The Annual Women of Achievement & Spotlight Awards Luncheon

HELD DURING THE FALL SEMESTER EACH YEAR

This annual event celebrates the tenure and promotion and recognitions achieved by women faculty members at Case Western Reserve; and honors one woman from each school at Case Western Reserve for their excellence in research and scholarship. (Recipients chosen by their schools.)

2012 Luncheon

The 2012 Women of Achievement luncheon on Friday October 12, 2012 from 12:30 to 2:00 in the ballroom of Thwing Student Center. Everyone is invited to attend this event and learn more about top women scholars from around the university. The event is co-sponsored by the Provost’s Office.

 

This year’s Mather Prize honorees are:

	Alexis R. Abramson Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Case School of Engineering Dr. Abramson is leading the Emerging Technologies team within the Building Technologies Program at the Department of Energy, which has a focus on accelerating applied R&D with high energy savings impact in the areas of HVAC, windows, thermal insulation, advanced roofing solutions, water heating, appliances, lighting and building energy modeling and tools.
	Jill Barnholtz-Sloan Associate Professor General Medical Sciences (Oncology) & Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan’s research focuses on genetic/molecular epidemiology of complex diseases, with a particular focus on cancer.  She is multi-disciplinary trained in biostatistics, population genetics, and human genetics and has provided expertise and leadership in hypothesis development, study design and statistical analysis for studies of various diseases and clinical outcomes. She is Principal Investigator (PI) of the Ohio Brain Tumor Study and Consortium PI for two national and international studies.
	Joyce J. Fitzpatrick Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 300 publications, including more than 65 books that she has written/edited. Dr. Fitzpatrick founded and led the Bolton School's World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nursing. She has provided consultation on nursing education and research throughout the world
	Lisa A. Lang Chair and Associate Professor Department of Comprehensive Care School of Dental Medicine Dr. Lang, with her students, has received various research awards including the Arthur H. Wuehrmann prize from American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.  She received the Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Award and was recognized by the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching through election into to the University of Texas Health Science Center Academy of Master Teachers.
	Marie Lathers, Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of French and Humanities College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Lathers' research includes 19th-century French literature and art, women's studies, film studies, and space studies.  She has authored three books:  The Aesthetics of Artifice: Villiers’ *L’Eve Future,* Bodies of Art:  French Literary Realism and the Artist’s Model, and Space Oddities:  Women and Outer Space in Popular Film and Culture, 1960-2000.
	Anna Santiago Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Dr. Santiago’s current research focuses on how place matters in the lives of vulnerable families and children and how federal, state and local housing policies and programs serve as vehicles for community and social development. She has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and one co-authored book, Why NOT in My Backyard?
	Yi-Jing Wu Assistant Professor of Accountancy Weatherhead School of Management Dr. Wu’s research focuses mainly on auditors’ judgment and decision-making. This stream of audit research aims to gain additional knowledge regarding common threats to good professional judgments and to understand how various environmental and task factors influence these decisions. Research in this area informs the profession regarding common judgment and decision biases and provides solutions to help elevate auditors’ professional judgments.
	Ruqaiijah A. Yearby Professor of Law School of Law Professor Yearby has published ten law review articles, three book chapters, one editorial, and submitted written legislative testimony.  Her research uses empirical data to assess whether health law and policy adequately address the problems they aim to solve.  Her recent article is entitled, Breaking The Cycle Of ‘Unequal Treatment’: Using Health Care Reform To Address Racial Disparities In Health Care, 44 U. Conn. L. Rev. _ (2012).