Stanford Report, March 22, 2006

Medical center people

Keith Humphreys

Terrence Blaschke, MD, professor of medicine and of pharmacology, is the recipient of the 2006 Henry W. Elliot Distinguished Service Award, presented by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. The award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the Society. Much of Blaschke's research involves studies on the clinical pharmacology of drugs used in HIV-infected patients. The award was presented March 8 at the ASCPT annual meeting in Baltimore.

Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, professor and chair of ophthalmology, was named president-elect of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. He also recently received the Macula Society's W. Richard Green Lecture Award, which honors an individual whose work has helped elucidate the pathogenesis of diseases of the retina. Blumenkranz's primary clinical interests are the medical and surgical treatment of vitreoretinal diseases.

Keith Humphreys, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has been named a member of the Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities, by President Bush. The commission advises the president through the director of the National Drug Control Policy on matters related to the activities carried out under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, including expanding the efforts of community anti-drug coalition activities to prevent and treat substance abuse among youth.

Frank Longo, MD, PhD, has been appointed professor and chair of neurology and neurological sciences, as of March 1. He joins the faculty from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he was chair of neurology. His research focuses on new drugs to prevent the degeneration that takes place in people with Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases.