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The
e-newsletter for faculty and staff
at the UTMB School of Medicine
December 15, 2003
Vol. 3, No. 13
In this issue:
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
5. DAVID W. NIESEL, PH.D APPOINTED AS
CHAIRMAN OF MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY
6. PANKAY JAY PASRICHA, M.D.
NOMINATED FOR DORIS DUKE AWARD
7. Community Based Clinic Administration
8. UTMB FACULTY RECEIVE FY 2004/05
GRANT AWARDS UNDER THE MINORITY HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANT
PROGRAM
9. FACULTY APPOINTED TO NEWLY CREATED
SOM COMMITTEE
10. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – ELLISON
MEDICAL FOUNDATION NEW SCHOLARS PROGRAM IN GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE
11. GRANT APPLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT –
MARY KAY ASH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
12. STANFORD GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
FOR HISPANIC RESEARCHERS
13. 12TH ANNUAL WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
CONFERENCE
14. NEW FACULTY
appointments
15. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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·
CV
WORKSHOP
The Office of the Dean of Medicine will host another CV
workshop on
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
from
5-7 PM,
Caduceus Room, 6th Floor of the
Administration
Building.
The purpose of the workshop is to review the CV format (available on-line
at
http://www.som.utmb.edu/Curriculum_Vitae.htm) with a primary focus on
“building the CV” toward a successful effort at promotion or tenure
actions. This workshop is aimed at both faculty who will participate in
the APT process, and administrators who will assist them toward a
successful outcome as they assemble their materials. Featured speakers
are as follows:
Kathryn
Cunningham, Ph.D.
Chair
Appointment, Promotion, & Tenure Committee
Steven A. Lieberman, M.D.
Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Susan Carlton, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences & Marine
Biomedical Institute
Alice J. Speer, M.D.
Director, Division of General Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Time is allotted for a question and answer session. Please
RSVP to Ms. Eartha Dotson by email,
edotson@utmb.edu
<mailto:edotson@utmb.edu>,
or call extension 22671. Refreshments will be served.
--Pharmacology &
Toxicology: January 11-14, 2004
--Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences: January 25-28, 2004
--Obstetrics &
Gynecology: April 18-21, 2004
--Preventive Medicine
& Community Health: May 16-19, 2004
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President Stobo announced last Wednesday that after more than
four years as Dean of
UTMB’s School
of Medicine, Dr. Stanley M. Lemon has decided to leave his post to focus
more fully on his passion for infectious diseases, virology and the
intersection of infectious diseases with public health. Dr. Lemon served
as the Dean pro tem for the School of Medicine in 1999 and became
permanent Dean in 2000. Under his leadership the School of Medicine has
thrived: the School’s problem-based learning curriculum is flourishing;
USMLE scores have improved significantly; there have been many key
recruitments to critical leadership positions; there has been
reorganization in administration of the Dean’s Office that has benefited
the school; there has been reorganization in the school to better address
research challenges in the 21st century; there now exists a
more cooperative relationship between the school and the hospitals; and
the school has been enormously successful in many research activities
including emerging infections and biodefense. Dr. Lemon has agreed to
stay in place until a new Dean has been recruited. When Dr. Lemon does
leave the deanship, he will devote his efforts to re-competing for UTMB’s
NIAID-funded Hepatitis C Research Center and develop the National
Biocontainment Lab (which is now referred to as the Galveston National
Laboratory). The President also announced that he will work with Dr.
Lemon to explore the possibility of establishing an institute for immunity
and infectious diseases at UTMB.
See full announcement from the President
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Henry F.
Epstein, M.D., currently Professor of Neurology, Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Co-Director of the Jerry
Lewis Neuromuscular Disease Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine,
will join the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Texas Medical
Branch as Professor and Chair of a newly organized Department of
Neuroscience & Cell Biology, to be formed by consolidation of the existing
Departments of Anatomy & Neurosciences and Physiology & Biophysics, and as
holder of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished University Chair. His
appointment will be effective 1 January, 2004, contingent upon approval of
the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System.
See full announcement from the Dean of Medicine
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Dean
Lemon has announced the creation of a Center for Addiction Research within
the School of Medicine, to be directed by Kathryn A. Cunningham, Ph.D.,
Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pharmacology &
Toxicology, effective
1
January, 2004.
The Center for Addiction Research will function as a multidisciplinary
research center and provide the academic focus for scholarly
investigation, education, and clinical care activities related to the
etiology, prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
See full announcement from the Dean of
Medicine
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David W. Niesel,
Ph.D., J.P. Saunders Professor, has been appointed as Chairman of the
Department of Microbiology & Immunology for a three-year term, effective
upon the approval of the UT System Board of Regents. Dr. Niesel joined
the faculty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UTMB in
1983, and has served as Chairman ad interim of the Department since
June, 2000.
See full announcement from the Dean of Medicine
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Pankaj
Jay Pasricha, M.D., Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology and the Bassel and Frances Blanton Distinguished Professor of
Internal Medicine, has been chosen to be the nominee from UTMB for the
Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for 2004. The purpose
of the award is to recognize outstanding physician-scientists who are
engaged in applying the latest basic science advances to the prevention,
diagnosis, treatment, and cure of disease, and to enable the
physician-scientist to support and mentor the next generation of
physician-scientists conducting translational clinical research.
