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Communications & Jan 6, 2006 Publications Volume 10, Number 1 • Indianapolis, Indiana Media Placement Guidelines IUSM Home • Office of Public & Media Relations • Scope Archives Contact Us

● Author, educator to speak Jan. 11 at All School Grand Rounds

● Diversity Week events at IUSM

● IUPUI organizes volunteer opportunities to honor MLK

● Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration

● Einterz named associate dean

● Dankoski named Bibler Scholar

● Riley construction traffic changes

● IU CFAR grants program seeks applications

● HHMI accepting award applications

● Euro-Par computing papers welcomed

● Combined Seminar Series for January

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting Jan. 10

● Sibshop – Jan. 14

● Patient Safety Initiative is topic of IHIF panel discussion

● Current issue of Stroke News now available

● Center for Bioethics’ newsletter published

● Clarian employee contact information online

● Reminder of postage rate increase effective Jan. 8 ● Get INShape in 2006

● Ronald McDonald House seeks one-time volunteers

● Volunteers needed for WCI charity poker tournament

● Technology Tip: SPAM

● Grants and Awards, October 2005

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Author, educator to speak Jan. 11 at All School Grand Rounds

"The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education" will be the topic of Kenneth Ludmerer, M.D., when he delivers the first of this year's All School Grand Rounds from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Myers Auditorium, Wishard Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Ludmerer is the author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book "Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care" and the recent JAMA article "Reforming Graduate Medical Education.” He is a professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, and a professor of history, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Of "Time to Heal," Jerome Kassirer, MD, editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine, wrote: "An exceptionally clear, meticulous dissection of the interactions between medical education, medical schools, academic hospitals and the health care system. Unless his compelling admonitions about the travails of medical education as the century ends receive the attention of leaders, we endanger the quality of future physicians. (The book) establishes Ludmerer as one of the great medical historians."

Diversity Week events at IUSM

Health-care professionals from across the country will focus on health-care disparities, a growing problem in the minority community, during IUSM Diversity Week activities, Jan. 15-20.

Speakers will discuss current issues as well as proposed solutions to be integrated in health-care training and delivery. Presentations will begin each day at noon in the Emerson Hall auditorium. Lunch will be provided.

Schedule of speakers:

● Tuesday, Jan. 17 "Health Care Disparities for Women" Haywood Brown, MD, chair, Duke University Department of OB/GYN

● Wednesday, Jan. 18 "Medical Injustice" America Baracho, MD, Los Angeles Latino community leader

● Thursday, Jan. 19 "Access to Health Care" Sandra Gadson, MD, president, National Medical Association

● Friday, Jan. 20 "Access to Health Care-A Patient’s Perspective" Kem Moore, HIV/AIDS activist

The week begins with the IUPUI 36th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Dinner Sunday, Jan. 15, in the ballroom at the Indianapolis Marriott Hotel-Downtown. The keynote speaker will be Mae C. Jemison, MD, the first African-American female astronaut. For more information or to purchase tickets contact Jose Espada at 274-1967, or by email at [email protected]. Additional information on the dinner is available at life.iupui.edu/culture/mlk_dinner.asp.

Diversity Week was launched at the IU School of Medicine four years ago. It is traditionally held during the week of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, in honor of his legacy.

IUPUI organizes volunteer opportunities to honor MLK

Join IUPUI in commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a Diversity Week event at the Hope Education Center on Monday, Jan. 16. The event begins at 8 a.m. with a breakfast speaker followed by opportunities to volunteer at community sites around Indianapolis.

For additional information, see mlkday.uc.iupui.edu/.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration

The Madame Walker Theatre Center will commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a two-hour celebration Monday, Jan. 16. Local gospel choirs, dance ensembles and literary artists will be featured from 12:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the Madame Walker Theatre at the corner of Indiana Avenue and West Street near campus. The event is free and open to the public.

For additional information, see www.walkertheatre.com, or call 236-2099. BACK TO TOP

Einterz named associate dean

Robert Einterz, MD, has been named associate dean for international programs.

Previously, Dr. Einterz was assistant dean for international programs, but his position was elevated due to increased responsibilities from the expansion of IUSM’s role at Moi University and other international programs, according to IUSM Dean Craig Brater, MD.

The title change is retroactive to Jan 1.

Dankoski named Bibler Scholar

Mary Dankoski, PhD, has been named the IU Department of Family Medicine Lester D. Bibler Scholar.

The Bibler Professorship was established in 1978 by friends and colleagues of Lester D. Bibler, MD. Dr. Bibler graduated from IUSM in 1925 and served as a member of the volunteer faculty for many years. He was active in numerous civic, fraternal, social and medical organizations and received the Maynard K. Hine Medal, which is given to IU alumni for outstanding contributions to their professions, community and alma mater, in 1978, and the IUSM Distinguished Alumni Award in 1981.

Dr. Dankoski, an assistant professor of clinical family medicine in behavioral science and the director of faculty development, joined the Department of Family Medicine in 2000. She has a doctorate degree in child development and family studies/marriage and family therapy from Purdue University, where she also earned a graduate minor in women's studies. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Dankoski is responsible for behavioral science education in the residency program, student teaching in the Clerkship and Introduction to Clinical Medicine course, and patient care at the IU-Methodist Family Practice Center. She is the president of the Indiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Riley construction traffic changes

Construction on Phase 5 of Riley Hospital will result in several changes including the relocation of a shuttle bus stop, which will be moved from Wilson Street near the parking garage to 10th Street west of Wilson Street near the Psychiatry Building. IUPUI parking lots 7, 8 and 11 will close. Displaced "A" spaces are being relocated to lot 20, west of the Union building. Displaced "B" spaces are being relocated to lot 2, west of Psychiatric Research. All vendors and service providers are being directed to either the Riley Garage or the Wilson Street Garage.

For more information, see www.parking.iupui.edu.

IU CFAR grants program seeks applications

The IU Center for AIDS Research is supporting a new grants program designed to foster and enhance AIDS research and to increase the extramural support for AIDS research on the IUPUI campus. Three types of applications will be considered:

● Young investigator awards – applicants (MD or PhD) must be within the first 5 years of their faculty appointment and have no NIH grant support (except K awards).

● New AIDS investigators – applicants (MD or PhD) can have active or previous NIH grant support in other fields, but no NIH support for AIDS research.

● Emerging opportunities – open to any investigator (MD or PhD), funds to be used to pursue a research opportunity that will only be available for a limited time, but can lead to additional future extramural funding.

Applications will be considered in the broad area of AIDS research including but not limited to HIV biology, epidemiology or pathogenesis; pathogenesis of opportunistic infections or neoplasms; treatment of HIV or opportunistic infections; complications of HIV treatment and prevention of HIV infections. Applications may be laboratory-based, clinical, translational or behavioral.

Applicants may request funding up to $20,000 per year for one or two years. Awards will be made for one year with funding for a second year (if requested) contingent on progress during the first year and preparation of an application for external funding. Emerging opportunity awards will be limited to 1 year.

Applications should be submitted electronically on PHS 398 forms at grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html using the instructions for an R03 application grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r03.htm, i.e., limited to 10 pages for the narrative portion. When appropriate, applicants are encouraged to submit the same or a similar application to NIH as an R03 with the understanding that if the proposal is funded by NIH, the remaining IU-CFAR funds would be returned.

Applications for young investigator awards and new AIDS investigator awards are due Friday, Feb. 17, with an anticipated start date of May 1. Emerging opportunity award applications may be submitted at any time (with the approval of the CFAR director) for a start date 8 -12 weeks after submission.

For additional questions, to obtain a list of current CFAR investigators, or to submit applications, contact Kenneth Fife, MD, PhD, in Emerson Hall room 435, 274-8114, or via e-mail at [email protected].

HHMI accepting award applications

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is accepting applications for the Physician-Scientist Early Career Award. Deadline is Tuesday, March 14.

The competition is open to alumni of HHMI-NIH Research Scholars and HHMI Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students who have received an MD, PhD, DDS, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree. Proposed research projects must be in the basic, translational or applied biomedical sciences.

Additional details for the award can be found at www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/earlycareer.html. For more information, call 800-448- 4882, ext 8889, or email [email protected].

Euro-Par computing papers welcomed

Euro-Par, an annual series of international conferences dedicated to parallel computing, has issued a call for papers for its 2006 conference in Dresden, Germany, Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.

Craig Stewart, IU vice president of technology and chair of high performance bioinformatics for Euro-Par 2006, said faculty using bioinformatics applications on the TeraGrid should consider submitting a paper for inclusion in this section of the conference. Information on the conference can be found at www.europar2006.de/index.php?page=1.

Combined Seminar Series for January

The IU Cancer Center Combined Seminar Series meets from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium. January speakers and their topics:

Jan. 11 – Hua Lu, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, "Signaling through the p53-MDM2-MDMx pathway against cancer" Jan. 18 – Myles Brown, MD, director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, title to be announced.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting Jan. 10

"All About Financing" will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, Jan. 10. Speakers will be Michael Millikan, a partner at Ice Miller LLP, and Brad A. Bostic, founder and chairman of Bostech Corp., an enterprise integration software firm based in Indianapolis.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center.

The program is free, but early registration is requested at www.indianabionetwork.org. The Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network promotes information sharing and networking for biomedical entrepreneurs.

Sibshop – Jan. 14

Sibshops, a celebration of the many contributions made by brothers and sisters, are for children ages 8-13 who have a brother or sister with special health or developmental needs. The next Sibshop will be Saturday, Jan. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Easter Seals Crossroads, 4740 Kingsway Drive.

Call Christina Rogers at The Community Education and Child Advocacy Department at 274-2964 to register. Sibshops are sponsored by Riley Hospital for Children in partnership with Easter Seals Crossroads.

Patient Safety Initiative is topic of IHIF panel discussion

Brad Doebbeling, MD, will participate in a panel presentation Tuesday, Jan. 17, during the Indiana Health Industry Forum and Barnes & Thornburg LLP monthly seminar series on critical issues in life sciences. The Indiana Patient Safety Initiative is the topic of the discussion. Networking and lunch begin at 11:30, with presentations from noon until 1 p.m. at Barnes & Thornburg, 11 South Meridian Street. Dr. Doebbeling is director of health services research at Roudebush VA Medical Center and associate director for health services research at Regenstrief Institute. Other scheduled speakers are Sue Uhl, deputy commissioner, Indiana Department of Health; Bernice Ulrich from the Indiana Hospital & Health Association, and Joe Pekny from Purdue University.

The interactive program can also be seen in Barnes & Thornburg offices in Elkhart, Fort Wayne and South Bend; Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette; Ivy Tech in Bloomington; Ball State University in Muncie; Rose Hulman Ventures in Terre Haute; and Indiana University-East in Richmond.

To register, go to http://www.lifescienceslunch.com/ Requests for a box lunch should be received by Thursday, Jan. 12. For more information call 231-7356, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

Current issue of Stroke News now available

Volume 2, Issue 2 of Stroke News can be viewed online at neurology.medicine.iu.edu/programs/stroke_prg.html. Information on current stroke clinical trials at IUSM, as well as a case presentation, are among the topics in the current issue.

Center for Bioethics’ newsletter published

Indiana University Center for Bioethics' latest newsletter and other information about the center can be found at www.bioethics.iu.edu.

Clarian employee contact information online

IUSM Outlook users do not have easy access to the email addresses and telephone numbers of Clarian employees. It is hoped that in the near future, the electronic address books for Clarian and IUSM email will be merged. In the meantime, to access Clarian information electronically, see pulse.clarian.org/ssm/IU_searchClarianUser.jsp.

Postage rates will increase Sunday, Jan. 8, with a first-class 1-ounce piece costing 39 cents to mail. Other rates can be found at www. usps.com/ratecase/.

Get INShape in 2006

INShape Indiana is a new wellness program instituted by the State of Indiana. INShape Indiana is designed to help Hoosiers improve their health and quality of life by getting active. IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz has accepted the challenge to make IUPUI the healthiest campus in Indiana.

Register for the new INShape Indiana program at www.hra.iupui.edu – click on Work/Life in the menu and check out the INShape links you'll find there. Also, the state’s link for the INShape website is at www.INShape.IN.gov.

Ronald McDonald House seeks one-time volunteers

The Ronald McDonald House of Indiana needs volunteers to help at the information, coat and gift check table at the Indianapolis Home Show, located at the West Pavilion/Exposition Hall of the Indiana State Fair Grounds. Proceeds from the coat and gift check go to the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.

Volunteers will hand out information on the Ronald McDonald House on Limestone Street and at Riley Hospital for Children as well as check coats and packages for guests of the Home Show.

The Indianapolis Home Show is Jan. 27 through Feb. 5. The event is open from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. most days, with volunteers working 3 to 4 hour shifts. Volunteers will receive a free pass into the Home Show and the opportunity to see the over 750 exhibits before or after their shift.

For additional information or to volunteer, contact Anita Beeler at the Ronald McDonald House at 269-2247, or [email protected].

For other volunteer opportunities, contact Jenny Ransone at 269-2247 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Walther Cancer Institute will host its second Charity Texas Hold' Em Poker Tournament March 25 at the Riverwalk Banquet Center and Lodge in Broad Ripple. Volunteer dealers, cashiers, runners and other event assistants are needed and training will be provided.

For additional information or to volunteer, contact Sharyl Hamblen at [email protected], or 921-2040.

Technology Tip: SPAM

The term "spam" is derived from a skit performed on the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which the word "spam" is repeated to the point of absurdity in a restaurant menu. Electronic mail provides an opportunity to reach a wide audience quickly and at almost no cost to the sender. It is not surprising, therefore, that some companies use the Internet to distribute advertisements by sending the same unsolicited commercial message to hundreds of thousands of Internet users at once.

IU has a program called the IU Spam Quarantine Service that will assist in quarantining spam email from your account. If you haven't registered for this free service and would like to minimize the onslaught of unsolicited spam email, visit https://mas.iu.edu/index.pl/ spam_quarantine/. The process is simple and very fast. More information on this service is available at the IU Knowledge Base at kb.iu. edu/data/ankf.html.

Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards October 1, 2005 - October 31, 2005

Project Total Agency Name Award Type Title Start/Stop Director Award

Wade Clapp Purdue University Continuing/Competing Epidemiology of Indoor Air 06/01/05 $45,946 Research Pollution and Human Health 08/31/06

Claire Walczak NIH Continuing/Competing Mechanism of Spindle 09/20/05 $262,131 Research Assembly and Chromosome 08/31/06 Segregation Naga Chalasani NIDDK New Research Patient-Oriented Research of 09/30/05 $88,786 Liver Disease 08/31/06

Clement Regenstrief Institute, New Research Markle Foundation 07/01/05 $54,208 McDonald Inc. 03/31/06

Michael Dube University of New Research Mitochondria and Metabolic 05/01/05 $11,882 Pennsylvania Complications of HIV 04/30/06

Timothy Sutton The American Society New Research The role of matrix 07/01/05 $100,000 of Nephrology metalloproteinases in the 06/30/06 microvascular alterations of ischemic acute renal failure.

