2. ut system news - teresa
sullivan named executive vice chancellor for academic affairs
3. UTMB'S CERTAIN RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL POSTER AWARD
4. DRS. MCNEARNEY & WESTLUND HIGH RECEIVE FUNDING FROM DANA FOUNDATION
5. DR. STANLEY M. LEMON ON EXPERT PANEL URGING OVERHAUL OF MILITARY
VACCINE PROGRAM
6. DR. W.A. HOOGERWERF SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN 2002 AAMC SEMINAR
7. dr. ronald a. carson is invited lecturer
8. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMMITTEE ELECTION RESULTS
9. MEDICAL STUDENT SHARON FUENTES-BLACK RECEIVES AMA GRANT
10. PRESIDENTIAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVES
11. THE GCRC HAS MOVED
12. USING THE BODY COMPOSITION LABORATORY & WHOLE BODY COUNTER
13. OFFICE OF REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION
14. CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
15. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
16. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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INTRODUCTION OF
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
· REGULATIONS
AND ETHICS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH COURSE
Register now for
“Regulations and Ethics in Clinical Research,” a series of 10 weekly
sessions as a module in the Clinical Research Training Program titled, “Clinical
Research: Tools and Techniques." This module will begin Monday,
October 14, 2002,
5:15 p.m.,
Children’s Hospital, Room 2.312. The sessions provide an overview of
regulations and ethical principles involved in clinical investigation. A
brochure further describing the sessions is available upon request or at
“Clinical Research Training Programs” on
www2.utmb.edu/gcrc/.
NIH ethics preparation, CME,
CME ethics hours, Risk Education, and GME credits are available for
selected sessions.
To register, complete and
submit the registration form located on the brochure Internet site, or
contact Cheryl Benskin of the Clinical Research Education Office by email
creo.utmb@utmb.edu <mailto:creo.utmb@utmb.edu>
or phone 772-1484. The course fee of $45 covers registration, letter of
completion, Risk Education, GME credit, and refreshments. An additional
$45 covers optional CME credit for physicians. (Those who have already
registered for this year’s course, “Clinical Research: Tools and
Techniques” do not need to register again for this module.) The
schedule of this and other components of the Clinical Research Training
Program are available on the GCRC web page
www2.utmb.edu/gcrc/
For more
information, please visit:
http://www2.utmb.edu/gcrc/Education/Ethics%20Module%202002.htm
· FOUNDERS
DAY WEEKEND
Friday and
Saturday, October 18-19, 2002
· THE
APPLE SERIES
Tuesday, October
29, 2002, 4:00-5:00 PM, 2.214, SAHS/SON, Presentation by Lana Ledet, MA,
OTR, titled, "What is this thing called evidence-based practice?"
· NEW
FACULTY ORIENTATION
New faculty
orientation lectures will begin again on Tuesday, October 29,
2002, at a new time, 5-7 PM, Caduceus Room, 6th Floor of the
Administration Building. President Stobo will present the UTMB
organizational chart and also the mission of "Here for the Health of
Texas." The purpose of these lectures is to introduce new faculty to UTMB,
covering topics such as our history, mission, goals, policies, services,
etc. Although these luncheons are particularly helpful to new faculty,
all faculty are invited.
· DEAN'S
RECEPTION - AAMC
Faculty are
invited to a reception sponsored by the Dean of Medicine-UTMB at the
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting on Monday,
November 11, 2002, 6:00-7:30 p.m., The Hilton San Francisco, Imperial
Ballroom A, San Francisco, CA.
· FACULTY
OF MEDICINE MEETINGS - 4:30 PM,
Clinical Sciences Auditorium
-- Tuesday,
December 3, 2002
-- Tuesday,
February 4, 2003
-- Tuesday, April
1, 2003
-- Thursday, May
22, 2003 (4:00 PM)
· FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: HEALTHY CHILDREN, HEALTHY FUTURES
From February 5 -7, 2003, the WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and
Midwifery Development in Primary Health Care and Pan American Health
Organization will be offering for the first time a workshop titled,
"Healthy
Children, Healthy Futures: Evidence-based Strategies to Promote Child
Health,"
for faculty and practitioners in primary care focused on the integrated
management of childhood illness. This is a program that incorporates
clinical skills, family and cultural competence, and community development
to improve the health of children.
For more information (CE credit, call for abstracts, registration), visit
the following web site:
www.son.utmb.edu/nursing/WHO/index.html or
contact Imelda Mendoza: phone: (409)772-5029, fax: (409)772-5864 or email:
imendoza@utmb.edu.
Note: Due to the nature of
this workshop, registration is limited to 100 participants.
The conference
will be held at UTMB and offered in both English and Spanish
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Teresa A. Sullivan, a vice
president at the University of Texas at Austin, will be the new executive
vice chancellor for academic affairs at the U.T. System, Chancellor Mark
G. Yudof announced Wednesday (September 11).
Sullivan, a professor of
sociology and law, has been vice president and dean of graduate studies
since 1995. She has been a faculty member at U.T. Austin since 1981 and
has held several other administrative positions, including vice provost,
associate dean of graduate studies, chair of the sociology department, and
director of women's studies.
"Teresa Sullivan brings to the
U.T. System a highly distinguished record in academe as a teacher, a
scholar, and an administrator," Yudof said. "She will provide dynamic and
insightful leadership for the system's nine general academic universities.
These institutions are diverse in their histories,
size, and academic missions,
but they share a common commitment to excellence and a common purpose of
service to the people of Texas. Dr. Sullivan is the right person to assist
each of these universities fulfill its mission."
See details:
http://www.utsystem.edu/news/2002/TSullivan-EVCAcaAffairs09-11-02.html.
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Four posters
submitted by the Center for Endoscopic Research, Training and Innovation
(CERTAIN) were selected for the Presidential Poster Award, to be presented
at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in
Seattle on October 20th.
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The Dana Foundation has awarded
a $300,000 grant titled “Neurogenic Contributions to the Initiation and
Persistence of Arthritis” to Terry A. McNearney, M.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, and Karin Westlund High,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, under the Dana
Clinical Hypotheses Program in Neuroimmunology. The award is provided for
collaborative basic/clinical projects with high translational potential.
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Stanley M. Lemon, M.D., Dean of Medicine and
Professor of Microbiology &
Immunology and Internal Medicine,
is a member of an expert committee of the
Institute of Medicine that has advised the Department of Defense to
completely overhaul and unify the way it acquires vaccines and to boost
vaccine spending. See full story:
http://www.utmb.edu/impact/2002/02SEPT23.pdf.
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Willemijntje A. Hoogerwerf,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, has been
selected as a participant in the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty
Professional Development Seminar scheduled on December 14-17, 2002 in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. This program is designed for women early in their
first faculty appointment who are aiming for a leadership position in
academic medicine.
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Dr. Ronald Carson, Harris L.
Kempner Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute for the Medical
Humanities, recently served as the William Evans Visiting Fellow at the
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand in August, 2002. While there,
Dr. Carson gave two formal presentations, participated in graduate courses
on bioethics and a humanities elective for third year students of
medicine. In addition, Dr. Carson will give the Annual Boyden Lecture
titled, "Medical Practice and the Moral Imagination" in the Department of
Surgery at Providence/St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon on
October 3, 2002.
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Below are the
results of the recent election of faculty to the School of Medicine
Committees and SOM Senators. Shown are the names of those elected and the
terms of their service on the committee.
Member-at-Large to the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Medicine
(for a one-year term effective immediately through June 30, 2003)
Alan D.T.
Barrett, Ph.D. - Pathology
Kristene K.
Gugliuzza, M.D. - Surgery
Academic
Planning and Policy Committee
(for a three-year term effective immediately through June 30, 2005)
Jean L. Freeman,
Ph.D. - Internal Medicine
Janak A. Patel,
M.D. - Pediatrics
Susan C. Weller,
Ph.D. - PM & CH
Nominating Committee (for a two-year term effective immediately through
June 30, 2004)
Malcolm S. Brodwick, Ph.D. - Physiology & Biophysics
William H. Nealon,
M.D. - Surgery
Billy U. Philips, Ph.D. - PM & CH
Student Affairs Committee (for a two-year term effective immediately through
June 30, 2004)
Vincent J. Hilser, Ph.D. - HBC & G
James W. Van Hook, M.D. - Obstetrics & Gynecology
SOM Senators
on the Faculty Senate
(for a two-year term effective September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2004)
Susan M. Gerik,
M.D. - Pediatrics
Alice J. Speer,
M.D. - Internal Medicine
Cindy L. Wigg,
M.D. - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Sharon M.
Fuentes-Black, medical student, received a $2,500 grant from the AMA
Foundation Seed Grant Research Program. Ms. Fuentes-Black is one of 25
from a pool of 95 applicants who received this grant. The program is
designed to increase the number of young physicians in choosing careers in
research. Medical students and residents from accredited U.S. institutions
were invited to submit an application for this funding to assist them in
conducting small projects.
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Coming soon will
be the annual call for nominations for the Presidential Faculty
Development Leaves. The purpose of this program is to further the
academic career of the faculty member and enhance the abilities of the
faculty member to contribute to the diverse missions of the University.
Faculty who are selected will receive support for their salary and
benefits for a 6 month, on or off-campus faculty development leave. To be
eligible, a faculty member: must be full time, tenure-track with rank of
Associate Professor or above; must have six years cumulative service as a
member of the UTMB faculty; must not have received a Presidential Faculty
Development Leave in preceding 6 years.
