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Strategic investments help boost research funding by 7 percent

By Sam Fahmy

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Andrew Davis Tucker

Ted Ross, who joined the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine this year as the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Infectious Diseases, is working to create a universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of seasonal and pandemic influenza.

Best shot

Buoyed by strategic investments in health-related research as well as determined efforts to attract more funding from private foundations, research expenditures at UGA climbed 7 percent in the 2015 fiscal year, which ended June 30.

Research and development funding provided by federal agencies has been declining in real dollars in recent years. Federal funding for research at UGA held steady from fiscal year 2014 to 2015, but support from private foundations rose dramatically to boost overall research expenditures 7 percent to $154.6 million.

“University of Georgia faculty are engaged in research that addresses some of the world’s greatest challenges,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead, “and the

increase in research expenditures in fiscal year 2015 is a strong signal that we are continuing to expand the research enterprise of this great institution.”

Prior investments in UGA’s health-related research programs, including infectious diseases and glycoscience, fueled much of the recent growth in private foundation support. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided a large, multi-year award to Dan Colley, director of UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, to coordinate global efforts to eliminate the neglected tropical disease known as schistosomiasis. The Gates Foundation also is funding research by Ralph Tripp, the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Vaccine and Therapeutic Development, to enhance the production of

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GRA Eminent Scholar in Infectious Diseases COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH working on universal flu vaccine Former HHS secretary to give

By James Hataway University of Georgia’s growing predictions about which strains are research enterprise in infectious going to be most prevalent,” Ross keynote at anniversary event jhataway@uga.edu disease and will strengthen the uni- said.“What this means is that we have

Ted M. Ross is one of 99 new faculty members at UGA (see list page 6). He joined the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine this year as the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Infectious Diseases.

One of the nation’s leading infectious diseases researchers, his laboratory develops and tests vaccines for a variety of viral diseases, such as influenza, dengue, respiratory syncytial virus, Ebola and HIV/AIDS. “Dr. Ross has an outstanding record of success in translating his pioneering research into promising new vaccine candidates,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead.

“His expertise complements the

versity’s ties to vaccine researchers at other institutions and with Georgia’s economically important life sciences industry.”

Ross came to UGA after serving as director of the vaccines and viral immunity program at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida. He is particularly well known for his efforts to create a universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of seasonal and pandemic influenza, work he began while a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh.

“There are many different strains of influenza that affect humans, and the flu shot we get is based on

to change the vaccine every year, but it can’t protect you from all forms of flu. A universal vaccine would mean that people would no longer have to get an annual flu vaccine; it would be much more like what we have for polio, smallpox or mumps, where you get one or two shots and you’re protected for many years or even a lifetime.”

Ross is conducting his research with nearly $18 million in external funding from a variety of federal agencies, foundations and corporate sponsors. In 2012, Ross licensed his universal influenza vaccine platform to Sanofi-Pasteur, and he hopes to See SCHOLAR on page 8

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

By Rebecca Ayer alea@uga.edu

In honor of its 10th anniversary, UGA’s College of Public Health will welcome students, alumni and community guests to the Health Sciences Campus Oct. 5. A full slate of afternoon events open to the public will be punctuated by a 5 p.m. program and reception at Miller Parade Grounds.

The 10th anniversary celebration will include a keynote address from Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush, as well as comments from Harrison Spencer, president of the Association of Schools and

Programs of Public Health.

Established in 2005, the college became the first accredited college of public health within the University System of Georgia and was seen as an integral piece of the state’s broader efforts to improve population health. The college began moving its various programs and departments to the Health Sciences Campus in 2012, establishing itself as that campus’s principal occupant and energizing a growing health corridor in Athens-Clarke County.

“The past 10 years have been an exciting time for public health in Georgia, and we’re pleased the college has been able to play such a strong role in changing the state for

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‘Social change’ scholar named Hollowell Professor UGA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION community- practice. He is a leader in social

By Laurie Anderson laurie@uga.edu

Llewellyn “Lee” J. Cornelius has been named the Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies at the UGA School of Social Work.

Among his responsibilities, Cornelius will serve as director of the Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights. As director, Cornelius will oversee an annual speaker series and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to develop externally funded research to address persistent and emerging social problems. He also will teach courses focused on conducting

b a s e d p a rticipatory research, health disparities, and human and civil rights.

“Dr. Cornelius is a Llewellyn Cornelius distinguished scholar in both health policy and social justice, with a strong commitment to human and civil rights and translational research,” said Maurice Daniels, dean of the School of Social Work.

“He has an exceptional teaching record with a capacity to teach across programs and a strong record in research, community service and

work education and we are honored to have him join the School of Social Work and the Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights.”

Cornelius is one of the mostcited African-American scholars in social work. His book, Designing and Conducting Health Surveys: A Comprehensive Guide, has been cited more than 1,300 times since it was published in 2006. His research centers on creating and evaluating interventions to improve the health and well-being of under-resourced communities. He has been honored for his contributions to improving health care access for impoverished populations, even having a day

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Athletic Association helps recruit, retain best faculty

By Stephanie Schupska schupska@uga.edu

The UGA Athletic Association is playing a leading role in the university’s effort to increase the number of endowed faculty positions.

For many years, the association has provided an annual contribution to the UGA Foundation to support significant institutional priorities. The contributions, ranging in recent years between $4 million and $5 million, have

totaled more than $28 million since fiscal year 2007. A significant portion of these funds—approximately $7.5 million—has been used to establish endowed Georgia Athletic Association professorships.

An endowed chair or professorship is reserved for some of the most talented teachers and productive researchers. The financial support provided by the endowment helps to advance the critical research and scholarship of the faculty members who hold these prized positions.

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Around academe

Hank Aaron donates $3M to Morehouse

Hank Aaron, the Atlanta Braves baseball legend, and his wife, Billye Aaron, donated $3 million to the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.

The gift will go toward the expansion of the Hugh Gloster Medical Education building on campus and will create the Billye Suber Aaron Student Pavilion, which will be the first of a four-part expansion on the campus.

The pavilion is to be completed by 2017, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Regents name Dalton State president

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia named Margaret Venable as president of Dalton State College. Venable had been serving as interim president of Dalton State since January, when she was asked to assume interim responsibilities after the retirement of former President John Schwenn.

Before that, she was serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Gordon State College.

Venable’s experience within USG also includes the University of North Georgia’s Oconee Campus, where she served as vice president and chief executive officer.

U. of Nebraska-Kearney to allow more support dog use in housing

The University of Nebraska at Kearney and the board of regents of the university have agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit about support dogs for students living on campus.

The proposed settlement changes the housing policy at the university and allows students with psychological disabilities to keep animals with them in campus housing.

The proposed settlement resolves the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department in 2011, but the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in Lincoln still must approve it.

Referral form available for those who need help during emergency

News to Use

UGA officials want to identify and support students, faculty, staff and visitors with disabilities who will need assistance during an emergency. Anyone with a disability, even those who have not otherwise self-identified or asked for an accommodation, are encouraged to complete an Emergency Assistance Referral Form. Kept on file by the Office of Emergency Preparedness, the completed forms only will be used to develop an emergency plan for those who want one. They will not be kept in student or personnel records.

UGA’s emergency procedures for students, faculty, staff and visitors with disabilities and the Emergency Assistance Referral Form are at http://t.uga.edu/1MZ. For additional information, contact the UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness at 706-542-5845 or send an email at prepare@uga.edu.

Source: Office of Emergency Preparedness

Economic diversity

UGA ranked 10th among public universities on a list of schools doing the most for low-income students.

The College Access Index is based on the share of students who receive Pell Grants, their graduation rate and the price that schools charge low- and middle-income students.

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California-Irvine California-Davis California-Santa Barbara California-San Diego UCLA Florida California-Berkeley Washington-Seattle UNC-Chapel Hill

10. UGA Source: 2015 New York Times College Access Index

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University dedicates first phase of Business Learning Community

By Matt Weeks

mweeks@uga.edu

Before a crowd of hundreds on Sept. 18, the UGA Terry College of Business dedicated Correll Hall, Phase I of its future home, the Business Learning Community, and ceremoniously broke ground on Amos Hall, the centerpiece of the project’s second phase.

Correll Hall is named for A.D.“Pete” Correll, chairman emeritus of GeorgiaPacific and a Terry College alumnus, and his wife, Ada Lee Correll, a graduate of the UGA College of Education. Amos Hall is named in honor of Daniel P. Amos, chairman and CEO of Aflac and a Terry College alumnus.

“As the times have changed, so has the Terry College, which has remained on the leading edge—always adapting in order to prepare the next generation of business leaders,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “The Business Learning Community was born out of this pioneering spirit and commitment to excellence.”

The new complex, located on the corner of Lumpkin and Baxter streets on UGA’s North Campus, provides the Terry College with facilities that encourage innovation and learning in an environment that fosters collaboration, said Terry College Dean Benjamin C. Ayers.

“This is a very special day for the Terry College, for its alumni, friends, faculty and staff and most importantly for its students,” Ayers said. “The construction of the Business Learning Community will forever impact thousands of Terry undergraduate and graduate students, who will achieve great things as a result of their education at the University of Georgia.”

Peter Frey

Correll Hall, which serves as home for the Terry College of Business’ graduate programs, opened for classes this semester. The 74,000-square-foot facility includes a business innovation lab, multiple project team rooms and a graduate commons.

Correll Hall, which serves as home for the college’s graduate programs, opened for classes at the beginning of this semester. The 74,000-square-foot facility includes a business innovation lab, multiple project team rooms and a graduate commons.

“Ada Lee and I are immensely proud to be tied to the legacy of the Terry College and the University of Georgia, which has helped so many young men and women over the years,” Correll said. “I know firsthand that the state of Georgia and its workforce benefit directly from the teaching and learning that happen here. We’re excited to enhance that contribution to our state and nation by helping the Terry College reach new levels of excellence.”

Construction of Amos Hall, the

centerpiece of the second phase of the Business Learning Community, is slated to be completed in 2017. In all, Phase II will span approximately 140,000 square feet and will include two large auditoriums, eight classrooms, a trading room, a behavioral lab, an undergraduate commons, conference rooms, and faculty and staff offices. Phase II is supported by $43 million in state funds and $14 million in private donations.

“I was honored to be asked to chair this capital campaign and am humbled by the notion that the Amos name will forever be linked to this incredible learning institution,” Amos said. “I will continue to support UGA so that future generations will have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest business minds in the nation.”

OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY

TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

By Camie Williams

By Aaron Hale

Workshop provides advice, inspiration 2 CEOs talk about successful leadership for black female professors, students at Mason Lecture camiew@uga.edu

The UGA Office of Institutional Diversity hosted its first workshop to offer female African-American faculty members, postdoctoral scholars and graduate students a mix of career advice, networking opportunities and inspiration.

About 60 women participated in the Sept. 12 event, which included sessions about grant writing, the tenure process, leadership paths and microaggressions in academia. The workshop was funded by the President’s Venture Fund, the College of Education and the Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. It was organized and coordinated by Natoya Haskins, an assistant professor in the College of Education, and a group of faculty and students.

“The goal was to provide an opportunity for black female faculty and graduate students to connect, network and learn so that they can be successful in the job search, grant writing, promotion and tenure,” said Michelle Garfield Cook, associate provost for institutional diversity. “I think the workshop was incredibly successful.”

Melissa Davis, an assistant professor in the genetics department of Franklin College, said she was excited to find resources to help her meet her career goals as well as a network of colleagues to help each other.

“It was a really positive experience

in terms of professional development and inspirational guidance,” Davis said. “Now I am aware that I have peers literally right across the street dealing with the same issues of time management, work-life balance and promotion. I can see that, with a lot of resilience and hard work, I also will reach success.”

Graduate School Dean Suzanne Barbour, who gave the keynote address, said she was pleased to see many graduate students in attendance. She added that she was encouraged that they received “frank and open” insights into the life of an academic before they choose their career paths.

“For these young women to see that there are people who look like them and have their interests is important; that can be huge,” Barbour said. “My hope would be that they walked away with a sense of empowerment.”

Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Meigs Professor of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy and director of the Institute for Women’s Studies, helped organize the workshop and co-led one of the sessions.

She said this and other mentoring opportunities can help underrepresented individuals achieve success while helping the university reach its goals in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty members.

“I wish when I was a graduate student or a brand new faculty that I had a workshop like this,” JohnsonBailey said.

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Dan Amos, CEO and chairman of Aflac, and A.D. “Pete” Correll, retired CEO of Georgia-Pacific, talked at the Mason Public Leadership Lecture about how hard work, managed risk, flexibility and a willingness to give back can be part of a recipe for success.

“Don’t be set on what you do,” Amos said, addressing the students.“Be flexible, be willing to move and adapt.”

The two businessmen and philanthropists, both alumni of the UGA Terry College of Business, shared the stage at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collection Libraries Sept. 18.

Amos and Correll both have been leaders in corporate and personal philanthropy. Correll helped lead efforts to revive Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. And under Amos’ leadership, Aflac has focused its giving on treating pediatric cancer, including through the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center in Atlanta.

Amos said that corporate giving is good for the bottom line.“I believe people want to do business with companies that make the world better,” he said.

When asked about setbacks, Correll said he had his share of failures in business.

But with a philosophy centered on not taking himself “too seriously,” he has been able to let his successes outweigh failures.

Amos also said that risk is important for success, but that smart business people know when to walk away if something isn’t working.

RESEARCH NEWS

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Cal Powell

Jacquelyn Mallette, a doctoral candidate in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ human development and family science department, and Ted Futris, an associate professor and family life specialist in the college, worked on a study that found a mother’s relationship with her child’s father impacts her maternal identity.

Parental bond

Research finds that mother’s maternal identity linked to relationship with child’s father

By Cal Powell

jcpowell@uga.edu

A mother’s maternal identity is linked closely to the relationship she has with her child’s father as well as his involvement pre- and post-birth, according to a new study released by UGA researchers.

Maternal identity, though complex, includes a mother’s attachment to her infant, her expressions of pleasure at her role and her perception of how others feel regarding her competency as a mother.

The study was published earlier this month in the journal Family Relations.

Maternal identity “affects how moms parent and how they feel toward their child,” said the study’s lead author Jacquelyn Mallette, a doctoral candidate in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ human development and family science department. “If they’re able to successfully achieve a maternal identity, they are more likely to parent in an effective way, and fathers can play an important role in this process.”

Researchers studied 125 teen mothers in Ohio, ages 14-19, along with the fathers, whose ages ranged from 15-24 years.

Previous research has established that early childbearing has negative

psychological consequences for adolescent females, which is associated with less effective parenting practices and greater challenges adjusting to motherhood. Children of adolescent mothers also are shown to be at greater risk for abuse, neglect and impaired cognitive development.

Because of these heightened risks, and the fact that teen mothers still are forming their own individual identity, the role of the father in contributing to maternal identity as well as the child’s development is critical, researchers said.

