2001 Faculty Awards & Recognition

Steven Abrams, M.D.
Appointed. Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Awarded. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award (Distinguished Educator Award, Baylor College of Medicine.)

Janice C. Baranowski, M.P.H.
Elected. President, Houston Area Dietetic Association.

Tom Baranowski, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Editorial Board, Ethnicity & Disease.
Appointed. Consulting Editor, Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Appointed. Associate Editor, Public Health Nutrition.
Appointed. Member, National Advisory Committee to the Center for Nutrition Research of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Appointed. Member, Committee on Dietary Risk Assessment in the WIC Program, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

Dennis M. Bier, M.D.
Elected. President-Elect, General Clinical Research Centers Program Directors Association.
Appointed. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Council for Research into the Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.
Appointed. Jury Member, Danone International Prize for Nutrition.

Douglas G. Burrin, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Animal Science.
Appointed. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nutrition.
Appointed. Member, USDA-NRI Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization Grant Review Panel.
Appointed. Member, Animal Growth and Development, Symposium Organizing Committee, American Society of Animal Sciences.

Nancy F. Butte, Ph.D.
Elected. Treasurer, American Society of Clinical Nutrition.
Elected. Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation.
Appointed. Member, Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Macronutrients, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine.
Appointed. Member, FAO/WHO/UNU Working Group on Energy and Protein in Human Nutrition.
Elected. Chair, Human Milk and Lactation Research Interest Section of American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
Elected. Member, Steering Committee, Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism Research Interest Section, American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
Appointed. Member, WHO Expert Consultation on Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding.

Joan B. Carter, R.D., L.D., M.B.A.
Appointed. Houston-area spokesperson, American Dietetic Association.

Karen Weber Cullen, Dr. P.H.
Awarded. Distinguished Scientist Award, 2001, Texas Dietetic Association.

Teresa Davis, Ph.D.
Appointed. Fulbright U.S. Distinguished American Scholar.
Appointed. Director, Research Interest Sections, American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
Elected. Member, Nominating Committee, American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
Named. Ad Hoc Reviewer, Human Embryology and Development Subcommittee, NIH.
Named. Special Reviewer, American Heart Association.
Named. Special Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
Named. Special Reviewer, USDA NRI, Improving Human Nutrition for Optimal Health Program.
Named. Special Reviewer, USDA NRI, Animal Growth, Development, and Nutrient Utilization.
Reappointed. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nutrition.
Selected. Member, American Physiological Society, 2001.

Marta Fiorotto, Ph.D.
Awarded. James A. Shannon Director’s Award, NIH/NIAMS.

Peter M. Haney, M.D., Ph.D.
Elected. Member, Society for Pediatric Research.
Appointed. Chairman, Technology Committee, Board of Trustees, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Houston, Texas.
Appointed. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Houston, Texas.

Morey W. Haymond, M.D.
Appointed. Member, NIH K30 Grant Review-Special Emphasis Panel, Washington, D.C.
Appointed. Member, Texas Pediatric Diabetes Research Advisory Committee, Texas Department of Health.
Appointed. Director, Diabetes Care Center, Texas Children’s Hospital.
Appointed. Vice President for Research, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Appointed. Director, Clinical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine.
Appointed. Director, Fellowship Program, Pediatric Endocrinology/Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine.

William C. Heird, M.D.
Reappointed. Member, March of Dimes Task Force for Nutrition and Optimal Human Development.
Appointed. Member, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Special Emphasis Review Panel, Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.
Appointed. Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Maternal and Child Health Research, Research Committee.
Reappointed. Member, Advisory Committee on Child Health and Nutrition, International Infant Food Manufacturers Association.

Karen K. Hirschi, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Meritorious Awards Committee, North American Vascular Biology Organization, May, 2001.
Named. Panelist, National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) Symposium, “Reparative Medicine: Growing Tissues & Organs,” Bethesda, Maryland, June, 2001.
Appointed. Member, Oversight Committee for Medical School Curriculum, GI Module, BCM, March, 2001.

Kendal Hirschi, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, International Advisory Committee, Intracellular Signaling in Plant and Animal Systems, Kiev, Ukraine, 2001.

Farook Jahoor, Ph.D.
Appointed. Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
Awarded. The 2000-2001 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award.

Wikrom Karnsakul, M.D. (CNRC Fellow; mentor, Buford Nichols, M.D.)
Awarded. The Fellow's Clinical Research Award, from the Society for Pediatric Research. Poster, “Frequency of Disaccharidase Deficiencies in Childhood Chronic Abdominal Pain,” Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 3, 2001.

Karen L. Konzelmann, M.S.
Awarded. Certificate of Appreciation, in recognition of outstanding performance and consistent excellence, teamwork, and for promoting diversity; Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA.

Alexandre Lapillonne, M.D., Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Section Editor, Biology of the Neonate.
Appointed. Member, Scientific Committee, French Society for Pediatric Research.
Awarded. Nutrition Award, French Society for Nutrition.

Carlos Lifschitz, M.D.
Elected. Member, Council of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

Kathleen J. Motil, M.D., Ph.D.
Appointed. Chair, Institutional Review Board for Baylor College of Medicine and its Affiliated Hospitals.

Buford Nichols, M.D.
Appointed. Chairman, History of Nutrition Committee, American Society of Nutritional Sciences.

Theresa A. Nicklas, Dr. P.H.
Appointed. Ad Hoc Reviewer, Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods (SNEM-1) Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2000.

Richard J. Schanler, M.D.
Elected. Member, American Pediatric Society.
Elected. President, The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
Elected. President, The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation.
Appointed. Member, Executive Committee, Provisional Section on Breastfeeding, American Academy of Pediatrics.

Robert J. Shulman, M.D.
Appointed. Associate Member, American Board of Pediatrics.
Appointed. Member, Subboard in Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Appointed. Nominating Committee, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
Appointed. Member, Professional Education Scanning Group, North American Society for Pediatric
Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

Janice E. Stuff, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Board of Directors, Houston EndHunger Network.

William W. Wong, Ph.D.
Appointed. Member, Texas Department of Health Osteoporosis Advisory Committee.
Appointed. Member, Editorial Board, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies.