Marilyn H. Vincent Professorship in Diabetes Research ceremony
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D. dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Marilyn H. Vincent Professorship in Diabetes Research and the installation of Martin G. Myers Jr., M.D., Ph.D., as the first Marilyn H. Vincent Professor. This event will take place at 5 p.m. Monday, March 24, in the BSRB Auditorium. For more information, e-mail Flora Ferrara or call 734-998-6605.
One week left to take the 08 Employee Engagement Survey The 2008 Health System Employee Engagement survey is open through March 28 for all Medical School and HHC employees. Unless you are a faculty member or house officer, this survey is for you. (Faculty and house officers will be surveyed at another time.)
Your anonymous feedback produces results that drive change. Some change happens quickly; some takes time. But it can't happen at all without your feedback, and completing the survey takes only five to 10 minutes.
If you are on a computer that cannot access "i" pages, enter the survey from the UMHS Clinical Home Page or SiteMaker: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/empl.engagement/ (authentication required)
A departmental code is required to start the survey. Get this from your supervisor or the Web site. Help ensure we get the most out of this survey. Take it today!
U-M Medical School Research Interest Group Program Deadline: April 30, 2008 The goal of this program, offered through the Office of Research, is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborative research across the University that will lead to enhanced scholarly and educational activities in research areas in which U-M should excel. The focus is on exciting, emerging areas of science in which U-M should be positioning itself for the future. The Office of Research will provide planning grants of up to $5,000 to facilitate group meetings, consultant visits, seminars or symposia that will foster the collaborative environment leading to new interactive research projects. Visit www.med.umich.edu/medschool/orgs/support/funding/interest.htm for complete details and instructions.
43rd Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology
Application Deadline: June 1, 2008
The University of Michigan School of Public Health is offering one-week and three-week courses for all public health professionals and those interested in health research during their 43rd Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology July 6 - 25. CME credit is available. For an application and more information, visit www.sph.umich.edu/epid/GSS. With questions, call Jody Gray at 734-764-5454 ore-mail umichgss@umich.edu.
National Symposium on Inflammation and Disease Progression
Wayne State University School of Medicine is hosting a complimentary national symposium on inflammation and disease progression on Thursday, April 17. Outside speakers will emphasize the role inflammation plays in cardiovascular and periodontal disease as well as cancer, diabetes, macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s. The complete program and speaker information may be found at www.inflammationconf.med.wayne.edu. There will be a maximum of 6.75 CME credits offered.
In addition, the WSU School of Medicine will host a poster session during this symposium. We are seeking graduate and postdoctoral students and junior investigators, to present a poster on the topic of inflammation from all institutions and universities. The posters will be judged by a review panel with a $500 award for the best poster, to be announced at the of the symposium.
The number of poster boards is limited. To secure a poster board, interested individuals should submit the title of their presentation to Dr. Kenneth V. Honn at khonn@med.wayne.edu no later than March 28. If you have any questions regarding this event, call Ms. Caryn Volpe at 313-577-1335.
Save the Date! Medical Education Day is June 10 Abstract Deadline: May 6
Medical Education Day highlights medical education activities at U-M, providing faculty, residents and students with an opportunity to interact and collaborate. The plenary speaker is William C. McGaghie, Ph.D., professor and associate director for the Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development for the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. The topic of the plenary session is "Interdisciplinary Health Science Education." The event will take place from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 10 in Dow Auditorium. The deadline to submit abstracts is May 6. For more information, visit the Web site.
New funding opportunity from MICHR/CTSA Pilot and Collaborative Grant Program in clinical and translational research Deadline: Tuesday, April 1
As part of the MICHR/CTSA, the Medical School, Faculty Group Practice, and many partnering U-M departments, schools, centers, and institutes, announce the next round of the Pilot Grant Program.
This program centralizes elements of administration for existing pilot programs and is designed to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and support clinical translational research. New funding being offered this round are the 5K Seed Grants and focus proposals in community engagement, health disparities and research ethics.
The deadline for submitting proposals is April 1. Submissions for the 5K Seed Grants will be accepted and reviewed on a continuous basis.
Full-time basic scientists and clinical scientists are eligible to apply. Basic scientists are encouraged to submit their applications with a clinical scientist collaborator.
For details regarding the program and application instructions, visit our Web site or contact Carol Van Huysen at cvanh@umich.edu.
The Learning Resource Center is offering free computer classes
The Learning Resource Center at the U-M School of Medicine is offering free computer classes for the Health System faculty, students and staff. Classes include:
Beginning and Advanced PowerPoint for effective communication skills.
