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Donna Shewach beams after receiving her diploma for the head. For more photos and names of Health Science Center Ph.D. degree from Dr. R. W. Butcher, dean of the Graduate graduates see page 6. For more about graduation see the next School of Biomedical Sciences. She has temporarily removed issue of the HoUTexan. (Photo by Gary Parker) her cap so that the doctoral hood can be slipped over her Tro - vf3Z5.6 'utt 249 NON-CIRCULA TING TryAQ 7T&EOCUMtENTS COLLECTION

IVolume 2, Number 9 July 1981

What does bug spray do to you, your pets?

By Ina Fried at Houston, rats and mice do show rotransmitters or similar compounds but its accumulation in the body An animal is poisoned repeated- signs of developing a tolerance for that are sometimes used in treating leads to excessive stimulation of ly by an insecticide. The animal at certain insecticides, but the side neurological disorders." muscles and a breakdown of many first has muscle tremors, nausea, effects of this tolerance may not be The studies by Murphy, gradu- aspects of nervous system control. excessive salivation, and slowing of beneficial. Dr. Sheldon D. Murphy, ate student Brad Schwab and post- As much as 30 years ago, Mur- the heart's rhythm. Then, remarka- director of the school's Division of doctoral fellow Dr. Lucio Costa phy said, researchers noticed that bly, instead of dying, the animal Toxicology, reported on the involved organophosphate insecti- animals seemed to recover from recovers. The next time it is exposed research at the annual meeting of cides, among the most commonly signs of poisoning with organophos- to a higher dose of the same insecti- the American Chemical Society in used type of insecticides since the phates even though they continued cide, the animal doesn't get so sick. Atlanta. use of chlorinated compounds, such to receive the same doses of the Can animals - and humans - "One must be cautious in decid- as DDT, was curtailed. insecticides. However, there were develop a tolerance for insecticides? ing that just because a tolerance Organophosphates act by inhib- no controlled attempts to study this How can:his happen? Could it develops to a toxic substance that iting the enzyme which metabolized tolerance. solve the problems of finding safe it's a good thing," Murphy said. "It actylcholine to inactive derivatives, "A few reports suggested that insecticides? may also affect the body's ability to Murphy explained. Acetylcholine people also become tolerant to the According to research at The respond to chemicals that are use- has important functions in the compounds," he said. For example, University of Texas Medical School ful, such as naturally occurring neu- nervous and muscular systems, (Continued on page 8)

Expert: Knowledge about obesity slender

By Diane Broberg easier on yourself is not to gain number down," Bray said. "If you fewer than those you burn up, you If you think you gain weight large amounts of weight in the first have too many fat cells, you'll will lose weight no matter how many more easily than other people, you place, he said. If you gain a little, regain weight faster," he added. meals you eat or what you eat, Bray may be right. The problem is that no your fat cells will increase in size, He pointed out that obesity may said. one knows exactly what makes some but not in number. If you gain a lot, contribute to the development of He closed by quoting a favorite people gain more easily than others. however, they will start to increase medical problems like diabetes and saying of his about obesity, "Obesity Dr. George A. Bray, professor of in number and probably never gallstones; however, losing weight is a condition which proves that the medicine at the University of Cali- decrease in number again, he said. may help reverse the processes that Lord does not help those who help fornia at Los Angeles and associate "It is easier to maintain a lead to these problems. themselves, and help themselves, chief of endocrinology at Harbor weight loss if you keep your fat cell If the calories you consume are and help themselves." General Hospital there, is an expert UT on obesity. He spoke at the Medical School May 28 during a forum sponsored by the Houston Interinstitu- tional Nutritional Research Seminar Series, which is made up of the Health Science Center, Baylor Col- lege of Medicine and the University of Houston. . He bEgan by showing a slide of a stone carving of an obese person. :

The carving was found in Malta and . r believed to be from the Stone Ages. "Even then, people were having problems with fat." he said. Bray centers discussions of obesity on how calories are stored Or and used up rather than on how Y many are consumed, because "when studying humans, caloric measures w aren't exact; the U.S. Department of Agriculture's estimates are inaccu- rate because we throw away a lot of i fat on meats and don't eat a lot of what we buy," he said. IVA' He cited two possibilities that may account for the difference 1 between "easy gainers" and "hard gainers": one is the way the brown l adipose tissue ("brown fat") in our bodies is converted to heat. Another is in the process by which sodium i and potassium are stored and han- SUMMERTIME, AND ... Kim Huffstetler (center), office of the vice members of the committee. Un this page you can read about what hap- dled by the cells. Some studies sug- president for administration and finance, awaits a hot dog fresh off pens when you eat too much at those summer cookouts and some gest that these processes differ from the grill. David Kusnerik, contracts and grants, and Bea Dobyan, research on the effects of insecticides you might be using to pro- ambulatory program, are among those sharing the cooking at the hot tect against some unwelcome warm-weather visitors. (Photo by Gary person to person, he said. dog sale sponsored by the Health Science Center-General Employee Parker) One way to make losing weight Relations Committee. Kusnerik is chairman and the other two are

NON-CIRCULAT NGNTSU LIBRARY T2 4 1984 Thomas heads new division

(From a report by Ann Singh, Internal Medicine) Dr. James C. Thomas, associate professor and vice chairman for professional affairs of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical School, has been appointed director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. The appointment to head the newly organized division was announced by Dr. Thomas E. Andre- oli, chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine. The division administers the >1 internal medicine ambulatory care facilities and provides a major part of the teaching service to house staff and students. It also is responsible for an inpatient and outpatient con- sultation service and is involved in clinical research, including compu- terized systems in health care delivery. Thomas has been on the faculty at the Medical School since 1973. He received his bachelor's degree mQ1, a from the University of Georgia and DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN TOOTH FAIRIES? Seita Feighny, clinic coor- sored by the March of -rimes, B'nai B'rith Women and the Harris his M.D. degree from the Medical dinator for the School of Dental Hv iere at the Dental Branch, ran County Medical Society. the event was billed as "a chance to fiac out College of Georgia. into a few skeptics at the Healthy :-by Fair at Northline Mall. Spon- more about preparing for and having a baby." (Photos by Gary Parker)

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BABY TALK - Above left, a booth sponsored by the School of Allied Health Sciences made students Susie Croes (center) and Bonnie Horton. Above right, representat-ves from the School nutritional assessments of small children at the Healthy 3aby Fair and offered quizzes of of Nursing Ann Lucia (left) and Ann Norris talk to a mother about "well baby care." nutrition for mothers. Clinic instructor Ennedy Estrella (left) is aided by nutrition an] diet tics Council gives nod to Continuing Ed is published monthly by the Office of Public Affairs, The University of Texas of Continuing Edu- gram was reaccredited for six years Hospital Medical Education, the Houston. Roger The Division Health Science Center at Medical J. Bulger, M.D., president, Joe Sigler, cation has been recertified _y the by the ACCME board, which is Association of Am-erican executive assistant to the president Accreditation Council for Continu- comprised of representatives from Colleges, the Council of Medical and director of public affairs. ing Medical Education (ACCME) to the American Board of Medical Spe- Specialty Societies and the Federa- Editor: Ina Fried continue delivering updated medical cialties, the American Hospital tion of State Medical Boards of the Assistant Director of Public Affairs information to doctors, nurses, resi- Association, the American Medical U.S., Inc. Assistant Editor: Diane Broberg dents and students through a lecture Association. The Association for series and special programs broad- Staff: Tish Figures, secretary; Wendy HSC-TV. Goodridge, writer; David Moore, writer; cast by Belinda Parker, business and distribution; Besides sponsoring various con- List of parenting books free Gary Parker, photographer; Barbara tinuing education programs through- Short, writer; Debby Weiss, production. out the year, the department also is The Children and Youtn Ser- and pamphlets on 22 topics related Office of Public Affairs certified to accredit similar pro- vices Division of the Texas Depart- to parenting and child care. The University of Texas grams offered at other institutions. ment of Community Affairs has Copies of the bibliographies are Health Science Center at Houston Many of these activities meet published a series of annotated available free frcm the Childrer_ and Box 20036 of the Physician's bibliographies on topics of interest Youth Services Division, Texas Houston, Texas 77025 the requirements Recognition Award of the American to parents and professionals. Department of Community Affairs, 1100 Holcombe Blvd., Room 1117 Medical Association. Called "In the Interest of Chil- P.O. Box 13166, Capi-ol Station, (713) 792-4266 The Helath Science Center pro- dren," the bibliographies list books Austin, Texas 73711. 2 Streaking through the stars to... life