“I like to look at things not from a deficit approach but from more of a positive approach, instead of looking at the negative impacts of father absence, looking at what good comes from when fathers are involved and how this is impactful for the adolescent mothers,” Mallette said. “Adolescent mothers can be just as successful as adults when they have a strong support system, which is why support from the father is critical.”

Likewise, fathers may be more likely to maintain involvement following a child’s birth if they are part of a supportive partnership, the researchers found. That support, in turn, is vital to the mother’s establishment of her maternal identity.

“Father involvement early on is really critical during pregnancy,” said

study co-author Ted Futris, an associate professor and family life specialist in the college. “It helps moms get a sense of support. ‘Is this somebody who’s going to be around? Is this somebody who expresses an interest in my well-being while I’m carrying this child? Is he coming to the doctor visits, helping out, even after the birth?’ ” The authors said that their findings reinforce the need for additional programs to engage fathers. Relative to the demand for services, few programs exist to address the needs of young dads, Futris said.

Practitioner services that emphasize not just parenting skills but also relationship skills are necessary, he added.

“It’s not just the dad being involved, and it’s not just the dad and the mom getting along,” he said. “It’s both of those, the combination. So when dad gets along with mom, and he’s involved in the picture, both of those help her connect with being a mom more positively. When he’s around and they get along, she feels better. Our findings really reinforce if you’re going to do programs with either (the mother or father), you have to give them the skills to work it out and get along.”

Additional co-authors are Geoffrey Brown and Assaf Oshri in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Study: Lax laws affect vaccination, disease outbreak rates

By Stephanie Schupska schupska@uga.edu

Lax state vaccination laws contribute to lower immunization rates and increased outbreaks of preventable diseases like whooping cough and measles, according to a new UGA study.

Through their research, released in the journal Health Affairs, study authors David Bradford and Anne Mandich found higher rates of pertussis, or whooping cough, in states that allowed philosophical exemptions and used a standardized exemption form.

Vaccination exemption rates have increased drastically in the past 10 years, according to the study, due largely to religious and philosophical reasons,

which fall under the nonmedical exemption category. All but three states allow exemptions based on religious reasons.

Only 17 allow philosophical exemptions. And 39 states use a standardized exemption form.

“We are seeing a significant association between pertussis rates and vaccination exemption,” said Bradford, who holds the Busbee Chair in Public Policy in the UGA School of Public and International Affairs. “States with stricter policies have lower pertussis rates, which shows that policymakers do have it within their power to further limit the spread of these diseases.”

Pertussis was used as the foundation for the study, which relied on kindergarten exemption data collected by

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its 2002-12 annual school assessment reports, “for the unfortunate reason that pertussis is more common,” Bradford said. About 48,000 cases were recorded in the U.S. in 2012. An average year has between 45,000 and 50,000 cases. In contrast, the CDC recorded an average of 60 cases of measles per year from 2001 to 2012.

The study found three key policies that lower whooping cough rates: requiring state health department approval for nonmedical vaccination exemptions; allowing exemption from only specific vaccines instead of all vaccines; and levying criminal and civil punishment against those who do not comply with vaccination policies.

Tickets for “A Conversation with Alice Walker” on Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Morton Theatre will be available beginning at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 at the theatre’s box office, 195 W. Washington St. Tickets are free but are required for admittance to the event. Seating will be general admission.

The UGA Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will welcome Walker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, as this year’s Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding on Oct. 14-15. The 2015 Delta Chair is administered by the Willson Center in partnership with the UGA Institute for African American Studies.

Walker will join Valerie Boyd, an associate professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, for a public conversation. Boyd is the editor of a forthcoming volume of Walker’s journals.

Tickets will be limited to two per person. All attendees, including small children, must have a ticket.

NEH grant to provide funding for UGA programs relating to Latino culture

UGA’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute and the University Libraries have received a competitive “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

The $10,000 grant provides for public programming about Latino history and culture.

As a grant recipient, UGA also will receive the six-part, NEH-supported documentary film Latino Americans, created for PBS in 2013 by the WETA public television station.

The Latino Americans funding will enable UGA to support the programs in the community including these fall events: • Festival Latino, Oct. 10, noon to 4 p.m., Pinewoods branch of the Athens Regional Library.

• Screening and discussion of Latino Americans, episode 6: “Peril and Promise (1980-2000),” Oct. 15, 6-9 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library. The discussion will be led by Edward Delgado-Romero, a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education.

• The Rest of the Story Book Club meeting, Nov. 17, 5:30-7 p.m., special collections libraries. The group will discuss the book Latin Americans: The 500-Year Legacy that Shaped a Nation by Ray Suarez. The discussion will be led by Laura D. Shedenhelm, Latin American specialist bibliographer for Latin America, Spain and Portugal at the UGA Libraries.

President’s Medal nominations sought

UGA will award the 2016 President’s Medal to recognize the longstanding, extraordinary contributions of former employees who have supported deserving students and meaningful academic programs, advanced research that creatively explored solutions for the challenges of the times and inspired community leaders to engage in enhancing the quality of life of Georgians through their support of the university.

Nominations are being accepted for the President’s Medal. Nominees must have a connection to the university but cannot be a current UGA employee. Individuals currently serving as appointed or elected officials in local, state or federal positions also are ineligible. The President’s Medal recipient must be willing to be present at the Founders Day celebrations to receive the medal.

Nominations must be received by the UGA Office of the President no later than Nov. 6.

Submit a nomination letter, a resume or biography of the nominee and at least two letters of support to Office of the President, Administration Building, 220 S. Jackson St., Athens, GA 30605.

Nominees not selected may be considered for the following two years.

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RESEARCH NEWS

PSO Faculty Fellow works to better prepare coastal Georgia for natural disasters

By Angela Seal aseal3@uga.edu

Rosanna Rivero has spent part of her career working with geographic information systems that assist in mapping and visualizing future planning scenarios, including the effects of natural disasters.

Before coming to the UGA College of Environment and Design as an assistant professor, Rivero worked with the Everglades Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Miami, as a natural resource planner, conducting research in projects associated with Everglades restoration.

In the three years she has lived in Georgia, Rivero has spent her time Rosanna Rivero working with officials in Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden counties, to research how these communities are preparing for natural disasters. The project is being done in collaboration with the Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia.

As a 2014-2015 Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellow, Rivero worked with UGA Marine Extension/ Georgia Sea Grant and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government to develop programs that would help local governments enhance their environmental resilience.The fellows program, created by the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach in 2011, is designed for tenure-track and tenured professors to enhance their academic courses, conduct community-based research and apply their academic expertise to outreach initiatives.

Rivero worked on three projects during her PSO Fellowship: coordinating a geodesign workshop for Chatham County; using GIS to support local Georgia communities in their eligibility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Rating System; and teaching a Regional Environmental Planning Studio to UGA graduate students earning their master’s degrees in environmental planning and design.

The geodesign workshop was a three-day collaborative meeting in which participants discussed and agreed upon a design for Chatham County based on long-term environmental factors such as rising sea level and natural disasters. Geodesign is a framework used to improve methods to analyze large land areas and make decisions about conservation and development. The workshop was led by Carl Steinitz, professor emeritus of landscape architecture and planning at Harvard University and an honorary professor at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis in the Bartlett School of the University College London.

Using FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System, which uses GIS tools to map the effects of flooding in low-lying areas, Rivero helped counties apply for discounted insurance rates offered by FEMA to applicants who take steps to reduce flood risk.

Students who enrolled in Rivero’s course, Regional Environmental Planning Studio, developed proposals to improve environmental resilience of coastal counties in Georgia, specifically Glynn and McIntosh counties.