Photoshop classes for image and graphic preparation.
A new cTools class to show how this university Web tool can be used for personal project management.
Introduction to Second Life introduces users to the popular online three-dimensional world in which the user takes on a digital body to move around and communicate with other real people within the virtual environment.
Read the March/April 2008 issue of Inside View
The March/April 2008 issue of Inside View is now online at www.med.umich.edu/insideview. In this issue:
Inside View Cam - Earth Day is April 22: What is UMHS doing to save it?
One For The Team: Dan Clauw, M.D., director of the U-M Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and associate dean for Clinical and Translational Research, is a proponent of teamwork both in the clinic and on the softball field.
Bench to Bedside: First Steps - Putting patients and families first by helping parents understand the newborn screening system.
Keep That Van Pool Rollin' - 17 years later the Jackson 1 van pool still keeps its riders happy.
Go Ergo: Grants and Awards Can Help
10 Minutes to a Better Workday - Take the 2008 Employee Engagement Survey
And more!
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! March 18
--Dr. McMorris on Michigan Radio
March 17
--Dr. Lee in Reuters story
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.ed/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.
Weekly
Joint Commission Quizlette
This week's step toward continuous readiness: Test your knowledge of medication reconciliation - Part 3.
1. MEDMARX, the national database for medication errors, collects data on medication reconciliation errors that occur at admission, during transition/transfer to another level of care and at discharge. Sort the three categories by their frequency of occurrence - from greatest to least.
A. Transition/transfer; admission; discharge
B. Admission; transition/transfer; discharge
C. Discharge; admission; transition/transfer
D. Transition/transfer; discharge; admission
2. Of the different types of errors that contributed to medication reconciliation failures, which three had accounted for 70 percent of the total number of errors?
A. Wrong drug; wrong patient; omission error
B. Improper dose/quantity; omission error; prescribing error
C. Prescribing error; wrong patient; extra dose
D. Improper dose/quantity; prescribing error; wrong patient
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
March 24, 2008 Noon Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Jeffrey W. Pollard, Ph.D., director, Center for Study of Reproductive Biology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY. His seminar is titled "Macrophages: A cellular Toolbox used by Tumors to Promote Progression and Metastasis," in Ford auditorium. Lunch will be provided, beginning at 11:30 a.m., in the Ford Lobby.
4 p.m. Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series. Sharon Bickel, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of
Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College will present, "Good Eggs Gone Bad: The Role of Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Age-Dependent
Meiotic Nondisjunction," in 5915 Buhl (Classroom).
Tuesday,
March 25, 2008 1 p.m. Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Jung-Ja Kim, Ph.D, professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Biochemistry will present, "Evolution of an Enzyme Active Site: Structure of Human Very Long chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase," in room 6311 Med. Sci. I.
3 p.m. Michigan Translational Research Seminar. Roderick J. Little, Ph.D., chair, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan will present, "The design of clinical investigations -- causality and evidence," in the Danto Auditorium.
Wednesday,
March 26, 2008
10:30 a.m. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference in the Rachel Upjohn Building Auditorium.
Noon Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Stephen J. Tapscott, M.D., Ph.D., member, Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, professor, University of Washington presents "The circuitry of a master switch: Myod and the regulation of skeletal muscle gene expression," in Seminar room A, B and C, Biomedical Science Research Building.
Noon Bioethics Grand Round. David Sandberg, Ph.D.,
director, Division of Child Behavioral Health within the Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases will present, "Psychosocial Aspects of Height and its Medical Management" in the MCHC Auditorium.
3 p.m. Epidemiology Seminar. David Cho, Ph.D., MPH program officer, Influenza Vaccines, RSV & HMPV, Influenza, SARS and Related Viral Respiratory Diseases Section, RDB/DMID/NIAID/NIH speaking on "Life as a NIAID Influenza Program Officer: The Currrent Status of Pandemic Flu Vaccines," in the Lane Family Auditorium, School of Public Health I.
Thursday,
March 27, 2008 12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Harp-Oboe Duo by Laurel Federbush and Sue Owen-Bissiri, UH Main Lobby, floor 1
1
p.m. Evolution and Human Adaptation Program Lecture. Professor Douglas Kenrick from Arizona State University will present "Evolutionary social cognition: How the mind warps," in Conference Room 4443, East Hall.
4
p.m. Pathology Research Seminar Series. Randall W. King, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Cell Biology, Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, "Dissecting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System with Chemical Genetics and Mass Spectometry," in room 4234 Med. Sci I.
