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The
e-newsletter for faculty and staff
at the UTMB School of Medicine
Aug 1, 2004
Vol. 4, No. 9
In this issue:
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
2. CHANGE IN
COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS LEADERSHIP
3. DR. COURTNEY M.
TOWNSEND, JR. RECEIVES AWARDS
4. DRS.
DENNIE V. JONES, JR. AND DARYL T.Y. LAU NOMINATED FOR
BWF-CLINICAL SCIENTIST AWARD IN
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
5.
DR. LINDA G. PHILLIPS TO SERVE AS ELAM FACULTY ADVISER
6.
DR. CONCEPCION DIAZ-ARRASTIA SELECTED TO
THE NHMA LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
7.
DR.
DAVID P. MCCORMICK TO BE HONORED BY MEDICAL SOCIETY
8.
Consumer publication lists nine UTMB doctors as top specialists in the
U.S.
9.
CENTER FOR
ADDICTION RESEARCH 2004 PILOT GRANT PROGRAM ANNOUNCES AWARDEES
10.
NEW
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION & TENURE (APT) CHAIR
11.
The Daniel W. Kempner Symposium
12. REGISTER NOW FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH COURSE
13.
PRESENTATION FROM ALL SCHOOLS FACULTY ORIENTATION
NOW AVAILABLE ON WEB
14.
OFFICE
OF THE DEAN OF MEDICINE ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR TWO
RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
15.
Call for Workshop Presentation
Proposals: 2005 Southern Regional Professional Development Conference for
Women in Medicine and Research
16.
ACTIVE SEARCHES
17.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
18. LINKS TO UTMB WEB SITES
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HONORS
AND AWARDS PROGRAM AND WHITE COAT CEREMONY
The
Honors and Awards Program recognizes outstanding students and faculty;
the White Coat Ceremony is the School of Medicine's formal welcoming and
introduction of our incoming medical students to the profession of
medicine. This event will take place on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 4:00
PM in the Levin Hall Main Auditorium.
VISIT
OF JANET BICKEL
Janet
Bickel, President of Janet Bickel and Associates, will visit our campus
on September 16-18, 2004, as a consultant for professional and
leadership development. Ms. Bickel’s visit, co-sponsored by the Core
Committee for the Advancement of Women Faculty and Administrators,
Office of the Dean of Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics,
will include mentoring workshops as well as other programs. Further
information about Ms. Bickel is available at:
http://www.janetbickel.com/.
FACULTY
OF MEDICINE MEETINGS
--Tuesday, October
5, 2004 (5:00 PM)
--Tuesday, December
7, 2004 (5:00 PM)
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2. CHANGE IN
COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS LEADERSHIP
Drs. Stanley M. Lemon, M.D., Dean of Medicine,
and Karen H. Sexton, Chief Operating Officer, recently announced a change
in the community-based clinics leadership. Dr. Barbara L. Thompson,
Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, holder of the
Sealy Hutchings and Lucille Wright Hutchings Chair in Family Medicine, and
Assistant Dean, Faculty Practice, will succeed Dr. Christine Turley,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, who has indicated her
desire to step down as Medical Director, Community Based Clinics,
effective September 1, 2004. Dr. Thompson, who has been serving in
an interim capacity as Medical Director of the University Outpatient
Clinics, has also agreed to continue these responsibilities on a permanent
basis. See
full announcement
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3. DR. COURTNEY M.
TOWNSEND, JR. RECEIVES AWARDS
Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., M.D.,
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, and the John Woods Harris
Distinguished Chair in Surgery, is the recent recipient of the following
awards:
The "Outstanding Achievement Award for the
Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Faculty" was presented to
Dr. Townsend by Dr. Cecilia Romero, Associate Professor, Department of
Family Medicine, and Chair of the Core Committee for the Support of
Underrepresented Ethnic Groups, at the Town Meeting held on July 21, 2004.
This newly established award recognizes an individual who represents
outstanding leadership in the recruitment and retention of
underrepresented faculty members.
The "Honorary Member Award" will be presented
to Dr. Townsend at the
Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)
Fall Conference in October. The AWS
Foundation presents this award annually to those who are supportive of
women surgeons and the goals of the organization.
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4. DRS.
DENNIE V. JONES, JR. AND DARYL T.Y. LAU NOMINATED FOR
BWF-CLINICAL SCIENTIST AWARD IN
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Dennie
V. Jones, Jr., M.D., FACP, Associate Professor, Department of Internal
Medicine, and Daryl T.Y. Lau, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of
Internal Medicine, have been nominated to submit an application to the
Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Clinical Scientist Award in Translational
Research. These awards are intended to foster the development,
productivity, and mentoring capacity of established independent
physician-scientists who will strengthen translational research. Dr.
Jones's research interests are in novel drug development, tumor
chemoprevention, and clinical trials in malignancies of the aerodigestive
tract. Dr. Lau's area of research is in liver diseases, including, but not
limited to Hepatitis C.
