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Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Announces Winners of Harold M. Weintraub
Graduate Student Award
Feng Shao, Ph.D. candidate, Department
of Biological Chemistry, was among the sixteen graduate students from
North America and Europe selected to receive the 2003 Harold M. Weintraub
Graduate Student Award, which is sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division
of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. This is the first time
a U-M graduate student has won the award. The recipients, all advanced
students at or near the completion of their studies in the biological
sciences, will participate in a scientific symposium May 2 - 3
at Fred Hutchinson's South Lake Union campus in Seattle, Washington. Nominations
were solicited internationally; the winners were selected on the basis
of the quality, originality and significance of their work. The symposium
will include scientific presentations by the awardees as well as poster
presentations by Fred Hutchinson graduate students. Congratulations, Feng
Shao!
Friday
Forum Addresses Future of Managed Care
On Friday,
March 21, from 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Ford Amphitheater, the U-M
FORUM on Health Policy and the Department of Internal Medicine will present
a panel discussion titled "Can Managed Care Survive Today's Challenges?"
The free public event will feature M-CARE executive director Zelda Geyer-Sylvia,
Michigan Department of Community Health chief Janet Olszewski, and speakers
from General Motors and the U-M Medical School, School of Public Health,
College of Pharmacy and Business School. The speakers will address managed
care's prospects in the current climate of rising health care and health
insurance costs, federal and state budget problems, and proposed changes
to government health plans. For a full list of speakers see the press
release http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2003/mar21hmo.htm;
for more information call 734-615-8334 or e-mail renyas@umich.edu
.
Dr.
Markel to be Featured on Voice of America This Saturday
This Saturday,
March 22, Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., George E. Wantz Professor
of History and director for the Center for the History of Medicine, will
be interviewed on the Voice of America (VOA) show "Our World."
Dr. Markel will discuss the topics of bioterrorism, overuse of antibiotics,
and the new epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The show can
be heard on the VOA web site at 10
a.m. The VOA broadcasts to an audience of 94 million people worldwide
each week.
To find out where
other UMHS faculty and staff have been featured in the news, visit MNew
Now, regularly for updates.
Don't
Let Time Run Out, Get HIPAA Trained
The HIPAA
web site should provide all the information you need to bring your
projects into HIPAA compliance, but if you prefer the interaction of a
live seminar, attend one of the following group sessions:
| Audience |
Date/Time |
Locations
|
| Basic and Health
Professionals |
March 24
at 8 a.m. |
Ford Amphitheater,
UH |
| |
March 28
at 3 p.m |
Med. Sci. I |
| Research |
March 25 at
11 a.m. |
3330 Med. Sci.
I |
For additional training
dates, please visit the HIPAA
web site. Please note that the Medical School workforce will need
to follow the special instructions at the end of the presentation on how
to receive their certificate.
Departments
to Host a Colloquium
On April
4, 2003, from 10:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Evolution and Human Adaptation
Program (EHAP), the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of
Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID), and the Center for Complex Systems (CSCS)
will present a colloquium entitled,
"The Evolution of Virulence: Theory, Mechanisms, and Practice."
This event will take place at U-M School of Public Health, SPH I Auditorium.
For more information, Please http://www-personal.umich.edu/~vcooper/
or contact Vaughn Cooper.
Save
the Date for the First Health Sciences Council Symposium
The U-M Health Sciences
Council in collaboration with the Life Science Institute will sponsor
a Diabetes Symposium on Monday, March 31 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
in the Dow Auditorium. The symposium will review the definition of diabetes,
its complications, the epidemiological perspective, and the current standard
of treatment. It will also survey new research into the causes of diabetes,
highlighting a few "hot" areas of interest. Paula Allen-Meares,
Ph.D., dean of the School of Social Work and chair of the Health Sciences
Council, will convene the symposium featuring: Alan Saltiel, Ph.D., Eva
Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., and William Herman, M.D.
Osteosarcoma
Experts to Address Cancer Center Program Retreat
The Cancer
Center Connective Tissue Oncology Program will host a retreat on Thursday,
March 27, from 8:30 a.m. -12 p.m. in 2314 Towsley Center. Invited
guest speakers are Dr. Jay Wunder of the Princess Margaret Cancer Center,
who will present "Predicting Outcomes in Osteosarcoma," and
Dr. Eugenie Kleinermanm, M.D. of the Anderson Cancer Center, whose topic
is"Aerosol Therapy for Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases." U-M faculty
members Drs. Laurence Baker and Dafydd Thomas, will also be presenting
their research, "New Chemotherapy for Osteosarcoma" and "Drug
Metabolizing Ensymes: A New Prognostic Factor for Bony Tumors," respectively.
