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Chemistry Department hosts 13th Annual Bennett Careers for Chemists Program

Morgantown, WV, March 21, 2006: The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry and the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University will host the 13th annual C. Eugene and Edna P. Bennett Careers for Chemists Program on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:30pm in Durrett Hall of the Erickson Alumni Center on WVU’s Evansdale Campus.

The speakers include Dr. Thomas A. Gaziano, associate physician in Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts; Dr. Suzanne C. Bell, director of WVU’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences program and assistant professor of forensic and analytical chemistry at WVU; and Dr. Steven R. Maple, director of Analytical Sciences Research and Development for Eli Lilly and Company.

Dr. Gaziano serves on the faculty at the Harvard Medical School practicing clinical medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and serves as a faculty member in the Harvard School of Public Health’s Program in Health Decision Science. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from WVU in 1986 where he received both the Truman and Rhodes Scholarships. He earned an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1992, he earned his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, and later completed post-graduate studies at Oxford University in philosophy, politics and economics. He co-founded the Oxford International Political Economy Club. He has served as a consultant and author for the Disease Control Priorities Project in Developing Countries, an effort organized by several groups, including the World Bank, which is designed to assess disease-control priorities and write evidence-based publications to assist in policymaking in developing nations. He was recently nominated for his publication in The Lancet as one of the top 23 papers published in medical literature in 2006. He has been named the Young Investigator in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an award which provides salary support for young investigators.

In addition to serving as the director of WVU’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences program and assistant professor of forensic and analytical chemistry, Dr. Bell oversees the forensic chemistry division in undergraduate programs for WVU’s C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry and supervises six chemistry doctoral students, a post-doctoral researcher and several undergraduates. She earned a B.S. in chemistry and police science in 1981 from Northern Arizona University and a M.S. in forensic science from the University of New Haven in 1983. She worked as a section leader in the Environmental Chemistry group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory prior to earning her Ph.D. in chemistry from New Mexico State University in 1991. Before joining the faculty at WVU in 2003, she developed courses in environmental and forensic chemistry at Eastern Washington University and worked with the Washington State Patrol. She is the author of the Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, Dictionary of Forensic Science and Forensic Chemistry, the nation’s first comprehensive textbook in that discipline.

Dr. Maple supervises activities supporting the development of new drug products in Indianapolis, Indiana, Toronto, Canada, and Hamburg, Germany for Eli Lilly and Company. He earned a B.S. in chemistry, a B.A. in biology in 1981 and a M.S. in chemistry in 1983 from WVU. After his post-graduate fellowship with the U.S. Department of Energy at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center, he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at Indiana University in 1989. He joined the Chemical and Structural Characterization group for Eli Lilly and Company in 1989. He later was appointed to Head of Bioproduct Pharmaceutical Technology Development in 1999, Head of Bioproduct Pharmaceutical Development in 2002, Head of Analytical Chemistry in 2003 and assumed his current position as Director of Analytical Sciences Research and Development in 2004. Dr. Maple is also on the editorial board of American Pharmaceutical Review and serves as reviewer for Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Chemical Reviews, and the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Through the generosity of C. Eugene Bennett and Edna Bennett Pierce and the Bennett Family to the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Chemistry, the C. Eugene Bennett Chemistry Program Enhancement Fund, the C. Eugene Bennett Graduate Fellowship Program in Chemistry, and the C. Eugene Bennett Academic Enrichment Endowment have been made possible. Dr. Kenneth Showalter was named C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Chemistry in 1994 and the Department of Chemistry was officially named the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry in 2004. The first annual C. Eugene and Edna P. Bennett Careers for Chemists Program was held in 1995.

The Careers for Chemists Program is open to the public and includes a reception. Please RSVP by April 3 to Barbara L. Foster by telephone at 304-293-2729 or by e-mail at Barbara.Foster@mail.wvu.edu. Please also contact Barbara Foster for more information on the event.

