Mar 13
First UH-NEOMED Scholars are named
Six students and 30 faculty members were honored as the first UH-NEOMED Faculty and Student Scholars during a special presentation on March 7 at NEOMED.
The honorees are recognized for their outstanding achievements and their commitment to representing the core values of both University Hospitals and NEOMED.
NEOMED President John Langell welcomed guests and shared how the scholars program aligns with the goals of the UH-NEOMED affiliation agreement.
“Thank you to University Hospitals for this incredible recognition,” he said, before welcoming to the podium Daniel Simon, M.D., president for Academic & External Affairs, and chief scientific officer, University Hospitals Health System.
“When Dean [Marc] Basson and President Langell sent me these recommended faculty scholars to look at, it was one of the easiest things that I had to do, because your track record was really amazing and it was very impressive. It was great to read the applications that were so diverse along the tripartite issues of healing, teaching and discovering,” Dr. Simon noted. “We have an aspiration to be better and we are certain that our relationship with you is going to help us get better and we are going to count on this faculty here to help.”
Dr. Simon gave a special “shout out” to researchers in the newly named University Hospitals Hearing Research Center at NEOMED.
“It is really impressive to see a group of investigators with such robust [NIH] funding… and it’s a model for many other of our departments to follow,” he said.
UH-NEOMED FACULTY SCHOLARS
The Faculty Scholars program recognizes outstanding NEOMED faculty who have demonstrated a commitment to at least two of the three domains of University Hospitals’ mission: “To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.”
The first UH-NEOMED Faculty Scholars are:
Julie Aultman, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Marc Basson, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., FACS
Dean, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Surgery and Anatomy and Neurobiology
Kristin Baughman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department Family and Community Medicine
Natalie Bonfine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Lisa Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Feng Dong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Jessica Ferrell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Rebecca Fischbein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Sheila Fleming, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alex Galazyuk, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Stacey Gardner-Buckshaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Rebecca German, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Paul Hartung, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Takhar Kasumov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yong Lu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Jeffrey Mellott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Erik Messamore, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Moses Oyewumi, B.Pharm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Priya Raman, M.Pharm., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Merri Rosen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Margaret Sanders, M.A., L.S.W.
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Brett Scholfield, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Matthew Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Randon Welton, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Bradley Winters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Liya Yin, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Science
Jesse Young, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Ping Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Yanqiao Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
UH-NEOMED STUDENT SCHOLARS
The Student Scholars are chosen for their outstanding commitment to the missions of University Hospitals and NEOMED. University Hospitals strives “To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.” NEOMED aims “To harness diversity, innovation and collaboration to create transformative leaders, and to improve health through education, discovery and service.”
The first UH-NEOMED Student Scholars are:
Noah Aguirre, Pharm.D.
NEOMED Advisor: Austin Shin, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: Robert Bonomo, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology, CWRU School of Medicine
Laila Almassri, M.A.
NEOMED Advisor: Jeffrey Mellott, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: Kumar Alagramam, Ph.D., The Anthony J. Maniglia Chair for Research and Education Professor and Director of Research – Otolaryngology
Trae Hillyer
NEOMED Advisor: Austin Shin, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: Robert Bonomo, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, CWRU School of Medicine
Trinity Kronk, M.D./Ph.D. candidate
NEOMED Advisor: Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: pending
Gabrielle Robinson, Ph.D. candidate
NEOMED Advisor: Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: pending
Miljan Terzic, Pharm.D./Ph.D. candidate
NEOMED Advisor: Samuel Crish, Ph.D.
UH Collaborator: Douglas Rhee, M.D., Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Director, Eye Institute, University Hospitals; Division Chief, Ophthalmology, UH Ahuja Medical Center
