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Distinguished Clinician Sanjeev Bhalla, MDAssociate Professor of Radiology

Jennifer W. Cole, MDAssociate Professor of Anesthesiology (Posthumous)

Helen Liapis, MDProfessor of Pathology and Immunology Professor of Medicine

Perry L. Schoenecker, MDProfessor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Distinguished InvestigatorDavid L. Brody, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Neurology

Raphael Kopan, PhDAlan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology Professor of Medicine

Andrey S. Shaw, MDEmil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Daniel P. Schuster Award for Distinguished Work in Clinical and Translational Science

M. Alan Permutt, MDProfessor of Medicine Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Distinguished Community ServiceMario Castro, MD, MPHProfessor of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics

Mark J. Manary, MDHelene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics

Distinguished EducatorClinical Fellow Mentoring

Ken Yamaguchi, MDSam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Graduate Student Teaching

Daniel C. Link, MDAlan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of MedicineProfessor of Pathology and Immunology

House Staff Teaching

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MScAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Postdoctoral Research Mentoring

Laura Jean Bierut, MDProfessor of Psychiatry

Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical School Teaching

Douglas P. Larsen, MD, MEdAssistant Professor of Neurology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

D. Michael Nelson, MD, PhDVirginia S. Lang Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Deborah C. Rubin, MDProfessor of Medicine Professor of Developmental Biology

Washington University School of Medicine

Distinguished Faculty Award Recipients

2012

It is with great pleasure and pride that I congratulate the 2012 Distinguished Faculty Award winners.

These dedicated and talented individuals have made significant and lasting contributions to the School of Medicine’s renowned tradition of excellence in patient care, education, research and community service. Our awardees’ efforts have touched the personal and professional lives of countless patients, families, colleagues and trainees. In the process, they have enriched our academic community and beyond in immeasurable ways.

As we work together to address the many challenges we face in academic medicine, I feel truly fortunate to work in such splendid company. Thank you for joining me in celebrating the accomplishments of our own.

Sincerely,

Larry J. Shapiro, MDExecutive Vice Chancellor

for Medical Affairs Dean, Washington University

School of Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine

2012

Distinguished Clinician Award

Jennifer W. Cole, MD, is being honored posthumously for her extraordinary work as a compassionate and brilliant pediatric anesthesiologist and mentor.

Cole, an associate professor of anesthesiology, tragically died at the age of 52 from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident on July 2, 2011. She had been a member of the faculty since 1991.

Cole was respected for her skills as a pediatric cardiac anesthesi-ologist and her commitment to the care of children. She routinely managed the anesthetic care for children and adolescents with the most complex congenital cardiac disease and end-stage cardiac and lung disease. She radiated hope, competence and comfort in the course of her care. Children and families will remember her empathy, compassion and kindness.

Cole was the consummate team player. She encouraged excellence and professionalism by example. She fostered the careers of residents and medical students by her selflessness, optimism, infectious energy and enthusiasm. She served as a role model for young professional women about how to balance the demands of a busy family and a hectic work schedule. Cole mentored with grace and joy.

Cole earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from Washington University in 1980 and 1984 respectively. She complet-ed postgraduate training at Washington University Medical Center with internal medicine and pediatric internships, an anesthesiology residency and fellowships in cardiac and pediatric anesthesia. While still completing her medical training, she was instrumental in organizing the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Down Syndrome Clinic and served as its coordinator. She served as president of the Alumni Executive Council for Washington University School of Medicine and held many other professional committee assignments through-out her career. Outside the medical center, she was an active leader and philanthropic contributor for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of St. Louis. She was also an avid athlete who completed three Ironman triathlons and more than two dozen marathons and half marathons.

Jennifer W. Cole, MD

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Sanjeev Bhalla, MD


Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, associate professor of radiology and chief of the Section of Cardiothoracic Imaging, is being recognized as a superb clinician and outstanding educator.

Bhalla, co-chief of emergency radiology and body-computed tomography at Washington University’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, is considered by colleagues to be one of the finest clinical radiologists at Washington University Medical Center. He is highly sought after for consultations, even by members of his own depart-ment, particularly in the areas of cardiothoracic and pulmonary imaging. Colleagues describe him as a compassionate physician, caring individual, and clinical leader who always puts excellence in patient care first. He has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 2005.

He is held in equally high regard as an outstanding teacher, currently serving as director of the emergency medicine resident rotation in diagnostic radiology and advisor for medical students going into radiology. He has been honored with one of four Outstanding Teaching Awards in Radiology Residency every year since 2000. In 2003 and 2011 he was named the Radiology Residency Teacher of the year. In addition, he has received four teaching awards from medical students and one from surgery house staff, and twice has been named the Alpha Omega Alpha Lecturer at Washington University. He also shares his expertise as a superb mentor to junior faculty in cardiothoracic imaging.

Bhalla is highly active in all of the major national radiology societies and is a frequent guest lecturer nationwide and internation-ally. He has contributed 55 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 13 book chapters.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1990 and his medical degree from Columbia University in 1994. After an intern-ship at Columbia, he came to Mallinckrodt for his diagnostic radiol-ogy residency, serving as chief resident, and his cardiac and thoracic imaging fellowship. He was named Fellow of the Year in 2000.

