Houston Chronicle, July 17, 2008 UTMB Briefs is a weekly roundup of UTMB news that appears in the Bay Area edition of the Houston Chronicle every Thursday.  This week's column includes:
  • Dr. James LeDuc being appointed deputy director of the Galveston National Laboratory.
  • Dr. Lisa A. Elferink named to the Edna Seinsheimer Levin Endowed Professorship in Cancer Studies.
  • Dr. Sassan Ehdaie, a resident in anesthesiology, being selected as outstanding intern of the year.
  • Dr. Kjell Lindgren, aerospace medicine resident and Dr. Jay Rapley, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation resident, were selected as outstanding residents.
  • Dr. Yael Barr, aerospace medicine/internal medicine resident, has won the William K. Douglas Award from the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.
  • Dr. Charles Mathers, aerospace medicine/internal medicine resident, was selected as outstanding intern in internal medicine.
  • The column also mentions that the National Library of Medicine has chosen UTMB as one of the locations for its traveling exhibit, "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians."