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t m c » p u l s e | j u ly 2 0 1 5 36 t m c » p u l s e | j u ly 2 0 1 5 36 ACCOLADES M. JUSTIN COFFEY, M.D., associate professor at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Baylor College of Medicine, has joined the Menninger Clinic as medical director of the Brain Stimulation Program and as director of medical informatics. Coffey's clinical interests focus on brain-behavior relations in patients suffering from severe mood disorders and movement disor- ders, including catatonia. Previously Coffey held the same position at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit where he also served as medical director of the hospital's Consultation-Liaison Service. BARRY R. DAVIS, M.D., PH.D., Guy S. Parcel Chair in Public Health and professor of biosta- tistics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, has been appointed to the Federal Drug Administration's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee. Davis, who directs the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials (CCCT) at UTHealth School of Public Health, will represent the field of biostatistics on the committee. He was recommended and selected for the four-year appointment based on his work in the design and analysis of clinical trials and his frequent participa- tion in major cardiovascular clinical trials. WESLEY LEE, M.D., co-director of Texas Children's Fetal Center, section chief for women's and fetal imaging at Baylor College of Medicine - Texas Children's Hospital/Texas Children's Fetal Center, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, was the recipient of the William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. The award recognizes an AIUM member who has significantly contributed to the scientific progress of medical ultrasound. COLLEEN O'BYRNE, PSY.D, assistant professor at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Baylor College of Medicine, has joined the Menninger Clinic as a staff psycholo- gist for the hospital's Hope Unit for adults. O'Byrne has clinical expertise in psychological testing, treat- ment of trauma and psychodynamic therapeutic interventions in hospitals, and most recently served as a psychologist for the military at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia. AKASH PATEL, M.D., assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, was selected by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Fellowships Committee to receive the 2015-2016 CNR Getch Fellowship Award. The award provides $100,000 for advanced training and is granted to a neurosurgeon or fellow engaged in clinical research that promises to significantly impact the field of neurosurgery. The award will be presented at the CNS Annual Meeting in September 2015. CHRISTIAN SCHAAF, M.D., PH.D., assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute of Texas Children's Hospital, has been named as the new chair of the Education Committee of the American College of Medical Genetics. During his two-year term, Schaaf hopes to develop an online genetics academy, which will offer new and interactive educational tools that can be accessed anywhere and anytime. In addition, he intends to engage students to encourage their interest in the field of medical genetics. RICHARD STRAX, M.D., associate professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, has received the Texas Medical Association Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine at the Silver Level. The award recognizes physicians for their achievements and dedication to teaching and service to academic medicine. Strax received the award at the TMA's TexMed 2015 conference and will be recognized in an upcoming issue of TMA's Texas Medicine and other TMA publications. HUDA ZOGHBI, M.D., professor in the Baylor College of Medicine departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Neuroscience, and Neurology, and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, received the Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D., Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental Psychobiology, awarded by Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Zoghbi has pioneered research on Rett syndrome and other rare brain disorders, and has advanced research of autism and adult neurodegenerative diseases.