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to the University of Michigan Medical School E-News, your
source for quick and current news from the medical school
community.
E-News will not be published on Friday, Dec. 19, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 due to the holiday break. E-News will return on Friday, Jan. 9.
Dec. 8: Attend Dean Woolliscroft's office hours program
Since beginning the "office hours" program, Dean Woolliscroft has met informally with many faculty, staff and students who have provided him with valuable comments and suggestions on how to enhance our efforts and make a great school even better. The final session for 2008 takes place from 4 - 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in 1H202 University Hospital. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions.
Dec. 10: Ceremony for Saroja Adusumilli Collegiate Professorship in Radiology
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to Wednesday, Dec. 10, inauguration of the Saroja Adusumilli Collegiate Professorship in Radiology and the installation of Richard H. Cohan, M.D., as the first Adusumilli Professor. The Ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, e-mail Dawn Bednarski or call 734-998-7622.
Mentored Research Training Program (KL2) request for applications
Application Deadline: Jan. 12
The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research is seeking applicants for its KL2 Mentored Clinical Scholars Program. The Program supports fellows and junior clinical faculty while developing their careers in clinical research. Appointed scholars are expected to obtain 75 percent (50 percent for surgical subspecialties) protected funding from their clinical departments in order to participate. Suitable candidates are junior clinical faculty, mid-career faculty interested in changing their career focus from basic to clinical research, and fellows with a strong academic background who wish to pursue an academic career based on clinical/translational research. Candidates must be nominated and obtain funding commitment by their department chair and display clear potential for academic success. For more information, e-mail mhelms@umich.edu , call 734-998-6061 or visit the Web site.
Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition Application Deadline: Monday, Jan. 12
The Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine announces its fourth annual postdoctoral fellowship competition. To enhance and enrich genetics research at the U-M by increasing basic science, clinical and translational research opportunities, the Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine offers two postdoctoral fellowship awards annually. Each fellowship will provide one year of funding for individuals who wish to undertake a research project in the field of genetics in health and medicine. We encourage projects that are interdisciplinary, with co-mentorship by faculty in clinical and basic sciences in the Medical School or co-mentorship across different schools. For more information, please visit the Web site.
Buy a 2009 Student Alliance for Global REACH calendar and help support medical student mission trips!
Each year U-M medical students donate their time during spring break and summer to organize projects in developing countries. They work in free clinics, educate communities on hygiene and health care and learn about the host countries health system. Your calendar purchase of $19.95 will help finance these trips. Calendars will be for sale from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the University Hospital Cafeteria on the following dates:
Friday, Dec. 5
Monday, Dec. 8
Wednesday, Dec. 17
The 2009 Student Alliance for Global REACH calendar contains photos taken by students during their 2008 trips. The photos reflect their projects and commitment to global health.
Jan. 17: Michigan Gastrointestinal Peptide Research Center Retreat The Michigan Gastrointestinal Peptide Research Center cordially invites you to attend their annual Winter retreat from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in Palmer Commons. The distinguished guest speaker will be Bishr Omary, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, who will present "The keratin cytoskeleton participates and precipitates in liver disease."
For more information, to register and reserve a poster for the event, e-mail Pam Varga at pglazer@umich.edu or call 734-647-2942.
Biomedical News Online - November/December 2008
The November/December 2008 issue of Biomedical News is now online. This issue contains information on: Stephan Taylor appointed new IRBMED Vice Chair; the BMRC Bridging Support Program for Basic Science Research; the Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Research; the new NIH policy on resubmission (amended) applications; searching the online archives of Biomedical News; MCRU consolidating two performance sites; BRCF holiday closing schedules; research compliance training and education; frequently asked questions; updates from Washington; kudo; funding and award opportunities; and UMMS awarded grants and research publications.
MHealthy's Winter 2009 Exercise and Relaxation Classes
Registration for MHealthy's Winter session of exercise and relaxation classes has begun! Classes begin on Monday, Jan. 8 and range from Zumba, Step Aerobics, Body sculpting, Nia, Yoga and Pilates to our newest class, Fitness Fencing! For more information or to register, please visit the Web site or call 734-975-3024 (dial all seven digits).
Changes in University Hospital retail food services - University Hospital Cafeteria and EinsteinBros. Bagels
Effective Monday, Dec. 8, staff will have more food choices, more often, when the University Hospital Cafeteria and Einstein Bros. Bagels change hours of operation. The University Hospital Cafeteria will expand its hours to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will offer a greater variety of foods at a wider range of price points. For staff convenience, the breakfast service will now start an hour earlier, at 6 a.m., and foods such as sushi, fresh 'n healthy salads, grab and go sandwiches and 99-cent menu items will be available from 9 p.m. - 7 a.m.
Einstein Bros. Bagels, situated within the University Hospital Cafeteria, is changing its hours of operation from 6 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. - 3 p.m. on weekends. All other retail food venue hours remain unchanged.
These changes are taking place based on customer feedback and will broaden food quality and choices for the entire Health System staff, students and trainees, especially those who work evening and midnight shifts.
U-M
Makes the News!
M-News Now is a Web page with timely information about members of the UMHS
community who are in the news. See who is being interviewed or where their
comments are being published at M-News
Now! Dec. 2 --Dr. Leo in Associated Press
Dec. 1
--Dr. Freed in Associated Press
News
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Medical School FAQs
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Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Tuesday,
Dec. 9, 2008 Noon, Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Carolyn Price, professor, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, will present "Making Caps for Chromosomes: Telomere Replication and Protection," in room 6331 Med. Sci. I.
Wednesday,
Dec. 10, 2008
10:30 a.m.,
Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference. Open only to clinicians and staff affiliated with the U-M or Washtenaw County Community Mental Health. (CME not given).
Thursday,
Dec. 11, 2008 Noon, Vision Research Seminar. Andrew F.X. Goldberg, Ph.D., associate professor, Biomedical Sciences, Oakland University, who will present "Photoreceptor structure and degeneration: scaffolding for dynamic membrane architecture and cell viability," in Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium.
12:10
p.m., Gifts of Art. Music of the season by the Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra, UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
4 p.m., Pathology Research Seminar Series. Sara Monroe, doctoral candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pathology (mentor: Jay Hess, M.D., Ph.D.) will present "Identification and Characterization of an MLL Fusion Partner-Associated Complex: MPAC," in 4234 Med. Sci. I.
