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Dean's Office Hours: Results from past sessions, next one Dec. 8 Ever wonder what becomes of the ideas that faculty, staff and students discuss with Dean James Woolliscroft at his regular office hours? Read more about the outcomes of previous sessions on the Office Hours page of his site, www.med.umich.edu/i/medschool/dean/hours_new.html.
As a reminder, the next Dean's Office Hours will be held from 4 - 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in room 1H202 of University Hospital. All are invited to drop by to discuss ideas or problems, make suggestions, or provide other input.
Inauguration of Stuart B. Padnos Professorship in Breast Cancer Research James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Stuart B. Padnos Professorship in Breast Cancer Research and the installation of Daniel F. Hayes, M.D., as the first Padnos Professor at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in Ford Auditorium. For more information, e-mail Gina Jennings or call 734-998-7597.
Buy a 2009 Student Alliance for Global REACH calendar and help support medical student mission trips!
Each year U-M medical students donate their time during spring break and summer to organize projects in developing countries. They work in free clinics, educate communities on hygiene and health care and learn about the host countries health system. Your calendar purchase of $19.95 will help finance these trips. Calendars will be for on sale 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the University Hospital Cafeteria on:
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Friday, Dec. 5
Monday, Dec. 8
Wednesday, Dec. 17
The 2009 Student Alliance for Global REACH calendar contains photos taken by students during their 2008 trips. The photos reflect their projects and commitment to global health.
Save the date – Commencement exercises planned May 8 The Student Council and Office of Student Programs have announced Sanjay Gupta, M.D., will be the speaker during commencement exercises at 5 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2009, in Hill Auditorium.
Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon and assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and also Emmy-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. In 1997, he was chosen as a White House Fellow. His first book, Chasing Life, was released in the spring of 2007, and has since become a bestseller.
The commencement address will be a homecoming for Gupta after graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1993. He completed his neurosurgery residency at the Health System in 2000.
Funding Opportunity - Health care research Deadline: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation, a joint venture of the Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has released two Requests for Information for demonstration projects in two areas:
Health care financing and delivery
Population health and access to health care. Funding ranges are anticipated at $50,000 to $100,000 per project year.
For full details and instructions on submission, please go to the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation Web site.
Find out what's been going on around here. Read the Inside View Online.
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in the hospital after hours? What does it take to raise money to help U-M researchers find new treatments? Are MHealthy Wellness Assessments really free?
Read the new issue of Inside View online, your place for news and information about all things Health System.
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--M.D./Ph.D. student and Rhodes Scholar El-Sayed in the news
Nov. 19
--Dr. Carmen Green on ABCnews.com
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Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Tuesday,
Dec. 2, 2008 Noon The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Li Yi, graduate student research assistant, The Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, will present "Heme Regulatory Motifs Are Thiol/Disulfide Redox Sensors that Regulate the Properties of Human Heme Oxygenase-2," in room 6311 med. Sci. I.
Wednesday,
Dec. 3, 2008
10:30 a.m. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. William McFarlane, M.D., director, Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center will present, in the Rachel Upjohn Building garden level auditorium.
12:15 p.m. Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar. David Nemazee, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology and Microbial Science, aScripps Research Institute, will present "B cell negative selection," room 3697 Med. Sci. II.
3 p.m. Department of Epidemiology Seminar. Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., professor and director, Department of Cancer Etiology, dean for Faculty Development, will present "Changing Breast Cancer Risk: Novel Population Approaches," in Lane Family Auditorium, School of Public Health I.
Thursday,
Dec. 4, 2008 Noon Vision Research Seminar. Donald S. Sakaguchi, Ph.D., associate professor, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, will present "Photoreceptor structure and degeneration: scaffolding for dynamic membrane architecture and cell viability," in the Kellogg Eye Center Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium.
12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Classical violin and piano by Javier Orman and Matthew Brower, UH Main Lobby, floor 1
4 p.m. Pathology Research Seminar Series. Graham Brady, doctoral candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pathology (mentor: Colin S. Duckett, Ph.D.) and the Medical Scientist Training Program, will present "XIAP and copper metabolism: implications for health and disease," in 4234 Med. Sci. I.
Friday,
Dec. 5, 2008 11:45 a.m. Depression Center Colloquium Series. John Greist, M.D., clinical professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Amy Kilbourne, Ph.D., MPH, associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, U-M Medical School, will present
"Computer and Telephone Strategies for Monitoring Depression Treatment Outcomes," in the Rachel Upjohn Building garden level auditorium. Pre-registration is required. Lunch is provided for those who pre-register online.
