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Medschool's Savageau, Ph.D. and Schwenk, M.D., Elected to IOM Current active IOM members elect new members from candidates chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine or related fields. Institute members serve on national committees studying a broad range of health policy issues. Currently, there are 1,358 active members in the Institute of Medicine. BTDF
Supports Projects with Transfer Potential Grants up to $50,000 will be considered. Average Grants are expected to be between $20,000 and $25,000. Applications may be funded for up to two years pending successful review of an annual progress report. All awardees are required to submit a final report upon completion of their project. The application deadline is Friday, Nov. 15. For further information and an application form, please visit our website or call Technology Transfer and Corporate Research at (734) 763-6363 or fax (734) 615-0076. $3.7
Million Grant Advances Hearing Loss Research at U-M The grant will help expand and promote new research related to hearing loss, bringing research findings to patients experiencing genetic or noise-induced hearing impairment sooner. By establishing a core research center within Kresge Hearing Research Institute, the grant will give all U-M researchers investigating hearing loss with the opportunity to utilize state-of-the-art technology and methodology that will help further advance their research. Attend
the Two-day Bioinformatics Conference Richard
Keep Appointed Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor Retirement
Reception Honors Don Kewman, Ph.D. Faculty,
Mark Your Calendars for the New Business Creation Seminar This day long event will be held on Nov. 22, from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the U-M Business School in room E0540. The program is designed to give university faculty and researchers introductory knowledge about creating new businesses. The array of topics will address specific needs of university researchers. Directors from Tech Transfer, CVP and ZLI will be among the presenters as well as other faculty members and professionals well versed in new business creation. For more information, contact Carolyn Maguire at cmaguire@umich.edu. The cost of the seminar is $95.00. Director
of FDA's Office of Generic Drugs to Lead CME Session Buehler, a registered pharmacist, will address aspects of the FDA approval process such as review, inspection and monitoring. CO-lecturer for the night will be John E. Billi, M.D., the Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs. Dr. Billi is active on statewide committees involved in physician practice and quality improvement. Session attendees will receive Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Pharmacy Education credits. To register for the Oct. 29 CME/CPE program, please call the Department of Health Care Education Hotline at 800-921-8980, or contact Virginia Hosbach at 313-225-0777. Bookmark
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Supports Faculty Development in Clinical Epidemiology For consideration, submit a 1-2 page research summary, CV and a nominating letter from the department chair. Contact Denise Swayze at 763-4086 or dswayze@umich.edu. Complete details on this initiative can be found at http://www.physicianscientist.com/ Save
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lectures, colloquia and events for next week --11 a.m., Cellular & Molecular Therapeutics Seminar. Raj K. Puri, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Biology, Office of Therapeutics Research and Review, CBER, FDA, "Regulatory Perspectives on Cellular Therapeutics," Taubman Medical Library, LRC 2901 --12 p.m., Multicultural Health Brown Bag Series. Gloria J. Edwards, Ph.D., "Cultural Aspects of Care of the African American Patient," 2600 Green Road, Ste. 150 --12 p.m., 4th Annual Weisbach Lectureship in Prostate Oncology. Joel B. Nelson, M.D., the Frederic N. Schwentker Professor and Chair, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Urology, "Endothelin and Prostate Cancer," Sheldon Auditorium Wednesday, October 30, 2002 --10:30 a.m., Psychiatry Seminars. Roger L. Albin, M.D., professor of neurology, Department of Neurology, "Striatal Dysfunction: Behavior, Anatomy and Neurodegeneration," MCHC Auditorium --12 p.m., Multicultural Health Brown Bag Series. Dr. Gloria J. Edwards, Ph.D., "Cultural Aspects of Care of the African American Patient," UH 1H203 --12 p.m., Immunology Seminar. David Nemazee, Ph.D., Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, "Lymphocyte Receptor Editing," 2903 LRC --12 p.m., Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar. Juanita Merchant, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, "Beyond Regulation of Acid Secretion: Gastrin and Somatostatin as Immune Mediators", 5623 Med. Sci. II --12 p.m., U-M CAMRC Distinguished Lecture Series. Cheryl Dileo, professor, Music Therapy, Temple University, "A Meta-Analysis of Music and Medicine," MCHC --2 p.m., Medical Library Class: EndNote for Beginners. This class is for new users of the software. It will describe what EndNote does, how to create a library of references, how to enter references manually, and how to get references into a library from MEDLINE. The class will briefly demonstrate how EndNote works with word processing programs, Taubman Medical Library, LRC 3950 --3:45 p.m., Hearing and Chemical Senses Seminar. Andrew Groves, Ph.D., House Ear Institute, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, "Induction and Regeneration of the Inner Ear," HR4054 KHRI. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2002 --12 p.m., Office of Technology Transfer. Tim Peterson, Managing Partner of Arboretum Ventures & Managing and Director of UM Zell-Lurie Institute, Dwight Carlson, Chairman and CEO of Onset Management Company and Mickey Katz-Pek, Managing Partner of Biotechnology Business Consultant, "Funding Young Companies: Where money comes from and what affects is availability," M3330 Med Sci I, Lunch will be provided --12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art: Gospel, Swing & Folk by The Jefferson Street Chorale. This new local vocal ensemble is devoted to bridging the culture gap that often separates audience and performer. This event will take place at University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1.
--3 p.m., Cellular and Molecular Biology Seminar. John Coffin, Ph.D., director, HIV Drug Resistance Program National Cancer Institute, "Retrovirus Evolution," 3330 Med. Sci. I Friday, November 1, 2002 --4 p.m., The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health Lecture. James Dunn, Ph.D., University of Calgary, Department of Community Health Sciences, "Income Inequality and Mortality in American and Canadian Cities: Public programs, residential segregation, the nature of neighborhoods, and the structure of municipal finance and governance," 1214 S. University, 2nd floor, Room 259
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