Details about the
Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research program may be found at:
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/translational/clinical_scientists_background.html.
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5.
DR. LINDA G. PHILLIPS TO SERVE AS ELAM FACULTY ADVISER
Linda G.
Phillips, M.D., Truman G. Blocker, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Professor of
Surgery, Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery-Department of Surgery, and
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, will serve as a Faculty
Adviser for the
2004-2005 Class of Fellows in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive
Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
for Women.
The advisers are seasoned leaders of academic health centers (AHCs) who
are willing to share their broad knowledge, experience, and resources
encompassing all aspects of leadership with the Fellows. Dr.
Phillips has extensive experience with the ELAM Program and has mentored
ELAM Fellows at UTMB.
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 been selected
as ELAM Fellows.
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6.
DR. CONCEPCION DIAZ-ARRASTIA SELECTED TO
THE NHMA LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Concepcion Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has been selected to
the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Leadership Fellowship
Program. The fellowship which began in 1998 is a year-long program
that provides doctors in their mid careers with leadership skills,
development and networking with federal leaders. It enables fellows to
enhance their leadership capability, increase their understanding of
current key national/state health policy issues, develop innovative
policy strategies and solutions to critical leadership issues, expand
their networks and be prepared to lead organizational change processes
leading to improved quality health care in Hispanic communities across
the country.
Further information about the fellowship
program may be found at:
http://www.nhmamd.org/physician.htm.
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7.
DR.
DAVID P. MCCORMICK TO BE HONORED BY MEDICAL SOCIETY
David P. McCormick, M.D.,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, will be honored at the Texas
Pediatric Society’s annual meeting in September for his participation in the General Pediatric Preceptorship
Program. Dr. McCormick has mentored five medical students under the program aimed at
encouraging careers in pediatrics.
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for further details about the program.
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8.
Consumer publication lists nine UTMB doctors as top specialists in the
U.S.
The consumer guide
America’s Top Doctors has once again named nine UTMB faculty members among
the country’s top specialists in their respective fields. The physicians
listed in 2004 were also listed in the 2003 edition of the publication.
The doctors listed are Drs. Karl Anderson and P. Jay Pasricha in
gastroenterology; Dr. Gary Hankins in maternal and fetal medicine; Dr.
Michael Malloy in neonatal and perinatal medicine; Dr. William Mitch in
nephrology; Dr. Byron Bailey in otolaryngology; Drs. David Walker and
Roberto Logrono in pathology, and Dr. Robert Hirschfeld in psychiatry.
The selection process was based on the results of an extensive survey
mailed to randomly selected, board-certified, medical specialists who were
asked to nominate physicians who displayed excellence in academic
medicine, research and patient care. The survey also asked each respondent
to nominate physicians they would feel confident sending members of their
families to.
Read more
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9.
CENTER FOR
ADDICTION RESEARCH 2004 PILOT GRANT PROGRAM ANNOUNCES AWARDEES
The
Center for Addiction 2004 Research Pilot Grant Program funds research in
the mechanisms and processes underlying drug abuse and addiction. The
Center is proud to announce the following three grantees whose projects
were awarded $30,000 each for one year to gather data to apply for
external funding.
Proteome Map of Nicotine Addiction, Principal Investigators
Kelly T. Dineley, Ph.D. (Neurology), and Larry Denner, Ph.D. (Internal
Medicine; Stark Diabetes Center). Drs. Dineley and Denner are employing a
systems biology approach to understand how proteins regulate
nicotine-induced addictive behaviors. This group will study signaling
mechanisms and differentially-expressed proteins and phosphoproteins that
subserve acute and chronic nicotine actions in brain reward circuits.
Alpha-1C L-type Calcium Channels in Alcoholism, Principal
Investigator Philip T. Palade, Ph.D. (Neuroscience and Cell Biology). Dr.
Palade in collaboration with Giulio Taglialatela, Ph.D. (Neuroscience and
Cell Biology) will conduct research to determine whether the upregulation
of alpha-1C L-type calcium channels evoked by chronic ethanol exposure
contributes to its downstream effects and the physiological consequences
of alcoholism.
In Situ Optical Determination of 5-HT2AR-PDZ Interactions,
Principal Investigator Todd C. Pappas, Ph.D. (Center for Biomedical
Engineering; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Pharmacology and Toxicology). Dr. Pappas in
collaboration with Dr. Gracie Vargas (Center for Biomedical Engineering;
Neuroscience and Cell Biology) proposes to design a set of in situ
proteomic optical tools that will allow identification of associations
between multiple proteins using fluorescence resonance energy transfer.
These studies will allow correlation of multiprotein interactions with
ongoing functional modifications of target receptors.
The Center for Addiction Research will announce a second round of grant
competition in the near future. Announcements for this second round will
be published in the Daily Announcements, Impact, SOM e-NEWS and the UTMB
Yellow Sheet.
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10.
