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t m c ยป p u l s e | m a y 2 0 1 5 36 ACCOLADES JANE GRANDE-ALLEN, PH.D., Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University, has been named a fellow of the American Heart Association in recognition of her contributions to the field of vascular biology through investigations into heart-valve disease. Grande-Allen's Integrative Matrix Mechanics Lab analyzes heart-valve tissue composition and behavior to pinpoint why, how and where cells come together and respond to disease. DEBORAH JOHNSON, PH.D., dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named one of Houston's 50 most influential women of 2014 by Houston Woman Magazine. Each honoree is nom- inated by a subscriber of the magazine and then selected by the staff of the publication. Johnson and other honorees were celebrated at an afternoon tea in January at the St. Regis Hotel, co-hosted by Houston Woman Magazine and Chevron, and are being featured in a special edition of the magazine. STEPHANIE L. KEARNEY, M.B.A., M.H.A., administrator for the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Surgery, has been selected to the board of directors of the Association of Academic Surgical Administrators and was named co-chair of the Education Conference Planning Committee. The Association of Academic Surgical Administrators is dedicated to promoting, enhancing and creating opportunities for the professional growth of administrator and physician leaders in the field of academic surgery administration. RICHARD LEWIS, M.D., professor at the Baylor College of Medicine departments of ophthalmology, pediatrics, medicine, and molecular and human genetics and in the Huffington Center on Aging, received a Secretariat Award at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held in Chicago late last year. An ophthalmologist at the Cullen Eye Institute and the Alkek Eye Center, Lewis is also a consultant in genetic eye disorders to the Kleberg Genetics Center at Texas Children's Hospital and to the adult genetics services at the Baylor-affiliated hospitals. He pioneered the map- ping of X-linked ocular diseases, and his clinical practice of retinal and uveal diseases includes hereditary eye disease and the ocular manifestations of systemic hereditary disease. KEN MATTOX, M.D., distinguished service profes- sor at Baylor College of Medicine Department of Surgery and chief of staff at Ben Taub Hospital, was named the second vice president of the American College of Surgeons at the organization's Clinical Congress Update, held Oct. 2014 in San Francisco. He has been an active member of the ACS since becoming a Fellow in 1975, serving on several committees, sub-committees and on the Board of Governors. ANTONIOS MIKOS, PH.D., Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering at Rice University, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in recognition of his professional accomplishments and contributions. His research group at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative specializes in the synthesis, process- ing and evaluation of new biomaterials for use as scaffolds for tissue engineering, as carriers for controlled drug delivery and as nonviral vectors for gene therapy. BERT O'MALLEY, M.D., professor and chair of the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, was named the recipient of the Endocrine Society's Outstanding Innovation in Science Award. The award was established in 2013 and recognizes endocrinolo- gists who have demonstrated innovation in scien- tific endocrine research or practice in support of the field of endocrinology, patients and society at large. O'Malley's innovative discoveries of the molecular pathways underlying steroid hormone action have had an extraordinary impact on the endocrinology field. AMY SMITH, M.A., MT-BC, CCLS, a board- certified music therapist at Texas Children's Hospital, received the prestigious 2014 Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Grant from the American Music Therapy Association. The grant will support Smith's study, "The Effects of Live Contingent Singing on Preterm Neonates with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia," which will examine the impact of a live music therapy intervention on the physiologic and behavioral responses of preterm infants with a chronic lung condition. The results from the study will provide important information on the potential impact of music therapy on the overall wellbeing of infants with chronic and long-term hospitalization needs.