PROFESSIONAL NEWS
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biochemistry, served as chairman of
a "Transformation Meeting" in
Estes Park, Colorado, June 16-19.
The meeting was held for specialists
in bacterial and molecular genetics.
About 60 scientists participated in
the group's 14th annual session.
Appointed
Dr. Leonard J. Goldwater,
professor of community health
sciences, has been named visiting
professor at the Department of
Environmental Sciences and
Engineering at the University of
North Carolina School of Public
Health in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Goldwater recently began
service as a member of the National
Air Pollution Research and
Development Advisory Council of
the U.S. Environmental Health
Service.
Gives Paper
Dr. Joan C. Martin, assistant
professor of medical psychology,
presented a paper at the meeting of
the American Medical Association
Committee for Research on
Tobacco and Health in Scottsdale,
Arizona, May 5-8.
At Meeting
Dr. Raymond U, associate in
radiology, attended the Fourth
International Congress of Radiation
Research in Evian, France, June 28
to July 4 to present a paper titled
"Radiopotentiating Effect of
Miracil D on the Frequency of
X-ray Induced Chromosome Loss in
Drosophila Male Germ Cells."
At Board Meeting
Dr. Joseph A.C. Wadsworth,
chairman of the Department of
Ophthalmology, attended the
meeting of the American Board of
Ophthalmology in San Francisco
June 10-14. Dr. Wadsworth is an
oral examiner for the board and
serves on the finance and
nominations committees.
Chairman
Dr. Siegfried Heyden, associate
professor of community health
sciences, served as chairman of the
session on nutrition and presented a
lecture on "Intermittent Fasting in
the Treatment of Diabetes, Gout,
and Hypertension” at the
Postgraduate Medical Education
Congress in Berlin, Germany, May
21.
Principal Speaker
Dr. James H. Glenn, chief of the
division of urology, will be a
principal speaker at the Congress of
the International Society of
Urology in Tokyo, Japan, July
10-15. His talk is titled
"Vesicoureteral Reflux in Adults."
Dr. Glenn will serve as
consultant in urology for the
American Medical Association and
the U.S. Agency for International
Development at the University of
Saigon in Vietnam July 3-10.
On Panel
Mr. J. Edward King, manager of
the Central Teaching Laboratories,
attended the Association of
Directors of Multidiscipline
Teaching Laboratories meeting at
the University of Alabama June
25-29 to participate in a panel on
"Multidisciplinary Laboratory
Design-Past, Present, Future." Mr.
King was one of the organizers of
the association.
Speaker
Dr. P.K. Lauf, assistant professor
of physiology, will present a paper
on "Functional Correlation
between the Blood Group M/L
Antigens and Active Potassium
Transport in Sheep Red Cells" at
the Symposium on Ion
Permeability and Structure of the
Erythrocyte Membrane at the 13th
International Congress of
Hematology in Munich, Germany,
August 2-8. Co-author of the paper
is Dr. D.C. Tosteson, chairman of
the Department of
Physiology-Pharmacology.
Attends Meetings
Dr. Donald Silver, associate
professor of surgery, attended
meetings of the Society for
Vascular Surgery, the International
Cardiovascular Society, and the
Society for Surgery of the
Alimentary Tract in Chicago June
17-21.
In Canada
Mr. Marshall C. Fowler, Medical
Center fire marshal, attended the
annual National Fire Protection
Association meeting in Toronto,
Canada, May 18-22.
He will also participate in the
North Carolina Fire Marshals
Association meeting in Wilmington,
North Carolina, July 31.
On Faculty
Mr. Jeff H. Steinert, assistant
vice president for business and
finance at the Medical Center, was a
member of the faculty for a course
on "Business Office Organization
and System Design for Receivables"
at the annual meeting of the
Hospital Financial Management
Association held at the University
of Colorado in Boulder June 14-19.
Mr. Steinert is the outgoing
president of the organization.
Also participating in the
association meeting was S. Douglas
Smith, assistant director of Duke
Hospital.
At Meetings
Dr. K.V. Rajagopalan, assistant
professor of biochemistry, will
participate in a symposium on the
"Structures and Functions of
Vitamin-Related Enzymes" at
Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland, July
16-18.
Elected
Dr. Jacquelyne J. Jackson,
assistant professor of medical
sociology, was recently elected
executive secretary of the
Association of Social and
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