July 14: Meet our Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., was appointed the University's executive vice president for medical affairs and chief executive officer of the Health System effective May 11, 2009. In this role, Pescovitz is responsible for the leadership and management of the Health System.
Everyone is invited to stop by for refreshments and to say hello to Ora Pescovitz on Tuesday, July 14 from:
6:30 - 7:30 a.m., University Hospital Dining Rooms C and D
2 - 3 p.m., Towsley Center Lobby
5 - 6 p.m. Towsley Center Lobby
Dr. Pescovitz looks forward to meeting you.
July 10: Third annual Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund Lecture Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., a national expert on suicide behaviors in bipolar patients, will discuss suicide risk and prevention measures for those who suffer from bipolar disorder. She is the guest lecturer for the third annual Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund Lecture, which is at noon, Friday, July 10 at the University of Michigan Depression Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Oquendo is a professor of clinical psychiatry, vice chair for education, residency training director, and director of clinical studies in molecular imaging and neuropathology at the NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. Her areas of expertise include suicidal behavior and the diagnosis, pharmacologic treatment, and neurobiology of bipolar disorder and major depression, as well as cross cultural psychiatry.
July 16: Annual Chang Lecture on Art and Medicine, 'What the arts can teach us about health, illness and medical practice' The University of Michigan Department of Urology invites all members of the University community and general public to attend a lecture entitled, "What the arts can teach us about health, illness and medical practice." Joel Howell, M.D., Ph.D., the Victor Vaughan Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan, will give the Chang Lecture on Art and Medicine from 5 - 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in Ford Auditorium,.
In his talk, Howell will use examples from the visual, musical, poetic and dramatic arts to explain how the arts can help physicians and other caregivers deliver better health care. Some examples will show how art can express the basic elements of human existence in ways that can enhance patient care. The central message of this talk is that art can help physicians better understand their patients, and it will also make them better physicians.
July 17: Taubman Institute Lecture The Taubman Institute Lecture will feature Anders Sima, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology, neurology and neurosurgery, Wayne State University. Sima will present "Is C-peptide the Missing Link to Successful Treatment of the Complications of Type 1 Diabetes?" at 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, in the Biomedical Science Research Building auditorium. This lecture is sponsored by the Taubman Institute.
July 17 – Flight surgeon for U.S. Navy Blue Angels to talk about military health care We will be hosting a visit by Lt. Johannah Valentine, M.D., USN, flight surgeon for the Blue Angels, the world famous U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron (http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/), from 8 - 9:30 a.m., Friday, July 17, at the University Hospital’s Ford Auditorium.
Lt. Valentine received her Doctor of Medicine in 2005 from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the military’s medical school. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego in 2006, and then received training as a flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute, Pensacola, Fla. She received her Naval Flight Surgeon wings in January 2007 and reported for duty as flight surgeon to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 “Wolfpack” at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. While with the “Wolfpack,” she completed a deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She joined the Blue Angels in September 2008.
Call for Nominations - Searle and Pew Scholars Program awards
Internal deadline: Thursday, August 6 Nominations of faculty from all units of the University are welcome for both the Searle Scholars Program ($100,000 per year for three years) and the Pew Scholars Program in the biomedical sciences ($60,000 per year for four years). Only one nomination package is required for the internal selection of the University’s nominees for both programs. For information on eligibility and applications instructions, please visit www.med.umich.edu/medschool/research/support/searleandpew.pdf.
Genetics and Genomics Pilot Feasibility Program seeks applications Application deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Awards are for one year and will not exceed $30,000. The purpose of this Pilot Feasibility Program is to encourage proposals that foster new collaborations on campus between members of the U-M faculty from distinct disciplines to focus their combined research strengths on cutting-edge questions in genetics and genomics. In addition, we seek to provide supporting funds for new research projects that utilize high throughput genetic analysis tools, including DNA sequencing, an Illumina Bead Station 500GX, an Illumina 1G Genome Analyzer (formerly Solexa), a Roche 454-FLX Genome Sequencer and array scanning technology. For more information, visit the Web site. Co-sponsored by the Endowment for the Basic Sciences and the Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine.
Health Sciences Libraries workshops open for registration The Health Sciences Libraries workshops are open for registration. Upcoming workshops include:
Workshops are free and advance registration is encouraged. To register, visit the Web site. If you would like a customized session for you or your department, please e-mail medical.library@umich.edu.
Park bicycles in bike racks
Personal bicycles should be parked and locked in bicycle racks. Locking bicycles to handrails, benches and light posts can be harmful to pedestrians and other patients, especially people in wheelchairs and people with disabilities. This dangerous and illegal activity frequently occurs in the Med Inn courtyard, as well as other areas around the Medical Campus.
