Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Teaching, and Service set for April 29
A group of 20 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty members will be honored for their work as scientists, scholars, and educators at the fourth annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Teaching, and Service.
The celebration will begin at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF). A reception will follow in the Jean and Reneé Robillard Atrium in MERF. UI Health Care faculty, staff, students, and volunteers are invited to attend.
The celebration honors new inductees to the Carver College of Medicine Wall of Scholarship; the college’s newest Impact Scholars; and recipients of the college’s annual faculty awards. Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, UI vice president for medical affairs and the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, and Kevin Kregel, PhD, UI executive vice president and provost, will share remarks.
Wall of Scholarship
The Wall of Scholarship acknowledges current UI Carver College of Medicine faculty who are first or senior authors of published research articles that have made a significant impact on a particular field of science or medicine.
Specifically, the research papers have been cited more than 1,000 times in subsequent published research articles, based on at least two of three recognized academic citation indices: Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science.
The following faculty members achieved Wall of Scholarship distinction during the 2023 calendar year:
- Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Garry Buettner, PhD, professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology
- Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH, University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs, the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, and professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Stephen R. Russell, MD, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Michael Welsh, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine; the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics the Department of Neurobiology; and the Department of Neurosurgery
- Ling Yang, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
The Wall of Scholarship designation is reserved for current Carver College of Medicine faculty. With the addition of this year’s scholars, 23 faculty members currently hold this distinction, bringing the current total of research papers/plaques to 38 publications.
Impact Scholars
Carver College of Medicine Impact Scholars are selected based on the Hirsch index, also known as the H-index, which represents the number of research papers a faculty member has published, and the papers’ impact as determined by how many times they have been cited by other scientists and scholars in subsequent research articles.
For example, a researcher with an H-index of 50 has published at least 50 articles that each have been cited at least 50 times. An H-index increases as multiple papers are cited multiple times. The H-index calculations for the Carver College of Medicine Impact Scholars are based on research abstract and citation data from Scopus. Carver College of Medicine Impact Scholars are faculty who have achieved H-index scores of 100 or higher (“gold” level) and 50 or higher (“silver” level).
The following faculty achieved Impact Scholar distinction during the 2023 calendar year:
Silver Level:
- Zuhair Ballas, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine–Immunology
- Gail Bishop, PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Department of Internal Medicine–Immunology
- Alan Hemming, MD, clinical professor in the Department of Surgery– Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Chou-Long Huang, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine–Nephrology
- Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH, UI vice president for medical affairs, the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, and professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- J. Lawrence Marsh, MD, professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Patrick J. McNamara, MB, BCH, BAO, DCH, MSc, MRCP, MRCPCH, professor in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics–Neonatology, and the Department of Internal Medicine–Cardiovascular Medicine
- Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine–Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- Long-Sheng Song, MD, MS, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Jack Stapleton, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine–Infectious Diseases, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Impact Scholar designation is reserved for current Carver College of Medicine faculty. With the addition of this year’s scholars, 57 faculty members currently hold this distinction.
Carver College of Medicine Faculty Awards
The faculty awards are presented each year to recognize faculty who have made exceptional contributions impacting students, colleagues, and patients.
College Teaching Award: Katelin Dannen, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
College Teaching Award: Aloysius Klingelhutz , PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Department of Radiation Oncology
Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award: Patrick J. McNamara, MB, BCh, BAO, DCH, MSc, MRCP, MRCPCH, professor in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics–Neonatology, and the Department of Internal Medicine–Cardiovascular Medicine
J.P. Long Teaching Award in the Basic Sciences: Pamela Geyer, PhD, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty Service Award: Marguerite Oetting, MD, clinical professor in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics–General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine