BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78@researchweek.unc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T120000 DTSTAMP:20230719T184041Z URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/hettleman-talks-2022/ SUMMARY:2022 Hettleman Talks DESCRIPTION:Enjoy three 15 minute presentations by this year’s recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Scholarly Achievement. The t alks will provide an engaging look into these distinguished early career s cholars’ work.\n\nThe late Phillip Hettleman\, a member of the Carolina class of 1921\, and his wife Ruth established their prestigious named awar d in 1986 to recognize the achievements of outstanding junior faculty. The recipients of the $5\,000 prize will be recognized at an upcoming Faculty Council Meeting.\n\nThis event will take place in Wilson Library\, in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room.\n\nClick Here to Register for this Event\ n\nHettleman 2022 Winners:\nSeth A. Berkowitz\nSeth A. Berkowitz’s resea rch examining and addressing health-related social needs is having an impa ct in social medicine and is inspiring faculty and students at UNC-Chapel Hill to consider that\, in many cases\, the most important root causes of health are social and economic.\n\nThroughout over 50 peer-reviewed origin al research publications\, Berkowitz has moved from epidemiologic studies of food insecurity to designing and testing innovative interventions to ad dress it. His work has been published in high-impact journals and has had a real impact on nutrition and health policy.\n\n“At the end of the day\ , medicine in America is political\, and Seth is representing UNC at highl y visible venues\, and doing it effectively\,” says Janet Rubin\, profes sor and vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine. “We are v ery proud of his work\, especially as it goes some way towards improving t he health of our citizens.”\n\nBerkowitz earned his MD from the UNC Scho ol of Medicine\, his bachelor’s in public policy analysis and psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill\, and his MPH in clinical effectiveness from Harvard School of Public Health.\n\n\n\nDanielle Christmas\nDanielle Christmas st udies twentieth- and twenty-first century American literature and is an au thor of the forthcoming book\, “Plantation Predators & Nazi Monsters in American Fiction and Film\,” and a book-in-progress titled\, “The Lite rature of Blood and Soil: White Nationalism and a New American Canon.”\n \n“Danielle’s contributions to these literary studies are innovative a nd groundbreaking\,” says Jeanne Moskal\, professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. “Her research speaks decisively not only to specialists in her field but also to non-specialists and the gene ral public.”\n\nIn her letter of nomination for Christmas\, Moskal goes on to say her comparative approach to this subject is groundbreaking. Chri stmas recovers and analyzes historical Black experiences and texts on thei r own terms\, but also places these experiences and texts in a comparative frame to understand their further ramifications.\n\nIn addition to her tw o books\, Christmas has published eight substantive peer-reviewed scholarl y articles\, an entry for a reference book\, and an article which appeared in The New Republic.\n\nShe earned her doctorate in English literature fr om the University of Illinois at Chicago and her bachelor’s in English l iterature from Washington University in St. Louis.\n\nChristmas will not b e presenting at this year's Hettleman Talks. She will present her research at a later date.\n\n\n\nFrank Leibfarth\nFrank Leibfarth studies polymer stereochemistry and functionalization – fields that he has advanced usin g fundamental principles of reactivity to overturn decades-old beliefs and expand the definition of what is possible in the design of next-generatio n sustainable and functional materials.\n\nLeibfarth has pioneered three i nnovative research programs in his group\, one of which focuses on the rem ediation of toxic PFAS chemicals from water in North Carolina\, for which he recently received a $10 million allocation in the 2021-2022 state budge t.\n\nHe is listed as a coauthor on over 42 peer-reviewed manuscripts\, an d regularly collaborates with organic chemists\, computer scientists\, env ironmental engineers\, materials scientists\, and mechanical engineers.\n\ n“Quite simply\, Professor Leibfarth is one of the most creative\, fearl ess\, and talented young scientists of his generation\,” says Wei You\, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry. “I strongly contend that he is and will continue to be one of the most important chemists of h is generation.”\n\nLeibfarth earned his doctorate in chemistry and bioch emistry at the University of California Santa Barbara and his bachelor’s in chemistry and physics from the University of South Dakota.\n\n\n\nYuli ya Pylayeva-Gupta\nYuliya Pylayeva-Gupta’s research is focused on pancre atic cancer\, specifically pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)\, which is one of the deadliest and most difficult to treat of all cancers. She i s a member of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Comprehensive Center (LCCC) and is internationally recognized in her field.\n\nPylayeva-Gupta’s research i s aimed at reversing the immunosuppressive pancreatic cancer tumor microen vironment. She is making strides in understanding how the immune system is subverted to aid pancreatic cancer growth\, metastasis\, and insensitivit y to immunotherapy.\n\nIn a joint nomination letter for Pylayeva-Gupta\, D irector of LCCC Shelton Earp says\, “She has done a remarkable job layin g the groundwork for success in all aspects of her role as a faculty membe r. She has distinguished herself scientifically\, devising important and t imely research directions in a deadly disease which is increasing in incid ence. She has built her laboratory team with talented trainees who she has mentored effectively\, paying attention to their personal and professiona l development. She is an effective educator and a caring mentor.”\n\nPyl ayeva-Gupta has published seven peer-reviewed research articles on work do ne in her lab at UNC-Chapel Hill\, as well as two reviews and one invited editorial. She also has two research articles in press at Cell Reports Med icine and at Nature.\n\nShe earned her doctorate in cell biology and genet ics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and her bachelor ’s in biological chemistry and Russian language and literature at the St ate University of New York at Stony Brook. 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