Don't Miss Dean Lichter's State of the School Address on Monday
On Monday, May 13 at 5 p.m., Dean Allen S. Lichter will deliver the annual State of the School Address in the Ford Amphitheatre. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend. Please mark your calendars!

A Presentation Will Examine Investigational Drug Service and Clinical Trials
On Thursday, May 16, from 5-6 p.m., The Society of Clinical Research Associates, Great Lakes Chapter presents, "The Investigational Drug Service and Clinical Trials" with Roberta Tankanow, clinical associate professor, College of Pharmacy. This presentation will cover New Drug Applications, Investigation New Drug Applications and Investigational Drug Accountability, including satellite record keeping, double blind record keeping and more. If you have any questions about the session, please contact Carolyn White at cmw@umich.edu or Sue Daley at daley@umich.edu.

The MDRTC 2002 Pilot/Feasibility Study Grant Program: A Call for Grant Proposals
Deadline: June 17, 2002
The purpose of the MDRTC P/FS Grant Program is to enable investigators to generate a sufficient body of preliminary information for a successful application for major research funding from national granting agencies. P/FS Grant proposals may be in areas of basic or clinical biomedical research, behavioral or epidemiological research, or in areas of translational research for the prevention and control of diabetes. For information on how to apply, please call 763-5730 or visit the MDRTC website at http:www.med.umich.edu/MDRTC. The deadline for submissions is June 17, 2002.

Seminar discusses ethical issues in caring for older adults
On Thursday, May 16, from 8-10 a.m., a seminar entitled "The Art and Science of Decision Making with Older Adults" will discuss ethical issues in caring for older adults. Topics will be addressed by faculty from the departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Social Work, and the Turner Geriatric Clinic. The event is sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Department of Emergency Medicine, with support from the D.W. Reynolds Foundation and the U-M Medical School. This seminar will be held in Sheldon Auditorium, Towsley Center.

IRBMED announces a new series of workshops
The IRBMED Announces a New Series of Workshops entitled "IRBMED Applications 101." The series will take place on Wednesday, June 12, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m and on Monday, July 15, from 9-11 a.m. Both events will take place at 2314 Towsley Center. There will be plenty of question and answer time! Workshop Objectives include:

• Completing IRBMED Applications more efficiently
• Increased accuracy
• Avoiding common mistakes
• Avoiding returned submissions
• Utilizing the IRBMED website

Seating is limited and registration is required. To register, send an e-mail to insco@umich.edu with the following information: Name, Title, Department, Phone Number, Date of Preferred Session and E-mail Address.

Also, visit our website, especially the new Feedback Form. This month, give us feedback on how we can most effectively revise our Notices of Outcome! Check out the link here: www.med.umich.edu/irbmed

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
- Soaking up the sun?
- Time to resume routine vaccination against smallpox?
- Study examines the potential risks of smallpox vaccination

Next week's Health Minute:
U-M study shows estrogen can help with memory in menopausal women

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2002
--10 a.m., General Peds Research Seminar. Alex Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics, "New Project: Insurance Access and Utlization for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Amblyopia," 300 North Ingalls Building, Room 6D15

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. Dr. Dennis R. Winge, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Utah Health Science Center, "Nutrient Sensing in Yeast: Transcriptional Regulation by Cooper and Iron Ions," 5330 Med. Sci I

--2 p.m., Neuroscience Program Seminar: Dissertation Defense. Hoonkyo Suh, neuroscience graduate student, "Homeobox Gene Pitx2 Controls Pituitary Development," 5915 Buhl Building Classroom

Wednesday, May 15, 2002
-8:45 a.m., Anesthesiology: Research Discussion. Gary Richardson, M.D., senior research scientist, Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorder Center, "Corticotropin Releasing Hormone, Insomnia and Depression," UH 1H245

-- 11 a.m., Neurology Grand Rounds. Howard Feldman, M.D., CM, FRCPD, head, Division of Neurology, director, Alzheimer Clinical Trials Program, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital, "Practical Outcomes in the management of Alzheimer's Disease Along the Continuum of Care," 2C108 UH

--12 p.m., Pharmacology Seminar. Dr. Edward Kilbourne, research scientist III, "Genomic and Non-Genomic Actions of Estrogen," Wyeth Ayerst Research," 2736 Med Sci II

--4 p.m., Hemostasis/Thrombosis Research Seminar. Heidi Hamm, Ph.D. and Earl W. Sutherland Jr., professor of Pharmacology, chair, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Multiple G Proteins Cooperate to Moderate Physiological Responses to Thrombin in Endothelial Cells," 5623 Med Sci II

Thursday, May 16, 2002
--8 a.m., OBGYN Grand Rounds. Rohna Kearney, M.D., visiting lecturer, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, "Levator ANI Injury and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction," MCHC Auditorium

Friday, May 17, 2002
--12 p.m., Research Faculty/Postdoctoral Fellow Seminar Series. Charlotte Harrison, Ph.D., research fellow, "Modulation of Vanilloid Receptor Activity by Temperature, Forskolin and Protein Kinase C," 2736 Med Sci II

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