March 2, 1995: Vol26n19: HONORS

HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS
DEAN'S AWARD WINNER:
Robert L. Klick, associate professor in the Department of Clinical
Laboratory Science, was the 1994 recipient of the Dean's Award of the
School of Health Related Professions. He was cited for outstanding
service to the university and his profession, and for excellence in
teaching.
	The Dean's Award is supported by funds donated to the UB
Foundation by Albert Rekate, professor emeritus, School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences. Rekate was instrumental in establishing the
School of Health Related Professions and served as acting dean.
	Klick, who came to UB as an instructor in the former
Department of Medical Technology, previously worked as a research
biochemist at Beaumont Research Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Cleveland.
	He received a B.S. degree in biology and an M.S. in biomedical
biology from Cleveland State University and did graduate work in
experimental pathology at the Roswell Park Division of UB.  

MICROBIOLOGY
APPOINTED TO NIH STUDY SECTION:
Philip LoVerde, professor of microbiology at UB, has been appointed a
member of the Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study Section,
Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health.
	LoVerde joined the faculty of the UB School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences as an assistant professor in 1981 after serving on
the faculty at Purdue University. He has performed distinguished
research in parasitology for the past 23 years, focusing on
schistosomes. These parasites are the cause of a chronic and often
fatal illness endemic in at least 72 countries.
	A recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal, highest award
presented by the American Society of Parasitologists, LoVerde has
spoken worldwide and has more than 100 publications. He has served as
editor of Experimental Parasitology and as a member of the editorial
board of Microbial Pathogenesis.

MEDICINE
ELECTED SOCIETY 
PRESIDENT:
Maria V. Klaus, clinical assistant professor of dermatology and chief
of dermatology at Veterans Hospital, has been elected president of the
Buffalo-Rochester Dermatological Society. The society provides a forum
for the exchange of ideas and information while providing continu-
ing medical education for area dermatologists.