Loma Linda University Graduate School News
February 17, 2000
- Nobel Prize winner speaks at Loma Linda
- Professor joins counseling and family sciences department to coordinate DMFT program
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Nobel Prize winner speaks at Loma Linda
Nobel Prize winner Richard J. Roberts, PhD, research director at New England Biolabs, Beverly, Massachusetts, delivered the inaugural Raymond Ryckman Lectureship on Thursday, January 13, 2000, in the amphitheater of the Alumni Hall for Basic Sciences.
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Nobel Prize winner Richard J. Roberts, PhD, research director at New England Biolabs, Beverly, Massachusetts, delivers the inaugural Raymond Ryckman Lectureship. |
Dr. Roberts, who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in medicine, was born and educated
in England, attending Saint Stephen's School and the City of Bath Boys'
School before moving to the University of Sheffield where he obtained
a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1965 and a doctor of philosophy degree
in organic chemistry in 1968.
His postdoctoral research was carried out in the laboratory of J. L. Strominger, PhD, at Harvard University, Boston, where he studied the tRNAs that are involved in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell walls.
Dr. Roberts has been involved in many projects, including studies of Adenovirus-2 beginning with studies of transcription that led to the discovery of split genes and mRNA splicing in 1977.
This was followed by efforts to deduce the DNA sequence of the Adenovirus-2 genome, and a complete sequence of 35,937 nucleotides was obtained. This latter project required the extensive use of computer methods, both for the assembly of the sequence and its subsequent analysis.
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Barry L. Taylor, PhD, chair, department of microbiology and molecular genetics (left), presents Raymond E. Ryckman, PhD, retired professor and former chair, department of microbiology, with a plaque commemorating the inaugural address of the new Raymond Ryckman Lectureship series. The lectureship is made possible through an endowment by the family of Dr. Ryckman. |
The Raymond Ryckman Lectureship is endowed in the department of microbiology
and molecular genetics in the School of Medicine by Dr. Ryckman's family
in honor of his distinguished service as chair and professor in the department.
Prior to Dr. Roberts lecture, Dr. Ryckman was honored by School of Medicine dean Brian S. Bull, MD, and Barry L. Taylor, PhD, professor and chair, department of microbiology and molecular genetics.
In his remarks, Dr. Taylor commended Dr. Ryckman on his many years of service to the department and to the University.
Dr. Ryckman is a well-known entomologist around the world. During his tenure at Loma Linda, Dr. Ryckman authored numerous scientific papers. In addition, he presented papers in scientific arenas or made study visits around the world including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sweden, and Venezuela.
Professor joins counseling and family sciences department to coordinate DMFT program
Douglas W. Huenergardt, PhD, officially joined the faculty in the Graduate School's department of counseling and family sciences at the beginning of winter quarter, 2000.
Dr. Huenergardt will coordinate the department's new doctor of marital and family therapy (DMFT) degree program and will direct the LLU marriage and family therapy clinic.
"My interest in coming to Loma Linda," he explains, "centers around the opportunity to form a cadre of people who can help agencies evaluate outcomes for their programs and services."
Prior to coming to Loma Linda, Dr. Huenergardt served as director of program development and evaluation for Family Services Centers of Pinellas County, Florida.
His responsibilities there included designing wraparound clinical, education, prevention, and early intervention services into community settings for an $8 million family agency; developing outcome and evaluation models for services; establishing quality improvement systems across the agency; developing proposals to fund programs; establishing collaborations to implement programs; and designing research and demonstration projects to determine effectiveness of interventions.
He says, "We live in an era when funding bodies are no longer satisfied simply with knowing that you're doing needed work--they want to know your research base and the degree of scientific validation for your work."
Funders, he continues, want to know that the organizations they are considering funding have gone through a validation process.
As coordinator of the new DMFT degree program, Dr. Huenergardt plans to make the program a practical, "real" degree that includes a significant amount of field work and teaches important skills for administering, setting evaluative criteria, and measuring effectiveness based on those criteria.
Dr. Huenergardt received a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Pacific Union College in Angwin, in 1963. In 1964, he graduated with a master's degree in interactional communication and psychology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his PhD degree in interactional communication from North western University in 1967.
He completed postdoctoral study in family systems at the Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, in 1975. From 1984 to 1995, he received advanced clinical and supervision training with Marianne Walters at the Family Therapy Practice Center, located in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Huenergardt and his wife, Eleanor Cotter, live in Santa Monica. They have two children, Robert Cotter and Kimberly Godown, and one grandchild, Enzo.
Douglas Huenergardt, PhD, recently joined the Graduate School's department of counseling and family sciences. He will coordinate the new DMFT program and will serve as director of the LLU marriage and family therapy clinic.
Women's Mental Health Conference held in Wong Kerlee
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"J. Lamont Murdoch, MD, speaks to conference attendees on the "Endocrinological Manifestations Affecting Mental Health. |
Nearly 200 health and mental health professionals attended the Women's Mental Health Conference on Wednesday, January 26, at the Wong Kerlee International Conference Center.
The continuing education event was cosponsored by Loma Linda University Graduate School department of social work and the Riverside County Department of Mental Health.
For those attending, the conference served as an update on clinical issues impacting women's mental health across the life cycle. Implications for treatment from an interdisciplinary collaborative approach were also discussed.
Presenters included Mady Hornig, MD, departments of psychiatry, neurology, and microbiology and genetics, University of California, Irvine, who spoke on the subject of "Mood Disorders in Women"; J. Lamont Murdoch, MD, professor, LLU department of medicine, who addressed the topic "Endocrinological Manifestations Affecting Mental Health"; Kiti Freier, PhD, chair, LLU department of psychology, who talked about "Mood Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum (Emphasis on Teen Pregnancy and Mother/Child Dyad)"; and Dolores Jenerson-Madden, PhD, professor, graduate program in marriage and family-child counseling, Vanguard University of Southern California, who addressed "Cross-cultural Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Women Across the Life Cycle."
For information regarding upcoming continuing education opportunities organized by the department of social work, call (909) 558-8550 and ask for G. Victoria Jackson, MSW, LCSW, continuing education program coordinator.
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