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Winning the battle within Today, “Fake Jake” is no more. Jake Bundy finally put him to rest after years of struggling 20 with post-traumatic stress disorder and is now ready for a career in occupational therapy. To help veterans like Bundy, the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine has signed on to the Joining Forces Initiative, coming to the aid of America’s military families.

At the crossroads of academia and industry 12 The Pine Street corridor has been transformed from a pawn shopper’s paradise to a health care harbor, but there’s more to this revitalization than meets the eye. Through the partnership between TTUHSC and the Abilene community, there is an opportunity to advance education, research and the region’s economy.

Mission accomplished 28 When Paul P. Brooke Jr., Ph.D., FACHE, became dean of the departments School of Allied Health Sciences, he approached the job with the past in mind. “I used to say I came out [to TTUHSC] to see 2 | President’s message what would happen if I put all of the things that I had learned in my military experiences into practice. In all due modesty, it 3 | ROUNDS Grand seems to have worked out pretty well.” 12 | discoveries Research and Scholarly Activities

31 | ROUNDS Alumni Friday night life 32 The play that Natalie Steadman, M.A.T., (SOAHS ’92) had 35 | Alumni Profiles prepared for her entire career was over in less than five minutes, but it is one she will likely never forget. 40 | The Last Word Brian K. Mahmood

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Jessica Njoku, Pharm.D. Pharmacy ’08 Infectious diseases/antimicrobial stewardship coordinator Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Executive Vice President and Provost and School of Medicine Dean Steven L. Berk, M.D., Bernell Dalley, Ph.D., and Vaughan H. Lee, Ph.D.

Brenda Bryson, M.P.T., L.M.T. Allied Health Sciences ’97 AfterHonoring more than a 35 legend years in the classroom, Bernell Owner, Monarch Physical Therapy Dalley, Ph.D., has given his last lecture, but his passion Boerne, Texas for teaching and dedication to the School of Medicine will remain through a professorship established in his honor. In 1974, Dalley joined the faculty of the newly established School of Medicine and has since taught more than 3,000 medical students. During that time, he served 12 years as associate dean for admissions and minority affairs; he retired from his administrative position in 2009 and returned to teaching. Vaughan H. Lee, Ph.D., is the first recipient of the Dr. Bernell Trevor Brasel, Ph.D. Dalley Endowed Professorship in Medical Education. He Biomedical Sciences ’04 has served as an associate professor in the Department of Study director, Regulated Studies, Cell Biology and Biochemistry since 2001. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas Read more about Bernell Dalley, Ph.D., and his career with TTUHSC in the Summer 2009 and Winter 2006 issues of PULSE online.

J. Bradley Randleman, M.D. Medicine ’98 Associate professor, ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine; Interim service director, Section of Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at Emory Healthcare Atlanta, Ga.

Are you ready for some foosball? Yesenia Trevino, M.S.N., B.S.N. N ursing ’11, ’06 Friday night lights might be synonymous with football, but foosball Nurse Practitioner seems to have been a primordial pastime at TTUHSC. Based on San Martin de Porres Clinic and Kids First Pediatrics the photos we found in our archives, we’re willing to bet there Mission, Texas were some memorable moments made around the game table. Share your stories with us by emailing [email protected]. We just might crown a champion in an upcoming issue.

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Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.

Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Kelly Overley, Ed.D.

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Kendra Burris

Managing Director, Institutional Advancement Glenna Beyer

Development Officers Jenni Gee Amarillo

Paige Stewart El Paso

Carrie Croley Dallas

Cyndy Morris, Nathan Rice Interprofessional Education: Lubbock Kathy Fletcher Constructing a Culture of Teamwork Permian Basin

No one can argue that health care has made tremendous strides over the last century. The Director of Alumni Relations vast amount of knowledge of the human body that has been acquired in recent decades Nathan Rice has driven health care professionals to specialize in focused areas. This specialization, however, is not without its weaknesses. Research indicates that close to 70 percent of adverse patient incidents can be traced back to a lack of communication and collaboration Pulse Editorial among health care providers. In a concerted effort to foster collaboration, communication and coordination, a new Editor Danette Baker Interprofessional Education (IPE) initiative has been established at TTUHSC. Starting in the fall, all incoming students will be required to participate in an IPE Common Contributing Writers Curriculum early in their degree programs. To be more specific, TTUHSC students from Maegan Arnold, Suzanna Cisneros, mark hendricks, Johnnie Jones, two or more health professions will be learning from, about and with each other to Holly Kitten, Kate McCunniff, Steve Pair, improve health-related outcomes, patient safety, and ultimately, their own job satisfaction. Beth Phillips, Sally Logue Post, Lisa Ruley, The IPE Common Curriculum will consist of an online instruction component and a Allison Wood patient-centered interactive component. The online component will promote competency Designer in four domains: (1) values/ethics, (2) roles/responsibilities, (3) interprofessional Amanda Sneed, Hartsfield Design communication, and (4) teams/teamwork. The curriculum will culminate with students Josh Mathis, Hartsfield Design working in interprofessional teams to address patient care, population health and/or Contributing photographers community problems. Greg Ellman, Emory Eye Center, Neal Hinkle, This new initiative will ensure that all TTUHSC graduates possess the knowledge and Jamie Hinojosa, Jeff Hunter, Mark Kinonen, Artie Limmer, Marina Monsisvals, skills to work collaboratively with other health professionals to provide safe, high quality, Steve Pair, Odessa American/Mark Sterkel, individualized care for patients. Our overarching goal is to establish an institutional Sue Townson/Baylor Medical Center culture that is committed to the value of interprofessional education and care. Printer Craftsman Printers Inc.

