S. Charles Schulz, M.D., head of the Department of Psychiatry, will receive the esteemed Stanley Dean Award for Research in Schizophrenia in 2014. For more than 50 years, The American College of Psychiatrists (ACP) has issued this award to “a group or individual that has made a major contribution to the treatment of schizophrenic disorders.”

The award will be presented at the next annual meeting of the ACP in February 2014. As part of the award ceremony, Schulz has also been asked to present a brief lecture on his work.

It’s the night before Match Day and Nora Sadek is feeling humbled by the requisite patience of being a match participant.

“On Monday you know that you’ve matched but you still don’t know where until Friday. To be okay with that uncertainty is a really big deal,” she admits. “Up to now, there’s been a lot more control.”

Sadek understands that her residency match will greatly influence the type of physician she becomes. The training environment and community she serves will all have an impact on her work in some way. Luckily, she feels ready for whatever comes next.

Marc Jenkins, Ph.D., has been named director for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Immunology. He will assume the role on March 1, 2013. The appointment is a three-year position.

Jenkins has been a member of the Center for Immunology since it was founded in 1995 and currently serves as its associate director. He has been a researcher at the University of Minnesota since 1988.

Currently, Jenkins is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Microbiology. He is also a former director of graduate studies for the Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program. Jenkins is a Pew Scholar, NIH Merit Award holder, and has been inducted into the Academic Health Center’s Academy for Excellence in Health Research.

Dimple Patel has been named associate dean of admissions for the University of Minnesota Medical School. She will assume the role on May 13, 2013.

Patel is currently director of admissions for the University of Colorado School of Medicine; she is also completing her Ph.D. in Higher Education Policy at Colorado State University. Her master’s degree in higher education comes from Illinois State and she attended Michigan State for her undergraduate degree.

She has spent nearly a decade doing admissions work, having spent the last three years in medical school admissions and previous six years in law school admissions. In her new role at the University of Minnesota, she will report to Mark Rosenberg, M.D.