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Perry Schoenecker, MD

Perry Schoenecker, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery, is being honored for his 30+ years of service with the Depart-ment of Orthopaedic Surgery as a clinician, educator and

researcher. Schoenecker has a local, national and international reputation for excellence as a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He performs hundreds of procedures annually at St. Louis Shriners Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. His philosophy is that the clinical evaluation is complete only when all the questions are answered, and the operation is over only when you “have it right.”

As an educator of surgeons he has always generously and effectively shared his vast intraoperative clinical experience with students, residents, fellows and surgical partners. He has been a three-time recipient of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Palma Chironis Award for teaching excellence.

Schoenecker has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles on a variety of topics including traumatic injury of the upper and lower extremities and developmental deformities of the lower extremity, hip and foot. He has a longstanding interest in hip conditions involving the child, adolescent and young adult. He frequently serves as an invited instructor in surgical technique around the world. His socratic-like dialogue is conducive to meaningful interaction and a positive educational experience.

Schoenecker served as the acting chairman of orthopaedic surgery in the early ’80s and is a past president of the Shrine Surgeons Association and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2006-07). He is the chief of staff at Shriners Hospital and acting surgeon-in-chief of orthopaedic surgery at Children’s Hospital. He is the current president of the medical staff at Children’s Hospital. Schoenecker earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Washington University Medical Center, then joined the faculty in 1975.

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Helen Liapis, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, is being recognized as an internationally eminent renal pathologist with an extraordinary dedication to teaching,

clinical care and research. Liapis, also a professor of medicine, is considered by many

colleagues to be one of the top experts in her field worldwide, possessing an in-depth knowledge of the kidney from birth throughout the lifespan. She brings this knowledge to students and colleagues at Washington University Medical Center.

As a teacher, she is known as an outstanding mentor who plays an active role in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. She is also a highly valued research collaborator; Liapis has published more than 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts, contributing to the understanding of developmental kidney diseases, obstructive nephropathy, mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy and transplant rejection, among others. She is the editor of several major texts, serves as a reviewer for many of her field’s most prestigious journals, and is an active member of the Renal Pathology Society.

Liapis holds many leadership roles within Washington University Medical Center, including director of electron microscopy in the Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, section head of renal pathology, and co-director of the Washington University Kidney Translational Research Core, O’Brien Kidney Center.

Liapis’ contributions to the field have been recognized with the Hellenic Spirit Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist Award and the Renal Pathology Society’s Jacob Churg Award.

Liapis received her medical degree from the University of Athens in Athens, Greece, in 1974. She continued her training with residencies in anatomic pathology, surgery and clinical pathology at hospitals in Greece. After a summer as a visiting physician at University College in London, she came to Saint Louis University for further residency and fellowship training and joined the faculty of Washington University in 1991.

Helen Liapis, MD


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Raphael Kopan, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, is honored for his research contributions in the area of

Notch signalling.Kopan, also a professor of medicine, is among the world’s

premier investigators in Notch signalling — a fundamental process that regulates cell proliferation and differentiation. Abnormalities in Notch signalling are implicated in many diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Over the past 17 years, Kopan has contributed landmark discoveries elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of Notch activation, the critical enzymes involved in activation, and the roles of Notch in Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and normal skin, kidney and pancreas development.

Colleagues describe him as an “outstanding citizen” of team science who makes the whole better than the sum of its parts through his leadership, thoughtful judgment, insight, mentorship and support. Kopan serves on the editorial board of Developmental Cell and is a member of Faculty of 1000 Biology — a peer-nominat-ed national group of leading scientists that compiles and evaluates the best scientific publications. Kopan was awarded the Mercus Singer Medal for furthering research in regeneration and develop-mental biology in 2004. He also has co-organized many prestigious international meetings and will chair the inaugural Gordon Conference on Notch Signalling in Development, Regeneration, and Disease in 2012.

Born in Israel, Kopan received his bachelor’s degree from Tel Aviv University in 1981, performed three years of military service and spent two years leading safari tours in Kenya. Kopan came to the United States to earn his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1989. He joined the Washington University faculty in 1994 and became a professor in 2003. Kopan co-directs the university’s Molecular Imaging High-Throughput Screening Core.

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David L. Brody, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, is honored for his excellent achievements in understanding and treating traumatic brain injury.

Brody, who joined the Washington University faculty in 2004 as an instructor, has already developed an international reputation in traumatic brain injury research and is recognized as one of the best physician scientists in this field of study.

As a research fellow in the lab of Department Head David M. Holtzman, MD, and later as a junior faculty member, Brody developed and validated advanced imaging methods to detect injury in the brain’s white matter. He then investigated the role that secondary effects of physical injury — including swelling, inflamma-tion and deposition of amyloid — play in clinical deficits. He applied this knowledge in clinical studies; in 2007, he and Italian collabora-tors showed for the first time that amyloid measured directly from brain interstitial fluid in hospitalized brain injury patients predicts neurological function. In June, he reported the major finding that an advanced magnetic resonance imaging method called diffusion tensor imaging can reveal blast-related brain damage not revealed by other imaging methods. The findings have implications for better diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in civilian and military populations.