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Summer 2012 grand Souad R. Sennoune, Ph.D., co-director of the of the co-director Souad R. Sennoune, Ph.D., use the demonstrates Facility, Core Analysis Image A1 confocal with T1-E microscope Nikon of the Reconstruction Optical (Stochastic and STORM The equipment super-resolution. Microscopy) imaging of cells and tissues labeled for the allows or fixed using live probes, fluorescent with via conventional 3-D images obtain specimens, to can be seen 6,000 The images confocal microscopy. eye. naked the with than times larger 10,000 to “With this technology, we can perform we experiments“With this technology, However, the is blurred and lacks image Martinez- detail. However, Zaguilan said with the aid of these modalities, optical new information detailed previously more can be obtained not the Further, with other type of optics. available any at all angles. and viewed can be rotated sample Martinez-Zaguilanthat said. be done before,” could not opportunities it will open up more obtain“Hopefully to research suchfunding from organizations as the National our of Health demonstrate Institutes and others as we state-of-the-art produce ability to science.”

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New technology in the last decade has vastly improved the view ability to technology in the improved New decade has vastly last than facility houses more $2 million of square-foot 1,200 The new molecules in to mark cells. the probes utilizes fluorescent The microscope said it is more Raul Martinez-Zaguilan, of the Facility, Ph.D., director Core an existing method the example, Laser Scanning Microscopy, Confocal For New imaging facility imaging New samples at resolutions previously unattainable. In March, previously TTUHSC unveiled resolutions at samples at Lubbock, Facility Core Analysis the in high-tech imaging at its Image latest such capabilities. threebecoming one of only in the have institutions to state confocal TiE laboratory being a Nikon the equipment, powerful most Stochastic (Nikon as N-STORM with known equipped microscope an option microscope This ultra-high resolution Microscopy). Resolution Optical than times larger the can see. human eye 10,000 to 6,000 images enlarges and withinIt scans the 50,000 times or more an hour can produce images also can of theintricate The images structures images smallest in a sample. that so screen, the a 3-D model on a computer produce model be combined to intricate more undergo analysis. to can be moved data experiments from acquire important level an increasing in than to ever viruses see how to example, is useful, for Such power of detail. analytical them doing so. from prevent to ways better providing cells, potentially enter understand cell to interact proteins how study to investigators It also allows function in normal and disease states. means of optics. by samples microscopic slices from of imaging, generates times. many intact, stays and the be repeated The sample slicing may grand

The envelope(s)... rounds … and a drumroll please: Paul L. Foster School of Medicine students Dane Langsjoen (SOM ’12) and Jessica Kranyec (SOM ’12) were among those nationwide participating in Match Day festivities to learn where they will serve their residencies for the next three to five years. Langsjoen and Kranyec both matched with Texas A&M programs at Scott & White, respectively in internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology.

Visit PULSE online to learn where TTUHSC medical students matched and experience the excitement of Match Day.

Foster School of Medicine faculty creates Boswell named to new endowed nursing chair at the Permian Basin :: Carol Boswell, Ed.D., R.N., fund for residency training in radiology C.N.E., A.N.E.F., (SON ’87) has been named to the James A. Arvin Robinson, M.D., professor and chairman of “Buddy” Davidson Foundation Endowed Chair in Evidence- the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Based Practice. The foundation provided a generous gift to Radiology, along with his wife, Beverly, have created the School of Nursing at the Permian Basin to establish this the Dr. Arvin and Beverly Robinson Department of chair position, which will focus research efforts on rural Radiology Residency Fund at El Paso. health issues. The funding will support investigations related The Robinsons made a significant donation in to the use of scientific nursing data in innovative patient care February to begin the fund with a goal to reach $1 and implement improved health disparities research and million by 2015. programs throughout rural West Texas. Robinson said that as the first medical school on The new endowed chair will be housed at the Center the border, the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine has of Excellence in Evidence-Based Practice, a collaborative a tremendous opportunity to populate the region with initiative of the School of Nursing at the Permian Basin and future generations of radiologists who come to the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. school as medical school graduates seeking knowledge, Boswell is a professor in the School of Nursing and serves direction and a sense of purpose. as co-director with Sharon Cannon, Ed.D., R.N., of the center. The fund will be exclusively used to support They also have co-authored an evidence-based practice scholarly activities of a senior radiology resident research textbook and teaching textbook. Boswell also is under the guidance of mentors with monitoring by involved with hospital colleagues in evidence-based projects an advisory committee. The goal for the Robinson locally and at the state level. In addition, she represents fund is to add opportunities such as image correlated TTUHSC nationally as a member of the Board of Governors research, formal faculty development, and mentored for the National League for Nursing. teaching experiences and training to the current The James A. “Buddy” Davidson Charitable Foundation has clinical practice preparation. supported School of Nursing scholarships for Lubbock and Donations to the fund can be made online at the Permian Basin, as well as the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center www.give2tech.com or by contacting the TTUHSC and programs in the schools of Allied Health Sciences and Office of Development at El Paso, (915) 0783-6270. Pharmacy.

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Summer 2012 grand For the past year, he has made presentations to he has made presentations to the year, past For me to and stimulates toes me on my keeps “It always Graduated from Patna Medical College and Hospitals in and Hospitals Medical College Patna from Graduated medicine of an internal one year India; completed eastern to TTUHSC to in 1997 transferring in Chicago before residency his residency. complete M.D. Kalpana Prasad, with his wife, a medical practice Shares medicine. in sleep and internal Specializes supervising program, preceptorship in statewide Participates physician as TTUHSC as well and residents medical students students. practitioner and nurse assistant for be nominated Odessa to member from faculty First Alumni the School of Medicine Distinguished and receive Award. Outreach Community

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As construction progresses on the expansion of the School of Pharmacy at Abilene, Jon Weidanz, Ph.D., M.P.H., works to build an innovative educational and economic initiative that he believes will benefit TTUHSC and bring business to the region. by danette baker | photos by neal hinkle

TTUHSC, Abilene partnership has potential to build educational, research initiatives that will also advance local economy

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s Jon Weidanz, Ph.D., M.P.H., makes the two-block drive between the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy and the Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator, he explains how the landscape aalong Pine Street has rapidly changed in the last five years — transforming from a pawn shopper’s paradise to an incubator for economic growth. Literally, the corridor, which connects historic downtown Abilene to I-20, has been remodeled and revitalized, with funding from the Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) and Abilene Community Partners (ACP), in an attempt to revive not only an area of town, but potentially the entire region’s economy. Among the activity: construction of the schools of Pharmacy, in 2007, and Nursing, scheduled to open later this year, as well as a strong movement to bolster educational opportunities. Most recently, the TTU System Board of Regents voted in March to add a Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology within the School of Pharmacy. This comes on the heels of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) adding a new system-wide master’s level biotechnology program, headquartered at the Abilene campus. Also located at the school is the Center for Immunotherapeutic Research. Weidanz holds several key positions in this commercial/academic partnership-director of the Center for Immunotherapeutic Research, professor in the School of Pharmacy, associate dean for GSBS, and director of the biotechnology program. He calls the partnership between TTUHSC and the DCOA “a match made in heaven.” Economic backing from the DCOA and educational expertise from TTUHSC has brought the areas of science and business together in a way that he fully believes is beneficial to both parties, based on his experiences in corporate and academic research. “I think we have an opportunity to help shape the commercialization of life science technology at Texas Tech,” he said. “In helping to bring all of this together, one of my goals is to realize the potential in terms of what it can mean to the university and the region if we are successful in taking a concept from the laboratory and moving it down the path of proof of concept and building revenue. If you do it right, these discoveries can be beneficial in many ways.” Since early 2007, the DCOA and ACP have contributed about $22 million to the School of Pharmacy, providing full or partial funding for the facilities as well as program start-ups and faculty positions. TTUHSC and the DCOA partnered on the Center for Immunotherapeutic Research, which was established with a goal to bring together a critical mass of faculty focused on immunology strategies to detect and treat human diseases (see pages 14-15 for details on researchers and their work). The DCOA, in 2009, then built the Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator, an incubator for start-up companies developing commercial bioscience ventures. The GSBS two-year master’s level program will add graduate research students to the Abilene campus by fall 2013 as well as at Amarillo, El Paso and Lubbock. Students will spend their first of two years in class and then complete internships or other learning experiences to finish their degrees.

Together, the school, center, master’s program and accelerator provide a rich environment that not only offers state-of-the-art educational experiences, but one that answers the Abilene community’s call for economic growth. According to the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, the life sciences industry is a booming business. The industry’s total economic impact on Texas is estimated at $75 billion in economic activity, 236,000 jobs, and $31 billion in payroll; state and local governments receive TTUHSC, Abilene partnership has potential to build educational, an estimated $2 billion each year. With the elements in place in Abilene as well as other components throughout the TTU research initiatives that will also advance local economy System, such as the Office of Research, Commercialization and Federal Relations, Weidanz believes TTUHSC can develop a unit similar to the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, which has an emphasis on enhancing education and research of the enterprise system and creating wealth through entrepreneurship. He has worked closely with Greg Pogue, Ph.D., a senior

continued on page 16... Summer 2012 | PULSE | 13 Jon Weidanz, M.P.H., Ph.D. Professor, School of Pharmacy; director, Center for Immunotherapeutic Research; associate dean for Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; director, MS program in Biotechnology; president, chief scientist and founder of Receptor Logic Inc. Relocated from the School of Pharmacy at Amarillo in 2007; joined TTUHSC in 2000 after eight years in biotech industry working at a diagnostic company and then at a biotech startup as co-founder and lead scientist. His research interest in immunotherapy has led to specific biomarkers that are targeted using a novel class of monoclonal antibodies dubbed TCRm to treat cancer and infectious diseases.

