Feb. 28, 2018

The PLAID Journal is partnering with JDRF to promote diabetes education, awareness, support programs and research to deliver a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.

PLAID is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication of Florida State University, the FSU College of Medicine and the Charlotte Edwards Maguire Medical Library. JDRF is the world's largest nonprofit funder of type 1 diabetes research.

PLAID and JDRF plan to work together to:

• Promote academic literature that focuses on living well with diabetes and is translatable to researchers, clinicians, health-care professionals and people living with diabetes.
• Provide content that makes a positive and practical difference without high subscription costs and exorbitant author fees.
• Promote the JDRF brand and programs via the PLAID website and associated publications.
• Provide peer review and publishing priority to JDRF-funded research manuscripts matching the scope of PLAID.
• Feature the JDRF brand and research initiatives on the PLAID website and promotional materials.

“I am very excited about the partnership between The PLAID Journal and JDRF, “ said Editor-in-Chief Martin Wood. “Together, we will be able to make a positive impact on the lives of people living with diabetes, and provide JDRF-funded researchers with a path to publication where their work can make a significant difference.”

Delicia Haynes, clerkship faculty member at the FSU College of Medicine Daytona Beach Regional Campus, has been selected as Young Professional of the Year by the Daytona News-Journal. Haynes, the founder/CEO of Family First Health Center in Daytona Beach, received the top honor at the News-Journal’s Volusia/Flagler Business Report’s third annual 40 Under 40 awards banquet at The Shores Resort & Spa.

The event recognized outstanding young professionals in Volusia and Flagler counties in front of a crowd of nearly 200.

The honorees were selected because of their achievements both professionally and in the community. More than 140 local professionals were nominated in total for eight awards.

In a story published in the News-Journal, Haynes is quoted as saying, “I'm not originally from the area, but I'm claiming Daytona Beach (as home). This (award) is a dream come true.”

Bill Offill, News-Journal publisher: “This group of 40 young professionals showcases the sheer amount of talent we have in the area. Most of them grew up here, stayed here and are now giving back to their community. These (40 Under 40 honorees) are not up-and-comers. These folks have arrived.”

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March 14, 2018

Eighteen members of the Class of 2019 have been chosen for the FSU Chapman Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society. They are:

• Divya Aickara (Sarasota Regional Campus)
• Nadia Akhiyat (Orlando)
• Sara Ardila (Orlando)
• Michael Babcock (Pensacola)
• Karisa Brown (Fort Pierce)
• Shelbi Brown (Pensacola)
• Alan Chan (Orlando)
• Samuel Cook (Daytona Beach)
• Eric Crespo (Fort Pierce)
• Zedeena Fisher (Orlando)
• Bryno Gay (Orlando)
• Mark Kastner (Daytona Beach)
• Meghan (Novotny) Lewis (Tallahassee)
• Steven “Acton” Pifer (Daytona Beach)
• Clayton Rooks (Pensacola)
• Brittany Tanner (Orlando)
• Eric Walker (Orlando)
• Timothy Walsh (Orlando)

Nearly half of them are from the Orlando Regional Campus.

“The Gold Humanism Honor Society Selection Committee carefully reviewed the nominations from MANY of you,” faculty advisors Daniel Van Durme and Suzanne Harrison wrote in an email to faculty, staff and students. “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 EVERY category demonstrating clinical excellence, service to others, patient-centered approach to care and compassion.”

Research faculty member Martina Luchetti received a two-year $421,875 grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging for her project, “The reciprocal relation of alcohol consumption and cognitive function from a developmental aging perspective.” She will serve as principal investigator and study how alcohol consumption may slow or accelerate age-related cognitive decline, as well as how cognitive functioning may impact alcohol consumption.

First-year medical student Bettina Teng is being published in the May issue of The Physics Teacher. The research paper is “A Simple Way to Teach Single Slit Diffraction Based on Edge Diffraction.”

Jeff Latimer, associate director of information technology at the Florida State University College of Medicine, completed the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Group on Information Resources Leadership Institute. The four-day institute is designed to help participants fulfill their responsibilities as information and education technology leaders.

The institute is offered exclusively to leaders in the AAMC-member medial schools and teaching hospitals who support technology solutions within the education, research and clinical environment.

The program helps rising technology leaders prepare to lead in the changing world of data integration, collaboration and compliance.

College of Medicine Professor Yi Ren received a $292,000 sub-award from Princeton University to serve as a sub-recipient principal investigator on a project entitled, "Statistical Methods for Ultrahigh-Dimensional Biomedical Data."

College of Medicine researcher Devon Graham received a $153,334 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health for her project, “One Drug, Several Uses: Pro-Cognitive and Antidepressant Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists.” Her study will look at major depressive disorder, a complex and costly mental health disorder that affects a significant portion of the population. Depression is often accompanied by cognitive impairment. She and her team have identified a new potential therapeutic target, the activation of which may alleviate both mood and cognitive symptoms. They will look at how this activation alters depressive-like behaviors and cognitive tasks to help establish therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of depression-induced cognitive decline.

The FSU Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) awarded College of Medicine researcher Lin Zhang $13,000 for her project, “Consequences of traumatic brain injury in a perinatal nicotine exposure mouse model of ADHD.”

FSU College of Medicine Assistant Professor Henry Carretta received $15,500 from the FSU Institute for Successful Longevity for his project, “Measuring prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and benchmarking utilization using the OneFlorida Consortium data.”