His achievements have been recognized with several awards, including a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, a Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, two large Department of Defense awards and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 award. Recently, he has served as a consultant to the medical advisor of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveling to Afghanistan in that role.

Brody received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 1992 and his medical and doctoral degrees from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2000. He rounded out his medical training with an internship and neurology residency at Washington University.

David L. Brody, MD, PhD

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Distinguished Investigator Award Distinguished Investigator Award

Alan Permutt, MD, professor of medicine and of cell biology and physiology, is being honored as a world-class diabetes researcher.

Although Permutt’s work is largely focused on bench research, colleagues say he has always been a clinician first, driven by the desire to improve the lives of people with diabetes, particularly children. Permutt, who long directed the university’s Diabetes Research and Training Center and is now its associate director, has brought great distinction to Washington University through his research in diabetes, providing important insight into beta cell biology and the genetics of diabetes syndromes. Colleagues credit Permutt with contributing to and amplifying the understanding of virtually every aspect of genetic mechanisms underlying diabetes; perhaps one of his greatest discoveries was the identification of the genetic cause of Wolfram’s syndrome, a rare form of diabetes.

His research has been funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and through two National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT awards. His research is focused on the control of insulin biosynthesis, and he identified some of the fundamental components of genetics as an underlying risk factor for diabetes. He has published in a number of high-impact journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Science and Nature.

Permutt’s passion for science and medicine make him the perfect mentor; he has provided guidance and career development support for a number of PhD students, postdocs and junior faculty, most of whom have gone on to independent careers in academic medicine.

Permutt earned his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from Washington University. He completed postdoctoral training at Washington University, Yale University and the University of Washington in Seattle before returning to Washington University in 1970 to join the faculty of the Department of Medicine.

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Andrey S. Shaw, MD, the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology, is being honored for his important research contributions to the fields of

immunobiology, kidney biology and basic cell signaling.Shaw earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Columbia

College in 1979 and his medical degree from Columbia University in 1984. He continued his training with a residency in anatomic pathology and a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University. He joined the Washington University faculty in 1991 and became head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology’s Division of Immunobiology in 2006. He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2008.

Shaw’s colleagues describe him as a highly curious, creative and driven scientist. He is internationally known for his important contributions to the understanding of how T cells of the immune system recognize antigen and become activated. With colleagues at Washington University, he developed the concept of the immunologi-cal synapse, which describes a process of molecular reorganization required for T cell activation. In the process of defining that molecu-lar arrangement, he identified a novel gene called CD2AP that he found played a critical role in the function of the kidney and when mutated leads to a human disease called focal segmental glomerulo-sclerosis, one of the major causes of kidney failure in the United States. The work is considered a seminal contribution to the understanding of diseases of the kidney and is an example of translational research.

Shaw has been honored with nine Distinguished Service Teaching Awards from Washington University medical students. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, holds a National Institutes of Health (NIH) merit award, and maintains editorial responsibilities on several scientific journals. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and is a frequent guest speaker around the country.

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Distinguished Investigator AwardDistinguished Investigator AwardDaniel P. Schuster Award for Distinguished Work

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Mark J. Manary, MD

Mark J. Manary, MD, the Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics and a highly regarded pediatric emergency medicine physician, is being honored for his research

on malnutrition in children.His early professional experiences in missionary medicine — in

Tanzania and at an Indian reservation in South Dakota — set the course for Manary’s career. In both locations, he witnessed firsthand the health problems poverty imposes on children.

Throughout his career, Manary has returned to Africa, including two years as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Malawi College of Medicine. His studies established peanut butter as a practical, high-quality food that effectively combats malnutrition; he developed a ready-to-use, peanut butter-based therapeutic food that is saving millions of children’s lives in Africa and beyond and is now the World Health Organization’s gold standard for treatment of malnutrition.

Manary is the director of Global Harvest Alliance, a joint venture of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center that is focused on developing native foods to combat malnutrition in the world’s poorest countries. Currently the group is working on a genetically engineered, nutrient-fortified cassava plant. With Washington University colleagues, he is also collaborating on research funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation looking at the role of gut microbes in nutritional status. Manary remains a dedicated and compassionate physician and colleague, as well as a respected educator and mentor of medical students and residents.

Manary earned his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 and his medical degree from Washington University in 1982. He completed postgraduate training in pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and joined the Washington University faculty in 1989. Since 1994, he has been a senior lecturer at the University of Malawi College of Medicine.

Mario Castro, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and of pediatrics, is recognized for his exemplary dedication to providing quality health care to medically underserved

individuals suffering from lung diseases.Castro, highly regarded as a pulmonary medicine physician and

researcher, has worked to improve delivery of care to St. Louis’ most vulnerable community members. His activities include past partnerships with the region’s health care safety net organizations, participation in the School of Medicine’s Community Health and Population Science Strategic Planning process, programs to assist with smoking cessation, and current leadership in the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), where he co-directs the Center for Community-Engaged Research.

He has provided volunteer medical services to the St. Louis Latino community for years, first at La Clinica, and now at Casa de Salud. For the past 15 years, he has made annual trips to a hospital in Honduras to provide free consultations and medications, seeing more than 1,000 patients per visit. He also helps the hospital to obtain medical equipment, surgical materials and medications and to provide medical education to local physicians.