Center for Immunotherapeutic Maciej Markiewski, M.D., Ph.D. Associate professor, School of Pharmacy Research faculty Joined TTUHSC in 2010 from the University of Pennsylvania where he served as senior research Ninh (Irene) La-Beck, Pharm.D. investigator in the Department of Pathology and Assistant professor, School of Pharmacy Laboratory Medicine. His research interests are in Joined TTUHSC in 2011 from the University of North Carolina the biology of innate immunity, tumor immunology Chapel Hill where she completed a fellowship in oncology. Her and tumor microenvironment. He received a grant research focuses on drug formulations using nano particles and in January from the Department of Defense for his their interaction with the immune system. research on innate immunity and breast cancer.

14 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 Laurence Wood, Ph.D. Magdelana Karbowniczek, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant professor, School of Pharmacy Associate professor, School of Pharmacy Joined TTUHSC this spring from the University of Joined TTUHSC in 2010 from Fox Chase Pennsylvania where he completed his post-doctoral training in Cancer Center in Philadelphia where she cancer immunology and immunotherapy. His research focuses completed post-doctoral training. Her research on the ISG15 pathway and its role in regulating immunity, focuses on the molecular pathways in cell formation of tumors and tumor immunosuppression. biology cancer, investigating the triggers for cell fate. She received a grant in November from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

Mark Lyte, Ph.D., M.S., MT (ASCP) Professor, School of Pharmacy Joined TTUHSC in 2005 and relocated this spring “... we can begin to from the School of Pharmacy at Lubbock. His research focuses on affecting growth rates and production of bacteria and has been supported by think of Abilene as an the National Institutes of Health. Lyte established a field of microbial endocrinology. integrated environment where we have a very interactive mix of academia and industry.”

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research scientist and deputy director at the institute to develop a life sciences industry model to implement in Abilene. “They work around the globe basically looking at technologies and companies, and they can bring them in throughout the world or the United States,” Weidanz said. “We are well on our way to having this global reach now as well with a focus on immunology and immunotherapeutic products.” Weidanz believed so strongly in this opportunity that he moved in 2007 from the School of Pharmacy at Amarillo to Abilene, bringing along his company, Receptor Logic, the school’s first commercialized research venture. He then relocated the company to the Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator. The 22,000 square-foot facility offers a state-of-the-art laboratory for research initiatives and a vivarium and provides support services such as business assistants and lab technicians. Emergent Technologies, a venture capitalist group focused on funding commercialization of life sciences research, manages the accelerator under an agreement with the DCOA. Currently, Receptor Logic and Enavil, both operating under the Emergent Technologies Inc., umbrella, are the only tenants. Startups such as these, Weidanz explained, need the business support from companies such as Emergent Technologies, but they also need researchers and a skilled labor force — both available now through academic support at local universities. Those in the graduate biotechnology program at TTUHSC will receive classical research training, preparing them for further academic research, but they also will have the opportunity to learn about commercial research through internships with start-ups, including those at the accelerator, Weidanz said. In addition, local universities have created a pipeline to the new graduate program as well as established training programs for skilled labor work force. Abilene Independent School District has the Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science, a T-STEM school and a medical magnet program at Hardin Simmons University; McMurry University has an undergraduate biomedical degree program; and Cisco College offers a biotechnology technician certificate program — all of which began in the past five years. Weidanz said several McMurry students have interned at Receptor Logic, which has developed three products — therapeutic antibiodies, assay services and immunology reagents — based on Weidanz’s initial research on T-cell receptor technology. “Receptor has been an anchor company for what we are trying to do here in Abilene, which is to build another component in the biotech industry — an entrepreneur side of things.” “I think what they are doing is interesting, and they are going about it in a very compelling way. I applaud their efforts,” said Douglas Stocco, Ph.D., TTUHSC executive vice president for research, GSBS dean, and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. With a background in corporate research as well as academia and entrepreneurship, Weidanz brings an understanding as well as real working knowledge to the equation, Stocco said. Upon completion of his graduate work, Weidanz chose an industry job over a coveted post- doctoral research opportunity, which brought chagrins not only from his Ph.D. department chair, but also from Weidanz’s father, an NIH researcher himself. By the time Weidnaz arrived at TTUHSC in 2000 to join the School of Pharmacy, he had a successful career as a research scientist at Baxter Diagnostics and developed Sunol Molecular Corporation, where he created and managed the T-cell receptor technology. Having that experience in academic and corporate learning environments gives a researcher the best of both worlds, Weidanz said. “I think that we are making a big mistake if our goal (as faculty) is to just have students in our labs to do the work that we have done and train them in the way we were trained. If our goal is to just create more Ph.D.s, I don’t know that’s really doing justice for the students. “Instead, I really hope we can begin to think of Abilene as an integrated environment where we have a very interactive mix of academia and industry. “It’s important for faculty recruitment and retention and economic development as a whole. These communities that are successful in doing this are bringing good paying jobs, new educational programs ... it’s a whole new sort of dream come true.”

