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t m c ยป p u l s e | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 38 Field Notes 6 7 3 5 1 2 1 4 2 8 Credit: No. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13: Courtesy photo [ 1 ] JUSTIN BAHL, PH.D., associate professor of epidemiology, human genetics and environmental sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, has been awarded the 2017 Charles C. Shepard Science Award for a paper he coauthored, titled "Viral deep sequencing needs an adaptive approach: IRMA, the iterative refinement meta- assembler." The award is presented annually through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] The Royal College of Surgeons elected BARBARA L. BASS, M.D., an honorary fellow at a July 11 ceremony in London. Bass is the John F., Jr. and Carolyn Bookout Presidential Distinguished Chair in the Department of Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital and a professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] Texas Medical Center employees LANESSA CALLANDRET, ALEXIS CAMPOS, DANIEL MARTINEZ and BELINDA RODRIGUEZ watch the lunar eclipse on Aug. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] Nurse Andrea Wyche tightens her tourni- quet during a training session for the national Stop the Bleed campaign. The local coalition consisting of CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL, HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL and the Houston Independent School District, led by the RED DUKE TRAUMA INSTITUTE, taught more than 300 HISD nurses how to identify the source of bleeding, apply pressure to a wound, pack a wound and apply a tourniquet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] Texas Woman's University College of Nursing Professor ANNE KOCI, PH.D., RN, FNP-BC, WHNP, has been named a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] JIMMY HOLDER, M.D., PH.D., assistant professor of neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the Clinical Scientist Development Award by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The $495,000 award will support Holder's work in neurodevelopmental disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] The Roman Catholic Church's Pontifical Academy for Life has chosen MAURO FERRARI, PH.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist Research Institute, to serve as a corresponding member of the academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] Texas Heart Institute (THI) received Alpha Phi Foundation's Heart to Heart Grant. The $100,000 grant will fund research led by DORIS TAYLOR, PH.D., director of the regenerative medicine research and the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology at THI, to study cardiac repair in women at the cellular level.