He has received many honors, including two awards from the American Lung Association of Eastern Missouri and the CHEST Foundation’s Humanitarian Recognition Award. As a leading clinician in his specialty, he has held leadership positions in several national organizations, is a frequent invited lecturer nationwide and has published more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Castro received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, completing the latter in 1988. He continued his medical training with an internal medicine residency and pulmonary care fellowship at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and then joined the Washington University faculty in 1994. He completed a master’s in public health at Saint Louis University in 1998.

Mario Castro, MD, MPH

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Ken Yamaguchi, MD, the Sam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, is being honored as an outstanding educator and mentor who has been instrumen-

tal in guiding fellows to successful careers in academic and clinical orthopaedic surgery.

Yamaguchi, considered one of the nation’s premier shoulder and elbow surgeons, is regarded by current and former fellows as an equally skilled educator. They describe him as an approachable and humble teacher who leads by example, a perfectionist gifted at motivating others to strive for excellence, and an outstanding communicator. They credit him with providing the autonomy to master surgical skills, offering sage advice on how to conduct research, and maintaining a supportive relationship after training is complete; in the process, Yamaguchi has imparted a lasting influence on how his trainees approach every aspect of their work.

Yamaguchi directed the Shoulder and Elbow/Upper Extremity Fellowship Program from 1999 to 2004. His clinical interests include degenerative, traumatic, and orthopedic sports disorders of the shoulder and elbow, arthroscopic surgery, shoulder replacement, rotator cuff disorders, arthritis of the shoulder and elbow, and repetitive motion disorders.

He currently serves on several committees of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has held several leadership positions in that organization. He has published well over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, articles and book chapters and is a frequent guest lecturer nationally and internationally.

Yamaguchi received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1983 and 1985, respective-ly, and his medical degree from George Washington University in 1989. He completed a surgical internship and orthopaedic surgery residency and chief residency at George Washington University, and then a fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He joined the Washington University faculty in 1995.

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Distinguished Educator Award Clinical Fellow Mentoring

Distinguished Educator Award Graduate Student Teaching

Daniel C. Link, MD

Daniel C. Link, MD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine, is honored for his talent as a research mentor of the highest caliber.

Link is known as an accomplished physician and scientist, but it is his passion for science and his willingness to share that enthusi-asm with students that sets him apart. Also professor of pathology and immunology, Link uses his scientific expertise and personal, compassionate approach to foster a respectful learning environment in which trainees develop into independent scientists.

Each year, Link sponsors every member of his lab — postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduates and technicians — to attend the American Society of Hematology annual conference. In doing so, all members of the team are exposed to the field’s latest developments and are encouraged to establish relationships with individuals from other institutions doing similar research.

With an open-door policy, Link acts as an advisor and guide for all team members regarding scientific projects, future career plans or even personal issues. He embraces opportunities to mentor new trainees, including those who have had difficulty in other labs.

In addition to his research and mentoring responsibilities, Link is co-leader of the medical school’s Translational Oncology Program and he serves on the admissions and steering committees for the Markey Pathway, MA/MD program and Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research. At the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, he is co-leader of the Hematopoietic Development and Malignancy Program and a member of the Basic Science Leadership Committee.

Link earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Washington University before joining the faculty in 1993.

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Distinguished Educator AwardPostdoctoral Research Mentoring

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc, assistant professor of emergency medicine, is honored for his significant contributions to evidence-based medical training at

Washington University Medical Center.Colleagues report that he relentlessly pursues and shares

knowledge, with a particular emphasis on evidence-based medicine. He developed the Emergency Medicine Journal Club curriculum, including the Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox, an anthology of more than 1,000 articles and lectures pertinent to developing skills to critically evaluate scientific literature. He became director of Evidence-Based Education for the Emergency Medicine Division in 2007. He is the primary investigator of a multicenter graduate medical education trial evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based medicine curricula in 2010. This work has resulted in the develop-ment of a series entitled “Evidence-Based Diagnostics” in the peer-reviewed journal Academic Emergency Medicine.

Carpenter’s mentees describe him as a compassionate physician and mentor who imparts the skills to foster integrity and courage. He has a particular talent for bringing current evidence-based research results to bear in the clinical setting, even under stress.

Carpenter has won several teaching awards from emergency medicine residents and won the national Emergency Medicine Residents Association Annual Teaching Award in 2006.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 1990 and his medical degree from Washington University in 1994. He began postgraduate education with an internal medicine internship at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va., dive training with the U.S. Navy, and three years as a battalion surgeon at a Marine Corps air station; he entered emergency medicine with an internship and residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. In 2007, he graduated in the charter class of Washington University’s K-30 Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation program. He joined the Washington University faculty in 2003.

Laura Jean Bierut, MD

Laura Jean Bierut, MD, professor of psychiatry, is being recognized for her outstanding professional accomplishments and dedication to clinical and research mentorship.

Bierut is a national leader in the study of the genetics of addic-tion. Her research focuses on the familial clustering of psychiatric illnesses and the understanding of the environmental and genetic factors involved in their development. She has made important contributions in understanding the relationships among addictive disorders such as tobacco and alcohol use, cocaine and marijuana dependence. She is the national principal investigator and co-princi-pal investigator of major multicenter studies of nicotine dependence and alcohol dependence, respectively. She also has leadership roles in a national consortium dedicated to studying genetics of substance abuse and a national study providing the first-ever genome-wide association study of a psychiatric disorder.