The
deadline to submit an application is February 1, 2003.
For further
information, please visit the following web site,
http://www.utmb.edu/president/faculty_leaves/details.htm or contact
Dr. Linda Phillips, extension 24778, email
lphillip@utmb.educ
<mailto:lphillip@utmb.educ> <<mailto:lphillip@utmb.educ>>
.
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The General
Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has moved from the Children's Hospital to
J.508 of the Towers. The main number (x21950) remains the same, however,
the new route number is 0264. For details, see map located at the
following web site:
http://www2.utmb.edu/gcrc/INCLUDE/TOUR/Directions_to_5AB.htm
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Faculty are
encouraged to take advantage of a state-of-the-art facility and
specialized equipment for conducting research. The UTMB Body Composition
Laboratory and Whole Body Counter (WBC), located on the first floor of the
John Sealy Annex, consists of a low background counting room, a sensitive
detector array, a data analysis/laboratory area, and patient/subject
preparation facilities. The complex will provide assistance with research
protocols as well as data analyses and is well suited for investigators to
conduct multidisciplinary research. For further details, please contact
the GCRC at 772-1950.
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Effective
September 1, 2002, the role of the Office of Primary Care Education (OPCE)
has been expanded to include oversight of a broader range of state-wide,
national and international education programs within the School of
Medicine. In this role, the office will be responsible for coordinating
regional primary care rotations and specialty clerkship programs in
Austin, assisting departments in development of community-based rotations,
coordinating community-based faculty development, and establishing
affiliation agreements with organizations to expand student opportunities
beyond the UTMB campus in Galveston. The Office will draw upon the
substantial expertise of the East Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC),
which supports our student programs throughout the state.
As part of this
expansion, the OPCE has been renamed the Office of Regional Medical
Education (ORME). The Office will be directed by Michael Ainsworth, M.D.,
Associate Dean for Regional Medical Education, assisted by Pam Hentschel,
M.S., Senior Medical Educator.
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You will find
posted at the following website,
http://www2.utmb.edu/compliance/,
a copy of the
Conflict of Interest Policy that is now in effect at UTMB. This policy
applies specifically to all faculty and A&P employees, as well as any
faculty agent, staff, student, fellow, trainee, or administrator, who
under the aegis of the institution conducts research involving human
subjects. All members of the Faculty of Medicine, in particular, are
urged to read and be familiar with this policy. Further information will
be forthcoming shortly from the University’s Conflict of Interest Officer,
Dr. Adrian Perachio, on the implementation of the active annual reporting
process that will be required of the individuals covered by this policy.
In addition, as
you may recall, all University employees (faculty and staff) are required,
by state statute, to complete annual compliance training in a variety of
areas dependent on the responsibilities associated with the employee's
duties at UTMB. The website link that is indexed above also provides very
useful information regarding compliance requirements at UTMB and an online
mechanism to complete individual annual compliance training. Please visit
the site on a periodic basis so that you remain currently informed
regarding compliance requirements that may affect either you or other
employees you may be responsible for. In addition, please remember that
you and those who report to you must keep personal compliance training
current.
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The Dean of
Medicine welcomes the following new School of Medicine faculty who have
been appointed during the month of August, 2002:
Neena Champaigne,
M.D., Instructor, Pediatrics
Renee Friday,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Fan Li, M.D.,
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Carlos Meza,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Samir Nath, M.D.,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Andres Oberhauser,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
Yagnesh Patel,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Krystal Revai,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Laura Romo,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jessica Sens,
M.S.N., Maternal/Child Specialist, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kelly Stephenson,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Kathleen Vincent,
M.D., Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
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--CALL
FOR NOMINATIONS - 2003 ALBION O. BERNSTEIN, MD AWARD
The Medical Society of the
State of New York is accepting nominations for the 2003 Albion O.
Bernstein, MD Award. This prestigious award is given to: "…the
physician, surgeon or scientist who shall have made the most widely
beneficial discovery or developed the most useful method in medicine,
surgery or in the prevention of disease." The deadline for
nominations is January 20, 2003. The $2,000 award and a hand-lettered
Scroll will be presented to the recipient during the annual meeting of the
Medical Society of the State of New York on April 5, 2003 at the Rye Town
Hilton Hotel in Rye Brook , NY. To obtain more information and nomination
forms, please contact Denise Gonzalez, Office of the Dean of Medicine,
djgonzal@utmb.edu, ext. 23967.
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opportunities, please visit the following web site:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/announcements/
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has posted internal review deadlines for invited funding opportunities to
a special web site calendar with links to contact information. The
calendar may be viewed at:
http://www.utmbhealthcare.org/scripts/we3.07/webevent.pl?cmd=opencal&cal=cal19&
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