Ann Kosobud NIDA New Research Role of Circadian Entrainment 09/30/05 $270,040 in Drug Intake and Abuse 08/31/06

Steven Steiner A.S.P.E.N. Rhoads New Research Metabolic Response to 03/01/05 $15,500 Research Foundation Infliximab in Pediatric 02/28/06 Ulcerative Colitis

Mary Ott Riley Children's New Research Sexual Abstinence and 07/01/05 $50,177 Foundation Adolescent Development 06/30/06

Joseph NASA New Research Effects of Estrogen on 09/01/05 $96,711 Dynlacht Cataract Induction after 08/31/06 Exposure to High LET Radiation

Mark Langer Oak Ridge National New Research Linear Discriminate Analysis 08/22/05 $12,778 Laboratory of Dose Volume Histograms 05/09/07

YunLiang Whitaker Foundation New Research Feasibility Evaluation of 09/01/05 $78,469 Functional microCT for 08/31/06 Tumor Physiology in Rodents

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week's program are David Crabb, MD, and Ora Pescovitz, MD.

Guests will include Brenda Delgado, Indiana's liaison from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who will provide information on the Medicare prescription Drug Plan, known as Medicare Part D. The plan has been in effect for about a week, but remains a mystery to some.

Prayer may be the oldest form of medical therapy in the world. Mitchell Krucoff, MD, from Duke University will discuss the findings of perhaps the most scientifically rigorous study ever conducted on prayer therapy. The study was published this past summer in the British medical journal, The Lancet.

Since the U.S. Census Bureau conducted its census survey in 2000, the Hispanic population in Indiana has grown more than 20 percent, to nearly 270,000. But another study, recently done by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that 15 percent of Hispanics living in the United States report their health is either "fair" or "poor." Faced with this information, Indiana health care providers are looking for ways to improve the health status of Hispanic Hoosiers. One of the doctors leading this effort is Sarah Stelzner, MD, a primary care provider in the Pediatric Care Clinic at Wishard Hospital, who will discuss efforts to reach that population with improved care.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu.

Scientific Calendar online

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui.edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at [email protected].

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Communications & January 13, 2006 Publications Media Placement Volume 10, Number 2 • Indianapolis, Indiana Guidelines IUSM Home • Office of Public & Media Relations • Scope Archives Contact Us

● Scott to lead IUSM diversity programs

● Two named to directorships in surgery

● New faculty orientation Jan. 20

● IUSM Diversity Week events begin Tuesday

● NIH grant policies

● Event to showcase IUSM commercialization opportunities

● John Shaw Billings lecture Jan. 23

● Women’s Health Series lecture Jan. 24

● Emerging public health issues topic of Jan. 31 seminar

● New IndyGo bus stops installed at IUPUI

● Mark your calendar for EOTA

● Alumni reunion information online

● Update Web site searches

● Clarian employee contact information online

● Red Cross Hall of Fame nominations

● Honors

● Grants and Awards ● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Scott to lead IUSM diversity programs

Robert W. Scott, MD, has been named associate dean and director of diversity programs at IUSM.

A top priority of Dr. Scott will be to develop a diversity program affecting recruitment and retention of minority faculty, staff, residents and students, and work with minority physicians in the community to improve relationships.

In his newly created role, Dr. Scott also will serve on the IUPUI Diversity Cabinet and will coordinate School of Medicine efforts with those of the rest of the campus.

Dr. Scott received his medical degree in 1978 from Vanderbilt University, completed his residency training in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1981, and completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases there in 1988. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Dr. Scott previously served as a member of the IUSM teaching faculty and as assistant dean for Medical Student Affairs on a voluntary basis while employed by Eli Lilly and Co. He moved to California in 2001 to serve as president of a medical research and development company in Santa Barbara, and recently returned to Indiana.

Two named to directorships in surgery

The Department of Surgery has appointed faculty members to two new program directorships.

Robert Goulet Jr., MD, professor in the Section of General Surgery, has been named director of breast surgical oncology. Dr. Goulet has been a faculty member since 1986 and has been the driving force in and director of the successful IU Cancer Center Breast Diseases Multidisciplinary Program since its inception in 1991.

Samer Mattar, MD, associate professor in the Section of General Surgery, has been named director of bariatric surgery at IU and also director of the Clarian Bariatric Surgery Program, based at Clarian North. Dr. Mattar joined the faculty last year. He came from the University of Pittsburgh, one of the nation’s largest and most successful bariatric surgery programs, where he directed the bariatric surgery fellowship.

All new faculty are invited to attend the IUSM "Re-Orientation Seminar" Friday, Jan. 20, in the Riley Outpatient Center. Lunch will be from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the ROC conference rooms A and B, and the seminar will be from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the ROC auditorium.

The purpose of this program is to ensure that new faculty have the tools and understanding necessary to establish a successful career.

The agenda includes:

● The Basics of Promotion and Tenure ● Newly Developed Standards for Excellence for Promotion & Tenure ● The IUSM Competency-Based Curriculum ● Faculty Development Opportunities at IUSM ● The Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP): A monthly half-day workshop for new faculty ● Question and answer session

New faculty success is important to the School of Medicine. This seminar is an opportunity for faculty to gain a better appreciation of both the expectations of the School and the opportunities that are available for their development.

Please RSVP to Kelli Diener at kas1@iupui, or 278-5461 during the week of Jan. 16 so lunches can be ordered.

IUSM Diversity Week events begin Tuesday

Health-care professionals from across the country will focus on health-care disparities, a growing problem in the minority community, during IUSM Diversity Week activities, Jan. 15-20.

Schedule of speakers:

● Tuesday, Jan. 17 “Health Care Disparities for Women” Haywood Brown, MD, chair, Duke University Department of OB/GYN

● Wednesday, Jan. 18 “Medical Injustice” America Baracho, MD, Los Angeles Latino community leader

● Thursday, Jan. 19 “Access to Health Care” Sandra Gadson, MD, president, National Medical Association

● Friday, Jan. 20 “Access to Health Care-A Patient’s Perspective” Kem Moore, HIV/AIDS activist

Diversity Week was launched at the IU School of Medicine four years ago. It is traditionally held during the week of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, in honor of his legacy.

The IUPUI 36th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Dinner Sunday, Jan. 15, in the ballroom at the Indianapolis Marriott Hotel-Downtown. The keynote speaker will be Mae C. Jemison, MD, the first African-American female astronaut. For more information or to purchase tickets contact Jose Espada at 274-1967, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Additional information on the dinner is available at life. iupui.edu/culture/mlk_dinner.asp.

Another IUPUI-sponsored event will be Monday, Jan. 16, at the Hope Education Center. The event commemorates Dr. King by orchestrating volunteer activities at community sites in Indianapolis. The event begins at 8 a.m. with a breakfast speaker. For additional information, see mlkday.uc.iupui.edu/.

Also Monday, the Madame Walker Theatre Center will commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King with a two-hour celebration beginning at 12:15 p.m. Local gospel choirs, dance ensembles and literary artists will be featured at the theatre at the corner of Indiana Avenue and West Street near campus. The event is free and open to the public. For additional information, see www.walkertheatre.com, or call 236-2099.

NIH grant policies

The National Institutes of Health recently issued notices concerning NIH Financial Policy for Grant Awards - FY 2006 and FY 2006 stipend rates for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA).

For details, see grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-025.html and grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-026.html.

The Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum will be Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the University Place Conference Center. The event is sponsored by the BioCrossroads life sciences initiative, IU and the IUSM .

Introductory remarks will begin at 1:30 p.m. by IU President Adam Herbert, and IUSM Dean Craig Brater, MD, IU vice president for life sciences.

The event will feature presentations from representatives of four IUSM-related companies, including csKeys LLC, EndGenitor Technologies, Inc., ImmuneWork LLC, and Lab Rat Software Systems LLC.

For additional information, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=432&print=true.

John Shaw Billings lecture Jan. 23

Nicholaus Nussbuam, MD, a 2005 IUSM graduate, will speak Monday, Jan. 23, at the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine lecture on “ John Harvey Kellogg and the Standard of Care: Did Kellogg and His Sanitarium Measure Up?” The presentation will begin at 4 p. m. in room 301 of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.

In 2005, Nussbaum won the Medical Humanities Student Essay prize for writing on this topic.

Women’s Health Series lecture Jan. 24

Ovarian cancer will be the topic of David Moore, MD, IUSM professor and chief of gynecologic oncology, Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Noon Lecture Series.

The noon program will be in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium, lunch will be provided and CME credit is available. Reservations are not required.

For additional information, contact Tina Darling at 278-7253 or [email protected], or see www.iupui.edu/~womenhlt/.

The Indiana Mid-America Public Health Training Center and the IUSM Department of Public Health are hosting “Emerging Public Health Issues: Methamphetamines and Community Acquired MRSA” Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Methodist Hospital Conference Center. The seminar will be from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Topics are the Methamphetamine Problem In Indiana And Hazardous Clean-Up; Methamphetamines and STDs, Methamphetamines and Children and Community-Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (MRSA).

For more information contact Susan Meece-Hinh, [email protected]; 274-3178, or visit www.mapthc.iupui.edu.

New IndyGo bus stops installed at IUPUI

Four new IndyGo bus stop locations including shelters have been located on IUPUI’s campus. The new locations are:

● The northeast corner of Blackford and Michigan Streets ● In front of Long Hospital on Michigan Street ● In front of Ball Residence on Michigan Street ● On Michigan Street east of Union Drive

IndyGo also will replace the exiting shelter located at the southwest corner of New York Street and University Bouolevard.

Mark your calendar for EOTA

The 2005 Evening of the Arts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the University Conference Center auditorium. The annual Evening of the Arts showcases students’ music, dance and stage-skit and talents in a variety of acts. Medical faculty, residents and staff also will perform.

Proceeds from the event are used to purchase medical equipment and supplies for Indianapolis-area homeless clinics. IUSM students and residents often volunteer their time to help provide patient care as part of the school’s Health and Homelessness Project.

The 2006 IU Medical Alumni Reunion weekend will be May 19-20. For a schedule of events or a registration form, see alumni.iupui.edu/medicine/reunions/med06/.

Update Web site searches

IU recently has switched from Verity to Google for web site indexing and searching. Web sites with a customized search box for the Verity search need to be updated.

The Systems Integration Team (SIT) at UITS provides simple update instructions for webmasters at www.indiana.edu/~sit/google. html#box.

The SIT team has implemented a temporary fix for the old, Verity search box; however, the old search boxes now search across the entire IU web network.

Clarian employee contact information online

IUSM Outlook users do not have easy access to the e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of Clarian employees. It is hoped that in the near future, the electronic address books for Clarian and IUSM e-mail will be merged. In the meantime, to access Clarian information electronically, see pulse.clarian.org/ssm/IU_searchClarianUser.jsp.

Red Cross Hall of Fame nominations

The American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis seeks nominations for its Hall of Fame which honors individuals who have risked their lives to save or attempt to save the lives of others. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, Jan. 20. Learn more about the 47th Annual Hall of Fame or submit an online nomination at indyredcross.org. Call 684-4334 with questions. BACK TO TOP

Honors

Brad Doebbeling, MD, has been appointed to the editorial board of Implementation Science, an open access, peer-reviewed online journal. The new journal will cover aspects of research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine health care in both clinical and policy contexts. It can be found at www.implementationscience.com/.

Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD has been named a faculty fellow of the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at Indiana University, the Center’s first fellow from the health professions. Established in 2004 by a $5.25 million gift from the Tobias Foundation, the Center promotes effective leadership in the corporate, public service, education and nonprofit communities. Tobias served as chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Co. from 1993 to 1999. Dr. Gunderman is associate professor of radiology and of pediatrics, and also serves as vice chair of radiology and director of pediatric radiology at Riley Hospital. The winner of numerous awards for scholarship and teaching, his writings on ethics and leadership include more than three dozen scholarly articles and a book, Excellence in Medical Education, to be published this year.

Jeffrey Kellams, MD, professor of psychiatry and medical director at Larue Carter Hospital, has been honored with a “Heroes in the Fight” award by a coalition of mental health organizations. The award recognizes those who best exemplify ongoing care and dedication to people with severe and persistent mental illness.

Ruben Sandoval, MS, research associate in the IUSM Division of Nephrology and the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, recently was awarded 16th place -- from more than 1,200 entries -- in the 2004 Nikon International Small World Competition, which "is dedicated to furthering creativity and excellence in photomicrography." Sandoval's image was of kidney cells in a living rat.

Robert Yee, MD, was honored in the January issue of the Indianapolis Medical Society Bulletin as one of the top 12 Project Health physician volunteers in 2005. Project Health was started by the IMS to provide comprehensive care to low-income Marion County residents who have no insurance and don't qualify for other programs. Through a system of volunteer doctors, hospitals, labs and other providers, more than $3 million worth of care has been donated in the past 18 months.

Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards November 1, 2005 - November 30, 2005

Project Total Agency Name Award Type Title Start/Stop Director Award Zhong-Yin NIDDK New Research Chemical Genetic and 09/01/05 $272,700 Zhang Proteomic Analysis of PTP1B 08/31/06

Debra NIAMS New Research Indiana University 09/30/05 $269,807 Litzelman Behavioral and Social 08/31/06 Science Integrated Curriculum (BASSIC)

Kimberly De Univeristy of Continuing/Competing Prospective Huntington at 08/12/05 $14,939 Cordon Rochester Research Risk Observational Study 06/30/06 (PHAROS) and Qualitative Interviews for PHAROS

Paul Kwo Mayo Clinic College New Research Inhibition of TNF in Patients 07/01/05 $50,000 of Medicine with Alcoholic Hepatitis 06/30/06

Kurt Kroenke NCI New Research Telecare Management of Pain 09/30/05 $510,417 & Depression in Cancer 07/31/06

Kathy Miller The Breast Cancer Continuing/Competing Genomic and Proteomic 10/01/05 $249,403 Research Foundation Research Analysis of Docetaxel and 09/30/06 Capecitabineas Primary Chemotherapy forStage II-III Breast Cancer

Allon Dialysis Clinic Inc. New Research A pilot study of a 07/01/05 $30,000 Friedman noninvasive predictor of 06/30/06 sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients.