An influential teacher, she led a major reorganization of the psychiatry pre-clinical curriculum in the late 1990s and has taught the medical student course Diseases of the Nervous System: Psychiatry since that time. She also is an active mentor to residents and junior faculty, who credit her with imparting an understanding of how to be professionally productive while maintaining high scientific integrity, and achieving work-family balance. Described as a team builder, Bierut actively includes mentees and junior faculty in research collaborations.

Bierut earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard in 1982 and her medical degree from Washington University in 1987. After a psychia-try residency at Washington University, she spent two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the International Brain Organization Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. She returned to St. Louis to join the Washington University faculty in 1994 and became a professor in 2007. She has been honored with the Sidney I. Schwab Prize in Psychiatry and the International Brain Research Organization Award and has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 2009.

Distinguished Educator AwardHouse Staff Teaching

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Distinguished Educator AwardSamuel R. Goldstein Leadership Award

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Douglas P. Larsen, MD, MEd

Douglas P. Larsen, MD, MEd, assistant professor of neurology and of pediatrics, is being honored for his passion and dedication to teaching medical students.

Larsen is director of medical student education for the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology. In that role, he oversees clinical training of third-year medical students as they rotate through their pediatric neurology clerkship and fourth-year students during their pediatric neurology elective. He has introduced innovative educational techniques including having students set personal goals and write daily reflection reports, and asking students to self evaluate.

He also teaches components of the second- and first-year courses. At the resident level, Larsen developed a “residents as teachers” curriculum to help residents hone their teaching skills as they work with medical students. Larsen’s lectures have been among the highest-rated for the past four years. Students report a strong appreciation for his enthusiasm and his ability to make material easy to understand and remember. He recently received the medical student class of 2013’s Lecturer of the Year Award.

Demonstrating his solid commitment to teaching, and in particular to applying scientific methods to teaching, Larsen earned a master’s degree in education last year from the University of Cincinnati. He is now continuing research started during his residency, investigating medical-student learning and memory and the application of expanded retrieval practice; he has used cognitive psychological methods to demonstrate the value of repeated testing in augmenting learning and long-term retrieval.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in 1999 and his medical degree from the University of Utah in 2003. He completed pediatrics residency training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and pediatric neurology training at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, during which time he received two awards for teaching and served as the chief resident for pediatric neurology. He joined the Washington University faculty in 2008.

Michael Nelson, MD, PhD, the Virginia S. Lang Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is being recognized as a consummate educator who excels in teaching, research

and clinical practice.Nelson, also vice-chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, is known for his unmatched knowledge of the scientific literature and for his exemplary skill in sharing that knowledge to instill an appreciation for evidence-based medicine. Nelson became course master of the OB/GYN section of the second-year pathophys-iology course in 2007. Applying his outstanding organizational skills and passion for the subject matter, he has reworked the course’s curriculum to rave reviews, incorporating such popular features as live ultrasound examinations. In addition, he teaches third-year students during clinical rotations and fourth-year students in sub-internships. Students credit Nelson for imparting a strong foundation in basic principles of obstetrics and for demonstrating the intricate interplay between it and other specialties.

Nelson earned his bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in Iowa in 1971 and his medical and doctoral degrees from Washington University in 1977. He performed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Barnes Hospital and a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at The Ohio State University, and then joined the Washington University faculty in 1983.

Nelson has served in many leadership roles at the medical center, including six years as a division director and four years as fellowship director. He was honored with the Excellence in Teaching award every year from 1995 until 2006, when it was discontinued. He has received four teaching awards from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and has been recognized for his research contributions in placental pathophysiology by the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. The State of Missouri Maternal, Child and Family Health Coalition honored him in 2009 with its Standing Up for Mothers and Babies Outstanding Clinician Award.

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Promotions to ProfessorYousef Abu-Amer, PhDProfessor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Rebecca L. Aft, MD, PhDProfessor of Surgery

David T. Balzer, MDProfessor of Pediatrics

Kevin J. Black, MDProfessor of Psychiatry

Arnold D. Bullock, MDProfessor of Surgery

Shiming Chen, PhDProfessor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Lynn A. Cornelius, MDProfessor of Medicine

Charles M. Crowder, MD, PhDDr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology

Aaron Diantonio, MD, PhDProfessor of Developmental Biology

Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhDProfessor of Molecular Microbiology

Dayna S. Early, MDProfessor of Medicine

Julaine M. Florence, DPT, PhDResearch Professor of Neurology

William E. Gillanders, MDProfessor of Surgery

Phyllis I. Hanson, MD, PhDProfessor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Robert O. Heuckeroth, MD, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics

Stanley P. Hmiel, MD, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics

Dee Hodge, MDProfessor of Pediatrics

Terrie E. Inder, MDProfessor of Pediatrics

Pamela A. Madden, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry

John E. Mazuski, MD, PhDProfessor of Surgery

Robert C. McKinstry, MD, PhDProfessor of Radiology

Steven J. Mennerick, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry

Joel Picus, MDProfessor of Medicine

Carla J. Siegfried, MDProfessor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Joseph R. Simpson, MD, PhDProfessor of Radiation Oncology

