Research Roundup: Nov. 3, 2006

Stephen St. Jeor, professor of microbiology and immunology in the School of Medicine has published the following papers in 2006:

• Human cytomegalovirus infection of cells of hematopoietic origin: HCMV-induced immunosuppression, immune evasion, and latency. Exp Hematol. 2006 May;34(5):555-70.
• Hantaviruses: molecular biology, evolution and pathogenesis.
  Curr Mol Med. 2005 Dec;5(8):773-90.
• Human recombinant antimannan immunoglobulin G1 antibody confers resistance to hematogenously disseminated candidiasis in mice. Infect Immun. 2006 Jan;74(1):362-9.

St. Jeor has also given the following talks in 2006:

• He has been an invited speaker at The University of Iowa, the University of Albany School of Medicine, Osaka Biomedical Innovations Institute and the NIH US/Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program in Sendai, Japan.
• He also participated in the Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense meeting for Principal Investigators in NYC in March of 2006.
• In September 2006, he has been invited to review research projects for the government of Croatia in anticipation of Croatia obtaining support from the European Common Market for their research and is an invited speaker at the Croatian International Infectious Disease Society meeting.

Sachiko St. Jeor, professor and director of the School of Medicine’s division of medical nutrition, has been appointed chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Board for a NIH national cooperative obesity trial involving the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University and Duke University.

She was also appointed to the Foundation Board of the American Dietetic Association for a three-year term beginning in August 2006.

She published the following paper and invited report in 2006:

• St Jeor ST, Krenkel, Plodksowski, RA, Veach TL, Tolles RL, and Kimmel JH. Medical nutrition: a comprehensive, school-wide curriculum review in the American Journal of Clinical Research 2006
• St Jeor ST, Plodkowski. Highlights of the North American Association for the Studies for Obesity (NAASO) Annual Scientific Meeting. Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2006:8(1)

Alan E. Fruzzetti, associate professor and director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, has had the following papers published:

• Fruzzetti, A. E., Shenk, C., & Hoffman, P. D. (2005). Family interaction and the development of borderline personality disorder: A transactional model. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1007-1030.
• Fruzzetti, A. E., & Iverson, K. M. (2006). Intervening with couples and families to treat emotion dysregulation and psychopathology. In D.K. Snyder, J. Simpson, & J. Hughes (Eds.), Emotion regulation in couples and families: Pathways to dysfunction and health (pp. 249-267). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Hoffman, P. D., Fruzzetti, A. E., Buteau, E., Penney, D., Neiditch, E., Penney, D., Bruce, M., & Hellman, F., Struening, E. (2005). Family Connections: Effectiveness of a program for relatives of persons with borderline personality disorder. Family Process, 44, 217-225.

Madeleine Sigman-Grant, area extension specialist, had the following paper published: Shaikh, U. and M. Sigman-Grant (2006). “Breast augmentation and breastfeeding: Knowledge and practices of surgeons in Las Vegas, Nevada.” Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 59(4): 434-436.

Barbara Fox, adjunct faculty in the Department of Music and Dance, presented and published a paper, “Schaeffer Stands His Ground: Orfee and Evocative Sound”, for the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network in Montreal, Canada (October 19-22nd, 2005).

Stephan M. Wilson, associate dean for academic affairs, College of Health and Human Sciences and professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, wrote the following:

• Wilson, S. M. (March, 2006). Parental Behavior and Authority as Predictors of Conformity and Autonomy by Mexican Adolescents. Paper accepted for the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Morgaine, C., Rosenblatt, P., Wilson, S. M., Njue, J. R., Eng, S., & Zhao, B. (November, 2005). International students and US mentors’ experiences in family studies programs. Special Session organized jointly by the International, Student/ New Professional, Feminism and Family Sections and the International Year of the Family Celebration Initiative for the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
• Mbito, M. N., Malia, J. A., Wilson, S. M., Ngige, L. W., Odero, D., Odiambo, J., & Peterson, G. W. (November, 2005). Presentation for the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
• Cho, W. J., Bush, K. R., Li, W., Peterson, G. W., Wilson, S. M., & Xia, Y. R. (November, 2005). Paternal behaviors and adolescents’ academic motivation. Poster for the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
• Wilson, S. M. (July, 2005). Building and working in teams to successfully write proposals for funding and to get published. Second University of Nevada, Reno-Kenyatta University Link Conference, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Supple, A. J., Ghazarian, S. R., Wilson, S. M., & Peterson, G. W. (June, 2005). Assessing the cross-cultural validity of a parental autonomy granting measure. International Family Strengths Consortium, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
• Peterson, G. W., Bush, K. F., Wilson, S. M., & Hennon, C. B. (June, 2005). Family relationship predictors of parent-adolescent conflict: Cross-cultural similarities and differences. International Family Strengths Consortium, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Wilson also gave the following presentation:

• Wilson, S. M. (July, 2005). Capacity-building in Research and Publishing. Keynote presentation for the second University of Nevada, Reno – Kenyatta University Link Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya.

