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The
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at the UTMB School of Medicine
October 15, 2003
Vol. 3, No. 11
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
5. AWARDS FOR SOM GIVEN DURING FOUNDERS DAY WEEKEND
6. new faculty honored at reception
7. DR. ELLEN MORE RECEIVES AWARD FOR BOOK
8. IMH FACULTY MEMBER AND VISITING SCHOLAR IN THE NEWS
9. CHANGE IN AWARD CRITERIA FOR THE JEANE B. KEMPNER SCHOLAR AWARDS
10. ATTENTION FACULTY: register for the research retreat
12. Pfizer Fellowship and Scholar Awards
13. APPOINTMENTS TO ENDOWED POSITIONS
14. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
15. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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· ALL
SCHOOLS FACULTY ORIENTATION
The All Schools
Faculty Orientation is designed to acquaint new faculty with UTMB as well
as offer all faculty an opportunity to learn more about our institution.
Please mark your calendar to attend a presentation by Research Services:
Wednesday,
October 29, 2003, 12N-1PM, in the Office of the Dean of Medicine
Conference Room, 5.106 Administration Building.
Guest Speakers:
Myrta Stager,
Executive Director, Research, will provide an overview of the different
areas within Research Services.
Sarah
Toombs-Smith, Ph.D., Director, Research Services, will detail the
operations of the newly-established Campus Research Liaison function
within Research Services.
Please RSVP to
Ms. Eartha Dotson via email,
edotson@utmb.edu, or call extension 22671.
· EDUCATIONAL
DIMENSION SERIES
The Office of Educational
Development (OED) announces the next session in the Education Dimension
Series which will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2003 at noon, Mary
Moody Northen Conference Room (1.102), Mary Moody Northen Pavilion. The
topics for this session are: “Guiding Self-Directed Learners in Clinical
Settings” and “Organizing Knowledge through Concept Maps.” The purpose of
this program is to orient members of the UTMB community in the essential
principles of medical education in order to better meet the needs of their
students, residents, colleagues or other learners. Each session will
include measurable learning objectives, active learning methods, Internet
learning resources, and a brief quiz. This series of medical educator
development topics are held the first Thursday of each month and will
culminate in a Certificate of Attendance. RSVP by contacting OED (71433).
Questions should be directed to Dr. Jack Scott (22791) or Cindi Wolf
(71433). Further details about the program may be found at:
http://oed.utmb.edu/dimension.htm.
· APPOINTMENT,
PROMOTION & TENURE WORKSHOP
The Office of the
Dean of Medicine will again offer the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure
(APT) Workshop to be held on Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 5PM-7PM, in the
Caduceus Room. Faculty and administrators are invited to attend. The
purpose of this workshop is to clarify the APT process.
Guest Speakers:
Abbey Berenson,
M.D.
Co-Chair,
Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee
Harvey Bunce,
III, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Dean for Administration
Deborah
(Reynolds) Guerrero
Coordinator II,
Special Programs, Office of the Dean of Medicine
Christopher N.
Johnsen, J.D.
Attorney, Legal
Affairs
Stanley M. Lemon,
M.D.
Dean of Medicine
Linda G.
Phillips, M.D.
Senior Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs
Refreshments will
be served. Please RSVP to Ms. Eartha Dotson by email,
edotson@utmb.edu <mailto:edotson@utmb.edu>,
or call 22671.
· RESEARCH
RETREAT
--November 20, 2003 (all day)
and November 21, 2003 (half day) at the Hotel Galvez, Galveston
· CHANGE
IN DATE FOR DECEMBER FACULTY OF MEDICINE MEETING
The December Faculty of
Medicine Meeting initially scheduled on Tuesday, December 2, 2003, has
been rescheduled to
Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 4:30
PM, Levin Hall North Auditorium.
New faculty who have been appointed
between 10/01/03-11/30/03
will be introduced at the
Faculty of Medicine Meeting
and honored at a holiday reception sponsored by the Office of the Dean of
Medicine and the Faculty Group Practice immediately following
the
meeting.
· DEPARTMENTAL
REVIEWS
--Pharmacology & Toxicology:
January 11-14, 2004
--Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences: January 25-28, 2004
--Physiology & Biophysics:
March 7-10, 2004
--Obstetrics & Gynecology:
April 18-21, 2004
--Preventive Medicine &
Community Health: May 16-19, 2004
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
announced September 30th that UTMB was selected as the site of
one of two National Biocontainment Laboratories in the country and the
recipient of $110 million from the NIAID for biodefense research. UTMB is
also one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and
Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the only institution to achieve both the
national and regional designations.
Following the
announcement, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison toured the UTMB BSL4
Laboratory on October 9th.
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Dr. Thomas M. Julian, Editor of the Journal of Lower
Genital Tract Disease, will run an obituary in the Journal’s January, 2004
issue on Tung Van Dinh, M.D., an exceptionally compassionate medical
doctor, who was one of the six inaugural Osler Scholars at UTMB. Dr. Dinh
died earlier this year.
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Two School of
Medicine faculty have been named William Osler Scholars and will join four
original Scholars selected two years ago. Together, they comprise the
John P. McGovern, M.D., Academy of Oslerian Medicine. The announcement
was made at the Founders Day Faculty Awards Luncheon on October 3rd.
Dr. Mark D. Holden, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
and Dr. Barbara L. Thompson, Professor and Chair, Department of Family
Medicine, were selected based on their history of giving highly competent,
humane, compassionate care and serving as outstanding teachers and role
models. For more information, please visit:
http://www.utmb.edu/osler/.
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Awards for the School of Medicine were
presented at two luncheons during Founders Day Weekend, October 3-4,
2003. The following School of Medicine faculty received teaching awards
at the Faculty Awards Luncheon held on Friday:
Class of ’47 Excellence in
Teaching Award
Dr. Frederick S. Huang - Pediatrics
Dr. Aileen K. Ritchie –
Physiology & Biophysics
Dr. Gurjeet S. Shokar
- Family Medicine
Dr. Gopalrao V. Velagaleti - Pediatrics
In addition,
students received awards at the Scholarship Luncheon held on Saturday.
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New School of
Medicine faculty, appointed between April 1, 2003 and September 30, 2003,
were honored at a welcoming reception on October 15, 2003. These
receptions are held as an opportunity for our new faculty members to meet
the UTMB community. See list of new faculty at:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/newfacultypresentation0204_files/Reception101503.htm.
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Ellen
S. More, Ph.D., Member, Institute for the Medical Humanities, and
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, has
been honored by the History of Science Society (HSS) for her book,
Restoring the Balance: Women Physicians and the Profession of Medicine,
1850-1995. The book earned the 2003 History of Women in Science Prize
which will be awarded at the society’s annual meeting November 22nd
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reviews of Dr. More's book can be found on
Amazon.com.
In addition,
Dr. More is one of the project team members of an interactive multimedia
exhibition at the National Library of Medicine which opened October 14,
2003. The NIH Exhibit Opening: “Changing The Face of Medicine” features
stories from a rich diversity of women physicians and a broad range of
medicine that they practice in communities across the U.S. See
press release.
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New faculty
member, Dr. Kirk L. Smith, received coverage in The Brownsville Herald for
work he began as an M.D./Ph.D. student for the organization, Frontera de
Salud. Dr. Smith is the Director of Frontera de Salud, a volunteer service
organization of medical and allied health students committed to bringing
primary health care to the under-served. See more about Dr. Smith at:
http://www.utmb.edu/imh/faculty.asp?FacID=29.
Dr. Lun Li, a
visiting scholar in the Institute for the Medical Humanities at UTMB,
received coverage in The Galveston County Daily News about his research on
the Japanese army’s medical experiments on people in occupied China during
World War II. See more about Dr. Li at:
http://www.utmb.edu/imh/scholarlist.asp.
