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November 1, 2011 | Center News
Ralph Steinman (1943 – 2011) honored with 2011 Nobel Prize
Rockefeller University cell biologist Dr. Ralph M. Steinman, who discovered the immune system’s sentinel dendritic cells and demonstrated that science can fruitfully harness the power of these cells and other components of the immune system to curb infections and other communicable diseases, is one of this year’s recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 
November 1, 2011 | Center News
Dr. Michelle Lowes, Clinical Scholars Program alumni, Receives RO1 Grant
Dr. Michelle Lowes, a graduate of the Clinical Scholars Program and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation in the Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, recently received a 3 year independent investigator RO1 grant from the NIAMS branch of the National Institutes of Health entitled ‘Origin and Function of Inflammatory Dendritic Cells in Psoriasis.’
November 1, 2011 | Clinical Research Volunteers
Finding Out What Research Volunteers Really Think About Participating in Research
Surprisingly, in the otherwise data-rich environment of translational research, we know very little about what research participants think about their research experiences. Three decades of research into the design and use of patient-centered surveys to assess the hospital care experience-- now routinely required by federal funding agencies and accrediting agencies—has demonstrated that collecting and analyzing patient perceptions improves patient care and clinical outcomes, and reveals unexpected patient priorities and perceptions.
November 1, 2011 | New Personnel
Dr. Diane Maydick, New Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services
Diane Maydick, EdD, RN joined the Center on October 31, 2011 as Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services. Dr. Maydick has been a nurse for more than thirty-five years and has worked in a variety of settings including tertiary care medical centers in the New York Metropolitan area, home health care, and the medical device industry.
November 1, 2011 | Clinical Scholars
New Clinical Scholars Join the Center for Clinical and Translational Science
On July 1, 2011, eight new Clinical Scholars joined the Rockefeller University Clinical Scholars Program. They are: Drs. Ana Emiliano, Thalia Farazi, Daniel Gareau, Sharon Karmon, Florian Klein, Ana Pereira, Jeremy Segal, and Ana Tuyama. Additionally, with support from the CCTS, Rachel Shively joined the Year-Off Training Program for Graduate or Medical Students in Clinical and Translational Science. Ms. Shively is spending her research year in the laboratory of Dr. Vincent Fischetti. Below are brief biographies and research interests of the new Scholars and medical student. Please join us in welcoming them.
November 1, 2011 | Bioinformatics/Biostatistics
New Rockefeller Bioinformatics/Biostatistics Collaborative Group Launched
February 10th 2011 marked the first meeting of the campus-wide collaborative group for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics.
November 1, 2011 | 2011 Pilot Awards
32 New Pilot Awards Funded by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) awarded 32 pilot projects this year, of which 10 are to CCTS Clinical Scholars. A record total of 44 applications were submitted and the scientific quality was truly outstanding. Reductions in the CTSA grant award limited the number of awards and the amount per award, with a total
November 1, 2011 | Education
21 Graduate from the Center for Clinical and Translational Science Certificate Program
On June 3, 2011, 21 participants from across campus graduated from the Center for Clinical and Translational Science Certificate Course, having completed two courses over the academic year.
The defining feature of the course is the requirement that each student creates her or his own hypothetical human subjects protocol, including an informed consent form. The students learn about each element of the protocol development and how it connects to the protocol development and review process through a series of tutorials in which outstanding translational investigators describe their research.
November 1, 2011 | Data Security
Hospital Safeguards Sensitive Information with New Software Tool
In September 2011, the hospital’s senior staff started utilizing a new software tool to help ensure that sensitive information was not stored on unsecured hospital computer drives. Identity Finder, available for Mac and PC computers, scans hard drives, removable drives, and remote computers for social security, credit card, and bank account numbers, as well as other sensitive data that the user specifies.
November 1, 2011 | Fellowship Award
Leanne Johnson-Huang awarded the Linda and Leonard Berkowitz post-doctoral fellowship
Leanne Johnson-Huang completed her Ph.D. in 2007 at the University of Pennsylvania, studying the role of cytokines in helper T cell differentiation during parasitic infections. However, her goal was to work in a translational setting, applying her skills to the study of human health and disease.
November 1, 2011 | Hospital Vignette
Discoveries Advancing Medicine: Why is it so hard hard to lose weight?
In the late 1950s, when Jules Hirsch became interested in studying obesity, most scientists considered fat, or adipose tissue, to be inert—a passive insulator in which the body stores energy in the form of triglycerides. Over the next decade, in the first studies on human fat metabolism, Hirsch gained fundamental insights into the normal function of fat in the human body and how this differs in the obese.
