About Gannon
2008-09 Academic Year
Michele M. Roth-Kauffman, JD, MPAS, PA-C, professor/chairperson, Gannon University physician assistant program, recently had an article published in the July 2009 edition of Clinician Reviews. The article is a peer-reviewed publication on endometriosis intended to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
She was also featured for the third time on the XM Satellite Radio program "ReachMD," the only national media platform designed by medical professionals for medical professionals.
During the interviews (which were part of the series, Clinician's Roundtable), Roth-Kauffman discussed several topics, including the differences between coverage options available to the physician assistant and employment agreements for physician assistants. She was contacted because of her book, “The Physician Assistant’s Business Practice and Legal Guide,” published in 2005. The book includes chapters on the PA profession, maintaining certification and licensure, employment issues, risk management and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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Employment Agreements for Physician Assistants
Dawna T. Mughal, Ph.D., RD, LDN, associate professor of nutrition and human performance and director of the Medical Technology Program at Gannon, recently presented a paper at the 2nd Asia Pacific Regional Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities.
Her paper, “Vitamin D for Health of Aging Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities,” highlighted the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency as a global health problem, identified risk factors for Vitamin D deficiency, outlined the health benefits of Vitamin D beyond building bones and explained the importance of total diet quality and lifestyle factors to overall health.
Mughal is a registered and licensed dietitian and certified as a Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. The conference was held in Singapore, June 24-27, 2009.
A book by Anjali Sahay, Ph.D., assistant professor, political science, and director of the Gannon University international studies program, has been published and is now available at amazon.com, lexingtonbooks.com, and barnesandnoble.com.
The 262-page book, Indian Diaspora in the United States, offers a new perspective on the topic of brain drain, to include discussions on “brain gain” and “brain circulation” using Indian migration to the United States as a case study. The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing a common ethnicity who leave their homeland.
Sahay’s book argues that while it cannot be denied that host countries have policies that encourage or provide the necessary conditions for brain drain to take place, it must be taken into account that many source countries now benefit from out-migration of their workers and students.
Gannon University’s Dan Teliski has been named 2008 men’s sports information director of the year for the Southern Division of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA).
Chosen by the CWPA Director of Communications, the SID of the Year award is presented to those offices which have achieved notable excellence in the field of water polo communications during the past academic year, according to the association.
Teliski is currently in his 10th year of service with the Gannon University athletic department. In 2007, his title was renamed director of athletic media relations from sports information director, or SID.
In his position, Teliski is responsible for the production of athletic publications, media relations, statistical record keeping, day-to-day web site maintenance and updates, home event (game) management, and promotion of Gannon’s student-athletes, coaches, and teams. The University has 18 (nine men’s, nine women’s) intercollegiate athletic teams.
In addition, he has received several national and regional awards for his publications. In June, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) declared the 2008-09 Gannon basketball gameday program and its cover “Best in the Nation” among NCAA Division II institutions. The 2008 Gannon football gameday program was tabbed third in the nation while the 2008-09 Gannon women’s basketball media guide was rated fifth in the country. The 2008 football media guide finished 23rd among NCAA Division II schools, but did not finish high enough to receive an award.
A graduate of McDowell High School, Teliski graduated from Gannon in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts.
Anne O’Neill, director of the advertising communications and sports management and marketing academic programs of the Dahlkemper School of Business Administration, O’Neill spent two days reviewing and making program recommendations to Seton Hill in the development of their new program and approval by the PDE. Gannon began a sports management and marketing program three years ago to address the needs and interests of students wishing to pursue a business career in the sports, recreation and wellness industries. O’Neill-Klemensic has been an instructor at Gannon for 12 years and sits on a variety of committees, along with advising students in the two programs she directs.
Scott E. Miller, CPA, DBA, assistant professor of accounting and associate director,
Miller's dissertation was titled, "An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on Agency Costs in New York Stock Exchange Listed Domestic Manufacturing Firms." Miller researched manufacturing firms on the NYSE and concluded that Sarbanes-Oxley had a considerable benefit to those firms as measured by a reduction in agency costs.
