Administrator and Employee of the Year Named
Maria Ceo, Clinical Department Administrator for Neurology, has been named the Medical School's Administrator of the Year. She was recognized as an outstanding leader among her colleagues and an excellent role model. Nominators say she is actively involved in the planning and implementation of many projects as well as daily departmental operations.

Donna Eder, Assistant Director of Human Resources for the Department of Radiology, was the recipient of the Medical School's Employee of the Year award. Eder's nominators say she is a go-to person, readily able and willing to solve problems. She works actively to identify gaps in the department and implements processes to bridge those gaps.

Dean Allen S. Lichter presented the awards at the first Medical School Staff Appreciation Ice Cream Social on June 21. Each recipient received a cash award of $1500. Congratulations!

Nelson Receives Outstanding Mentorship Award
Virginia S. Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., clinical professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, has been awarded the 3rd annual Jeanne Cady Solis award for Outstanding Mentorship by the American Medical Women's Association. She received this honor for her participation in the AMWA's mentorship program. Nelson was recognized for being an enthusiastic and accessible mentor to medical students who wish to share their concerns and seek advice about life as a female physician.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Seeks Applicants for Career Awards
Internal deadline: August 29, 2002
Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces a request for proposals for Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences. The purpose of these awards is to help researchers who are early in their careers make the transition to independent investigators. Researchers may be involved in any of the basic biomedical sciences with 80 percent of their time devoted to research-related activities. Candidates must have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research training by the application deadline. The Awards provide $500,000 over five years. U-M may nominate up to six candidates.
Internal applications to the Medical School require:
• A 1-2 page research summary
• A CV for the nominee
• A nominating letter from a department chair
Please submit all internal applications to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 4107 Med Sci I, Box 0624 by August 29, 2002. For more information, click here or contact Denise Swayze at 763-4086 or dswayze@umich.edu.

Omenn to Present State of the Health System Address
UMHS CEO Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., will present his State of the Health System address from 5 - 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, in the Ford Amphitheatre

Recognition Reception Honors Omenn
On Wednesday, July 17, all UMHS employees are invited to attend a recognition reception honoring Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. The reception will celebrate Dr. Omenn's achievements as the executive vice president for medical affairs. It will be held from 3-5 p.m. in the Towsley Lobby.

13th Annual Pediatric Research Symposium Calls for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Monday, July 22, 2002
The 13th annual Pediatric Research Symposium will be held Friday,
Oct. 18 in Towsley Center at 7:30 a.m. Pediatric faculty, residents and fellows, as well as undergraduate, graduate and medical students performing research as part of faculty or departmentally sponsored projects are invited to submit abstracts for this event. Research awards (Faculty, Young Investigator, Student, Resident and Fellow) will be given for the most outstanding research submissions. Award recipients will receive an honorarium and a plaque. For information, contact Mary McKeever at 763-3433 or marymcke@umich.edu.

GCRC Sleep Program Overview
Are you interested in the Sleep Program supported by the GCRC? Come learn the history, goals and mission of this program with PSG methodology, examples of digital video seizures and REM sleep behavior disorders. Beth Malow, M.D., associate professor of Neurology, GCRC Sleep Center, Kirk Brower, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, and Sid Gilman, M.D., chair and professor of neurology, will be presenting information regarding their active protocols in this unique U-M environment. This event will take place in the Towsley Dining Room at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16.

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
- UMHS burn-prevention video wins national award
- PET/CT expands cancer detection capabilities
- U-M scientists to develop nanosensors for astronauts

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