16 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 “These communities that are successful in doing this are bringing good paying jobs, new educational programs … it’s a whole new sort of dream come true.”

Summer 2012 | PULSE | 17 Investigations Discoveries

A tool for the trade

After using an assessment tool developed by School of Nursing professor Alyce Ashcraft, Ph.D., CNE, R.N., those working in skilled nursing positions say they felt better prepared to convey the patient’s condition to the doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Ashcraft identified key information that providers use when making decisions about their patients health status. When that information is not presented in a comprehensive manner, the provider may err on the side of caution and send the patient to the emergency department, she said. Hospitalization rates for older adults in nursing homes range from 9 percent to 59 percent and more than half of those are avoidable if the provider has a comprehensive picture of the patient’s health status, Ashcraft said. The form utilized in the study provides a checklist to guide nurses, regardless of their experience, through the process of gathering and reporting key health status information in a more concise manner. This process, said Ashcraft, would allow the provider to make a better assessment regarding the need to transfer a patient or provide treatment at his or her place of residence. “We are not saying don’t send them to the hospital,” she said. “But instead, let’s see if they really need to go or if they can be cared for in their place of residence.” Moving an elderly person from his or her place of familiarity can contribute to physiological changes and that can negatively impact their functional abilities, she said. Additionally, using the hospital emergency department for tertiary care overburdens an already financially strapped health care system. The study, funded by a private grant awarded to the Silencing the O School of Nursing and with support from Carillon Inc. in Lubbock, is being expanded in a second study to an electronic format in an attempt to streamline its use. Ovarian cancer is often called the silent cancer because there are An electronic format, Ashcraft said, could possibly rarely no symptoms until the disease has progressed to late stages and make the information more readily available to other survival rates are minimal. The results of a recent study are giving women health care providers, such as the ambulance driver diagnosed with the disease new hope. and the hospital’s triage team, should a person need Sanjay K. Srivastava, Ph.D., professor of cancer biology in Department to be transferred for care. of Biomedical Sciences at TTUHSC at Amarillo and Prabodh K. Kandala, Ph.D. student, discovered that diindolylmethane, or DIM, an anti-cancer drug known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer cells in laboratory studies, also has the ability to kill ovarian cancer by preventing cell invasion and angiogenesis. As an added bonus, the researchers learned that DIM also increases the efficiency of cisplatin, one of the more common platinum chemotherapy drugs. When given together, the drugs suppressed tumor growth in mice by an additional 50 percent as compared to the chemotherapy drug alone. Their research was published earlier this year in BMC Medicine, the flagship journal of BioMed Central, accessible at http://tinyurl.com/bvxehzr.

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Improving health of mom and baby

In a first-of-its kind study looking at the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in pregnant women, a team of researchers from the School of Medicine’s departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Permian Basin and Amarillo discovered a higher incidence than among the general population. Results indicate 50 percent of the women in the study, regardless of their pregnancy stage, weight or diagnosis of gestational diabetes — factors that influence susceptibility — had ultrasound evidence of NAFLD. The disease, a buildup of extra fat in the liver cells primarily triggered by obesity and diabetes, is the most common cause of liver disease among Americans. In its earliest stages, the disease is benign; however left untreated it can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer or even liver failure. NAFLD is prevalent in 20 percent to 40 percent of the general population, but more than doubles in those who are morbidly obese. “There is growing evidence in the literature of a relationship between pregnant women who have Potential power of a protein NAFLD and obesity in childhood, but this is the first to report on the incidence of NAFLD in pregnant women,” said Daniel Castracane, Ph.D., director Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic of clinical research for the School of Medicine at neuromuscular disease characterized by the Permian Basin. Christopher Maguire, D.O., muscle atrophy and weakness. It is one of assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the most common rare diseases, believed the Permian Basin, and Robert Kauffman, M.D., to affect up to 25,000 children and adults regional chair and professor of the department at in the United States and about 7.5 million Amarillo, and members of the clinical research staff Americans are carriers. The disease were instrumental in the study. generally manifests early in life and is the “We are very interested in following women who leading genetic cause of death in infants show high incidence of NAFLD and their children and toddlers. to look at long-term effects; do the children Earlier research by Laxman Gangwani, develop the disease and is this what triggers obesity M.Tech., Ph.D., in the field of muscular and possibly Type 2 diabetes?” Castracane said. atrophy identified the requirement of zinc These factors are of concern given the high finger protein 1 (ZPR1) as a key component number of overweight and obese pregnant women of the survival motor neuron protein, which in the region who do not seek prenatal care until is either missing or a genetic mutation in later in their pregnancies, he said. Excess weight individuals with the disease. puts pregnant women at higher risk for gestational His recent work, however, adds to his discovery. In animal models, Gangwani, diabetes, and, in particular, for Type 2 diabetes and an associate professor in the Center of Excellence in Neurosciences, Department of obesity after delivery. Biomedical Sciences at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, identified ZPR1 as a Castracane presented the findings recently at possible modifier in spinal muscular atrophy, making it a potential therapeutic target the International Congress of Endocrinology in for treating spinal muscular atrophy. Florence, Italy. It is the first of several studies Gangwani’s work was published this spring in Quest, the Muscular Dystrophy on obesity and pregnancy being conducted in Association’s magazine (http://tinyurl.com/7pzuom8), as well as featured on the department. Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy website (http://tinyurl.com/7fh2qt6).

