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:
Wednesday, Mar. 19 at 11:30 a.m. in 2955 Taubman Library, CAP Conference Room
Monday, April 14 at 8 a.m., in University Hospital 2G207
Animal Care Program Accreditation visit begins March 10
The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) will be visiting U-M March 10 - 13. AAALAC's voluntary accreditation process allows research programs to demonstrate that they meet the minimum standards required by law, and are also going the extra step to achieve excellence in animal care and use. In addition to visiting animal housing and support areas, they will be visiting laboratories where surgeries are conducted on animals. If you encounter the site visitors during their visit, feel free to say hello and welcome them. If you have any questions, please contact the UCUCA Office at 734-763-8028.
IRMED workshops now enrolling
IRBMED offers workshops to aid researchers in using eResearch, writing informed consent documents, documenting consent for non-English speaking participants, and understanding federal regulations that apply to human subject research.
New funding opportunity announced by the 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 specifically to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and support clinical translational research in its many forms. 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, please visit the program's Web site. For questions, contact the MICHR Pilot Program manager, Carol Van Huysen at 734-998-6885 or cvanh@umich.edu.
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 - 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 transforming a teaching hospital.
A panel discussion with Health System leadership will follow viewing of "Hand in Hand."
Funds Available: Nathan Shock Center Deadline: Saturday,
March 15
The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in Aging sponsors an Aging Transgenic Rodent/Pathology Core. The goal of the ATRPC is to provide both scientific and financial assistance to U-M researchers who wish to develop and study aged mice whose genotypes make them particularly valuable for the study of problems in the cell and molecular biology of aging. Studies of spontaneous or induced mutants, knock-outs and transgenic animals are eligible for consideration. The Shock Center is funded by the NIA and is headed by John Faulkner, Ph.D. The ATRPC core is directed by Evan Keller.
The ATRPC is likely to make up to four such awards annually. Typical support is $6,000-$10,000 annually for one to two years. UCUCA approval is required before mice can be obtained or used in the proposal, but is not required prior to application. All questions can be e-mailed to Evan Keller at etkeller@umich.edu. For application, contact Terri Gorowski at terrilg@umich.edu.
RFA for Stem Cell Research Proposals Deadline: Saturday, March 15
The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, the Center for Stem Cell Biology and the Life Sciences Institute seek research proposals for innovative stem cell research at the University of Michigan. Applications related to all areas of stem cell research will be considered, but we are particularly interested in proposals involving the use of embryonic stem cell lines not approved for NIH funding, and thus requiring private donor funding. Proposals will be judged primarily based on scientific merit, as well as the potential to lead to new treatments for human disease. Successful applicants will receive up to $100,000 for one year, with the possibility of a second year of support, depending on progress.
To apply, please submit a two-page research proposal (not including references), along with a brief budget summary and an NIH-format biosketch (as a single PDF) by March 15 to Ms. Rebecca Fritts (rebap@umich.edu), Center for Stem Cell Biology. For more information, please visit http://www.lsi.umich.edu/facultyresearch/centers/stemcellbiology.
Cancer Research Summer Internship Program (CaRSIP)
As part of its Cancer Biology Training Program, the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, in part with funding from the National Institutes of Health is providing exposure to cancer research for highly motivated and talented college undergraduates. This program will give the successful applicants an opportunity to explore potential careers in the field of cancer. Internships are aimed at students who are completing their sophomore or junior undergraduate year this spring.
In keeping with the terms of the NIH grant, we especially encourage applications from individuals from minority groups that are currently underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research.
The program will run for a 10-week period from June 2 - Aug. 8 (with some flexibility possible). Only U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens are eligible to apply. Interns will be paid a $4,500 stipend. Download Application.
Free stem cell documentary film screening March 12 at the Michigan Theater
Watch "LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING: STEM CELL RESEARCH, The People, The Politics, The Science, The Hope," at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 12 at the Michigan Theater. This free documentary film screening will also include an introduction by CBS "60 Minutes" Mike Wallace and will feature Sean Morrison, M.D.
U-M junior Michael Rubyan's new documentary film tells the stories of five American families living with the painful realities of juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's and spinal cord injury set against the national debate over embryonic stem cell research. As the debate continues in Washington and across the country, three generations reveal their challenges, their frustration with the president's policy, and the hope that more funding for embryonic stem cell research will lead to new treatments and cures to relieve their suffering and save their lives.
Life is for the Living also explores the science behind stem cell research and the political debate taking place across the nation.
This event is co-sponsored by the U-M Center for Stem Cell Biology.
Nominations being accepted for 2008 UMHS Volunteer Distinguished Service Awards
Four Distinguished Service Awards are given each year by the UMHS Department of Volunteer Services to recognize a student volunteer, a community volunteer, a group or organization, and a volunteer placement supervisor. Please consider for nomination a student or community volunteer who provides extraordinary service to patients, families, visitors and staff; a community group or organization (Kiwanis, Med Buddies, Girl and Boy Scouts, etc.) that exhibits commitment to the health system through community service; and a UMHS staff person who provides a placement setting, mentorship, supervision and support for the volunteers in his/her program, department or area. Please submit your on-line nominations for the Distinguished Service Awards by Friday, March 21 at www.med.umich.edu/volunteer.
Biomedical News Online - March 2008 The Biomedical News is available online for immediate viewing. The March 2008 issue contains information on: the Center for Chemical Genomics Pilot Project Initiative awardees, the MICHR / CTSA Pilot and Collaborative Grant Program in Clinical and Translational Research, annual outside interest disclosure using M-Inform, the 43rd Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, research compliance training and education, updates from Washington, various funding and award opportunities, and UMMS awarded grants and research publications.
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 4
-- Dr. Tait in HealthDay and washingtonpost.com
-- Dr. Heyman in Washington Post
March 2
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- Ann Arbor News features record-setting pediatric heart patient
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. 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 1
1. To reconcile medications means to:
A. throw out medications that are no longer being taken or are expired
B. read all instructions on the medication container before taking it
C. compare current medications that are being taken with new medications that are being given and to correct any discrepancies
D. report all side effects of medications that are experience
2. Vitamins are not included in The Joint Commission's definition of a medication
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
March 10, 2008 Noon Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Simon N. Powell, M.D., Ph.D., professor, chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. His seminar is titled "Targeting DNA Repair by Homologous Recombination in Human Tumors," in Ford Auditorium.
4 p.m. Neuroscience Program Seminar. Loren Frank, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physiology, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, presents "New places and new representations: Hippocampal plasticity during learning" in 2260, Undergraduate Science Building.
Tuesday,
March 11, 2008 3 p.m.Michigan Translational Research Seminar. William Herman, M.D., Internal Medicine, University of Michigan will present in the Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center.
Wednesday,
March 12, 2008
10:30 a.m. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Larry Siever, M.D., executive director, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, MIRECC, professor of psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine presents "New Perspectives on Neurobiology of Personality Disorders," Rachel Upjohn Building Auditorium.
Noon Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Colin Duckeett, Ph.D., associate professor, Departments of Pathlogy and Internal Medicine, associate director, Moleular Mechanisms of Disease Program, U-M, will present " Multiple cellular roles for IAP proteins," in Seminar rooms A, B and C in the Biomedical Science Research Building.
4 p.m. Molecular and Integrative Physiology Seminar. Venkatesh Murthy, professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University will present "Synaptic circuts and odor representation in the olfactory bulb" in room 7745 Med. Sci. II.
5 p.m. Radiology Grand Rounds. Alexis Nees, M.D., assistant professor, Radiology Department, will present "Axillary Ultrasound: Pre-operative Staging of Breast Cancer," in the MCHC Auditorium.
Thursday,
March 13, 2008 4 p.m., Pathology Research Seminar. Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., professor of surgery and founding director, BioMMS Resource Center, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, presents "Cell-based diagnostics using microchips" in 4234, Med. Sci. I. For more information, please visit http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/gradprogram/Seminar.html.
Friday,
March 14, 2008 Noon Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Blake J. Roessler, M.D., associate professor, internal medicine and pharmaceutics, will present "Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoarthritis" in Ford Auditorium.