NEW
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION & TENURE (APT) CHAIR
The members of the
School of Medicine APT Committee have elected a new Chair, Daniel F. Cowan,
M.D., Professor,
Department of Pathology. Shinji Makino, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, will serve as Vice Chair.
Please visit
the following web site for a complete listing of the members of the APT Committee
as well as other School of Medicine standing committees:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/Standing%20Committees/Som_Standing_Committees_TOC.htm
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11.
The Daniel W. Kempner Symposium
The Daniel W. Kempner Symposium
entitled “Creating Caring Communities for Alzheimer’s Patients” is
scheduled for Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 9:00 a.m.
– 4:45 p.m. at the Galveston Island Convention Center and will be open to
the public. The speaker for the event will be Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D.,
Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor of
Neurology and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco
and Nobel Laureate. Mark the date on your calendar. More details to
follow.
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12.
REGISTER NOW FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH COURSE
“Clinical Research: Tools and Techniques”, is
a series of 38 weekly sessions offered by the General Clinical Research
Center (GCRC) and Clinical Research Education Office (Karl E. Anderson,
M.D. Course Director). This course will begin Monday, August 9, 2004, 5:15
p.m., Children’s Hospital, Room 2.312. The sessions provide an overview of
ethics, methods, and issues in the conduct of research involving human
subjects. A brochure further describing the sessions is available upon
request or at the course Internet site listed below. CME, CME ethics
hours, Risk Education, and GME credits are available for selected
sessions. The course is also approved for credit for graduate students
enrolled in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
To register, complete and submit the registration form located on the
brochure or Internet site, or contact Cheryl Benskin of the Clinical
Research Education Office by email or phone 772-1484. The course fee of
$45 covers registration, letter of completion, Risk Education and GME
credit, and refreshments. An additional $45 covers optional CME credit for
physicians or nurses. The schedule of this and other components of the
Clinical Research Training Program are available on the GCRC web page
www.utmb.edu/gcrc/
Course Internet site:
http://www.utmb.edu/gcrc/education/Ed_ResearchCourseCurrent.htm
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13.
PRESENTATION FROM ALL SCHOOLS FACULTY ORIENTATION
NOW AVAILABLE ON WEB
If you missed the July 30th All Schools
Faculty Orientation, the
slide
presentation is now available on the SOM web site at:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/Fac%20Orient.final_files/AllSchoolsFacOrient.htm.
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14.
OFFICE
OF THE DEAN OF MEDICINE ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR TWO
RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Office of the Dean of Medicine coordinates
the selection process for funding opportunities which pertain to the
School of Medicine and have a limited number of applications accepted by
the sponsor. All applications must be submitted to the Office of the Dean
of Medicine-Route 0133, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs, by the internal deadline. The selected
candidate(s) will be notified to prepare a full application which is then
processed through Research Services, Office of Sponsored Programs, x21582,
http://research.utmb.edu/osp/
in time to meet the agency's external deadline.
The Office of the Dean of Medicine is now
accepting applications for the following:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious
Disease Award Program (internal deadline: September 15, 2004; external
deadline: November 1, 2004).
The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences for 2005 (internal
deadline: September 15, 2004; external deadline: November 1, 2004).
Detailed information may be found at:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/e-NEWS/Research%20Funding.htm
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15.
Call for Workshop Presentation
Proposals: 2005 Southern Regional Professional Development Conference for
Women in Medicine and Research
The University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences College of
Medicine is co-sponsoring the 2nd Southern Regional Professional
Development Conference for Women in Medicine and Research in Little Rock,
Arkansas, April 15, 16, 17, 2005 at the Peabody Conference Center. This
conference is sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Memphis Health Science
Center, Meharry Medical College, University of St. Louis College of
Medicine, University of South Florida, the University of Texas, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Women in all aspects of academic medicine are the target audience. This
will be the second such southern regional professional development
conference designed to provide the audience with leadership and career
enhancement skills and regional networking opportunities
Dr. Jocelyn Elders, former US Surgeon General, will open the proceedings
at the welcoming lunch. Dr. Penny Williamson, Associate Professor of
Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will lead an
afternoon of discovery and dialogue, “Authentic Leadership - Claiming Our
Gifts as Women Leaders.” Grant winning and grant writing workshops are
also being planned. On Saturday, Dr. Diane Magrane, Associate Vice
President, Faculty Development and Leadership Programs, Association of
American Medical Colleges will challenge the audience with leadership
experiences. A panel discussion composed of women leaders will complete
the program Sunday morning.
The Conference Planning Committee solicits your proposals to share and
showcase the best information and workshop/panel discussion ideas in the
southern region.
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for further information.
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16.
ACTIVE SEARCHES
The School of Medicine
is conducting the following searches:
Chair, Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics:
Seven candidates have come in for first visits, and one is scheduled in
August.
Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation:
The search committee is
in the process of reviewing CVs.
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17.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
August
2004
·
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
September
2004
·
The American
Philosophical Society Judson Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation
for research in the several branches of clinical medicine, including
internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery.
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