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The
e-newsletter for faculty and staff
at the UTMB School of Medicine
April
15, 2004
Vol. 4, No. 5
In this issue:
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
2.
Dr. cheryl watson accepted as fellow in elam program
6. Global Health
Scholarships Announced
8.
SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
9. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - THE DANA FOUNDATION
PROGRAM IN BRAIN AND IMUUNO-IMAGING
10.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
11.
PROMOTION AND TENURE ACTIONS
12. APPOINTMENTS TO ENDOWED POSITIONS
13. FACULTY ELECTED TO THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
14. ACTIVE SEARCHES
15. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
16. LINKS TO UTMB WEB
SITES
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An
orientation schedule
has been planned to introduce new
faculty to the UTMB campus as well as offer all faculty an opportunity
to learn more about our institution. All faculty are welcome to attend!
These events will be held at noon in
the Office of the Dean of Medicine Conference Room, 5.106 Administration
Building. Please RSVP to Ms. Eartha Dotson via email, edotson@utmb.edu,
or call extension 22671.
The Office of Educational Development
announces the Education Dimension Series (EDS) topic for Thursday,
May 6, 2004 will be: “Creating Peer-Reviewed Abstracts and Poster
Presentations” facilitated by Karen A. Szauter, M.D. and Jack R.
Scott, Ed.D., M.P.H. The Education
Dimension Series is an informal medical education skills activity for
faculty, primarily for SOM faculty/staff, and is held the first
Thursday of each month from 12:00 Noon – 1:00p.m. in Suite 1.102, Mary
Moody Northen Conference Room, Mary Moody Northen Pavilion.
Participants may pre-register for the workshop by contacting Cindi
Wolf, x71433, Email: cawolf@utmb.edu.
--Preventive
Medicine & Community Health: May 16-19, 2004
--Obstetrics &
Gynecology: June 6-8, 2004
--Saturday,
May 22, 2004, 10:00 AM, Moody Gardens Convention Center.
Commencement Speaker: Fernando A. Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., Director of
Health, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. For more information,
please visit the School of Medicine web site:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/Commencement/SOMactivities04.htm,
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2.
DR. CHERYL S. WATSON ACCEPTED AS FELLOW IN ELAM PROGRAM
Cheryl S. Watson,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
and Associate
Director (Basic Research) for the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in
Women’s Health, was
accepted as a member of the 2004-2005 class of fellows in the Hedwig van
Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
for Women.
Established in 1995, ELAM offers extensive educational, networking and
mentoring opportunities to support women leaders who aspire to the highest
administrative ranks at academic health centers. Since 1997, ten
UTMB faculty have participated in the ELAM fellowship program.
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Colleagues, students, friends and family of
UTMB Professor E. Brad Thompson, M.D. gathered March 12 at Levin Hall and
the Hotel Galvez to celebrate Dr. Thompson's four decades of research,
teaching and leadership at UTMB and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
An all-day scientific symposium in Dr. Thompson's honor focused on
molecular endocrinology, the study of the structure and function of
hormones and hormone receptors.
Read more ...
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Susan
M. Gerik, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Lisa R.
Nash, D.O., Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, were
selected by the
AAMC to attend their Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development
Seminar which will be held on July 10-13, 2004 in Washington.
This
seminar is designed to help women faculty develop the tools and personal
contacts needed to advance to leadership positions
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Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD,
the Annie and John
Gnitzinger Professor of Aging and Director, Division of Sociomedical
Sciences in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, recently has been nominated
for a recognition
award to be presented to outstanding researchers who have made
significant contributions to improving the health of minorities and the medically
underserved. The Center for Research on Minority Health at the University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center will announce the recipients of this
award during its annual celebration of National Minority Cancer Awareness
Week.
Dr. Markides has, over the
past 28 years, conducted research on the health of older Mexican
Americans, making great strides in addressing their health and health care
needs. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Hispanic Established
Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (EPESE), a
longitudinal study of 3,050 older Mexican Americans from the Southwestern
United States. He has authored or co-authored over 210 publications, the
majority of which are on older Mexican Americans. Dr. Markides is the
founding and current editor of the Journal of Aging and Health. The
Institute for Scientific Information has recently selected Dr. Markides to
be listed among the most cited social scientists in the world.
