Welcome to the University of Michigan Medical School E-News, your source for quick and current news from the medical school community.

New publication replaces Daily Bulletin, E-News and Community Beat June 3
On Friday, June 3, Public Relations and Marketing Communications will launch a new online publication called Health System Headlines that will reach all UMHS faculty, staff and students.

Health System Headlines will feature UMHS news, announcements, calendar events and more! The new and improved daily email and website will completely replace the Daily Bulletin, Community Beat calendar and Medical School E-News, and will incorporate stories from Inside View. 

Please note:  You cannot submit items to Health System Headlines before June 3.   If you have an announcement or event occurring after June 3, please wait to submit.  All items occurring or being announced before this date, should still be submitted to the Daily Bulletin/Medical School E-News. We will move any previously submitted items to the new site for you. 

We’ll begin communicating broadly about Health System Headlines in the coming days, and the Bulletin and E-News will cease publication on June 2. Watch your email for more details on June 2, and the first edition of Health System Headlines on June 3!

From the Dean's Office

Reception for Thomas Schwenk, M.D., departing U-M for University of Nevada
You are invited to a reception honoring Dr. Thomas L. Schwenk and his many significant contributions to the U-M Health System.

Dr. Schwenk, the George A. Dean, M.D., Chair of Family Medicine; Professor, Department of Medical Education; and Associate Director, U-M Depression Center, is leaving U-M on July 1 to assume the role of Dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences at the University of Nevada Reno.

The reception will be held on Tuesday, June 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Towsley Lobby. There will be remarks at 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.  

EVPMA May Newsletter: Life in 4D - Time Management & Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is fundamental to our physical, mental and emotional wellness, as well as our productivity in – and satisfaction with – our professional and personal lives. In my experience, the key to balancing work and life effectively comes down to time management.  Over the course of my life and career, I’ve found that the best strategy for time management is following the Pareto Principle.

To read the entire newsletter from Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D.,Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, U-M, and CEO, UMHS, visit: http://www.umevpma.org.                                                                                                     

MDRTC Now Accepting Applications for Pilot & Feasibility Studies
The Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center (MDRTC) NIH grant supports research initiatives by new and established U-M faculty.

Grant proposals may be in areas of basic biomedical research or clinical, behavioral, epidemiological, health services or translational research.

Proposals should address key questions in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention or control of diabetes, its complications, or related endocrine or metabolic disorders.

Translational research projects should focus on the translation of research advances into clinical practice and include the identification of barriers to widespread adoption of new science and the testing of interventions to overcome these barriers. Proposals are for one year of support with requested funding up to $50,000. Anticipated funding would begin in early December 2011.

For more information, visit the website.

June 8: An Evening with Jeff Leiden, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Jeffrey Leiden is a Managing Director of Clarus Ventures in Cambridge, MA. Prior to joining that venture capital firm, Dr. Leiden was President and COO of Abbott Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals Products Group. He’s also held numerous prestigious academic appointments including Associate Professor of Medicine of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the U-M where he studied the transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular and immune cell development.

With opening remarks by Julia Owens, Senior VP at Lycera, this free event will occur from 5 - 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8 at the North Campus Research Complex, Building 18.

Sponsored by BioArbor and UMMS Business Development. Registration is required at www.bioarbor.com/nextmeeting/.

Clinical

Important information about faxing Protected Health Information
The UMHS Compliance Office is seeing an increase in privacy incidents due to misdialing of fax numbers. Misdirected faxes outside of UMHS may result in a reportable HIPAA privacy violation.

Before you fax protected health information, please make sure you are familiar with the proper procedures. More information and tools are available at the Compliance Office website.

Administrative

Medical student involvement in LCME accreditation
We continue to make good progress on our LCME reaccreditation and are particularly proud of how engaged the medical students are in the process. The Medical Student Committee developed and distributed an independent student survey earlier this year, providing students an opportunity to evaluate our educational programs, student support services and learning resources and environment. An outstanding 80% response rate illustrates our students’ commitment to this initiative and the School.

Biomedical Science Weekly Calendar

Departmental Calendars

Major Events and Conferences

Student Seminars and Thesis Defense