June
1, 2004
Vol. 4, No. 6
In this issue:
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1. UPCOMING EVENTS
2.
2004
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMMENCEMENT
6. DR. Kathryn a. cunningham chosen chair-elect of the cpdd
8. DR. GERALD A. CAMPBELL NOMINATED FOR DANA PROGRAM AWARD
9. ELECTION TO SOM COMMITTEES
10. ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC MINORITY PHYSICIANS 18TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC
MEETING
11.
National Science Foundation Funding
Opportunity
12. AAMC EARLY CAREER WOMEN FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
13. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: NORMAN HACKERMAN AWARD IN CHEMICAL RESEARCH
14.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces its Clinical Scientist Awards in
Translational Research
15. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Charles
E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science
16. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
17. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
18. LINKS TO UTMB WEB SITES
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INTRODUCTION OF SOM e-NEWS
News and
information (appointments, searches, events, awards, etc.) pertaining to
the
School
of
Medicine
are featured in
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SOM
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or by fax (29598). Please let us know your ideas and suggestions for this
communication format. You may send your comments via email to Linda
Phillips, M.D. (lphillip@utmb.edu).
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FOR ALL PERSONNEL
(DESIGNATED PREPARATORY, RE-ENTRY ESSENTIAL) INCLUDING ALL LABORATORY
PERSONNEL
WE ARE EXTENDING AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
DATE:
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
TIME: 9:00
a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Basic Science Auditorium (2.212)
For detailed
information, please visit the following web site:
http://www.som.utmb.edu/Weather_Plan/Labprep.htm
--Obstetrics &
Gynecology: June 6-8, 2004
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2.
2004
SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE COMMENCEMENT
The University of
Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine awarded 184 Doctor of Medicine
degrees at its 114th commencement exercises held on Saturday, May 22,
2004, at the
Moody
Gardens
Convention
Center in
Galveston.
Read
more about Commencement on the School of Medicine web site.
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3.
fiscal year 2003 nih rankings Announced: UTMB in top 20
The NIH has announced the
Fiscal
Year 2003 rankings. UTMB School of Medicine leaped from 46 last
year to 19 in NIH research funding. Five departments have ranked in
the top 20 in
research funding
by the NIH (see
NIH
Rankings By Departments).
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Anne
Hudson Jones, Ph.D., Member, Institute for the Medical Humanities (IMH)
and Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health,
received coverage in articles published in Women's Health In Primary Care (January/February 2004)
and Clinician News
(April
2004). The articles were from an interview with Dr. Jones who explained
why reading medical novels or keeping a journal detailing troublesome
cases can help clinicians provide better patient care.
In an article
published in the Chronicle of Higher Education (04/23/04)
entitled “Slices of Life and Death,” artist and illustrator Sue Cole
discusses the woodcut art of Eric N. Avery, M.D., Associate Professor of
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Associate Member of the IMH. The
article included a photo of Dr. Avery’s 2000 work “Dear Robert,” a
linoleum block overprint on digital photograph. The artwork is from the
exhibition "Doctor's Cuts: Prints by Eric Avery," at St. Lawrence
University through June 7.
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Ping Wu
M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, is the
first recipient of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Erica Nader Award which was presented
to her on May
15, 2004,
at the ASIA Annual Meeting in
Denver,
Colorado. This award is an unrestricted grant to an investigator doing
breakthrough research in the field of spinal cord regeneration. To read
about Dr. Wu's research interests,
click here:
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Kathryn A. Cunningham,
Ph.D., Director of the Center for Addiction Research and Professor and
Vice-Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, recently was
chosen Chair-Elect of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD).
The CPDD has been in existence for 75 years and is the longest standing
group in the U.S. addressing problems of drug dependence and abuse.
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Judith F. Aronson,
M.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of
Pathology, has been nominated for the 2004 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Robert
J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award. The
School
of Medicine was invited to nominate one faculty member for this award
which recognizes significant contributions to medical education made by
gifted teachers. Dr. Aronson has contributed immensely to medical
education, receiving numerous teaching awards for her innovative work. The
selection of Dr. Aronson as the nominee for this award followed a call for
nominations which included broad student participation and the peer
judgment of faculty colleagues.
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Gerald A. Campbell, M.D.,
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, will represent UTMB
as the nominee for the Dana Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging Using
Brain and Immune Imaging Innovations to Improve Health. This Program
seeks to advance the application of imaging research to improve
understanding of the brain, the immune system, and of their interactions
in health and disease. Dr. Campbell’s research proposal is entitled:
“Automated Modeling Algorithm for Dynamic Neural Mapping: Creation of a
Digital Histologic Atlas of the Stellate Ganglion.” See more about
Dr. Campbell's research interest.
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Once again, web-based
balloting will be utilized for the election of faculty to the committees
of the School
of Medicine. Eligible faculty may access a ballot at the URL address
http://www.utmb.edu/SOMBallot/
which will allow them to vote for their choice of candidates to fill
vacancies on the following committees: Academic Planning and Policy,
Academic Progress, Curriculum, Faculty Performance Evaluation,
Nominating, and the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Medicine.