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6. Global Health
Scholarships Announced
The Global Health Scholarship Committee received twenty applications from
very well qualified UTMB students eager and motivated to become involved
in and experience training, research and service opportunities in a
variety of international settings. The McLaughlin Fund awarded $2,000.00
each to Omerine Yembe, MS-1, to support HIV/AIDs work at McCord Hospital
in Durban, South Africa, and to Ryan Gregory, MS-3, to support his
interest in HIV/AIDs work at Kara, Togo, West Africa. The Dean's Award
named Zelime Ward, Paula Doyle, Tamara Howard and David McCollum winners
of $1,000.00 each to support efforts in Community Primary Care in Mundra,
India. Abdul Moosa, M.D. of LaPorte, a community faculty member of the
Department of Family Medicine, will precept these four preclinical
students. Carolyn Cushing, MS-1, was awarded $700.00 for Pediatrics in San
Jose Chiquitos, Bolivia. Amy Doss and Shannon Hardy, both MS-1, were given
$650.00 each and will complete a 4-week course in Pediatric Surgery in
Managua, Nicaragua. Dr. Stanley Lemon presented the Dean's Awards and
Dr.Lynn Soong represented the McLaughlin Fund at a presentation on April
22.
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The Minority
Trainee Research Forum (MTRF) will be held in North Miami, Florida,
September 22-26, 2004 at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club. MTRF
is an invitational scientific meeting showcasing the serious trainees
engaged in biomedical research. Selection is based on a national
competition of abstracts from wet bench research. Twelve winning
abstracts in each educational level will be selected for presentation: 12
postdoctoral trainees; 12 Ph.D. trainees; 12 M.D. /Ph.D. trainees; 12 M.D.
trainees; 12 college trainees / postbac trainees; and 12 high school
trainees. The deadline for abstracts is July 30, 2004.
Each winner will receive
a full travel fellowship (air, hotel, food) to MTRF where they will
give a 15 minute oral presentation and participate in the poster session,
seminars and awards dinner. Invitations are limited to minority groups
underrepresented in the biomedical arena.
Visit the following web
site and download the application and MTRF brochure at
https://www.temple.edu/pstp
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The Science Foundation
Ireland (SFI) has recently launched a new award which might be of interest
to early-career track researchers. The award represents the
SFI's most prestigious award for young researchers from around the world
who will carry out their research in third level institutions
(Universities & Institutes of Technology) in Ireland.
This recently launched
SFI Young Investigator
programme is aimed at exceptional young scientists who have attained their
Ph.D. within the last five years. Funding will support them to start up
their own independent research programme in an Irish research
institution. These five
year awards will provide funding of up to €400,000 for the 1st year and
€200,000 for years 2 – 5. The deadline is Friday, May 28, 2004.
Further information can be found at
http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=418&language_id=1
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The Dana Foundation has a Request for Proposals for the Dana Program in
Brain and Immuno-imaging Using Brain
and Immune Imaging Innovations to Improve Human Health. The
program now consists of two tracks. Our School has been invited to submit
one application per track. One track will support conventional brain
systems imaging of brain tissues. Each successful applicant proposing to
undertake research using conventional brain tissue imaging technologies
will receive funding totaling up to $100,000 over a period of up to three
years. The second track will support the use of emerging
cellular/molecular imaging technologies, either alone or in combination
with conventional systems imaging techniques, of brain cells, or immune
cells, or of their interactions. Successful applicants will receive grants
ranging from $100,000 to $300,000 total for up to three years.
The
Program is designed to enable investigators to obtain pilot data more
quickly than is possible under other funding mechanisms. Investigations
must concern human brain or immune functioning or malfunctioning to be
considered for funding. Proposals employing conventional brain tissue
imaging must be designed to be undertaken in humans, unless this is not
yet feasible. Proposals employing cellular/molecular imaging (used
alone or in combination with brain systems imaging) may be designed to
be undertaken in humans or in human tissue, or in animal models provided
the animal studies are directly relevant to understanding human immune
or brain functioning or malfunctioning. Research that can be supported
through clinical income should not be submitted. Previous applicants
are eligible to reapply.
To
nominate an individual, please submit the following: 1) a letter of
nomination from the applicant’s Chair or Division Chief, 2) a synopsis of
the proposed research, and 3) a copy of the CV to the Office of the Dean
of Medicine, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Route 0133, or email at
lphillip@utmb.edu
by Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (the external deadline is May 25, 2004). Details
about the program are available at the Foundation’s web site:
http://www.dana.org/grants/health/proposals/immunoimaging.cfm.
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The
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has a call for nominations for the
Damon Runyon Scholar Award. This award was established to support the
development of outstanding scientists as independent investigators in the
cancer field by helping foster their research productivity during the
first few years of their first faculty position. Candidates must be at
the assistant professor or equivalent level and be within the first three
years of their initial faculty appointment. Successful applicants will
receive a $100,000 grant each year for three years. The award may be
supplemented by funds from research grants awarded to the applicant or by
institutional funds. However, no other award expressly intended for
career development may be held concurrently with a Damon Runyon Scholar
Award. Examples of such awards are listed on the Foundation’s web site
below. Non-U.S. citizens may apply only if they have a regular faculty
appointment at a U.S. institution. Our institution may nominate two
scientists working in cancer-related areas for this award—a physician
scientist (M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. affiliated with a clinical department) and a
basic scientist.