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The award criteria for the Jeane B. Kempner
Scholar awards have been changed to allow individuals with MD or PhD
Degrees earned at any accredited institution to work with a UTMB School of
Medicine faculty member. In addition, the Scholar awards will be open to
second and third year students in the School of Medicine to apply.
Advertisements have been widely circulated and students are being
notified. Consequently, over the next month or so, faculty may be
contacted by potential applicants who want to apply for these stipends to
carry out post-doctoral training under faculty supervision. Please see the
website for additional information concerning the award,
http://www2.utmb.edu/Kempner,
including information
to assist faculty if they wish to participate as a sponsor/mentor. If you
have any questions, please contact Dr. Regino Perez-Polo, Chair, Jeane B.
Kempner Scholar Committee, at
regino.perez-polo@utmb.edu or
ext. 23667.
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10. ATTENTION FACULTY: register for the research retreat
The Research Retreat Planning
Committee is pleased to announce the 2003 UTMB Research Retreat,
“Translational Research: Maximizing Discoveries for Human Health.” Vital
to our mission as an academic medical center, translational research is
the process whereby medical discoveries are moved forward to improve
patient care.
The Retreat will be held
November 20-21 at the Galvez Hotel in Galveston. At the Retreat, you can
join with other UTMB faculty to discuss our role in the evolving national
research agenda, as well as the best methods by which to maximize research
directions that are strategic for UTMB.
You’ll have a chance to discuss
your ideas at breakout sessions focused on enhancing linkages of research
with interventional tools, such as: small molecule drugs, vaccines,
protein therapeutics, behavioral therapies, community health outcomes and
nanotechnology, to name a few. Group reports on November 21 will enable
you to hear the results from other breakout sessions, and understand the
themes emerging from the Retreat.
Register
for the Retreat, sign up to present a poster, volunteer to
lead one of the discussion groups, or just sound off on the topic.
You can do it all through one handy web address:
http://www.utmb.edu/researchretreat. Online reservations will
be taken through the month of October.
You are also invited to bring
your ideas to any member of the Planning Committee.
Research Retreat Planning
Committee: Allan
Brasier, M.D., Internal Medicine/OVPR; Randy Urban, M.D., Internal
Medicine; Larry Denner, Ph.D., Internal Medicine; Mary Jane Bernier,
Ph.D., SON; Randy Goldblum, M.D., Pediatrics; Katherine Cunningham, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology & Toxicology; Abbey Berenson, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology;
Ken Ottenbacher, Ph.D., SAHS; David Niesel, Ph.D., Microbiology &
Immunology; David Gorenstein, Ph.D., Office of the Dean of Medicine; Doug
Watts, Ph.D., Pathology; Don Powell, M.D., Office of the Dean of Medicine/GCRC.
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The Hedwig van
Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
for Women is now seeking applicants for its 2004-2005 class of
approximately 45 Fellows. ELAM offers extensive educational, networking
and mentoring opportunities in support of women leaders who aspire to the
highest administrative ranks at academic health centers. Candidates must
be at the associate professor rank or higher, and must demonstrate
significant administrative responsibilities and potential for advancement
to top levels of academic administration.
Individuals who
may be interested in applying for this program must be able to attend the
three educational sessions of 5-7 days each, two at a suburban setting
outside Philadelphia, held in the fall and spring, and one coinciding with
the November annual meeting of the Association of American Medical
Colleges. This is a period of intensive study, emphasizing in-depth case
analyses, experiential learning in small group work and team building,
networking with academic and health care leaders, and financial analysis
and planning with a computerized budget simulation.
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: candidate's statement of what they intend to derive as a benefit
from the program, a copy of their CV, and a letter of support from their
Chair. Please submit this information by January 2, 2004 to allow time
for review of materials prior to the February 2, 2004 external deadline.
