SCHOOL OF LAW

Dean Phoebe A. Haddon, JD, LLM, is the winner of the 2011 Great Teacher Award from the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT). Haddon will receive the honor, which recognizes teaching excellence that is combined with a passion for social justice, during SALT’s annual dinner in San Francisco in January. Haddon’s long academic career includes teaching courses on race and ethnicity. She also has written extensively on equal protection, academic freedom, and diversity, and has served on commissions examining race and gender bias in the Pennsylvania court system.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Alan Shuldiner, MD, an $11.4 million five-year grant to lead a multicenter study on the effectiveness of using anti-platelet drugs to prevent blood clots in cardiac patients. Shuldiner is a professor of medicine and director of the Program in Genetics and Genomic Medicine.

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Jocelyn Farrar, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, assistant professor, has been named a founding member of the Maryland-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (MD-1 DMAT), which provides rapid-response medical care during an event that overwhelms the health care system. MD-1 DMAT is a member of the National Disaster Medical System in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Jane Kapustin, PhD, MS, FAANP, CRNP, associate professor and assistant dean for the master’s program, was recently recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for excellence in diabetes care. NCQA, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, developed the Diabetes Recognition Program to publicly identify clinicians who provide the highest level of diabetes care. Kapustin is a nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Joslin Diabetes Center.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

Thomas Dowling, PharmD, PhD, associate professor, has been named a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and Jeffrey Gonzales, PharmD, assistant professor, has been named a fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Stuart Haines, PharmD, professor and vice chair for clinical services, has received the Education Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to clinical pharmacy education at the undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Raymond Love, PharmD, associate dean of curriculum, instructional design, and technology, has been named chair-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s ethics special interest group.

Gerald Rosen, PhD, JD, Emerson Professor, has been named Maryland Chemist of the Year by the Maryland section of the American Chemical Society. The award is considered the state group’s most prestigious honor.