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Published: July 12, 2012

  • Tripathi an ‘American by Choice’

    President Satish K. Tripathi is one of 45 naturalized U.S. citizens recognized as “Americans by Choice” in a full-page advertisement published in the July 4 editions of The New York Times.

    The public service ad was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which each year on Independence Day “salutes the legacy of its immigrant founder, Andrew Carnegie, by celebrating an ideal that he held dear: citizenship.”

    In addition to Tripathi, who was born in India, those featured in the ad include Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Cheryl Diaz Meyer (Philippines), dancer Michel Kouakou (Ivory Coast), NASA astronaut Andrew Thomas (Australia), best-selling novelist Colum McCann (Ireland), Grand Slam tennis champion Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) and former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Youssef Ghafari (Lebanon), among others.

    Through the ad, “Immigrants: The Pride of America,” “celebrates men and women who, after deciding to become U.S. citizens, applied for and have earned their citizenship,” according to a press release from the Carnegie Corp. “These naturalized Americans, and millions like them, have demonstrated their commitment to the United States and their loyalty to the Constitution.”

  • Barnabei to head gynecology, obstetrics

    Vanessa M. Barnabei, Patrick and Margaret McMahon Endowed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and director of general obstetrics and gynecology at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has been named chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

    Barnabei (pronounced Barnaby), who also will serve as medical director of Women’s Health Services at Kaleida Health, will join UB on Oct. 1.

    The hiring of Barnabei brings to eight the number of chairs recruited to UB by Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the medical school, in the past four years. These national hires, Cain says, are a critical piece of his strategic vision for the medical school’s future.

    Cain says that under Barnabei, the department will enhance the excellence of its graduate medical education and mentored research training programs. She will help develop and align a comprehensive clinical program at Great Lakes Health, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and in the community.

    Barnabei has been an investigator on some of the most important clinical trials examining the effects of hormone therapy on postmenopausal women, including the Women’s Health Initiative, the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) and the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) trial. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and industry. Her early research focused on the genetics of the X chromosome, as well as perinatal genetics.

    Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Barnabei also is a certified menopause clinician. She provides obstetrical care in the low-risk setting and manages the gynecological care of women of all ages, with expertise in the care of the midlife woman and vulvar disorders.

    Barnabei has held leadership positions at both George Washington University and The Medical College of Wisconsin in areas of women’s health and menopause. In recent years, she has been involved in hospital- and community-based activities aimed at lowering the infant mortality rate in inner-city African-American children.

    A native of Vineland, N.J., Barnabei earned her PhD in biology and MD from the University of Virginia. She did her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago.