Lasting Impressions | Fall 2015

40 © NSU LASTING IMPRESSIONS NSU Impressions H. Thomas Temple, M.D., is now the senior vice presi- dent of translational research and economic development, a new position created to support NSU’s faculty mem- bers in developing their innovative ideas, discoveries, and technologies. In this role, Temple is responsible for building the connections, resources, and entrepreneurial energy for the commercialization of NSU’s research activities. Temple will be establishing partnerships with companies, investors, and entrepreneurs inter- ested in using NSU’s vast wet and dry lab space in the Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) to con- duct research and develop technologies benefiting the global community. Additionally, he will be leveraging the resources of the CCR to further support the cutting-edge research conducted at NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, headquartered at the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Building. Temple’s position represents a partnership with Hos- pital Corporation of America (HCA) East Florida hospitals, where he has been granted privileges and will maintain a surgical practice, complementing his role with NSU. Temple brings to NSU his long-established rep- utation as a successful surgeon, researcher, and leader spanning nearly three decades. He joined NSU from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he served as chief of the Orthopaedic Oncology Division, director of the University of Miami Tissue Bank, professor of orthopaedic and pathology, and vice-chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics. Temple earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and his Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and his musculoskeletal oncology fellowship at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. u THOMAS TEMPLE NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT NSU RESEARCHERS RECEIVE $800,000 GRANT TO RESEARCH GULF WAR ILLNESS Paula A. Faria Waziry, Ph.D., assistant professor at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and researcher at the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, and her research team have been awarded an $805,882 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Congres- sionally Directed Medical Research Programs to investigate the genomic and cellular mechanisms that cause Gulf War illness. The study is titled “An Integrated Genomics and Cell Biology Approach to Correlate Novel GWI Indicators of Infections and Neuroinflam- matory Mechanisms with Targeted Drug Therapy.” “It is our duty to help those who served their country in any way we can, and this is one way we can make a major difference,” said Waziry. She will serve as primary investigator. The research team also consists of faculty members from the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, including Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D., assistant professor and genomics expert; Nancy Klimas, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the institute; Mariana Morris, Ph.D., professor and director of Gulf War illness research; and Gordon Broderick, Ph.D., professor and director of computational biology. u This work was supported by the Department of Defense Gulf War Illness Research Program under Award No.W81XWH-15-1-0163. NSU RECEIVES UP TO $4.3 MILLION The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health awarded NSU’s Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness an initial $590,000 with a recommended total award of up to $4.3 million over a five-year period to continue the Project SEAMIST (South East Area Marine Industry Safety Train- ing) and enhance its offerings. “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,” said Stephen Grant, Ph.D., primary investigator of the grant and associate professor of public health, NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. This new addition to Project SEAMIST will be spearheaded by a co-collaborator, Kristi Messer, M.S.W., M.P.H., assistant project man- ager at the Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, and assistant professor for Master of Public Health and Disaster and Emer- gency Preparedness, at the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. u Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Envi- ronmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U45ES019350. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.