Thus, Miller contends that despite the calls for a rollback of the legislation due to what some consider onerous costs of compliance, benefits have been realized and more research is needed before any significant changes are made to the legislation.
In June, Miller received the honor of being accepted for publication in the Journal for Business and Economics Research. Miller’s paper, entitled “Governance Mechanisms as Moderators of Agency Costs in a Pre-SOX Environment,” also won a best paper award at the 2009 Applied Business Research Conference in
Miller’s paper investigates the effectiveness of governance mechanisms (board of directors, independent board members, audit quality, creditor influence, and ownership by executives) on agency costs of manufacturing firms on the NYSE. His research finds that these variables, long held to mitigate agency costs, were not doing so before the passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Miller says he plans to continue research in this and other fields of business study.
Elisa M. Konieczko, Ph.D., associate professor of biology and director of the biotechnology program at Gannon, recently had two peer-reviewed professional research projects published. These two peer-reviewed professional publications describe research projects conducted in collaborations with Dr. John Lubahn, Dr. Justine Schober, and Mr. Tim Cooney, all of the
The first, “Fate of Mu Receptors During Rat Skeletogenesis,” was published in Orthopedics and includes work carried out by Ms. Lindsey K. Roach when she was a
The research in the second paper, “Relaxin’s involvement in extracellular matrix homeostasis: two diverse lines of evidence,” was published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science and describes two separate and distinct projects studying the peptide hormone relaxin. Relaxin is best known for its role in pregnancy, where it has a role in the establishment of the placenta and in the softening of the pubic symphysis and other cartilage, especially during the third trimester. The research described in this paper examined the localization of relaxin receptors in keratinocytes, one of the major cell types found in skin, and in fibroblasts, one of the major cell types found in ligaments. This research is ongoing, and will continue at
Both papers were published during the Spring 2009 semester.
Dr. Harry R. “Rick” Diz, PE, associate professor and chair of Gannon’s Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, was recently issued a U.S. Patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the production of hydrogen gas-using microorganisms.
“We have been studying the generation of hydrogen gas for several years with funding from the biotech company, NanoLogix, Inc., of
The system used wastewater and waste juice that could not be bottled as food for a carefully-controlled culture of bacteria that converted the sugar in the juice into hydrogen gas. The system is still in the development stage and work in the Gannon laboratory continues to enhance its productivity, he added.
Constance O. Peterson-Miller, director of Gannon’s International Student Office, was recently honored with Indiana University South Bend’s Student Excellence Award for the Master’s of Liberal Studies program. The award is granted in recognition of having completed with distinction a master’s degree in the Liberal Studies program at the school. Peterson-Miller’s thesis project, “Objects in Translation: A Museum Exhibition at the Intersection of Language and Culture,” featured a museum installation in her home, accompanied by a background and process paper.
Michael J. Messina, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing and director of the Marketing Program, delivered a peer reviewed paper titled “Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Diversity, and Global Business Education” with co-author Dr. John F. Wellington, dean of business at Indiana University Kokomo.
The presentation was made at the 2009 Marketing Management Association Annual Conference recently held in
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Robert S. Rawding, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, recently had an article published in the Journal of Thermal Biology. The article, Acute Thermal Tolerance in the Round Goby, Apollonia melanostoma (Neogobius melanostomus), first appeared online in December, 2008 and in February was released in print in volume 34 of the Journal.Rawding co-authored the article with Emily E. Cross, a 2005 graduate of
The round goby is an invasive ‘pest’ fish from Europe that first appeared in the
Rawding, and Cross, along with two 2008 Gannon graduates, Jessica Baumann and Tracy Fair, are preparing another manuscript about thermal tolerance in a common bait fish, the fathead minnow. They are examining the influence of temperature and day-night length on fathead minnows’ responses to exposure to these two environmental factors simultaneously presented in different combinations.
Eric M. Pope, associate director of Student Organizations and Leadership Development, was recently named Spring 2009 Adviser of the Quarter for Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity. TKE volunteers and the chapter at Gannon University nominated Pope for the award, which represents work during the last year. Pope will also be featured for this honor in the spring issue of the fraternity's magazine, The Teke.
