A panel of experts will lead a discussion on bioterrorism
On Monday, April 29, The Michigan Bioterrorism and Health Preparedness Research and Training Center will host an event entitled, "Smallpox and Smallpox Vaccination: How to Prepare for Bioterrorism." The guest speaker is Kenneth McIntosh, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the clinical research program at Children's Hospital in Boston. McIntosh has worked toward developing an improved vaccine for smallpox.

A panel addressing recognition of smallpox, response to outbreaks and vaccine prevention issues will include the following: Sandro Cinti, lecturer, U-M Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases; James Koopman, professor of epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health; and Gillian Stoltman, director, Communicable Disease and Immunization, Michigan Department of Public Health. Arnold Monto, director of the recently established Michigan Bioterrorism and Health Preparedness Research and Training Center, will serve as moderator. For more information visit
http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/30press.html

Don't Miss The Moses Gunn 14th Annual Research Conference
On Wednesday, May 8, at 7:45 a.m., the Department of Surgery will host The Moses Gunn 14th Annual Research Conference at the Towsley Center. The keynote speaker, Ori D. Rotstein, M.D., professor of surgery, University of Toronto School of Medicine, will give a presentation entitled, "Hyperosmolar Solutions for Fluid Resuscitation During Critical Illness" at 3:30 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium. The conference will also showcase 20 oral presentations and 44 posters of faculty, fellows, staff and students in the Department of Surgery and the presentation of three awards: The James W. Crudup, The Young Investigator Award and the conference's outstanding poster award. For more information about this event, please contact Eve Bernos at Surgery Research Office, 936-7995.

Register for the Core Technology Alliance Symposium
Registration Deadline: May 1
The Core Technology Alliance (CTA) is holding an event to announce a collaborative network of advanced technology facilities available for use by Michigan researchers affiliated with universities, private research institutes, and biotechnology or pharmaceutical firms. The
Symposium, which will be held on May 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature welcoming and introductory remarks by Michael A. Finney, Vice President for Emerging Business Sectors of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and two scientific keynote addresses by leaders in the field of life sciences research and technology, Drs. Leroy Hood and C. Thomas Caskey. The symposium is intended for researchers, policy-makers, academic leaders, entrepreneurs and investors,and news media.

Registration for the CTA symposium is $50, inclusive of continental
breakfast and lunch. Students and postdoctoral fellows will receive
a 50% discount ($25). Registration for the CTA symposium may be
completed at http://www.cms.housing.umich.edu/upcoming/core2002.
Please register by May 1, 2002. For more information about the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor Core Technology Alliance, please visit our web site at http://www.CTAalliance.org.

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day is approaching
The University of Michigan Anxiety and Stress Disorders Program and the Depression Center will host National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day on Wednesday, May 1, from 4-6 p.m., in room 9504 (on the 9th floor of the UMHS). Participants will receive a free, confidential screening for anxiety coupled with individualized feedback from a health care provider. In addition, a clinical nurse specialist will give a brief talk on anxiety disorders and answer questions. Free literature and a list of community resources will be available and refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Sarah Newlin at 734-763-7495.

U-M Kellogg Eye Center offers seminar on living with limited vision
On Thursday, May 9, from 7-8:30 p.m., specialist in low vision from the Kellogg Eye Center will describe how people with low vision can maintain independent lives. The seminar, "Seeing the Future with Low Vision," is free and open to the public. Donna Wicker, O.D., and Helios Leung, O.D., Ph.D., will explain how they diagnose and treat eye conditions that lead to low vision. Cheryl Terpening, occupational therapist, will describe techniques for reading, modifications for the home, and other tips for daily living with limited vision. Kellogg specialists will also demonstrate optical devices, from special magnifiers to large print computer monitors, that are useful for reading and watching television.

This event will take place at the Kellogg Eye Center. For more information about this program or the low vision services at the U-M Kellogg Eye Center, please call 734-763-1415 or visit www.kellogg.umich.edu

Cancer survivors celebrate life
On Sunday, June 9, from 1-4 p.m., Michigan cancer survivors, their family members, friends and health care professionals, will be Celebrating the Rhythms of Life. The focus of the day will be on the healing power of music. Deforia Lane, Ph.D, Director of the Music Therapy Program at Ireland Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio, will give an interactive presentation exploring the relationship between music and wellness. A local drumming circle, Rhythm Quest Drum and Dance Troupe, will greet guests as they enter the event and will perform a special closing ceremony. It will be an afternoon of indoor fun including an information fair on survivorship issues, door prizes, light refreshments and a chance to learn the art of drumming.

This free community event will be held at Washtenaw Community College’s Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor. Registration is encouraged. For more information and registration please call 1-800-742-2300 category #6275 or visit www.cancer.med.umich.edu/share/survivorsday.htm.

News Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the headlines, visit http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/relarch.htm
- U-M Health System, House Officers ink contract
- Kellogg May 7th Health Night Out
- Kellogg May 9th Health Night Out

Next week's Health Minute:
Alcohol before bed: No Rx for insomnia

Seminars, lectures, colloquia and events for next week
To access the entire UMHS events database, see:
http://www.academic.med.umich.edu/LassoPages/ProStaffEvents.lasso

Monday, April 29, 2002
--12:10 p.m., Reproductive Sciences Program Research Seminar Series. Kathryn Tosney, Ph.D., professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, "How to Design a Convincing Poster Presentation," Pharmacology Seminar Room 2736

--1 p.m., Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Seminar Series. John Rossi, Ph.D., chairman and professor of Molecular Biology, dean, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California, "Novel RNA Based Strategies for Gene Therapy Treatment of HIV-1," 2901 LRC (2nd Floor of Taubman Medical Library)

Tuesday, April 30, 2002
--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminars. Dr. Vasily M. Studitsky, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School Medicine, "Chromatin Remodeling by RNA Polymerase II: A Novel Mechanism," 5330 Med Sci I

Wednesday, May 1, 2002
--8:45 a.m., Anesthesiology: Research Discussion. Eugene Mitchell, M.D., assistant professor, Amy Shanks, research associate and Mary Lou Greenfield, senior health sciences research associate, "A Proposed study of the use of bupivacaine and epinephrine with or without clonidine via paravertebral block in patients undergoing breast surgery, " UH 1H245

--10:30 a.m., Psychiatry Grand Rounds. J. James Frost, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, "Opiod Receptor Quantification and Function," MCHC Auditorium

--4 p.m., Hemostasis/Thrombosis Research Seminar. Stephen P. Watson, BSc, Ph.D., British Heart Foundation, senior research fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, "Interactions Between Integrin and Immunoglobulin Receptors in Platelet Activation by Collagen" 5623 Med Sci II

--4 p.m., Human Genetics Seminar. Edward R.B. McCabe, M.D., Ph.D., physician-in-chief, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, professor and executive chair, Department of Pediatrics, professor, Human Genetics, UCLA School of Medicine, "Dissecting Complexity in Patients with an Xp21 Contiguous Gene Gyndrome, " 5915 Buhl. Coffee and cookies will be served in 4933 ( Human Genetics Lounge) at 3:45.

Thursday, May 2, 2002
--7:30 a.m., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Grand Rounds.
Andrew Briggeman, D.O., resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Grand, "Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome," 1H205 UH

--12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art: Broadway and Pop Favorites by the Choral Connection under the direction of Carolyn Tjon Bernstein. Staged renditions of popular favorites. University Hospital Lobby, Floor I

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