Mark
Your Calendars for the Annual Symposium and Combined Clinical Research
Grand Rounds
Mark
your calendars for the Annual Symposium and Combined Clinical Research
Grand Rounds featuring Daniel Federman, M.D. followed by a panel discussion
with Edward Goldman, J.D., Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., and Vernon Sondak,
M.D., regarding patient confidentiality. This event will take place on
Friday, May 2 at Noon in the Ford Auditorium and is sponsored by
the K30 Training Program in Clinical Research, the Center for the Advancement
of Clinical Research, and the General Clinical Research Center.
Medical
Education Scholars Program for 2003-2004
Deadline: Tuesday, April 15
Watch your
mailbox for a brochure describing the next year of the Medical Education
Scholars Program. Brochures will soon be arriving in all faculty mailboxes.
Residents and fellows may obtain copies from their program directors.
The MESP provides
participating scholars with a valuable background in education principles
and practices and 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, participatory
setting.
Participation in
the MESP is open to all medical school faculty and residents. The deadline
for receipt of applications is Tuesday, April 15. For further information
visit www.med.umich.edu/meded/MESP/description.html
, contact Debbie Grifka, 6-1649 or dgrifka@umich.edu
or Larry Gruppen, Ph.D., 6-1644 or
lgruppen@umich.edu
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 studies reveal racial differences in chronic pain experience
and pain treatment
- Study shows public support for doctors who deceive insurers
Next
Week's Health
Minute
Medical
school innovation: program teaches students to walk in patients' shoes
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, March 24, 2003
--10:30
a.m., Molecular Medicine & Genetics Seminar. Andrea Page-McCaw,
Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, "Matrix Metalloproteinases
in Drosophila Tissue Remodeling," 5623 Med. SCI II
--12
p.m., AOA Lecture. Faith Fitzgerald, M.D., Professor of Internal
Medicine and Assistant Dean of Humanities and Bioethics at the University
of California – Davis in Sacramento, “An Aging World: When
Everything Gets Smaller, Ford Auditorium
--4
p.m., Neuroscience Seminar. Sean Low, Neuroscience Graduate Student,
"Tau Gone Wild: Is a Loss or Gain of Function to Blame in FTDP-17?"
Waggoner Conference Room 1057 MHRI
--4:30
p.m., Pathology Research Seminar. Yayi Chang, B.S., Pathology
Doctoral Candidate "Gene expression profile of long-lived
mice," M4234 Med. SCI I
Tuesday, March
25, 2003
--9:30
p.m., Children's Health Services Research Seminar. PAS Practice
Session, 300 NIB, Room 6D15
--12
p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. Daniel R. Schoenberg,
Professor, "The Role of Endonucleases in the Degradation of Normal
and Nonsense-Containing mRNAs," 5330 Med. SCI I
--12
p.m., Educational Skills Workshop. Larry Gruppen, Ph.D., "Writing
Effective Test Questions," Towsley Dining Room
Wednesday,
March 26, 2003
--8:45
a.m., Anesthesiology Seminar. Timothy Roehrs, Ph.D., Sleep
Disorders Center, Henry Ford Health System, "Sleep Loss and
Hyperalgesia," UH 1H245
--10
a.m., Resources for Scientific Writing and Publishing. This
workshop will orient participants to such current resources as journal
information, including features as impact factors and instructions
for authors; quick verification of citations; online style manuals;
and other bibliographic tools useful to those engaged in scientific
writing and publishing. Copyright will be discussed as well. This
class
will take place in 2808 Med. SCI II
--10:30
a.m., Molecular Medicine & Genetics Faculty Candidate Seminar.
Koichi Kobayashi, M.D, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Associate, Section
of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, "Signaling
of the Innate Immune System," 5623 Med. SCI II
--12
p.m., Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar. M. Celeste
Simon, Ph.D., Associate Investigator, HHMI; Associate Professor,
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and Department of Cell
& Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, "Hypoxia, Hematopoiesis and Angiogenesis," 2813/2817
Med. SCI II
--3
p.m., Epidemiology Seminar. Kathy Phipps, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon,
"Fluoride and Bone Health: Current Knowledge, Future Directions,"
SPH I Auditorium I
Thursday, March 27, 2003
--12
p.m., Ophthalmology Seminar. Nansi Jo Colley, Ph.D., “Retinal
Degeneration Through the Eye of the Fly,” Kellogg Eye Center,
O-M Auditorium
--12
p.m., Lunch & Learn: Exploring Anti-Oxidants and How
They Work For You. Join us to learn more about naturally-occurring
anti-oxidants, including Vitamin E, Beta-carotene, and alpha-lipoic
acid. Presented by Amy Braglia and Lisa Matuga in room 6311, Med
Sci I.
--12:10
p.m., Gifts of Art. Harpsichord Music by Susan Toman, Hospital
Lobby, Floor 1
--1:30
p.m., Molecular Medicine and Genetics Seminar. Deneen M.
Wellik, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Removing
Redundancy: A Critical Role for Hox Genes in Kidney Development
and Skeletal Patterning," 5915 Buhl
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