Students took an inventory of the region, examined regional problems and developed proposals to help counties better address regional problems.

Moving forward, Rivero plans to continue implementing the geodesign framework in other coastal counties in Georgia and other regions.

Robert Newcomb

Boris Striepen, a Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored a paper on new tools to study and genetically manipulate cryptosporidium. “We think that the techniques reported in this paper will open the doors for discovery in crypto research, and that will, in turn, lead to new and urgently needed therapeutics,” he said.

‘Turning point’

Cell biologists develop breakthrough tools in fight against cryptosporidium

By James E. Hataway jhataway@uga.edu

UGA researchers have developed new tools to study and genetically manipulate cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis. Their discoveries, published in the journal Nature, ultimately will help researchers in academia and industry find new treatments and vaccines for cryptosporidium, which is a major cause of disease and death in children younger than 2 years old.

Crypto, as researchers often call it, most commonly is spread through tainted drinking or recreational water.

When a person drinks contaminated water, parasites emerge from spores and invade the lining of the small intestine, causing severe diarrhea. In 1993, more than 400,000 people living in the Milwaukee area were infected with crypto when one of the city’s water treatment systems malfunctioned.

The parasite is especially problematic in areas with limited resources, and recent global studies have shown crypto to be one of the most important causes of life-threatening diarrhea in infants and toddlers. There is currently no vaccine and only one drug—nitazoxanide—approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for cryptosporidiosis, but it provides no benefit for those in gravest danger: malnourished children and immunocompromised patients.

“One of the biggest obstacles with crypto is that it is very difficult to study

in the lab, and that has made scientists and funders shy away from studying the parasite,” said Boris Striepen, coauthor of the paper and a Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “We think that the techniques reported in this paper will open the doors for discovery in crypto research, and that will, in turn, lead to new and urgently needed therapeutics.”

One of their techniques involves manipulating crypto so that it emits light, making it much easier to detect.

Previously, researchers would have to examine samples under a microscope and count crypto spores one by one, which is both time-consuming and inaccurate.

Now, by simply measuring light, researchers may test thousands of drug candidates simultaneously to see if they have the ability to inhibit crypto growth.

“There are enormous libraries of chemicals available now, and some of these chemicals may work as a treatment for crypto, and this technology will help us find them much more rapidly,” said Striepen, who is also a member of UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases.

The team also developed a way to genetically modify the parasite using a technique called CRISPR/Cas9, which allows scientists to make very precise changes to an organism’s genome and observe the effects. By knocking out specific crypto genes, researchers can test their importance for the parasite and make predictions on their potential

value as a drug target.

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that children develop immunity to crypto as they get older, but the mechanisms that provide that immunity are poorly understood.The genetic techniques developed in Striepen’s lab will help identify the foundation of natural immunity, opening the possibility for vaccine development. They also may help to develop weakened parasite strains that can no longer cause disease but still induce lasting immunity.

“Drug treatments are important, but finding a way to prevent the disease in the first place would be the most effective way to deal with an early childhood disease,” said Sumiti Vinayak, lead author of the paper and an assistant research scientist in Striepen’s lab.

The team also developed new methods to study the disease in mice. Mouse tests are an important precursor to human drug and vaccine trials, and the ability to study crypto in a living organism will speed discovery and therapeutic development.

“Now that we have overcome these initial hurdles, we have a great opportunity to move forward much faster,” Striepen said. “There is need, there is opportunity and now there is technical ability, so I think we may have reached a turning point in the fight against this important disease.”

Additional authors of the study were Mattie Pawlowic,Adam Sateriale, Carrie Brooks, Caleb Studstill, Yael Bar-Peled and Michael Cipriano, all from UGA.

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Microbiologists describe new insights into human neurodegenerative disease

By Alan Flurry

aflurry@uga.edu

UGA microbiology researchers studying a soil bacterium have identified a potential mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases.

A role for the protein HSD10 had been suspected in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, but no direct connection previously had been established.

This new breakthrough suggests that HSD10 reduces oxidative stress, promotes cell repair and prevents cellular death.

The authors first discovered that CsgA, an enzyme related to HSD10, produces energy during sporulation in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Spores enable cells to survive under nutrient-limiting conditions

and can be thought of as the bacterial version of plant seeds. CsgA was found to degrade the phospholipid cardiolipin into fragments that were used as energy sources during sporulation much the same way humans produce and burn fat. Though normally a component of the lipid layer surrounding the cells, cardiolipin becomes dispensable as cells shrink to become spores.

The study was published Sept. 3 in the early online edition of Genes & Development.

In humans, this mechanism of cardiolipin degradation seems to have been appropriated for a different purpose. Cardiolipin is also found in mitochondria, where it surrounds and protects the energy-making machinery from oxidative stress.

HSD10 is a versatile protein with many known functions but its role in oxidative stress has remained a mystery. The authors showed that HSD10 preferentially degrades highly toxic cardiolipin peroxides, free radicals produced during oxidative stress that would normally initiate apoptosis, or cell death.

HSD10 activity is strongly inhibited when bound to the amyloid beta peptide so prevalent in Alzheimer’s disease.

“Normally, apoptosis is beneficial for regulating multi-cellular systems,” said the study’s lead author Tye Boynton, a postdoctoral research associate in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “But with rampant oxidative stress leading to uncontrolled cellular death, you end up with

diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

HSD10 potentially prevents this by removing these damaged lipids before they have a chance to act.”

When cardiolipin becomes damaged by oxidative stress, the newly formed cardiolipin peroxides induce apoptosis instead of energy production. The UGA research team, led by microbiology professor Lawrence Shimkets, showed for the first time that HSD10 can mitigate oxidative damage.

“This research suggests that HSD10 prevents neurodegeneration by destroying cardiolipin peroxides and provides a fresh perspective on the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease that could inform novel drug strategies,” Shimkets said.

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The following events are open to the public, unless otherwise specified. Dates, times and locations may change without advance notice.

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EXHIBITIONS

Afloat. Through Oct. 2. Circle Gallery.

FOOTBALL FRIDAY TOUR A guided tour of Unbeaten, Untied, Undisputed: Georgia’s 1980 National Championship Season. 3:30 p.m. Special collections libraries. 706-542-7123, hasty@uga.edu.

Ralph Chesse. Through Oct. 4. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, ­hazbrown@uga.edu.

Return from Exile. Through Oct. 10.

Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St. 706-542-5356, baflaher@uga.edu.

FILM Spy. Also Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. and Oct. 3-4 at 6 and 9 p.m. $3 for nonstudents.

6 p.m. Tate Student Center Theatre.

Infiltro: In-Vitro. Through Nov. 30. Gilbert Hall. bkaplan@uga.edu.

Set Off for Georgia… Through Dec. 23. Hargrett Library Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

Unbeaten, Untied, Undisputed: Georgia’s 1980 National Championship Season.

Through Dec. 23. Special collections libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

Seeing Georgia: Changing Visions of Tourism in the Modern South. Through July 30. Special ­collections libraries.

706-542-5788, jhebbard@uga.edu.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 LECTURE “How to Create the Perfect Harmful Algal Bloom: Nonsustainable Water and Nutrient Management in Agricultural Watersheds,” Susan Wilde, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Part of the Sustainable Food Systems Seminar Series. 3:30 p.m.

103 Conner Hall. 706-542-8084, sustainag@uga.edu.

FULL MOON HIKE $5; $15 per family. 7 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 BFSO SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON Keynote speaker: the Rev. Francys Johnson, state president of the Georgia NAACP and a graduate of the UGA School of Law. $45; $360 for a table of eight. Noon. Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. 706-583-0404, rickyrob@uga. edu.

GUEST LECTURE “German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie,” Monique Laney, Auburn University. This lecture will examine the relocation of German rocket experts to the town of Huntsville, Alabama, in 1950.

Part of the UGA Engineering-German Lecture Series. 4 p.m. 350 Miller Learning Center. katieec@uga.edu.

ECOLOGY SEMINAR “Ecosystem Tipping Points, Chemical Ecology and the Death Spiral of Coral Reefs,” Mark Hay, Georgia Tech.

Reception precedes seminar in lobby.

4 p.m. Ecology building auditorium.

706-542-7247, bethgav@uga.edu.

SUNFLOWER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT A jazz performance by Arvin Scott, a faculty member in UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Jazz singer Marti Winkler will open the show.

Performing Arts Center to begin yearlong partnership with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is expanding its annual residency at the UGA Performing Arts Center. Members of the Chamber Music Society will perform six concerts in Hodgson Hall during the 2015-2016 season, establishing the greatest presence in one location for CMS outside of New York City.

“This is the world’s premier repertory company for chamber music, and I’m excited about establishing a long-term partnership with it,” said George Foreman, director of the UGA Performing Arts Center. “For our 20th season, all of the Franklin College Chamber Music Series concerts will be performed by distinguished members

$15; $5 for children ages 6-12. 7 p.m.

Flower Garden, State Botanical Garden.

706-542-6138.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 WORKSHOP “Improving Student Learning Outcomes with Critical Reflection.” Critical reflection is an essential component of service-learning course design and the link between service activities students engage in and their academic learning.

In this workshop, participants will learn about the fundamentals and best practices of reflection theory and put this into practice through hands-on activities that explore written, verbal, group and visual reflection activities. 10 a.m.

PSO Annex Conference Room, Office of Service-Learning building.

706-542-0535, swilder@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Strategies for Teaching the Millennial Student,” Cynthia Ward, College of Veterinary Medicine. 1 p.m. Reading Room, Miller Learning Center. 706-583-0067, tchagood@uga.edu.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 WORKSHOP “Students, Technology and Learning: Multitasking at UGA and How Faculty Can Increase Student Engagement,” Eddie Watson, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Joan Watson, College of

Calendar items are taken from Columns files and from the university’s Master Calendar, maintained by Public Affairs.

Notices are published here as space permits, with priority given to items of multidisciplinary interest. The Master Calendar is available on the Web at calendar.uga.edu/.

from the Chamber Music Society as they explore musical masterpieces from the 18th though the 20th centuries.”

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han will kick off the Franklin College Chamber Music season with the Payne Memorial Concert Oct. 4 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

The memorial concert honors the late William Jackson Payne, the dean of Franklin College who founded the Chamber Music Series. Admission to the concert is free.

A free preconcert lecture will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. The lecture will be given by Patrick Castillo from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Pharmacy. 3:30 p.m. Instructional Plaza.

706-583-0067, tchagood@uga.edu.

BLUESTEMS AND BLUEJEANS NATIVE PLANT SALE Oct. 1-2, 8-9 from 4-6 p.m. Also Oct. 3, 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. On-site experts will help shoppers choose native plants—nearly 200 species, a majority of which will be local seeds and grown organically—to incorporate into an urban garden and patio. Mimsie Lanier Center for Native Plant Studies, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-9353.

BARTRAM CONFERENCE EVENT “Natural Curiosity and Natural History: John Bartram’s Observations on the Land and Life in Georgia,” Dorinda Dallmeyer. Part of Set Off for Georgia..., a series of events celebrating the 250th anniversary of John and William Bartram’s Natural History Expedition in Colonial Georgia. 5:30 p.m. Special collections libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

UGA HOCKEY vs. Kennesaw State. Buy tickets at the Tate Student Center ticket office, online or at the Classic Center box office. $10; $2 for students. 7 p.m. Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St. 706-207-8819, jeb@ugahockey.com.

MUSEUM MIX The thrice-annual, late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries that will be open until

midnight. 8 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu.

CONCERT The UGA Symphony Orchestra will present an evening of classic masterworks. $10; $5 for students with a valid UGACard. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.

DRIVE-IN MOVIE Watch Hocus Pocus at the drive-in.

8 p.m. Lot E01, intramural fields.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 MEETING: FRIENDS FIRST FRIDAY “The Children’s Garden is All About Children.” Cora Keber, education coordinator, will demonstrate and explain how complex subjects are communicated through a child’s perspective, ideas and values that will stay with that child for a lifetime. $12. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6138, lpbryant@uga.edu.

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall ballroom.

706-542-7911, cheeia@uga.edu.

WOMEN’S STUDIES LECTURE “Debt and the Safety Net,” Mary Caplan, School of Social Work. 12:20 p.m.

150 Miller Learning Center. Part of the Friday Speaker Series. 706-542-2846, tlhat@uga.edu.

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UGA HOCKEY vs. Life University. Buy tickets at the Tate Student Center ticket office, online or at the Classic Center box office. $10; $2 for students. 7:30 p.m. Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St. 706-207-8819, jeb@ugahockey.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 FOOTBALL vs. Alabama. To be televised on CBS. 3:30 p.m. Sanford Stadium.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 PAYNE MEMORIAL CONCERT David Finckel and Wu Han, the artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, open a yearlong exploration of musical masterpieces that will include six visits to Athens by CMS ensembles. 3 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4400. (See story, left).

GUEST LECTURE “Living the Farm Sanctuary Life,” Gene Baur, author of Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day and Farm Sanctuary president. Sponsored by Speak Out for Species. 7 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. 706-224-3796, sos@uga.edu.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AUTHOR TALK Meet author and public health leader Dr. Louis W. Sullivan. This event, hosted with the UGA Press, is a part of the College of Public Health’s 10-year anniversary programming. 4 p.m. Rhodes Hall. 706-542-4145, asharp@uga.edu.

(See story, page 1).

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANNIVERSARY The College of Public Health will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a program that will feature keynote speaker Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and founding dean and president emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine. A reception will follow. Registration is requested. 5 p.m.

Miller Parade Ground, Health Sciences Campus. 706-542-2590, ggi@uga.edu.

(See story, page 1).

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OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST

UGA welcomes new faculty

Below is a list of new tenured and tenure-track faculty who have joined the university since the list was in Columns one year ago.

This information was provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs, which acts as a liaison between the university and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on matters related to faculty appointments, promotion and tenure.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Abigail Borron, assistant professor, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Brady E. Brewer, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; Bhabesh Dutta, assistant professor, plant pathology; Justin Fowler, assistant professor, poultry science; Gary L. Hawkins, assistant professor, crop and soil sciences; Jessica Holt, assistant professor, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Brian H. Kvitko III, assistant professor, plant pathology; Mohamed Mergoum, professor, crop and soil sciences; Luke J. Mortensen, assistant professor, animal and dairy science; Milton G. Newberry III, assistant professor, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Chad Paton, assistant professor, food science and technology; Amber H. Rice, assistant professor, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Jason Schmidt, assistant professor, entomology; Harshavardha Thippareddi, professor, poultry science; Esther Vanderknaap, professor, horticulture; Jason Wallace, assistant professor, crop and soil sciences; and Chen Zhen, associate professor, agricultural and applied economics.

Robert V. Pohl, assistant professor, economics; Thomas Quan, assistant professor, economics; and Hani Safadi, assistant professor, management information systems.

