WesternU Senior Vice President and Provost David Baron, DO, MSEd, is in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, serving as a Team USA sports medicine/psychiatrist providing support and care for athletes. Dr. Baron is featured in several articles:

Q&A with Treatment Magazine: David Baron: Team USA’s Mental Health Resource at the Winter Olympics

He appears in the Jan. 17, 2022 edition of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly in the article "Advances in anti-doping effort occur

Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoning Bi (right) of COMP, Dr. Michel Baudry (below) of GCBS, and their team members, Dr. Jiandong Sun, Dr. Yan Liu, Xiaoning Hao, Weiju Lin (GCBS alum), Dr. Wenyue Su, Emerald Chiang (COMP student and GCBS alum), who published an article titled “LAMTOR1 inhibition of TRPML1-dependent lysosomal calcium release regulates dendritic lysosome trafficking and hippocampal neuronal function” in the prestigious biological research journal The EMBO Journal (Impact Factor: 11.6).

Congratulations to the following dedicated employees for their milestone years of service here at Western University of Health Sciences: 

Jerry Contreras, Facilities and Physical Plant

Janis Joslin, CVM

Susan Terrazas, University Advancement

Michelle Park, COMP

Hyma Gogineni, COP

Carl Todaro, Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Alex Berger, University Financial Services & Treasury

Kathleen Bianco, CHS

Tony Collins, COMP

Karina Radford, COP

Donna Fulton, Admissions

Megan Mingura, CPM

Feb. 8: What the heck are “living guidelines” anyway?

Feb. 9: Ask an ID

Feb. 10: Get to know OSCQR—The Course Evaluation Rubric

This free one-hour webinar will highlight the importance of annual eye exams for patients living with and at risk for diabetes, as well as the need for fostering multidisciplinary collaborative care. First 100 registrants will receive a gift. Giveaway opportunities during the webinar. For more information about this event, please contact alumni@westernu.edu.