defenses A&S/Geology & Planetary A&S/Communication Science “Mythologizing Charles Van he Board of Trustees tional and general purposes, “Processes, Products & Deposi- Doren: The 1950s, the Media audit committee on May • $415,480 for enhancing GSPH/Biostatistics tional Environments of Ice-Con- & the Making of Cultural T13 approved the state’s the recruitment and retention of “Statistical Methods for Dis- fined Basaltic Fissure Eruptions: Memory,” Heather Fisher; June audit for Pitt’s fiscal year 2009 disadvantaged students, covering Biomarkers Subject to A Case Study of the Sveifluháls 9, 1128 CL, 1 pm appropriation. • $491,620 for the teen suicide Detection Limit,” Yeonhee Kim; Volcanic Complex, SW Iceland,” Pitt is required to make a center at Western Psychiatric May 26, 308 Parran, 1 pm Emily Constantine Mercurio; written response to the auditor Institute and Clinic, A&S/Biological Sciences Exhibits June 3, 214 SRCC, 10 am general’s reports, rejecting or • $2.4 million for rural edu- “The Roles of the Saccharomy- Business accepting any findings, observa- cation outreach at the Bradford ces Cerevisiae Paf1 Complex Hillman Library Audubon “Brand Partnerships & the tions or recommendations made campus and in Regulating Transcriptional Exhibit Determinants for Success,” in the reports. • $408,900 for student life Repression,” Elia Crisucci; May “American Crossbill,” through Casey Newmeyer; June 3, 102 Pennsylvania Auditor General initiatives. 26, A219B Langley, 2 pm June 6; “Brown-Headed Worm- Mervis, 10:30 am Jack Wagner gave a clean opinion The state auditor general has A&S/Classics Eating Warbler,” June 7-20; Hill- Business for Pitt’s statement of appropria- the right to audit and disallow “From Ignobile Vulgus to Rerum man ground fl. exhibition case, “Two Essays on Turnaround tions earned, saying that it “pres- expenditures made for purposes Dominos: The Emergence of reg. library hours (8-7715) n Specialist CEOs,” Jesse Ellis; ents fairly, in all material respects, inconsistent with the state appro- the Roman Crowd in Vergil’s June 3, 101 Mervis, 2 pm the earned appropriations” of the priation. In the FY09 audit, a ‘Aeneid,’” Erin O’Bryan; May Event Deadline A&S/Economics University. test of 59 sample expenditures 27, 116 CL, 11:30 am “The Nature & Consequences The University’s FY09 operat- (totaling $60.16 million) to deter- Medicine/Cellular & Molecu- The next issue of the University of Civil Strife,” Shikha Basnet; ing budget was set at $1.71 billion; mine whether the expenditures lar Pathology Times will include University June 6, 4716 Posvar, 4 pm however, the state’s audit covers supported the stated purpose of “EGFRvIII Expression & Signal- and on-campus events of June A&S/Neuroscience only the portion supported by the the appropriation revealed no ing in HNSCC,” Sarah Wheeler; 9-23. Information for events “Preclinical Evidence for the state appropriation. exceptions. May 31, 1105 Scaife, 11 am during that period must be Efficacy of Angiotensin Receptor Legislators initially set Pitt’s Pitt also reported fall term GSPH/Environmental & received by 5 pm on June 2 at Antagonism in a Rodent Model FY09 appropriation at $170.73 2008 enrollment of 34,485 full- Occupational Health 308 Bellefield Hall. Information of Vulnerability to Comorbid million, but mid-year cuts reduced and part-time students, 76.9 “Quality of Diabetes Care in a may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or Depression & Cardiovascular it 6 percent to just under $160.49 percent of whom were from US Manufacturing Cohort: A email to [email protected]. Disease,” Kristen Stedenfeld; million. (See Jan. 8, 2009, Univer- Pennsylvania; spring term 2009 Comparison of Quality Indica- June 7, A219B Langley, 10 am sity Times.) enrollment of 32,823 (76.8 percent tors as Predictors of Diabetes Medicine/Cell Biology & The University reported from Pennsylvania), and summer Complications,” Felicia Bayer; Molecular Physiology that the FY09 appropriation was term 2009 enrollment of 11,597 May 31, 109 Parran, 1 pm “Regulation of Clathrin-Coated allocated: (76 percent from Pennsylvania). Vesicle Nucleation,” James Thie- • $156.77 million for educa- —Kimberly K. Barlow n man; June 9, 1103 Scaife, noon Port Authority adjusting schedules June 12 Schedules for 19 Port Authority bus and T routes will be revised starting June 12. The Port Authority said it adjusts schedules four times per year to improve service. Some of the adjustments are designed to alleviate overcrowding, officials said. The only affected routes with service directly to Oakland are: • 61A Wilkinsburg via Forbes Avenue. Some weekday inbound Teach Di erent. trip times will be adjusted between Wilkinsburg and Forbes Avenue at Braddock Avenue. • 82 Lincoln: School trips (marked with an “S” on the schedule) are discontinued for the summer. Some evening trip times will be adjusted. Educational Technology Other affected routes include: 6 Spring Hill, 8 Perrysville, 13 Bellevue, 16 Brighton, 44 Knoxville, 48 Arlington, 51 Carrick, Center 74 Homewood-Squirrel Hill, 78 Oakmont; 87 Friendship, 91 Butler Street, G2 West Busway-All Stops, G31 Bridgeville, O12 www.cidde.pitt.edu/ets McKnight Flyer, P1 East Busway-All Stops, P2 East Busway-Short and Red Line. Revised schedules are posted at www.portauthority.org. —Peter Hart n