Should a successful candidate be selected from UTMB, the Office of the
Dean of Medicine will provide financial support for the program fee,
travel, and other related expenses. An applicant who is selected for this
program must include in their application packet the nomination of the
Dean along with letters of recommendation from their direct supervisor and
one other senior colleague. Program details can be found on the ELAM web
site:
http://www.drexel.edu/elam.
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Pfizer has
announced two funding opportunities. Awards of $65,000 each will be
provided for the following grants:
The American
College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awards in Cardiovascular Medicine
The sponsor awards fellowships
intended to encourage the development and promotion of talented junior
physician-scientists in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Up to two
fellowships of $65,000 per year for three years will be awarded to
accredited U.S. academic medical institutions on behalf of eligible,
carefully selected applicants. Only one application will be accepted per
medical school or teaching hospital with a training program in pediatric
cardiology, adult cardiology, or cardiac surgery accredited by the ACGME
or AOA.
The
Pfizer/American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Foundation Junior Faculty
Scholars Program for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics
The sponsor provides support
for physician-scientists during the critical transition from junior
faculty to independent researcher in the field of geriatrics. Applicants
must hold a faculty appointment at a U.S. medical school and have a M.D.
or D.O. degree. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents. Support is provided for two years at $65,000 a year. No more
than three applications from each medical school will be accepted.
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, 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 November 3, 2003 to allow time for
review of materials prior to the December 1, 2003 external deadline. For
further details, please visit:
http://www.physicianscientist.com/.
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13.
APPOINTMENTS TO ENDOWED POSITIONS
The following
faculty were appointed to endowed chairs/professorships:
1.
ANNE HUDSON
JONES, Ph.D.,
Member, Institute for the Medical Humanities,
and Professor, Department of
Preventive Medicine & Community Health, is the inaugural
holder of the HOBBY FAMILY
PROFESSORSHIP IN MEDICAL HUMANITIES
effective October 1, 2003
through September 30, 2008.
2.
SANDRA S. HATCH,
M.D., Associate
Professor, Department of Radiation
Oncology, is the initial holder
of the RUTH LEVY KEMPNER PROFESSORSHIP effective October 1, 2003 through
September 30, 2008.
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The Dean of
Medicine welcomes the following new School of Medicine faculty who were
appointed from August 1, 2003 through September 30, 2003:
Imad A. Abumeri,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Surgery
Edward F.
Bustamante, O.D., Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Joaquin
Castrillon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neurology
Claudia Castro,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology
Celia Chao, M.D.,
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Meredith
Davenport, M.D., Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Richard Fremaux,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology
Baiba J. Grube,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Surgery
James King, M.D.,
Clinical Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Xinhua Li, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
Chunming Liu,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
Sabine Loyal,
M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Christopher Mast,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Steven Moore,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Surgery
Mary B. Munn,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tracy Nguyen-Oghalai,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Dharmendra (Dave)
Patel, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Nonko D.
Pehlivanov, M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Nadeem Qurashi,
M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Salvatore Rosanio,
M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Kirk L. Smith,
M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, IMH and Family Medicine
Claudio Soto,
Ph.D., Professor, Neurology
Philip Thomas,
M.B.B.S., Assistant Professor, Surgery
Leoncio Vergara,
M.D., Instructor, Physiology & Biophysics
Maki Wakamiya,
Ph.D., Instructor, Neurology
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--CALL
FOR APPLICATIONS – PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS FELLOWSHIP CLASS OF
2004-2006:
The Public Health
Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP) at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) invites applications for the Public Health
Informatics Fellowship Class of 2004-2006. Individuals with a Master’s or
Doctoral-level degree, in an appropriate discipline (e.g. public health,
medicine, related health-care profession, computer science, information
science, information systems, statistics, epidemiology, health-services
research, or a related informatics discipline from an accredited academic
institution) may apply. This two-year, full-time fellowship has provided
motivated individuals the opportunity to gain further training and
experience in public health and the information systems that support
public health’s efforts. The application deadline is December 12, 2003.
For further information regarding the Public Health Informatics Fellowship
Program and a link to the PHIFP on-line application form, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phifp.
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