Lawrence H. Snyder, MD, PhDProfessor of Neurobiology

Michael H. Wall, MDProfessor of Anesthesiology

Barbara B. Warner, MDProfessor of Pediatrics

Keith F. Woeltje, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine

Rick W. Wright, MDAsa C. & Dorothy W. Jones Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Promotions to Associate ProfessorRajendra Apte, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Mary Ellen Bertrand, MDAssociate Professor of Neurology

Sam B. Bhayani, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

Krikor T. Dikranian, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Anatomy

J. Chris Eagon, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

Gammon Marie Earhart, PT, PhDAssociate Professor of Physical Therapy

Alexis M. Elward, MD, MPHAssociate Professor of Pediatrics

Justin C. Fay, PhDAssociate Professor of Genetics

Sreekrishna M. Goddu, PhDAssociate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Joseph D. Gunn, MDAssociate Professor of Pediatrics

Vladimir J. Kefalov, PhDAssociate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Geetika Khanna, MDAssociate Professor of Radiology

John P. Kirby, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Surgery

Shashikant Kulkarni, PhDAssociate Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Steven M. Kymes, PhDResearch Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Julie Ann Margenthaler, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

John W. Matthews, PhDResearch Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Robi D. Mitra, PhDAssociate Professor of Genetics

Terence M. Myckatyn, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

Margaret Olsen, PhD, MPHResearch Associate Professor of Medicine

Prabakar Kumar Rao, MDAssociate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

David E. Reichert, PhDAssociate Professor of Radiology

Joshua B. Rubin, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Pediatrics



Deborah C. Rubin, MD

Deborah C. Rubin, MD, professor of medicine and of developmental biology, is being honored as an outstanding educator and role model known for providing an intellectu-

ally stimulating and supportive learning environment. Students and other trainees point to her organization, persistence

and contagious enthusiasm as keys to her success. She is course master for the second-year medical student gastrointestinal and liver pathophysiology and nutrition course, consistently ranked by students as a highlight of their year. She also mentors undergradu-ates and postdoctoral fellows in her laboratory, medical students through the medical school’s student advisee program, internal medi-cine residents through the Mentors in Medicine Program, and junior faculty. Rubin has led the MA/MD program at Washington Univer-sity since 2005 and takes an active role in advising students to help them choose laboratories or clinical projects and mentors.

A highly successful scientist and member of the Department of Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology, Rubin is a leading investi-gator in small bowel adaptation and epithelial-mesenchymal interac-tions in the GI tract. She also holds important local and national leadership positions that distinguish her as an important advocate and role model for those interested in academic science careers. She is an active member of the American Gastroenterological Associa-tion; as chair of its Committee on Women, she was instrumental in developing a highly successful national mentorship program that matches fellows with senior mentors. She also is a reviewer for multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections.

Rubin received her undergraduate degree in 1977 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her medical degree in 1981 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Barnes Hospital, a chief residency at the John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital, and a clinical and research fellowship in gastroenterology at Washington University. She joined the Washington University faculty in 1988.

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Extramural Honors in Academic Year 2010-2011NIH MerIt AwArds

Paul M. Allen, PhDGeorge J. Broze Jr., MDJeffrey I. Gordon, MDJohn O. Holloszy, MDDavid M. Holtzman, MDRichard S. Hotchkiss, MDStuart A. Kornfeld, MDJohn W. Olney, MDAndrey S. Shaw, MDWilliam F. Stenson, MDSteven L. Teitelbaum, MDJohn W. Turk, MD, PhDWayne M. Yokoyama, MD

AMerIcAN AssocIAtIoN for tHe AdvANceMeNt of scIeNce (AAAs)Scott J. Hultgren, PhD

NAtIoNAl AcAdeMy of scIeNce

John E. Heuser, MDScott J. Hultgren, MD

INstItute of MedIcINe

Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD

ProfessIoNAl socIetIes ANd AssocIAtIoNs

Samuel I. Achilefu, PhDFellow, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

Max Q. Arens, PhDDiagnostic Virology Award, The Pan-American Society for Clinical Virology

Deanna M. Barch, PhDPresident Elect — Society for Research in Psychopathology

Robert L. Barrack, MDAmerican Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons James A. Rand Award for Most Outstanding Paper in Arthroplasty (co-author)

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)/Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Clinical Practice Award

The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Marshall R. Urist Young Investigator Award

Keith E. Brandt, MDPresident, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Vice-President for Education, American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Director, American Board of Plastic Surgery

Keith H. Bridwell, MDHeartworks St. Louis, National Marfan Association Hero with a Heart Honoree

Robert H. Brophy, MDAmerican Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Neer Award (co-author)

John C. Clohisy, MDAmerican Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons James A. Rand Award for Most Outstanding Paper in Arthroplasty (co-author)



Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPHMedal of Honor for Cancer Control Research, American Cancer Society

Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MDPresident-Elect, Society of Neurological Surgeons

Adish S. Dani, PhDEuropean Microscopy Society, Outstanding Paper Award in Life Sciences

Timothy J. Eberlein, MDPresident, American Surgical Association

Simon J. Fisher, MD, PhDElected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)

Joel A. Goebel, MDInduction into the Royal College of Surgeons

Jay P. Heiken, MDHonorary Fellowship, Asian Society of Abdominal Radiology

Keith A. Hruska, MDPresident, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research

David M. Jaffe, MDPresident-elect, The Academic Pediatric Association

Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhDExcellence in Research Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists

Lawrence G. Lenke, MDMexican Association of Spine Surgeons Eduardo Luque Honorary Award

Heartworks St. Louis, National Marfan Association Hero with a Heart Honoree

President, Scoliosis Research Society

Helen Liapis, MDJacob Churg Award for Outstanding Contributions in Renal Pathology

Susan E. Mackinnon, MDResearch Award, American Association of Plastic Surgeons

Barbara S. Monsees, MDSociety of Breast Imaging Gold Medal

S. Celeste Morley, MD, PhDJames Sutherland Award for Outstand-ing Research by a Young Investigator, Midwest Society for Pediatric Research

Sasa Mutic, PhDFellow, The American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Robert J. Myerson, MD, PhDJ. Eugene Robinson Award

Ryan M. Nunley, MDAmerican Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons James A. Rand Award for Most Outstanding Paper in Arthroplasty (co-author)



Paul Santiago, MDAssociate Professor of Neurosurgery

Paul J. Shaw, PhDAssociate Professor of Neurobiology

David M. Sheinbein, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

Sheila Stewart-Wigglesworth, PhDAssociate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Jennifer S. Stith, PT, PhDAssociate Professor of Physical Therapy

Kwee L.Thio, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Neurology

David Wang, PhDAssociate Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Burton M. Wice, PhDResearch Associate Professor of Medicine

Jie Zheng, PhDAssociate Professor of Radiology

Endowed ProfessorshipsDavid T. Curiel, MD, PhDDistinguished Professorship in Radiation Oncology

Raphael Kopan, PhDAlan A. and Edith L. Wolff Endowed Professorship in Developmental Biology

Jeff M. Michalski, MD, MBACarlos A. Perez Distinguished Professor-ship in Radiation Oncology

Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhDEugene Opie First Centennial Professorship in Pathology and Immunology

Luis A. Sanchez, MDGregorio A. Sicard Distinguished Professorship in Vascular Surgery

L. David Sibley, PhDAlan A. and Edith L. Wolff Endowed Professorship in Molecular Microbiology

Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Major AwardsJohn F. DiPersio, MD, PhD2010 Cancer Frontier Fund Recipient

Lewis C. Fischbein, MDThe Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence

William E. Gillanders, MD2010 Cancer Frontier Fund Recipient

Stuart A. Kornfeld, MD2010 Founders Day Distinguished Faculty Award

Jack H. Ladenson, PhDChancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Gerald P. Linette, MD, PhD2010 Cancer Frontier Fund Recipient

A. Craig Lockhart, MD2010 Cancer Frontier Fund Recipient

Susan E. Mackinnon, MD2011 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation

John C. Morris, MD2010 Faculty Achievement Award

WUSM Teaching Awards Megan E. Wren, MD2010 Clinical Teacher Award as Voted by the Senior Class

Erika Crouch, MD, PhD2010 Preclinical Teacher Award as Voted by the Senior Class

Michael M. Awad, MD, PhDJerome and Carol Loeb Teaching Fellow, 2010-2012

Joan L. Rosenbaum, MDJerome and Carol Loeb Teaching Fellow, 2010-2012

Gladys Tse, MDJerome and Carol Loeb Teaching Fellow, 2010-2012

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otHer extrAMurAl AwArds

David B. Gray, PhDMost Influential Award, Therapy Times Magazine

Timothy E. Hullar, MDGeorge L. Adams, MD Young Faculty Award

Nancy T. Murray, PhDErksine Fellow at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Scott M. Nordlicht, MDPatient’s Choice Award, American RegistryAmerica’s Top CardiologistThe Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Endowed Fellowship Fund

Susan L. Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTAMost Influential Award, Therapy Times Magazine

Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, PhDAmerican Cancer Society Research Professor Award

K. Daniel Riew, MDAO Spine Davos, International Faculty Award

Vice President, Cervical Spine Research Society

J. Evan Sadler, MD, PhDPresident, American Society of Hematology

Linda J. Sandell, PhDPresident, Osteoarthritis Research Society International

Matthew V. Smith, MDAmerican Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Neer Award (co-author)

Theresa M. Spitznagle, PT, DPT2011 Recipient of the Elizabeth Noble Award

Gary D. Stormo, PhDFellow, International Society for Computational Biology

Steven M. Strasberg, MDMember, Japanese Hepatobiliary Surgery (first American surgeon)

Ting Wang, PhDNamed “Tomorrow’s PI,” Genome Technology

Denise E. Wilfley, PhDThe Obesity Society Pediatric Obesity Section Vice President and President-Elect

Rick W. Wright, MDAmerican Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Neer Award (co-author)

Wayne M. Yokoyama, MDLee C Howley Sr. Prize for Arthritis Research, American College of Rheumatology

Alan Zajarias, MDCo-chair, Structural Heart Disease Early Career Council of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Interventions

edItorIAl HoNors

Deanna M. Barch, PhDEditor, Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Martin I. Boyer, MDDeputy Editor, Journal of Hand Surgery

