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Medical School scientist elected to National Academy of Sciences
Martha Ludwig, Ph.D., U-M professor of biological chemistry and a research scientist in the U-M Biophysics Research Division, is one of 72 new members and 15 foreign associates elected April 29 to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. She joins three other U-M faculty members affiliated with the Medical School's Department of Biological Chemistry who are current members of NAS. Congratulations, Dr. Ludwig!

Pilot Project Funding Opportunity
Deadline: Monday, July 14
The U-M Head and Neck Specialized Program for Research Excellence (SPORE) is seeking applications for new pilot research projects relevant to head and neck cancer. Through its Developmental Research Program, the SPORE provides an opportunity to foster new translational ideas important to the advancement of the field of head and neck cancer research. The focus of this program is to provide investigators the flexibility to generate data that would become preliminary data for an R01 application. This program offers $22,500 support per year for two years of research, or $45,000 for one year. In addition, each selected project grantee will be assigned a basic and clinical mentor selected from the SPORE Operating Committee.

The deadline for proposals is Monday, July 14. Funding will be available Jan. 1. To obtain an application packet and complete details, please contact Caroline Militzer at 998-6757 or caromili@umich.edu

Symposium on Cytokine Biology and Therapeutics to be held on May 14
The Symposium on Cytokine Biology and Therapeutics will be held on Wednesday, May 14, in the Dow Auditorium, Towlsey Center from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. The day long symposium will be multidisciplinary and is co-sponsored by Rheumatology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Bone Marrow Transplant at the U-M. All are welcome and there is no registration fee. CME credit is available. To view the list of presenters, click here or call 936-9539 for more information.

Physician leadership development programs seek applicants
The following leadership development programs are seeking women and minority applicants:

"Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers," Nov. 9 - 21. This program is conducted annually in the Fall and is designed for division chiefs, vice chairs of clinical departments, and physicians in other administrative positions. Please visit the web site for details. Applications may be submitted online. For phone inquiries, please contact Min Wilson at 617-384-8683.

"Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services," Jan. 18 - 30, 2004. This program, conducted annually in Jan., is designed for chairs of major clinical departments. Please visit web site for details and applications may be submitted online also. Phone inquiries should be directed to Nicole Vitkosky at (617) 384-8682. All other inquiries, please contact Stephen Perroni (617) 384-8685 or at sperroni@hsph.harvard.edu.

Study Coordinator Training Workshop
The Education and Certification Core (ECC) from the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research delivers a monthly program for new study coordinators (with less than six months on-the-job experience) with three primary education modules:

The ABC's of Good Clinical Practices Requirements
The Roles and Networks of Study Coordinators
The "How To" of Clinical Research Study Files

The next program will be held on Thursday, May 15, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in LRC 2901. Interested participants must register by Friday, May 10. The $50 fee only covers materials. To learn more, contact Erich Jensen at 647-4438 or e-mail ejensen@umich.edu. To obtain registration forms, contact Monica Healy at 647-3815 or e-mail mhealy@umich.edu. Forms and future class dates are also available at www.med.umich.edu/cacr/

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
Intensive program for autistic children shows promise, University of Michigan researchers say

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 6, 2003

--12 p.m., Medical Education Grand Rounds. Kevin Eva, Ph.D., assistant professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program for Educational Research and Development, McMaster University, "Searching for the very best: Development and testing of a medical school admissions OSCE," MCHC Auditorium

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. Judith Frydman, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, "From the Cradle to the Grave: Chaperone-assisted Folding in the Eukaryotic Cytosol," 5330 Med. Sci. I

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

--10:30 p.m., Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Michael Myers, M.D., clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, "When your patient is a physician: Challenges in diagnosis and treatment," MCHC Auditorium

--1:30 p.m., U-M Center for Integrative Genomics 2nd Symposium. Jacqueline Crawley, Chief, NIH Section on Behavioral Genomics; Joseph Nadeau, professor, Genetics Department, Case Western Reserve University; Alcino Silva, professor, Brain Research Institute, UCLA; Phyllis Wise, Dean, Division of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, Ford Auditorium. E-mail njame@med.umich.edu or phone 647-6460 for additional information

--1 p.m., Obstetrics and Gynecology. 18th Annual Senior Resident Research Paper Presentations. MCHC Auditorium

--4 p.m., Obstetrics and Gynecology: Abram Sager 18th Annual Lecture. Frederick B. Stehman, M.D., The Clarence E. Ehrlich professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, "Study of Humanities in Medical Education," MCHC Auditorium

Thursday, May 8, 2003

--12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art. Piano 4-Hand by Joseph Gurt and Idil Ulgen, Hospital Lobby, floor 1

--3:30 p.m., Organogenesis Seminar. John B. Lowe, M.D., investigator, HHMI and professor of Pathology, "Glycosylation pathways that control mammalian leukocyte biology," 5915 Buhl Bulding

--7 p.m., Kellogg Eye Center. Wayne T. Cornblath, M.D. and Christine C. Nelson, M.D., "The BOTOX Boom," Kellog Eye Center

Friday, May 9, 2003

--12 p.m., Pathology Research Seminar. John Farber, M.D., professor of Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University, "The Pathogenesis of Apoptosis," M4234 Med. Sci. I

--4 p.m., Vascular Surgery Seminar. Robert W. Thompson, M.D., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, "New Approaches to the Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: from Laboratory Research to Clinical Studies," MCHC

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