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Alzheimer investigator joins BUSM

Robert Green, a Boston University School of Medicine associate professor of neurology, was recently recruited to the Genetics Program and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at BUSM. He has also been appointed director of the clinical core of the center, which is funded by the National Institute on Aging.

Green’s research is in early and preclinical detection, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. He is co—principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health—funded study on the genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease, which is led by BUSM Professor Lindsay Farrer, and principal investigator and director of the REVEAL Study. REVEAL (Risk Evaluation and Education for Alzheimer’s Disease) is a new initiative that will provide predictive genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease to adult children of parents with the disease. It is funded by the NIH and the Human Genome Institute.

Prior to joining BUSM, Green was on the neurology faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he was director of the Emory Neuro-behavioral Program and Memory Assessment Clinics at the Wesley Woods Geriatric Center.

Green graduated from Amherst College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine before completing a residency in neurology at Harvard Medical School’s Longwood Neurology Program. He completed research fellowships in behavioral neurology and neurophysiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston, where he won both the William B. Lennox Research Fellowship and the Wilder Penfield Research Fellowship. In addition, he received a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

The author of more than 60 publications, Green serves on a number of advisory, editorial, and grant review boards, and is president of the Behavioral Neurology Society. Each year since 1994 he has been voted one of America’s best doctors by his peers.

Those interested in participating in Alzheimer’s disease research projects can contact the clinical research group by calling 638-5368.

Walter receives award from college admissions association

Kelly Walter, director of admissions at BU, recently received the 2000 Harry Carroll Distinguished Service Award from the New England Association of College Admission Counseling (NEACAC).

The award, presented to Walter at the association’s annual conference, is the most prestigious given by the NEACAC and honors the memory of Harry Carroll, in tribute to his 25 years of dedicated service to the University of New Hampshire and Colby College. The award is presented annually to an individual in the admissions and counseling profession whose outstanding contributions and achievement deserve special recognition.

Walter began her career in admissions at BU in 1981; she served as assistant director of admissions from 1983 to 1987, when she was named senior assistant director. From 1988 to 1990, she was associate director of admissions at Wellesley College and then acting director for a year, before returning to BU to become associate director of admissions in 1991. She was named senior associate director in 1993, a position she held until becoming director this year.

In addition to managing a large and active admissions office, supervising personnel, implementing new programs, and overseeing the admission of thousands of students each year, Walter has been active in the NEACAC. She has served on the governing board of the association and as an assembly delegate to its annual meeting, and has chaired the Boston National College Fair. She has been chairperson of other committees: membership, summer workshop for college admissions, and the annual Reverse College Day.

The NEACAC represents more than 2,000 counselors and institutions, and brings together secondary school counselors and college admissions and financial aid officers, as well as other professionals who work directly with students as they make decisions and choices about college.

2 March 2001
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