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The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Announces the Scholar Award Program
Internal Deadline: Monday, June 2
The Damon Runyon Scholar Award program is designed to help young investigators establish independent laboratories. Awards are $100,000 each year for three years. Candidates must be at the assistant professor or equivalent level. The U-M may nominate two scientists: a physician scientist affiliated with a clinical department and a basic scientist. In addition to the nominees, any investigator who was a Damon Runyon Fellow (and meets the eligibility requirements) may also apply. Deadline for submission of applications to Damon Runyon is Tuesday, July 1.

For consideration as institutional nominees, submit the following by Monday, June 2: a 1 - 2 page research summary, a CV, and a nominating letter from the department chair. Submit all internal applications to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 4107 Med Sci. I, Box 0624. For more information, contact Denise Swayze at dswayze@umich.edu or 763-4086. Complete details on this award can be found on the Damon Runyon web site.

U-M Cardiovascular Center Lecturer Wins National Recognition
Sharlene Day, M.D., lecturer in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, was the winner of the 2003 American Heart Association Young Investigator Prize for Thrombosis. Dr. Day won the award on Saturday, May 10 at the Annual AHA Conference in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, held in Washington, DC.

Don't Miss the 14th Annual Albert J. Silverman Research Conference
We are pleased to announce the 14th annual Albert J. Silverman Research Conference to be held on May 28 from 8-2 p.m. at the Hale Auditorium in the U-M School of Business Executive Center. The
U-M Department of Psychiatry and the University of
Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center are sponsors of this
conference. The theme of this year's program is: "The Treatment of
Depression in Real World Settings". In addition to a poster session,
there are several outstanding national speakers and several talks by
members of our faculty. Continuing Education Credits are available and lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Nancy Harvey at 734-761-2617 or ndobias@umich.edu. We look forward to your participation.

MDRTC 2003 Pilot/Feasibility Study Grant Program Seeks Proposals
Deadline: Monday, June 23
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 in the areas of diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic disorders. Pilot/Feasibility Study 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, call 763-5730 or visit the MDRTC website.

Taubman Medical Library Offers Workshops
The Taubman Medical Library will offer workshops on searching electronic biomedical resources in June. For more information or to register, visit www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/classes.html or call 763-2037. The following classes are for the U-M community.

  • PubMed - Introduction to the Basics
    1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 10 in 2802 Med. Sci. II
  • UM-MEDSEARCH Databases, MIRLYN and E-Journals
    10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Thursday, June 19 in 2802 Med. Sci. II
  • Getting Started with EndNote 6
    1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Thursday, June 26 in 2802 Med. Sci. II

 

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

Next Week's Health Minute
Can daily aspirin therapy save your life?

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, May 19, 2003

--4 p.m., Human Genetics Colloquium Seminar. Anne Spence, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA., "ADHD & DRD4: How to Pay Attention to Our Genes," H.G. Classroom, 5915 Buhl

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. John D. York, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, "Recent Insights into Inositide Cellular Signaling Pathways," 5330 Med. Sci. I

--2 p.m., Children's Health Services Research Seminar. A. Mark Fendrick, M.D., General Internal Medicine, TBA, 300 North Ingalls Building, Room 6D15

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

--8:45 a.m., Anesthesiology Research Discussion. Pema Dorje, M.D., assistant professor of Anesthesiology, , "Can Glycine Prevent Neutrophil Activation by Resuscitation Fluids?" UH 1H245

--12 p.m., Immunology Seminar. Ronald C. Desrosiers, Ph.D., director, New England Regional Primate Research Center, professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, "Resistance of SIV and HIV to antibody-mediated neutralization," 2903 LRC

--12 p.m., Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Philip Gage, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, "Genetic Networks in the Development of Ocular Neural Crest and Mesoderm," 2813/2817 Med. Sci II

--4 p.m., Hemostasis/Thrombosis Research Seminar. Muriel C. Maurer, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, "Examining the Interplay of Bradykinin, Fibrinogen, and PAR4 with the Thrombin Active Site Surface," 2901 LRC

Thursday, May 22, 2003

--12 p.m., Ophthalmology Seminar. Rod Bremner, Ph.D., Toronto Western Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, “Intrinsic Cues In Retinal Development and Cancer ," Marshall-Oliphant Auditorium, 1st floor, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center

--12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art. Classical music by Ellen Elder, Hospital Lobby, floor 1

Friday, May 23, 2003

--1 p.m., Transplant Grand Rounds. Ronald G. Gill, Ph.D., professor of Medicine and Immunology, director, University of Colorado Transplant Immunology Program, "Islet Allograft Immunity and Tolerance," UH 1H205


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