Rowan medical student's studies are taking him far

Halfway through his studies at Camden's Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Jonathan Kanen is leaving, flying 3,500 miles away.

Kanen has been named one of 40 U.S. recipients of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships program. An additional 55 students from outside the country each year receive grants to study at the University of Cambridge in any field.

As Rowan University's first Gates Cambridge scholar, Kanen, 27, will wrap up his second year of medical school before taking off for three years to study for a Ph.D. in psychology at Cambridge.

"The whole Gates thing started with the realization Cambridge was by far the best fit for me. . . . They are a complete exemplar of how I think new discoveries about mental illness will likely occur in a big way," Kanen, a native of Ridgewood, N.J., said, citing integration of various disciplines and types of research, including rodent and human studies.

"This multitiered, very interdisciplinary approach is happening in a very big way at Cambridge," he said.

A perfect place, then, for a medical student who hopes to work on cutting-edge research and practice psychiatry.

At Cambridge, Kanen will be joined by other Gates scholars from the region, including Elizabeth Ann Walsh, an alumna of New Jersey's Passaic County Community College. Others include Nicolette Taku, Jocelyn Perry, and Cassi Henderson from the University of Pennsylvania; Cameron Langford, Samuel Kim, and Laura Cooper from Princeton University; and Christopher Rae from Pennsylvania State University.

Kanen's interest in human behavior led him to study psychology at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he earned a bachelor's degree in 2009, but he still found himself seeking answers about the neural bases of psychiatric maladies such as obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After Vassar, Kanen worked in a New York University lab that was studying the neural processes underlying the modification of memories of fear. That line of research may someday translate into treatment of conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, said Daniela Schiller, a psychiatry and neuroscience professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine who was involved in the project as a student.

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After USF failure in the Villages, top official finds job there

By Jodie Tillman

Times Staff Writer

TAMPA University of South Florida officials had envisioned the multimillion-dollar medical center 80 miles away in the Villages retirement community as a bold expression of the medical school's wider ambitions.

But so few patients turned up for care that the university last summer abandoned its work at the clinic and turned over millions of dollars in assets to the for-profit Villages Health System. Now the failure has created a job opportunity for a former USF official, which is worrying some university leaders.

"It raises questions and concerns," said USF trustee Scott Hopes of the fact that the same doctor who presided over the start and end of the university's venture is now working for Villages Health.

That doctor is Jeff Lowenkron, who in December resigned his post as chief executive officer of the USF Physicians Group, the medical school faculty's practice, to become chief medical officer for Villages Health.

Villages Health is the entity that emerged from efforts by former USF medical school dean Stephen Klasko to transform the Villages, near Ocala, into "America's Healthiest Hometown."

As part of that program, USF's physician practice invested millions in patient revenues into creating a center offering such specialties as gynecology and orthopedics at the Villages. But only a few months after opening early last year, patient numbers were so far below projections that USF administrators determined they were on track to lose $2million.

So in June, USF pulled the plug, turning over assets the leased building, employee operations and medical equipment to Villages Health. The university's medical practice wrote off nearly $5million on the deal, Hopes said.

Lowenkron said in an interview that he wished the USF partnership had worked out. But in the months after USF decided to get out of the business, he began talking with Villages officials about taking a job there, a position similar to one he held before coming to USF in 2012. He resigned on Dec. 22 and started at the Villages this month.

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Liberty group studies options for sewage plant

Liberty is studying what to do with its sewage plant.

A citizen advisory committee met for the first time last week, council president Christopher Gretz said at Monday's monthly council meeting.

The committee is mulling over whether rates could be increased to cover $1 million in repairs needed to bring it in compliance with state Act 537, or if the plant should be sold.

The panel includes Gretz and Councilman Mark Suckfiel, residents Dave Cochran, Tom Sichelstiel and Cathy Beadling and borough engineer Don Glenn.

Another resident submitted a letter to council. Samuel J. Holloway urged a camera inspection of the plant by an approved company to show what needs corrected.

Holloway estimated an inspection might cost $106,000. He said the borough is behind schedule with a dye test to determine if stormwater is infiltrating the sanitary sewers.

Gretz said the date of the next committee meeting will be determined by when Glenn can attend. Glenn's North Huntingdon-based company provides engineering services to numerous municipalities.

Liberty police are getting funds from the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office for a new Taser, Councilman Jason Ruzich said.

The borough is saving money on electric bills, Councilman S. Larry Sikorski said. Duquesne Light billed Liberty $3,132.61 last month $400 less than what Liberty paid in a typical month last summer.

Glenn said Pennsylvania American Water will repair a line along the full length of Orchard Drive this summer, then repave the entire street.

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WNBA: Liberty acquire Prince for Pondexter in trade with Sky

Updated FEB 16, 2015 12:25p ET

NEW YORK

Epiphanny Prince is coming home.

The New York Liberty acquired Prince from the Chicago Sky for Cappie Pondexter in a blockbuster trade Monday. Prince was born and raised in New York City and is thrilled for the chance to play at Madison Square Garden.

"It means a lot to me," Prince told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "To come home to play in front of my family and friends is huge. Growing up I was a huge Knicks fan. Now I'm going to go to the Garden to go to work."

It's the second straight year that the Liberty have pulled off a major trade. New York acquired All-Star center Tina Charles on draft day last season.

"I'm super excited to play with Tina," Prince said. "She's one of the best posts in the game and one of my close friends off the court."

Prince averaged 15 points for the Sky last season in helping Chicago reach the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history under owner Michael Alter and coach/general manager Pokey Chatman.

"It's bittersweet. I'm grateful for everything that organization has done for me," Prince said. "Pokey and Michael care about me as a person and wanted to do the best thing that's good for me."

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