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Greg Kovacs, MD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the external advisory council of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Kovacs, a professor of electrical engineering and, by courtesy, of medicine, will help direct the NSBRI's efforts in funding research to benefit human health in space. His research focuses on biomedical instrumentation, miniaturized sensors and fluidics and biological flight hardware. His current projects include noninvasive physiologic monitors and molecular assays for health monitoring.
Amy Ouellette, PhD, has been selected as one of three 2005-07 National Space Biomedical Research Institute postdoctoral fellows. Ouellette's mentor is Greg Kovacs [see previous item]. Her research project will study cytokine proteins, which are an important early indicator of infection and immune response. She hopes to use her findings to develop a convenient and affordable diagnostic test for both Earth- and space-based medical care.
Eric Sokol, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology as of Nov. 1. He codirects the urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery program, which provide diagnostic procedures to evaluate incontinence in women as well as both medical interventions and surgical therapies to improve pelvic floor and urinary function.
Jan Matthias Van de Rijn, MD, PhD, has been promoted to professor of pathology as of Dec. 1. His laboratory studies human soft tissue tumors with gene microarray and tissue microarray technology. Van de Rijn's goal is to find new diagnostic and prognostic markers in sarcoma (cancers of the soft or connective tissue, smooth muscle cells, cartilage or bone) and to identify potential therapeutic targets.
Anton Wyss-Coray, PhD, has been promoted to associate professor (research) of neurology and neurological sciences as of Dec. 1. His laboratory is conducting research on the relationships between cell death, inflammation and neurodegeneration with a special emphasis on Alzheimer's disease.