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David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, and Joseph L. Mills, MD, UA professors of surgery, have written a guide to help physicians prevent amputation and manage foot-related complications in patients with diabetes. "Comprehensive Foot Examination and Risk Assessment," published in the online August 2008 edition of Diabetes Care, identifies key components of the diabetic foot exam and provides a simple protocol for physicians to use for their patients with diabetes.

Anne Cress, PhD, professor of cell biology and anatomy and associate dean for research at the UA College of Medicine, recently was appointed chairperson of the Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR). CSR is the portal for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications and their review for scientific merit. Study sections evaluate the majority of the research grant applications sent to NIH, which is responsible for 28 percent of the total biomedical research funding spent annually in the United States.

Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, professor and chairman of the UA Department of Surgery, co-authored the recently published book, Living Donor Organ Transplantation, which received an excellent review in the New England Journal of Medicine. A comprehensive guide to abdominal transplantation, the book addresses the use of living donors in the transplantation of the kidney, pancreas, islets, liver and intestine.

Donna M. Wolk, PhD, D(ABMM), AHSC division chief of clinical microbiology, recently was elected to the Association for Molecular Pathology's Infectious Disease Clinical Practice Committee. The committee acts as a national resource to improve and standardize clinical laboratory practice via method standardization and quality improvement, as well as evidence-based testing algorithms and reporting practices in molecular microbiology. Its members are chosen for their expertise in molecular diagnostics. Dr. Wolk is a research associate in the BIO5 Institute and a clinical research scholar in the Health Research Alliance Arizona.