Odum School of Ecology

Krista Capps, assistant professor, and Pejman Rohani, professor.

College of Education

Kevin J. Burke, assistant professor, language and literacy education; Daniel K. Capps, assistant professor, mathematics and science education; R ­ ahul ­S h r i v a s t av, p r o f e s s o r, communicaKara Wunderlich tion sciences and special education; Richard O. Welsh, assistant professor, lifelong education, administration and policy; Kara L. Wunderlich, assistant professor, communication sciences and special education; and Sami R. Yli-Piipari, assistant professor, kinesiology.

College of Engineering

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Jill T. Anderson, assistant professor, genetics; John Patrick Bray, assistant professor, theatre and film studies; Thelma L. Sanders Bustle, associate professor, art; Amma Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, assistant professor, theatre and film studies; Jesse B. Jones, assistant professor, music; Peter V. Lane, assistant professor, music; Shannon Quinn, assistant professor, computer science; Joel E. Ringdahl, assistant professor, psychology; Marni Beth Shindelman, assistant professor, art; Alberto Villate-Isaza, assistant professor, Romance languages; Christopher Mark West, professor, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Michael White, assistant professor, genetics.

Terry College of Business

Theodore E. Christensen, professor, accounting; Daniel L. Gamache, assistant professor, management; John E. Hund, assistant professor, finance; Jo s h u a L .

Kinsler, assistant professor, economics; Rong Luo, assistant professor, economics; Svetlana Hani Safadi Pashchenko, assistant professor, economics;

Leonid Ionov

Bora Cetin, assistant professor, Cheryl Gomillion, assistant professor, Hitesh Handa, assistant professor, and Leonid Ionov, assistant professor.

College of Environment and Design Brian A. Orland, professor.

College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Alison Clune Berg, assistant professor, food and nutrition; Jamie A. Cooper, associate professor, food and nutrition; Laura Ellen McAndrews, assistant professor, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Laura Gale McKee, assistant professor, human development Hea Jin Park and family science; and Hea Jin Park, assistant professor, food and nutrition.

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Delia Abbas, assistant professor, James Alan Martin, assistant professor, and Cristian Montes, associate professor.

College of Public Health

Jo s e C o r d e r o , p r o f e s s o r,

­epidemiology and biostatistics.

School of Public and International Affairs

Gene Arnold Brewer, associate professor, public administration and policy; Hanna Kleider, assistant professor, international affairs; and Tyler Scott, assistant professor, public administration and policy.

School of Social Work

Llewellyn Cornelius, professor, Jane E. McPherson, assistant professor, and Michael A. Robinson, assistant professor.

College of Veterinary Medicine

Frane Banovic, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Melinda Brindley, assistant professor, infectious disease; Krzysztof Czaja, associate professor, vet biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Kathryn A. Diehl, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Ian K. Hawkins, Krzysztof Czaja assistant professor, Tifton Diagnostic Lab; Jae Kyung Lee, assistant professor, physiology and pharmacology; Puliyur S. Mohankumar, professor, vet biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Sheba Mohankumar, associate professor, vet biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Courtney Murdock, assistant professor, infectious disease; Daniel R. Perez, professor, population health; Ted M. Ross, professor, infectious disease; Michael S. Trent, professor, infectious disease; and Rebecca P. Wilkes, assistant professor, Tifton Diagnostic Lab.

Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Suzanne E. Barbour, professor and dean, Graduate School; Julia M. Diaz, assistant professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; and Elizabeth Harvey, assistant professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.

Office of the Vice President for Research

Douglas P. Aubrey, assistant professor, Savannah River Ecology Lab; James Corbett Beasley, assistant professor, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Arthur Edison, professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; Robert S. Haltiwanger, professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; and Christine Szymanski, professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.

Source: Faculty Information Data Base, Sept. 14, 2015-OIR

12 join university as clinical faculty

In addition to new tenured and tenure-track faculty, UGA welcomes 12 new clinical faculty who are educators as well as practitioners in health and other professions.

Clinical faculty are involved in the supervision and training of students, interns or residents in professional settings. Like their tenure-track colleagues, they typically hold terminal degrees. Their scholarship varies, but often is focused on advancing professional practice or enhancing education in clinical settings.

New full-time clinical faculty for the 2015-2016 academic year are Tina Anderson, clinical assistant professor, College of Education, communication sciences and special education; Mona Behl, clinical assistant professor, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Sea Grant Program; Christopher M. Bland, clinical assistant professor, College of Pharmacy, clinical and administrative pharmacy; Alison G. Meindl, clinical assistant professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, small animal medicine and surgery; Sandie M. Bass-Ringdahl, cliniLaura Nichols cal assistant professor, College of Education, communication sciences and special education; Christopher Mojock, clinical assistant professor, College of Education, kinesiology; Amy S. Murphy, clinical assistant professor, College of Education, educational theory and practice; Laura Nichols, clinical assistant professor, College of Education, communication sciences and special education; Elizabeth E. Saylor, clinical assistant professor, College of Education, educational theory and practice; Gregory Vessels Kimberlee J. Spencer, clinical assistant professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, human development and family science; Gregory Wade Vessels, clinical associate professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, textiles, merchandising and interiors; and Erin L. McConachie, clinical assistant professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, large animal medicine.

Source: Faculty Information Data Base, Sept. 14, 2015-OIR

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN

Former Penn State prof joins environment and design college

By Melissa Tufts mtufts@uga.edu

Brian Orland, Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and former head of the landscape architecture department at Penn State University, is the Rado Family Foundation/ UGA Foundation Professor in Geo Design at the College of Environment and Design.

Orland holds degrees in architecture (Manchester, United Kingdom), and in landscape architecture (Arizona). He comes to UGA from Penn State where he has been teaching and conducting research since 2000. Before that, he was at the University of Illinois for 18 years. His teaching and research focus on environmental perception, the modeling and representation of environmental impacts, and the design of information systems for community-based design and planning.His current work includes the use of serious games, visualization and mobile devices for data collection and information dissemination in the context of landscape design and planning.

Most of his professional work relates to land-use change, water

resources and energy development in Pennsylvania and the northeastern U.S., but he also Brian Orland co-leads a studyabroad program that is centered on community design for biodiversity conservation in Tanzania.

Geo-design uses technology to plan the built and natural environments using integrated processes. Incorporating technology, designers can work on a variety of integrated and related issues including project conceptualization, analysis, design specifications, stakeholder participation and collaboration,design creation, simulation and evaluation.

The Rado Professorship is in partnership with the University of Georgia Foundation. Bruce Rado, who received a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from UGA in 1971 is the retired founder and vice president of Earth Resource Data Analysis Systems Inc., a trailblazer in the creation of tools for geo-design.

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Noted researcher joins Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center

By Kat Gilmore

kygilmor@uga.edu

The Midnight Train From Georgia team—which included, from left, Noble Jones and Erin Ciarimboli, both doctoral candidates in the Institute of Higher Education, and Henry Oddi and Charles Carabello, both of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions—raised more than $11,000 for cancer research.

A good ride

UGA team raises money for cancer research in Pelotonia bike ride

By Molly Berg

mberg14@uga.edu

Each August, thousands of people travel to Ohio to participate in the Pelotonia bike ride, a national event that raises money for cancer research. This year, four of the participants, who together raised $11,000 for research, were from the UGA community.

The team, called “The Midnight Train From Georgia,” included Charles Carabello and Henry Oddi of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as well as Noble Jones and Erin Ciarimboli, both doctoral candidates in the Institute of Higher Education.

Led by Jones, the team began planning for Pelotonia nearly a year in advance.

