Appointments: Dec. 21, 2006
Patsy Ruchala. Photo by Jean Dixon.
Patsy Ruchala, director of the Orvis School of Nursing, was appointed to the National Research Advisory Committee for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses for 2007.
Lorraine Bonaldi-Moore, assistant professor in the Orvis School of Nursing has been elected director on the Board of the Nevada Nurses Association.
Kent Sanders. Photo By Jean Dixon.
School of Medicine professor Kenton Sanders, chairman of the department of physiology and cell biology, was recently appointed to the National Institutes of Health National Commission on Digestive Diseases.
Sanders is internationally recognized for his studies into the basic mechanisms underlying the rhythmic contractions of gastrointestinal organs. He is an expert in the cell and organ culture of smooth muscles and interstitial cells of Cajal, specialized cells that are found in the gastrointestinal tract and are essential for gastrointestinal motility.
Melanie Robbins, editor of Our Workplace, can be reached at mrobbins@unr.edu.