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May HSLS Workshop • Summer 4-week-1 session “PubMed Basics,” Rebecca ends. Final exams scheduled Thursday 26 Saturday 28 June Abromitis; Falk Library classrm. during last class meeting. 1, 1-2:30 pm ADRC Lecture • Official date for degrees Wednesday 1 Provost’s Inaugural Lecture Sunday 5 “Alzheimer’s, Mild Cognitive awarded in the School of Law “Transplantation & Children: Impairment & Pre-Mild Cogni- & the first professional pro- Clinical Oncology & Hematol- Outcomes & Opportunities for Memorial Service tive Impairment: Implications grams in the medical & dental ogy Grand Rounds a Lifetime,” George Mazariegos, For Thomas Detre, emeritus of the New Diagnostic Recom- medicine schools. “Measuring Immuneractiv- medicine; Scaife lecture rm. 6, distinguished sr. VC for Health mendations,” Eric McDade, ity in Allogenic Bone Marrow 4:30 pm Sciences, who died Oct. 9, 2010; neurology; S439 Montefiore Monday 30 Transplantation,” Ajlan Atasoy; Heinz Chapel, 1 pm, followed by ADRC conf. rm., noon “Targeting Epigenetic Changes Friday 3 reception in Connolly Ballrm. GSPH Sonis Lecture • University closed in obser- in Breast Cancer Treatment,” Alumni (412/647-1784) “Comparative Effectiveness vance of Memorial Day. Lamia Boric; UPMC Cancer • Summer 6-week-1 session Research: The Essentials,” Pavilion Herberman Conf. Ctr. deadline for students to submit Monday 6 Harold Sox, Dartmouth; S120 Tuesday 31 2nd fl. aud., 8 am monitored withdrawal forms Starzl BST, noon (412/692-4853) Pathology Research Seminar to dean’s office. • Summer 4-week-2 session Provost’s Inaugural Lecture GI Pathophysiology/Board “Human Biospecimen Science & enrollment period ends & “Back to the Future With Apolo- Review Standards: Preparing the Way to Jewelry & Art Sale classes begin. gies to Sir William Osler,” Basil “Systemic Manifestations of Personalized Medicine,” Caro- To benefit the Evelyn Wei Schol- Zitelli, medicine; Scaife lecture Gastrointestinal Disease,” Ari lyn Compton, Cancer Human arship Award in Epidemiology; Tuesday 7 rm. 6, 4 pm Wiesen; M2 conf rm. Presby, Biobank; Scaife lecture rm. 5, 109 Parran, 10 am-2:30 pm 7:30 am noon (8-1040) Pulmonary Grand Rounds Consortium Ethics Program Friday 27 UPCI Basic & Translational Neurology Grand Rounds “Robert Rogers Lectureship,” J. Conference Research Seminar “An Update on FTD: What Ever Randall Curtis; NW628 Monte- “Basic Issues in Health Care”; La Pulmonary Grand Rounds “Targeting the Ovarian Cancer Happened to Pick’s Disease?” fiore, noon Roche College, Zappala College “Molecular Connections Epigenome & Ovarian Tumor Eric McDade; 1105 Scaife, 4 pm Carnegie Library Japanese Ctr., 9000 Babcock Blvd., 8 am-4 Between Coagulation & Inflam- Propagating Cells,” Kenneth Calligraphy Performance/ pm (412/647-5834) mation,” Wolfram Ruf; NW628 Nephew, IN U; Hillman Cancer Workshop Biomedical Informatics Work- Montefiore, noon Ctr. Cooper Classrm. D, noon Ritsuko Takaoka; WPU lower shop SYS402024_Detre_MemorialAd_UnivTimes_FINAL_Layout(412/623-7771) 1 5/6/11 1:27 PM Page 1 lounge, 5-8 pm “Text Information Extrac- tion System: A New Tool for Research,” Rebecca Crowley; M3901 Presby South, 11 am (registration required: http:// ties.upmc.com/register) Faculty Assembly Mtg. UClub Ballrm. A, 3 pm Wednesday 8

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HSLS Workshop Please join us in celebrating the life “EndNote Basics,” Pat Weiss; Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon of Dr. Thomas Detre. Sr. VC’s Research Seminar “Inorganic Chemistry in Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment,” Ste- phen Lippard; Scaife aud. 5/6, noon Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. Reception held immediately following the service. Provost’s Inaugural Lecture “A Life in Transplantation,” Ron Heinz Memorial Chapel J. W. Connolly Ballroom Shapiro, medicine; Scaife lecture Alumni Hall rm. 6, 4:30 pm University of Pittsburgh Office of the Provost/Aca- University of Pittsburgh demic Career Development Fifth and Bellefield Avenues 4227 Fifth Avenue Postdoc Data & Dine Sym- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 posium “The Postdoctoral Experience: To RSVP, or for additional information, please contact Carol Holbay Expanding Scientific Horizons,” at 412-647-1784 or at [email protected]. D. Lansing Taylor; WPU Assem- bly Rm. & Ballrm., 5-9 pm

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