Howard University College of Medicine

FACULTY FOCUS

Monthly News & Updates

December 2024 | Issue 11

In December, we celebrate family, friendship, community, and reflect on the past year.

Congratulations Class of 2024

2024 Faculty Retreat

Always Improving & Excelling in Academia

Welcome Class of 2028 & the New Academic Year

Welcome 2024 New Faculty!

The College of Medicine extends a hearty, warm welcome to all faculty who joined the Howard family in 2024.

The HUCM Office of Faculty Development & Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion would like to thank everyone who participated in welcoming and orienting our new faculty to the inner workings, policies, and professional opportunities within the College of Medicine.

Ahmad Kholood, MD

Anatomy

Candrice Heath, MD

Dermatology

Billie Downing, MD

Community and Family Medicine

Quinn Capers, MD

Internal Medicine

Tayseer Haroun, MD

Internal Medicine

Lamiaa Rougui, MD

Internal Medicine

Parisa Takalloo, MD

Internal Medicine

Delisha Stewart, PHD

Microbiology

Jensara Clay, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jordann Dundan, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Alyssa Small Layne, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Surajudeen Bolarinwa, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Corey Gilbert, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Maryam Foroughi, MD

Pathology

Carla Davis, MD

Pediatrics

Ebony Caldwell, MD

Psychiatry

Kristine Dettloff, MD

Radiology

Vahid Etezadi, MD

Radiology

Noor Malik, MD

Surgery

The Story of Dr. Phillip Roane and the discovery of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Phillip Roane, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology

We congratulate Dr. Philip Roane for his research accomplishments and contribution to the RSV discovery. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) was discovered in 1956 by the laboratory of Robert Chanock after its isolation from children with upper respiratory infections. A key aspect of the discovery was the purification of viral particles. In the late 1950s the cutting-edge technology for viral purification involved density centrifugation but there were very few viral laboratories with this expertise. Fortunately, the Roizman laboratory at Hopkins had both the necessary equipment and expertise, and this led Dr. Chanock to seek their help. At the time Dr. Philip Roane was a technician with Dr. Roizman. Dr. Roane subsequently obtained a Master of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Class of 1960) and a PhD degree from the University of Maryland (Figure 1). The centrifugation runs took many hours since Dr. Roizman could not get to the laboratory sufficiently early because he had small children, and he asked Dr. Roane to load the virus for the gradient runs. Dr. Roane recalls that Dr. Chanock referred to the viral isolates as the ‘Long’ virus and that he visited often overseeing the work. When Dr. Chanock saw the results of the gradients, he was so pleased that he gave him a bottle of scotch and a box of gourmet chocolates. Bernard Roizman and Philip Roane subsequently coauthored a series of foundational papers on herpes simplex virus.

INTERNAL/LOCAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Cluster Hiring Application

The Dean is sharing the attached guidance with you for your input on Cluster Hires to expand AI capacity in the College of Medicine. Send your proposals following the attached Provost's guidelines for cluster hire partnerships to both andreaa.hayes@howard.edu and mgondre-lewis@howard.edu.

Application deadline: December 17th, 2024. AI Cluster Hire Guidelines