March 2003

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Awards & Honors

	Online science newsletter wins award
	Conlay named chairman of anesthesiology
	Baylor's human research protection program receives award

Online science newsletter wins award

In its first year of publication, Baylor College of Medicine’s online publication From the Laboratories won a bronze “Best of Texas Award” from the Texas Public Relations Association in the digital communications/newsletter category.

Produced by the Office of Public Affairs, From the Laboratories spotlights cutting-edge science that is taking place in Baylor laboratories and clinics and the scientists who are making it happen.

To subscribe to From the Laboratories, go to www.fromthelab.net.

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Conlay named chairman of anesthesiology

Lydia Ann Conlay, MD, has been appointed chairman of the department of anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of service in anesthesiology at The Methodist Hospital.

Conlay most recently served as chairman of the department of anesthesiology at Temple University School of Medicine and co-director of the M.D./M.B.A. Program at Temple University School of Medicine and Fox School of Business and Management.

Conlay received a medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's of business administration from Boston University School of Management. She has held numerous leadership positions. Her research currently focuses on outpatient anesthesia and administrative issues in anesthesiology.

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Baylor's human research protection program receives award

Baylor College of Medicine has received the 2002 Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection from the Health Improvement Institute, a charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of health care in the United States.

Baylor won the honor for creating a Web-based tool called the Biomedical Research Assurance Information Network (BRAIN). BRAIN supports the creation, amending and auditing of research protocols, streamlining the research protocol approval process.

"Baylor College of Medicine is committed to improving health care through innovative clinical research," said James Patrick, PhD, Baylor's dean of research. "The electronic management of clinical research protocols developed at Baylor both educates and supports the clinical scientist and helps educate and protect the many individuals who volunteer to participate in this research."

BRAIN has enabled the college to make its Institutional Review Board process more efficient and standardized. Board members can carry on a dialogue with researchers seeking a new protocol and easily make recommendations or sign off on protocols online.

Once a researcher inputs a new protocol in the BRAIN system, it is assigned to one of six IRB committees at Baylor for review and approval.

"We feel the application has had wide reaching impact on the research enterprise at large and we continue to develop the system to further enhance function," said Denise Canales, director of Baylor's research informatics.

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