“Before coming to UGA, Noble and I both went to Kenyon College, which is part of the route the bike ride takes,” Ciarimboli said. “At the time, neither of us were cyclists, but we always had it in the back of our minds.”

After moving to Athens, Jones began cycling recreationally with Oddi. When Jones brought up the idea of Pelotonia, both Oddi and Carabello were eager to get involved.

“All of our lives have been touched by cancer,” said Carabello, a survivor of stage 3 melanoma. “This was a great thing to get behind, especially since 100 percent of the proceeds go to cancer research.”

To prepare for the race, all four members began fundraising months in advance.

Their efforts included percentage nights at

HiLo Lounge in Normaltown, family barbecues and office bake sales.

“We did things like sell vegetables from our garden,” Jones said. “My brother and sister-in-law also had a fundraiser for us in Ohio. Because of that event, we were able to donate $900.”

“We got grassroots support and were able to reach our team’s fundraising goal,” Oddi said. “We were flattered by the response and support from folks. I would say that that’s Athens for you.”

While raising money, the team also began training for the race in early summer.

“We started in earnest in May, bicycling regularly as a team,” Oddi said. “We would bicycle longer distances on Saturdays and Sundays. The hardest part was getting out of bed to bicycle that second day.”

After preparing all summer, the hard work paid off when the team traveled to Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 7 for the ride. For the next few days, the team traveled 180 miles across Ohio.

Along the way, thousands of people at different checkpoints cheered on the riders.

“While riding, we knew we weren’t alone,” Jones said. “You’d be hard pressed to go more than half a mile and not see someone waving or holding a sign of support.”

“At times, we were fighting exhaustion, but as a team, we never questioned if we would finish the race,” Oddi said. “We encouraged each other to finish what we started.”

Carabello said he got choked up at the

end of the race.

“On the second day, we rode past yard signs that were in memory of cancer victims,” he said. “It made me think, ‘Why am I so lucky to be here?’ My family enters in my brain. And then I think, ‘I’m here to help other people get better.’ ” Ciarimboli credits the popularity of the race to its large donations to cancer research. The donations go directly to Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.

“It’s the largest event of its kind in the country,” Ciarimboli said. “Every dollar goes to cancer research. That’s over $80 million donated in the time since Pelotonia began.”

After finishing the race, Oddi said he wanted to stay involved with Pelotonia.

“I feel like we finished the race, but we’re just getting started,” he said.

Though the race ended in August, fundraising for the team continues through October.

“We are still gathering funds through October on our Pelotonia page,” Jones said.

“Next year, I want other people to take part in this amazing experience. I’ll do it every year as long as I’m able.”

ON THE WEB To learn more about the race or to donate to the team, visit www.pelotonia.org/georgia.

WEEKLY READER

CYBERSIGHTS Guide provides science writing knowledge Art museum Retaining the user-friendly style of launches mobile the previous editions, the fourth edition version of its site of Successful Scientific Writing has been

Successful Scientific Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences, Fourth Edition

By Janice R. Matthews and Robert W. Matthews Cambridge University Press Paperback and Kindle ebook: $39.99

broadened to include detailed information relevant to today’s digital world.

It provides step-by-step, practical advice intended to help students and researchers communicate their work more effectively.

The guide covers all aspects of the writing process, from first drafts, literature retrieval and authorship to final drafts and electronic publication. A new section provides extensive coverage of ethical issues, from plagiarism and dual publication to honesty in reporting statistics. Both the text and 30 hands-on exercises include examples applicable to a variety of writing contexts, making this a tool for researchers and students across a range of disciplines.

Janice Matthews was biomedical editor for the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. Robert Matthews is an emeritus Meigs Professor of entomology.

http://georgiamuseum.org The Georgia Museum of Art has launched a simpler, mobile version of its site for visitors on phones. Geared to tourists and other visitors not already familiar with the museum, the site defaults automatically to this new version when it detects a mobile screen size.

The new site aims to answer the most basic questions: Is the museum open today? Where is it? Where do I park? And what can I see there?

Visitors who want more information still have the option to visit the full version of the site on their mobile devices.

A researcher whose work focuses on the interspecies transmission and pathogenesis of influenza has joined the College of Veterinary Medicine as its new Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator and the holder of the Caswell Eidson Chair in Poultry Medicine.

Daniel R. Perez is based at the college’s Poultry Diagnostic and Daniel Perez Research Center.

“Dr. Perez’s work on avian influenza virus interspecies transmission and control complements a robust research effort on poultry respiratory disease viruses in the population health department and builds on an active and successful program within the college that is focused on influenza virus surveillance, diagnosis and control,” said Mark W. Jackwood, who heads both the department and the center.

Perez’s work on influenza A viruses dates back to the early 1990s when he was pursuing his doctorate in the veterinary and biomedical sciences department at the University of Nebraska. He later worked as a research associate in the infectious diseases department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and was involved in developing the first influenza H5N1 vaccine by reverse genetics.

In 2003, he joined the faculty at the University of Maryland, where he built and directed the Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in the U.S. research network, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to coordinate research, education and outreach at 17 institutions. His lab is an integral part of the Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis, one of six NIHfunded Centers for Influenza Research and Surveillance.

In addition to studying the transmission and pathogenesis of influenza A viruses, Perez studies virus-to-virus and virus-to-host protein interactions in the influenza A virus life cycle, as well as the role of land-based birds in the emergence of influenza A viruses with pandemic potential. He also works on the development of alternative influenza vaccination platforms and the development of influenza virus as a vector for vaccinating against other diseases.

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RESEARCH

GOOD FELLOWS—The Center for Teaching and Learning has selected the 2015-2017

Lilly Teaching Fellows. UGA’s Lilly Teaching Fellows are, from left, Xianqiao Wang, College of Engineering; Julie Dangremond Stanton, department of cellular biology; Tim R. Samples, legal studies program; Cecilia Paiva Ximenes Rodrigues, department of Romance languages; Margaret E. L. Renwick, linguistics; Peter A. O’Connell, classics and communication studies departments; Darris R. Means, department of counseling and human development services; Sean Ingham, department of political science; Jaclyn Hartenberger, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; and Suzanne Pilaar Birch, anthropology and geography departments. The group of 10 went on a fall retreat to Unicoi Conference Lodge in early September. The Lilly Fellows are directed by Jean Martin-Williams and John Schramski.

FACULTY

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Currently, there are 23 Athletic Association professorships within 15 UGA schools and colleges, and UGA President Jere W. Morehead recently has implemented a plan to create three additional GAA professorships.

“Endowed professorships help the University of Georgia to recruit and retain the very best faculty,” Morehead said. “We will continue to use the funds provided by the Athletic Association to expand these important positions across campus.”

“The financial support we have provided to such a worthy institutional priority is exceptionally gratifying,” said Greg McGarity, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics, “and it is a great point of pride to have the UGA Athletic Association affiliated with such an extraordinary group of faculty members.”

GAA professorships are held by outstanding faculty members ranging from oil spill expert Samantha Joye in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences to advertising and public relations scholar Tom Reichert in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The group also includes geography professor Marshall Shepherd,

who directs UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences Program in the Franklin College.

“The support is amazing and unique.

Many still don’t quite understand the role of the Athletic Association in my title. They now think I study athletics,” Shepherd said. “In fact, the support has enabled me to strengthen UGA’s position as one of the top institutions in the world for scholarly research on urban weather and climate. Such research may lead to new thinking about designing or planning cities to mitigate flooding, heat waves and storms.”

