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38 T M C ยป P U L S E | J U N E 2 0 1 8 7 8 9 1 | HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S COLEMAN COLLEGE HEALTH SCIENCE TOWER received a 2018 Landmark Award from the Houston Business Journal, an annual competition that recognizes commercial real estate projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | During National Nurses Week TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY faculty held a Blessing of the Hands ceremony, a nonde- nominational act that recognizes health work- ers and helps refresh and renew the spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER was guest speaker at the annual Salute to Volunteers Award Luncheon, which recognizes volunteers across the Texas Medical Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | LISA M. HOLLIER, M.D., MPH, professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecol- ogy at Baylor College of Medicine and chief medical ocer for obstetrics and gynecol- ogy for Texas Children's Health Plan, was appointed 69th president of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | MUHAMMAD SAAD SHAMIM, a Baylor M.D. student and a Rice University Ph.D. student, was awarded $90,000 for graduate studies by the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | ALEN MICHAEL, M.D., admires his new degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth during the school's May 18 commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | Campaign Houston Go Red For Women co-chairs RACHEL CLINGMAN, American Heart Association board member, and ROBERTA SCHWARTZ, executive vice pres- ident of Houston Methodist Hospital, led the "Let's Unite" eort that raised $1.8 million. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | C. KENT OSBORNE, M.D., director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor, received the 2018 American Association for Cancer Research Distinguished Award for Extraordinary Scientific Achievement and Leadership in Breast Cancer Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | ASIM SHAH, M.D., professor and execu- tive vice chair in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor, was honored with the Children's Mental Health Champion Award presented by the Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston. 2 1 3 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 courtesy photos; No. 5, Christopher Smith; No. 6, Dwight Andrews, UTHealth; No. 7, Alexander's Fine Portrait Design; No. 14, Chinh Phan 4 5 6