By Barbara Short the primitive Earth. It consisted of Imagine minute seeds of life hydrogen, water, ammonia, methane hurtling through the infinite black- and hydrogen sulfide," Young said. ness of space. When the mixture is charged Imagine life arising spontane- with electricity (lightning) or ously from the slime of the river exposed to ultraviolet light (sun's Nile. rays), a thick brown tar-like sub- Imagine ... that we are not stance results. The tar contains ami- alone. no acids and nucleotides, Young These and other compelling continued, the very beginnings of thoughts were voiced by Dr. Richard life. S. Young during a star-blazing trek "If the time-span from the cre- through the universe. Young recent- ation of the Earth to the present is ly presented the first Distinguished condensed to a year, the origin of Lecturer Series seminar sponsored life starts at the end of January," by the Dental Branch Postgraduate Young said. Animal colonization School of Dentistry. begins in November, dinosaurs Young, vice president of Rocke- appear on Dec. 15, mammals appear feller University, was formerly at dawn on Christmas Day, primates director of Planetary Biology for the evolve in the early hours on New National Aeronautics and Space Year's Eve, man is born at 8 p.m. Administration and chief scientist and recorded history begins the last for Viking, the Mars lander. eight seconds of the year. The seminar on "The Origins of The events over the ages may be Life and Planetary Biology" cata- more fathomable when related to a pulted the participants from the pri- period of time people experience mordial fireball of the Earth to the once every 365 days. But, these most sophisticated creatures known events actually take millions and - ourselves. billions of years to occur. They hap- The concept of life, its begin- pen so slowly they are imperceptible ning and evolution, has changed during the lifetime of a single dramatically, Young said. "The human. expand and cool. After enveloping orful. There are also 13 satellites. Egyptians believed in spontaneous For instance, the death of our the surrounding planets (which will "The giant red spot is larger generation: still other societies sun. probably include the Earth), the than the Earth and is visible from believed in panspermia, or interstel- "Our sun is middle-aged, with dying sun will expand and contract the Earth," Young continued. "It is a lar travel of seed." about six billion years left of its every few thousand years. The cold, high plateau with cyclonic The building blocks of life, ami- life," Young said. "The sun may exposed solar core will eventually activity of atmospheric gases. There no acids and nucleotides, can be then become a red giant." become a small hot star or white are wind velocities of 250-300 miles created in the laboratory. "It is pos- During this stage of the solar dwarf. per hour." sible to recreate the atmosphere of sequence the sun's exterior will The density of such a star will Young feels the lunar program be more than a ton for each tea- was discontinued prematurely. "I spoonful. Finally, billions of years believe in a balanced program. We from now, the sun will degenerate to should conduct explorations focus- New med school dean elected a dead black dwarf, Young said. ing on certain aspects of the solar "Jupiter is almost a sun," Young system," he said. said. "It is larger than the rest of Citing expense as a major fac- to Academy of Arts, Sciences our solar system's planets put tor, Young said the United States together. It also emits more energy will probably participate in more Dr. Ernst Knobil, newly appoint- council of the Association of Ameri- than it absorbs from the sun." international space adventures rem- ed dean of the Medical School, has can Medical Colleges. From data gathered during the iniscent of the Apollo-Soyuz mission. been elected a fellow of the Ameri- He will begin serving as dean- Voyager and Pioneer missions, Young also anticipates more cooper- can Academy of Arts and Sciences. elect of the Medical School on July 1 Young said Jupiter is probably all ative unmanned missions. UT He is one of 75 leading scholars, and will begin devoting full time to atmosphere. "The part we see is the scientists, public figures and artists the deanship no later than Jan. 1. outer atmosphere, which is very col- elected to membership in the academy at its 201st annual meeting. The academy was founded in 1780 by John Adams and other intellectual Grades go down, when costs go up leaders of early America. Its present-day membership of 2,300 Doctors-to-be are penalized at two other professors at the universi- when a diagnosis isn't made within includes representatives from the the University of Minnesota Medical ty, who teach students to become a limited number of tests, according mathematical, physical and biologi- School for ordering more medical cost-effective doctors. to Ward, who recently described the cal sciences as well as law, adminis- tests than necessary. Although most cases are hypo- program to staff and faculty mem- tration, public affairs, theology, fine That's the way it is in a course thetical ones, points are subtracted bers here. arts and the humanities. structured by Dr. Patrick Ward and from the students' overall grades The main objective of this Knobil has been the Richard course is to help students arrive at a Beatty Mellon Professor of Physiolo- conclusion with the least number of gy and Chairman of the Department tests, he said. of Physiology at the University of The course enables students to Pittsburgh School of Medicine for learn how to save patients money, the past 20 years. Since 1974 he time and any unpleasant side effects also has served as director of the the tests may cause them. Center for Research in Primate The course is a popular one, Reproduction at the school. said Ward, adding that students try Currently editor-in-chief of the to enter the program even after reg- American ; ournal of Physiology: istration. Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kno- He emphasized class participa- bil served as consultant to the tion and effective audio visuals. He Human Reproduction Unit of the noted, however, that guest lecturers World Health Organization. He is are usually a disaster. past president of the American Ward, professor of laboratory Physiological Society, the Endocrine medicine and pathology, was invited Society and the Association of to speak here by the UT Task Force. SAVING MONEY, TIME and unpleasant side effects for patients are the goals of a course Dr. Chairmen of Departments of Physiol- The Task Force was organized ogy and has served on several Patrick Ward describes to Mary Guillory (left), staff person from the president's office to the Health Science Center Task Force on Cost-Effectiveness, and Dr. Doris Ross, co-chairperson of last year by President Bulger to national advisory committees. He the task force and associate dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences. (Photo by Gary Par- investigate cost-effective health has been a member of the executive ker) care. 3 At-

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'I r ~~ EVERYONE WANTS A SET, =UT SHE GOT ONE FREE - A smiling Susan DK'bs (right) receives one voline of the nine-vclume set, CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations from CIBA DOUBLE PCPULARITY - Dr. Frank Booth, assistant professor of physiology, was voted "Best representative Cynthia Hurd as wellwishers congratulate her on the award. (Photos by Gary Teacher" :v the second-year medical students, while his class, "Respiratory Physiology" won Parser) the award for "Best Class." Sophomores give and receive awards

Everyone wants a set, but there program involved training nodels and best teacher to coincide like from the students were Dr. Richard are only two ways to get them free: and teaching students how to do that," Payne said. Booth's name will Conklin, pathology; Dr. Roy Cul- one is by being a medical school pelvic examinations on the motels be inscribed on a plaque in the Stu- pepper, nephrology; Dr. Peter library, and the other is by being before doing them on the patients, dent Affairs Office. Ostrow, pathology; Dr. Ron Philo, chosen the "Outstanding Sophomore he said. Other teachers chosen by popu- neurobiology and anatomy; and Dr. Medical Student." The sophomore award ceremo- lar ballot for certificates were Dr. Larry Pickering and Dr. Terry Sat- Susan Dobbs was the student ny was held af:er exams on May 22 Herbert DuPont, director of the Pro- terwhite, infectious disease recipient of thLs year's set of atlases during an informal party in the fifth gram in Infectious Diseases and A special appreciation award from the CIBA PharmacEutical Com- floor lounge. Cynthia Hurd of CIBA Clinical Microbiology, and Dr. Keith went to Dr. Patti Jane Ross, obstet- pany. Nominated by her class for Company presented Dobbs with one Smith, professor of Reproductive rics and gynecology, the spcnsor for outstanding community service, she volume of the nine volume set, CIBA Medicine and Biology. the pelvic examination training was chosen from other ncrninees by Collection of Medical illustrations. Receiving honorable mention program. a committee made up of students The books can be most cheaply and Dr. Ruby [som, actin= chairman ordered directly from CIBA or of the community medicine depart- through the UT bookstore for about msnt. $288, according to Hurd. "Another half a dozen people They are presently being could have been nominated, but revised, and Dr. Joe Wood, chair- Two Dental AV productions Susan is a gocd representative of man of the Department of Neurobiol- such an altruistic group," Isom said. ogy and Anatomy said he is re-edit- garner honors at convention Mark Payne, sophomore class ing ant writing some new sections president, said that Dobbs award for the 1982 edition of Volume I The By Melody McSparran Dental Branch and past-president of was important because "rost medi- Nervous System. Dental Branch HEMA, on behalf of the Dental cal students don't have time to get Awards for excellence in teach- The Dental Branch was hon- Branch. out in the community at large, and ing also were announced at the par- ored recently when two of its audio- she found time." ty. Voted "Best Teacher" and "Bes: visual efforts received awards "'Amongother things, Susan Class" were Dr. Frank Booth, assist- at the Health Education Media Asso- was instrumental in starting a pel- ant professor of physiology ant his ciation's :HEMA) convention in 20 of UTSN vic examination training p:gram class, 'Respiratory Physiology." Philadelphia. for the students," Payne said. The "It is unusual for the best class "FreE Gingival Graft," a videotape produced last year by UTDB- to national list TV and Dr. Richard B. Walhalter, won second place in the general Twenty nursing students were competition. This videotape shows nominated to the "National Dean's an explicit demonstration of gum List" by Dr. Arlowayne Swort, dean grafting. The taping and editing of the School of Nursing, because of were done by Hank McDonnell, their being in the top 10 percent of director of instructional television their class during the fall quarter of at the Dental Branch. 1980. A special s udent recognition Ann Seiler Lindsey and Marlene award was given to the Zeb F. Poin- Zaker Lindstrom, who received bache- dexter Chapter of the Student lor's degrees in nursing during graduation exercises June 13, were among National Dental Association (SNDA) those selected. for its slide show which gives an Also honored were Diane Mazeikas overview of Houston, Texas Medical Edwards, Laura Wakefield Kaufman, Center and the Dental Branch. The Colleen Ann Lathem and Mary Anne SNDA is a student minority organi- Page, all of whom will receive bache- zation whose goals include promo- lor's degrees in nursing in September. tion of minority enrollment in dental Nancy Williams Johnson, who will schools and improvement of dental graduate in December, also was elected health care delivery to disadvan- by Dean Swort. Honorees who will grad- taged people. This slide presenta- uate in March 1982 include Tami Anne tion also was produced by UTDB-TV Morella, Sandra Louise Morrow, Raeann Matson Scheuerman, Melinda and directed by Shawn Stewart, Louise Wesner and Joy Lynn Wolff. X-RAYS CAN be f-m;.... and profitable. Denise Eadnot, a sophcmoe studen- EXAMINNG television specialist at the Dental Other dean's list members are in -he School of Alied Health Sciences' Program in Radiolcgic Technology can a-test :o that. Branch. Patricia Duffin, Patricia Krupa. Joyce Hadnot won third place and a $53 cash award for identifying unusual radiographic film arti- The awards were accepted by facts at the 51st annual meeting cf the Texas Society of Raliologic Technologists recently Sev- LaRue, Kelle Ries, Molly Skalnik, Susan eral hundred technologists entarec the competition; awards were presented 1v R.P. Dr. Horace Har-sell, director of Dickerson, Constance Hudson and Carol Kinchloe Company. From a report 'y Rose Kunik. (Photo by Gary Parker) instructional development at the Saunders. 4 Biblical characters get a free diagnosis

