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U-M physician receives recognition for extraordinary service
Peter A. Ward, M.D., Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, has been designated a lifetime "National Associate" to the National Academy of Sciences. He has received this honor due to his extraordinary service as advisor to the National Academy in matters of science, engineering and health. This is an outstanding recognition by one of the largest professional scientific organizations in the United States. It is reflective of the stature in which Dr. Ward is held by his colleagues nationwide. Congratulations!

Attention all clinical researchers, research support and clinical administrators...
Dates: Feb. 12 and 13
The Center for Clinical Investigation and Therapeutics will host PRIM&R's (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research) "IRB 101 ON THE ROAD" on Feb. 12 and 13 in the Sheldon Auditorium at the Towsley Center. This program is designed to provide clinical researchers, clinical support staff, IRB members, administrators and staff with a basic knowledge of the regulations involved in the conduct of research requiring the protection of human subjects and the regulations governing IRB oversight. Day one (2/12/02) will have a repeating half-day session (two sessions to choose from, the morning or afternoon) aimed at principal investigators, co-investigators, and clinical research support staff involved in clinical trials. Day two (2/13/02) will cover the same information but utilize the entire day providing an intensive for IRB members and other IRB and regulatory staff. Administrators involved in clinical research or the preparation of grants and contracts are also encouraged to attend one of the three session offered.

The Medical School STRONGLY encourages attendance at one of the sessions. The program is limited to 110 participants per session. You must formally register, even though there will be no registration fee. To register, contact Vickie Roosevelt, CCIT, at 615-6188 or vrooseve @med.umich.edu

A new issue of The Medical School Review goes live!
The Medical School Review, the news site for and about the Medical School community, is posted on the Medical School's home page at http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool. This month's issue contains the following features:

-U-M Medical School to appoint new surgery chair

-Lab Focus: Sharper Images from MIAL

-Medical School alumnus among September 11 victims

The Medical School Review is also posted in the faculty, staff and student sections of the Medical School's web site. Feedback and feature story ideas can be directed to Mary Beth Reilly, mbreilly@umich.edu.

U-M Life Sciences Orchestra kicks off second season Jan. 20
The nation’s only Life Sciences Orchestra (LSO), made up of members of the University of Michigan’s medical and science community, will begin its second season on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002 with a concert at 2 p.m. at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.

The LSO will be introduced by interim U-M president Joseph White and led by Music Director Mitchell Williams, a graduate of the U-M School of Music’s noted conducting program. They will perform the Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz, the suite Pelleas et Melisande by Gabriel Faure, and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Admission is free and a reception will follow. Donations will be accepted to help support the orchestra.

As a fundraiser for the LSO, Borders Books will hold Borders Benefit Days throughout the weekend of the concert, Jan. 18-20. By remembering to mention the LSO when making any purchase at either Borders in Arborland or Borders in downtown Ann Arbor, 15% of your purchase will automatically be donated to the LSO. The LSO is sponsored by Gifts of Art, a program of the University of Michigan Health System. For more information, visit www.umich.edu/~lsorch, e-mail orchestra@umich.edu, or call (734) 936-ARTS.

Urban Sprawl: What's Health Got To Do With It?
On Friday, Jan. 18 from 2-3 p.m., a public health grand rounds broadcast entitled "Urban Sprawl: What's Health Got to Do With It?" will take place at the Auditorium, room 2104, of the Art & Architecture Building. This national live satellite broadcast and webcast, co-produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, will focus on the health effects and alternatives to over-development. It will also explore the critical community partnerships needed to design healthy communities in the future.

Patterned after medical grand rounds, the satellite broadcast and webcast directs a panel's viewpoints toward a pre-taped case study. The case study for this broadcast centers on Portland, Oregon and its progress in containing urban sprawl. For more information or directions, call Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at 764-1300.

Online registration is recommended for all participants. Continuing
education credit will be offered through CDC for various professions based on one hour of instruction. An online registration and evaluation must be completed to receive the appropriate continuing education credit at: www.PublicHealthGrandRounds.unc.edu

Distinguished Faculty Lectureship in Biomedical Research accepts nominations
Application Deadline: Jan 30, 2002
The Biomedical Research Council is accepting nominations for the twenty-fourth annual Distinguished Faculty Lectureship in Biomedical Research. This Lectureship, which is to be held in the Spring of 2002, offers an award of $7,500 in discretionary funds and is intended to recognize outstanding long-term contributions to research, teaching, and service to the University. Nominations are open to all Health Sciences and Medical School Faculty who have recently completed meritorious biomedical research. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002.

