Welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of the College of Health Sciences e-newsletter. We have a number of exciting updates in the college, and I'm pleased to share them with you.
This Fall we welcomed our largest freshman class ever - some 320 students. Our graduate professional programs in physical therapy, physician assistant studies and speech and language pathology are fully subscribed and/or expanding.
Our faculty researchers continue to undertake ground-breaking work that is noticed by the scientific community and the National Institutes of Health, as evidenced by a number of large new grant awards.
Dr. Sandra Hunter, in collaboration with Dr. Robert Fitts, received $2.8 million for her work on muscle mass, fatigue and the effects of exercise in an aging population. Dr. Jennifer Evans received $1.7 million to study the effects of biological rhythms on human health. And Dr. Doug Lobner received nearly $500,000 for his toxicity studies.
A number of faculty and staff in the college also received awards for teaching and service at the recent College of Health Sciences Convocation. Those awarded include Dr. Jeff Berry, Dr. Chris Simenz, Diane Novotny and Rosie Moser. Congratulations to the award recipients, and thank you for your many years of service and instruction.
Marquette Presents will visit Chicago this month thanks to the generous support of Dan and Susan Real. The forum series will be held on October 21 at the University Club of Chicago. The topic is "Depression - The Intersection of Hope, Medicine and Research," and will feature faculty researchers as well as special guest Trenni Kusnierek, a Marquette alum and sports anchor, who will share her personal story. We hope to see many of our Chicagoland friends at the event, for which you can register here.
You can also view the video of our recent Marquette Presents forum on geriatric depression, which was held on campus in September.
For more information on upcoming events, or to remain current on news in the College of Health Sciences, please visit our website, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and our new Instagram. As always, I invite your feedback on our college at any time at: william.cullinan@marquette.edu
William E. Cullinan, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Marquette University
william.cullinan@marquette.edu
Coming up
Marquette Presents: Depression - The Intersection of Hope, Medicine and Research - October 21
The event is part of research series on community health issues sponsored by the College of Health Sciences at Marquette. Neuroscience researchers within the college will address the issue form the perspective of "Where there is a biological basis there is hope for more effective biologically based treatments."
For more information and to register, please visit the website.
INRC Seminar - October 22
The next seminar for the Intergrative Neuroscience Research Center is Tuesday, October 22, at 3:30 p.m. in Schroeder Complex room 256. The topic is ""Functional and Structural Disruption of Excitatory Synapses as a Triggering Mechanism for Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer Disease," presented by Dr. Alain Buisson from the Grenoble Institute for Neuroscience in France.
To learn more and see other upcoming lectures, please visit the INRC website.
4th Annual Robert C. Olson Lecture - November 7
The Olson lecture is a student-choice speaker series made possible by a generous donation from the Olson family on behalf of Dr. Robert Olson. The lecture is Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Cramer Hall 087, with catered lunch at 11:30 a.m. in the Cramer lounge. This year’s speaker is Dr. Karen McCulloch of UNC PT Dept (9th ranked PT program in US).
For more information, call the College of Health Sciences at (414) 288-5053.
Dr. Jennifer Evans, assistant professor of biomedical sciences, has been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund research on the effects of biological rhythms on human health.
