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. Below are the days, times and locations for office hours in the coming month. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions:
Thursday, Mar. 6 at 4:30 p.m. in VA, room A917, 9th floor
Wednesday, Mar. 19 at 11:30 a.m. in 2955 Taubman Library, CAP Conference Room
March 7 and 8: 90th Annual Galens Smoker: "Billy Medicine"
The Galens Smoker is a theatrical production written and produced entirely by medical students. The annual show pokes fun at the medical community at-large through singing, dancing, music and acting. This year's show, "Billy Medicine" follows a group of U-M doctors who are discovered to never have passed medical school, and thus must go back and complete all four years in a matter of weeks or risk losing their jobs. Hilarity and hijinx ensure as these docs stumble their way through med school! Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the Michigan League.
Tickets can be purchased from Smoker Cast members in the Medical School Lobby and in the University Hospital Cafeteria from 11a.m. - 2 p.m. Feb. 25 - 29 and March 3 - 7. Tickets will be $10 when purchased in person, $11 online, or $12 at the door the evening of the performance.
Remaking American Medicine: Hand in Hand
UMHS Patient & Family Centered Care Committee invites faculty, staff and students to view the fourth episode of "Remaking American Medicine," a four-part PBS series that explores innovative solutions to quality of care issues being taken by health care institutions, from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the MCHC Auditorium.
Episode 4: "Hand in Hand" focuses on how unique partnerships between patients, families, and providers are tranforming a teaching hospital.
A panel discussion with Health System leadership will follow viewing of "Hand in Hand."
Nominate a well-being or well-work unit today!
Do you know a UMHS employee or team who carries the healthy lifestyle torch or an employee who demonstrates a personal commitment to wellness? Is there someone in your work area who strives for well-being?
Every quarter, the MFit Employee Wellness Program presents the Well-Being Award to UMHS employees and teams who personify the UMHS strategic principle, Taking Care of Our Own, by maintaining and improving their health so they're at their best when caring for patients and families.
Nominate a co-worker or work unit for the Well-Being Award using the online form. Awardees will be recognized at the quarterly UMHS Employee Recognition ceremony March 19.
Writing a systematic review?
Writing a Systematic Review? Do you need help with literature searching for a systematic review or practice guideline? Librarians at the Health Sciences Libraries are expert searchers and can meet with you to devise search strategies in biomedical databases to ensure that you are doing a complete search. Alternately, librarians can do the searches for you for modest fees. For more information, e-mail medical.library@umich.edu, medlibrary@med.umich.edu or call the Reference Desk at 734-763-3071.
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!
Feb 21
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- Dr. Langa in USA Today, Boston Globe
Feb. 25
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- MFit's Fitzgerald in HealthDay, washingtonpost.com
Feb. 26
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- Dr. Tait on Reuters news wire
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.edu/news
Medical School FAQs
Not sure where to get your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School answered? The FAQ page links to a variety of resources on such things as information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists some useful U-M resources.
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
March 3, 2008
4:00 p.m. Department of Human Genetics Seminar. Kryn Stankunas, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Department of
Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University will present "Regulation of Chromatin and Extracellular Landscapes of the Developing
Heart" in 5915 Buhl.
Tuesday,
March 4, 2008 3 p.m. Michigan Translational Research Seminar. Richard A. Brandon, Assistant General Counsel, University of Michigan, will present "Patents and Tech Transfer Issues in University Research" in Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center
4 p.m. Vision Research Seminar. Jindan Yu, Ph.D., research investigator, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, will present "Probing the Mechanisms of Retinal Development and Degeneration with Next-Generation Sequencing," Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
Wednesday,
March 5, 2008
Noon Immunology Seminar. Anne I. Sperling, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Chicago, will present "Up-shifting and down-shifting the Th2-mediated inflammatory response," in the West Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II.
3 p.m. Epidemiology Seminar. Alan Hubbard, Ph.D., assistant professor, Biostatistics, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley speaking on "Population Intervention Models," in the Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, School of Public Health I
4 p.m. Molecular and Integrative Physiology Seminar. Mark Opp, Ph.D., professor, Anesthesiology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, will present "Sickness-induced alterations in sleep: cytokines in action," in 7745 Med. Sci II.
5 p.m. Radiology Grand Rounds. William Weadock, M.D., clinical associate professor, Radiology Department, will present "Ergonomics for the Radiologist," in the MCHC Auditorium.
Thursday,
March 6, 2008 10:00 a.m. Free lecture on black theater in the 21st century in Ballroom, Best Western Conference Center
2900 Jackson Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103 . Aku Kadogo, professor and director of Black Theater and World Performance Studies at Wayne State University describes individuals who are doing multimedia work and diverse groups presenting diverse themes. This is the first in a six-part lecture series entitled "Contemporary Trends in the Media, Arts and Literature." Call 734-998-9351 to register. Deadline to register: 03/05/2008. For more information, visit http://www.olliumich.org.
Noon Vision Research Seminar. Simon W.M. John, Ph.D., senior staff scientist , The Jackson Laboratory Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will present, "Using inherited mouse glaucoma models to understand glaucoma"," Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. ClassicalL solo piano by Xiofeng W, UH Main Lobby, floor 1
1:30
p.m. Evolution and Human Adaptation Program Lecture. Professor David Buss, University of Texas will be presenting "Sexual conflict in human mating," in Conference Room 4447, East Hall.
4:00 p.m. Pathology Research Seminar. Graham Brady, doctoral candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pathology and the Medical Scientist Training Program (mentor: Colin Duckett, Ph.D.) will present "Novel roles for XIAP in copper metabolism" in 4234, Medical Science I. For more information, visit http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/gradprogram/Seminar.html.