Summer 2012 | PULSE | 19 winning the battle within by holly kitten The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, along with medical schools nationwide, has joined the White House initiative to support America’s military families, specifically promising PTSDto develop new research and clinical trials on post- traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

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Summer 2012 | PULSE | 21 Provided by Jake B GUILTundy Jake Bundy takes his shift as tower guard at Camp Bucca, Iraq.

Jake Bundy remembers being in the medical hold. It was 2005, and he was at Fort Carson, Colo., after injuring his back in training while manning a .50-caliber ma- chine gun in the turret of an ammunition carrier. With two bulged discs and bilateral spondylolysis of the lumbar spine, Bundy was sent from Camp Shelby, Miss., to Fort Carson to receive treatment while the rest of the National Guard’s 222nd field artillery unit finished the last two months of training and deployed to Iraq. Lying there, Bundy said he felt ashamed. “I went through some really dark times with myself because I felt like I was abandoning my troops.” There also were other soldiers in the medical facility with him who were in worse shape, he said, some who were really messed up with serious injuries. Eventually, Bundy was released; he returned home to St. George, Utah, and slowly began the recovery process. Still feeling overwhelmed with stress and guilt, he began to experience other problems. “When I got home,” he said, “I immediately started having night hallucinations, getting up and running around, saying that there’s a bomb, and stuff like that.” Bundy said he felt foolish admitting to his nightmares. What would his com- rades say about the hallucinations? After all, he had not seen war; he had not even experienced anything traumatic in training. So, with the exception of his wife, he kept his thoughts to himself, figuring he could deal with them on his own.

22 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 I used to have to put all my energy into smiling for other people. When I got home, I didn’t have anything left to give my family.

After fully recovering from his back in- “It was really difficult because we were gone from each other jury, Bundy moved with his wife to Logan, for so long,” he said. “We became almost different people.” Utah, to attend Utah State University, hav- As Bundy and his wife began to reconnect their new lives to- ing initially joined the National Guard for gether, a part of him couldn’t move past the trauma of war. He college financial assistance. Ironically, the still suffered from hallucinations at night and remembers the National Guard was the reason he had to nightmare of mistaking a pair of pants on the bed as a body part put his education on hold again in 2007 and a frame on the wall as a rocket. GUILTwhen he deployed with the 145th field ar- The stress only increased during the day as he started back to tillery unit to Camp Bucca, Iraq, near the school – this time at Texas Tech in preparation for a career in border of Kuwait. occupational therapy. Each morning, he would put on what he There, one of Bundy’s main jobs was tower called his fake Jake face in an effort to hide his inner turmoil guard duty at the internment camp the unit and fatigue, but he could only hold that face for so long each day. was managing. Each workday was 12 to 14 “I used to have to put all my energy into smiling for other hours, with one day off every two weeks. people,” he said, “When I got home, I didn’t have anything left to There were times when the camp was still give my family.” and quiet, but there were also times when it Finally, in 2011, Bundy let down his guard. As he became was filled with rockets and riots. better educated in his classes about health care, he realized it When Bundy returned stateside a year was unwise to avoid getting help. So, he went to the Texas Tech later, not only was he faced with the tran- Veterans Association and was officially diagnosed with post- sition from full-time soldier to full-time traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. husband and father, but he also continued The stress reactions of PTSD include nightmares, flashbacks, to wrestle with the nightmares and hallu- difficulty sleeping and feeling detached. According to the De- cinations. The transition was just as chal- partment of Veterans Affairs, experts estimate PTSD occurs in lenging for his wife, he said. In a matter of 11 percent to 20 percent of the veterans of the Iraq and Afghani- days, the routine she had built life around stan wars. as a single mother of three children be- “I never thought that I could have PTSD,” Bundy said. “I don’t came obsolete. know exactly why it all happened. I think it was the med hold.”

Summer 2012 | PULSE | 23 Experiences like Bundy’s are what encouraged first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, to create the Joining Forces Initiative. According to the organization’s website (www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces), the initiative launched this spring aims to raise awareness of the unique needs of America’s military families in areas of employment, education and wellness. Nationally, 130 medical schools and research facilities have promised to develop new research and clinical trials on PTSD and traumatic brain injury. The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine is one of seven medical schools in Texas to pledge their commitment to improve the health care needs of veterans through education, service and research. Assisting veterans is not a new venture for the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. For more than 35 years, TTUHSC medical students have participated in clinical rotations through the William Beaumont Army Medical Center and the El Paso Veterans Affairs Clinic and have been involved in learning about the needs of Department of Defense personnel and their families. The medical center is located in El Paso at Fort Bliss, one of the country’s largest military bases. Now, through a research initiative led by Michael Escamilla, Ph.D., department chair of psychiatry at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, there will be assessments of the cognitive abilities of soldiers before they are deployed and after they are deployed, in hopes of identifying environmental and genetic factors that contribute to PTSD. Escamilla has also developed programs in recent years to assist veterans of war who suffer from PTSD and related conditions. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Founding Dean Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D., (SOM ’84) said as part of the initiative the school will also be adding modules to the curriculum that address the special care needs of children of active duty personnel and veterans, as well as the special care needs of veterans with traumatic brain injuries. “We want our doctors to graduate with those skills and to understand those special needs,” he said. “We will be able to gain knowledge from our involvement and at the same time serve our military personnel.”