Hua Gao Carl M. Reeves and New Research Minocycline as Potential 11/01/05 $30,000 Mildred A. Reeves Treatment for Age-Related 10/31/06 Foundation Macular Degeneration Xiaoxi Qiao Carl M. Reeves and Continuing/Competing Study of Molecular 11/01/05 $40,000 Mildred A. Reeves Research Mechanisms of a 10/31/06 Foundation Spontaneous Animal Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ruben Vidal Alzheimer New Research Biochemical Basis of 11/01/05 $80,000 Association Phenotypic Variability in 10/31/06 Familial Alzheimer's Disease

Linda Juvenile Diabetes Continuing/Competing Long Term Insulin Pump 10/01/05 $116,453 Dimeglio Foundation Research Therapy in Very Young 09/30/06 Children with Diabetes

Alexander University of New Research Translational Studies of 08/02/04 $418,682 Niculescu California, San Diego Cycling in Bipolar Disorder 08/31/05

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-host of this week’s program is Ora Pescovitz, MD.

Guests will include Valerie Jackson, MD, the president of Indiana Radiology Partners and chairman of the IUSM Department of Radiology, who will discuss the results of a study on digital mammography recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Charles Figley, PhD, will explain compassion fatigue and how it affects those working with people who have suffered a traumatic event. Dr. Figley is the director of the Florida State University Traumatology Institute and president and founder of the Green Cross Foundation, a not-for-profit organization founded to promote a greater understanding of immediate and long-term implications of highly stressful and traumatic events on individuals and communities.

Greta Sherman, a nationally recognized authority on health-care staffing has more than 25 years experience advising health systems and hospitals. She will discuss the national nursing shortage and her views on how to remedy the problem. In a related story, independent radio producer Shia Levitt will talk about the nursing shortage in the Philippines and how nurses in developing countries are being lured by higher salaries to jobs in the United States. Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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● Wishard computer network conversion

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● Meslin to speak at inaugural seminar

● PubMed workshop available

● Call for entries for Medical Humanities Student Essay Award

● Euro-Par computing papers welcomed

● HHMI accepting award applications

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International science fair judges needed

Volunteers are needed to judge the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis May 7-13. This event will attract 1,500 top science and technology high school students from all 50 states and 40 countries.

Frank Witzmann, PhD, professor of cellular and integrative physiology, is the medicine and health category co- chair, and he is serving as the contact person in the School of Medicine. Dr. Witzmann can be reached at 278- 5741, or [email protected].

About 50 faculty from IU and IUPUI have signed up to judge. Categories cover everything from behavioral and social sciences to zoology. Judges are needed in all the categories but particularly in space science, math and microbiology.

Volunteers will be accepted as late as May 7, but Dr. Witzmann said ideally organizers would prefer to have the judging lineup completed by Saturday, April 1.

Judges must be available for one and one-half days. Organizers are seeking 1,500 judges in 14 categories (135 judges are needed for medicine and health) who can commit Tuesday, May 9, from approximately 1 p.m. to 10 p.m, and from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 10.

Judges should have an MD, a PhD, or equivalent degree or they may have a master’s degree and a minimum of 6 years professional experience. Individuals are asked to pick a primary category and a secondary category in which they would like to be assigned.

Information about the event and a form to volunteer as a judge can be found at www.intelisef2006.org.

Wishard computer network conversion

This weekend, Jan. 21 and Jan. 22, Wishard IT Services will be retrying the conversion of the entire WHS network to active directory services.

Until 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, Wishard Health Services will be running an incident command room that will be staffed with extra people to take problem calls, and route engineers to problem areas for quick resolution. This "war room" will accept calls reporting technical issues from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. The special phone number for reporting technical issues and problems is 630-7001 (x7001 internal to WHS phones).

Gunderman speaks at Medical Humanities series

“Doing Well By Doing Good” will be the topic of Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, during the seminar series presented by the Program for Medical Humanities and Health Studies, in conjunction with the IU Center for Bioethics. The presentation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, room 301.

Dr. Gunderman is a faculty fellow at the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence and co-director of the Program in Medical Humanities and Health Studies at IUPUI.

His presentation will look at the purpose of a medical practice and address whether protecting one’s practice and protecting the patient are mutually exclusive.

The series is open to the public, but space is limited. Call Kelly Canaday at 278-1669, or email [email protected] to reserve a seat.

The first in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Friday, Feb. 3. Eric Meslin, PhD, director of the IU Center for Bioethics will be giving his presentation “What makes international research ethical (or unethical)?” from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Other speakers and topics in the series will be:

● Thursday, Feb. 23 Mike Kowolik (Dentistry), "Guatemala" John Sidle (IU Kenya Partnership)

● Wednesday, Mar. 29 Kathleen Hall (Medicine), "Nigeria" Mary-Beth Riner (Nursing), "Mexico"

● Friday, Apr. 21 Ulla Connor (ICIC), "International communication"

● Friday, May 5 Michael Clayman (Eli Lilly), "Research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry"

PubMed workshop available

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library will offer a “Basics of PubMed” workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Medical Library, room 318-319. For more information or to register for the workshop, email [email protected] (please put PUBMED in the subject line), or call 274-1612.

Call for entries for Medical Humanities Student Essay Award

The Medical Humanities Student Essay Award is presented to a student at IUPUI whose writing is judged to be the best on a topic in the medical humanities and health studies. This $500 award recognizes the work of students in understanding health and medicine from the perspectives of the humanities, law and social sciences.

The competition is open to undergraduate or graduate/professional students. The deadline for entries is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. See medhumanities.iupui.edu/essay.html for details.

Euro-Par computing papers welcomed

Euro-Par, an annual series of international conferences dedicated to parallel computing, has issued a call for papers for its 2006 conference in Dresden, Germany, Aug. 29 through Sept. 1. Craig Stewart, IU vice president of technology and chair of high performance bioinformatics for Euro-Par 2006, said faculty using bioinformatics applications on the TeraGrid should consider submitting a paper for inclusion in this section of the conference. Information on the conference can be found at www.europar2006.de/ index.php?page=1.

HHMI accepting award applications

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is accepting applications for the Physician-Scientist Early Career Award. Deadline is Tuesday, March 14.

Additional details for the award can be found at www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/earlycareer.html. For more information, call 800-448-4882, ext 8889, or email [email protected].

Civic Theatre production benefits Midtown mental health center

Relive the golden age of radio when the Indianapolis Civic Theatre and the Wishard Memorial Foundation present comedy routines and famous tunes at The 1940s Radio Hour at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19.

The performance will stage an "on air" live show at the Indianapolis Civic Theatre, 3200 Cold Spring Road, on the campus of Marian College. A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to the Wishard Memorial Foundation to benefit Midtown Community Mental Health Center.

Sway to the rhythm of an 11-piece orchestra and be transported back to a time when such tunes as "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Blues in the Night" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" were heard over the airwaves. The performance will feature a 1940s studio with characters, memorable commercials, the sound effects man and "applause" signs lighting up at key moments during the show.

Tickets are $50 for regular admission and $75 for VIP admission, which includes a pre-show reception with a catered buffet, curtain talk with the artistic director, an opportunity to meet the cast and local radio personalities and an autograph session.

For more information or to buy tickets, contact Michelle Mills at 924-6770, ext. 217.

Darwin Day Conference at IUPUI

The Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana is hosting a Darwin Day Conference, Saturday, March 4, in room 100 of the Lecture Hall, 325 University Boulevard. The conference, which is free to Friends of the Center, students and teachers, will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Several distinguished speakers and panelists will debate evolution/intelligent design. The program is approved for CRUs for teachers and graduate credit through IUPUI. For additional information or to register, see www. centerforinquiry.net/indy.

Diversity Week lecture recordings online

The Diversity Week lectures from Jan. 17-20 can be found on IUSM’s ANGEL server at daly.medicine.iu.edu/ med. Under the heading “Information,” see “IUSM Info Shares.”

Health-care disparities in minority communities was the focus of the Diversity Week presentations. Speakers and their topics which are now archived online:

● “Health Care Disparities for Women” Haywood Brown, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology Duke University School of Medicine, Jan. 17

● “Medical Injustice” America Baracho, MD, Los Angeles, Calif. Latino community leader, Jan. 18

● “Access to Health Care” Sandra Gadson, MD, president, National Medical Association, Jan. 19

● “Access to Health Care - A Patient's Perspective” Kem Moore, HIV/AIDS activist, Jan. 20

The directory also contains the recordings of the All School Grand Rounds, including the Jan. 11 presentation of Kenneth Ludmerer, MD, on “The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education.”

Taylor Symposium: The Crisis in Urban Health Care

The 17th Annual Joseph T. Taylor Symposium will be from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the University Place Conference Center. This year’s topic is “The Crisis in Urban Health Care.”

Registration is free. Lunch tickets are $30, or $25 if purchased by Jan. 31. For online registration, visit universityplace.iupui.edu, or call 274-3280.

Street closes for hospital construction

Wishard Boulevard between West Drive and Wilson Street closed Monday, Jan. 16, to accommodate construction of the new phase of Riley Hospital. The street will remain closed until construction is completed in December 2009.

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Pathologist takes healthy cut from Hoosier Lottery

Robert Ransburg, MD, a retired IUSM professor of pathology, recently received a $1 million check from the Hoosier Lottery.

Ransburg became the first $1 million second-tier winner in Indiana. By participating in the Power Play option of Powerball and paying one extra dollar, Ransburg quintupled his $200,000 Match 5 prize.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, and Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests will include David Flum, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, who is the author of a Journal of the American Medical Association article on the risks associated with bariatric surgery.

Patients today are moving beyond the time when doctors made all the decisions regarding their health care and are becoming more involved in their own health-care needs. David Mechanic, PhD, professor of behavioral sciences and director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University, will elaborate on the pros and cons of this trend.

Frank Farley, PhD, a psychologist and professor of educational psychology at Temple University, will talk about his studies of natural risk takers, people with “type T” – or thrill-seeking - personalities.

Sound Medicine co-host David Crabb, MD, will be sitting in the guest seat this week to explain the meaning of the medical term “differential diagnosis.”

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

Scientific Calendar online

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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● Faculty meeting to discuss administrative restructuring at IU

● Torbeck assumes expanded duties

● Kaplan to lead pulmonary research program

● Six IUSM students awarded research scholarships

● Call for entries for Medical Humanities Student Essay Award

● Staff award nominations sought

● National conference seeks entries on research integrity

● Mind, Body, Spirit series begins Jan. 30

● Combined Seminar Series for February

● Sullivan to speak Feb. 1 at IUPUI

● John Shaw Billings lecture Feb. 9

● International Affairs and Bioethics host seminars

● PubMed workshop available

● FEED Series: The Problem Learner

● Taylor Symposium: The Crisis in Urban Health Care

● Census mapping discussed at workshop

● Judges needed for international science fair

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● This week on Sound Medicine

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Faculty meeting to discuss administrative restructuring at IU

Indiana University President Adam Herbert and the IU trustees recently approved changes in the administrative structure of the university. Although these changes were prompted by the concerns of the Bloomington faculty, they also will affect the other IU campuses as well as the School of Medicine.

The IUPUI campus faculty leadership have called a special faculty meeting to discuss these changes. The meeting will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 30 in the University Place Conference Center auditorium. Documents providing additional details of the actions taken by the trustees and President Herbert and their rationale can be found at www. iupui.edu/~fcouncil/restruc06.htm. BACK TO TOP

Torbeck assumes expanded duties

Laura Torbeck, Ph.D, assistant professor of surgery, was appointed Jan. 1 as the Department of Surgery’s vice chairman for education.

Dr. Torbeck received her doctorate in science education from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002 and was appointed to the IUSM faculty in August 2004. She has been involved in the department’s graduate medical education development, the review of the Residency Review Committee, development of goals and objectives of rotations, and in the development of the surgical education programs at the medical student level.

Kaplan to lead pulmonary research program

Mark Kaplan, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, has been named director of Pediatric Pulmonology Basic Research in the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research and the Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Pulmonary, Critical Care and Allergy.

As director of the new program, Dr. Kaplan will develop a basic science research program for asthma and allergic diseases.

Dr. Kaplan received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Windsor and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. He did postdoctoral fellowships at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and at the Harvard University School of Public Health.

He joined the IU faculty in 1998. Dr. Kaplan’s research interests include regulation of T helper cell differentiation, transcriptional regulation, cytokine signaling, and inflammatory disease. He currently is funded by three NIH grants, has served on several immunology NIH study sections, and on the executive committee of the Indiana University Center for Immunobiology.

Six IUSM students awarded research scholarships

Six IUSM first- and second-year students have been awarded Summer Research Scholarships totaling $28,000.

The awards were based on summer research projects and the subsequent presentations by the students in poster and oral competition. The student, sponsor of their scholarship and award amount:

● Lauren Michelle Burns, MS II, IUSM - Terre Haute Claude Smith Black Scholarship, $13,000

● Allison Kasey Mayer, MS I, IUSM - Indianapolis Marvella Bayh Memorial Scholarship, $3,000

● Monica Khurana, MS II, IUSM- Indianapolis Marvella Bayh Memorial Scholarship, $3,000

● Matthew Michael Zipse, MS II, IUSM - Indianapolis Hazel and Tommy Thompson Cardiac Research Scholarship, $3,000

● Nathan Eric Thompson, MS II, IUSM- Indianapolis Hazel and Tommy Thompson Cardiac Research Scholarship, $3,000

● Chad Heidt Weaver, MS II, IUSM - Bloomington William and Fern Groves Hardiman Scholarship, $3,000

Call for entries for Medical Humanities Student Essay Award

The competition is open to undergraduate or graduate/professional students. The deadline for entries is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. See medhumanities.iupui.edu/essay.html for details.

Staff award nominations sought

The IUPUI Staff Council is accepting nominations for two awards honoring outstanding campus staff.

As part of the observance in March of Staff Council Awareness Month, IUPUI faculty, staff and students are invited to submit nominations for the Gerald L. Bepko Staff Council Spirit Award and the “Making a Difference” award. Nominations for both awards can be submitted through Friday, March 3.

The “spirit” of IUPUI is demonstrated through a person's attitude, acts of loyalty, teamwork, and contribution to the mission, goals and strategic initiatives of the university, as well as the community. The Bepko Spirit Award recognizes full-time appointed staff who exemplify that “spirit.” A nomination form, along with additional information, is available at www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/spirit1.html.

The Making a Difference award spotlights staff who contribute to IUPUI and/or the community in a meaningful way. See www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/Development/make-difference.doc for nomination forms.

For additional information about Staff Council, see www.iupui.edu/~scouncil.

National conference seeks entries on research integrity

The federal Office of Research Integrity is seeking abstracts for papers, poster sessions, panel discussions and working groups for the 2006 Research Conference on Research Integrity. The conference, cosponsored by the AAMC, provides a forum for scholars to discuss crucial research problems, explore different research methods and share research results, with the ultimate goal of furthering understanding about how to foster integrity and deter misconduct in research.

The meeting will be held Dec. 1-3, in Tampa, Florida. Abstracts for conference submissions are due Friday, April 28. For more information, see ori.hhs.gov/research/extra/rcri.html.

