{"id":54100,"date":"2012-01-30T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=54100"},"modified":"2012-01-31T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T14:03:38","slug":"health-center-accolades-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/01\/health-center-accolades-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center Accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roundup of recognitions for Health Center faculty, staff and students. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cancer Epidemiologist Featured in Documentary <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Richard<\/a>
Richard G. Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens<\/a> is among the experts featured in the independent film \u201cThe City Dark<\/a>,\u201d a documentary about light pollution and losing the night sky. Stevens was invited to be part of the film\u2019s theatrical debut in New York City Jan. 18, at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village. Stevens\u2019 research has uncovered evidence of a connection between artificial light at night and certain cancers. His work contributed to the 2007 declaration of shift work as a \u201cprobable carcinogen\u201d by the International Agency for Cancer Research<\/a>. There will be a screening of \u201cThe City Dark\u201d at E.O. Smith High school, next to the Storrs campus, Feb. 3<\/strong> at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Becker\u2019s List of Outstanding Knee Surgeons<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Jay R. Lieberman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Jay Lieberman<\/a>, director of the New England Musculoskeletal Institute<\/a> and professor and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Dr. Robert Arciero<\/a>, professor and chief of the Sports Medicine Division of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery<\/a>, have been selected for inclusion to the “125 Outstanding Knee Surgeons<\/a>” list by Becker’s Orthopedic Spine & Pain Management Review. <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/a>
Dr. Robert A. Arciero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of the list were selected for their positions held at top orthopaedic institutions, affiliation with professional organizations and contributions to the field of knee surgery. The list was created as a result of extensive research and recommendations from around the country from some of the most well-respected knee surgeons in America. Physicians do not and cannot pay to be selected for this list.<\/p>\n

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PAWS Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Paws<\/a> <\/strong>Know Better Place<\/a> has announced the January PAWS award recipients. These employees consistently perform above and beyond the expectations of their job and exhibit the following attributes: Part of a team \u2022 Awesome attitude \u2022 Wonderful work ethic \u2022 Superior Service.<\/p>\n

France Boyko \u2013 Husky Hero: CMHC Administration
\nJennifer Brown: CMHC \u2013 York
\nElise Foster: UCHP \u2013 East Hartford
\nSusan Garthwait: Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety
\nStephanie Holden: Dean\u2019s Office \u2013 Medicine
\nSarah Jennings: CMHC \u2013 Corrigan
\nJean Kostak: UMG \u2013 Administration
\nRaymond Machowski: Electrical
\nJoy Martin: Cardiac Unit
\nEllen Mentasti: Microbiology & Serology Laboratory
\nAmy Moffo: Clinical Laboratory
\nCynthia Newkirk: CMHC \u2013 York
\nAnn Niziolek: Cardiac Unit
\nDr. Darlene Oksanen: Internal Medicine Module
\nCarrie Ann Racicot: N.N.I.C.U
\nCatherine Rau: UMG \u2013 Human Genetics
\nClaudette Shalagan: Office of the CIO
\nKimberly Silverman: Rehabilitation Services
\nCatherine Sonnenberg: UMG \u2013 Dermatology Module
\nMaryann Stemm: UMG \u2013 UP Patient Accounts<\/p>\n

Team Award
\n<\/strong>Multifire Scorpion Needle Team
\n<\/strong>Dr. Michael Joyce\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Nancy Bisson: FSC – OR Unit
\n<\/strong>Shannon Taylor: FSC – OR Unit
\n<\/strong>Kim Adamski: Material Management Admin
\n<\/strong>Daniel Hannon: Medical Materials Mngmnt
\n<\/strong>Nicholas Noyes: Clinical Engineering
\n<\/strong>Carolyn Guarino: FSC – OR Unit
\n<\/strong>Jeffrey Morin: FSC – OR Unit
\n<\/strong>Tara Stevens: Operating Room Unit
\n<\/strong>Rolando Rosario: FSC – OR Unit <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Researcher featured in an independent film, faculty named to Becker\u2019s List of Outstanding Knee Surgeons, and the January PAWS Award winners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":48732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-54100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 06:09:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54171,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100\/revisions\/54171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/48732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54100"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=54100"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=54100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}