To login, use your e-mail username without the “@utmb.edu” portion and
your email password. The polls are now open and close at 5 PM
on Friday, June
11, 2004.
The Bylaws of the
Faculty of Medicine provide that full members (faculty appointed at the
ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or
Instructor) are entitled to participate in the deliberations of the
Faculty of Medicine and to vote upon all business brought before the
Faculty of Medicine. These rights and privileges extend to tenured, tenure
track and non-tenure track appointees.
Faculty are encouraged
to exercise their right to vote.
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The Association for
Academic Minority Physicians (AAMP) is pleased to announce its 18th
Annual Scientific Meeting to be held at the Hilton Crystal City @ Ronald
Reagan National Airport on October 15-17, 2004. The society wishes to
encourage all interested investigators to submit their original research
for possible presentation at the meeting. The AAMP will provide several
travel fellowships (up to $650) to investigators-in-training whose
abstracts are selected for presentation at the meeting. For more
information please contact Ms. Edith V. McKeller, Executive Director,
Association for Academic Minority Physicians, 655 West Baltimore Street,
Suite 14-029, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1559, Telephone (410) 706-1741, Fax
(410) 706-4748, Email
emckeller@yahoo.com.
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The Faculty Early
Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that
offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards for new
faculty members. The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early
career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most
likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. CAREER awardees
will be selected on the basis of creative career-development plans that
effectively integrate research and education within the context of the
mission of their organization. Such plans should build a firm foundation
for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education. NSF
encourages submission of CAREER proposals from new faculty members at all
CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of
underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.
NSF CAREER proposals can designate the Microbial Observatories and
Microbial Interactions and Processes (MO/MIP) program as the area of
proposal consideration.
Each year NSF selects nominees for the Presidential Early Career Awards
for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from among the most meritorious new
CAREER awardees. The PECASE program recognizes outstanding scientists and
engineers who, early in their careers, show exceptional potential for
leadership at the frontiers of knowledge. This Presidential Award is the
highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on scientists and
engineers beginning their independent careers.
Award information: For the FY 2003 competition, the minimum CAREER award,
including indirect costs, will total $400,000 over a 5-year period with
the following exception. Applicants to the Biological Sciences Directorate
(BIO) must submit budget requests for a minimum of $500,000 (approximately
$100,000 per year) for the 5-year duration.
Based on the availability of funds, the
minimum amounts for FY 2004 and FY 2005 may change. Check the CAREER Web
page (http://www.nsf.gov/career
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf02111>
) three months prior to the submission deadline for updated information.
General inquiries regarding Faculty Early Career
Development (CAREER) Program should be made to Division CAREER contacts
listed on the CAREER Web page, at
http://www.nsf.gov/career.
Proposal Deadline:
July 20, 2004
(due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time).
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The Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Early Career Women Faculty Professional
Development Seminar will be held December 4-7, 2004 in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. The seminar is for women early in their first faculty appointment
who are aiming for a position of leadership in academic medicine
(associate professors are not eligible). It is targeted primarily at
physicians but is also pertinent for Ph.D. scientists. The number of
participants is limited to 120 to keep workshops small. The objectives of
the program are as follows:
--To assist each participant in creating an agenda for working toward her
professional development goals.
--To provide participants with insights in the realities of building a
career in academic medicine, into key ways in which academic medicine is
changing, and into leadership qualities demanded by these realities and
changes.
--To help participants to expand their network of colleagues and role
models and to bring new energy to their networking.
--To assist participants in identifying the skill areas on which they most
need to work and give them a start in developing them.
Since this meeting has been consistently oversubscribed and attendance is
limited, early application is encouraged. Those interested in applying for
this program should submit the following information to the Office of the
Dean of Medicine-Route 0133, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, by Friday, June 25th, 2004 (the
external deadline is July 23, 2004): a one page summary of their goals for
the seminar and how it will impact their career, a copy of their CV, and a
letter of support from their Chair or Division Chief addressed to the
Meetings Registrar, AAMC, 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1126.
This letter should describe how the applicant's goals for attending the
seminar relate to her work and professional aspirations. The Office of the
Dean of Medicine will provide financial support for the registration fee,
travel and other related expenses for two members of the Faculty of
Medicine to undertake this training.
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The
Welch Foundation has invited our institution to submit up to two
nominations for the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research. The
purpose of this award is to encourage and recognize young chemical
scientists in Texas for their past research endeavors. In addition to
recognizing the scientist's work, this award should encourage those
embarking on careers dedicated to increasing our fundamental understanding
of chemistry. The award is not intended to finance any further research
activities of the recipient nor is the recipient required to render any
future services as a condition of receiving the award. A $100,000 award
will be made on an annual basis, when warranted, to a younger scientist
conducting research in Texas. To be eligible, candidates:
▪ must
be 40 years of age or younger on June 30th for the year in
which nominated; since this will be the 2005 award, nominees must be 40 or
less on June 30, 2005.
▪ should
have spent the most recent three (3) years ending
June 30,
2005
doing chemical research in
Texas.
Faculty
interested in applying for this award should submit a summary of their
chemical research, a copy of 3-5 of their most important research
publications, and a copy of their CV, to Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of the Dean of Medicine, Route
0133, by
August
2, 2004.
