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t m c » p u l s e | m a y 2 0 1 8 38 4 5 6 7 [ 1 ] Actors Mark McManus and Kathleen Brown brought The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to life in the 14th floor waiting room of TEXAS CHILDREN'S CANCER AND HEMATOLOGY CENTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] Houston City Hall was lit in green and blue lights April 8 – 10 to support organ, eye and tissue donation and honor Donate Life Month and LifeGift, a local nonprofit that helps individuals needing transplants in Southeast, North and West Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] BIJAN NAJAFI, PH.D., left, professor of surgery, director of iCAMP and of clinical research in vascular surgery and endovas- cular therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, was honored in Qatar with the Best Research Project Award from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, for his diabetic foot research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] RICHARD A. BOND, PH.D., professor of pharmacology at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, was appointed an hon- orary fellow of the British Pharmacological Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] CATHERINE L. TROISI, PH.D., associ- ate professor in the department of manage- ment, policy and community health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, was awarded the 2018 Academic Public Health Practice Excellence Award by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] JAMES "JIM" DIGAN was named senior vice president for institutional advancement at Baylor College of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] XIANG ZHANG, PH.D., associate pro- fessor and McNair Scholar in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine, is the 2018 recipient of the Sue Eccles Young Investigator Award from the Metastasis Research Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] Thousands of Katy and West Houston- area residents participated in the sixth Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Marathon Foundation Family Fun Run at TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WEST CAMPUS. 2 1 3 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 courtesy photos; No. 2, Troy Fields; No. 8, Paul Vincent Kuntz, Texas Children's Hospital; No. 10, Phil Steffek; No. 13, Paul Vincent Kuntz, Texas Children's Hospital 8