Mind, Body, Spirit series begins Jan. 30

The Office of Campus and Community Life will sponsor a special series entitled “Mind, Body, Spirit.” Presentations will be once a month in University College beginning at noon.

Schedule of presentations:

● Monday, Jan. 30 "Healing from the Inside Out"

● Thursday, Feb. 16 "Sex Signals"

● Tuesday, Mar. 28 "Facts, Myths and the Story of Survival: Real-life Experiences from a Breast Cancer Survivor"

● Tuesday, Apr. 11 Free Yoga Lessons

For more information, please visit http://life.iupui.edu.

Combined Seminar Series for February

The IU Cancer Center Combined Seminar Series meets from 4 to 5 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month in the auditorium of the IU Cancer Research Institute.

The program lineup for February:

● Feb. 1 – Ralph Hruban, MD, professor of pathology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, “Pancreatic Cancer; From Surgeons to Genes and Back Again”

● Feb. 15 – To be announced

Sullivan to speak Feb. 1 at IUPUI

Author William Sullivan, a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and professor of philosophy at La Salle University, will present “Professionalism Across the Professions: The Public Role of Professional Education” Wednesday, Feb. 1. The presentation, which is based on his book based on his book “Work and Integrity,” will be at 4 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium in the IUPUI University Library.

For more information, contact Patti Hair at 278-2662, or [email protected].

John Shaw Billings lecture Feb. 9

Diane Freidman, a nurse practitioner, will show excerpts of “Matter of Life and Death,” at the Thursday, Feb. 9, John Shaw Billings History of Medicine lecture. The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in room 301 of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.

The film “Matter of Life and Death” stars David Niven, Kim Hunter, Huglings Jackson, Victor Horsley and Macdonald Critchely. Ms Freidman will highlight how the most recent developments in neurology and neurosurgery of that time are skillfully woven within the dialogue and settings and are readily apparent to persons with neurological training, but overlooked by most other viewers. This film represents remarkable medical scholarship, but the writers of the film never drew any attention to their work.

International Affairs and Bioethics host seminars

The first in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Friday, Feb. 3, with Eric Meslin, PhD, director of the IU Center for Bioethics, speaking. His presentation “What makes international research ethical (or unethical)?” will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Other speakers and topics in the series will be:

● Thursday, Feb. 23 Mike Kowolik (Dentistry), "Guatemala" John Sidle (IU Kenya Partnership)

● Wednesday, March 29 Kathleen Hall (Medicine), "Nigeria" Mary-Beth Riner (Nursing), "Mexico"

● Friday, April 21 Ulla Connor (ICIC), "International communication"

● Friday, May 5 Michael Clayman (Eli Lilly), "Research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry"

PubMed workshop available

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library will offer a “Basics of PubMed” workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Medical Library, room 318. For more information or to register for the workshop, email [email protected] (please put PUBMED in the subject line), or call 274-1612.

FEED Series: The Problem Learner

“The Problem Learner” will be examined by Jean Pappas Molleston, MD, at the Wednesday, Feb. 22, Faculty Enrichment and Education Development (FEED) Series hosted by the IU Department of Medicine. The workshop will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the lower level auditorium of the Riley Outpatient Center.

The workshop will help faculty develop the skills necessary to identify and remediate learning problems of students and residents and develop specific strategies for assessing, diagnosing and responding to learning problems.

The program begins at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner and group sessions begin at 5:45 p.m. Faculty interested in attending should e-mail Roberta Brown at [email protected], or call 630-6906.

FEED is a quarterly series offering of key topics in clinical teaching. These workshops are designed to provide an opportunity for the department faculty to improve their teaching skills in a collegial and fun environment and as part of the Department of Medicine’s continuing commitment to provide the highest quality learning environment for medical students, residents and fellows.

The 17th Annual Joseph T. Taylor Symposium will be from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the University Place Conference Center. This year’s topic is “The Crisis in Urban Health Care.”

Registration is free. Lunch tickets are $30, or $25 if purchased by Jan. 31. For online registration, visit universityplace. iupui.edu, or call 274-3280.

Census mapping discussed at workshop

A one-day workshop, “Mapping Indiana Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Demographic Analysis Workshop” will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on three dates -- Wednesday, March 22, Thursday, March 23, or Friday, March 24.

This fast paced, hands-on workshop teaches the fundamentals of how to use a Geographic Information System (GIS) in a way that is relevant to social service providers, planners and researchers. Participants learn to make thematic maps of their community, geocode addresses and perform spatial queries and analysis. Participants also will learn to extract and map Census variables such as race, poverty, language, education, health and many other demographic variables. Exercises are designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required. Each student is assigned a computer on which to work for the day.

The workshop will be at the New Horizons Computer Training Center, 11611 N. Meridian, Ste. 200. The fee is $399. To register online or for more information, see https://www.urban-research.info/ur/workshops/workshops-gis.shtml, or telephone 877-241-6576.

Judges needed for international science fair

Frank Witzmann, PhD, professor of cellular and integrative physiology, is the Medicine and Health category co-chair, and he is serving as the contact person in the School of Medicine. Dr. Witzmann can be reached at 278-5741, or [email protected].

Volunteers will be accepted as late as May 7, but Dr. Witzmann said ideally organizers would prefer to have the judging lineup completed by Saturday, April 1.

Discounts offered for Apple products

IUPUI faculty, staff and students are eligible for educational discounts on all Apple iPods, hardware and software. For additional information, see www.apple.com/education/store.

Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards December 1- December 31, 2005

Project Agency Award Type Title Start/Stop Total Award Director Name

Alexander Lrp5 Signaling in Bone 09/30/05 NIAMS New Research $312,209 Robling Mechano-Responsiveness 07/31/06

Central Margaret Indiana Indiana Go Local on 12/01/04 New Research $49,250 Richwine Community MedlinePlus 11/30/05 Foundation

Frontier Science and George Technology Continuing/Competing 05/01/04 ECOG Breast Committee $9,500 Sledge Jr. Research Research 04/30/05 Foundation, Inc.

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This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, and Ora Pescovitz, MD.

Guests will include Stephen Williams, MD, an ovarian cancer specialist and director of the IU Cancer Center. He will review the National Cancer Institute’s recent endorsement of intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer patients.

Sound Medicine essayist Frank Messina, MD, will share his thoughts on the endless collection of so called ‘natural cures’ and herbal remedies. Dr. Messina is an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine and internal medicine at IUSM.

John Halamka, MD, will discuss his experience of being implanted with an identification chip, a topic he explored in his July 28 article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Halamka is the chief information officer at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he is also an emergency room physician.

Frank Farley, PhD, a former president of the American Psychological Association and professor of educational psychology at Temple University, will continue a Sound Medicine discussion on his studies of natural risk takers. This week, he will discuss child thrill seekers.

Sound Medicine co-host David Crabb, MD, will be sitting in the guest seat this week to explain the meaning of the medical term “differential diagnosis.”

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu. edu/.

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● Strategic plan released for IU's life sciences success

● T. K. Li to present Mark Brothers Lecture

● M&M: Mindfulness in Medicine

● Problem-solving competency director needed

● Staff award nominations sought

● Trustee Teaching Awards call for nominees

● Nominations sought for IUSM Faculty Teaching Award

● NIH program to foster researcher independence

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting Feb. 7

● QUOSA article management software demo

● International study opportunities topic of noon workshop

● Conference on Healthy Living – Feb. 22

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● IU hosts National Conference on Dual Diagnosis

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Strategic plan released for IU's life sciences success

Indiana University officials unveiled a strategic plan to move the university into the ranks of the nation's top research centers for six areas of the life sciences -- analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, cancer biology, the neurosciences, diabetes and metabolic disorders, and model systems in biological research.

The plan outlines how IU can align existing strengths in such fields as analytical chemistry, information technology and supercomputing with its rapidly growing medical research centers in the IU School of Medicine. It says that combining these resources in cooperative ventures will make IU more competitive for major research grants from the National Institutes of Health. The 60-page plan was presented Feb. 3 to the IU trustees during the meeting of the board's long-range planning committee.

"This plan gives us an overall strategy for a comprehensive program of research across both of our major campuses," said IU Provost Michael McRobbie, PhD.

It will match the laboratories in Bloomington – which have some of the most sophisticated devices in the world for analyzing and measuring chemical compounds – with laboratories at the IU School of Medicine, where innovative research is being done on cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

The comprehensive 15-goal plan sets key priority areas and prescribes specific actions for the purpose of maintaining or elevating areas of life sciences research to international prominence.

For an overview of the plan, see www.medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=444. To view or download a copy of the IU Life Sciences Strategic Plan, visit www.lifesciences.iu.edu.

T. K. Li to present Mark Brothers Lecture

Former IUSM Associate Dean for Research Ting-Kai Li, MD, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, returns to IUSM on Feb. 23 and 24 as the Mark Brothers Lecturer.

The Mark Brothers Lectureship was endowed by Dr. and Mrs. Guey C. Mark to honor Dr. Mark’s elder brothers. The award recognizes internationally renowned medical scientists of Asian descent, bringing them to the campus to interact with faculty and students.

Dr. Li’s research-oriented presentation entitled “Animal Models in Alcohol Research: What Are We Modeling?” will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the first-floor auditorium of the IU Cancer Research Institute.

At 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Dr. Li’s clinically-oriented presentation, “Alcoholism: Understanding the Developmental Trajectory and Recovery,” will be in the same auditorium.

Dr. Li was a faculty member in the IU Department of Medicine with joint appointments in biochemistry and psychiatry from 1971 to 2002, when he resigned to join the NIAAA.

Dr. Li, who was the first associate dean for research at IUSM, received the highest academic honor bestowed by the university when he was named a Distinguished Professor in 1985. His accomplishments again were recognized when, in 1999, he was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Throughout his career, Dr. Li has been an international leader in scientific advances that have transformed both the way alcoholism as a disease is understood and the means of understanding alcohol’s effects on the body and the brain.

For questions about the lectures, contact Janice Walther, IUSM Dean’s Office, at 278-3048, or by e-mail at [email protected].

M&M: Mindfulness in Medicine

To Err is Human The response to the story below was written by Samuel Flanders, MD, senior vice president of medical quality for Clarian Health, and Sue Maple, PhD, educational consultant, Office of Medical Education and Curricular Affairs.

A third-year medical student reported: Today a mistake was made about giving a medication to a patient he had an allergy too. Fortunately the mistake was caught and the order was cancelled immediately, but we still spent time as a team discussing how this happened. Although the patient was fine, we discussed how to apologize to the patient and how to avoid these situations. I thought it was great how we discussed this honestly and actually talked to the patient about what happened.

Another third-year medical student reported: There was an instance where our resident ordered a medication that was contraindicated in my patient. The following morning our attending asked me why I had ordered the aforementioned medication. My resident was with us and never mentioned making the order. The experience was beneficial in the sense that our attending used the example as a teaching point; however, I was discouraged that our resident did not confess to ordering the medication and allowed me to take the blame.

Response: These two stories are valuable in that they provide a context for discussing two important issues: errors in health care and relationships with team members. Regrettably, it is a reality that mistakes do sometimes occur in health care. Members of the health-care team know this, and patients know it.

A 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, received a great deal of attention when it shed light on the alarming number of preventable medical mistakes occurring in hospitals and clinics across the country. How extensive is the problem of preventable medical errors? The Institute of Medicine report estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths each year are attributable to medical errors. Using the lower estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, this would cause medical errors to rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the United States – higher even than motor vehicle accidents (43,458). Medication mistakes are responsible for many of the deaths. The attending physicians in these two stories were absolutely correct in using a "near miss" situation as an opportunity to teach about preventing, learning from, and resolving medication errors.

As a result of the IOM report and others, hospitals and clinics across the country are taking steps to improve patient safety and a strategic plan has been developed to reduce medication errors in U.S. hospitals.

Some examples of safety efforts in place at Clarian include the Safe Passage program, implementation of computerized reminders and alerts and the Root Cause Analysis process for errors and "near misses". Safe Passage is a Clarian program that puts a specially trained nurse on each patient unit who is responsible for education, implementation and monitoring of patient-safety initiatives. By having someone "local" to the unit, compliance is improved and unit-specific issues and concerns can easily be addressed.

Clarian also is in the process of implementing the Cerner medical information system. This system is capable of providing alerts and reminders to physicians and staff in response to combinations of inputs. For example, a patient with a high Creatinine who has an aminoglycoside antibiotic ordered would generate an alert. When errors or near-misses do occur, the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process provides an in-depth look at the etiology of the problem and results in actions being taken to prevent a recurrence. Conducted in a "no fault" style environment, the RCA sessions are educational in nature and provide valuable input into care system changes at Clarian.

An altogether different sort of problem emerges in the second story, where a medical student felt that he or she unfairly took the blame for a problematic medication order. Given the team relationships at work, and the resident’s power relative to the student, it is not surprising that the student did not feel safe in speaking up. Apparently, the resident also felt unsafe in honestly discussing what had happened. The end result is that the team relationship has been damaged and some negative modeling has occurred. What could have happened differently in this situation? How, as a community, can we make it feel safe to engage in open discussions about both our professional successes and challenges?

______M&M: Mindfulness in Medicine is an editorial collaboration among the Teacher-Learner Advocacy Committee, the Relationship-Centered Care Initiative, and the Office for Medical Education and Curricular Affairs. Each column features true stories, letters, poetry or art from members of the IUSM campus community. Comments, questions, submissions or ideas for columns may be sent to [email protected].

Problem-solving competency director needed

The IUSM Curriculum Council seeks a director for the “Problem Solving” competency.

The primary objective of this position will be facilitating the teaching, assessment, development and documentation of students’ competence in the area of problem solving. The director will work closely with course and clerkship directors, faculty from all IUSM Centers for Medical Education, students, competency directors and the Dean's Office for Medical Education and Curricular Affairs.

Candidates must have interest and experience in medical education and/or methods of adult education and have a written commitment from their department chairman to protect a minimum of 20 percent FTE for this educational administrative role.

Interested individuals should submit a letter of interest, a CV and a letter of support from their department chairman that specifically addresses the candidate's protected time for the position to Paula Wales, Medical Education and Curricular Affairs, EF 200, 274-4556, or [email protected].

Applications should be received no later than Friday, March 3. Electronic applications are encouraged.

Additional information about the competency curriculum can be found at http://meca.iusm.iu.edu/.

Staff award nominations sought

The IUPUI Staff Council is accepting nominations for two awards honoring outstanding campus staff.

The Making a Difference award spotlights staff who contribute to IUPUI and/or the community in a meaningful way. See www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/Development/make-difference.doc for nomination forms.

For additional information about Staff Council, see www.iupui.edu/~scouncil.

Trustee Teaching Awards call for nominees Each year the Indiana University trustees recognize excellence in teaching through a program known as the Trustee Teaching Awards. Recipients of this prestigious award receive a stipend, have their names displayed on a plaque, and are recognized at award ceremonies at IUSM and at IUPUI. In addition, the IUSM award recipients are recognized at the medical school commencement in May.