TRAUMA24 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 There are some very emotional things about the war…We see people that are dead and dying every single day. I’ll never forget it.

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John Kennedy Bini, M.D., (SOM '99) says goodbye to an 8-year-old Afghan girl during her discharge from the hospital.

Honestly, I know this is cliché, but if you go get some help, it will change your life. I’m a firm believer now. I feel like I can go throughout the whole day as myself. HOPE26 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 Bundy has reached the same conclusion.

Neal Hi Now, as a father of four, he stays very busy. He is beginning his third year in

n the School of Allied Health Sciences oc- kle cupational therapy program, works part- time at UMC Health System, coaches the baseball team his two sons play on, and competes on the Texas Tech Water Polo team, which placed seventh at nationals last November. And despite all the stresses of deployment, the Bundys have remained steadfast in their eight-year marriage. He rarely experiences nightmares any- more after he began taking antidepres- sants prescribed by the VA physician. At first, Bundy said he was hesitant to take any drugs for his PTSD, but changed his mind when the doctor allowed him to be on the lowest dosage of the prescription. Even that smallest amount, he said, has made all the difference. However, Bundy said the best therapy for him is simply talking about his deploy- ments and how they have changed his life. “My experiences are invaluable to me,” he said. “They have given me the ability to sympathize with people.” Looking back, Bundy said he wishes there would have been more awareness about what it is like to return home as a veteran. He hopes the Joining Forces Initiative will succeed in better informing any U.S. soldier about post-war life. “The more awareness, the better,” Bun- dy said. “Deploying changes your whole life. The way you think, the way you feel, the way you react, the way you see life. “Honestly, I know this is cliché, but if you go get some help, it will change your life. I’m a firm believer now. I feel like I can go throughout the whole day as myself.” For Bundy, Fake Jake is gone for good.

Jake Bundy can now balance all of his responsibilities — husband, father, student — without the shadow of PTSD. HOPE Summer 2012 | PULSE | 27 Neal Hi n kle MISSION ACCOMPLISHED by danette baker

28 | TTUHSC | Summer 2012 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED “They say you know when it’s time to retire, and it’s time.”

There is a certain matter-of-factness about the way School of Allied Health Sciences Dean Paul P. Brooke Jr., Ph.D., FACHE, says that he’s retiring. No waxing poetic. No fall-d-rah.

Perhaps that’s the fallout of 28 years in the military, where moving Dean Paul Brooke’s on is a way of life. As soon as you come to an organization, you know you are not going to stay indefinitely and so the movement out of an career highlights organization is part of the job, he says.

Perhaps it’s the very realization that time is passing swiftly, and as School of Allied Health Sciences you get older the more important other parts of life become. He’s Dean, 1998-2012 missed a lot of significant family events. The most recent example School of Allied Health Sciences Regional occurred last month when his son graduated from Georgetown Dean at Odessa, 1994-1996 University with his master’s degree the same day as TTUHSC held convocation and graduation ceremonies. It’s time to spend some time U.S. Army, retired in 1994 with rank of colonel. doing things I really want to do, he says, which are getting to know my His military assignments included: grandkids, doing some travelling and spending time with my wife before we are too old to enjoy the trips. Command positions in Vietnam, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Nürnberg, Germany Moreover, it’s knowing that you have accomplished the mission set before you and now your job is to step aside and let someone else Policy analyst in the Office of the Army’s lead the next charge. Surgeon General

When Brooke, a retired Army colonel, became School of Allied Hospital administrator in two U.S. Army Health Sciences dean in 1998, his goal was to grow the school’s hospitals in Germany academic programs and enrollment, both which have been achieved. In the past 14 years, the school has expanded its programs from five Dean of the Academy of Health Sciences at to 18 and its enrollment from 450 to more than 1,300. To support Fort Sam Houston growth in the depth and quality of programs, the school enacted a Family: faculty development program, under which 37 to date have earned terminal degrees. The latter is something Brooke counts among the Married 45 years to Barbara Brooke most significant accomplishments during his tenure. The school now ranks in the top tier of graduate programs and student enrollment Three children nationwide and has reached a milestone with the awarding of its first NIH research grant. Seven grandchildren

Accomplishments then have not come by chance, but instead through a very purposeful structure of accountability that Brooke calls an

