NIDRR Grantee Recognition

The NCDDR congratulates each of the following NIDRR grantees and staff members. All grantees are encouraged to contact the NCDDR with information to share in future issues of The Research Exchange.

Drs. Rud and Ann Turnbull, Co-Directors of the RRTC on Policies Affecting Families with Children with Disabilities at the University of Kansas, were among thirty-six honorees recognized as recipients of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) Historic Century Award during the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans in May, 1999. In addition to the Turnbulls, honorees included President John F. Kennedy, B.F. Skinner, Alfred Binet, Henry Goddard, Geraldo Rivera, among others. The honorees were selected based on the selection committee’s determination as having made the most significant contributions to the field of mental retardation in the last one hundred years.

Dr. Ann Turnbull was also recognized as the 1999 recipient of the Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award at the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at the University of Kansas School of Education on Saturday, May 22. This award is made annually to a member of the graduate faculty who has demonstrated an unusual concern for the welfare of graduate students.

For further information contact Anette Lundsgaarde at (785) 864-7601 or anette@dole.lsi.ukans.edu

Staff members of the RRTC in Neuromuscular Diseases at the University of California at Davis received honors from a variety of organizations.

• William Fowler, M.D., former RRTC Director, received the Deanna Falge Award presented by the Staff Affirmative Action and Diversity Advisory Committee, University of California at Davis. UC Davis created the award to honor Deanna E. Falge for her commitment to equal opportunity and Affirmative Action as UC Davis' AA/EEO Compliance Officer from 1970 to 1995.

  On behalf of all past and present participants in RRTC/NMD projects, Dr. Fowler also accepted the Ninth Annual Affirmative Action and Diversity Award. This award recognizes UC Davis departments that have made significant contributions to affirmative action/equal employment opportunity and heightened awareness and sensitivity to diversity. Both awards were presented at a luncheon on March 22, 1999 and recipients were honored at a campus celebration, "Soaring to New Heights," on March 25, 1999.

• Mark Wineinger, M.D., received the 1998 Association of Academic Physiatrists Excellence in Research Writing Award at the AAP Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida in February, 1999. Dr. Wineinger, who was first author, and his co-authors Ted Abresch and Sandra Davis from U.C. Davis, and Greg Carter, M.D. from the University of Washington, received the award for their paper entitled "Effects of Aging and Voluntary Exercise on the Function of Dystropic Muscle from mdx Mice" published in the January/February 1998 edition of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
• Robert Emmons, Ph.D., and former undergraduate research assistants Chi Cheung and Keivan Tehrani were awarded a Templeton Foundation 1998 Exemplary Papers Award for a research article entitled "Assessing Spirituality Through Personal Goals: Implications for Research on Religion and Subjective Wellbeing," published in Social Indicators Research, 45, 391-422 (1998).

For further information contact Dr. Kathryn Devereaux, Director of Training and Information Services, at (530) 752-9270.

Dr. Frederick E. Menz, Director of Research and Associate Director of the RTC on Improving Community-Based Rehabilitation Programs received the "Outstanding Researcher of the Year" award from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. He was recognized for his accomplishments in advancing the rehabilitation counseling profession through research and training activities of national significance. The award was given in Washington, D.C. in June, 1998.

For further information contact Julie Larson at (715) 232-2236 or larsonj@uwstout.edu

Staff of the RRTC on Aging with Mental Retardation (RRTCAMR) received awards at the Annual Convention of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) held in New Orleans in May, 1999.

• Tamar Heller, Ph.D., Principal Investigator and Director of RRTCAMR, was elected President of the Gerontology Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation, 1998-2000.
• David Braddock, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, was named Distinguished Lecturer for the Convention and received the Career Research Award, an international award presented to nine biomedical and social science researchers since 1980.
• Harvey Sterns, Ph.D., Project Director and Professor of Psychology at the University of Akron, received the Ruth Roberts Memorial Award from the Gerontology Division of the AAMR for his contributions to the field of aging with mental retardation.

For further information contact Alan Factor, Ph.D., Associate Director for Training and Dissemination, at (312) 413-1520 or afactor@uic.edu

Kenneth E. Galea'i, Ph.D., Co-Director and Coordinator of Research at the RRTC of the Pacific, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to the Race and Ethnicity Advisory Council to the US Census and serves as a member of the Pacific Islander Subcommittee on Census 2000.

For further information contact Fred McFarlane, Ph.D., Center Director, at (619) 594-6115 or fmcfarla@mail.sdsu.edu

Robert Blum, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator at the Research and Training Project for Infants, Children, and Youth, was the recipient of the 1998 Herbert Needleman Award from the American Public Health Association for "Outstanding Contributions in Research and Courageous Advocacy for Child and Adolescent Health." The award was presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 1998, in Washington, D.C.

The RRTC on Drugs and Disability and staff members received the following honors:

• In January 1999 the RRTC and its parent organization, Substance Abuse and Disability Issues (SARDI), were awarded the 1998 Ohio Exemplary Prevention Award by the Ohio Department of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) for the "PALS Project - Adapting Prevention Education for Youth with Disabilities."
• Dennis Moore, Ed.D., RRTC Director, was recognized for his efforts as Chair and primary conceptualizer of the recently released Treatment Intervention Protocol monograph #29 entitled "Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities." This recognition was made at a press conference conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on January 12, 1999 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
• Eileen Wolkstein, Ph.D., RRTC Training Director, was appointed to the National Advisory Board for the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC), sponsored by SAMHSA. The ATTCs are responsible for a national training agenda for the addictions field. Dr. Wolkstein is on faculty in the Health Studies Department at New York University.
  

For further information contact Dr. Dennis Moore at (937) 259-1384 or dcmoore@desire.wright.edu.

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