Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
The University of Michigan has been invited to nominate one candidate for the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. The Prize is awarded to a researcher who has made a significant discovery leading to the prevention, cure or treatment of a disease or disorder in humans. The cash award, which accompanies the Prize, is $100,000. Internal applications to the Medical School require a CV on the nominee and a letter from the department chair containing a detailed description of the nominee's research and achievements. Please submit all internal applications to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 4107 Med Sci I, Box 0624 by June 29, 2001.

David E. Kuhl, M.D., awarded the Charles P. Kettering Prize
David E. Kuhl, MD, professor of Radiology; chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine; and director, PET Center, has been awarded the Charles P. Kettering Prize by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for his major contribution to cancer research. This high honor has been bestowed on a select number of the world's top scientists, seven of whom have subsequently won Nobel prizes. Dr. Kuhl and co-winner Michael E. Phelps, Ph.D., of UCLA, were cited for their contributions to the development of positron emission tomography scanning. A renowned expert on brain function, Dr. Kuhl was an early developer of cross-sectional scanning machines to examine patients' brains. Dr. Wells, Jr., president of the GM Cancer Research Foundation, called Dr. Kuhl an exemplary scientist and a worthy recipient of this award. These awards, valued at $250,000 each, are among the most prestigious in the field of medicine. Drs. Kuhl and Phelps were presented with the Foundation's Charles F. Kettering Prize at the GMCRF's Annual Scientific Conference, June 5-6 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.

Retirement reception for John Weg, MD
A retirement reception will be held in honor of John Weg, MD, professor of Internal Medicine, from 2 - 4 p.m., Friday, June 15, in the Towsley Lobby. Dr. Weg is retiring after 30 years of service in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine.

Honors, awards & achievements
Robert M. Merion, MD, associate professor of Surgery, has been elected to the United Network for Organ Sharing Board of Directors. The UNOS Board also manages the nation's Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network under federal contract.

Shelly Weaverdyck, Ph.D., assistant research scientist, was selected as the 2000 Anthony V. DeVito II Memorial Award recipient. The Anthony V. DeVito II Memorial Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding service, dedication and commitment to excellence in the field of geriatrics education in Michigan.

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
- Copper is crucial for embryonic development, say UM scientists
- U.S. Surgeon General to address UM Medical School graduation Friday

This week's Health Minute:
UM pediatrician offers tips to help kids have a safe, fun summer
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/1week.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

M o n d a y, J u n e 11
--4 p.m. Neuroscience Program. Lisa Marie Montney, "Using guinea pig models to examine the relation between psychophysical and neural responses to electrical stimulation of cochlear implants"; Waggoner Conference Room 1057 MHRI

W e d n e s d a y, J u n e 13
--11 a.m. Neurology Grand Rounds. Bradley Hyman, MD, Ph.D., professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical, "Alzheimer's Disease"; 2C108 University Hospital

--12 p.m. Medical School All Staff Meeting. 3330 Medical Science I Lecture Hall

--3 p.m. MDRTC Seminar. Helen Vlassara, MD, director, Division of Experimental Diabetes & Aging, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Diabetic complications in 2001: Beyond hyperglycemia", 6311 Medical Science I

--4 p.m. Peptide Research Center Seminar, Paul Kubes, Ph.D., professor, departments of Physiology & Biophysics and of Medicine, University of Calgary, "Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte recruitment in inflammatory conditions", 7745 Medical Science II

T h u r s d a y, J u n e 14
--7:30 a.m. PM&R Grand Rounds. Peter Henke, MD, "Lower Extremity PVOD with Amputations", 1H205 University Hospital

--12 p.m. Country Favorites. This trio plays pop country pleasers. University Hospital courtyard. In case of rain, the performance will be held in University Hospital Cafeteria, Floor 2.

F r i d a y, J u n e 15
-- 11 a.m. Medical School Picnic & Award Ceremony. Medical Science Building I Circle Drive.

--12 p.m. Neurology Seminar. Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Clinical Core Scientific Conference, John Fink, MD, "Dementia in Familial Spastic Paraplegia" and Paolo Moretti, MD, "Familial Alzheimer's Disease with Spastic Paraplegia", Lunch provided by Ortho McNeil. DeJong Library, 1912 Taubman Center

--1 p.m. Transplant Grand Rounds. Rakesh Sindhi, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, "New strategies in pediatric immunosuppression", 2G 321 University Hospital

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