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Stacy Fischer, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, has been awarded one of 12 national research grants totaling $8.5 million by the American Cancer Society to support research and better achieve health equity. Fischer will test using patient navigators to deliver culturally tailored intervention to improve palliative care for Latinos with advanced cancer in urban and rural communities. … William Arend, M.D., professor of medicine-rheumatology at the School of Medicine, received the Gold Medal for Medical Research from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Association. The award honors Arend’s career achievements. Learn more about him in an article in the spring 2010 issue of CU Medicine Today. ... Cancer Center Director Dan Theodorescu has been appointed to a four-year term to the inaugural National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) Working Group of the National Cancer Institute. This body will be responsible for assessing the balance, coherence and appropriateness of the NCTN clinical trials portfolio; assessing the scientific effectiveness of the NCI’s Scientific Steering Committees; providing strategic advice to enhance other aspects of clinical trials operations affecting the NCTN program including collaboration and timeliness; and recommending strategic priorities and directions for the NCTN program. … Anesthesiology Professor Glenn Gravlee, M.D., has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. The award goes to “an individual who has made signal contributions to the specialty of cardiovascular anesthesiology through research, education, service, or some combination of these activities.” … Robert Metcalf, associate professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Colorado Denver, was named co-director of the Ancient Philosophy Society in April at the group’s annual meeting in San Francisco. During the meeting he presented a lecture, "On Character and Time-of-Life: Aristotle's Rhetoric II.12-14." This summer, Metcalf will serve as a faculty member at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum in Citta di Castello, Italy, leading a week-long seminar on Plato's Statesman with graduate students and other faculty members. ... Robert Metcalf, associate professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Colorado Denver, was named co-director of the Ancient Philosophy Society in April at the group’s annual meeting in San Francisco. During the meeting he presented a lecture, "On Character and Time-of-Life: Aristotle's Rhetoric II.12-14." This summer, Metcalf will serve as a faculty member at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum in Citta di Castello, Italy, leading a week-long seminar on Plato's Statesman with graduate students and other faculty members. ... Kathie Novak, former mayor of Northglenn and a staff member at the Buechner Institute for Governance in the School of Public Affairs, has been named the 38th recipient of the John V. Christensen Award by the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). The award is named for an Arapahoe County Commissioner who was a founding member of DRCOG. In announcing the award, DRCOG said, "As an elected official, Kathie also focused on the region’s quality of life as an eight-year member of the DRCOG board. She was a highly regarded voice at the DRCOG table because of her understanding of the challenges the region faces and her dedication to addressing those challenges. ... DRCOG thanks Kathie for her long record of public service devoted to the betterment of her community, region, state and nation."