Biomedical Sciences Researcher Jose Pinto and his lab recently gained two publications. Pinto and undergraduate student Shelby Straight published "Troponins, intrinsic disorder and cardiomyopathy" in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Pinto also published "Enhanced troponin I binding explain the functional changes produced by the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation A8V of cardiac troponin C" in the Journal Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics with Clara A. Michell and Maicon Landim-Vieira.

The summer edition of Annals of Health Law has published a paper by Marshall Kapp, J.D., MPH, director of FSU's Center for Innovation Collaboration in Medicine and Law. The title is "Speculating About the Impact of Healthcare Industry Consolidation  on Long-Term Services and Supports," in Vol. 25, No. 2, Pages 1-33.

July 12, 2016

Seventeen students in the Class of 2017 have been chosen as the newest members of the FSU Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. In alphabetical order, they are:

• Jesse “Blake” Bauer (Tallahassee campus).
• Staci Biegner (Daytona Beach campus).
• Nicole Brunner (Sarasota campus).
• Allison Ellis (Daytona Beach).
• Ariel Hoffman (Daytona Beach).
• Emily Kaltz (Pensacola campus).
• Joelle Kane (Daytona Beach).
• Ilisa Lee (Tallahassee campus).
• Juan Lopez (Tallahassee/Thomasville campus).
• Rodolfo Loureiro (Orlando campus).
• Angelina Malamo (Daytona Beach).
• Tamara Marryshow Granados (Fort Pierce campus).
• Stacy Ranson (Daytona Beach).
• Jarrod Robertson (Tallahassee).
• Carlos Rubiano (Orlando).
• Tyler Wellman (Sarasota).
• Susanna Zorn (Pensacola).

Six are from the Daytona Beach campus; four from Tallahassee/Thomasville; two each from Orlando, Pensacola and Sarasota; and one from Fort Pierce.

Eleven of the 17, nearly two-thirds, are women.

The Gold Humanism Honor Society honors doctors, medical students and residents who demonstrate excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service, placing high value on the interpersonal skills and attitudes essential for excellent patient care.

The announcement was made by email July 11 by Daniel Van Durme, M.D., faculty advisor and Gold Humanism member.

“The Gold Humanism Honor Society Selection Committee carefully reviewed the nominations from MANY of you,” he wrote. “It was encouraging to see so many of our students recognized by faculty and staff from across all four years of the curriculum AND their classmates. These students rose to the top as true exemplars of humanism by receiving multiple nominations from faculty, staff and peers in categories demonstrating clinical excellence, service to others, patient-centered approach to care and compassion.”

Biomedical Sciences Researcher Branko Stefanovic received $53,000 from Thrivant to study "Development of Biosensor for High throughput Phenotypic Screening of Antifibrotic Compounds."

Michael Muszynski, Orlando Regional Campus Dean, was praised for his work as Commissioner for the Orange County Youth Mental Health Commission when the county received the National Association of Counties' 2016 Achievement Award in the category of Children and Youth. The award recognizes the work of the Youth Mental Health Commission where Muszynski serves.

"I know that the YMHC spent countless hours developing recommendations for our community in pursuit of the goal of having a positive impact on the lives of children and families in our community who are struggling with mental illness," said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs in a letter to Muszynski. "You were selected to be a part of the commission because of your leadership and expertise, and because of your heart and compassion. Orange County is fortunate to have citizens like you."

Nadia Akhiyat (Class of 2019) was elected Region IV Director of the Student National Medical Association during an annual medical education conference in March. Akhiyat's position oversees Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. 

SNMA supports underrepresented minority medical students to increase the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians. The annual meeting is consistently the largest gathering of underrepresented minority medical students in the nation with more than 2,000 medical students, physicians, administrators, government officials and others in attendance this year. 

Dennis Mayeaux, Pensacola campus geriatrics clerkship director, was featured in the Pensacola News Journal sharing his viewpoint on vaccinations:

"When children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk of disease and can spread diseases to others in their classrooms and community—including babies still at home who are too young to be fully vaccinated, and their older relatives with weakened immune systems due to cancer and other health conditions," Mayeaux stated in the op-ed. 

Read the full article.

Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine Researcher Tyra Dark received $50,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study "Examining equitable care among racial/ethnic groups of Medicaid recipients with cardiometabolic syndrome and comorbid anxiety disorder" for one year. 

Suzanne Harrison, M.D., is now a full professor in the Department of Family Medicine & Rural Health.

Associate Professor Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D., was appointed to the Cross-Tactic Team on Health Disparities, one of the Family Medicine for America's Health Core Teams.