Please help make UMHS a safer environment for all - especially for our patients - and park your bicycle in a designated bicycle rack.
Bicycles parked illegally (this is a misdemeanor violation of the Regents' Ordinance) are subject to being impounded by the University Police. If anyone has questions about this issue, please e-mail DPS Sgt. Jason Forsberg at jfors@umich.edu or Bari Campbell, UH facilities manager, at baricamp@umich.edu. Your cooperation will be appreciated by all.
New TCF ATM machine to be installed in Towsley Link To better serve its customers while working, visiting or receiving care at UMHS, TCF Bank will be installing an ATM machine in the Towsley Link during the week of July 13. The TCF ATM machine will replace the National City ATM machine that's currently located there.
TCF Bank offers several benefits to university employees, including free checking and no minimum balance requirements to free notary service and free account balance e-mail alerts. University employees can also link their Mcard to their TCF accounts and use it at ATMs and select merchants. University employees can receive a $50 incentive when they sign up for direct deposit with TCF Bank and an additional $50 when opening a new Mcard checking account with an initial deposit of $25 or more. To learn more about your Mcard or the benefits available to university employees who are TCF customers, click here.
Representatives from TCF Bank and the U-M's Office of the Treasurer, which manages the university's relationship with the bank, will be in the Towsley Link from July 13 to July 17, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. meet existing customers, answer questions and help new customers open accounts.
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! July 6 - 7
--Sean Morrison, Ph.D., quoted in Time, CBS News, New York Post and more
June
--William Chey, M.D., and Erica Wald, MFit Wellness manager, help Shape readers live healthy
June 28 - July 3
--Kenneth Langa, M.D., makes news with study on seniors
July 1
--Cesar Alaniz, Pharm.D., quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer, MSNBC articles
--Roni M. Shtein, M.D., coworkers featured in Health Day article
June 29
--Jonathan Metzl, M.D., Ph.D., writes op-ed for Kansas City star about quarantine
--Roger D. Smith, M.D., quoted in the Detroit Free Press
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,
July 13, 2009 12:30 p.m. Schwartz Center Rounds. July's topic, "Dealing with Difficult Relationships with Colleagues: What Works? What Hurts?"
in the MCHC Auditorium.
Tuesday,
July 14, 2009 4 p.m. W.K. Kellogg Eye Center. Thomas W. Gardner, M.D., M.S., Jack and Nancy Turner Professor of Ophthalmology, professor, cellular and molecular physiology, vice chair for research in ophthalmology, Penn State University College of Medicine; and David A. Antonetti, Ph.D., assistant professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, will present "An Integrated Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy," in the Kellogg Eye Center Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium.
Thursday,
July 16, 2009 Noon. Gifts of Art. Swing and jazz by Five Guys Named Moe, University Hospital Courtyard, rain location - UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
Noon. Radiology Research Seminar. Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D, Pathology, will present "Recurrent Gene Fusions in Common Solid Tumors," in University Hospital 2C224,
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., was appointed the University's 
Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., a national expert on suicide behaviors in bipolar patients, will discuss suicide risk and prevention measures for those who suffer from bipolar disorder. She is the guest lecturer for the third annual Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund Lecture, which is at noon, Friday, July 10 at the University of Michigan Depression Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Oquendo is a professor of clinical psychiatry, vice chair for education, residency training director, and director of clinical studies in molecular imaging and neuropathology at the NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. Her areas of expertise include suicidal behavior and the diagnosis, pharmacologic treatment, and neurobiology of bipolar disorder and major depression, as well as cross cultural psychiatry. 
The University of Michigan Department of Urology invites all members of the University community and general public to attend a lecture entitled, "What the arts can teach us about health, illness and medical practice." Joel Howell, M.D., Ph.D., the Victor Vaughan Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan, will give the Chang Lecture on Art and Medicine from 5 - 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in Ford Auditorium,.
The Taubman Institute Lecture will feature Anders Sima, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology, neurology and neurosurgery, Wayne State University. Sima will present "Is C-peptide the Missing Link to Successful Treatment of the Complications of Type 1 Diabetes?" at 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, in the Biomedical Science Research Building auditorium. This lecture is sponsored by the 
We will be hosting a visit by Lt. Johannah Valentine, M.D., USN, flight surgeon for the Blue Angels, the world famous U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron (
To better serve its customers while working, visiting or receiving care at UMHS, TCF Bank will be installing an ATM machine in the Towsley Link during the week of July 13. The TCF ATM machine will replace the National City ATM machine that's currently located there. 