Oct. 29: Massey and Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professorships James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Wednesday, Oct. 29 inauguration of the Vincent Massey Collegiate Professorship in Biological Chemistry and the installations of Ruma Banerjee, Ph.D. as the first Massey Professor and of Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D. as the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine. Ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, e-mail Dawn Bednarski or call 734-998-7622.
Oct. 29: Top NIH ethicist compares McCain/Obama health plans How do the health care plans put forth by the leading Presidential candidates compare, especially when it comes to covering the uninsured? What else can be done to fix America's health care system?
The top bioethicist from the National Institutes of Health, Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., will address these questions and more in the annual Waggoner Lecture on Ethics and Values in Medicine, sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry.
This free, public lecture will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, Ford Amphitheater, University Hospital. Emanuel directs the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the NIH.
Oct. 31: Clinical Research Training Symposium Plan to join us at the annual Clinical Research Training Symposium from noon - 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, to learn more about the training programs in Clinical and Translational Research offered by the Michigan Institute of Clinical and Health Research. Steven Goldring, M.D., chief scientific officer, Hospital for Special Surgery, will present the keynote address as part of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds at noon in Ford Auditorium. The event then moves to Palmer Commons.
For more information, call 734-998-6061 or visit the Web site.
Register Now/Earn CME Credits – Biomedical Research Symposium on 'Image-Guided Therapy' Extended Registration Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 6 (Extended from Oct. 22) This symposium will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 12 from 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. It will focus on advances that integrate imaging into various therapeutic procedures. Participants will learn about new research findings in the imaging sciences, molecular imaging, and clinical systems for image-guided therapy. Internationally recognized experts will address these topics and describe the challenges and opportunities that lie in cross-disciplinary research and clinical developments. Researchers at U-M will present their work at a poster session. This event is free, and CME credit is available. To register, visit the Web site. For more information, e-mail Kathryn Ridner at kridner@umich.edu or call 734-763-4086.
Oct. 29: Diversity and Career Development Open House You are cordially invited to attend an open house celebrating six years of service by the Medical School's Diversity and Career Development Office from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Taubman Medical Library. Stop by to learn about the Diversity and Career Development Office, our various programs, and share some light refreshments with our staff.
Oct. 29: Pathology Imaging Open House To celebrate our 50th year, the Department of Pathology Imaging Division will host an open house from 9 a.m. - noon and from 1 - 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in 3233 Med. Sci. 1.
Stop by to learn about all of the services offered, tour the facilities and see photos of pathology imaging throughout the years. Representatives from Zeiss will be on hand to answer any questions you have about microimaging.
Save the date - employee flu shot clinics scheduled Oct. 27 - Nov. 21 Flu season is approaching so plan ahead to get your flu shot. Employee Health Services is hosting flu shot clinics for faculty, staff, medical students, nursing students working in the hospitals and health centers, and volunteers.
To attend one of the following clinics, you must bring your UM ID badge and your blue hospital registration card. Also, please remember you will be receiving the shot in your upper arm so dress appropriately.
Flu clinics are as follows:
Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. UH Cafeteria, Dining Rooms A & B
Oct. 31 from noon - 6 p.m. UH Cafeteria, Dining Rooms A & B
Nov. 7 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. NCAC Building - rooms A & B
Nov. 7 from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Rachel Upjohn Building room B1746 (Garden level)
Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. KMS Building Conference Room 2
Nov. 12 from 10 - 11 a.m. Laundry Services on Dean Road (main office)
Employee Health Services is opening early for one week to accommodate midnight-shift employees who wish to get a flu shot, according to the following schedule:
Nov. 17 at 6:30 a.m.
Nov. 18 at 6:30 a.m.
Nov. 19 at 5 a.m.
Nov. 20 at 5 a.m.
Nov. 21 at 6:30 a.m.
EHS is located in the Med Inn Building, Room C380. C380 Med Inn Building. Call 734-764-8021 for more information.
Adobe Connect is available at the Medical School
Adobe Connect was recently upgraded to version 7.0 and simultaneously moved from the "pilot" stage to fully implemented at the Medical School. Adobe Connect is a web conferencing system that supports distributed meetings and training sessions with remote participants and using audio, video, desktop sharing, presentations, polling, and many more features. The Office of Enabling Technologies has been running the pilot and provides support for the more than 1200 individual users who are registered to host meetings using this product at the U-M Medical School. For more information, visit http://sitemaker.umich.edu/enablingtech/connect_-_home_page. For support, contact Adobe.Connect.Support@umich.edu.
It's now easier and quicker to file a patient safety report
Several improvements have been made to make it easier and quicker for you to file a Patient Safety Report.
Two pages of the Patient Safety Report Form have been eliminated for reporters, making it significantly quicker to file a report
The Patient Safety Report Form link on the Clinical Home Page is a now a direct link to the login page
The Internal Home Page now has a direct link to the Patient Safety Report Form, located under Shortcuts
Thank you for using the online Patient Safety Report Form for reporting incidents, and for your continued interest in improving patient safety.
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Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
Oct. 27, 2008 Noon Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Suzanne J. Baker, Ph.D., associate member, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,Memphis TN, will present, "PTEN Function in Brain: Development, Homeostasis and Tumorigenesis," in Ford Auditorium. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the Ford Lobby.
Tuesday,
Oct. 28, 2008 Noon Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Susan K. Buchanan, senior investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, will present "Import and export across the bacterial outer membrane," in room 6311 Med. Sci. I.
Wednesday,
Oct. 29, 2008
Noon
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Daniel Suter, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, will present "Integration of Sensory, Signaling and Motile Functions in the Neuronal Growth Cone," in the Biomedical Science Research Center Seminar Rooms A, B and C.
Noon Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System Lecture Series. Jesus Benito, M.D., attending physician in Spinal Cord Injury at the Institut Guttmann in Barcelona, Spain, will present "Gait Training in Spinal Cord Injury: Our Experience with Electromechanical Systems," in University Hospital 1H201.
5 p.m. Radiology Grand Rounds. Mauricio Castillo, M.D., professor of Radiology, section chief of Neuroradiology, University of North Carolina, who will present "Biological and imaging correlates in brain tumors," in MCHC Auditorium.
Thursday,
Oct. 30, 2008 7 a.m. Cameron Haight Lecture. William G. Williams, M.D., professor of Surgery, pediatric cardiac surgeon, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children will be giving the Annual Cameron Haight Lecture entitled "The World as an Island," in the Cardiovascular Center Danto Auditorium.
12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Cello music by Suzanne Smith, UH Main Lobby, floor 1
4
p.m. Pathology Research Seminar Series. Anuska V. Andjelkovic-Zochowska, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Pathology, U-M, will present "The molecular basis of brain endothelial barrier regulation: From basic mechanisms to clinical application," in room 4234 Med. Sci. I.
Friday,
Oct. 31, 2008 Noon Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Steven Reyburn Goldring, M.D., St. Giles Chair and chief scientific officer, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, will present
"Mechanisms of Pathologic Bone Remodeling: Pathology Teaches Physiology," in Ford Auditorium.
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Wednesday, Oct. 29 inauguration of the Vincent Massey Collegiate Professorship in Biological Chemistry and the installations of Ruma Banerjee, Ph.D. as the first Massey Professor and of Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D. as the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine. Ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in the Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium. For more information, e-mail 
the uninsured? What else can be done to fix America's health care system? 
To celebrate our 50th year, the 
Flu season is approaching so plan ahead to get your flu shot. Employee Health Services is hosting flu shot clinics for faculty, staff, medical students, nursing students working in the hospitals and health centers, and volunteers. 