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t m c ยป p u l s e | au g u s t 2 0 1 7 34 Field Notes 7 5 3 6 1 2 1 4 Credit: No. 1 and No. 12: Dwight C. Andrews/The University of Texas Medical School, No. 10: Adolfo Chavez III /MD Anderson Cancer Center, No. 11: Allen Kramer/Texas Children's Hospital, *Courtesy photo 2 8 [ 1 ] MELISSA ALLEN, D.O., has been named medical director of The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, the mental health hos- pital component of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] SHARMILA ANANDASABAPATHY, M.D., professor of medicine in the section of gastroenter- ology at Baylor College of Medicine and director of Baylor Global Initiatives, has been selected for the Texas Executive Women's 2017 Class of Women on the Move, which supports programs to advance women and teenage girls in the community. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] In July, THE HEALTH MUSEUM became the first Smithsonian Aliate museum in the Houston Museum District. The Smithsonian Aliations program helps with the loan of Smithsonian artifacts and traveling exhibitions. More than 8,000 Smithsonian artifacts have been displayed at Aliate museums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] Executive vice president and CEO of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, DONNA K. SOLLENBERGER, is the new board chair for America's Essential Hospitals, a national association of hospitals dedicated to high-quality care for all. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] Molecular endocrinologist JOHN J. KOPCHICK, PH.D., and his wife, CHARLENE KOPCHICK, of Athens, Ohio, gave a $10.5 million gift to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The Kopchicks' gift will fund up to 15 student fellowships at the MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School, where John Kopchick received his Ph.D. in 1980. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] MAURO FERRARI, PH.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist Research Institute, was awarded a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa from the University of St. Thomas, where he helped establish the Master in Clinical Translation Management Program. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] JAMES M. MUSSER, M.D., PH.D., chair of the department of pathology and genomic medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital, is president-elect of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology for 2017-2018. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] Houston MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, center, led a trade mission to Europe with WILLIAM F. McKEON, president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center, far back right, and other members of Houston's medical, arts and energy sectors. *