Honor Roll
Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Dr. Teresa Quattrin, a University at Buffalo pediatrics professor, is principal investigator on a new study funded by a $2.58 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
With other UB researchers, Quattrin will test a family based, weight-control intervention in some local pediatric practices, the first study of its kind in the United States.
Co-principal investigators on the study, involving 108 children, are James Roemmich, associate professor of pediatrics and exercise and nutrition sciences, and Leonard Epstein, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics.
The intervention, tested successfully in a pilot study, involves the parent, child and family physician. Quattrin said that nearly one in three local young children are close to being overweight or already are overweight.
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Patricia Card, a reading teacher in the West Seneca Central School District since 1972, has been named Classroom Educator of the Year by the West Seneca Teachers Association.
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Two Niagara County Community College culinary arts students, Kurtis Kowalczyk and Scott Hardin, have won scholarships from the Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs Foundation, according to Cornelia Walmsley, a representative of the international gastronomic society’s Buffalo chapter.
The organization has members in more than 100 countries, with 7,000 in the United States.
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Three 2008 high school graduates from Buffalo Public Schools have been awarded full, four-year tuition scholarships to UB, as part of the new Buffalo Partnership Scholars Program, a joint effort between UB and Buffalo schools.
They are Lesthia Isaacs, a City Honors graduate; Terrence McKenzie, Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts graduate; and Adrian Guadalupe, Leonardo Da Vinci High School graduate.
Besides tuition, the students will receive an annual $600 book stipend and a laptop computer.
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Barbara Goodman, who oversees food-service for the Akron Central School District, has won the national Outstanding Director of the Year award, which recognizes accomplishments of food-service directors in school nutrition.
Goodman is responsible for maintaining the quality of the food-service program through student interaction, menu planning and a commitment to serving nutritious and enticing school meals.
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Jennifer Sedar, an Orchard Park High School graduate currently finishing her master’s degree in special education at Niagara University, has received the Teacher of the Year award at Alva Elementary School in Fort Myers, Fla.
Sedar, who earned her undergraduate degree from Fredonia State College, is a third-grade teacher.
