{"id":43262,"date":"2013-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/02\/distinguished-scientist-ceremony-features-surprise-ending\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:22:30","slug":"distinguished-scientist-ceremony-features-surprise-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/02\/distinguished-scientist-ceremony-features-surprise-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Scientist ceremony features surprise ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., was at Tuesday&#8217;s Distinguished Scientist ceremony  to hand out awards.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t expect to receive one.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Maurer was presented with an Honorary Scientist Laureate Award at the close of the ceremony by Jennifer Larsen, M.D., vice chancellor for research. The award, Dr. Larsen said, was to commemorate the growth in research activities at UNMC under Dr. Maurer&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Maurer has made it very clear, from when he became chancellor to now, how important research and the growth of research is to UNMC&#8217;s national stature,&#8221; Dr. Larsen said. &#8220;It is in part because of his leadership and continued emphasis on research that we are where we are today.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/sets\/72157633394591886\/show\/\">See a slideshow of the event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman, department of biochemistry and molecular biology, was named UNMC&#8217;s seventh Scientist Laureate, the highest honor UNMC bestows to researchers. <\/p>\n<p>Other researchers honored at Tuesday&#8217;s ceremony included:<\/p>\n<p><b>Distinguished Scientists<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patricia Hageman, Ph.D., School of Allied Health Professions\n<li>Gleb Haynatzki, Ph.D., College of Public Health\n<li>Terry Huang, Ph.D , College of Public Health\n<li>Xu Luo, Ph.D., Eppley Institute\n<li>Amarnath Natarajan, Ph.D., Eppley Institute\n<li>Bunny Pozehl, Ph.D., College of Nursing\n<li>Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., College of Public Health\n<li>Mark Rupp, M.D., College of Medicine\n<li>Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D., College of Public Health\n<li>Dong Wang, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>New Investigators<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Carlson, M.D., College of Medicine\n<li>Julia Houfek, Ph.D., College of Nursing\n<li>Ashish Joshi, M.D., Ph.D., College of Public Health\n<li>Benita McVicker, Ph.D., College of Medicine\n<li>Jim Stimpson, Ph.D., College of Public Health\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"TtkRqzRlP\">TtkRqzRlP<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surinder Batra, Ph.D., other top researchers honored at Tuesday&#8217;s 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