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38 T M C » P U L S E | J U LY 2 0 1 8 Field Notes 7 8 6 3 Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, courtesy photos; No. 5, © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation – used with permission; No. 6, Paul Vincent Kuntz, Texas Children's Hospital; No. 7, Adolfo Chavez III; No. 10, Morris Makako 1 2 4 5 1 | DOUGLAS BARNES, M.D., chief of sta for Shriners Hospitals for Children – Houston, was awarded the W.B. and Brandon Carrell Humanitarian Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | KATHERINE KING, M.D., PH.D., assistant professor of pediatrics – infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine, received the Society for Pediatric Research New Member Outstanding Research Award at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | In early June, JAMES GEE was one of several new ocers sworn in to the Texas Medical Center Police Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | Members of the TMC INNOVATION INSTITUTE pose before TMCx Demo Day on June 7. Twenty-one digital health companies presented their ideas to more than 350 inves- tors and hospital stakeholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | The State Department selected REBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM, PH.D., a Rice University bioengineer and global health pioneer, to serve as a U.S. science envoy. The Science Envoy Program selects distinguished scientists to promote the United States' commitment to science, technology and innovation as tools of diplomacy and growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | On May 23, the first surgery was performed in Legacy Tower at TEXAS CHILDREN'S, their new home for heart, inten- sive care and surgery. Doctors performed a craniofacial procedure on a 9-month-old boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | JAMES ALLISON, PH.D., of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, won the 2018 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, which was estab- lished by Johnson & Johnson. Allison won for pioneering a novel and eective strategy to harness the immune system for treating solid tumor cancers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | MENG WANG, PH.D., associate profes- sor in the Hungton Center on Aging and the department of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Baylor.