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Caroline W. Stegink Jansen, PT, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has been named the Edna Seinsheimer Levin Professor in Cancer Studies. Jansen is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in UTMB’s School of Allied Health Sciences. She will hold the professorship for three years. Jansen said that she plans to enhance the well-being of patients with breast cancer by completing studies to determine safe movement “excursion” for exercises performed after breast cancer surgery and radiation. "Limited movement following surgery may result in loss of range of motion and function," said a news release. "While information about safe range of motion and function is available regarding other surgical repairs such as in hand or knee injuries, information about safety margins of motion and function after breast surgery or breast reconstruction is lacking." Cancer specialists at UTMB and the National Institutes of Health will collaborate on the studies. Dr. William C. Levin, president emeritus of UTMB, and his children, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hornstein (Gerry Levin) and Mr. and Mrs. Armin Cantini (Lynn Levin), established the endowment to stimulate cancer research and to honor their wife and mother, Edna Seinsheimer Levin, after her lengthy and courageous fight with the disease. The award rotates every three years to each of the four UTMB schools. Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnider has been named associate dean for research and appointed to the newly endowed Constance Brewer Koomey Professorship in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s School of Nursing. Reifsnider came to UTMB from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing where she was an associate professor. Her research focused on maternal and child nutrition and growth, breast-feeding and diabetes, along with work with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. She said that she has a strong interest in research with vulnerable and underserved populations. Hyperlinks will work if this document is read Online
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