Inside this issueCover storiesGiving back$23 million grant enables fresh look at stress and addictionThe many sides of stress and addictionLightening the load for the physicians of the futurePartnershipsTransatlantic team probes kidney’s role in hypertensionGrants & contractsPeopleLifelines: James DuncanLyme disease expert is new section chief and Hughes investigatorDean for education is appointed Jockers ProfessorStudent-run clinic wins Ivy Award for community serviceOut & aboutAwards & honorsScienceA joint effort to tackle obesity and diabetesGrowing spare parts for sick children’s heartsAdvances: Breaking away from child abuse? | For cardiac surgery, your brain on ice | Mom was right: eat your vegetables! | “Touch-me-not” tubes kill bacteria  
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Out & about
June 1, 2: 1. At the medical school’s REUNION WEEKEND, the Class of 1957 gathered on the steps of Sterling Hall of Medicine, just as they did 50 years ago as students. 2. THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRADUATION OF CORTLANDT VAN RENSSELAER CREED, M.D. 1857, the first African-American student to graduate from Yale, was marked by 50 of Creed’s descendants from across the nation. (Back row, left to right) Troy D. Lawson; Forrester A. Lee, M.D., professor of medicine and assistant dean of multicultural affairs; Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D.; Leon V. Creed III, great-great-great grandson of Cortlandt Creed; Taryn M. Archer, great-great granddaughter; Leon V. Creed II, great-great grandson; Reginald W. Creed, great grandson. (Front row, left to right) Andrea Rematore, great-great granddaughter; Richard P. Langella, great-great grandson; Tracey N. Lawson, great-great granddaughter; Miranda Lawson, great-great-great granddaughter; Myra Lawson, great-great-great granddaughter. Not pictured, but also in attendance, were Georgette N. Mitchell, great granddaughter; and Gwendolyn M. Washington, great granddaughter. 3. In a time-honored ritual, cardiologist Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D., Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor Emeritus, joins the Clamdiggers Dixieland Band for a special command performance during the annual New England Clambake. 4. Francis M. Lobo, M.D. ’91, president of the Association of Yale Alumni in Medicine (AYAM; left) and Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D. (right), present Distinguished Alumni Service Awards to Howard A. Minners, M.D. ’57, M.P.H., (second from left), and Peter N. Herbert, M.D. ’67, professor of medicine and chief of staff at Yale-New Haven Hospital, at the AYAM’s annual meeting.
June 28, 29: Members of the newly formed DEAN’S COUNCIL met at Sterling Hall of Medicine to discuss the future direction of the medical school. Back row, from left: Richard N. Foster, B.E. ’63, M.S. ’65, Ph.D. ’66, managing partner, Millbrook Management Group; William R. Handelman, B.A. ’53, partner, Meyer Handelman Company; John D. Baxter, M.D. ’66, professor of medicine in the Diabetes Center of the University of California, San Francisco; Howard A. Minners, M.D. ’57, M.P.H. (see story above); Edward E. Madden, B.A. ’62, vice chairman, Fidelity Management Trust Company and Pyramis Global Advisors; Franklin H. Top Jr., B.S. ’57, M.D. ’61, senior vice president, MedImmune Ventures; Jeffrey A. Rosen, B.A. ’69, deputy chairman, Lazard Freres & Co. (Front row, from left) Daniel D. Adams, president and CEO, Protein Sciences Corporation; Peggy Brim Bewkes, U.Grd. ’73, former producer of ABC News’ “20/20” program; Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D.; Thomas C. Israel, B.A. ’66, chairman and CEO of Ingleside Investors; Charles E. Bradley III, B.S. ’51, president, Stanwich Consulting Corp. Not pictured: James M. Allwin, B.A. ’74, president, Aetos Capital; Harvey J. Berger, M.D. ’77, chairman and CEO, ARIAD Pharmaceutical; David A. Messer, B.A. ’83, president, Sempra Commodities; Richard S. Sackler, M.D., co-chairman, Purdue Pharma; and David W. Wallace, B.S. ’48, chairman, Joint Corporation Committee on Cuban Claims.  |
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