By Barbara Short "This story stresses the impor- vulsed, Greenblatt said. tite, nausea, vomiting, mental confu- Jim and Joan tried for years to tance of tranquility and lack of self- "Saul was the tormentor of sion and delusion. Saul was in a stu- have a child. Last year, as a last reproach in maintaining a normal, Jews who accepted Jesus as their por for three days and without hope to fulfill their dream, they healthy body," Greenblatt said. Messiah," Greenblatt said. eyesight. He neither ate nor drank." adopted a child. Six months later, We all know the story of David "Because of his 'heavenly vision' in Greenblatt feels this story is a Joan became pregnant. and Goliath. Or do we? Did you ever the desert, Saul converted to Chris- good example of how the physiologi- How often have you heard a wonder why Goliath was a giant and tianity and later became the Apostle cal situation of one person changed similar story? how David slew him so easily? Paul." the course of history. This phenomenon is not only a "From reading the physical Saul actually suffered from salt Saul's heat stroke, which he modern-day occurrence. It has bibli- description and movements of Goli- depletion syndrome, Greenblatt con- perceived as a heavenly sign, cal roots, according to Dr. Robert B. ath in the scriptures, it is evident he tinued. "He exhibited the classic "helped Christianity along," Green- Greenblatt, professor emeritus of had a pituitary tumor," Greenblatt symptoms of heat stroke: muscular blatt said, by converting an antago- endocrinology at The Medical Col- said. weakness, headache, loss of appe- nist of Christianity to an advocate. lege of Georgia. Giantism frequently is caused Greenblatt gave the annual by such a tumor. As the tumor grows Aaron Brown Lecture sponsored by it presses on the optic nerves caus- Phi Delta Epsilon, the Medical ing lateral blindness or "tunnel School fraternity. The subject of the vision," Greenblatt continued. lecture was that of Greenblatt's "After watching Goliath's book Search the Scriptures: Modern movements, David suspected Goliath Medicine and Biblical Personages. had a vision problem. When they The biblical story of Rachel and confronted each other, David was the mandrake is an example of anxi- able to step to the side, dropping out eties inhibiting a woman's fertility, of Goliath's field of vision and caus- Greenblatt said. ing him to turn his head from side to Jacob married his first cousins, side," Greenblatt said. Rachel and Leah, who were sisters. In the meantime, David took aim Leah could conceive, but Rachel with his slingshot and struck Goliath could not. "Rachel was so anxiety- in the only unprotected spot - ridden about her infertility she between the eyes. exclaimed, 'Give me child, or I'll "This spot was especially vul- die,"' Greenblatt continued. nerable because the bones of these Leah's son, Reuben, had man- giants tend to be soft," Greenblatt drake, an herb used for its tranquil- said. izing effects. Rachel wanted the Greenblatt related the account mandrake, so she struck a deal with of Saul of Tarsus' journey from Leah to exchange an evening with Jerusalem to Damascus. Jacob for Reuben's mandrake. The As Saul was traveling in the THAT'S INCREDIBLE - Dr. Robert B. Greenblatt greets acquaintances before his delivery of the annual Aaron Brown Lecture sponsored by the Medical School's fraternity, bargain kept, Rachel eventually midday sun, he began to hear voices Phi Delta Epsilon. Greenblatt discussed biblical phenomena from a medical perspective. (Photo by Gary conceived. and see visions. He fainted and con- Parker) Alcohol/drug abuse are health hazards

By Diane Broberg spoke at the final Associates' Lec- major ingredient in marijuana, try, he also noted that the drug The use of legal and illegal ture with frightening statistics about stores itself for days in the fatty tis- paraphernalia business (items free- drugs in this country is a "public drug usage in this country, especial- sues of cells, especially in the brain ly sold in record stores and head health problem" that affects ly the even abuse of marijuana and alco- and gonads, Faillace said. shops to enhance the use of drugs) is nonusers because those who do use hol. The lectures were sponsored by "Some doctors used to say it a $3 billion a year legal industry. them are driving, carrying guns and the HSC Development Office. was a harmless drug, but they The use of marijuana is fre- doing things that can ultimately "Pot is more potent now than it aren't saying that any more, both quently combined with the use of affect everyone's safety. was in the 1960s," Failllace said, because of new discoveries and alcohol, in itself a larger problem Dr. Louis A. Faillace, professor comparing the four percent level of because of the stronger form that is than marijuana, Faillace said. and chairman of the Department of THC in today's marijuana to that of on the streets now," Faillace said. Use of alcohol is a major public Psychiatry at the Medical School, .25 percent in the 1960s. THC, the He also believes pot is worse for the health problem. More than 40 per- lungs than cigarette smoking and cent of all medical and surgical will probably be shown to cause inpatients have alcohol-related lung cancer. health problems. Nutrition research honored Faillace believes that in addi- "You are at a greater risk of tion to parents becoming educated, addiction to alcohol if someone in by national orthopedic group the only way to control drug usage your family has had the problem," in adolescence is for parents to talk he said, citing some recent Scandi- to children openly beginning at an navian research. Researchers at the Medical society's founder. The 13-year-old early age. The best thing to do when drink- School have won a prestigious group met for a day as part of a "And the worst thing you can do ing socially is to follow the "one award for a paper entitled, "Nutri- larger meeting of the American is talk from a lack of knowledge," he drink per hour" rule, Faillace said. tional Assessment of Orthopedic Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. said. "If kids know more than you For a 150-pound person, Patients Undergoing Total Hip it usually Hip Society members are Ortho- do, they won't listen. Also, the 1950s takes about an hour or so for one Replacement Surgery." pedic Surgeons interested in improv- films they show to kids in school are drink to clear the system, so "be Dr. Jack E. Jensen, chief resi- ing methods of treating hip joint dis- so outdated that they are laughed at sure to quit dent in the Division of Orthopedic drinking long enough eases, Smith said. and the message is lost." before you drive home, and remind Surgery, and Dr. Taylor K. Smith, While making nutritional Many parents use denial, say- professor and chief of orthopedic your friends to do the same," he assessments of patients before and ing, "My child doesn't take drugs said. surgery, presented their paper at a after surgery, they found that more and I don't want to get involved." For those who weigh recent annual meeting of the more than Hip than a quarter of the patients stud- Instead, they should say, "My child Society in Las Vegas. 150 pounds, slightly less time may ied were malnourished before going doesn't take drugs but I DO want to be required; if they weigh less, Other authors of the paper they into surgery, causing them to have get involved," Faillace said. If a should allow more time. were Dr. Stanley J. Dudrick and Ter- complications more often than other child's associates use or push drugs, "Don't drink if you are ri Jensen, both members of the preg- patients. it indirectly affects them, he nant, or at most have two drinks per Department of Surgery; Dr. James E. Because of studies like this one explained. day," he warned. Fetal Butler, clinical professor of ortho- alcohol syn- that relate nutrition to infectious Faillace believes stronger laws drome is a preventable problem; it is pedic surgery; and Dr. Dennis A. complications doctors are learning against pushers are necessary to believed that excessive alcohol con- Johnston, a bio-statistician. to pay increased attention to nutri- beat the drug problem. Quoting sumption probably causes fetal mal- The paper won the Frank tion, Jensen said. statistics that said drugs were a formation, he said. UT Stinchfield Prize, named after the $50-$60 billion dollar a year indus- 5 A ROSE AND A DIPLOMA - Carol R:ce (left), associate professor of nursing, pre sented each graduate with a red rose at the School of Nursing's commencement exercises. This graduate is Susan Dicker son, who received a Bachelor of Science EVERYBODY'S SOMEBOEY'S BABY - Just like thousands of other parentsat Dad poses with the new graduate after the School of Public Health commence- Nursing degree with nursing highes:-on graduations all ove, the couiy, t--He two want a photographic memento of ment :e-emony. (Photo by Gary Parker) or and acacEnic highest honcrs. ;Photo the r son's recc'gnitiln fo tose years of study. Mom aims the camera while by Dave Boot-by) More than 600 graduates receive degrees

