June faculty and staff features

M. Ross Bullock, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery
Bullock, Reynolds professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the Herbert Olivecrona Award for 2007 – neurosurgery’s highest honor.

This award has been given annually since 1976 to an internationally recognized neurosurgeon who has made significant contributions to the field of neurosurgery. Bullock was selected based on his contributions to neurotrauma research and neurotrauma clinical care.

He has authored more than 230 papers, books and chapters and four sets of practice guidelines regarding the clinical and surgical management of severe head injury patients. He also recently edited the second edition of a major textbook in the field titled “Head Injury: Pathophysiology and Management.”

Bullock will accept the award in September during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dianne V. Jewell, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Jewell was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association, a national organization that fosters advancements in physical therapist education, practice and research.

A board-certified cardiovascular and pulmonary clinical specialist, Jewell has been an APTA member since 1986 and most recently served as chair of the association’s Committee on Clinical Residency and Fellowship Program Credentialing.

Jewell is a full-time faculty member in the professional Doctor of Physical Therapy program who also advises students enrolled in the physical therapy track of the School of Allied Health Professions’ Ph.D. distance-learning program. She received her Ph.D. in health services research and organization from the VCU School of Medicine in 2003.

David G. Bromley, Ph.D., professor of religious studies in the School of World Studies and professor of sociology
Bromley edited “Teaching New Religious Movements,” which examines the study of New Religious Movements, religious or spiritual movements not connected to an established denomination or religious group. “Teaching New Religious Movements” was published in the spring of 2007 as part of the American Academy of Religion’s “teaching religious studies” series.

Barbara J. Myers, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology
Myers is spending five weeks this summer at a work camp in the village of Lubao, Kenya.  She will work with others to build a headquarters for the “Alternatives to Violence” program, which aims to reduce violence and help residents recover from years of trauma in the conflict-torn region. The camp is one of four sponsored by a Quaker group, the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI).