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Department of Pediatrics
Recent Achievements
2008-2009
- Ronald J. Sokol, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Section Head of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition has been given the Shwachman Award by The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN). Presented on an annual basis, this award acknowledges lifetime contributions and achievement in the field of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.
- Department of Pediatrics is ranked 8th in the country by U.S. News and World Report for 2009.
- Department of Pediatrics is First in NIH Grant Funding!
The Department of Pediatrics ranked first among all medical school-based Departments of Pediatrics in NIH awards, securing more than $44.5 million in peer-reviewed awards from the NIH during 2008.
- George S. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Immunology, and Executive Director of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, has received the prestigious the prestigious Frederick G. Banting Award, which honors scientific excellence and recognizes outstanding, long-term contributions to the understanding, treatment, and prevention of diabetes. This is the highest honor world-wide in the field of diabetes! Dr. Eisenbarth presented the Banting Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in New Orleans in June, when he received the award.
- The University of Colorado Denver was awarded a $76 million Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of Health for the establishment of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), joining 37 other academic health centers in this national consortium with the goal to speed the application of scientific discoveries into clinical practice. Ronald J. Sokol, MD, Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics, is the Principal Investigator and Director of the CCTSI.
- David Olds, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, and Director of the Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, was given the third Stockholm Prize in Criminology from the Swedish Ministry of Justice for his field experiments in policies for crime and injury prevention. This international prize was established in 2006 and is awarded for outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the application of research results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights.
- Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Planning and Development, is the 2008 recipient of the John Howland Medal from the American Pediatric Society. The APS John Howland Award has been given since 1952, to honor those who, by their contribution to pediatrics, have aided in its advancement. It is the highest award for the American Pediatric Society in North America. With this award, Dick Johnston joins other Howland Award winners from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine: Harry Gordon, MD, C. Henry Kempe, MD, and Frederick C. Battaglia, MD.
- M. Douglas Jones, Jr., MD, Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics and former Chair of Pediatrics, was named the recipient of the 2008 Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. The Award honors an individual who has extraordinary leadership skills, has been a role model for others to emulate, and in the tradition of Dr. St. Geme, has created a future for our discipline.
- William W. Hay, Jr., MD, is President of the American Pediatric Society.
- James K. Todd, MD, received the Distinguished Physician Award from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society at the American Pediatric Society's annual meeting in May.
- Steven R. Poole, MD, received the Judith M. Kaufmann Civic Entrepreneurship Award from The Denver Foundation in recognition for creative methods for improving the health care of under-served children in Colorado.
- Amy K. Keating, MD, funded as a St. Baldrick’s Scholar for three years by The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit organization for childhood cancer research.
- Myron J. Levin, MD, and Robin Shandas, PhD, were inducted into the Pinnacles of Inventorship by the University of Colorado's Technology Transfer Office.
- Michael Schaffer, MD, received The Children’s Hospital Outstanding Service Award.
- Robin Deterding, MD, was selected by the UCDSOM for the AAMC's Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women.
- Christina Robohm, MS, PA-C, CHAPA faculty member and Director of Admissions, was selected to receive a 2008 University of Colorado Denver- Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition Award for Faculty Leadership.
- Lia Gore, MD, and Deborah A. DeRyckere, PhD, received the New Inventors of the Year award from the University of Colorado’s Technology Transfer Office. Their research is focused on treating cancers and leukemias using a variety of compound combinations.
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