The supporting documentation for nominations must include:
1. Letter of support from the Department Chair or Unit Director
2. Two or more letters of support from University of Michigan faculty
3. Two or more letters of support from peers outside the University
4. A three page summation of research work
5. A current curriculum vitae for the nominee

Please submit nominations to the Medical School's Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 4107 Med Sci I, Box 0624. For more information, contact Camille Mrozowski in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 5-8802 or cmrozow@umich.edu. A list of previous recipients is on the web at http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/researchawards.html

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
- Movie's release brings schizophrenia's realities into public view, even as research promises new treatment options, U-M expert says
- Michigan hospitals team up to improve emergency treatment for kids
- U-M FRIENDS board announced

Next week's Health Minute:
Why do some kids become bullies?
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/bullies.htm

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, January 14, 2002
--1 p.m., Cellular & Molecular Therapeutics Seminar Series. Paul Robbins, Ph.D., professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, and Orthopedic Surgery, director of Basic Research, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Vector Core Research Facility, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, "Gene and Protein-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases: Preclinical and Clinical Studies," 2901 LRC (located on the second floor of Taubman Library.)

--4 p.m., Neuroscience Program Seminar. Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D., professor, Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University, "Regulation of Glutamate Receptor Function During Synaptic Plasticity," 1057 MHRI, Waggoner Conference Room

--4:30 p.m., Pathology Research Seminar Series. David Beer, Ph.D., professor of radiation oncology, "Gene and Protein Profiling of Lung Adenocarcinoma," 4234 Med Sci I

Tuesday, January 15, 2002
--8 a.m., MLK Day Lecture. Dr. Renee Jenkins, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Howard University, "Accentuating the Positive: Using the Youth Development Model to Reduce Teen Pregnancy," MCHC Auditorium

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry. Dr. Gerhard Wagner, professor, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, "NMR Studies of T-Cell Receptor Structure and Function," 5330 Med Sci I

Wednesday, January 16, 2002
--8:45 a.m., Anesthesiology: Research Discussion. Terri Voepel-Lewis, clinical nurse specialist, "Pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment," UH 1H245-Anesthesia Library

--10:30 a.m., Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Elizabeth Lunbeck, Ph.D., associate professor of history, Princeton University, "Histories of 'Identity' in Post-war American Psychiatry," MCHC Auditorium

--11 a.m., Neurology Grand Rounds. Erasmo Passaro, M.D., clinical assistant professor, "Malformations of Cortical Development and Epilepsy," 2C108 UH

--12 p.m., Cellular and Developmental Biology. Dr. Gabriel Nunez, professor of pathology, "Nods: A Family of Cytosolic Factors Regulating the Host Responses to Pathogens," 2710 Med Sci II

--3:45 p.m., Hearing and Chemical Senses Seminar. Claus-Peter Richter, Ph.D., Northwestern University, "Micromechanics in mammalian cochlea," Maxwell Conference Room, HR 4054 Kresge Hearing Research Institute

--4 p.m., Hemostasis/Thrombosis Research Seminar. David Ginsburg, M.D., Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, "Using the Mouse to Identify Novel Thrombosis Susceptibility Genes," 5623 Med Sci II

Thursday, January 17, 2002
--7:45 a.m., Ophthalmology Dept. Seminars: Research Grand Rounds. Suraj Bhat, Ph.D., associate professor, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, "Myopia, Clinical Conference," Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium

--12 p.m.,Ophthalmology Dept. Seminars: Lunch Seminar. Suraj Bhat, Ph.D., associate professor, Jules Stein Eye Institute, "Expression, Regulation and Function of the Small Heat Shock Proteins-Alpha Crystallins," Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium

--12:10 p.m., UMHS Gifts of Art: U-M Hospital Staff Gospel Extravaganza. This annual gospel performance, an event for the U-M Hospital staff, is under the direction of Debra Blannon-Cobb. U-M Hospital, Main Lobby, Floor 1

--3 p.m., Medical Library Classes: UM-MEDSEARCH. This workshop is designed to orient participants to basic search features of UM-MEDSEARCH, which provides access to many biomedical databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, Current Contents and CANCERLIT as well as over 80 full-text journals. Contact PHISA at phisa.training@umich.edu or 936-1391 for more information or to register. The location is SPH II Computing Site, Classroom A.

--5 p.m., Radiology Grand Rounds: Resident Cases. Sean Meagher, M.D., with Narasimham Dasika, M.D., "Pulmonary Thrombectomy," Dan Penn, M.D., with Richard Cohan, M.D., "ABCs of Radiology Reimbursement," Sam La, M.D. with David Fessell, M.D., "Sonographic Evaluation of Quadraceps Tendon Tears," 1540 Mott

Friday, January 18, 2002
--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry. Ning Zheng, Ph.D., Biological Sciences Scholars Program Candidate, postdoctoral research associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan -Kettering Cancer Center, "Structural Biology of the Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases" 6311 Med Sci I

--12 p.m., MADRC Clinical Conference. Hector M. Gonzalez, Ph.D., research investigator, Department of Epidemiology, "The Neuroepidemiology of Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Hispanics, "Dejong Library, 1912 TC

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