AUC News
Dr. Wedding Receives 2008 Hilgard Award
Danny Wedding, Ph.D., M.P.H., has garnered the distinguished 2008 Ernest R. Hilgard Award. The Hilgard Award, sponsored by the Society for General Psychology (APA Division 1), recognizes individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional lifetime contribution to the field of general psychology.
As an award recipient, Dr. Wedding received a $1,000 check and will offer the Hilgard Lecture in August 2009 at the American Psychological Association (APA Division 1) meeting in Toronto. He is also invited to submit an essay in 2009 to The General Psychologist, the Division’s magazine.
Dr. Wedding is a highly regarded visiting professor at AUC, where he teaches Behavior Science in the ICM department. Trained in psychology, he is a prominent researcher, award-winning teacher, international lecturer, practitioner, consultant and Congressional Fellow for Health Policy and Science Policy. Additionally, he serves as editor of PsychCRITIQUES, the American Psychological Association’s on-line book review/database.
Wedding completed his Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii and his M.P.H. at St. Louis University.
AUC Student Wins AACA Poster Award
AUC student Jonathan Staidle received the 2008 Sandy J. Marks Student Poster Presentation Award sponsored by the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA). The AACA presented three awards at this year's meeting for outstanding posters in the following categories: basic sciences, clinical sciences and education. Staidle received the highly competitive basic sciences award named after renown and internationally respected research scientist Dr. Sandy J. Marks Jr.
Staidle's poster was entitled "The surgical relevance of significant variations within a sample population of cadaveric biceps brachii muscles.” One of Staidle's mentors on this project was Dr. Quentin Fogg, AACA member and AUC visiting professor.
The presentation awards competition (now in its twelfth year) was held in Toronto, Canada with 68 participants worldwide. Each award recipient received a $600 check, a certificate and a one-year membership to AACA.
AUC and Nassau Health Care Corporation Enter Into a Ten-Year Agreement
On July 1, 2008, AUC signed a ten-year agreement with Nassau Health Care Corporation (NHCC), a public benefit corporation that operates Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC). The agreement will afford AUC students an opportunity to perform core and elective clerkships at NUMC and its community health centers in Long Island, New York.
To read AUC’s announcement and NUMC’s press release, click here.
Winter 2008: AUC Students Publish Anatomy Paper
At a recent American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) meeting this winter, AUC students Alvin Freeman and Nathan Jacobson, along with former AUC professor Dr. Quentin Fogg, were met with great acclaim after the presentation of a paper that all three have co-authored for the journal Clinical Anatomy, volume 21.
Entitled, “Anatomical Variations of the Plantaris Muscle and a Potential Role in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome,” this work was borne of each co-authors’ knowledge and enthusiasm of the subject matter.
"They are definitely to be congratulated, and I'm extremely glad that I was able to guide them through this process," remarked Dr. Fogg. These two productive students currently also have two other papers in review and are being mentored once again by Dr.Fogg as they work to complete another three papers.
To read the published piece, click here.