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t m c » p u l s e | d e c 2 0 1 7 /ja n 2 0 1 8 47 7 9 [ 7 ] SALIM VIRANI, M.D., PH.D., associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and senior researcher at Center of Innovations in Quality, Eectiveness and Safety, is chair-elect of the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Section for the American College of Cardiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] TRACEY SMITH, PH.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and researcher at Center of Innovations in Quality, Eectiveness and Safety, is president-elect of the Association of VA Psychology Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 9 ] DICK EAST, a co-founder of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE HOUSTON (RMHH); WILLIAM H. CUNNINGHAM, PH.D., presid- ing director of Southwest Airlines; and RICK NORIEGA, CEO of RMHH, at a luncheon to honor Southwest Airlines as the recipient of RMHH's inaugural Spirit of Hope Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 10 ] Texas Medical Center President and CEO WILLIAM F. McKEON toasts WILLIAM "BILLY" COHN, M.D., who took a Sawzall to painter's tape to ocially open the CENTER FOR DEVICE INNOVATION @ TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER (CDI @ TMC). Cohn is vice president of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices and director of the CDI @ TMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 11 ] More than 5,000 patients, friends and employees of THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER participated in the second annual Boot Walk to End Cancer, a 1.2-mile walk that aims to 'give cancer the boot.' The event raised more than $925,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 12 ] The National Diversity Council recognized MALISHA PATEL, vice president of operations at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, as one of the Top 15 Business Women in Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 13 ] GERARD FRANCISCO, M.D., chief medical ocer of TIRR Memorial Hermann and chair of the department of physical medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 14 ] V. CRAIG JORDAN, PH.D., professor of breast medical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 15 ] MENG WANG, PH.D., associate profes- sor in the department of molecular and human genetics and the Hungton Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the 2017 Early Career Life Scientist Award from the American Society for Cell Biology. 12 15 10 8 14 Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 courtesy photo; No. 4, J. Daniel Escareño /UT Health 13 11