Dr. Yeh honored with early career award
Steven Yeh, MD, professor and Stanley Truhlsen Jr. Chair of the Truhlsen Eye Institute, UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, received recognition from the White House Jan. 14 as a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers, according to the White House announcement. Nearly 400 federally funded early career scientists received the honor.
Award recipients represented research work from 21 different federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NASA, Agriculture Research Service and Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Yeh was recognized through his funding from the National Institutes of Health. Among a range of areas in ophthalmology, Dr. Yeh specializes in infectious diseases that affect the eye, including Ebola, mpox, COVID-19 and emerging infectious diseases. Additional areas of ongoing research include innovations in drug delivery, gene therapy for retinal disease, pathogenesis of uveitis and global health care delivery.
Dr. Langenfeld named editor-in-chief
Sean Langenfeld, MD, Jon S. Thompson Endowed Professor of Surgery and chief of the UNMC Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, is the new editor-in-chief of the ACS Communities, the members-only, online community of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Langenfeld will be responsible for overseeing and reviewing new postings and making sure they adhere to the communities code of conduct. He will help to start conversations and promote ACS content, such as articles in the Bulletin, the ACS Brief and other publications.
“The ACS Communities platform is an invaluable tool that supports practicing surgeons and allows us to provide the best possible care for our patients,” Dr. Langenfeld said. “And so I greatly value the trust that has been placed with me to captain the ship.”