This year the criterion of excellence in teaching is the primary factor for selection. It is anticipated that 37 outstanding IUSM teachers will receive the award.

The awards committee needs help identifying IUSM’s best teachers. Self-nominations are not accepted but faculty, residents and students may submit names to [email protected] by Tuesday, Feb. 28. When submitting a nomination, include your university status (student, resident/fellow or faculty) and include the nominee’s department.

For additional information, see meca.iusm.iu.edu/Resources/TTA.htm.

Nominations sought for IUSM Faculty Teaching Award

In 1992, IUSM inaugurated an annual recognition of superior teaching by its faculty. The purpose of the Faculty Teaching Award is to highlight the importance of teaching within the school as well as to recognize those who have excelled in this responsibility. The award is presented at the spring Faculty Meeting.

All full-time faculty and librarians within the statewide system for Medical Education are eligible. Nomination of previous recipients of university or campus teaching awards is discouraged. Serious consideration will be given not only to faculty who teach in the traditional lecture setting but also to faculty who excel as leaders of small groups.

To allow time for the Committee on Faculty Teaching Awards time to consider nominees and make final selections, materials should be sent to Sandra Herrin, Dean’s Office for Medical Education and Curricular Affairs (MECA) at EF 200, 714 N. Senate Avenue, Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46202-3297 on or before Friday, April 7.

For additional information, see meca.iusm.iu.edu/Resources/FTAC2006.htm.

NIH program to foster researcher independence

The National Institutes of Health is accepting applications for a new award, the NIH Pathway to Independence Award Program. The program features a new opportunity for promising postdoctoral scientists to receive both mentored and independent research support from the same award.

The NIH will present between 150 and 200 awards for this program in its initial year, beginning in fall. The agency expects to issue the same number of awards each of the following five years. During this time, the NIH will provide almost $400 million in support of the program. All NIH Institutes and Centers are participating in this award program.

The award will work as follows: The initial 1-2 year mentored phase will allow investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results and search for an independent research position. The second, independent phase, years 3 to 5, will allow awardees who secure an assistant professorship or equivalent position to establish their own research program and successfully apply for an NIH Investigator-Initiated (R01) grant.

The first application receipt date is Friday, April 7. For more information, see grants.nih.gov/grants/ new_investigators/index.htm

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting Feb. 7

"Business Structure" will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, Feb. 7. Speakers will be Michelle Molin, partner at the law firm Ice Miller LLP, and Thomas Lunsford, manager at the accounting firm Katz, Sapper & Miller.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center.

The program is free, but early registration is requested at www.indianabionetwork.org.

The Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network promotes information sharing and networking for biomedical entrepreneurs. Sponsors are the Indiana Health Industry Forum, Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. and Ice Miller.

QUOSA article management software demo

A QUOSA demonstration will be offered at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8, in room 122a, Van Nuys Medical Science Building. QUOSA is a product that works with Pubmed and Ovid to download articles for easy management on computers. It also works with Endnote and Procite to retrieve articles in those citation databases. For more information and some demos see the QUOSA website at www.quosa.com.

International study opportunities topic of noon workshop

The Lunch ‘N Learn workshop, sponsored by IUPUI HRA Work/Life, will be Friday, Feb. 10. The program, “Experience the World: Travel Opportunities for IUPUI faculty, staff, and students,” will begin at noon in the Hoosier Room, second floor of the south wing of the Union building. Admission is free.

Discussion topics will include:

● Roughly 30 study abroad programs IUPUI currently has to offer ● Various sources of financial support for overseas travel ● Health, safety and other travel issues ● How IUPUI staff, faculty, and students can be involved

Presenters will be Susan Buck Sutton, associate dean of International Programs, and IUPUI’s Director of Study Abroad Stephanie Lesli.

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Conference on Healthy Living – Feb. 22

The second annual Indiana University Conference on Healthy Living, sponsored by several schools on the IUPUI campus, IU alumni and the Indiana Department of Health will be Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Indiana Government Conference Center, South Auditorium, 302 W. Washington St.

Speakers will discuss obesity, cardiovascular fitness, diabetes, recreation and leisure and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Keynote speaker Lloyd Kolbe’s lecture, “Obesity: The Perfect Storm,” addresses one of America’s most serious epidemics and its potential dangers not only to our body, but our economy.

The event is open to the public and costs $25 for members of the IU Alumni Association and $40 for nonmembers. This day long conference includes a buffet lunch. For a complete schedule of events or to register online, visit www.alumni.iupui.edu or call 274-5060, toll free at (866) 267-3104. Registration is due Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Class offers tips on conducting electronic research

Researchers and staff who use the Medical Library and Internet electronic medical resources may be interested in the 2-hour, hands-on class, Locating and Using Electronic Resources. It covers the publishing process and presents tips on using databases and other virtual information.

Class time is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, in room 318 of the Medical Library.

For more information or to register, call or email Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected].

Census mapping discussed at workshop

The National Conference on Dual Diagnosis: Integrating Neurobiological, Psychiatric, and Social Systems Perspectives on Co-occuring Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness is the first multidisciplinary event dedicated to the topic of dual diagnosis held in the United States.

The purpose of the March 2-3 conference is to exchange and disseminate scientific information on the neuroscience, clinical phenomenology and societal impact of substance use disorders in people with mental illness and to provide an intensive and comprehensive examination of the serious and broad issue of co- occurring substance use disorders and mental illness.

For additional information, see www.iupui.edu/~psycdept/ncdd.htm, or call Kellie Hindman at 278-5838.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, Kathy Miller, MD, and Ora Pescovitz, MD.

Guests will include Erin Flanagan-Klygis, MD, co-author of the study “Dismissing the Family Who Refuses Vaccines,” will discuss the increase in the number of parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children. Her study appeared in the October 2005 issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Rush Medical College in Chicago.

Mark Mattes RRT, JD, will discuss a new program that can teach individuals CPR in as few as 20 minutes. Mattes is a registered respiratory therapist and director of academic affairs for the Clarian Health Partners Department of Services Education.

Eric Meslin, PhD, returns for his monthly bioethics series on Sound Medicine. Dr. Meslin will discuss which major medical ethics stories from 2005 are still on his radar screen a month into 2006. Dr. Meslin is director of the IU Center for Bioethics.

Also returning is Sound Medicine essayist Eric Metcalf, who will relate his experiences with at-home teeth whitening. Metcalf is an Indianapolis based science writer and a regular contributor to Sound Medicine.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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● Xu named Hulman-George Professor

● T. K. Li to present Mark Brothers Lecture

● Kenya Medical Scholarship endowment celebration - March 8

● Hoosier Oncology Group to move to IUETC

● NIH policies on multiple PI's and electronic application submissions

● Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

● Students, Lockefield Village residents to celebrate Valentine's Day

● AAMC's MedEdPORTAL now available

● AAMC releases report on faculty salaries

● Faculty Teaching Award nominations sought

● Trustee Teaching Awards call for nominees

● IUCC launches new web site

● Get inspired -- see early talents of the next generation

● Hoosiers for Higher Education annual Statehouse visit

● Class offers tips on conducting electronic research

● Conference on Healthy Living – Feb. 22

● International research ethics topic of seminar

● Levinson to present Pfizer lecture in Clear Health Communication

● Special Care Sitter trains teens to care for children with special needs

● Civic Theatre production benefits Midtown mental health center

● Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

● This week on Sound Medicine

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Xu named Hulman-George Professor

Yan Xu, PhD, has been named the first Hulman-George Family Professor of Gynecologic Cancer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, pending approval by the IU trustees. She previously was an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. She also was an associate staff member of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry in the Departments of Cancer Biology and Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Her primary research interest is lipidomics, a new area of research that looks at lipids in the same way genomics studies genes or proteomics researches proteins. Dr. Xu's research focuses on lipids as markers for ovarian cancer either for diagnositic purposes or to monitor the status of disease. She also is researching lipid molecules for signaling between cells or within cells to determine the role they play in the growth of malignant tumors.

The Hulman-George Family Chair in Gynecologic Cancer was established in 2004 when the original Mary Fendrich Hulman Chair Fund was divided to create an additional endowment. The fund initially was established in 1990 by Mari Hulman George in honor of her mother.

T. K. Li to present Mark Brothers Lecture

Former IUSM Associate Dean for Research Ting-Kai Li, MD, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, returns to IUSM on Feb. 23 and 24 as the Mark Brothers Lecturer.

At 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Dr. Li’s clinically-oriented presentation, “Alcoholism: Understanding the Developmental Trajectory and Recovery,” will be in the same auditorium.

Dr. Li was a faculty member in the IU Department of Medicine with joint appointments in biochemistry and psychiatry from 1971 to 2002, when he resigned to join the NIAAA.

For questions about the lectures, contact Janice Walther, IUSM Dean’s Office, at 278-3048, or by e-mail at [email protected].

Event to support Kenya Medical Scholarship endowment

Faculty Women will launch the Kenya Medical Scholarship endowment fund on Wednesday, March 8, with an international celebration. The event will take place in the Herron School of Art galleries from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join the fellowship, enjoy fine art and a selection of international wines and hearty appetizers while supporting students interested in making a difference. Herron galleries will be open and those in attendance will be able to participate in a silent auction of American artists' works to support Imani Workshops, an economic development arm of the IUSM AMPATH program in Eldoret. Imani crafts also will be available for purchase.

Reservations can be made by mailing a check, made out to Faculty Women's Club, to Mary Cook, 312 W. North St., Indianapolis 46202, or call 636-0138. The cost is $40 per person and the deadline is Wednesday, March 1.

Hoosier Oncology Group to move to IUETC

The Hoosier Oncology Group LLC, a Walther Cancer Institute subsidiary, is moving its offices to the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center.

HOG, is a non-profit, contract research organization comprising 400 cancer physicians, researchers and nurses in the greater Midwest region. It was founded in 1985 by IU Cancer Center faculty and Indianapolis-area oncologists who desired to increase cancer patients' access to clinical trials.

"Moving into the IUETC will allow us to establish relationships with new strategic partners as we position our organization to better service our customers and develop new business," said HOG Chairman Christopher Sweeney, MBBS. "At the same time, we are grateful to the Walther Cancer Institute as this move furthers the Walther mission of enhancing collaborations." Dr. Sweeney, who is an assistant professor of medicine at the IU Cancer Center, said the move is a logistical step that will allow HOG to increase its support of cancer research across the IU, Purdue and Notre Dame campuses as well as further our role in the life sciences efforts throughout Indiana.

"The Hoosier Oncology Group is a key alliance for Clarian Health Partners and the IU School of Medicine, as it has a strong track record of managing cancer clinical trials," said IUETC President and CEO Mark Long. "HOG fits the life sciences profile of a start-up company involved in a high-growth sector."

On March 1, the IUETC will celebrate its third birthday. This weekend, Long will discuss the anniversary, HOG's arrival and other successes on Gerry Dick's "Inside Indiana Business" (WFYI TV 20, 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, or WTHR Channel 13, 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12).

NIH policies on multiple PI's and electronic application submissions

The National Institutes of Health recently announced two policy decisions affecting investigators, one allowing multiple principal investigators on research awards, and the second delaying implementation of electronic submission of R01 awards.

The NIH will begin to implement a Federal-wide policy to formally allow more than one principal investigator (PI) on individual research awards this year. This presents a new opportunity for investigators seeking support for projects or activities that clearly require a "team science" approach and which do not fit the single-PI model. The multiple-PI model is intended to supplement, and not to replace, the traditional single PI model. The NIH will make the multiple-PI option available for applications submitted in response to a selected group of Requests for Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements (PAs) with May-June 2006 receipt dates. It is expected that the multiple-PI option will become available for most investigator-initiated research grant mechanisms submitted for January 2007 and later application receipt dates. The detailed announcement can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-036.html.

The electronic submission announcement follows the agency's Aug. 19, 2005 announcement of plans to: 1) transition from the PHS398 application to the SF424 Research and Related (R&R) application; and 2) simultaneously transition to electronic submission of grant applications via www.grants.gov.

After input and analysis, NIH has adjusted the implementation timeline for electronic application submission to provide an additional four months (one submission round) before the transition of the NIH traditional research grant (R01) mechanism and all subsequent mechanisms (see the updated timeline at http://era.nih.gov/ ElectronicReceipt/files/Electronic_receipt_timeline_Ext.pdf). The transition date for the U01s, NIH's Research Cooperative Agreements, has also shifted to allow this mechanism to transition with the other complex research mechanisms in October 2007.

The detailed announcement can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035. html.

Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

The first breakfast will be in the Ice Miller Room at IURTC, 351 W. 10th St., at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 13. Two representatives of Indianapolis venture capital firms, and Mark Carney, CEO of Andara Life Science, and Chad Barden, president and CEO of Quadraspec, will attend. RSVP to Jennifer Matlik at [email protected] by Wednesday March 8.

Students, Lockefield Village residents to celebrate Valentine's Day

Residents of Lockefield Village will be treated to fresh flowers and entertained with karaoke Saturday, Feb. 11, when the Office of Medical Service Learning's Project Joy and the Geriatric Student Interest Group host a Valentine's event for seniors.

Medical students are asked to meet in the atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science Building at 12:30 p.m. for refreshments before proceeding to Lockefield Village. Students interested are asked to respond by email to Lilian Azih at [email protected], or Kofo Dabiri at [email protected].

Project Joy offers medical students an opportunity to plan and lead monthly interactive projects with geriatric patients at Lockefield Village Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, just north of the Wishard Primary Care building. Monthly projects include "Adopt a Resident," visits with pets, bingo and talent shows. Participants also meet with Lockefield Village staff, therapists, and physicians.

The Office of Medical Service-Learning promotes a lifelong commitment to community service through 15 innovative service-learning experiences for medical students. Service-learning refers to organized volunteer service activities which further the education objectives of IUSM competencies. OMSL is directed by Patricia Keener, MD.

The AAMC is asking its constituents to "beta test" the new MedEdPORTAL searchable database, an online resource through which faculty can publish, share and discover peer-reviewed educational materials. There are currently more than 250 indexed and discoverable resources (including 100 "virtual patient" applications) available in MedEdPORTAL.

The resource offers a customized home page called MyMedEdPORTAL that allows users to track their submissions and discover recently published items in their area of interest. It also features a web-based submission process that allows faculty to submit their educational work for consideration by the peer-reviewers.

After reviewing MedEdPORTAL at www.aamc.org/mededportal, constituents may send comments and suggestions to [email protected]. Medical educators are encouraged to submit their high-quality teaching materials to MedEdPORTAL in order to enhance the collection. For additional information, contact Chris Candler, MD, AAMC Division of Medical Education, at [email protected], or Robby Reynolds, AAMC Division of Medical Education, at [email protected].

