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Several Dartmouth faculty members have recently been recognized for their
work in medicine, English, philosophy, economics, physics, and business.
 John Wennberg (Photo courtesy Institute for Health
Policy and Clinical Practice)
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 Gretchen Gerzina (Photo by Joseph Mehling
’69)
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 Robert Fogelin (Photo by Joseph Mehling
’69)
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Wennberg honored for lifetime achievement
John E. Wennberg, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), and the
Peggy Y. Thomson Chair in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, was named by
Health Affairs magazine as “the most influential health policy
researcher of the past 25 years.” He also received the 2007 Ernest Amory Codman
Award from the Joint Commission, the nation’s predominant standards-setting and
accrediting body in health care, for his leadership in using outcomes measures
to improve health-care quality and safety.
Both recent awards highlight Wennberg’s pioneering research of the past 30
years, which has focused on regional variations in medical care, outcomes of
medical treatment, and shared decision-making. His work attracted congressional
attention to outcomes research, and he helped shape the legislation that
established the U.S. Department of Health’s Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. The agency is charged with researching health-care quality, costs,
outcomes, and patient safety.
Gerzina to hold Eastman professorship
Gretchen
Holbrook Gerzina, professor of English and the Kathe Tappe
Vernon Professor of Biography, will be the 68th holder of the George Eastman
Professorship at the University of Oxford for the 2009-2010 academic year. The
chair is awarded annually to U.S. scholars of the highest distinction, and its
ranks include classicists, philosophers, lawyers, historians, economists, and
13 Nobel Laureates. Administered by the Association of American Rhodes
Scholars, the chair was established by Kodak founder George Eastman in
1929.
The residential position includes a professorship at Balliol College, one of
Oxford’s 39 colleges, and housing in the Eastman House. Gerzina, who is also
chair of the English Department, says she looks forward to pursuing her
research on the Bloomsbury group and race, Black British studies, and—on side
trips to Italy and France—on Josephine Baker. Gerzina is the author of seven
books, including the Norton Annotated Secret Garden, and Mr. and
Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary 18th-Century Family Moved out of Slavery and
Into Legend. She is the first member of the Dartmouth faculty to receive
the award.
Fogelin receives Mellon Foundation fellowship
Dartmouth’s Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, Robert
Fogelin, was awarded an Emeritus Fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
to support his ongoing work in Pyrrhonism, a radical form of ancient
philosophical skepticism.
The award will allow Fogelin to travel and meet with fellow philosophers in
academia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fogelin is the
author of a dozen books and numerous articles.
 Gerald O'Connor (Photo courtesy Gerald O'Connor)
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 Hebe Quinton ’77, DMS ’96 (Photo courtesy Hebe
Quinton)
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O’Connor, Quinton honored by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Two Dartmouth Medical School (DMS)
researchers who have advanced outcomes research and clinical practice have
received national awards from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF).
Gerald O’Connor, professor of medicine and of community and family medicine,
received the Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award. The
award is given to individuals “who have spent their careers researching and
caring for patients with cystic fibrosis and whose contributions have had
significant influence on the course of the disease.” O’Connor is also an
associate dean at DMS, and associate director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and
Clinical Practice’s education program.
Research Associate Hebe Quinton ’77, DMS ’96, received the inaugural Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation Quality Improvement Award from CFF. The award honors
“individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cystic
fibrosis by the application of improvement science.”
 Annamaria Lusardi (Photo by Joseph Mehling ’69)
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 Lorenza Viola (Photo by Sarah Memmi)
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 Leonard Greenhalgh (Photo courtesy Tuck
School)
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Lusardi wins Fidelity prize
Annamaria Lusardi,
professor of economics, was
recognized by the Fidelity Research Institute for her efforts to help improve
lifelong financial well-being for Americans. Lusardi was co-recipient of the
institute’s 2007 Pyramid Prize award along with Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton
School. Together they wrote the paper, “Baby Boomer Retirement Security: The
Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth,” which was published
in the Journal of Monetary Economics in January 2007.
Fidelity awards the prize to highlight thought-leading analyses that
“inspire action through practical solutions to the financial challenges facing
individuals, institutions, and governments.” The prize includes $25,000, which
Lusardi says she plans to save for retirement.
Viola will chair American Physical Society Topical Group
Lorenza
Viola, associate professor of physics, has been appointed chair
of the Topical Group on Quantum Information (TGQI) of the American Physical
Society (APS), beginning January 2008. The TGQI’s mission is the advancement
and diffusion of the knowledge concerning fundamental quantum information
physics and its applications. As chair, Viola will lead the executive committee
and will continue to coordinate the activities of the TGQI, which include
overseeing the organization of the annual March meeting and the appointment of
new fellows of the APS.
Viola is director of Dartmouth’s Quantum Information Science Initiative. She
is also co-author of the paper, “The Structure of Preserved Information in
Quantum Processes,” forthcoming in the journal Physical Review
Letters. Her research seeks to understand, model, and control physical
systems and processes at the quantum scale.
Commerce Department honors Greenhalgh
Tuck School of Business
Professor
Leonard Greenhalgh has received the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority
Business Development Agency (MBDA) lifetime achievement award for his continued
work with America’s minority business owners.
“I am really proud of Tuck for having taken this stance and making an
investment in the future of minorities,” says Greenhalgh, director of programs
for minority- and women-owned business enterprises at Tuck. “Personally, it’s
enjoyable being part of something that makes a difference on a national
scale.
“Minorities will become the majority by mid-century, and if they are not
economically self-sufficient, the U.S. economy suffers,” says Greenhalgh.
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