School of Allied Health Sciences Nutrition and Dietetics James Edward Harris, Gregory Erron Harri- Anne Juett, Karen Fay Kerns. Ana Elizabeth Jacquelyn R. Braisted, Hillarv R. HElper son, Janet Ann Leeper Harrison and Nancy Matlock, Marla Rosa Remecibs, Wanda Certificate in Biomedical M:rri3, Patricia Ciaffey Pillcw, Linda Susan Elizabeth Weber Heerssen. Denean Thomas and Mary Arn Walichowski. Communications Reaves, Karen Siegel, Mary Elan Stumpf, Gary Anthony Hilsher, Phyllis Louise E. Lynn Baldwin, Miccael Friedman, Let- Carissa L. Sugg and Shohreh Taeed-Rasse-dh. Holleman, Randall Wayne Hollenberg, Carl- Diplomas in Dental Hygiene teria F. Ingals, Carol Lv-ette Adarms Means, ton Vincent Horbelt, Bruce Edwin Howell, Keppel Virginia Alexander, Donna Lynn John E. O'Bla:k, Alexand=r Obiajulu Okoli, Certificate in Radiologic Technology Daniel Ollie Howes, Thomas Wayne Hysler, Anderson, Laura Louise Ardoin, Victoria Charyl Thayer Tryon, David R. Villasana and Steven Michael Blackburn, Candace Gary Dale Keller, John Niel Kirk and Timothy Arredondo, Melbe Marie Benavides, Leah Efrain Zuniga. Lynn Graham. Del:se Delaine Haenc:, Linia Scott Knight. Louise Norcross Berry, Gina Hopper Blanc- Ne] Hoesel Leslie Louise ScEwabanland, hard, Brenda Marie Bollom, Mary Elizabeth Technology Eddi Margaret Lee, John Christopher Certificate in Blook Bank Erenda E aine Sterling and Elizabeth Aileen Lee, Nils Olaf Lellky, John Bradley Loeffel- Fritzler Bosworth, Donni Blai- Klein Brown- Anne C. MIller Willows holz, John Richard Lyon, Richardo Marquez, stone and Clara FuSuen Chow. Mary Anne Coles, Terri Lynn Crain, Certificate in Cytotechnology Degree of Bachelor of Science in Peggy Ruth Martin, Carol Ann McDonald, Bakula Dhurandhar, Carol Jana Keiner, Raymond Allen McLendon and Leslie Kirk Christina Kay Crawford, Marjorie Ann Deck- Respiratory Therapy McMains. er, Deborah Ann Doughty, Mary Anne Jones Elaina Jo Maloy. Larry Caddell Philip3 II and Betty Cecelia Wyble. Susan Z. Veanitukalathil. Marcus Lue McRoberts III, Yolanda Fay, Susannah Feagin, Debra Lynne Field, Nolte Foster, Jeri Lynn Dental Branch Ramirez Minnitti, Jimmy Joe Moon, Gregory Catherine Gloria Certificate in Emergency Medical Stephen Murdock, Gary Lee Nakovic, Allyn Gardner and Violet Elizabeth Hart. Services Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery Ray Noblitt, Harry George Palmer, Ronald Gloria Ann Glauser, Cynthia LaFond Michael David Akero",d, Davil Rcss September 3, 1980: Edmond Jacque Alan Peters, Barbara Ann Pickering and Ghormley Glover, Margaret Lynn Kasmirodki, Almaguer, David D. Bargahaom, Ceorga G. Beu- jeCocx LI Francis Eugene Dunlap _r., Jay Thomas Howell Pinson Jr. Katherine Sue Knippa, Julie Eileen Moore, tell. Arlen Eolebaucher, 1. Scott Burlin, wardd Elliott, Richard Roger Ga ray, Wil- John Emmett Pitts, Brant Lloyd Powell, Lynn Marie Moreau, Tami Lynn Neal, Jane Darrell J. Cha.eon. John M. Cro:chett, Frank liam Gearge Heczko, Katharine ReLen Hogan Eddie Clay Pruitt, Paul Davidson Reagan, Ellen Nelson, Sandra Kay Jaggers Olden, R. Currie Jr , Philip E. Daley Jr. and Jared and Faul Francis LaRoche III. Charles Cook Richter Jr., Merrick Goodwin Nancy Anne Perry and Janice Reid. Lionel Davidson. Kant Eaker Lawson, Scott Roger Makins, Roach, Allen John Robinson, John Steven Beverly Dea Rohrer Schellenberg, Dory Leroy M. Deans, Micheel F. Dr:es, Rich- Claud Barkley Perry, Harold -3ichardPhil- Rubin, Mark Lowell Sauer and Michael Fred- Elizabeth Scott Bryson, Kimrt. Lyn Stokes, arc Craig lijay, David A. Fletcher, William lips. Sue Ellen Richardson, Charles Arthur erick Schwinn. Susan Marie Thigpen, Diane Thomas, Melani . Gandy, James R. Hemphil, Steven W. Hill, Short, Wiliam Van Eenenaarn and George Barbara Jean Scott, Susan Virginia Sey- Ruth Topping, Sally Jo Secor ~urner, Gwen- Robert Wesley Kerrn, Jure B Matalit-, Cary Keith Williams. bold, Timothy Patrick Shannon, Johnatte Joy dolyn Sue Westbrook and Cyrnthia Diane M. Matsum:lo and R. D. Merry-well. September 19, 1980: WilLs [erome Pum- Shelley, Myra Lynn Gochnour Shirley, Wicmandy. William Joseph Murrell. Erelt A. phrey Jr. and ohn Evans Savoy II Andrew Henry Smith Jr., George Arthur Graduate School of Nichols, Richard E. Poirier fr., Karl Michael December 19, 1980: Charles Eugene Smith, Doyle Sam Spence, Roderick Charles Biomedical Sciences Scfafler, Konrad William purling, Richard Sutherland and Gary Franklin Wesson. Stewart and Vincent Dwayne Straley. S. 3torie, Rickv W. wareson, Fr=n.k W. Tay- June 13, 1981: Terri Lee Alan-, Martin Donald Joseph Thompson, Anh Hoang Degree of Doctor of Philosophy lor. Malcolm B. White and James A Wisnoski. LuihEr Andarsan III, Valencia Ann Augbcn, Truong, Leticia Turullols, John Robert Marc Steven Abel, Soni ; Anderson, ~aul Verncn Bahlinger, Hoyit Earry 3aley, Tuthill, John Anthony Valenza, Enrique Dan- Peter Eugene Barker, Daniel B. Burnham, Certificate in Medical Technology -ohn Wade Baker, Ronald Bautsch, Tommy iel Venegas, Yvette Gloria Vernor, Jesse Helen Laura Drwinga, Neharaa Bernstein Barbara Lynn Farzuch:wsk. Mchael Eeene, Scott Gerald Sergh, :-a .id Garner Welch, Martha Howell Wilson, Law- Dubravsky, Janes Raymond Gum Jr., John Degree of Bachelor of Science in Jackson Exlie and Joe Lynr_ Bcnnot. rence Keith Zarker and Milford Kirk Zuch. Robert Harper Jr., Bruce Alan Harris, Sheila Medical Technology ClarlEs Cummings Brcwn [r.. Sammy Nancy Marcks and Beth Lyni Maxwell. Fay Bryan. Bcbby Lynn Burk, Rcral: Clav de Degree of Master of Science Carol Ann McNeill, Valerie Len Ng, Paul Cynthia Marie Dar-ez. Anna Marie Gali- Loy Morgan Arnold, Brian Wallace Beck, ana, Jerry T. Hlolubec, Linma Diane Hawarth, Lyra Buler, Lana Edward Caledonia, Sandra D. Schweinsberg, Donna Sua Shewach, Cyn- {:ay Willis Carrier, Roger Greg Carrot, David Charles Collins, John E. Freeman, Ste- thia J. Tifft and Deidre Diane Lyons Vedder. Zia Ul Islam Patricia An Kersey anHd San- phen Clay Dwyer, Francisco M. Granda, Gar- dra Jean Kvetoa. Deborah lean Caughron, Charles Wztson CL-ie Charles Crary Coleman and Coolric.ge rett Eugene Hartmen, Charles E. Hartsfield Degree of Master of Science Paul A. Mabry Mohammad YoUsuf Paru- Jr., Harry Nolan Joyner, Edward Stanton Key Nasreen Alcul-Ela, Lois Read Baker, pia, Lisa Gaye -eters, Noraerto G. P.zarro, icleinan fr. Diana Rebecca Compon, Bruce Tyre Coo- and Surasith Kiatpongsan. Michael Friedman, Elaina Mann, David Lewis Marcia Deris= Singleton, Pn Sae ...n and Michael Anthony Mansueto, Jack W. Mitchell, Rick D. Neumeister and Kanayo Cathleen RL.i Whaley. :er, Joseph Philip Davis -r.. Jewel Eglen Rush Day, Gene Thomas DeWit, Jayce Carolyn Martin, Trudy Jo Munson, John Thomas Pan- Eugene Ubesie. zek, David Michael Phillips, John Willard Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia Thompson Diggles. Charles Samriel Dilli:n III, Medical School Richard M. Allan, RL:fl Ann Burdett, Virginia Kayron Dbe, Angela Donohue Rapley, Stephen Paul Rayburn, Charles [avid Wayne Burns, Bryan Chappuis, Mari- 3ar:hm.an, Brian Mack Ellis and Dennis James Robinson III, William Gordon Schin- Degree of Doctor of Medicine dler and Erwin Weichel. anne Conner, Christine Efera, D:rcthy Har- anes ElL son. Carl Warren Adams, James Floyd Allen, low, Gary L. =:-kbs and Keneth N Wenke. Ronnie ELnore, Mar{ Edwin Falka, Gor- Certificate in Dental Assisting Brett Ian ApplEbaum, James Ray Bartay, don Eradlev Garrett, Neal Frank Gr:nich Bradley Austin Beard, John David Beerbower, Degree of Bachelor of Science in Carrie Lynn Craton, Martha Marie Thomas Farrier Hall, Glenn Eugene Harnsan, Donaldson, Robyn Kathryn Gass, Rachel Dalton Michael Benson, Gar' Michael Ber- 6 "AS PHYSICIAN-CITIZENS, we have the responsibility to foster a balanced search for kncwl- edge," Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson, director of the Nat-or.al Institutes of Health, told graduates of the Medical School. After the ceremony (from left to right) President Bulger. Fredrickson, Jr. Robert L. Tuttle and Dr. Ernst Knobil talked togetAer. Tuttle is retiring dean and Knobil is dean-elect of the Medical School. IPhoto by Nancy McMullen, Medical Media Services) r:esford, Jimmie Gene Biles Jr., Winetta Carol School of Nursing Billings and William Michael Bond. Degree of Master of Science in Nursing Gregory Harris Borg, Linda Diane Burke, December 1980: Joanna Barnes, Dorothy Larry Ray Butcher, William E. Caras, Thomas Elizabeth Brozek, Patricia Lau Grueneberg, Yoder CLandler, Peter Chang, Edson Hoi-Kam NEW HEALTH PROFESSICNA-S - These Mary Louise Long, Georganne Mansour, graduates of the School of Allied Health Sciences Cheung, Landon Armstrong Colquitt IV, Allan Mary Ann McLoughlin, Sue Ellen Milfel:, are among more :han 600 Healti Science Center students who were recognized at commence- Odell Cook Jr., David Ignatius Ccir but Jr. and Joarl Bryan Morris, Faye Beth Landolt Palm- rrent ceremonies June 12 and 13. Fhoto b} Gary Parker) James Eeds Crozier Jr. Margaret Regina Prydun, Deborah Jolyn John Robert Jelk II, John er, Laurie Dawson, West Scheirman, Elizabeth Tamplet Ulr:ch, Charles Dell Jr., Robert Jay Dimand, Antonio Kimberlie Rae King, Janet Gay Kohutek, Nicholson, Nerun Nessa, Sharon M. Marsha Nadine Glickman We:zman and Owens, EiSclafani II, Robert James Donacnie Jr., Carol Ann