This is a followup to a previous post about my transition from Cleveland. I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a research associate position at Duke University Medical Center (Durham, North Carolina) in the Department of Pediatrics, effective September 15, 2001. For those who are interested, the projects involved in this laboratory are focused on the molecular processes that govern congenital heart defects, with some focus on electrophysiology in heart development. The project seems a natural extension of work I have been involved with at Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, and MetroHealth Medical Center. I expect that this position will last two years. As of September 1, I officially step down as advisor for the Case Western Reserve University College Trivia Club and assume the position of "advisor emeritus", maintaining an ancillary relationship with the Club, including temporary webmaster until a suitable one is identified. I am happy to say that the organization I helped to build in 1994 is in wonderful shape and in wonderful hands. At this time, I wish to reduce my activities in the college circuit, taking no more than a counselor/advisory role with the Duke and/or University of North Carolina academic teams. Although I intend to attend more than a handful of competitions out of the Triangle area, I will assist both organizations in planning the 2002 ICT if needed. As for the high school circuit, I maintain my full affiliation with PACE and will continue to promote excellence in high school academic competition across the country as the Southeast Regional Representative. I make myself available to officiate high school competitions run by the UNC and Duke teams and any others outside the area as my experiments, schedule, and finances permit. I will continue my activities with Ohio Academic Decathlon for the remainder of the academic year (2001-2002), including overseeing the interview and speech competitions. I plan on being co-director for the 2002 state competition and continue my recruiting efforts to ensure a high-caliber jury for the tournament. I also have offered myself as an advisor to the North Carolina AD state director as they are just beginning a program in the state and have requested program guidance and experience which I feel I can offer them. I thank everyone who has been involved in academic competition for making my time in the area so enjoyable. I will certainly miss the usual helter-skelter of the runs to BJs for school supplies and Brueggers/Einstein Brothers for bagels in 30-degree-F (or lower) weather.
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