Faculty who are nominated by the Selection Committee for this award will
need to include in the nomination packet 3 references in their field (at
least two individuals from outside institutions). These supporting
letters are to be mailed independently and directly to the Foundation.
The external deadline is
September 15, 2004.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.welch1.org/Awards/NormanHackermanAwar11BD/index.asp.
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14.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces its Clinical Scientist Awards in
Translational Research
Awards
of $750,000 over five years are intended to foster the development,
productivity, and mentoring capacity of established independent
physician-scientists who will strengthen translational research. Eligible
applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada,
must have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree, and must hold an appointment or
joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine. Up to eight
awards will be made and each institution may nominate up to two
candidates. Candidates must be academic investigators at the late
assistant professor or associate professor level, holding a tenure-track
or equivalent position, at the time of application. Individuals holding
the rank of professor will not be eligible. If you are or know of someone
who would be interested in applying for this program, please submit the
following three items of information to the Office of the Dean of
Medicine-Route 0133, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, by Thursday, July 15, 2004 (the external
deadline is September 1, 2004):
1) A
copy of the research plan (no more than 10 pages, including tables and
graphs): The plan should include:
A.
Specific aims.
B.
Background and significance, including relevance to clinical medicine.
C.
Experimental methods and procedures.
D.
Long-term objectives, including specific plans for application to clinical
medicine.
E.
Explanation of how the research to be supported by BWF’s award will differ
from or enhance research supported by other sources or how BWF’s award
will be used to increase the candidate’s capacity to mentor
physician-scientist trainees, or both, if the candidate has received
grants from or applied to other sources for extended support to cover
research in the area of this proposal.
2) A
copy of the applicant's CV, and
3) A
letter of support from the applicant's Chair or Division Chief.
Faculty
who are nominated by the Selection Committee for this award will need to
include in the packet 3 letters of support from individuals who are
familiar with the candidate’s qualifications (at least one letter must
come from an outside institution). For further details, please
click here.
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15. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS -
Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science
The
Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
announce the continuation of the Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in
Medical Science to support the career development of academic physicians.
This award will provide $100,000 per year for up to three years to a U.S.
medical school or equivalent U.S. educational institution on behalf of
candidates who: are U.S. citizens or aliens who have been granted
permanent U.S. residence (proof required), have received their M.D. degree
from a U.S. medical school or the equivalent of an M.D. degree from an
educational institution equivalent to a U.S. medical school in 1996 or
later (except under extraordinary circumstances, as approved by Goldman
Philanthropic Partnerships), and are judged worthy of support by virtue of
the quality of their research proposals and their potential for successful
careers in academic medicine.
Applicants must have at least one year of post-doctoral clinical training.
Those who have achieved a rank higher than assistant professor will not be
eligible. All scientific research relevant to human health is eligible
for consideration; research that has relevance to cures for human disease
is highly encouraged. The Scholar shall participate fully in the academic
life of the medical school, receiving and accepting teaching assignments,
serving on committees, and performing functions of a full-time faculty
member. At least seventy-five percent of time and effort shall be spent
on the research program. A medical school may submit one nomination. If
you are or know of someone who would be interested in applying for this
program, please submit the following information to the Office of the Dean
of Medicine-Route 0133, ATTN: Linda G. Phillips, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs,, by Friday, July 2, 2004 (the external deadline
is August 16, 2004): a description of the proposed research, including
budget and notation of other support pending or awarded (if none, please
indicate), a copy of the applicant's CV, and a letter of support from the
applicant's Chair and Laboratory Director. Awards will be announced in
January 2005 for activation on or about July 1, 2005. For further
details, please
click here.
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16. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
The Dean of Medicine
welcomes the following new School of Medicine faculty who were appointed
from April 1, 2004 through
April 30, 2004:
Internal Medicine
Zhaoyong Hu,
M.D., Instructor
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June 2004
· 2004
Texas Higher Education Star Awards
July
2004
·
The Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation Bishop Fellowship Program
·
The Marion Spencer Fay Award
· 2004
MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research (Alzheimer's Disease
Research)
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.
October
2004
·
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program
November
2004
·
The
Bressler Prize in Vision Science 2005
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18. LINKS TO UTMB WEB SITES
The following web sites offer helpful information.
Click here
to suggest a link
APPLEs Column for Busy
Educators
Budget Bulletin
Home Page
Construction Updates
Core
Committee for the Advancement of Women Faculty & Administrators
Core Committee for the
Support of Underrepresented Ethnic Groups
Diversity Council Web Site
eYellow Sheet
Faculty
Development Offerings from OED
Faculty Resources Web
Site
Faculty Senate
Web Site
Funding Opportunities
Mission Statement and
Core Values
National Biocontainment
Laboratory
(Galveston
National Laboratory)
Office of Regional Medical Education
Research Funding Library Calendar
School of Medicine Home Page
School
of Medicine Weather Plan
2003 State Employee
Charitable Campaign
Today’s Daily
Announcements
UTMB Home Page
UTMB News Room
UTMB Policies & Procedures
UTMB Weather Plan
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