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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, June 5, at 3 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Seminar Room
Wednesday, June 18, at 9:30 a.m. in room F6245 MCHC.
May 28: Professorship inaugurations
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professorship in Cardiovascular Research and the installation of José Jalife, M.D., as the first Farrehi Professor, and the inauguration of the Frank Norman Wilson Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine and the installation of Mario Delmar, M.D., Ph.D., as the first Wilson Professor at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, contact Flora Ferrara at floraf@umich.edu or 734-998-6605.
Health System videos now posted on YouTube
The Office of Public Relations is now posting Health System videos on our own YouTube channel. From Dean Woolliscroft's Our Global Challenge Series to Health Minutes, you'll find videos you can watch or share with colleagues, family and friends.
Check out our channel at www.youtube.com/umhealthsystem. Be sure to bookmark it and add yourself as a friend or subscribe to be notified when new videos are posted.
May 27: Office of the Vice President for Research town hall meeting, discussion and reception The Office of the Vice President for Research will hold a Town Hall meeting from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in the Rackham Assembly Hall, 4th Floor. Stephen Forrest, vice president for research, will discuss the following topics of interest to the research community:
Progress on the U-M innovation initiative
Research cyberinfrastructure
OVPR Faculty Grants and Awards program
Search for an associate vice president for research for social sciences and humanities
New campus research initiatives
This is also an opportunity to share your own issues and ask questions. For more information, please contact Jane Ritter at 734-763-1290 or ritterj@umich.edu.
June 25: Gabriel Nunez distinguished faculty lectureship and reception
Gabriel Nunez, M.D., Paul de Kruif Professor of Academic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Sciences--the highest award given by the Medical School for Research. Nunez's lecture, "Living with Microbes: Recognition, Host Defense and Disease," will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building Auditorium. A reception follows.
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! May 21
--Study by Drs. Kerr and Hofer makes news
May 20
--Hear Drs. Chervin and Arnedt on NPR
May 18
--Dr. El-Kashlan on WZZM-13
--NY Times features UMHS malpractice strategy on front page
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.
Weekly
Joint Commission Quizlette This
week's step toward continuous readiness: Test your knowledge of cultural competency and compliance - Part 1.
1. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed national standards that address ways to provide appropriate health care for patients with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
2. The Joint Commission accreditation standards do not directly address issues related to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care.
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Wednesday,
May 28, 2008
11:45 a.m. Depression Center Colloquium Series. Darrel Regier, M.D., MPH, director, Division of Research, American Psychiatric Association; executive director, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education and John Greden, M.D., Rachel Upjohn Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; executive director, U-M Depression Center; research professor, will present, "A Conceptual Approach to DSM-V Revisions--Implications for Mood Disorders," in the garden level atrium, Rachel Upjohn Building.
Noon Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Celina Kleer, M.D., Harold A. Oberman Collegiate Professor of Pathology, director, Breast Pathology Program and Fellowship, University of Michigan, presents, "WISP3 and RhoC as determonants of inflammatory breast cancer and as novel tissue biomarkers," in seminar rooms A, B and C, Biomedical Science Research Building.
Thursday,
May 29, 2008 NoonVision Research Seminar Series. Gregory S. Hageman, Ph.D., professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will present ""The Role of Inflammation and Gene Expression in Age-related Macular Degeneration," in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center.
12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Old Time Piano by Jerry Perrine, UH Main Lobby, floor 1
4
p.m. Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference. William A. Chutkow, M.D., Ph.D., instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, will present, "Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein is a Regulator of Glucose Homeostasis and Fat Differentiation," in 7745 Med. Sci. II.
4
p.m. 77th William J. Mayo Lecture. Carlos A. Pellegrini, M.D., The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chairman, University of Washington, Seattle, will present, "Adapting Surgical Education to Societal Needs," in Ford Auditorium.
