Oct. 13, 2006

October Faculty and Staff Features

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Kendall Buster, associate professor, Department of Sculpture + Extended Media
Buster is the recipient of the 2006 Kreeger Museum Art Award, which includes a $10,000 cash award. Her work is on display at the Kreeger Museum in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 6 to Nov. 25.

Suzanne Gallagher, director of the Center for Economic Education, School of Business
Gallagher was selected to receive the Albert Beekhuis Award, which honors centers on economic education for outstanding performance in working with teachers, exhibiting excellence in practice, delivery of high quality programs and outreach to the community. Gallagher, who has directed the VCU center since 1989, received the award and an honorarium on Oct. 12 in New York.

Jeff South, associate professor, School of Mass Communications
South was selected to receive a Knight International Journalism Fellowship. He will train journalists in Ukraine for six months beginning in January, focusing on new media and multimedia journalism. South was one of 10 journalists to receive the highly competitive fellowship, which is known as the journalistic Peace Corps. The program sends journalists to developing democracies to train fellow journalists in hopes of nurturing a vigorous, independent press.

Rachel Baughman Gannaway, MS, CGC, Director of the Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program, VCU Department of Human Genetics
Rachel Baughman Gannaway, MS, CGC, has been appointed director of the Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program. She replaces Lauren Vanner Nicely, who served as director for the last 10 years. Gannaway plans to continue the excellence of training students and medical professionals in VCU’s Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program and help to expand the professional roles available to genetic counselors. Gannaway is a charter member of the American Board of Genetic Counseling. Prior to coming to VCU, Gannaway was the coordinator of the Prenatal Diagnosis Program at the University of North Carolina for 10 years.


VCU Pathology Faculty Members contribute to clinical diagnosis text

Eleven faculty members in VCU’s Department of Pathology have contributed to the 21st edition of "Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods." This comprehensive textbook includes new sections on hemostasis, thrombosis and the clinical pathology of cancer, and a new chapter on the microbiologic aspects of bioterrorism.

Richard A. McPherson, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Pathology, is one of two editors of the text. McPherson is joined by associate editor H. Davis Massey, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology, and nine other contributing experts from VCU’s Department of Pathology. McPherson has been a contributing expert for more than 20 years. He served as assistant editor for the 17th and 20th editions and has contributed to every edition since. Also contributing were:

  • Jonathan Ben-Ezra, M.D.
  • Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
  • Carleton T. Garrett, M.D., Ph.D.
  • W. Greg Miller, Ph.D.
  • Roger S. Riley, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Susan D. Roseff, M.D.
  • Kimberly W. Sanford, M.D.
  • David S. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Shourong Zhao, M.D.

Margaret M. Grimes, M.D., Department of Pathology
Grimes, VCU professor of pathology and vice chair for graduate medical education, has been elected trustee to the American Board of Pathology. Grimes was nominated by the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology during its 16th annual meeting in February. Grimes’ leadership extends to an array of national-level committees, several of which she has chaired, including the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee for Pathology. She also has received numerous teaching awards and was listed among Richmond Magazine's Top Doctors in the April 2006 issue. She will begin her term of service in January. The mission of ABP is to promote the health of the public by advancing the practice and science of pathology.