Karen Sebastian, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency MedicineDr. Sebastian received her medical degree from Georgetown <strong>University</strong> and completedher residency here at <strong>SUNY</strong> <strong>Upstate</strong>. She has been on staff at Community GeneralHospital and has been a member or our voluntary faculty.The College of Nursing is pleased to announce 3 new faculty members starting Fall2009. JoAnne (Jody) Coppola, MS,FNP Assistant Clinical Professor; Barbara(Bambi ) Carkey, MS,PMHNP-BC, Assistant Clinical Professor; and Carol AnneKozik, CAS, MS, RN-BC, Assistant Clinical Professor_________________________________________________________________In MemoriamIn Memoriam_________________________________________________________________Dr. Robert B. "Bob" Barlow Jr. July 31, 1029 – December 24, 2009Robert B. "Bob" Barlow Jr., 70, of Jamesville, NY, and Woods Hole, MA,passed away December 24, 2009, after a battle with leukemia. Bob wasborn in Trenton, NJ, and lived in Freehold, NJ, where he met his wife, of48 years, Patricia. He graduated from the Peddie School in New Jersey,received his bachelor's from Bowdoin College and his doctorate fromRockefeller <strong>University</strong> in New York City. After Rockefeller, Bob becamea scientist, researcher and professor at Syracuse <strong>University</strong> for 28 years until the late1990s, when he joined the faculty at <strong>Upstate</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>University</strong>.There, he was the driving force that established the Center for Vision Research, a groupnow that numbers 50 people and is the largest clinically focused research group at<strong>Upstate</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>University</strong> His leadership was critical in establishing the <strong>SUNY</strong><strong>Upstate</strong> Foundation's endowment to support vision research and the <strong>SUNY</strong> EyeInstitute, a collaboration of all four <strong>SUNY</strong> medical schools performing vision research.Bob had been the recipient of many awards, including the President's Award forExcellence and Leadership in Research at <strong>Upstate</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>University</strong> in 2002, SeniorScientist Award-Research to Prevent Blindness in 2005, State <strong>University</strong> of New YorkChancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2007, andthe ARVO Gold Fellow in 2009.He also held leadership positions on several boards, including being a vice president ofthe board of trustees of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, onthe board of trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole,Massachusetts, and a director for the Doreen Grace Brain Center in Mashpee,Massachusetts. He had been a visiting scholar at Harvard <strong>University</strong>, <strong>University</strong> ofCambridge in England, and the <strong>University</strong> of Tsukuba in Japan and had a long list ofinvited presentations as a lecturer. He had been featured in many scientific journals andprograms, including Nature Magazine, Discovery Channel and the BBC.- 40 -
His work has also been published in more than 103 scientific papers, and there are fivemore that will be published posthumously. And last, due to his thoughtful preparation,his important work on macular degeneration will be continued under the guidance ofhis colleagues at <strong>Upstate</strong>l. Bob had many passions outside of the lab, most of whichinvolved the water. He loved to swim, scuba dive and fish on his boat, the "Jimbo."During the summers at Woods Hole, he made a ritual of swimming every day, usuallyoff Nobska Beach, and even swam across Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bay. Back inSyracuse, when not at home or the lab, he could be found in a pool swimming mastersor heading to a Syracuse <strong>University</strong> basketball game. He was also an active member ofthe Pompey Lions Club. Bob is survived by his wife, Patricia; his three children,Kimberly (Braith) Kelly of Connecticut, Jill (Mark) Bloom of Maryland and Jack(Alison) Barlow of Massachusetts; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; hisbrother, James Barlow; his sister Margaret Jane Lawson; and several nieces, nephewsand cousins.Donations can be made in Bob's name to the Vision Research Fund, 311, <strong>Upstate</strong><strong>Medical</strong> <strong>University</strong> Foundation, 750 East Adams Street, CAB 326, Syracuse, NY13210 (315) 464-4416. Please sign the guestbook at http://www.upstate.edu/barlow/[quoted from the Post Standard]_________________________________________________________________UpcomingEventsUpcoming EventsBe Sure to Visit our New Events Calendaron the Faculty Affairs WebsiteTo access the calendar, simply go to the home page of "faculty affairs and facultydevelopment" http://www.upstate.edu/facultydev/ and then click on the "EventsCalendar" in dark blue (on the left side of our home page).Once you have accessed the calendar, you will see various events posted that might beof interest to you and/or members of your department. To obtain more information,simply click on the event. You will see titles, presenters, times, locations, contactinformation, etc.Please note: these events have been copied to <strong>Upstate</strong>'s main website calendar as well.(Accessed from the top of the <strong>Upstate</strong> home page.)- 41 -
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