Summer 2012 | PULSE | 29 New faces in leadership across TTUHSC

Robin Satterwhite, empowered leadership team. Participation from Ed.D., FACHE, School members is not just permitted or allowed, but of Allied Health rather is required. His role, as an empowering Sciences dean leader, was to enable and reward risk-taking. Robin Satterwhite, Ed.D., I’d say my contribution to this whole thing was FACHE, has been named creating the climate and creating a demand dean of the School of for creativity and then allowing folks to take Allied Health Sciences. reasonable risks where we don’t keep score and He previously served the where people were not subject to embarrassment if school as associate dean they came out with an idea they thought the rest of for Learning Outcomes the group would laugh at. and Technologies and as associate professor and chair of the departments of The school has, in essence, grown up — to use an Clinic Administration and Rehabilitation Counseling. analogy Brooke weaves throughout conversation He assumed the dean’s position July 1. Satterwhite — and is ready to engage the next stage of its joined TTUHSC in January 1999 as regional dean at life cycle. And, Brooke is ready to move on too. the Permian Basin. He quotes Peter Drucker [an influential writer and management consultant] who says good executives, like good parents, develop competent orphans. Good leaders have a succession plan as well as a business plan. The best mark of a leader, it’s been said, and I subscribe to this, is to see how the organization is doing six months or a year after Gary Ventolini, M.D., that leader is gone. School of Medicine regional dean at When he closes the door to his offices on the the Permian Basin second floor for the last time, Brooke says he’ll Gary Ventolini, M.D., leave with confidence knowing he’s completed his has been named the mission. And as with any parent who’s watched Regional Dean, School of as his or her child matures and moves on, there Medicine at the Permian will be a certain sadness he says. This has been Basin. He previously the longest job I’ve ever held, and it’s been in all served as chair of the honesty, the most rewarding. I’ve been blessed by Department of Obstetrics the opportunities that Texas Tech has afforded me and Gynecology at the to have a very fulfilling second career. My defining Wright State University career, as you may know, was as an Army officer. I Boonshoft School of Medicine. He is board certified came to the job knowing that there is a term limit in family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology on all human endeavors, and so I used to say I came and has received recognition and numerous awards out [to TTUHSC] to see what would happen if I for his career in teaching and service. Additionally, put all of the things I had learned in my military his scholarly work includes a long list of publications experiences into practice. In all due modesty, it and presentations and he has served as principal seems to have worked out pretty well. investigator for several translational research grants. Brooke and his wife, Barbara, plan to retire in Ventolini joined TTUHSC in May, replacing John Lubbock. Originally from New York City, he says, Jennings, M.D., who accepted a national leadership they have developed a deep affection for Texas role with the American College of Obstetricians and Tech and West Texas. Gynecologists. Read more of this interview in Pulse online.

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news & notes 32-34 Friends we’ll miss 33 profiles 35-39

Friday night life On the sidelines at a high school football game, Natalie Steadman, M.A.T., (SOAHS ’92) found herself in situation she had prepared for her entire career, and one she prayed would never happen. alumni 32

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Joy unspeakable By Brian K. Mahmood

P n a Wednesday evening in 2009, I hung Rabindranath Tagore’s ro framed quote on the wall at the Lubbock Impact/TTUHSC Free v i d

e Clinic. It read, “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and d O b saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” I hung it as y B a reminder to future medical students and physicians of the aspirations rian and atmosphere that founded the free clinic. M The Lubbock Impact/TTUHSC Free Clinic started in 2007 as a dream ahmoo of two former medical students, Peter Wu, M.D., (SOM ’11) and Sudha

d Bhadriraju, M.D., (SOM ’11), and myself, an undergraduate at the time, who wanted to provide free basic health care to the working poor and indigent population of Lubbock and concomitantly enhance students’ preclinical education through service to their community. At the time, there were no completely free clinics in Lubbock and opportunities were limited for the preclinical medical students to use their clinical skills outside of the classroom. We wanted to solve both issues by having a clinic where the students would do everything with the guidance of TTUHSC teaching physicians. The complete history of the free clinic is longer than I can write about here, and it was more difficult and complicated than any of us ever imagined. We sacrificed a lot to see that it was started and then even more to have it survive the first year. It was really tough, but it was also really fun. My best memories of medical school are at the free clinic. Being able to help those who need it the most working alongside my classmates and friends while being taught by some of the best physicians in Texas is all I could ever ask for. I saw grateful patients cry, hug the volunteers, and even donate everything they had in their pockets to ensure that others could also receive care. I heard students talk about how much they learned from the physicians and upper level medical students – and beg to volunteer. The demand to volunteer has always been greater than the number of spots available. Medical students from each class, beginning in 2010, have staffed the clinic, and those graduating this year, began to manage it as well. The volunteers from the Class of 2012 are the ones who kept it alive in 2009, the first full year of operation, so that future medical students could serve the community of Lubbock. Some of them will continue to volunteer as physicians. Brian K. Mahmood (SOAHS ’08), a fourth-year Three years and 3,065 patient visits later I recently stood in front of that medical student, is the senior advisor for Lubbock quote again. This time, simply as a volunteer. I watched as the fourth- Impact/TTUHSC Free Clinic. He is the founding generation leadership team smoothly moved patients to rooms. I saw the student liaison and one of the clinic’s co-founders. plans that they have for the future: a pharmacy, which is opening soon; research and demographic studies; more advanced social work; weekly dental clinic; and much more. I saw the medical students and physicians smiling and laughing. I saw them enjoying their time and helping those in the community who need it the most just as we did when we started the clinic. I read the quote again, and I smiled.

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