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t m c n e w s . o r g t m c n e w s . o r g 34 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, courtesy photos; 4, Adolofo Chavez III; 11, Meghan Poort Inc 8 1 | GENE FRANTZ, MBA, a professor in the practice of electrical and computer engi- neering at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering, has been named to the National Academy of Engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | REGINALD DesROCHES, PH.D., Rice University's new provost, has been named to the National Academy of Engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | LT. CMDR. TIMOTHY SEHORN, M.D., a general surgeon at Houston Methodist Hospital, and LT. EDUARDO LOPEZ, a certi- fied registered nurse anesthetist at Houston Methodist, worked on the U.S. Naval Ship Mercy offshore in Los Angeles, Calif., per- forming emergency surgeries to relieve local hospitals treating patients with COVID-19. Both are U.S. Navy Reserve members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER is now the official cancer center and jersey partner of the Houston Dash from the National Women's Soccer League. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | DAVID DOUPHRATE, PH.D., associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, has been named the Journal of Agromedicine's "Leader in the Field" for 2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | PETER VANDERSLICE, PH.D., direc- tor of biology at the Texas Heart Institute Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratories, has been elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | Lien Ngo, center, was awarded 2019 Employee of the Year for UT PHYSICIANS, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Ngo is flanked, on the left, by Jason L. Chavers, executive director of community-based clinics, and Andrew Casas, COO of UT Physicians and senior vice pres- ident of UTHealth. To Ngo's right are Fahad Kamal, community practice manager of UT Physicians Multispecialty – International District, and Jennifer Bradley, director of community-based clinics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | HAMILTON HEALTH BOX provided two types of COVID-19 tests—a sputum test and a blood test—to TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER employees and affiliated service providers on April 17, 2020 at the TMC Innovation Institute. 7 1 4 5 6 7 2 3