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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Dinarello

'Fever molecule' research leads to prize

The University of Colorado Denver's Charles Dinarello, professor of medicine in the medical school's division of infectious diseases, will receive the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for his research on the "fever molecule."

Dinarello's decades of research led to the development of treatment for patients affected by the molecule, which causes fever without infection, as well as other types of inflammation. Dinarello will accept the $140,000 prize in Frankfurt, Germany, in March.

It's the latest award for Dinarello, who this year also won the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Crafoord Prize, presented by the King of Sweden, and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. He has donated his prize money to the Interleukin Foundation, which provides funding to biomedical researchers.

Colorado School of Public Health

Adgate

New chair coming to School of Public Health

John Adgate, Ph.D., will chair the department of environment and occupational health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

Adgate formerly worked at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health as an associate professor. His focus on epidemiology studies includes documenting the effects of air pollutants, pesticides, metals and allergens on people. Upon his arrival in January, Adgate will work to recruit faculty and help the program grow.

University of Colorado Denver, Department of Pediatrics

Simoes

Award for Excellence in Global Health awarded to UC Denver professor, mentors

Eric Simoes, M.D., professor of pediatric infectious disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, won a 2009 Award for Excellence in Global Health.

The honor comes from the Colorado School of Public Health's Center for Global Health and Physician Assistants for Global Health. It recognizes local leaders in the global health arena who have made exemplary contributions to improving the health of populations over time.

Simoes' work focuses on children's health, particularly on reducing childhood deaths from pneumonia and acute lower respiratory infections.

Also honored at the Oct. 1 kickoff of the second annual Global Health Symposium were Gretchen Berggren, M.D., and Warren Berggren, M.D. The awards recognized their work serving large populations in developing nations such as the Congo, Haiti and Ethiopia.

The Berggrens have been associates of the Center for Global Health for years, working on projects and serving as mentors to students in the global health track. Gretchen Berggren is obtaining a faculty appointment in the School of Public Health at UC Denver.

CU Foundation names new development director

Julie Karbula has joined the University of Colorado Foundation as senior director of development for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) on the Boulder campus.

The former director of annual giving at Colorado State University has nearly two decades of experience in fundraising for higher education.

Karbula earned a master's degree in telecommunications from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Sentinel Newspapers in Colorado and on Wall Street as a systems officer at J.P. Morgan & Co.