The Odum School of Ecology’s Sonia Altizer, best known for her research on monarch butterflies, is one of the more recent recipients of the GAA professorship, having received the honor last August.

“It is fantastic to see the university and the Athletic Association partnering to recognize and enrich the work of UGA’s top faculty and to build on the strengths of the university’s academic and athletic programs,” Altizer said. “I am honored and grateful to have been awarded an Athletic Association professorship from UGA.”

Bulletin Board Flu shot

Flu shots for faculty and staff are available by appointment at the University Health Center. The shots are given Tuesdays through Fridays at the Allergy Travel Clinic. Call 706-542-5575 to make an appointment.

The UHC Pharmacy and the UGA College of Pharmacy are partnering to provide a mobile flu shot clinic that is open to all members of the UGA community.

Flu shots are $20 (quadrivalent) and $35(high-dose for those 65 years or older) for the uninsured; the paperwork for everyone else will be filed with insurance whether it’s provided at the University Health Center or at the mobile clinic.

A valid UGA ID card is required for those who get a flu shot. Dependents must be accompanied by a parent or spouse/partner.

University Woman’s Club

The University Woman’s Club will meet Oct. 13 at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road.

Guest speaker Darrell Huckaby, who is president of Huck’s Tours, will discuss “Exploring Our World One Step at a Time.”

For more information, email Kim Argo, UWC publicity chair, at argo1230@att.net.

International travel form

Effective Oct. 1, faculty and staff going out of the country will be directed to a new international travel authority site maintained by the Office of International Education.

After logging in with their UGA MyID, faculty and staff will be asked to provide their international itinerary and answer a few short questions about their international travel. These questions include destinations to be visited, dates and purpose of the trip.

The new site will allow UGA to respond more effectively in the event of international emergencies, proactively reach out to faculty and staff if export control issues may be involved and help build a comprehensive picture of UGA’s international connections and partnerships. Travelers will be contacted if the destinations or activities involve any health, safety or export control issues.

For more information, contact Brian Watkins at brianw@uga.edu.

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Also reflecting the growing strength of the infectious diseases program at UGA, Institute of Bioinformatics Director Jessica Kissinger is conducting research funded by the National Institutes of Health to organize, distribute and mine massive quantities of data on the pathogens that cause malaria. The ultimate goal is to improve diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Rick Tarleton, the UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Research Professor of Biological Sciences and a member of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, is developing a new drug to treat Chagas disease with funding from the Wellcome Trust.

UGA recently received its first award from the W.M. Keck Foundation, which funds highimpact, breakthrough science.The award went to a team of scientists headed by professor Michael Tiemeyer that includes faculty from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and will enable the discovery of fundamental molecular changes that cause Alzheimer’s disease, autism and other serious neurological disorders.

UGA continues its record of strong grant

support in agriculture and the environment, and the formation of the College of Engineering in 2012 has positively impacted the institution’s research funding. Associate professor of engineering Changying “Charlie” Li, for example, is leading a study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the efficiency of the nation’s blueberry harvest.

Samantha Joye, the UGA Athletic Association Professor of Arts and Sciences and a professor of marine sciences in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is continuing her studies of natural oil seeps and assessing the long-term impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill through a project funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.

Overall, UGA faculty had nearly 1,500 funded research grant proposals in fiscal year 2015.

“Funding from the federal government and from private foundations enables our faculty to conduct research that benefits health, safety and security, the economy and overall quality of life,” said Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.“These grants also enable promising graduate students from across the nation and around the world to work alongside our faculty to make UGA one of the nation’s leading research universities.”

HOLLOWELL

SCHOLAR

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named in his honor by both the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois.

“This position is a natural extension of the work I have done in the community and academia my whole life,” Cornelius said. “I have always been passionate about equity and thinking strategically about the best way to use data and tools in advocacy to promote sustained social change for marginalized populations.”

Cornelius earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, where he also earned two master’s degrees: one in social science with an emphasis in organizational behavior and one in social service administration with an emphasis in health policy and administration.

He most recently served as a full professor with tenure at the University of Maryland at Baltimore, where he taught more than 2,200 graduate students in the second largest social work graduate program in the U.S. His academic experience also includes service as a visiting scholar at the University of Ghana and the University of Texas at Houston.

The Hollowell professorship honors the late civil rights leader and attorney, who was lead counsel in Holmes v. Danner. The landmark case secured admission in 1961 to UGA for the first African-American students. It is the first distinguished professorship at UGA named for an African-American.

Cornelius plans to expand the Hollowell legacy by bringing cross-generational audiences to community roundtable discussions on civil rights issues. In addition, he will foster sustainable development, social activism, academic-community partnerships and analytics that examine data on social justice.

“To achieve the transformation in society called for by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we need to systematically document both inequities as well as evaluate interventions and programs that are designed to reduce these inequities,” Cornelius said.

ANNIVERSARY

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“From the cutting-edge research that is improving the health and well-being of countless lives across Georgia to our work in educating the next generation of service-minded public health workers, our commitment to serving the state has remained constant throughout our 10 years. This celebration gives us the opportunity to honor the progress we’ve made as we cast a hopeful eye toward the future.”

The celebration will begin at 2 p.m. as the college’s Public Health Association hosts a question-and-answer panel discussion with Sullivan at George Hall. In partnership with UGA Press, Sullivan then will sign copies of his recent autobiography, Breaking Ground: My Life In Medicine, at 4 p.m. in Rhodes Hall.

In addition to the Oct. 5 festivities, the college is hosting a 10th anniversary lecture series throughout the fall. On Sept. 17, Ian Lapp, the associate dean for strategic

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begin clinical trials for that vaccine within the next two years.

The Georgia Research Alliance has partnered with Georgia’s research universities to recruit world-class scientists who foster science- and technology-based economic development since 1990. The GRA also invests in technology for research labs, helps commercialize university-based inventions and facilitates collaboration among universities, business and government.

As part of his appointment, Ross also will serve as director for UGA’s newly developed Center for Vaccines and Immunology, which promises to unite researchers from many different parts of campus to find new ways of combating a number of dangerous pathogens that affect both humans and animals.

“Our broad goal is to better understand the fundamental science of vaccine and immune responses,” Ross said.“If groups from the center bring new vaccines to the marketplace and they get licensed, that’s great, but we want to conduct basic science that will help us understand the immunology of infectious disease and how vaccines work in different populations depending on their age, gender or race.”

Researchers in the center also will examine the role of genetics and why people react differently to vaccine formulations so that scientists can more easily construct vaccines that work well in as many people as possible, Ross said.

“I am looking forward to working with the research faculty at the University of Georgia to develop cutting-edge, life-saving vaccines,” Ross said. “We expect to build a critical mass of scientists centered on immunology and vaccines for infectious diseases. Working together with biomedical and infectious disease researchers at UGA and the other leading institutions in the state of Georgia, we will work towards a world-class research community focused on developing the next generation of novel vaccines and immunotherapeutics.”

educational initiatives at the Harvard School of Public Health, discussed innovations in public health education. On Sept. 24, Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, talked about how the U.S. can become the “healthiest nation in one generation” as a part of UGA’s Signature Lecture Series. Michael Perri, dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, will close out the series Oct. 19 when he addresses obesity in rural America at 5 p.m. in George Hall. Parking will be available in the visitor’s lot located off Foster Drive on the Health Sciences Campus.

For the 10th anniversary event on Oct. 5, registration is requested, though the event is free and open to the public. Alumni of the college are encouraged to email cphalumni@ uga.edu if they plan to attend.

Visit www.publichealth.uga.edu and click on the “Upcoming Events” page for more information on all 10th anniversary events.