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38 t m c ยป p u l s e | o c t o b e r 2 0 1 8 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14 courtesy photos; No. 4, Rogers Partners; No. 7, Dwight C. Andrews; No. 9, Justin Calhoun; No. 11, Paul Vincent Kuntz; No. 15, Allen S. Kramer / Texas Children's Hospital 8 3 5 1 2 4 6 9 7 1 | RADHE MOHAN, PH.D., professor in the department of radiation physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was honored with the William D. Coolidge Award, which recognizes a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine for a career in medical physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | HOWARD J. HUANG, M.D., is the new medical director of the lung transplant program at Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | The Periwinkle Foundation's 28th "Making A Mark" art exhibit unveiled art and creative writing by children touched by cancer and blood disorders at TEXAS CHILDREN'S CANCER AND HEMATOLOGY CENTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | RICE UNIVERSITY hosted a ground- breaking ceremony Sept. 13 for the Patricia Lipoma Kraft '87 and Jonathan A. Kraft Hall for Social Sciences, a new home for the School of Social Sciences. The $38 million, four-story, 73,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed by November 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | RICHARD HANBURY, founder and CEO of Sana Health, pitched to potential advisors, mentors and opinion leaders at the TMC INNOVATION INSTITUTE (TMCx) EXPERT FORUM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | RAJARAJAN AMIRTHALINGAM THANDAVARAYAN, PH.D., instructor at the Houston Methodist Research Institute's department of cardiovascular sciences, was awarded a two-year American Heart Association Innovative Project Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | JANE HAMILTON, PH.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, was selected to serve on AcademyHealth's Behavioral Health Interest Group National Advisory Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | LAURA A. PETERSEN, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine-health services research at Baylor, associate chief of staff for research at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center won the 2017 Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | JOHN ARCIDIACONO was appointed president and CEO of The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science.