Ophthalmology researchers in the School of Medicine have received a grant from the organization Research to Prevent Blindness to help develop the careers of young researchers interested in retinal and macular degeneration. Michael A. Kass, M.D., professor and head of ophthalmology, will use the $110,000 grant to invest in new equipment and to provide starter funds for research involving retinal and macular degeneration, which are among the leading causes of blindness in the Western World. …
Fourth-year psychiatry resident Daniel T. Mamah, M.D., has been elected to the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) board of trustees. Mamah is the only voting trainee on the APA’s board of trustees, which is composed of 20 psychiatrists. The board is the governing body of the APA, which represents the majority of psychiatrists in the United States and Canada. …
Mark Johnston, Ph.D., professor and interim chair of genetics, recently was named president of the Genetics Society of America. Johnston, who had previously served as vice president of the 4,000-member society, will serve a one-year term. …
Hillary Johnson, a student in the School of Medicine, was recently elected the vice chair of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section governing council. The AMA-MSS has nearly 50,000 medical student members and holds two national meetings per year. …
Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., the Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and head of that division, was recently appointed president-elect of the American Association of Hand Surgery and treasurer of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons.