Excellence in Research Faculty Recognition Reception Honorees Professors Christy C. Tangney, PhD, FACN, CNS Sarah H. Ailey, PhD Matthew Meriggioli, MD Community Systems and Mental Health Neurological Sciences Christy C. Tangney, PhD, FACN, CNS, professor in the Department College of Nursing Rush Medical College of Clinical Nutrition and associate dean of Research in the College of Health Sciences, is recognized worldwide for her work on the effects of Zoe Arvanitakis, MD Dianne Meyer, PhD diet on cognitive health. She is a widely regarded expert in vitamin E, Neurological Sciences Communcation Disorders and Sciences vitamin B12, and the Mediterranean diet, often publishing and Rush Medical College College of Health Sciences presenting on these topics. Sanford Baim, MD Nina Paleologos, MD When joining the Rush community, Dr. Tangney led much of the Internal Medicine Neurological Sciences research in the department of Clinical Nutrition. She designed the first Rush Medical College Rush Medical College research methods course for the program and developed a graduate research guide with the help of faculty in the department, which served as a model for many other programs. She has been Massimo Caputo, MD Theodore Pincus, MD honored by the College of Health Sciences with the Research Excellence Award. Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Dr. Tangney participated as a principal or co-investigator on more than 30 grants, many of them nationally funded. These funded projects resulted in numerous publications and presentations Xin Qi Dong, MD Mary Rodts, DNP and brought recognition to her and to Rush. Dr. Tangney worked on a clinicopathologic study Internal Medicine Women, Children and Family Nursing of diet and brain vitamin E levels among the Rush Memory and Aging Project study participants Rush Medical College College of Nursing as a part of the Health and Aging Project, a National Institutes of Health-funded study John Showel, MD on the role of metals in diet and brain pathology. She is also a co-investigator of an ongoing Rami Doukky, MD Internal Medicine Internal Medicine National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) cross-sectional study of the role delay Rush Medical College Rush Medical College discounting plays in food purchase and dietary behavior. Anna Spagnoli, MD Dr. Tangney has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, six book Robyn Golden, LCSW (Adjunct) Psychiatry Pediatrics chapters and lectured at more than 125 conferences. In these arenas, she addresses the use and Rush Medical College Rush Medical College refinement of dietary indices (HEI, MedDietScores, HEI2005, HEI2010, DASH and MIND) and biomarkers of healthy women and men and those with chronic diseases, particularly Parkinson’s Denise Harmening, PhD Kerstin Stenson, MD disease, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular diseases. Her work is extensively Medical Laboratory Sciences Otolaryngology cited by others; a review of Scopus shows that her publications from 2000-14 have been cited College of Health Sciences Rush Medical College approximately 4,200 times. Louis Kraus, MD William Trick, MD In addition to her own research, Dr. Tangney serves as a research mentor for many junior faculty Psychiatry Internal Medicine and for many clinical nutrition master’s degree students. Advising more than 100 graduate Rush Medical College Rush Medical College students for their master’s theses or doctoral dissertations, she plays an important role in the foundation of their careers. “Developing future successful researchers is key to advancing the Nell Lurain, PhD Dian Wang, MD research field beyond one’s own published work and another reason Dr. Tangney is deserv- and Radiation Oncology ing of this award,” states nominator Heather Rasmussen, PhD, RD, associate professor in the Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Department of Clinical Nutrition. Congratulations on your promotion/appointment!

14 15 Faculty Recognition Reception Honorees Faculty Recognition Reception Honorees Associate Professors Associate Professors

Haluk Altiok, MD Russell Kelly, MD Jack Olson, MD Sharon Sholiton, MD Orthopedic Surgery Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Anuja Antony, MD Brian Kim, MD Kousiki Patra, MD Marvin Sinsakul, MD Plastic Surgery Internal Medicine Pediatrics Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Marta Batus, MD Rudolf Kumapley, MD Kyran Quinlan, MD Garth Swanson, MD Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Edie Chan, MD Sarah Livesay, DNP Kumar Bharat Rajan, PhD Laura Thorp, PhD General Surgery Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing Internal Medicine and Cell Biology Rush Medical College College of Nursing Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Mary Jo Fidler, MD George Lopez, MD Heather Rasmussen, PhD Edward John Ward, MD Internal Medicine Neurological Sciences Clinical Nutrition Emergency Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College College of Health Sciences Rush Medical College

Ruth Fiedler, EdD Elizabeth Lynch, MD Marvin Rossi, MD Jennifer Weuve, PsyD Community Systems and Mental Health Preventive Medicine Neurological Sciences Internal Medicine College of Nursing Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Ziu-Ti Hu, MD Carla Minutti, MD Jay Shils, PhD Mark Yoder, MD Pediatrics Anesthesiology Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Chad Jacobs, MD Daniel Nicholson, PhD Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Neurological Sciences Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Congratulations on your promotion/appointment! Congratulations on your promotion/appointment!

16 17 Faculty Recognition Reception Honorees Faculty Recognition Reception Honorees Associate Professors Associate Professors

Haluk Altiok, MD Russell Kelly, MD Jack Olson, MD Sharon Sholiton, MD Orthopedic Surgery Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Anuja Antony, MD Brian Kim, MD Kousiki Patra, MD Marvin Sinsakul, MD Plastic Surgery Internal Medicine Pediatrics Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Marta Batus, MD Rudolf Kumapley, MD Kyran Quinlan, MD Garth Swanson, MD Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Edie Chan, MD Sarah Livesay, DNP Kumar Bharat Rajan, PhD Laura Thorp, PhD General Surgery Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing Internal Medicine Anatomy and Cell Biology Rush Medical College College of Nursing Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Mary Jo Fidler, MD George Lopez, MD Heather Rasmussen, PhD Edward John Ward, MD Internal Medicine Neurological Sciences Clinical Nutrition Emergency Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College College of Health Sciences Rush Medical College

Ruth Fiedler, EdD Elizabeth Lynch, MD Marvin Rossi, MD Jennifer Weuve, PsyD Community Systems and Mental Health Preventive Medicine Neurological Sciences Internal Medicine College of Nursing Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Ziu-Ti Hu, MD Carla Minutti, MD Jay Shils, PhD Mark Yoder, MD Pharmacology Pediatrics Anesthesiology Internal Medicine Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Chad Jacobs, MD Daniel Nicholson, PhD Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Neurological Sciences Rush Medical College Rush Medical College

Congratulations on your promotion/appointment! Congratulations on your promotion/appointment!

16 17 Fifth Annual Faculty Recognition Reception

June 23, 2015

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