See Dr. Pasricha’s research interests
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In an
effort to best support the UTMB clinical enterprise, the Community Based
Clinics (CBC) are now operated as a separate UTMB entity jointly
responsible to and managed by the School of Medicine and the Hospital &
Clinics.
Ms.
Christine Keating, Executive Director of the Hospital & Clinics, and
Barbara Thompson, M.D., Assistant Dean for Faculty Practice and Chief
Medical Director for Outpatient Operations, will share executive
responsibilities for the management of the clinics. Christine Turley,
M.D., will serve as Medical Director, reporting in this capacity to Dr.
Thompson, and will be responsible for quality of care issues and the
performance and management of CBC physicians and other providers. Ms.
Louis Hancock, R.N., will be Director of Operations, and will be
responsible for management of CBC non provider personnel. Dr. Turley and
Ms. Hancock will work jointly to oversee day-to-day CBC operations. Karen
Sexton, R.N., Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer for UTMB Hospitals & Clinics,
and Stanley M. Lemon, M.D., Dean of Medicine, will act as the CBC Board,
responsible for periodic oversight of CBC performance and the integration
of CBC activities into the broader clinical and academic operations of the
Hospital & Clinics and School of Medicine. The Hospital & Clinics and
School
of Medicine will jointly share financial responsibilities for CBC
operations.
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The Coordinating Board
has announced the fiscal year 2004 and 2005 grant awards under the
Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program (MHGP). This program
was established by the 76th Legislature with proceeds from the Texas
Tobacco Lawsuit Settlement.
Proposals were
selected for funding based on: (1) program quality as determined by peer
reviews, and (2) other selection criteria identified in the MHGP Grant
Application Instructions and Forms. UTMB grant award winners are:
Martha Hargraves,
Ph.D. and
Garland
Anderson, M.D.
MO19: A Faith-Based
Approach to African American Health Through Nutrition and Exercise.
Award Amount: $ 313,014.
Kevin McKinney,
M.D. The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in partnership with
Matagorda Episcopal Hospital Outreach Program, Bay City, MA12: Impact
of Diabetes Management for Indigent Hispanics in Matagorda County.
Award Amount: $ 215,352.
Click here
for a complete list of the grant award winners.
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The
following faculty were appointed to the newly created Academic Review
Committee effective immediately. Members serve a 4-year term except that
initial members will be elected to staggered terms.
Jerry C.
Daniels, M.D., Ph.D. – Internal Medicine
Anne Hudson Jones, Ph.D. – IMH/PM&CH
Claire E. Hulsebosch, Ph.D. – Anatomy &
Neurosciences/MBI
Gabriel Rodriguez, M.D. – Surgery
Melvyn H. Schreiber, M.D. – Radiology
Click here
to view a list of standing committees in the School of Medicine.
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The Ellison Medical
Foundation has invited our institution to nominate one candidate to apply
for the New Scholars Program in Global Infectious Disease for 2004. An
eligible candidate would be a new independent investigator of outstanding
promise in basic biomedical research or clinical sciences relevant to
understanding global infectious diseases.
These awards are
intended for investigators who are in the first three (3) years of their
research career following their post-doctoral fellowship experiences. As
of February 26, 2004, nominees must hold full-time appointments (tenure or
non-tenure) on the faculty of the sponsoring institution and they must not
have been in such an appointment, at the sponsoring institution or other
institution(s), for more than three years as of
July 15, 2004.
Time spent in clinical internships, post-doctoral training, residencies or
in work toward board certification does not count as part of the
three-year limit. Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars may hold one
concurrent foundation award (such as Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards
in the Biomedical Sciences, Hughes Foundation, Infectious Diseases Society
of America, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust,
Searle Scholars) for up to one year. This restriction will be applied
regardless of whether there is overlap in the scientific content of the
awards.
Each award will be
made for up to $50,000 per year for a four year period and is intended to
provide the support needed to become established in the field of global
infectious disease research. If you are, or
know of someone who might be interested in applying for this program,
please send the following information to Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of the Dean of Medicine, Route
0133: a description of the proposed research (not to exceed four pages), a
copy of the applicant’s CV, and a letter of support from the applicant’s
Chair or Division Chief. Please submit this information by
Thursday, January 15, 2004
to allow time for review of materials prior to the February 26, 2004
external deadline.
Further details about the program can be found at the following web site:
www.ellisonfoundation.org.
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The Mary
Kay Ash Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for
innovative grants for translational research in ovarian, uterine,
breast, or cervical cancer. Only one grant application will be
accepted from each accredited medical school. The grant will be up to
$100,000 (combined direct and indirect costs) for a two-year period.
Applications must be submitted by one principal investigator, selected by
the institution. The Foundation anticipates funding at least five
grants. Please note that there are no restrictions as to faculty rank or
length of time at a specific faculty rank.
An
internal selection committee will review applications. If you are or know
of someone who would be interested in applying for this program, please
submit the following information to Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of the Dean of Medicine, Route
0133, by Friday, January 23, 2004 (the external deadline is March
5, 2004): a description of the proposal (not to exceed five pages), a copy
of the applicant's CV, and a letter of support from the applicant's Chair
or Division Chief. For more information, please visit:
http://www.mkacf.org/WomenAndCancer.shtml.
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Applications are now
being accepted for the two-day Grant Writing Workshop which will take
place on February 6th and 7th, 2004 at Stanford
University. The workshop, sponsored by the Stanford Center of Excellence
through a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will
bring together 40 Latino/a fellows, post-doctoral students, and junior
faculty who may be applying for a health services research grant within
the next few years. Experts in grant writing will be presenting on various
topics pertaining to grant writing. This workshop will be an excellent
opportunity to learn and understand the entire grant writing process.
Interested participants are encouraged to contact Fred M. Tovar,
Pre-Health Advisor, and Outreach Coordinator at (650) 725-1437 or via
e-mail: ftovar@stanford.edu for
further information and/or questions. Each participant will be provided
with up to $400.00 to defray the cost of travel and accommodations.
The deadline for applications is January 16, 2004. Selected participants
will be notified promptly following a review of their applications.
Further information and application forms are available at:
www.stanford.edu/dept/med/COE
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Faculty members are
invited to attend the 12th Annual Women in Medicine and Science
“Pathways to Leadership” Conference on Friday March 5, 2004, Richmond
Marriott Hotel,
Richmond,
VA.
The full day conference is designed to promote professional development
and leadership skills, especially aimed to meet the needs of women
faculty, residents, and medical, dental and graduate students. Cost for
registration is $150 for faculty. For more information, please
click here.
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14. NEW FACULTY
appointments
The Dean
of Medicine welcomes the following new School of Medicine faculty who were
appointed between October 1, 2003 -
November
30, 2003:
Fadi F.
Estephan, M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Ramon
Flick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology
Amanjit
S. Gill, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology
Sandra
Kuniyoshi, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neurology
Wolfgang
Maret, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health
Erle
Murphey, III,
DVM,
MS, Ph.D., Instructor, Anesthesiology
Katrina
Parker, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Joseph
H. Sellin, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine
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--REQUEST
FOR NOMINATIONS – DANIEL C. TOSTESON, M.D. AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL
EDUCATION:
The Carl
J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research and the Academy at Harvard
Medical School request nominations for the Daniel C. Tosteson, M.D. Award
for Leadership in Medical Education. The award will be presented to an
individual whose leadership has brought about significant innovation or
improvement in undergraduate and/or graduate medical education. The
recipient will receive an honorarium of $10,000 and will deliver a keynote
address at the Harvard Medical School Medical Education Retreat on
Wednesday, March 31, 2004.
Faculty and staff of medical schools and teaching hospitals and members of
academic societies are eligible to submit nominations. The deadline is
Friday, December 19 2003.
For more information please call 617 667-9120.
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--2004 LOUISA GROSS
HORWITZ PRIZE:
Columbia University
has a call for nominations for The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in Biology
or Biochemistry. The purpose of this award is to honor a scientific
investigator, or group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge
in the fields of biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special
recognition. The Prize consists of an honorarium and a citation which are
awarded at a special presentation event. The deadline for nominations is
January 16, 2004. To obtain more information, please visit:
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/news/press_releases/Horwitz.html .
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--THE
ROBERT J. AND CLAIRE PASAROW FOUNDATION – 2003 MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARDS IN
CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND NEUROPSYCHIATRY:
The
Foundation has established three yearly medical prizes for distinguished
accomplishment in research in order to increase public awareness of vital
areas of investigation. Each award is for $35,000 presented directly to
the awardee. The three prizes—one in each of the three fields—are given
for basic and/or clinical research. The criteria for these awards are
evidence of extraordinary accomplishment and the likelihood of continuing
outstanding achievement in biomedical science. Nominations should be
received by January 23, 2004.
Questions regarding the program should be directed to Jack D. Barchas,
M.D., President of the Foundation, telephone number 212-746-3770.
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--CALL
FOR NOMINATIONS – BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB AWARD:
Nominations are being accepted for the Seventeenth Annual Bristol-Myers
Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research. This
is a $50,000 award presented annually to a scientist making an outstanding
contribution to progress in neuroscience research. Candidates for the
award are nominated by individuals affiliated with medical schools,
hospitals and neuroscience research centers. The deadline for receipt of
nominations is
March 1,
2004. Rules and nominating information are available at:
http://www.bms.com/sr/grants/data/achiev.html
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FOR NOMINATIONS – THE ALTON
OCHSNER AWARD RELATING SMOKING AND HEALTH:
Nominations are being accepted for the Nineteenth Annual Alton Ochsner
Award Relating Smoking and Health. An award of $15,000 will be presented
to one or more clinical and/or basic science investigators, without regard
to age, race, gender or nationality, for outstanding and exemplary
original scientific investigations that relate tobacco consumption and
health. The deadline for receipt of nominations is
March
31, 2004.
Detailed information is available at:
http://www.ochsner.org/academics/smokingaward.html
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