LaMonica, Susan Bas Landry Allen J. Parrret, Hsin Peng, Luther Cecelia Frances Yokubaitis. ev C. Petti- Charles William Doubleday, Gary Woodrow L.eona Mae Lee, Leslie Jean Leeder. Wanda grew Jr., Les J. Raschke, Elvia Rios, Mahen- March 1981: Sally Miller Heinz, Jo Ann 3 Duncan, Joel Sullivan Dunnington, Clint Lewis, Ru:h Christine dra Roychowdhury, Saint J. Xavier Rao Jonson and Margaret Anes Wilson. Kay L:-id:lade, Ann Sosa and Iaval and Thomas Lane Dykes Jr. Marie Lindsey and Marlene Zal'er Lindstrom. Margaret R. Spitz. June 1981: Susan Beth Priest. Edward Eades, Edward A. Eichler Jr., Linda Marie Mabry-Mey'er. Virginia Ruth Lois C. Steinfeldt, Mark J. Stine, Angela Richard M. Elledge, Norman Duane Ervin, Degree of Bachelor of Science in Manning, Mary Lydia Martin, Catherine A. Tseng, Jeffrey P. Wagner, Anna P. Wheeler, Gregory McBee Fabian, Ralph E. Fairchild Nursing Mezick, Ann Chrrstine Momres sin, Karen Londa V. Wilson, Madelyn Claire Winterholl- 111, Margaret Elizabeth Phelan Farmer, Kelly December 1980. Nanette Abt, Tracey Lee Ann Moore, Donna Queyrouie Neal. Mary er, Melanie J. Wolf, Vernetta E. Yepp and Winston Fife, Craig Monroe Flovd Clyde Don- Abt, Barbara Lynn Bowers, Anne Elizabeth Margaret Newman, Peggy Dean Niece and Annette Mazur Zinn. ald Ford Jr. and Preston Furn Foster. Child Burgess, Susan Bonnie Cohen, Carclyn Margaret Orwudiegwu. March 1981: Nancy A. Brandenburg, Robert Wilson Frenck Jr., Claude Severn Cole, Christine Elizabeth Sankey Darbonne, Tani Perrey, Glenda Gail Popp Jane Mar- James M. Bromley-Diaz, Lisa D. Collis, Ca:hy Frey, James Stanley Garrett, Ro ert Meredith Marianne Debell, Joray Delacruz, Lillian ia Rohan, Carcl Jan Saunders, E-zabeth Ann C. Courtney, Tina T. Fields, Leonard W. Ghrist, Isaac (Itzhak) Meir Goldberg, Edwin Maria Devarona and Sherry Dillenburg. Self, Esther Simmons, D. D. White-3kaug, Gopp, John J. Kalosis, David H. McLellan, Gulledge Grafton Jr., David Dillar: Grayson Rae Ann Drennan Laura Del Socorro Ruth M. Smith, Vicki Williams Snus and Cynthia C. McNiel, Jadhav Ramakanth, Jr., William Douglas Gurley, Neil orrest Rosales Duncan, Mary Frances Duncan, Daniel George Stefan. Andrea L Smesny, Patricia A. Spicer, Susan Haddock Michael Peter Hagen and James Katherine Jane Eakin, Jane Alden Emmert, Joan Marie Stokes, Carrie Charple Tay- H. Tilton, Nancy J. Young and Gh. Reza M. Weldon Hampton. Sandra Kay Eppink, Karen L. Ferguson, 1cr, Pa-ricia Aane Thiele, CaLherine Ruth Zadeii. Michael William Hanson, Grant William Eenise Foster, Cynthia Kluge Fullbright, Shei- Thompson, Tamora Ann Tidwell, ?atty Tindel December 1980: Andrea I. Brauer, Sang- Earrer, Kerry A. Harthcock, Robert F. Havns- la Ann Greak and Marlene Mary Stones fer Walker, Linda Warren, Jamie King Wilding, sook A. Cho, Kathryn L. Cortes, Mary L. Cur- worth Jr., Lorre Timothy Henderson, Ann Grivon. Doris M. Bradshaw Zale and Mars Caroline ran, Eve E. France, Brenda E. Hannon, Clau- Marit Hilmo, John Steven Hoerster, Todd Terri L. Hannah, Christine Marie Harju, Zotz-Walker. dia A. Heath, James G. Horton, Bonnie J. Read Holman, Peter Forrest Holmes Robert Georganne Hatton, Beverly Carol Kay Hen- Johnson, Palnira M. Lacour, Julie B. Lefever Harold Honea and Alan Gary Horovitz. derson, Cindy Wallis Eenning, Kim Womack School of Public Health and Nancy L. MacNaughton. Alan Lee Hubbard, Susan Jeanne Hub- Eervev, Patricia Marie Cappadonna High- Degree of Master of Science Laura J. Mathew, Heidi L. McMillan, bard, Hal David Huffman, James M. Hull, tower, Karen Marie Holmes, Christine Hosek, June 1981: Melissa L. Bcndy, Charles E. Catherine M. Roberts, Susan G. Sampson, Rcbert Wayne Hurst, Karen Scott Jacobson, Brenda Ann Hurley and Jetske Insinger. Ford, Lynley C.B. Harris, I-Ping Ien-r.e Hsu, Joan M. Slvers, James M. Slevin, Jeffery W. Leslie Desmond Jennings, Susan Rose John- Sheryl Lynn McLaughlin Kellam, SaLy Sisan Rea, Michael L. Reid, HarrS Sokolow Tenny, Tia F. Tucker, James M. Vanderploeg, son, Ronald Kapp, Robert Hart Kelly and Ger- Sponsel Kerr, Lisa Anne Gifford Koch, Nancy and Paul A. Waddell. Jane L. Whitney, Deborah K. Worsham and ald Lewis Kiel. Karen Viaclovsky Kolafa, Jeanine Edyth March 1981: Walter F. Euchiaclz and Karen M. Young. William Thomas Kittleman, John Mar- Kunkel,Teri Marie Lester, Ann Lavon Maris, John R. Walton. September 1980: Bethany J. Banks. shall Knox II, Scott Koenig, Donald Ray Koe- Linda Dianne Mauney, Mary Ellen Maupin December 1980: Jone-Inc Lin, Robert K. Maria N. ?anpbell, Diane B. Carr, Carl W. sler, Stephen Louis Kopecky, Kurlis Ray and Cynthia Maher McKee. Roulston, David Voelte and Cathy A Way. Clark, Patricia C. Clark, Clifford C. Dacso. Krueger, Paul David Kyte, Robe-t Cyril Lali- Moshira M. Ofelia Mendez, Martha Jean Moore, September 1980: Anna E. 3ar n, Ernest El-Shaffie, Kathleen N. Keppler, barte Jr., Joel Parker Laughlin, Lewis A. Leav- Patricia Ann Barker Moore, Donna Ann K. Borcen, Peter B. Conroy, Rob-rt Man-King M. Lam, Alan C. McNeil, Norma J. itt III and Patricia C. Lee. R. Moran, Gloria Jean Morrow, Deary Elizabeth Reschke and Susan A. Reyes Miller and Keith H. Morgenlander. Margaret Anne Lemak, Michael David Brown Panek, Susan Marie Paplanus, Vicki William i. Petty, Ellen B. Roecker, Tresa Lesem, Barry Leshin, June Sanders Mabry, Sheryl Parker, Linda Payton and Lisa Ann Degree of Master of Public Health M. Sexton, Maija L. Selby, Sandra E. Swack- Chris Edward Malone, Chi C. Mac.. Tomas Dit- Paterson. June 1981: Valerie I. Ancrrew, Khleber V hamer, Ryoji Takahara, Hoo Tan and Rachel tc. Martin, Gynette Carol Master, Curtis Randolph James Potts, Nancy Trimble A:twell, Debra A. Balsaver, Delcorcri Lynne C. Wood. Duane Maynard, Kerry D. McCarroll and Jef- Barr, Carol M. Breslauer, Alan -. C=rr, Ramp, Marc J. Rosenthal, Anna Laurie Staw, Degree of Doctor of Philosophy frey Varyck Mendell. Sylv:a Abundis Sims, Connie Cheshier Skid- Debra Kathleen Carroll, Barbara D. Cole, June 1981: Nita Lorene Lewis, Bedsy Sara Michie, Gordon George Mitchell, mrore, Mercedes Joann Thomas, Nancy Jane Philip J. Corbin, Judith L. Cravren. Geraldine E. Dutary, Talmage M. Holmes, Winston C. Liao David Monyak, Catherine Dianne Moore, Don- Weber, Florence Worchesik and Susan Patri- S Crow and Joni T. Cunninghamr. ald Cade Nelms, George Edward Ogdee, cia Wright. Barbara A. Ealle-Molle. Kernath C. and Barbara C. Tilley. March 1981: Curtis R. Bartz. Eugene David Pampe, Ricardo Rafael Pardo, March 1981: Eileen Walker Mundorff. Dozier, Gery M. EuParc, June E. Eic~ner, December 1980: James Earl D'Eramo, Randy Lynn Park, Gregg Matthew Paul and June 1981: Clara Josephine Altenbern, Nancy Leann G. Eldridge, Linda Stenrert Elting, Rob- Mary A. Murphy, Dorothy Nelson Snyder and William Raymond Pfeiffer. Jane Anderson, Patricia Ann Anderson, Mary ert J. Falbey, Thomas F. Flaherty, Gordon Rowland Norman Wilkinson. Susan Smith Pinero, Alton R. Prihoda, Debra Bench, Deborah Benson Brooks, Elaine Flint, Manual Fresnedo-Ville.zas, lulith Bar- September 1980: Ure A. Anugwelem, James G. Randolph, Joe Hundley Rankin, Jane Fleming Bischof, Rhonda Lin Branch, Renee rios y Arios Fersnedo and Rosernar, A. Robert H. Bigelow and Dexter L. (Tony) Carol Reed, Dan Craddock Rice, Wade Broussard, Carol Lynn Brown, Mary Fnerst. Susan Morris. R inald Rosenberg, Patricia Den:se Salvato, Burst and Nancy Elizabeth Carlisle. Leonard G. Gallia, Kathryn Ycst Jerome Mark Sampson, Lucy Ham'iah Sauer Debra Faye CharlES, Cincy Duke Cobza, Gardner, Ana Garza, Clara A. Gonzalez, Rcb- Degree of Doctor of Public Health and Mary Katharine Scepansky. Kathleen Patricia Colvig, Jeannette Lillian ert E. Hain, Beverly Harper, Kathry- R. Hen- June 1981: Vincent U. Agu, Carmen M. Mary Cathleen Schanzer, Peter Dennis Campton, Nancy Ann Lean, Myra Sybil Dala- zler, James L. Hilburn, Patricra Hogan, Wen- Allende de Rivera, Anita B. Bennetts, Grego- Scholl, Edward Allen Seidel, Eric Lindsay plair, Susan Coan Dickerson, Barbara Sue Ying Huang, Elaine A. Jenkins, Vierio Tellervc ry F. Bogdan, Steven C. DeAlmeida, Patrick S:epard, Charles Edward Smith. Stephen Duren, Brenda Smith Ford, Donna Lynn Getty Jchnson and Sandra K. Joos. 0. Emeharole, Anna L. Haine, Kirk C. Har- Craig Spain, Theresa Lynne Steckler, James and Melodyanne Faith Gigl. Doris C. Kalmans, John M. Knox II, Mary low, Ingrid M. Hernandez Matheson, Byron Stone, Vernon David Theis Jr.. Robert Cynthia Ruth Goldberg, Rcsalinda Guz- M. Kutka, James Allen Landry, Hor-Chang Okechukwu C. Nwanyanwu and Jay Wolfson. Ladd Thcmpson and Carla Underhill. man, Michael Graves, Carol Graham Hart, Lee, Jewelleen S. Mangaroo Ricar-c A. Mar- March 1981: Judy E. Perkin. Gordon Glenn Uretsky, Andrew Gabor Heika Renate Hartmann, Lydia Hernandez, tinez, Jose L. Maymi-Rivera, Nancy Marie December 1980: Yi-Chang Lin and Ann Varady, Ronald W. Varns, Richard Martell Mary Elizabeth Higgins, Barbara Ann Hil- McLean, Eloy Medina, Ezequiel Mer dieta Jr., H. Rose Vigness, James Michael Vollers, Eariel Rich- burn, Constance Conley Hudson, Rosario Guz- Marilee A. Mit-hell and Janes Folk Morris September 1980: Mary V. Fenton, Robert ard Walker, Vernon Ray Walling I1and man Kaiser and Catherine Dolores Beckwith III. S. Gold an] Samuel O. Osueke. M:chael George Watkins. Kaus. Ralph D. Morris, Punam Myer, Thomas J. 7 Off center

