Jan. 31: Cheng-Yang Chang Professorship in Pediatric Urology ceremony
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Cheng-Yang Chang Professorship in Pediatric Urology and the installation of John M. Park, M.D., as the first Chang Professor, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Ford Amphitheatre. For more information, e-mail Flora Ferrara or call 734-998-6605.
The Art of Close Looking: Critical Observation in Gallery and Clinic
The U-M Department of Urology invites the University community and general public to attend this Grand Rounds lecture by Professor James Steward, director U-M Museum of Art at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Ford Auditorium.
His lecture combines two seemingly different fields, art and medicine, to offer insight on "close looking." This lecture marks the inauguration of the Art & Medicine lecture series in honor of the Chang family, who link Chinese art and Michigan urology. For more info contact Steffanie Fineman 734-615-9843 or ssamuels@umich.
The U-M Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM.
Health Informatics Grand Rounds presents Martha E. Pollack, Ph.D.
From 4 - 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Martha E. Pollack, Ph.D. professor and dean, U-M School of Information, will present, "Intelligent Assistive Technology: The Present and the Future."
Pollack’s talk will focus on assistive technology for people with cognitive impairment. She will review state-of-the-art, and discuss future, design challenges and opportunities. Recent advances in wireless sensor networks and artificial intelligence inference strategies have made it possible to envision a wide range of technologies that can improve the lives of people with physical, cognitive and/or psycho-social impairments. An important theme will be that the usefulness and effectiveness of these systems depend on being adaptive to the highly individualized and changing needs of their users.
Geriatrics and Biology of Aging Pilot Grant Competition Deadline: Monday, Feb. 4
The University of Michigan Geriatrics Center announces the availability of funds to support pilot/feasibility research in Geriatrics and in the Biology of Aging. Proposals may involve biomedical science, clinical physiology and pathophysiology, health services research, behavioral and social science research, or investigations into the basic biology of aging.
Pilot grant funding is available to full-time faculty at the University of Michigan. Most will be awarded to junior faculty, but more senior scientists are encouraged to apply if they are seeking support for new initiatives in aging or geriatrics research. Awards are for one year and will not exceed $40,000, although awardees are permitted to apply for a second year of funding on a competitive basis. At least five awards will be made.
Applications must be submitted by Monday, Feb. 4. For an application form, contact Jane Heibel at jheibel@umich.edu or 734-647-1956. For more information, e-mail Susan Brooks at svbrooks@umich.edu.
Cardiovascular Center research award competition
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center is seeking applications for the CVC Research Award Competition. There are three separate awards available this year:
McKay Grant Competition: Grants have generally range from $5,000 to $25,000. This competition is intended to assist new cardiovascular investigators, within any U-M discipline related to cardiovascular disease, to initiate projects that will lead to extramural funding. The PI must have a primary faculty appointment within U-M.
Barr Discovery Grant Competition: New this year, this competition is intended to award proposals that study neurological complications stemming from cardiovascular disease.
Gelman Innovation/Innovator Grant Competition: This competition is intended to award innovative approaches to, or innovators in, general cardiovascular science.
Please share this information with your colleagues throughout the university.
January Applause! is now online Applause! is an online newsletter that recognizes the achievements of faculty, staff, students and departments within the Health System. The January issue is now available. Several from the Medical School are recognized in this issue:
UMHS teams up with March of Dimes for eighth annual HealthWalk
Stern receives best article award for article on the study of hereditary improvement
Bhavnani and team win distinguished paper award
Visit the Applause! Web site and submit a story idea for people doing great work around the Health System.
Go Inside the Michigan Difference
Now you can see all the Michigan Difference TV commercials, the newspaper ads and hear our radio advertisements all under one roof at Inside the Michigan Difference. Get an inside look at the U-M Health System advertising campaign and see each month where our advertisements will be featured in newspapers, magazines, radio stations and on which television channels.
Inside the Michigan Difference can always be found via theInside View home page. Just click on the Inside the Michigan Difference banner to launch the site.
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! Jan. 17
--Dr. Sandler in AP, NY Times
Jan. 14
--Dr. Wessells in Ann Arbor News
--Dr. Clauw quoted in New York Times
--Howard Markel quoted in USA Today flu story
--Dr. Tarini on XM radio
Jan. 11
--Life Sciences Orchestra profiled in Michigan Daily
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,
Jan. 21, 2008 Noon. Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Julia H. Rowland, Ph.D., director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, presents "Cancer Survivorship: New Directions in Research and Care, in the Ford Auditorium. Lunch will be provided, beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the Ford Lobby.
Tuesday,
Jan. 22, 2008 Noon. CQI Brown Bag. Lillie Carter and Margaret Hennings, Health Information Management, explains myPHR ," MCHC Auditorium.
3 p.m. Michigan Translational Research Seminar. Carol Bradford, M.D., professor, Department of Otolaryngology, presents "Bedside to Bench and Back," in the Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center.
4 p.m. Department of Human Genetics Seminar. Faculty Candidate, Shuhei Matsuoka, Ph.D., research fellow, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass., presents"Exploring the DNA Damage Response by Phospho-Proteomic Analysis of ATM/ATR Substrates," in 5915 Buhl.
Wednesday,
Jan. 23, 2008
9:30 a.m. Cell and Developmental Biology. Margaret M. Chou, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, presents "Molecular functions of the De-ubiquitinating Enzyme TRE17/USP6 in Huamn Neoplasia,"in seminar room A, B & C, Biomedical Science Research Building.
10:30 a.m. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Helen Kales, M.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School; medical director, Geriatric Depression Program, U-M Depression Center; and director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, presents "The Impact of Race on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression," in the Rachel Upjohn Building Garden Level Auditorium.
Noon. Bioethics Grand Rounds. Janet Gilsdorf, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, and Susan Goold, M.D., director of the Medical School's Bioethics Program, presents "Infringement of your Civil Rights: Should the HPV and Other Vaccines be Mandatory," MCHC Auditorium.
4 p.m. Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series. Christin Carter-Su, Ph.D., professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Michigan Diabetes Research Center, Medical School,presents "The role of the tyrosine kinase JAK2 in actions of growth hormone," in 7745 Med. Sci. II.
Thursday,
Jan. 24, 2008 12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Classical Piano by Christina Thayer Fox, in the UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
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p.m. Pathology Research Seminar. Raul Munoz-Planillo, graduate student, Molecular and Cellular Pathology (mentor: Gabriel Nunez, M.D.), presents "Role of NLRs in response to Staphylococcus aureus infection," in 4234 Med. Sci. I.
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p.m., Department of Human Genetics Seminar. Faculty Candidate, Alexander Gimelbrant, Ph.D., research fellow, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, presents "Widespread Monoallelic Expression in the Human Genome," in the 2710 Furstenberg Student Study Center.