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	NEWS Chemistry Department hosts 13th Annual Bennett Careers for Chemists Program Morgantown, WV, March 21, 2006: The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry and the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University will host the 13th annual C. Eugene and Edna P. Bennett Careers for Chemists Program on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:30pm in Durrett Hall of the Erickson Alumni Center on WVU’s Evansdale Campus. The speakers include Dr. Thomas A. Gaziano, associate physician in Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts; Dr. Suzanne C. Bell, director of WVU’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences program and assistant professor of forensic and analytical chemistry at WVU; and Dr. Steven R. Maple, director of Analytical Sciences Research and Development for Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Gaziano serves on the faculty at the Harvard Medical School practicing clinical medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and serves as a faculty member in the Harvard School of Public Health’s Program in Health Decision Science. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from WVU in 1986 where he received both the Truman and Rhodes Scholarships. He earned an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1992, he earned his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, and later completed post-graduate studies at Oxford University in philosophy, politics and economics. He co-founded the Oxford International Political Economy Club. He has served as a consultant and author for the Disease Control Priorities Project in Developing Countries, an effort organized by several groups, including the World Bank, which is designed to assess disease-control priorities and write evidence-based publications to assist in policymaking in developing nations. He was recently nominated for his publication in The Lancet as one of the top 23 papers published in medical literature in 2006. He has been named the Young Investigator in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an award which provides salary support for young investigators. In addition to serving as the director of WVU’s Forensic and Investigative Sciences program and assistant professor of forensic and analytical chemistry, Dr. Bell oversees the forensic chemistry division in undergraduate programs for WVU’s C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry and supervises six chemistry doctoral students, a post-doctoral researcher and several undergraduates. She earned a B.S. in chemistry and police science in 1981 from Northern Arizona University and a M.S. in forensic science from the University of New Haven in 1983. She worked as a section leader in the Environmental Chemistry group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory prior to earning her Ph.D. in chemistry from New Mexico State University in 1991. Before joining the faculty at WVU in 2003, she developed courses in environmental and forensic chemistry at Eastern Washington University and worked with the Washington State Patrol. She is the author of the Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, Dictionary of Forensic Science and Forensic Chemistry, the nation’s first comprehensive textbook in that discipline. Dr. Maple supervises activities supporting the development of new drug products in Indianapolis, Indiana, Toronto, Canada, and Hamburg, Germany for Eli Lilly and Company. He earned a B.S. in chemistry, a B.A. in biology in 1981 and a M.S. in chemistry in 1983 from WVU. After his post-graduate fellowship with the U.S. Department of Energy at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center, he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at Indiana University in 1989. He joined the Chemical and Structural Characterization group for Eli Lilly and Company in 1989. He later was appointed to Head of Bioproduct Pharmaceutical Technology Development in 1999, Head of Bioproduct Pharmaceutical Development in 2002, Head of Analytical Chemistry in 2003 and assumed his current position as Director of Analytical Sciences Research and Development in 2004. Dr. Maple is also on the editorial board of American Pharmaceutical Review and serves as reviewer for Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Chemical Reviews, and the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Through the generosity of C. Eugene Bennett and Edna Bennett Pierce and the Bennett Family to the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Chemistry, the C. Eugene Bennett Chemistry Program Enhancement Fund, the C. Eugene Bennett Graduate Fellowship Program in Chemistry, and the C. Eugene Bennett Academic Enrichment Endowment have been made possible. Dr. Kenneth Showalter was named C. Eugene Bennett Chair in Chemistry in 1994 and the Department of Chemistry was officially named the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry in 2004. The first annual C. Eugene and Edna P. Bennett Careers for Chemists Program was held in 1995. The Careers for Chemists Program is open to the public and includes a reception. Please RSVP by April 3 to Barbara L. Foster by telephone at 304-293-2729 or by e-mail at Barbara.Foster@mail.wvu.edu. Please also contact Barbara Foster for more information on the event. W-V-U