April 17: 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:
1 - 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Cardiovascular Center room 2738
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, in the Biomedical Science Research Building seminar room A
April 20: A View from the Capitol with Michigan Senator Tom George, M.D. Michigan Senator Tom George, M.D., comes to the University of Michigan School of Public Health to share his ideas on improving Michigan's health at 4 p.m. Monday, April 20, in the U-M School of Public Health, at 109 Observatory.
George serves as chair of the State Senate Health Policy Committee. He has significant influence on how Michigan will spend its budget on health care delivery and training. The event is hosted by the Griffith Leadership Center in Health Management and Policy. An open reception will follow the presentation.
April 28: 'Try Our NCIBI Tools' Workshop The National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI) will hold a "Try Our NCIBI Tools" Workshop from 1 - 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Great Lakes Rooms, Palmer Commons. This workshop will give you an opportunity to learn our applications with guided instruction. Any basic and/or clinical scientists who are interested in biomedical informatics, computational biology, and the application of tools to complex biological problems should attending. For complete details and registration information, visit the Web site. For more information, e-mail Jyoti Athanikar at jnathani@umich.edu or call 734-647-8222.
May 4 - 5: MICHR Education Presents 'Clinical Research Education Workshop' The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research Education will host a "Clinical Research Education Workshop" on Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5. Topics covered include:
The drug development process
Principal investigator responsibilities
FDA regulations in clinical research
ICH guidelines for good clinical practice
Clinical research protocols
Understanding adverse events
Source documentation
Essential documents
Non-compliance, fraud and FDA suspension
Completing the case report form/data collection
Many more
For additional topics, visit the Web site. The cost for the workshop is $70. Deadline to register is Monday, April 27.
May 14 - 15: 13th Annual Nathan Shock Center Research Retreat
Nathan Shock Center for the Biology of Aging: Annual Research Retreat will take place Thursday, May 14, and Friday, May 15, in the Biomedical Science Research Building. Internationally known biogerontologists will explore recent, and possible discoveries likely to provide new directions and unexpected momentum for research in the biology of aging in the coming five to 10 years. Keynote lecturers include:
Adam Antebi, Ph.D., Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor School of Medicine
Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D., Southern Illinois School of Medicine
Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D., University of Washington
Richard Loeser, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Daniel Promislow, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Nicholas Schork, Ph.D., Scripps Research Institute
Morris White, Ph.D., Harvard University
To register for the workshop or for more information, e-mail Jane Heibel.
Upcoming workshops sponsored by Health Sciences Libraries RefWorks Basics Noon - 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16
RefWorks is a free, web-based tool for managing citations and creating bibliographies. In this introductory class, we'll cover the basics, including how to create a RefWorks account and your own database of references; how to import references electronically from online resources, such as UM-MedSearch, PubMed, and Mirlyn; and how to automatically insert citations and generate formatted bibliographies in a Word document.
Introduction to iGoogle Noon - 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 21
iGoogle is a useful tool for both the general purpose users who want to organize their lives and experts in a variety of domains. Customized tools are available for purposes from calendars to dieting and workouts all the way through protein modeling and high end tools for life science researchers. You can even use iGoogle to organize your favorite journal table of contents and PubMed search strategy updates.
Announcing the new Family Helpers program from Work/Life Resource
The Work/Life Resource Center is pleased to announce the new Family Helpers program that connects U-M students interested in occasional employment with staff and faculty who are in need of a variety of assistance. Family Helpers lists students interested in providing assistance, such as:
Occasional child care
Occasional care for elderly or disabled relatives
Pet sitting
House sitting
Gardening/yard work
Errands
Tutoring
Housekeeping/cleaning
You can access the Family Helpers listing online. Students participating in the program are from the School of Nursing, School of Education, School of Art and Design and the Department of Psychology. These listings will be updated twice each year. Note that all negotiations related to occasional employment, including setting an hourly rate, are handled directly between the staff/faculty member and the student. For more information, call 734-936-8677.
April 24: Health Sciences Libraries' book club
The Health Sciences Libraries' book club will meet at noon Friday, April 24, to discuss Temple Grandin's "Animals Make Us Human." Please join us in the Reference Office (Room 4950) for a discussion of this book. Everyone is welcome. For more information, e-mail schnitzr@umich.eduor call 734-936-1402.
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! April 8
--Dr. Hollenbeck quoted in The Boston Globe and Reuters
April 7 --Dr. Lumeng quoted in major news outlets on obesity
April 3 --Dr. Wojnar quoted in major news outlets
April 1 --Dr. Duffy quoted in Science Daily and United Press International (UPI)
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.edu/news
Medical School FAQs
You can find answers to many of your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School in one place. The FAQ page links to a variety of resources including information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists useful U-M resources.
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
April 13, 2009 Noon. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series. Omer Berenfeld, Ph.D., assistant professor of Internal Medicine and of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan, will present "Fibrosis and Atrial Fibrillation: Implications of Altering the Matrix,"
in the Cardiovascular Center Danto Auditorium.
Tuesday,
April 14, 2009 Noon. Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Walter J. Chazin, Chancellor's Professor, director of Center for Structural Biology, Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., will present "The Action of RPA in DNA Replication and Repair Machinery," in Med. Sci. II room 6311.
Wednesday,
April 15, 2009
3 p.m. Department of Epidemiology Seminar. Monica Uddin, Ph.D., assistant research scientist, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, will present "Gene X Social Environment Interactions in Population Health: Examples from PSychiatric Epidemiology," in the School of Public Health I Lane Family Auditorium.
5 p.m. Radiology Grand Rounds. Pia Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D., clinical professor of Radiology will present, "Why I came, why I stayed and why I went back," in the MCHC Auditorium.
Thursday,
April 16, 2009 12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Classical music by the U-M School of Music Performance Outreach Program, UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
4
p.m. Diabetes Grand Rounds. Ram K. Menon, M.D., M.B.B.S., director, pediatric endocrinology, and
professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan, will present "Non-traditional Targets of Growth Hormone Action," in Med. Sci. II room 7745.
Friday,
April 17, 2009 9 a.m. Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Lecture Series. D. Martin Watterson, Ph.D., co-director of the Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology at Northwestern University, will present "Targeting Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery for CNS Disorders," in Palmer Common Forum Hall.
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:
Michigan Senator Tom George, M.D., comes to the University of Michigan 