Dean of UNC’s School of Dentistry earns ADI’s highest accolade

Dr. John W. Stamm, dean of UNC’s School of Dentistry, has been named International Dentist of the Year by the Academy of Dentistry International.

The award, the academy’s highest honor, was presented at the recent American Dental Association annual session in San Francisco. The award is based on providing continuing education and improving oral health care internationally.

Stamm came to UNC’s School of Dentistry in 1985 as director of the Dental Research Center and assistant dean for research and graduate studies. He was appointed dean in 1989.

The Academy of Dentistry International is the international honor society for dentists dedicated to sharing knowledge serving the dental and oral health needs and improving the quality of life of people worldwide.

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Health policy and administration program selected top business program for executives

Modern Physician magazine has selected the UNC School of Public Health’s Executive Master’s Program the nation’s top graduate business program for physician-executives.

Based in the school’s department of health policy and administration, the EMP has provided graduate-level education to employed health professionals and health administrators for more than 34 years.

"Educating physician executives as part of a team of future leaders and managers for health care is a critical priority for us to move forward in improving quality and patient safety," said Dr. Peggy Leatt, department chair.

The program prepares mid-career professionals to assume leadership positions in health-care organizations, focusing on developing managerial and analytical skills and fostering an understanding of the major forces shaping health-care systems.

The rankings of graduate business programs for physician-executives appear in the magazine’s November issue.

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Anti-Chinese sentiment in 1800s is specialty of visiting scholar

Dr. Victor Jew, a historian and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be a resident fellow Wednesday through Friday (Nov. 12-14) at UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.

The residency will highlight Jew’s research on anti-Chinese sentiment in the 19^th century. Jew will be a fellow for the center’s Cross-Cultural Communications Institute, a forum for discussion of ideas, issues and initiatives among ethnic, cultural and racial communities.

Jew specializes in U.S. legal and constitutional history and Asian-American history. He is writing a book on the history of Asian-American citizenship reforms of 1943-1946.

For more information on Jew’s visit or other center programs, call (919) 962-9001 or visit www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter.

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Program issues call for papers on women’s health research

The N.C. Program for Women’s Health Research at UNC has issued a call for papers for the fifth-annual Women’s Health Research Day on March 17, 2004.

The committee of jurors invites the submission of research abstracts of excellent quality in all areas related to women’s health, including basic science, clinical, translational, epidemiologic and health services research. Papers will be judged for originality of research, scientific rigor and importance to women’s health.

The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Dec. 1. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by Jan. 23.

Several prizes will be introduced in the fifth year of the event, including modest monetary awards. Prizes will be presented at Women’s Health Research Day, to be held at UNC.

The N.C. Program for Women’s Health Research, founded in March 2000, is a joint effort of UNC’s school of medicine and public health, and UNC’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

For more information, contact the program at pwhr@unc.edu.

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Earp to serve as national organization’s vice president, president-elect

Dr. Shelton Earp, Lineberger professor of medicine and pharmacology and director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been elected to serve a two-year term as vice president and president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.

He will then serve as president from 2005-2006.

The AACI is the national organization for the United States’ leading academic and free-standing cancer centers. With more than 80 member institutions, the association helps coordinate the national agenda for both cancer care and all facets of cancer research.

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