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Thomas Schwenk, Michael Savageau Elected to the Institute of Medicine
Schwenk
Savageau
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Thomas L. Schwenk (M.D. 1975), professor and
chair of Family Medicine and professor of medical education,
and Michael A. Savageau,
Ph.D., professor emeritus and former chair of Microbiology and Immunology,
were elected in October 2002
to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the medical organization of the
National Academy of Sciences. Election to the Institute is an honor reserved
for those
who have made distinctive contributions to health through biomedical or
social sciences research or leadership in the health professions. Schwenk
and Savageau’s
elections bring the total number of U-M Medical School faculty members
elected to the Institute over the years to 29, with 19 currently active
members.
Schwenk joined the Medical School faculty in 1984, was appointed interim chair
of the Department of Family Medicine in 1986 and named permanent chair in 1988.
His research has focused on psychiatric epidemiology in primary care, with
an emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of depression. He is a member of
the steering committee of the U-M Depression Center, a member of the National
Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Scholars Program,
and a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Family Practice.
Schwenk has published over 100 papers and books.
Michael Savageau became a member of the University of Michigan faculty in
1970; he chaired the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 1993 until
his retirement at the end of 2002. A pioneer in the field of biochemical systems
analysis, he founded the U-M Bioinformatics Program in 1988 and served as its
director until 2001. Savageau’s book, Biochemical Systems Analysis:
A Study of Function and Design in Molecular Biology, is considered a classic
and a forerunner to the field of functional genomics. He is a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science and, since 2000, has chaired
the Special Study Section on Biochemical Modeling at the National Institutes
of Health.
Institute of Medicine members serve on national committees studying a broad
range of health policy issues. Currently, there are 1,358 active members in
the Institute.
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Dinner
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