February 16, 1995: Vol26n17: HONORS

PHARMACEUTICS
TO RECEIVE APA AWARD:
Jerome J. Schentag, professor of pharmaceutics at UB, will receive the
Stimulation of Research Award from the American Pharmaceutical
Association at the association's annual meeting next month.
	The award recognizes outstanding  achievement in stimulating
others to engage and excel in pharmaceutical research.
	Schentag, a member of the UB faculty since 1976, is the
director of the UB Center for Clinical Pharmacy Research and the
doctoral program in pharmacy. He also directs the Clinical
Pharmacokinetics Laboratory at Millard Fillmore Hospital-Gates Circle.
	He co-invented the "Smart Pill," a drug-delivery system
designed to carry a medical payload to a specific site in the
gastrointestinal tract.

MEDICINE
VICE PRESIDENT OF  PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY:
James P. Burdick, clinical instructor in anesthesiology at UB, was
installed last month as vice president of the New York State Society
of Anesthesiologists  (NYSSA) at the 48th Postgraduate Assembly in
Anes- thesiology. Involved in the NYSSA for almost 20 years, he is a
former district director and serves as chair of the anesthesia care
team committee.
	Burdick, a graduate of the UB School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, is  director of anesthesia services at Millard
Fillmore Suburban Hospital. A diplomate of the American Board of
Anesthesiology, he serves on the board of the Office of Professional
Medical Conduct, New York State Department of Health.

CHAIR OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE:
John Feather, executive director of the Primary Care Resource Center
in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will chair the
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's Fourth National Conference
this month in Washington, D.C.
	The panel's biannual conferences have developed much of the
primary literature on pressure-ulcer incidence, prevalence and cost,
and have been the basis for significant research.
	One of its founding members, Feather has completed a
seven-year term on the national panel, a non-profit organization
headquartered at UB. He joined the UB faculty as a professor of
sociology in 1978. He previously served as coordinator of geriatric
research in the Division of Geriatrics/Gerontology in the UB medical
school.