Villa Maria School of Nursing faculty Karen A. Lumia, MS, RN, Lisa A. Quinn, Ph.D., MSN, CRNP ’82 VMC and Sharon J. Thompson, Ph.D., RN, MPH ’87VMC, ’89VMC, ’94M presented at the 33rd annual Women’s Health Conference, held at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. from Feb. 11-13, 2009. This annual conference is sponsored by Drexel University.
The three women gave a peer-reviewed oral presentation on 
Wednesday, Feb. 11 on their study, “Framing History: The Meaning Parents Ascribe to Bereavement Photographs Following Perinatal Loss.” It details findings of a qualitative, descriptive study conducted to begin to understand what it means to parents to receive pictures of a baby who did not live.
A substantive theory--Framing History--was generated. Parents who
experienced perinatal loss and received pictures of the baby who did not live describe a process by which they use the pictures to support and strengthen [frame] their memory [history] of the baby.
Lumia is an assistant professor of nursing, Quinn is an assistant professor of nursing and the Family Nurse Practitioner Program Adviser, and Thompson is an associate professor of nursing and director of Graduate Nursing at Gannon.
Thomas B. Hassett, director of international admissions at Gannon, recently led a workshop in Nicosia, Cyprus. Hassett's three-hour workshop, titled "U.S. Higher Education: What Students Need to Know Before They Go," was presented to about 60 educational advisors at the high school and college levels. He discussed the college selection and admissions processes, financial aid sources and methodology and Visa issuances for international students.
In addition, Hassett recently returned from an extensive trip, part of which took him to Iraq for a celebrated event on behalf of the prime minister. The trip, which included representatives from 22 other carefully selected colleges and universities across the United States, was intended to improve educational partnerships with the country.
Chris Dubbs, grants writer, corporate and foundation relations at Gannon, and his co-author, Colin Burgess, were interviewed in the December 2008 issue of the French magazine Ciel & Espace (Sky & Space). The issue includes a four-page article/book review/interview about Dubbs' 2007 book Animals in Space. The book focuses on the use of animals on space flights and the impact of such bio-medical research on manned space flight.
Annmarie I. George, associate professor, Gannon fine arts program, was honored in November by Daemen College at its Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner. George received Daemen’s Distinguished Alumna Award, given to graduates who have realized advancement in their career, demonstrated outstanding service to the community and shown dedication to the college, located in Amherst, N.Y. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Daemen, a master’s degree in music education from the State University of New York at Fredonia and has done doctoral work at Case Western Reserve University. George has served on the Gannon faculty since 1973 and currently is serving as vice president of the Gannon University Faculty Senate. She will serve as president of Faculty Senate during the 2009-10 academic year.
James E. Miller, CPA, DBA, assistant professor and director,
Miller’s paper is titled, “The Development of the Miller Ratio (MR): a Tool to Detect for the Possibility of Earnings Management (EM).” More than 400 participants from nearly 200 colleges and universities presented nearly 200 papers. The development and study of the Miller Ratio provides the practitioner and regulator with a new tool to test for the possibility of corporate management engaging in aggressive earnings management. Analysts now have an easily determinable model to be used on a case-by-case basis. The study opens a new avenue of research with useful implications for practitioners (CPAs) and regulators (SEC).
The paper also was approved for publication in the Journal of Business and Economics Research. Miller's work was recently published in paperback form and can be purchased through several national booksellers, including Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Click HERE for more information.
Ellie Walsh, Ph.D., assistant professor,
The prize honors the life and work of the late Eduardo Lozano, who developed and directed the Latin American collection at Hillman Library at the
The prize includes a cash award of $1,250 and is awarded annually for the best doctoral dissertation at Pitt on a topic related to Latin America, the
Walsh, who received a PhD in history, received a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies from
A bound copy of the winning dissertation will be on display in the Latin American Reading Room of Hillman Library. The room, inaugurated in September 2002, represents the fulfillment of Lozano's aspiration for a special place where people interested in
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