By Diane Broberg criticizing one's partner. The reason for avoiding such an activity is Those wonderful summer cookouts and even- If you are bitten (by bugs, not by your tennis that a person allergic to cats may react only ings for enjoying outdoors - the one time of day partner), you can treat most bites yourself by when "triggered" by a mold-based beverage like when the temperature is bearable - can be washing the affected area with soap and water, wine or beer, the Houston Chronicle said. Appar- ruined in Houston by bugs. then applying alcohol, witch hazel, or a soothing ently a Penn State English professor and an aller- We have more than our share of mosquitoes ointment. An ice cube wrapped in a handkerchief gist have written a book on the subject of this time of year, so cover up well at night. can relieve swelling, the Woman's Day article unsuspected situations that could cause allergies. According to Dr. Claude Frazier in Woman's Day said. Besides allergies and itching, another sum- magazine, you should stuff your pants legs into Some people are bothered by itching caused mer pain is sunburn. But the next time you're red, your socks, wear long-sleeved shirts with the col- by prickly heat, allergy or nerves and have tried think of the Kentucky "Blue People," who have lar buttoned, tuck your hair into a scarf and use everything from meat tenderizer to baking soda the blues all the time. repellents that contain N-diethyl-toluamide (such for relief. Try one more. Dr. Jonathan Zizmor, a It's true. Several generations of inbreeding as Cutter's brand.) dermatologist, suggests that you fill a quart bot- are what cause this group to have blue skin. They All this may keep you from getting bitten, but tle with equal parts of ice and milk, add two are missing an enzyme in their red blood cells, is also guaranteed to get you some negative tablespoons of salt, dip a cloth in the mixture and according to the Chronicle's report of a hematolo- glances if you're going swimming with your apply fo the itchy area for 20 minutes three to gist's research along the banks of Troublesome friends. Frazier further advises avoiding bright four times a day. Creek, Ky. colors, floppy clothes, sweet scents and flailing For chronic itching, many doctors recom- The hematologist, from the University of Ken- your arms, all of which draw bugs closer. mend antihistamines, but some of them can cause tucky at Lexington, has found a quick and easy Ever try playing tennis without flailing your allergies themselves. This information is all from cure for the blueness: an inexpensive urinary arms? Dr. W. Paul Biggers of the University of the Woman's Day article, but applies to men as antiseptic called methylene blue that has to be North Carolina School of Medicine warns in their well. taken daily. institution's newspaper to avoid "tennis mouth" If you're one of those allergic types, you may It changes these folks' skin color, and they this summer. While everyone knows that improp- not want to soothe your itches by drinking wine at are "tickled pink" about it, the hematologist said. erly swinging the racket can cause "tennis a friend's house - especially if the friend has a Wonder if they turn purple when they sun- elbow," "tennis mouth" is caused by improperly cat. burn?

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LUCK 0' THE IRISH - First-place winners in the "group effort" category at the T-shirt Party ' were (left to right) Annette Zinn, Mike Colopy and Nancy McLean, MPH students at the School of Public Health. Their theme was "The Bobby Sands Memorial." The other categories and their first-place winners were: farthest away - Melissa Bondy, School of Public Health June graduate, with a T-shirt from Shanghai, China; most risque - Kathy Gravink, girlfriend of medical student, Ed Lewis, with a questionable T-shirt from Terlingua; Texas theme - Ed THE TRIUMVIRATE - The second annual T-shirt Party sponsored by the HSC Student Union Lewis, first-year medical student, with another T-shirt from Terlingua; most bizarre - Debbie featured good-spirited judges John Porretto, vice president for administration and finance; Bob Barr, MPH student at the School of Public Health, with a T-shirt that said, "have you been Bowman, director of auxiliary enterprises; and Dr. Valerie Knotts, associate director of aca- buffed today?" All first-place winners received a case of Lone Star Longnecks, while the sec- demic affairs. (Photos by Gary Parker) ond-place winners received a certificate for a free T-shirt from the HSC Bookstore. 8 -_ _ ,

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TASTIN' TIME - What's more tenpting to thD tastebuds than a sleaming jot of Texas chili? Barbara S.mclerland, executive director of Ihe Housicn Area Parkinsorisir Society (HAPS), stirs up a spoonful. The ChilifiEsta was co-sponsored by the HealtI SciEce Center to benefit HAPS. -IAFS is a non-profit organization offering occupatirnaltharapy, speech therapy, recreation therapy, a crzs:s hot line and counseling services for rncivicaals and -heir families coping with the debilitating symptoms of Farkinson Disease. Dr. Jce Wood, professor and chairman of the Departnen- of Neuro'iology arnd Anatomy, was chairman of the planing committee. 9 i

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HEY, LOOK US OVER - Dr. George Walker (leat, associate professor of health services administration at the School of Public Health, s cne of the Health Science Center representatives to meet with Syrian government and educational representatives on a recent visit to the VISITORS AND VISAS - Paul O'Neill (far right), district director of the U.S. Immigration and United States. They visited a number of institut:ois attended by Syrian students who were Naturalization Service, talks with foreign student advisors from area colleges and universities selected by the government for scholarships tc obtain specific educational training in return in a recent meeting at the Health Science Center. From left to right are Ron Thompson, Univer- for service to their country. With Walker are Subhi Ajalyakeen (center), a student in the sity of Houston; Dr. James Lee, Texas Southern University; and Mary Helen Barajas, HSC School of Public Health; the translator; and Dr. Abdel Majid Cheikh Hussein (back to camera), director of international affairs. With his back to the camera is LeVonne Harrell, Texas South- president of Al Baath University. (Photo by Ga barker) ern. (Photo by Gary Parker) Newsmakers

Dr. John P. McGovern, who is on the School of Allied Health Sciences Medical School Patient Education about Medication in a faculties of the Graduate School of Barbara Smith Michael, instructor Dr. William S. Fields, professor and Day Treatment Setting" during the Biomedical Sciences and the schools of and educational resources coordinator chairman of the neurology, was named a Adult Psychiatry Day of the fifth Multi- medicine, public health and allied for the program in medical technology, Life Member of the Board of Governors disciplinary National Forum in St. Paul, health sciences, was honored with a and her husband jointly received the for the Center for the Retarded in Hous- Minn., during April. book titled Appreciations, Reminis- "Keystonian of the Year" award from ton. Fields has served on the board of Dr. Harold M. Jesurun, professor of cences and Tributes Honoring John P. the alumni association of Keystone Ju- the agency since its beginnings and most obstetrics and gynecology, discussed McGovern during the American College nior College in Scranton, Pa. recently chaired the Professional Advi- early signs of cancer, its prevention and of Allergists annual congress in Wash- They are the first couple to receive sory Committee. Fields was honored at a management in females, during a panel ington, D.C., April 5. McGovern founded the award, given for their "significant recent board meeting where he was pre- discussion moderated by Luis Zuniga on the McGovern Allergy Clinic in Houston contributions" in medical technology sented with a desk set manufactured in radio station KEYH. in 1956. He also holds appointments at and research, and their work with stu- the sheltered workshop. Dr. Patti Jayne Ross, assistant pro- Baylor College of Medicine and M.D. dents. Barbara's husband, Dr. Lloyd H. Dr. Edward M. Copeland III, profes- fessor of obstetrics and gynecology, dis- Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Michael, is assistant professor in the sor of surgery, has been elected to a fel- cussed teenage pregnancy on KTRK-TV, cardiovascular section of the Depart- lowship in the American Surgical Asso- channel 13, on April 26, and teenage HSC General ment of Medicine and Physiology at Bay- ciation. The organization has 350 active contraception on KPRC-TV, channel 2, Richard S. Johnston, special assis- lor College of Medicine. members, including 33 from Texas and on April 27. tant to the president for development, Kathy Pitre, program director for 12 from Houston. Copeland's election to Dental Science Institute was named to an advisory committee radiologic technology education, pre- membership was announced at the Dr. Barnet M. Levy, professor of which will review programs in advanced sented a paper titled "The Face, the group's annual meeting in Chicago, pathology and director of the institute, life support systems development for the Head.... An Everyday Occurrence" dur- April 22-24. spoke on "Dental Research and Dental National Aeronautics and Space Admin- ing the 51st annual meeting of the Texas Dr. McKim Peterson, assistant pro- Public Health" during the 1981 annual istration. Johnston previously worked at Society of Radiologic Technologists at fessor of family practice, and Dr. Linda session of the Association of State and NASA for more than 20 years. The com- the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel, April 29- Peterson, assistant professor of psychia- Territorial Dental Directors in San Anto- mittee will make recommendations for May 2. try, made a presentation titled "Use of research to improve life support systems. nio, April 13-14. Anesthetists strive to prevent mishaps

By Susan Fox the nurse anesthesia student quickly machine on top to vibrate. Quicken- recently addressed nurse anesthe- (From a report by Myrna Walker, wheels his cart down the hospital ing his pace, the student heads for tists in El Paso at their 45th state Nurse Anesthesia) corridor. the corner. meeting, the machinery and prac- Feeling carefree and frivolous, The cart rattles, causing the Rounding the corner is easy. But tice of anesthesiology are improved the machine's vaporizer, attached only through trial and error, and only by suction cups, falls to the discussion. ground. Several anesthetists in various

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'j .' trivial one, the student picks up to group which meets periodically with 1 vaporizer and returns it to the manufacturers to discuss ideas to machine. improve the machines. : + ; ,, a4 He parks the cart and machine Currently, the group hopes to i.1 in a room, where a patient waits for persuade manufacturers here and an operation. in other countries to make all r -: E I In this incident nearly 20 years anesthesia machines uniform. For . ' ago, the student didn't realize that example, foreign countries make the the accident with the vaporizer control buttons in colors contradic- f would cause the 22-year-old patient tory to those on the machines made ., , to inhale unusually large amounts of here, Bradshaw noted. ., and suffer ; ; 9'I halothane (an anesthetic) About 38 percent of the acci-

a_ a heart attack, recalled Hershal dents related to anesthesiology ; Bradshaw, program director of the occur during the middle of the pro- nurse anesthesia program at the cedure, according to a recent study School of Allied Health Sciences. i conducted in four hospitals. 1 "When the vaporizer tilted, liq- It's important that anesthetists uid anesthesia spilled into the deliv- be organized and pay close attention , ' ;; ery tubing," Bradshaw explained, to what they're doing, Bradshaw adding that the patient, who recov- stressed. ered, received about 10 times the All nurse anesthetists entering GOODWILL DONATION - Kappa Alpha Theta Alums recently donated S9,500 to the del ntal normal amount of halothane. the program at UT are registered clinic at Goodwill Industries. The clinic, run m cooperation with the Dental Branch, serve s any After this particular incident nurses who have one year of experi- handicapped person and those disadvantaged individuals living within a seven-mile radiuss of was investigated, manufacturers ence. The two-year program in- the facility. The donation was made possible by funds raised at the annual Theta Charity began permanently attaching the cludes about 470 class hours and Antique Show. From left to right are Sherrill Hcffman, chairman of the 1980 Charity Sho W; vaporizer to the anesthesia machine. more than 1,000 Joan Dodge; Bill Lufburrow, president of Goodwill; and Dr. Frank Collura, director of the den- According to Bradshaw, who clinical hours. UT tal clinic. 10 -, Meeting needs goal of effective manager

