William O'Brien, Jr., PhD, receives the 2007 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
... ... From 1971 to 1975, he worked with...William Tierney elected to Institute of Medicine
... Dr. Tierney is an IUPUI Chancellor's Professor and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics of the Department of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a senior investigator in the Regenstrief Institute where he studies the effec...Williams Syndrome, the brain and music
... A study by a multi-institutional collaboration of scientists, published in a forthcoming issue of NeuroImage, identified structural abnormalities in a certain brain area of people afflicted with Williams syndrome. This might explain their he...Richard A. Meyer, MD, receives the 2005 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
LAUREL, MD-The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) will present Richard A. Meyer, MD, with the 2005 William J. Fry Award for his numerous contributions to the scientific progress of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The award will be presented at the 2005 AIUM Annual Convention and 50th Anniversary Celebration June 19, 2005, at the WALT DISNEY WORLD SWAN AND DOLPHIN Hotel in Orlando,...Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
A team of neuroscientists led by UCLA researchers used a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to create the first detailed images showing how Williams syndrome affects the cerebral cortex. The study finds sharply defined cortical thickening and complexity in the area of the brain important to language.... ... The isolated, thickened cortical region in language areas is remarkabl...