President Coleman to Present at the 7th Annual Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002, at 4 p.m., U-M President Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., will present "Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late" at the 7th Annual Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship on Ethics and Values in Medicine. The event will take place at the Ford Amphitheatre (University Hospital Floor 2). President Coleman is professor of Biological Chemistry, U-M Medical School, and co-chair of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance.

The Waggoner Lectureship is an annual event sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and the Medical School in honor of Raymond W. Waggoner, M.D., Emeritus Professor and past chair of the department. Each year the lectureship brings a national/international expert to explore cutting-edge issues related to ethics and values in medicine.

New UMMS Lunch & Learn Schedule Online
There is a new Lunch and Learn Schedule online. The schedule covers three months of sessions and is linked to the Staff Home Page. You can also find the sessions listed in the seminar section of E-News a week before the scheduled date.

The U-M CAMRC Announces New Scholars
The U-M Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center (CAMRC) announces the selection of the 2002-2003 faculty scholars for the new Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare (FSP). The FSP is a year-long, ten-day program that will provide academic faculty participants with a rich array of resources to develop evidence-based curricula in integrative health. Please congratulate the first interdisciplinary cohort of scholars:

Jane Dutton, Ph.D., School of Business
Maya Hammoud, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
Ziad Kronfol, M.D., Psychiatry
Amy Saunders, M.D., General Medicine
Brett Seabury, Ph.D., School of Social Work
Leslie Shimp, M.D., College of Pharmacy
Alan C.Tsai, Ph.D., School of Public Health

For more information, visit http://www.med.umich.edu/camrc
If you have questions, contact Sara Warber, M.D. or Rita Benn, Ph.D. at 998-7715.

The Office of Clinical Affairs to Host the Physician Wellness Series
On Sept. 18, 2002, the Office of Clinical Affairs will be hosting lectures by Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D. and Mary O. Sotile, M.A as part of the Physician Wellness Series. For more than 20 years, the Sotiles have co-directed a thriving psychological practice. They have lectured and authored on subjects such as, the work/family juggling act and keys to stress resilience in couples, families and business.

Please join us for the following lectures scheduled on Sept. 18.:
--8:30 a.m. "Promoting a Positive Interpersonal Culture in the Medical Workplace" in Dow Auditorium
--11 a.m. "The Medical Marriage: Balancing Work and Life" in Dow Auditorium
--2 p.m. (again at 5:30 p.m)."The Resilient Physician & Medical Organization: Keys to Staying on Course" in Ford Auditorium

Call the Office of Clinical Affairs for more information at 6-3599. There is no need to RSVP.

Making Sense in the Matter and Fact of Growing Older
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002, at 4 p.m., Dr. Paul Theerman of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, will present a lecture entitled "The Ages of Man: Making Sense in the Matter and Fact of Growing Older." The lecture will celebrate the opening of the University Library exhibit, "The Seven Ages of Man: The Human Life Cycle Throughout Medical History.'" Dr. Theerman's talk will explore the relations between physiological and psychological aging and social and cultural expectations of people at different stages of life. The exhibit features rare books and materials from the Taubman Medical Library's Rare Book Room that document how medical science has viewed the seven ages of life from ancient times through the 19th century.The lecture and exhibit will take place in the Special Collections Library, 7th Floor Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. A reception will follow immediately after the lecture.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Historical Center for the Health
Sciences, Special Collections Library, Taubman Medical Library, University Library, and the Victor C. Vaughan Society for the History of Medicine. For more information, contact Wanda Monroe at (734) 936-3814 or send e-mail to wgm@umich.edu.

PMCH Cultural Diversity Physical Activity Survey
The UMHS's Program for Multicultural Health (PMCH) is launching a statewide web survey from Sept.15 through Oct. 15 to carefully examine the multicultural relationships with physical activity.

Please take a moment to visit our web site: http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural and click on physical activity at the upper right hand corner of our home page. It should only take a few minutes to complete the survey. The information that is gathered from this survey will assist the PMCH's continued efforts in working towards eliminating cultural disparities in health.

Lecture Examines AIDS in India, Thailand and Africa
Frederick de Sam Lazaro, correspondent for the PBS news program, “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will give the 2002 Graham Hovey Lecture on “Facing AIDS in India, Thailand and Africa” at 4:30 p.m., on Sept. 27. The event will be held at Wallace House Gardens, 620 Oxford Road. De Sam Lazaro studied medical reporting as a 1988-89 Michigan Journalism Fellow. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by St. John’s University of Collegeville, Minnesota, in recognition of his reporting on AIDS from India and Africa. A reception, hosted by Interim Provost Paul Courant, and Earl Lewis, Dean of the Rackham Graduate School, will follow the lecture. For more information and to RSVP, call (734) 998-7666.

Functional MRI Fall Symposium 2002
The Functional MRI Lab will be conducting their Fall Symposium 2002 on Sept. 27, 2002, from 8-4:30, in room 4448, East Hall. There will be 12 presenters from Michigan State University, Wayne State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the U-M. Register by e-mailing egochis@umich.edu by Sept. 20. The complete agenda is located on our website, http://www.bme.umich.edu/fmri/.

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
- M-CARE announces executive promotions
- Events focus on children's vision
- Anti-angiogenesis cancer drug shows promise

Next Week's Health Minute
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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

--9:30 a.m., Seminar in Children's Health Services Research. Harold Pollack, Ph.D., assistant professor of Health Management and Policy, "Policy Choices in Caring for Low-income Children with Special Health Care Needs, " 300 North Ingalls Building

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. Dr. B. Brett Finlay, professor of Biotechnology, University of British Columbia, "Gut Feelings: Pathogenic E. Coli Interactions with Host Cells," Room 3330 Med Sci I. Refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.

--12 p.m., Education Skills Workshop Series. This series of educational development workshops is designed to improve faculty teaching and augment your educational skills. The workshops are open to medical and allied health faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff. Advanced registration is recommended, but not required--feel free to drop in. This event will be held at G2314.

--12 p.m., PM&R Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System Lecture Series. Ronald Maio, D.O, M.S., FACEP, associate professor and associate Chair, research director, Injury Research Center, "Alcohol and SCI," UH B1H102

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