AAMC releases report on faculty salaries

The AAMC's "Report on Medical School Faculty Salaries, 2004-2005" is now available at www.aamc.org/ publications. This is the AAMC's 41st review of full-time faculty compensation. The report presents the total compensation attributable to teaching, patient care or research for more than 80,000 full-time medical school faculty. The report uses fiscal year 2005 data from all 125 U.S. medical schools and covers all sources of compensation: fixed/base salary, medical practice supplement, bonus/incentive pay, and uncontrolled outside earnings.

Faculty Teaching Award nominations sought

To allow time for the Committee on Faculty Teaching Awards time to consider nominees and make final selections, materials should be sent to Sandra Herrin, Dean's Office for Medical Education and Curricular Affairs (MECA) at EF 200, 714 N. Senate Avenue, Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46202-3297 on or before Friday, April 7.

For additional information, see meca.iusm.iu.edu/Resources/FTAC2006.htm.

This year the criterion of excellence in teaching is the primary factor for selection. It is anticipated that 37 outstanding IUSM teachers will receive the award.

The awards committee needs help identifying IUSM's best teachers. Self-nominations are not accepted but faculty, residents and students may submit names to [email protected] by Tuesday, Feb. 28. When submitting a nomination, include your university status (student, resident/fellow or faculty) and include the nominee's department.

For additional information, see meca.iusm.iu.edu/Resources/TTA.htm.

IUCC launches new web site

The Indiana University Cancer Center has launched a new web site at cancer.iu.edu. The renovation of the IU Cancer Center web site has been guided by research to achieve a more user-friendly design. The site also features expanded patient and news sections.

Get inspired -- see early talents of the next generation

The 2006 INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is coming to the Indianapolis Convention Center May 7-13. These 1,400 finalists are talented high school students representing 40 countries, regions and territories. They have created engineering, science and technology projects which will be judged during the event.

ISEF needs 1,500 professionals to judge entries in the 14 scientific categories. To qualify, judges must have a PhD, MD, DO or DDS, or six years related professional experience beyond a bachelor's of arts or science or master's degree. Judges for the areas of medicine and health are particularly needed.

Judging is Tuesday afternoon and evening, May 9, and all day and evening on Wednesday, May 10. Meals will be provided and a judges' reception will be held on Wednesday evening.

Judge candidates may sign up at www.intelisef2006.org. Click on the link to "Judges," select "Categories," and then choose "Medicine and Health Sciences." For more information, visit www.sciser.org/isef.

Hoosiers for Higher Education annual Statehouse visit

Hoosiers for Higher Education will make their 15th annual Statehouse visit to raise public awareness about the importance of higher education for Indiana's future Tuesday, Feb. 21. This year's visit will take place in the rotunda of the Indiana Statehouse with registration beginning at 1:30 p.m. and a legislative briefing at 2 p.m.

IU football head coach Terry Hoeppner will be the guest speaker. After a visit with legislators, there will be a legislative reception at the Indiana Roof Ballroom with IU President Adam Herbert. The annual Welsh-Bowen Award will be presented along with a new HHE Volunteer of the Year Award. Sign up by visiting www.gov.indiana.edu/hhe.

Class offers tips on conducting electronic research

Class time is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, in room 318 of the Medical Library.

For more information or to register, call or email Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected].

Conference on Healthy Living - Feb. 22

The second annual Indiana University Conference on Healthy Living, sponsored by several schools on the IUPUI campus, IU alumni and the Indiana Department of Health, will be Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Indiana Government Conference Center, South auditorium, 302 W. Washington St.

Speakers will discuss obesity, cardiovascular fitness, diabetes, recreation and leisure and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Keynote speaker Lloyd Kolbe's lecture, "Obesity: The Perfect Storm," addresses one of America's most serious epidemics and its potential dangers not only to our body, but our economy.

International research ethics topic of seminar

The second in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Thursday, Feb. 23, with Mike Kowolik, PhD, School of Dentistry, and John Sidle, MD, (IU-Kenya Partnership) speaking on "International Research Ethics: Guatemala and Kenya." The presentation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Other speakers and topics in the series will be:

● Wednesday, March 29 Kathleen Hall (Medicine), "Nigeria" Mary-Beth Riner (Nursing), "Mexico"

● Friday, April 21 Ulla Connor (ICIC), "International communication"

● Friday, May 5 Michael Clayman (Eli Lilly), "Research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry"

Levinson to present Pfizer lecture in Clear Health Communication

Wendy Levinson, MD, will present "Disclosing Medical Error: A Challenge for Physicians" at noon, Friday March 3, in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium. Dr. Levinson's research on malpractice and the outcomes of disclosure will be highlighted during this presentation. Dr. Levinson is a professor of medicine and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and former president of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She is visiting Indianapolis as part of a Pfizer Visiting Professorship Grant in Clear Health Communication. Her research encompasses predicting communication links to malpractice, faculty development and organizational change.

This presentation is open to the public and admission is free.

Special Care Sitter trains teens to care for children with special needs

Riley Hospital's Community Education and Child Advocacy Department will host its first Special Care Sitter training session on March 18. Special Care Sitter is a class designed to teach skills necessary for babysitting for a child with a disability.

Special Care Sitter is open to teenagers ages 13-16 who have successfully completed a babysitting course which teaches basic life-saving techniques, first aid, rescue breathing, emergency care for the choking child, and basic child development. Teens learn disability awareness, an introduction to medical and adaptive equipment, information on different disabilities, communication techniques, and techniques in adapting activities for children with different types of disabilities.

After successfully completing the Special Care Sitter class, participants must complete a 4-hour internship program, such as babysitting during a support group meeting, special Mother's Day Out program, Parents Night Out program, church services, conferences or other events at which children with disabilities are present. A certificate of completion is awarded following the class and internship.

For more information or to register, call Christina Rogers, Riley Hospital's Community Education and Child Advocacy Department, at 317-278-7621 or toll-free 1-888-365-2022. Or email [email protected].

Civic Theatre production benefits Midtown mental health center

Relive the golden age of radio when the Indianapolis Civic Theatre and the Wishard Memorial Foundation present comedy routines and famous tunes at "The 1940s Radio Hour" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19.

For more information or to buy tickets, contact Michelle Mills at 924-6770, ext.

Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

The 2005 Evening of the Arts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the University Conference Center auditorium. The annual Evening of the Arts showcases students' music, dance and acting talents. Medical faculty, residents and staff also will perform.

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This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week's program are David Crabb, MD, and Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests will include Stuart Spechler, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology at the Dallas VA Medical Center, who will explain how occasional heartburn can lead to a condition called Barrett's esophagus and a higher risk of esophageal cancer. Dr. Spechler is an expert on the condition.

Mike Murphy, MD, discusses his research on stem cell treatment for peripheral vascular disease or PVD. Dr. Murphy is an assistant professor of surgery at the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine.

Co-host David Crabb, MD, will shift to the guest seat to discuss common medical terminology.

Patient and physician relationships were the topic of an article in a recent issue of the journal, Family Practice Management of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The author of this article, Deanna Willis, MD, will discuss what to do when the doctor/patient relationship is no longer benefiting either party. Dr. Willis is the medical director of quality and medical management for the IU Medical Group in Indianapolis

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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● Wooden named vice-chair for surgery

● Mark Brothers Lecture with T.K. Li – Feb. 23 and 24

● March is Staff Council Awareness Month

● IUCC hosts research internships for high school, undergrads

● Med students to volunteer in Mississippi during spring break

● Civic Theatre production benefits Midtown mental health center

● Life Sciences Lunch Series continues Feb. 21

● Next FEED Series workshop slated for Feb. 22

● Electronic research made easy – Feb. 22

● Taylor Symposium: The Crisis in Urban Health Care

● International research ethics topic of seminar

● Women’s Health Series lecture – Feb. 28

● Schwartz to present at Seminars in Medical Humanities

● Inaugural Kenya Medical Scholarship endowment event – March 8

● IU hosts National Conference on Dual Diagnosis

● Darwin Day Conference at IUPUI

● Mark your calendar for Biomarkers Lecture

● Reservations now open for Health Care Heroes awards breakfast

● IUPUI surpasses United Way goal

● Honors

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Wooden named vice-chair for surgery

William Wooden, MD, professor of plastic surgery, has been named vice-chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Surgery, effective Feb. 6. Dr. Wooden joined the IUSM faculty in December. He had previously been on faculty at the Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, N.C. A graduate of the University of Florida School of Medicine, he has held several leadership positions including vice-chairman of the Department of Surgery and assistant dean for specialist programs at the Brody School of Medicine.

Dr. Wooden has extensive background in academic and clinical medicine and the economics of medicine. He may be contacted by calling 274-0770, or email at [email protected].

Mark Brothers Lecture with T.K. Li – Feb. 23 and 24

Former IUSM Associate Dean for Research, Ting-Kai Li, MD, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, returns to IUSM on Feb. 23 and 24 as the Mark Brothers Lecturer.

At 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Dr. Li’s clinically-oriented presentation, “Alcoholism: Understanding the Developmental Trajectory and Recovery,” will be in the same auditorium.

Dr. Li was a faculty member in the IU Department of Medicine with joint appointments in biochemistry and psychiatry from 1971 to 2002, when he resigned to join the NIAAA.

For questions about the lectures, contact Janice Walther, IUSM Dean’s Office, at 278-3048, or by e-mail at [email protected].

March is Staff Council Awareness Month

Visit the Staff Council website at www.iupui.edu/~scouncil to find out more about:

● Playing IUPUI-opoly every week in March to win prizes. The top winner(s) will receive a gym bag donated by the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. All prizes will be awarded by April 15.

● The Staff Council’s spotlight on a few good staff members who are making a difference at IUPUI and in the community. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 3.

● Nominations for the Gerald L. Bepko Staff Council Spirit Award will be accepted through Friday, March 3. The winner will be announced by April 3.

Stop by the following locations during March for Staff Council information, as well as small giveaway items:

● Cavanuagh Hall (Wednesday, March 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

● Herron School of Art (Wednesday, March 22, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

IUCC hosts research internships for high school, undergrads

Applications are being accepted for the IU Cancer Center Summer Research Program, June 5 to Aug. 4. The program, open to high school and undergraduate students, is designed to increase the number of cancer researchers among underrepresented groups.

Students are assigned mentors affiliated with the center. Participant selection is based on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, grades and personal interviews.

Information about the program and applications are available through the center's web site at www.cancer.iu. edu. The deadline for submitting applications is Wednesday, March 1. Applicants will be notified by April 1.

For more information, contact Gwendolyn Johnson, PhD, program administrator, IU Cancer Center, at [email protected].

Med students to volunteer in Mississippi during spring break

Spring break is traditionally a time college students visit exotic destinations but this year, 15 IUSM students will volunteer to help clean-up hurricane-ravaged Mississippi.

Inspired by other stories of student volunteers, Anne Gabonay, MS I, organized a group of her peers to aid in the recovery efforts.

With the assistance of IUPUI staff member and former resident of Waveland, Miss., Hayward Guenard, the medical students will be in the Gulf Coast region March 10-17 closely working with a local agency which collects and distributes work orders from residents.

The students would welcome donations to cover expenses. For additional information, contact Jose Espada at 274-1967, or email [email protected].

The other students participating and the medical education center they attend:

Stacie Lynn Braswell, MS I, Indianapolis Ashley Noelle Costas, MS I, Indianapolis Eve Maureen Doucette, MS I, Indianapolis Anne Marie Gabonay, MS I, Indianapolis Shane Robert Hudnall, MS III, Indianapolis Robert Givens Kellogg, MS I, Indianapolis Jaeho Lee, MS I, Indianapolis James Malenkos, MS I, Indianapolis Carrie Monica Marusek, MS I, Terre Haute Victor C. Njoku, MS I, Indianapolis Julie Lauren Ruckman, MS I, Terre Haute Laila Saied, MS I, Lafayette Candice Scroggins, MS I, Terre Haute Lori Rich Wheeler, MS I, Terre Haute

Civic Theatre production benefits Midtown mental health center

Relive the golden age of radio when the Indianapolis Civic Theatre and the Wishard Memorial Foundation present comedy routines and famous tunes at “The 1940s Radio Hour” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19.

Purchase tickets for that performance and the Civic Theatre will donate a portion of the ticket price to the Wishard Memorial Foundation to benefit Midtown Mental Health Services.

It’s easy. Call Michelle Mills at the Civic Theatre, 924-6770, ext 217. This opportunity to benefit Wishard’s Midtown Mental Health Services is available only for the Feb. 19 performance.

“The 1940’s Radio Hour” features great period songs by Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Art Shaw, including such hits at “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”

Life Sciences Lunch Series continues Feb. 21

The next in the Life Sciences Lunch Series, presented by the Indiana Health Industry Forum and Barnes and Thornburg LLP, will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 21. The formal presentation begins at noon.

"The Importance of Education Reform for Indiana's Economic Future" will be presented by Ron Meeusen; David Shane, senior advisor with the Office of the Governor; Pam Oldknow, judging committee and co-chair Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The series is simulcast at Barnes and Thornburg offices in Indianapolis, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Elkhart, and in cooperating facilities in Muncie, Terre Haute, West Lafayette, Evansville, Bloomington and Richmond.

Box lunches are provided or those attending can bring their own.

Math and science education is more important now than ever. Learn what Indiana is doing to stay ahead of the curve in math and science education and the impact that current education requirements will have on economic development for Indiana. Indianapolis will host the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 12- 13. Find out how this showcase of science technology puts Indianapolis in the spotlight and how you can be a part of the action.

Register at www.lifescienceslunch.com, or send your name, company and email address to [email protected]. Registrations also can be taken over the phone by calling (317)-231-7356.

The program beings at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner and group sessions begin at 5:45 p.m. Faculty interested in attending should e-mail Roberta Brown at [email protected] or call 630-6906.

Electronic research made easy – Feb. 22

Class time is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in room 318 of the Medical Library.

For more information or to register, call or email Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected].

Taylor Symposium: The Crisis in Urban Health Care

The 17th Annual Joseph T. Taylor Symposium will be from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the University Place Conference Center. This year’s topic is “The Crisis in Urban Health Care.”

The symposium is free. Lunch tickets can be purchased for $30. For online registration, visit universityplace. iupui.edu, or call 274-3280.

International research ethics topic of seminar

The second in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Thursday, Feb. 23, with Mike Kowolik, PhD, School of Dentistry, and John Sidle, MD, (IU-Kenya Partnership) speaking on “International Research Ethics: Guatemala and Kenya.” The presentation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Other speakers and topics in the series will be: ● Wednesday, March 29 Kathleen Hall (Medicine), "Nigeria" Mary-Beth Riner (Nursing), "Mexico"

● Friday, April 21 Ulla Connor (ICIC), "International communication"

● Friday, May 5 Michael Clayman (Eli Lilly), "Research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry"

Women’s Health Series lecture – Feb. 28

African American women and breast cancer will be the topic of Kathleen Russell, DNS, RN, associate professor of nursing at the IU School of Nursing, Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Noon Lecture Series.

