We celebrate the scholarly and service contributions of University community members to their fields. Recent award recipients include:

• Lauren Ghazal, an assistant professor at the School of Nursing, has been chosen as a STAT Wunderkind, a “next-generation scientific superstar,” in a national contest that singles out young, high achievers from top research institutions.
• Rachel Glade, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences and of mechanical engineering, has been named a 2023 Packard Fellow by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
• Ehsan Hoque, an associate professor of computer science, is the first author of a paper that received the 10-Year Impact Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s pervasive and ubiquitous computing (UbiComp) community.
• Ann Leonhardt-Caprio, an assistant professor of clinical nursing and program coordinator of the University’s Comprehensive Stroke Center, received the Leadership Legacy Award from the American Heart Association for her work on local and national levels.
• Lainie Ross, chair of the Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics and director of the Paul M. Schyve, MD, Center for Bioethics, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
• David Turnbull, the Laser–Plasma Interactions Group Leader at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, has been awarded the 2023 Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research.
• Mitchell Wharton, an associate professor of clinical nursing in the School of Nursing, was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s 2023 class of fellows.

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Navigating trauma in college can be challenging but understanding it and addressing it is crucial for building empathetic communities. In her book, Cultivating Trauma-Informed Practice in Student Affairs, Tricia Shalka, a trauma scholar and an associate professor of higher education at the Warner School of Education and Human Development, shares both her personal and professional insights gained from a decade-long exploration into trauma among college students.

Trauma-informed work “involves actively working to minimize the risk of creating new trauma or re-traumatizing individuals who have already endured trauma,” says Shalka. “Second, the aim is to create an environment conducive to healing, allowing ample space for the recovery process.”

Shalka offers 11 tips for creating trauma-informed spaces.

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Shin-yi Chao, an associate professor of religion in the Department of Religion and Classics, is the author of Chinese Popular Religion in Texts and Acts. The book, part of the Religion and Society in Asia book series from Amsterdam University Press, explores ritual and belief in Chinese popular religion.

While adding new materials and analyses to familiar topics such as doomsday prophecy, Dazu rock carvings, the infernal Ten Kings, and Lord Guan, the research draws attention to under-the-radar deities and holy figures hiding in the countryside or among the urban crowd.

The collection of essays will be of use to scholars of Chinese popular religion and culture from late medieval to contemporary times, as well as to other scholars of folklore, ritual studies, and local religion.

Learn more about the book.

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Nancy “Nana” Bennett, a professor of medicine and of public health sciences and the founding director of the Center for Community Health and Prevention, is retiring. A nationally recognized expert in disease prevention, immunization, health equity, and community health, Bennett joined the University in 1988. “Long before our broader society recognized the vast inequities in health across our nation and the world, [Bennett] was doing the yeoman’s work of connecting with and advocating for marginalized populations,” says Medical Center CEO Mark Taubman.

Learn more about Bennett’s career.

Monday, November 13, 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Sarah Flaum Atrium, Class of ’62 Auditorium, and CEL classrooms 2-7520, 2-7534, 2-7536, 415 Elmwood Ave.

Translational Research Day is an annual celebration of innovative research supported by the UR Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Researchers from across the Medical Center gather to present their translational research findings in the laboratory, clinic, and community contexts. Learn about their work to develop interventions that improve the health of individuals and communities and discover how UR CTSI programs and services can support your research.

Researchers of all levels of experience are invited to attend, especially those interested in grant opportunities, professional development, and collaboration in the field of translational research. Register to attend.

Wednesday, November 15, noon–1 p.m. EST
Virtual

Yichuan Zhao of Georgia State University will present “Novel Empirical Likelihood Inference for the Mean Difference with Right-Censored Data.” Dongjun Chung of Ohio State University will present “A statistical framework for design and analysis of spatial transcriptomics experiments.”

Register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions and comments, please contact Dongmei_Li@URMC.Rochester.edu.