Two Medical School Faculty Elected Members of the Institute of Medicine
Two University of Michigan Medical School faculty members are among 65 new
members of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
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| Matthews |
Rowena Matthews, Ph.D., the G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor
of Biological Chemistry and a research professor in the Life Sciences Institute
and Biophysics Research Division, is a protein chemist who has studied the mechanisms
of enzymes, including methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. This enzyme catalyzes
a critical step in the biochemical chain reaction within cells that converts
homocysteine to an essential amino acid called methionine. Her work contributed
to the discoveries that folic acid lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Matthews also is a leading authority in understanding how vitamin-containing
enzymes function in the body. In 2002, she was elected to the National Academy
of Sciences.
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| Mulholland |
Michael Mulholland, M.D., Ph.D., the Frederick A. Coller Distinguished Professor
and chair of the Department of Surgery, is also surgeon-in-chief of University
Hospital. Much of Mulholland’s clinical interests focus on gastrointestinal
surgery, including laparoscopic surgery and surgical endoscopy. Special interests
include pancreaticobiliary disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastric diseases
and advanced laparoscopic surgery. Mulholland’s research interests include
neurocrine control of digestive activity.
Mulholland is the senior editor of the textbook Surgery: Scientific Principles
and Practice, which has become the leading text in the field.
Members of the institute are elected through a highly selective process that
recognizes people who have made major contributions to the advancement of the
medical sciences, health care and public health. “Election is considered
one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health,” says
IOM president Harvey Fineberg. The institute’s total active membership
is 1,416, as well as 76 individuals elected to foreign associate membership.
The University of Michigan is home to 32 current IOM members, with 20 coming
from the medical school.
—MBR, JW
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Two Medical School Faculty Elected Members of the Institute of Medicine
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