Christopher Williams, associate professor, Department of Philosophy, had a paper: “Hume on the Tedium of Reading Spenser” published in the British Journal of Aesthetics (January 2006).

Two presentations were made of Williams’ paper “The Joint Verdict of True Judges.” The first occurred in March 2006 at the meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Pacific Division, in Pacific Grove, California. The second (a revised version of the paper) was given at the 33rd International Hume Society conference in Koblenz, Germany, in August 2006.

Williams also presented a paper at an Author Meets Critics session of the Hume Society, at the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, in Chicago in April 2006. He commented on Claudia Schmidt’s book David Hume: Reason in History (Penn State Press).

Elliott Parker, professor of economics and Federico Guerrero had a paper accepted in Economics Letters, “Deflation and recession: finding the empirical link.”

Parker and economics professor Mark Pingle had a paper accepted in Empirical Economics, “The distributional effects of selection and capital accumulation on firm productivity under imperfect capital markets,”

Judith Sugar, associate professor in the School of Public Health, had the following published:

• Sugar, J. A. (2006). Memory strategies. In Encyclopedia of gerontology. Age, aging, and the aged (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
• Sugar, J. A. (2006). Work and retirement: Challenges and opportunities for women over 50. In J. C. Chrisler & V. Muhlbauer (Eds.), Women over 50: Psychological perspectives. New York: Springer.

Sugar also gave the following conference presentations:

• Sugar, J. A., Barney, S. T., & Becker, S. (2006, April). Service learning: From conceptualization to implementation. Panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.
• Sugar, J. A. (2006, April). Curriculum mapping as a tool in assessment. Paper presented in the Symposium on Assessment: Changes, Challenges & Champions at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Park City, UT.
• Sugar, J. A. (2006, February). Careers in aging week: A success for gerontology. Chair and presenter for symposium at the 32nd annual meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN.
• Sugar, J. A. (2005, November). Advocating for your gerontology program on campus: The view from administration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL.

Susan Donaldson, extension water quality education specialist, had the following published:

• Donaldson, S., M. Gustin, and M. Hefner. 2006. Explore Nevada’s Amazing Wetlands: A Middle School Curriculum. UNCE Curriculum Materials-06-01.
• McAdoo, J.K., W. Johnson, R.Wilson, S. Donaldson, and J. Graham. 2005. Fighting Invasive Weeds: A Northeastern Nevada Landowners’ Guide to Healthy Landscapes. Educational Bulletin-05-02.

Donaldson also gave the following presentations:

• Donaldson, S., C. Conway and T. Svetich. 2006. Growth and Clean Water: Synergy to Protect Community Water Quality. 5th Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference, May 14–17, Park City, Utah.
• Donaldson, S. and D. Rafferty. 2006. Cooperative Weed Management Areas: Developing Statewide Capacity to Address Invasive Weed Issues. 5th Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference, May 14–17, Park City, Utah.
• Erskine-Ogden, J., M. Renz, J. Norsworty, and S. Donaldson. 2006. Managing Herbaceous Perennials in Sensitive Habitats. Western Society of Weed Science, March 14–16, Reno.
• Donaldson, S., K. Melody, and D. Rafferty. 2006. Engaging the Public in Scotch Broom Control in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Western Society of Weed Science, March 14–16, Reno.

William Murphy and Isabel Barao of the School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, published a paper on regulatory T cell research in the March issue of PNAS and was selected to be highlighted in the contents section of the journal.

The paper sets out to prove that T regulatory cells keep natural killer cells in check and demonstrates an interaction between innate and adaptive immune system components that could improve bone marrow transplantation and cancer therapies.

Two School of Medicine internal medicine residents, Dr. Quang Nguyen and Dr. Jeff Andal, took first place in the Internal Medicine Resident Research Competition at the annual American College of Physicians meeting for their study, “Increased Bone Turnover in Patients Who Undergo Bariatric Surgery.”

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