COM Outlook - Winter 2016

College of Osteopathic Medicine 33 IN OCTOBER, Nancy Klimas , M.D., professor and director of the college’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, was honored with the NSU Fifth Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated significant achievement in support of NSU’s mission to foster scholarship, intellectual inquiry, and academic excellence. “I am humbled by this honor and accept this award on behalf of my team of world-class researchers in the hopes that our discoveries will make a true difference in the lives of those facing neuro-immune disorders,” said Klimas. “I am proud to be a part of the NSU family and work with researchers in a diverse array of fields.” Klimas has achieved international recognition for her research and clinical efforts in multisymptom disorders, myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Gulf War illness (GWI), and fibromyalgia. She is currently funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of Health to study these complex disorders using a systems biology approach with a strong focus on illness models that lead to therapeutic targets and clinical trials. In addition to receiving the Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award, Klimas was appointed to the national Institute of Medicine’s committee that is charged with comprehensively evaluating the current criteria for diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Grant Messer Project SEAMIST provides training so that vessels and seaports can function safely and efficiently, supporting an important economic component of Florida and the Gulf Coast.” —Stephen Grant, Ph.D. Professor Honored with Provost’s Award “