To nominate an individual,
please submit the following information to the Office of the Dean of
Medicine, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Route 0133, or email at
lphillip@utmb.edu
by Thursday, May 13, 2004 (the external deadline is July 1, 2004): 1) a
letter of nomination from the applicant’s Chair or Division Chief, 2) a
synopsis of the proposed research, and 3) a copy of the applicant’s CV.
Details about the program are available at the Foundation’s web site:
www.drcrf.org.
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Below is a list of
School of
Medicine
faculty who were recommended by the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure
Committee and/or approved by the Executive Committee of the Faculty of
Medicine for promotion and/or tenure. These actions are effective
September 1, 2004 and are pending System approval:
ISTVAN BOLDOGH, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, be awarded tenure at his current
rank.
ANTONELLA CASOLA, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
& Immunology, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, be
promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology &
Immunology.
MARVIN S. COHEN, M.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department
of Anesthesiology, be promoted to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology.
DARA V. DALLAS, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of
Pediatrics, be promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics.
YUAN-LIN DONG, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics
& Gynecology, be promoted to Associate Professor.
CHARLISE A. GUNDERSON, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, be promoted to Associate Professor of
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.
HANS LANGSJOEN, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of
Neurology, be promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology.
M. KRISTEN PEEK, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive
Medicine and Community Health, be promoted to Associate Professor and
awarded tenure.
THOMAS J. PFEIL, JR., M.D., Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and
Neuroscience & Cell Biology, be promoted to Associate Professor of Family
Medicine and
Neuroscience & Cell Biology.
PATRICIA A. ROGERS, M.D., F.A.A.P., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and
Family Medicine, be promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics and
Family Medicine.
CECILIA M. ROMERO, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine,
Department of Family Medicine, be promoted to Professor of Family
Medicine.
KAREN SZAUTER, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and PM&CH,
Departments of Internal Medicine and PM&CH, be promoted to Associate
Professor of Internal Medicine and PM&CH.
DENNIS M. WALLING, M.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal
Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, be promoted to Associate Professor
and awarded tenure.
PING WU, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of
Neuroscience & Cell Biology, be promoted to Associate Professor.
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12.
APPOINTMENTS TO ENDOWED POSITIONS
The following faculty
were appointed to endowed chairs/professorships:
HENRY F. EPSTEIN, M.D.,
Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, and
Director ad interim, Marine Biomedical Institute, be appointed as the
inaugural holder of the CECIL H. AND IDA M. GREEN DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY
CHAIR IN NEUROSCIENCE AND CELL BIOLOGY.
STEVEN A. WEINMAN, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Internal
Medicine and Neuroscience & Cell Biology, be appointed as the inaugural
holder of the JOHN SEALY DISTINGUISHED CHAIR FOR MD/PhD COMBINED DEGREE
STUDIES IN HONOR OF DR. TRUMAN G. BLOCKER.
WILLIAM D. WILLIS, JR., M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience
& Cell Biology, be appointed as the inaugural holder of the CECIL H. AND
IDA M. GREEN DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN NEUROSCIENCE.
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13.
FACULTY ELECTED TO THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
Below are the names of faculty members who recently have been elected to
the Admissions Committee within the School of Medicine, effective July
1, 2004. Also shown are the terms of their service on the committee.
Elie
Al-Chaer, PhD, Internal Medicine, 2004-2007
Stanley D.
Allen, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002-2005
Concepcion
R. Arrastia, MD, Ob/Gyn, 2003-2006
A. Nelson
Avery, MD, PM & CH, 2003-2006
Michael C.
Boyars, MD, Internal Medicine, 2004-2007
Hari Dayal,
PhD, PM & CH, 2003-2006
Paul W.
English, MD, Surgery, 2003-2005
William F.
Jacobs, MD, Internal Medicine, 2003-2006
Michael H.
Malloy, MD, Pediatrics, 2003-2005
Jeffery R.
Matthews, MD, Psychiatry, 2003-2006
Ayekin Oto,
MD, Radiology, 2004-2007
Freddy A.
Paniagua, PhD, Psychiatry, 2003-2005
Brian E.
Peerce, PhD, Physiology & Biophysics, 2004-2007
John R.
Petersen, PhD, Pathology, 2002-2005
Jeffrey P.
Rabek, PhD, HBC & G, 2004-2007
Karen A.
Rasmusson, MD, Neurology, 2002-2005
Gabriel
Rodriguez, MD, Surgery, 2004-2007
Cecilia M.
Romero, MD, Family Medicine, 2003-2006
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14. ACTIVE SEARCHES
The School of Medicine is conducting the
following searches:
Chair, Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics:
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