NSU Horizons Spring 2014

44 HORIZONS around NSU Bruce Rogow honored Bruce Rogow , J.D., a professor at NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center since 1974, has been honored with the first Allan Terl/Paul Joseph Civil Liberties Award from the Broward County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida. A longtime civil rights attorney, Rogow has argued more than 450 civil and criminal cases in federal and state appellate courts, including 11 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has had more than 100 cases in the Florida Supreme Court. Allan Terl and Paul Joseph were two of the founding members of the Broward County Chapter of the ACLU, which began in 1983. n Chief Information Officer in Top 100 CIOS Tom West , M.B.A., has been named one of America’s top 100 Chief Information Officers by IDG Enterprise. West, NSU’s vice president of the Office of Innovation and Information Technology, joins others from across the country in being recognized in the Premier 100 Awards Program. In his role at NSU, he provides the university with the technological resources to support teaching, learning, and research. As CIO, West is specifically charged with leveraging technology to support strong, student-centered administrative systems; advancing the university’s research and mission; empowering faculty teaching, knowledge production, and technology trans- fer; and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the university’s operations. Along with the other honorees, West was featured in the February 27, 2014, issue of Computerworld and on its Web site ( www.computerworld.com ) and at the Premier 100 IT Leadership Conference. n Mary Ann Fletcher , Ph.D., has been named the first Schemel Professor for Neuro-Immune Med- icine. The Schemel Professorship was established in 2013 through a $2-million endowment from the Schemel Family Foundation. “Dr. Fletcher is recognized throughout the medical research community as a leader in the study of the immunology of infectious diseases,” said Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine. In her role, Fletcher oversees the research lab and conducts proteomic and genomic research at the NSU College of Os- teopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine. Located at NSU’s main campus in Davie and led by Nancy Klimas, M.D., the institute is the first in the nation to study neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, Gulf War illness, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis us- ing the newest proteomic, genomic, and computational tech- niques. The program recently received a $4.1-million grant from the Department of Defense to study Gulf War illness. “I am honored and grateful to the Schemel family and NSU for believing in me and allowing me to devote my efforts to helping find better treatments for these diseases that impact so many people and deserve our attention and resources,” said Fletcher. Fletcher joined NSU from the University of Miami, where she spent the previous 40 years, most recently as a tenured professor and director of the E.M. Popper Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, which is being relocated to NSU. n Fletcher First Schemel Professor Mary Ann Fletcher oversees the research lab at the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine. Bruce Rogow, a professor at NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center since 1974, has argued more than 450 civil and criminal cases in federal and state appellate courts.