MESP Deadline Approaching
Deadline: Aug. 19, 2002
The deadline for medical school fellows and dental, nursing, public health and pharmacy faculty to apply to the Medical Education Scholars Program is Monday, Aug. 19, 2002. The MESP provides participants with a background in education principles and practices. It also prepares them to assume leadership roles in the educational arena. Program instructors and mentors include on-campus and visiting faculty with outstanding credentials in medical education. The curriculum is designed to emphasize practical applications of important educational concepts, techniques and frameworks in a highly interactive setting. For more information, click here or contact Debbie Grifka at 936-1649 or dgrifka@umich.edu or Larry Gruppen, Ph.D., at 936-1644 or lgruppen@umich.edu.

Michigan Society of Fellows Offers Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Oct. 4, 2002
The Michigan Society of Fellows and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies are offering postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and arts, sciences and professions. Candidates selected for fellowships must have received a Ph.D. degree or comparable artistic or professional degree between June 1, 2000, and Sept. 1, 2003. Fellows are appointed as assistant professors or research scientists in appropriate departments and as postdoctoral scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. The three-year terms will start Sept. 1, 2003. The annual stipend will be $43,260. For applications and more information, click here.

W.M. Keck Foundation Announces Funding Opportunity
Internal Deadline: Oct. 21, 2002
The W.M. Keck Foundation has established the "Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research" award program to promote the early career development of young investigators in cooperation with leading research institutions across the United States. The program emphasizes the fundamental mechanisms of human disease. A maximum of 30 institutions are invited to nominate one candidate. The foundation will award a maximum of $1 million to the sponsoring institution to support the research activities of a selected candidate for five years in accordance with the candidate's own research plan and budget. On the foundation's Dec. 1, 2002 deadline for submission, the institution's nominee must be holding his or her first full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment and must have held the faculty appointment for at least one year but for no more than four years. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status is required. A Keck Scholar is encouraged to seek additional outside research funding.

For consideration as the institutional nominee, submit a two-page research summary, a CV and a nominating letter from the department chair by Oct. 21, 2002. Submit all internal applications to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 4107 Med Sci I, Box 0624. For more information, contact Denise Swayze at 763-4086 or dswayze@umich.edu.

New Exhibit on Display at the U-M
"The Seven Ages of Man: The Human Life Cycle Throughout Medical History" will be on exhibit at the U-M's Special Collections Library Aug. 26, 2002 through Nov. 2, 2002. The exhibit features a display of books and materials from the Taubman Medical Library's Rare Book Room that document how medical science has viewed the seven ages of life from ancient times through the 19th century.

The Special Collections Library is located on the seventh floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library on the campus of the U-M. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday. For more information about this free exhibit, contact Mary Townsend, curator, at 764-4191 or at mtownsen@umich.edu.

Cornea and Refractive Specialist Joins U-M Kellogg Eye Center
Shahzad I. Mian, M.D., has joined the Cornea and External Disease and Cataract and Refractive Surgery service at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, where he will specialize in the medical and surgical management of corneal disorders and refractive surgery. In addition to his clinical work, he will hold a faculty position in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the UMHS. Dr. Mian will also continue his research on the role of metalloproteinases in corneal infections and neovascularization.

Professional & Organizational Development Services
Human Resource Development is offering 160 courses that provide a wide variety of opportunities for skill enhancement, professional development and personal growth. Some of the new courses are: Better Decision-Making Through Information Gathering; The Communication Process: How Do You Make it Work for You; Newsletters: A Guide to Design and Production; Oral Communication Skills for English Language Learners; Providing Effective Feedback; and Wearing Too Many Hats? How to Manage Your Multiple Roles and Responsibilities. For more information, click here. To request a 2002-03 catalog, contact HRD at 764-7410 or at nankel@umich.edu. Also, be sure to watch for courses in the calendar section of the University Record.

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
- Stem cells found in adult peripheral nervous system
- Greenfield named interim EVPMA
- Jumping genes can knock out DNA

Next Week's Health Minute
Lighten up! A new study finds an overloaded school bag can be a pain in your child's back

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

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002
--7:30 a.m., PM&R Seminar. Ki Shin, M.D. and Benjamin Konzen M.D., staff physicians, Department of PM&R, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houson, TX, "Cancer Rehabilitation; The MD Anderson Perspective," 1H205 UH

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