By Ina Fried solve his or her own problems: the conflict, no one "loses," and Men and women need the same 1. Attending - squarely facing there is not likely to be the resent- management skills, but they face dif- the person with an open and relaxed ment or loss of respect that result ferent obstacles because of their body posture, leaning forward and from imposing an authoritarian solu- own attitudes and the attitudes of maintaining eye contact but not star- tion or letting yourself be "Walked those they work with, according to ing the person down. on." Dr. Carol Cossum a psychologist and 2. Silence - listening with "One of the payoffs for involv- Houston area instructor for effec- interest and concern. ing people in the solution of a con- tiveness training. 3. Acknowledgement - nodd- flict is that they'll have more of a "We're all sexist" because of ing the head or saying something stake in carrying out the solution," the way we were reared, Cossum noncommittal, such as, "I see," to she added. said in a one-day seminar on express acceptance and empathy. When the manager has an "Women in Management," spon- 4. Door openers - inviting the unmet need, she should use a meth- sored by the Personnel Department person to continue, such as, "Would od of confrontation that produces Training Program. you like to talk about it?" change without lowering the other Leadership is the influence that 5. Active listening - helping person's self-esteem and without gets needs met: my subordinate's the other person understand both damaging the relationship, Cossum needs, my needs as a manager and the thoughts and feelings being said. the needs of the organization, she expressed, such as, "You're not ONE OF THE PAYOFFS for involving people it :he solution of a conflict is that they'll hav~e ''No one like to be confronted," said. pleased with the way your report is mole of a stake in carrying out the solution, she said, but added that a confron- "Women are trained to serve coming." says Dr. Carol Cossum, who conducted tive "I-message" can be effective. others," she said, but it's especially Active listening makes sense a one-4 ay seminar on "Women in Manage- The confrontive "I-message" important in 3 business situation not when the other person has a prob- ment." (Pho:o by Gary Parker) includes a description of the specific to take on everyone else's problems. lem in which you are not emotional- behavior causing you problem, an It's more effective to help people ly involved and when you both have person decide on one and implement expression of your feelings and a solve their own problems. time, Cossum said. After active lis- the sclution, and finally follow up on statement about the concrete effects While it may seem helpful, giv- tening, you may move into problem resulIs the behavior has on you. For exam- ing advice implies that the person solving. These same problem solving ple, "When you come to work at with the problem is too stupid to fig- In problem solving, first define sk~ils can be used effectively when 8:30 and leave at 4 o'clock, I get ure it out. the needs, next help the person gen- there is a conflict of needs, she said. really worried because I have three Cossum listed skills that a man- erate alternatives (brainstorm), then If -:oth people (or groups of people annual reports that must be done on ager can use to help a subordinate evaluate the alternatives, let the have influence into the solution of time." UT

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School of Allied Health Sciences - nent administrative secretary for the ice. arnj Gary Keller on the occasion of Jean Hebert, communications specialist, Cytotechnology program. Diane Cartwright resigned as their rarrihge. June 13. Another congra- and Ed Fisher, marketing consultant for Meredith Fox, clinical instructor, administrative secretary to work at tulaticns is in order for Keller, who Southwestern Bell. resigned effective June 30. She and home. graduated from the dental school the Reporter: Ruth Haberkorn Halm her husband moved to San Diego Reporter: Rebecca J. Brady same day. where he will be an assistant hospital Reparter: Eugenie Holman School of Allied Health Sciences - administrator with American Medical HSC General - Printing Services International. Nutrition and Dietetics Brenda Sessions, who recently Ed Metoyer, manager, r signed Reporter: Becky Starkey became the senior secretary.for the pro- ef[ective May 22 to take a position with Congratulations to Glenn and Becky gram and respiratory therapy, married a -Ioustcn printing firm. Metoyer Sportathon Starkey on the adoption of Richard and Larry Sessions on May 9. wcrkel at the HSC for four years. Timothy Starkey on May 26. Becky is the Reporter: Rebecca J. Brady Rep:rt3r: Cheri Spitzenberger correction administrative secretary for the blood bank technology, cytotechnology and School of Allied Health Sciences - Medical School - Family Practice In the tennis competition, the histotechnology Dr. programs. Radiologic Technology and Mrs. Russell Thomas are women's winners were listed th3 nrcud parents of a baby Doy born Joe Foley recently transferred to the incorrectly in the June HoUTexan. School of Allied Health Sciences - May 15. Thomas is a first-year resident. Department of Radiology in the Medical Carolyn Moore and Kathleen Emergency Medical Services School. He is working with Dr. Sharad RE:'orter: Sandra Wadley McBride won first place in the Lois Bradley recently joined the pro- Amtey and specializing in radiation Speech and Hearing Institute - gram as a senior secretary. She previ- Women's Championship Bracket. health physics. Foley joined radiologic Clinical Services ously worked in the nursing school. technology in 1975. Cheryl Chance and Delma Cardo- Julia Bowman is the new coordina- Reporter: Rebecca J. Brady Reporter: Rose Kunik na won first in the Women's Con- tor for clni:al services. She was previ- solation Bracket. We regret the School of Allied Health Sciences - ously a communications specialist and Dental Branch - Curriculum Office error. Nurse Anesthesia Best Wishes and congratulations to dingnostcian for the institute. Myrna Walker is now the perma- Marilyn Hepola, of the curriculum off- An Oct. 3 wedding is planned for A'

THE BETTER TO HEAR YOU WITH - Above left, Ray Lanbright takes aim at a noisy hobby, of high frecuency sound. Without ear protection, more exposure to noise causes additional fastdraw compet _tion. On a normal Saturday he may fire off 3,000 rounds of ammunition prac- hearing damage. Fight, Lanbright shows the custom-fit, prescription industrial amplifier that ticing to maintain his position as one of the top guns in Texas. Center, he describes his work as Carl: helped devElop. Turning off the knob :n the center makes the device into one of the best compensation officer in the medical department of the employee relations office at ARMCO ]hearing ?rctectors available. It is also more comfortable than protective earmuffs or round Steel to Dr. T. Walter Carlin, former director of the Speech and Hearing Institute. Many peo- ear:lug=. When he needs to hear, Lanbright simply turns the device on for amplification of the ple who have worked for a long time in noisy areas of plants like ARMCO have a hearing loss specific tones ae needs. (Photos by Gary Parker) 11 Calendar

This calendar lists events open to Health Science Center fac- Monday, July 6 ulty, staff and students. Notices of events for the August issue Deadline torregister for Guadalupe River Trip, Aug. 7-9. can be accepted at Public Affairs, Room 1117, Houston Main For informationcall Employee Relations, 792-4911. Building, or 792-4266, no later than July 2. Thursday, July 9 6 p.m. Meeting of National Association of Hispanic The Catholic Student Center, 1703 Bolsover, offers the Nurses, basemennt seminar room, Ben Taub Hospital. Speaker: Liturgy of The Eucharist each weekday at 5 p.m. The Liturgy State Rep. Al Lu na. For information call Alice Cook, 791-7364. of The Eucharist also is offered at The Institute of Religion (TMC) each weekday at 12:10 p.m. For information call 526- 3809. Saturday, July 111 The gym at the HSC Recreation Center is reserved for vol- 9 a.m. "You r Rights and Role as a Patient," Houston Area leyball every Wednesday during the summer from 6-8 p.m. Women's Center seminar. School of Public Health Auditori- For more information call Doug Franklin at 792-5885. um. Continues til l 1 p.m. For information call 792-4403. Friday, July 3 Friday, July 17 HSC holiday honoring America's Independence Day. Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Human Deadline for submitting research proposals to be Subjects. For infoormation call 792-5048. reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Sub- Friday, August 7 jects. For information call 792-5048. HSC Holiday Y. Saturday, July 4 Deadline for submitting research proposals to be The Catholic Student Center, 1703 Bolsover, offers the reviewed by theCCommittee for the Protection of Human Sub- Liturgy of The Eucharist every Saturday at 5 p.m. and every jects. For inform ation call 792-5048. Sunday at 9 and 11 a.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation also is offered each Saturday, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. For information call 526-3809.

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