Keith H. Bridwell, MDDeputy Editor, Spine

John C. Clohisy, MDAssociate Editor, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

C. Robert Cloninger, MDEditor, International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine

Matthew B. Dobbs, MDDeputy Editor, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchAssociate Editor, Spine Deformity

James W. Fleshman Jr., MDAssociate Editor, Annals of Surgery

Leesa M. Galatz, MDAssociate Editor, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Jeffrey E. Johnson, MDAssociate Editor, Foot and Ankle InternationalAssociate Editor, Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Lawrence G. Lenke, MDAssociate Editor, Spine

Matthew J. Matava, MDAssociate Editor, Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Audrey McAlinden, PhDAssociate Editor, Connective Tissue Research

Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, PhDScientific Editor, Cancer Discovery

Heidi Prather, DOSenior Editor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

K. Daniel Riew, MDEditor, Clinics in Orthopaedic Surgery

Linda J. Sandell, PhDDeputy Editor, Journal of Orthopaedic ResearchAssociate Editor, Journal of Histochemistry and CytochemistryAssociate Editor, Connective Tissue Research

Dwight A. Towler, MD, PhDGuest Editor, Circulation Research: Thematic Series on Pathobiology of Vascular Calcification

Rick W. Wright, MDAssociate Editor, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Ken Yamaguchi, MDDeputy Editor, Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryAssociate Editor, Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

GoverNMeNtAl servIce dIstINctIoN

Jeffrey D. Bradley, MDNational Cancer Institute, Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award

Tamara Burlis, PT, DPTAppointed to the Missouri Advisory Commission for Professional Physical Therapists by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon

David B. Carr, MDHealthSouth Regional Medical Director Leadership Award, The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis

Bradley A. Evanoff, MD, MPHCo-Chair, Clinical and Translational Science Award National Consortium Steering Committee

Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD2011 Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging

Samuel Klein, MDThe Obesity Society 2011 TOPS Research Achievement Award

Jean E. Schaffer, MDChair, NIDDK, Diabetes Centers Executive Committee

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Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (ECFC)Sherrie M. Hauft, MD, ChairJames B. Skeath, PhD, Vice ChairKim A. Carmichael, MD, Vice Chair-elect

Susan S. Deusinger, DPTDiana L. Gray, MDRaphael Kopan, PhDHelen Liapis, MDGlenn Lopate, MDLeonard B. Maggi Jr., PhDRobert C. McKinstry III, MD, PhDAmy McQueen, PhDRobert W. Mercer, PhDBettina Mittendorfer, PhDLisa M. Moscoso, MD, PhDMichael J. Noetzel, MDChristopher S. Sampson, MDScott Saunders, MD, PhDPaul J. Shaw, PhDSharlene A.Teefey, MDDwight A. Towler, MD, PhD

2012 Event Planning CommitteeJohn P. Atkinson, MDMartin I. Boyer, MDMaurizio Corbetta, MDLinda B. Cottler, MDDiana L. Gray, MDDiane F. Merritt, MDBarbara S. Monsees, MDD. Michael Nelson, MD, PhDKatie L. Plax, MDAlison J. Whelan, MD

Selection CommitteesdIstINGuIsHed clINIcIAN AwArd

L. Michael Brunt, MD, Selection Committee Chair

Jeffrey D. Bradley, MDSuzanne L. Cornbleet, PT, DPTJeffrey S. Crippin, MD, ex officioMichael Kyriakos, MDJoan L. Luby, MDJeff M. Michalski, MD, MBAThalachallour Mohanakumar, PhDTae Sung Park, MDDaniel D. Picus, MDMatthew D. Smyth, MDElbert P. Trulock III, MDAndrew J. White, MD, MSc

dIstINGuIsHed coMMuNIty servIce AwArd

David B. Gray, PhD, Selection Committee Chair

Nancy J. Bloom, DPTJonathan M. Green, MDFriederike H. Kreisel, MDJeffrey R. Leonard, MDDavid M. Ornitz, MD, PhDWill R. Ross, MD, ex officio

dIstINGuIsHed educAtor AwArd

Mary E. Klingensmith, MD, Selection Committee Chair

Kendall Blumer, PhDDouglas W. Carlson, MDDouglas F. Covey, PhDThomas E. Cox, MDPaul J. Goodfellow, PhDS. Eliza Halcomb, MDEric E. Klein, PhDJames S. Lewis Jr., MDJ. Philip MillerKaren L. O’Malley, PhDJohn H. Russell, PhD, ex officioJennifer S. Stith, PT, PhDAllyson R. Zazulia, MD

dIstINGuIsHed INvestIGAtor AwArd

Stuart A. Kornfeld, MD, Selection Committee Chair

Paul M. Allen, PhDW. Todd Cade, PT, PhDPhilip E. Cryer, MDJustin C. Fay, PhDRichard S. Hotchkiss, MDJennifer K. Lodge, PhD, ex officioRobert P. Mecham, PhDKenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhDJeanne M. Nerbonne, PhDAlec N. Salt, PhDClay F. Semenkovich, MDL. David Sibley, PhDStavros Thomopoulos, PhDJoseph P. Vogel, PhDChengjie Xiong, PhD

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