The noon program, “Being a Survivor is More Than a Label: Quality of Life in African American Women with Breast Cancer” will be in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium. Lunch will be provided and CME credit is available. Reservations are not required.

For additional information, contact Tina Darling at 278-7253 or [email protected], or see www.iupui.edu/ ~womenhlt/.

Schwartz to present at Seminars in Medical Humanities

Seminars in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Medical Humanities Program at IUPUI in conjunction with the Indiana University Center for Bioethics will host Peter H. Schwartz, MD, PhD, core faculty member, IU Center for Bioethics, and assistant professor of medicine. He will present "Risky Ethics: Patient Understanding in Screening and Prevention" from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, room 301.

Every day patients must make decisions relying on judgments about risk and probability but studies show that patients have limited understanding of these concepts and make persistent mistakes applying them. This problem undermines the "autonomy" model of medical decision making, suggesting that requiring patients to make independent decisions may lead them to make bad ones. This talk will explore the ethical questions involved in balancing beneficence and autonomy in this area, especially in the setting of screening and prevention in general medicine.

Dr. Schwartz received his MD and PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He taught previously at Boston University.

The presentation is open to the public, but space is limited. Call Kelly Canaday at 278-1669, or email [email protected] to reserve a spot.

Join the fellowship, enjoy fine art and a selection of international wines and hearty appetizers while supporting students interested in making a difference. Herron galleries will be open and those in attendance will be able to participate in a silent auction of American artists' works to support Imani Workshops, an economic development arm of the IUSM AMPATH program in Eldoret. Imani crafts also will be available for purchase.

IU hosts National Conference on Dual Diagnosis

For additional information, see www.iupui.edu/~psycdept/ncdd.htm, or call Kellie Hindman at 278-5838.

Darwin Day Conference at IUPUI

Several distinguished speakers and panelists will debate evolution/intelligent design. The program is approved for CRUs for teachers and graduate credit through IUPUI. For additional information or to register, see www. centerforinquiry.net/indy.

Mark your calendar for Biomarkers Lecture

The Office of Technology Commercialization in partnership with Bindley Bioscience Center at Purdue University is sponsoring a special lecture, “Biomarkers: Issues and Advancements.”

The presentation will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, in room 121 of the Purdue University Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about biomarkers and their importance to advances in the medical field, learn about Purdue research in the biomarkers field, and hear industry’s interest and concerns with biomarkers. Speakers will include Purdue scientists and life science companies.

Admission is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Sue Grimes at 765-494- 5858, or email [email protected].

Reservations now open for Health Care Heroes awards breakfast

Finalists for the annual Health Care Heroes Awards include six individuals affiliated with IU. Health Care Heroes awards will be presented Friday, March 10, at the Westin Indianapolis, 50 S. Capitol Ave, in five categories: Community Achievement in Health Care, Advancements in Health Care, Physician, Non-Physician, and Volunteer.

IUSM finalists and their categories are:

● Advancements in Health Care – Michael Kraus, MD, and J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD ● Physician – Rafat Abonour, MD, and Roberta Hibbard, MD ● Non-Physician – Patricia Ebright, RN and DNS ● Volunteer – Mike Smith

The awards ceremony is from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and reservations are being accepted by the Indianapolis Business Journal online at www.ibj.com. The deadline is Friday, March 3. This is the sixth year for the award recognition program.

IUPUI surpasses United Way goal

IUPUI has exceeded its 2005 United Way campaign goal of $335,000 by raising $340,141.Thanks are extended to all the employees who participated in the campaign.

For additional information about the campaign, see www.iupui.edu/~uwaycamp.

Honors

Marilyn Bull, MD, the Morris Green Professor of Pediatrics at IUSM, is the recipient of one of the three national awards presented by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for Physician of the Year. Dr. Bull joined Riley Hospital in 1976. She founded the Section of Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics and directs the Automotive Safety for Children Program and the Indiana Partnership for the Prevention of Firearm Violence. The Physician of the Year awards for clinical excellence will be presented at a dinner March 15 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Castle Connolly publishes the America’s Top Doctors series.

Andrew Chambers, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the Laboratory for Translational Neuroscience of Dual Diagnosis Disorders, has been awarded the APIRE/AstraZeneca Young Minds in Psychiatry Award. The $45,000 award will support his schizophrenia research. This is the second consecutive year that an IUSM psychiatry faculty member has won this prestigious international award.

Michael Ney, MHA, vice-chair for academic support, technology and mission management in the Department of Surgery has been appointed to two state organizations. The Indiana State Library recently appointed him to the Indiana State Library Advisory Council for the next two years. He also will serve on its economic development and disaster planning committees. In addition, Ney has been re-commissioned in the Indiana Guard Reserve. The Guard Reserve's mission is to maintain, organize, and train military forces capable of timely and effective response in support of orders from the Governor of Indiana under all conditions prescribed by the civil statues of Indiana. Ney, a Vietnam veteran and former National Guard member will command and help in the development of a medical detachment to be used in state-wide disasters.

Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, MD, IUSM executive associate dean for research affairs and CEO at Riley Hospital, recently was the recipient of the 2006 Leading Light Award for Outstanding Contribution to Health, Life Science, Physical Science or Agri-Science presented by Women and Hi Tech. The category recognizes individuals who have directly affected organizations in these fields through research and development for a company product, technical support, technical writing, systems development or systems support. Amy Jo Hatfield, assistant librarian in the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, was first finalist in the Distinguished Use of Technology in Healthcare Delivery category. Women and Hi Tech is a non-profit organization addressing the needs of women in high tech industries in Central Indiana and encourage more women to consider careers in technology.

Rock Tiffault, MD, assistant professor of clinical family medicine and assistant residency director for IU Family Practice Residency, has been accepted into the 2006 Association of Departments of Family Medicine Fellowship Program. The purpose of the ADFM is to promote the philosophy and interests of family medicine in medical schools and to support research and scholarship within activities in family medicine in United States medical schools. Dr. Tiffault’s participation in the February 22-25, meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will constitute his fellowship activities.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are Ora Pescovitz, MD, and Kathy Miller, MD.

Guests will include Harold Burstein, MD, who will discuss his research on low-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer patients. Dr. Burstein is a medical oncologist in the Breast Oncology Center of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Wulf Utian, MD, will provide updates on the current trends in hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Utian is the executive director of the North American Menopause Society and has written five books on menopause. Hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women has been a controversial topic since a 2002 study on the risks that come with it. Since then, many studies have been published regarding the risks and benefits of HRT.

Is soy a good way to prevent breast cancer or does taking soy actually increase a women’s risk of developing breast cancer? Kathy Miller, MD, a Sound Medicine co-host and a breast cancer specialist, will review the facts on soy and breast cancer.

Michael Robertson, MD, explains what a new trend called “personalized medicine” can mean for the future of medicine. Dr. Robertson is the principal investigator of a clinical trial for the personalized cancer vaccine, Favid. He is the director of the lymphoma program at the IU Cancer Center. Also, joining Sound Medicine is one of Dr. Robertson’s patients diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in early 2005 who has participated in the clinical trial on Favid.

Sound Medicine essayist and Indianapolis-based science writer Eric Metcalf shares a conversation with his mother about the health advice she and many mothers give their children.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

Scientific Calendar online

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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● 2006 Slemenda Scholars announced

● Life science day at the Statehouse

● UITS wants to hear from you

● IUCC Combined Seminar Series for March

● National patient safety expert to speak March 3

● Levinson to present Pfizer lecture in Clear Health Communication

● Schwartz to present at Seminars in Medical Humanities

● Dean’s Day program presents science and faith discussions

● Endowment event for Kenya Medical Scholarship – March 8

● Career development makeover – March 10

● Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

● HHMI accepting award applications

● Upcoming educational programs for researchers

● Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

● Registration open for IU Research Coordinator Education Program

● IUCC internships application deadline March 8

● Grants and Awards

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

2006 Slemenda Scholars announced

Four IUSM first-year students will gain hands-on experience this summer at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya, as the 2006 Slemenda Scholars.

The award, named in honor of former IUSM epidemiologist Charles Slemenda, DrPH, is given to three or four medical students who attend classes, make rounds in the hospital, and live with Kenyan medical students for two months.

The scholarship covers expenses as well as provides a stipend upon completion of a written report about the student’s experience. The 2006 Slemenda Scholars and the Medical Education Centers they attend are Sarah Carlson, Indianapolis; Cassandra Neureiter, Indianapolis; Hannah Woebkenberg, Evansville; and Timothy Mercer, Bloomington.

Life science day at the Statehouse

Join IU’s leaders and scientists for Indiana University Life Sciences Exhibit and Reception in the north atrium of the Indiana Statehouse on Wednesday, March 1. A reception is planned for legislators and other guests from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and displays from various Schools at IU will be on exhibit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

UITS wants to hear from you

Each year, UITS randomly surveys part of the IU community to assess how satisfied users are with UITS computing facilities and services. The online survey also touches on satisfaction with support for instruction, research and administration, and gauges satisfaction with telephone services.

If you were one of those chosen to participate in the 2006 User Survey, you received instructions for accessing the survey with the invitation to participate. If you haven't yet completed the survey, please take a few moments to do so.

Your observations and opinions are critical in helping UITS evaluate its performance, identify where improvements are needed and generate ideas for new services. User input in the past has helped UITS make many positive changes to the campus IT environment.

The survey concludes on Friday, March 17. If you have questions regarding the survey, e-mail [email protected] (Center for Survey Research), or call 1-888-226-9234. Previous UITS Survey findings are available at www.indiana. edu/~uitssur/.

IUCC Combined Seminar Series for March

The IU Cancer Center Combined Seminar Series meets at 4 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium. The speakers for March:

● March 1 – Iain McKillop, PhD, associate professor of biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, “Mechanisms of Alcohol Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis”

● March 15 – Alan Lichtenstein, MD, professor of medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA, “Akt Signaling in Multiple Myeloma”

National patient safety expert to speak March 3

A nationally recognized expert in rehabilitation nursing and patient safety, Patricia Quigley, PhD, the deputy director of the VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, Florida, will be the distinguished lecturer at the sixth annual Sonna Ehrlich Merk Distinguished Lectureship Friday, March 3. The presentation, hosted jointly by the IU School of Nursing and Clarian Health Partners, is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Learning Center Auditorium, Riley Outpatient Center. Her presentation, “Influential Partnerships” will focus on examining innovative strategies to build influential partnerships resulting in important patient safety policy, practice, and education outcomes.

The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion and then a reception.

Levinson to present Pfizer lecture in Clear Health Communication

Wendy Levinson, MD, will present "Disclosing Medical Error: A Challenge for Physicians" at noon, Friday March 3, in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium. Dr. Levinson’s research on malpractice and the outcomes of disclosure will be highlighted during this presentation.

Dr. Levinson is chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and former president of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She is visiting Indianapolis as part of a Pfizer Visiting Professorship Grant in Clear Health Communication. Her research encompasses predicting communication links to malpractice, faculty development and organizational change.

This presentation is open to the public and admission is free.

Schwartz to present at Seminars in Medical Humanities

The presentation is open to the public, but space is limited. Call Kelly Canaday at 278-1669, or email [email protected] to reserve a spot.

Dean’s Day program presents science and faith discussions

The IU School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science at IUPUI are teaming up to present the 2006 Dean's Day continuing education program Saturday, March 4, at the University Place Conference Center and Hotel. The program's theme is “The Realms of Science and Faith.”

IUPUI faculty from the sciences, humanities, public policy and theology will discuss explorations of human origins; humanity's search for meaning; fossil evidence and what it means to be human; and religion, science and public policy.

The event begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. and concludes with a buffet luncheon. The cost is $20, which includes lunch.

For additional information and online registration, go to liberalarts.iupui.edu/deansday.

Endowment event for Kenya Medical Scholarship – March 8

Career development makeover – March 10

"Extreme Makeover: Postdoc Edition," a career development seminar hosted by the IUSM Office of Graduate Studies, will be presented by Philip Clifford, PhD, associate dean for postdoctoral education at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The seminar will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the Riley Outpatient Center lower level auditorium. Post- doctoral and graduate students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend the free seminar.

Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

HHMI accepting award applications The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is accepting applications for the Physician-Scientist Early Career Award. Deadline is Tuesday, March 14.

Additional details for the award can be found at www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/earlycareer.html. For more information, call 800-448-4882, ext 8889, or email [email protected].

Upcoming educational programs for researchers

Learn more about grants.gov and other electronic grant changes planned by the NIH, including NIH commons and eSNAPs, at two informational sessions scheduled in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, and at noon, Wednesday, March 22.

Save the date for the next Grant Writing Symposium to be Monday, Nov. 13. Registration will be open in late August through the IUSM Continuing Medical Education office.

Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

The 2005 Evening of the Arts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the University Conference Center auditorium.

About a dozen different performances will be on stage during the 21/2-hour program which annually showcases students’ music, dance and acting talents. Medical faculty, residents and staff also will perform. Student and faculty artwork in various mediums will be offered for sale at a silent auction that evening.

For additional information, see www.iupui.edu/~iusmeota.

Registration open for IU Research Coordinator Education Program

An educational program for research coordinators will be offered by the IU Clinical Trials Program, the Outpatient Clinical Research Facility and the School of Nursing March 29-31.

This program is mandated for all new coordinators at IUSM with less than 2 years experience coordinating studies on the IUPUI/Clarian campuses. While the program targets the new study coordinator, experienced coordinators and young investigators at IUSM, Clarian Health, the Schools of dentistry and nursing, Roudebush VA and Wishard hospitals often attend and find the content useful and their skills strengthened .

The program is designed to provide specific guidance about how to conduct and coordinate clinical drug studies at IU. The cost of the program is $320 if registered by Friday, March 17. After that date the cost is $370. Payments from grant accounts or other IU accounts are acceptable. The program will be in the Ruth Lilly Learning Center, conference rooms A and B, on the lower level of Riley Outpatient Center. For complete information and a registration form, see http://nursing.iupui.edu/lifelonglearning/.

IUCC internships application deadline March 8

Students are assigned mentors affiliated with the center. Participant selection is based on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, grades and personal interviews.

Information about the program and applications are available through the center's web site at www.cancer.iu.edu. The deadline for submitting applications has been extended to Wednesday, March 8. Applicants will be notified by April 1.

For more information, contact Gwendolyn Johnson, PhD, program administrator, IU Cancer Center, at iuccsrp@iupui. edu.

Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards January 1 - January 31, 2006

Project Agency Total Award Type Title Start/Stop Director Name Award

Changes of Hyperpolarization- American activated Cation Currents in 01/01/06 Ping Deng Heart New Research $65,000 Hippocampal Neurons After 12/31/06 Association Transient Forebrain Ischemia

Citizens Intranasal delivery of sustained- Michael United in release 10/01/05 New Research $35,000 Kubek Research for anticonvulsantneuropeptide 09/30/06 Epilepsy nanoparticles in seizure therapy.

American Mille Crystallographic Studies of the 01/01/06 Cancer New Research $44,000 Georgiadis Bleomycin-DNA Complex 12/31/06 Society

Health Targets of Tyrosoine Zhong-Yin 08/01/05 Research, New Research Phosphatase YopH from $143,800 Zhang 02/28/06 Inc. Yersinia

American American Cancer Society Leonard Continuing/Competing 01/01/06 Cancer Institutional Grant at Indiana $300,000 Erickson Research 12/31/08 Society University American Regulation of Tumor Necrosis Continuing/Competing 07/01/05 Yijun Jin Heart Factor Receptor Trafficking and $65,000 Research 09/30/05 Association Signaling

Infobuttons to Improve John Finnell Columbia 01/17/05 New Research Information Access in Order $109,204 II. University 01/16/06 Entry

Altered hepatic expression of Nuria AHA - fatty acid binding proteins: A 01/01/06 Morral New Research $43,476 Midwest potential role in the 12/31/06 Codol dyslipidemia of type 2 diabetes.

Mechanisms of NDST1 01/01/06 Xin Zhang NIH-NEI New Research $375,118 Function in Lens Development. 12/31/06

Christine PHRMA Determining the Molecular 01/01/06 New Research $30,000 Quirk Foundation Role of p8 in Tumorigenesis 12/31/07

Munro Purdue Calcium Metabolism in Asian 09/20/04 New Research $63,575 Peacock University Adolescents 06/30/06

Doris Duke Kar Wools- Extending HIV Care Beyond 01/01/06 Charitable New Research $200,000 Kaloustian the Rural Health Center 12/31/07 Foundation

Cynthia Actions of GTPase-Activating 01/10/06 NIH-NINDS New Research $467,128 Hingtgen Proteins on Sensory Neurons 12/31/06

Jaeb Center Daniel for Health Amblyopia Treatment Study - 01/01/05 New Research $7,850 Neely Research ATS5 12/31/06 Inc.

Wells Center Research Success New Research $293,000 Reward Program

Riley Mary Wells Center Postdoctoral 07/01/05 Children's New Research $593,000 Dinauer Fellows Program 06/30/06 Foundation

Wells Center Research New Research $114,000 Equipment Fund

Crohn's Metabolic Response to Anti- Ronald Colitis Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha 07/01/05 New Research $82,187 Payne Foundation (infliximab) in Pediatric 06/30/06 of America Crohn's Disease National Robert Childhood Continuing/Competing Children's Oncology Group 03/02/05 $43,224 Fallon Cancer Research Chair's Grant 02/28/06 Foundation Sodium Channels and Theodore 01/19/06 NIH-NINDS New Research Electrogenesis in Sensory $327,501 Cummins 12/31/06 Neurons Drug Discovery Using Virtual Walther Jian-Ting Screening/Chemoinformatics 01/01/06 Cancer New Research $30,000 Zhang for Better Treatment of 01/31/08 Institute Refractory Cancers Parallel, Randomized, Double- Blind, Placebo Controlled Phase II Adjuvant Studies of Thomas Erlotinib and Polyphenon E to 08/24/04 UCLA New Research $53,997 Gardner Prevent the Recurrence and 07/31/05 Progression of Tobacco- Related, High-Grade Superficial Bladder Cancer

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are Ora Pescovitz, MD, and Kathy Miller, MD.

Guests will include Amy Peak, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Butler University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, who will discuss new studies that show acetaminophen, found in over-the-counter drugs like Tylenol, is now the leading cause of liver failure, a potentially deadly condition.

A novel new study of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer will be discussed by Darron Brown, MD. The vaccine has been shown to be 100 percent effective in the short term. Dr. Brown is an IU professor of medicine in the Section of Infectious Disease and conducted some of the research for the vaccine.

A frequent contributor to the New York Times, Abigail Zuger, MD, examines in her latest essay how panic-inducing headlines scare her patients into obsessing over imagined medial problems and ignoring their real issues. Dr. Zugar is an infectious disease and HIV specialist affiliated with the St. Luke’s— Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.

Indianapolis based science writer and frequent Sound Medicine contributor Eric Metcalf returns to share his thoughts on albinism or the condition of being albino.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu. edu/.

Scientific Calendar online

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui.edu/ calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at [email protected].

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● IUSM students receive awards at annual competition

● Volunteers needed for second Friends for Life blood draw

● Feds finalize penalties for HIPAA violations

● Medical Library special hours

● IUCC internships application deadline March 8

● Nationally known abuse expert to speak

● Biomarkers entrepreneurial lecture at Purdue

● Career development makeover – March 10

● Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting March 14

● LAMP meeting to light the way for new faculty

● Syphilis topic of Medical History Museum presentation

● Gosling to speak at 'Reading at the Table'

● BIO 2006 reception planned for IU friends

● PowerPoint and PubMed classes

● Applications sought for NIH interdisciplinary grants>

● AAMC seeks nominations for Herbert W. Nickens Awards

● AAMC residency program guide available

● Mississippi destination of med student volunteers

● Support diabetes research through Kiss-a-Pig competition

● Mark your calendar for Best Buddies bowling night

● IUPUI summer camps accepting registrations

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

IUSM students receive awards at annual competition

Two IUSM students received honors at the 37th annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum held Feb. 17-18 in Omaha, Neb.

The first place award was given to Matthew Zipse, MS II, Indianapolis, for his oral presentation, "SERCA Inhibition by Cyclopiazonic Acid Prevents Calcium Dysregulation in Organ Cultured Coronary Smooth Muscle." Using the lab in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, his primary objective was to uncover calcium regulation mechanisms which occur in coronary artery disease.

Originally from Fort Wayne, Matthew was given a $500 cash award and commemorative plaque.

A third place award was given to Monica Khurana, MS II, Indianapolis, for her oral presentation, "Fluid Shear Stress Rescues Osteoblasts from Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induced Apopitosis via Focal Adhesions."

Monica is the 2006 recipient of the Marvella Bayh Scholarship.

The Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum was originally held in 1970 at the University of Michigan. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has hosted the event since 1988. The Forum aims to support and nurture student research in the health sciences and designed to give students an opportunity to present their original research in either an oral or poster meeting format.

For more information, go to http://www.unmc.edu/dept/cce/msbrf.

Volunteers needed for second Friends for Life blood draw

Medical and non-medical personnel are needed to volunteer at the second annual Friends for Life research project Saturday, April 22, during the Indianapolis Komen Race for the Cure on the IUPUI campus.

Friends for Life volunteers make possible the collection of blood from women for breast cancer research. Bryan Schneider, MD, is spearheading the study, which is looking for subtle genetic changes that predispose people to breast cancer.

Last year, the 160 volunteers made it possible to collect 855 informed consents, questionnaires and blood samples from women in one day - an incredible success for breast cancer research at IUSM. This year, the goal is to collect blood from 1,500 women, who can be people who donated last year, new contributors, woman with a history of breast cancer or those without a history or high risk for the disease.

Volunteers, who are the ones who make the event possible, will receive a Friends for Life T-shirt and a free breakfast and lunch. Check out the Friends for Life web site for more information and photos of last year's event at medicine.iupui.edu/clinical/friends_for_life.htm. An online registration form for volunteers is available and can be found under the "Volunteer" link.

Additional questions can be answered by contacting Suzanne Lemler, research nurse coordinator at 274-7841, or by email at [email protected].

Hosts of the event include the IU Cancer Center's Breast Care and Research Center, the IU Division of Hematology/Oncology, IU Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the IU General Clinical Research Center.

Visit the Friends for Life website at http://medicine.iupui.edu/clinical/friends_for_life.htm

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule on how it will impose fines on entities that have violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

HIPAA violations are subject to civil monetary penalties of no more than $100 per violation, with the total not exceeding $25,000 per calendar year. The final rule clarifies the investigation process, bases for liability, determination of the penalty amount, grounds for waiver, conduct of the hearing and the appeal process. The rule becomes effective March 16, and applies to all HIPAA administrative simplification rules, not just to the privacy rules.

For more information, see www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa.

Medical Library special hours

The IUSM Medical Library will be open for extended hours this spring semester. Effective through May 20, the library will be open for extended hours with limited services staffed by medical student workers.

The library will provide limited services Sunday through Friday from 9 p.m. to midnight. IUSM users must have their ID card and buzz for entry.

Saturday hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for IUSM faculty, staff and students. Users must have their ID card and buzz for entry, except during the normal public hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Library faculty will be available for assistance during Saturday public hours.

Questions or comments can be addressed by Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected].

IUCC internships application deadline March 8

Students are assigned mentors affiliated with the center. Participant selection is based on interest in biomedical or behavioral science, grades and personal interviews.

Information about the program and applications are available through the center's web site at www.cancer.iu. edu. The deadline for submitting applications has been extended to Wednesday, March 8. Applicants will be notified by April 1.

For more information, contact Gwendolyn Johnson, PhD, program administrator, IU Cancer Center, at [email protected].

Nationally known abuse expert to speak Susan Omilian, an attorney and published author, will speak during an open lecture format presentation on abuse of women March 9. She also will host her award winning Avenging Angel Workshops and Women’s Power Circles on Wednesday, March 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. The latter is open to the first 25 who register.

These workshops are based on the idea that “living well is the best revenge.” These programs help women take the critical “next step” to reclaiming their lives after domestic violence, sexual assault or other physical or emotional abuse. In addition, through these programs, women uncover their hidden talents, find the focus of their creative potential and transform their lives in positive, productive ways. They take the journey from victim to survivor to “thriver” and move permanently out of the cycle of violence by creating a new future for themselves and their children.

There is no fee for attending the workshop. Reservations may be made by contacting [email protected], or by calling 317-278-0549.

Biomarkers entrepreneurial lecture at Purdue

The Office of Technology Commercialization in partnership with Bindley Bioscience Center at Purdue University is sponsoring a special lecture, “Biomarkers: Issues and Advancements.” The presentation will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, in room 121 of the Purdue University Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about biomarkers and their importance to advances in the medical field, learn about Purdue research in the biomarkers field, and hear industry’s interest and concerns with biomarkers. Speakers will include Purdue scientists and life science companies.

Admission is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Sue Grimes at 765-494- 5858, or email [email protected].

Career development makeover – March 10

The seminar will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the Riley Outpatient Center lower level auditorium. Post-doctoral and graduate students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend the free seminar.

Quarterly breakfasts to bring together faculty, venture capitalists

The IU School of Medicine and Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC) will host quarterly breakfasts for faculty and venture capitalists. The breakfasts will provide an informal setting for faculty to get to know investors and to discuss their invention ideas for businesses. Entrepreneurs also will be invited to share their startup experiences. The first breakfast will be in the Ice Miller Room at IURTC, 351 W. 10th St., at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 13. Two representatives of Indianapolis venture capital firms, and Mark Carney, CEO of Andara Life Science, and Chad Barden, president and CEO of Quadraspec, will attend. RSVP to Jennifer Matlik at [email protected] by Wednesday March 8.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting March 14

“Dilutive Financing” will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, March 14. Speakers will be Jane Martin, general partner of Village Ventures of Bloomington, and Carrie Bates, managing partner of Triathlon Ventures, Indianapolis.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center. The program is free, but registration by Friday, March 10, is requested at www. indianabionetwork.org.

LAMP meeting to light the way for new faculty

The next Leadership in Academic Medicine workshop will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the Riley Outpatient Center, conference rooms A&B. Lunch is included.

In the recent New Faculty "Re-Orientation" Program participants were introduced to the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). LAMP is a series of workshops designed to help faculty who are in the first three years of their appointment establish career success and personal satisfaction as members of the IUSM community.

The skills and understanding developed in this program are intended to provide faculty with tools that will enable them to accomplish their primary career goals and aspirations.

The focus of the session on March 17 will be "The Picture of Success." The question that will drive this session is: "What does it take to succeed in academic medicine?" Dossiers of successful faculty will be reviewed and participants will begin to construct their personal statement – the cornerstone of the dossier. Additional "success factors" that are vital to an academic career also will be included in this session.

To participate in the March 17 session, RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected].

Mark your calendar for future LAMP sessions from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21; Friday, May 12; and Friday June 2.

LAMP Faculty are Steve Bogdewic, PhD, Lia Logio, MD, and Rich Frankel, PhD.

“Whispered Remedies, Straight Talk: Early Attempts to Tame Syphilis and the Continuing Fight to Keep It Contained” will be presented at the Indiana Medical History Museum, 3045 W. Vermont St., at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 23.

Guests will see depictions of the dreadful and often ineffectual treatments used on this sexually transmitted disease from the 17th century to the middle 1900s. Learn how Indianapolis overcame a syphilis epidemic in the late 1990s. Find out how to avoid infection, and learn about the modern cure.

There is no charge for this program presented by speakers from the museum and the Marion County Health Department. Students are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Gosling to speak at 'Reading at the Table'

Craig Gosling, former director of the IUSM Department of Medical Illustration, will be the guest speaker at the University Faculty Club’s “Reading at the Table” luncheon from 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. Gosling will share excerpts from his book “For the Love of Animals: Rhyme and Reason with Animals.”

Following lunch, Gosling will sign copies of his book, which is available from JAGS IUPUI Bookstore.

Cost for lunch is $10. Space is limited and reservations are required. For reservations, call 274-7014 or email [email protected] by Monday, March 27.

BIO 2006 reception planned for IU friends

BIO 2006, the international convention for the Biotechnology Industry Organization, will be in Chicago and alumni and friends of Indiana University are invited to a reception in conjunction with the convention from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 10, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand Ballroom B, 151 E. Wacker Drive.

RSVP to Nicki Bland, [email protected] or 800-824-3044. Registration for BIO 2006 is not required to attend this event.

PowerPoint and PubMed classes

PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics classes will be offered:

● Wednesday, March 22, from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ● Wednesday, April 19, from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ● Wednesday, May 17, from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

The classes will be held in the Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building, room B16. To register, contact Doug Bartlow at [email protected]. Basics of PubMed classes will be offered:

● Wednesday, March 8, from 2p.m. - 3:30p.m. ● Wednesday, April 12, from 2p.m. - 3:30p.m. ● Wednesday, May 10, from 2p.m. - 3:30p.m.

Classes will be held in the IUSM Medical Library in rooms 318 - 319. To register, contact Kellie Kaneshiro at [email protected] (please put PubMed in the subject line).

Applications sought for NIH interdisciplinary grants

Ora Pescovitz, MD, executive associate dean for research affairs at IUSM, and P. Sarita Soni, OD, IU’s associate vice president for research, encourage all researchers to pursue the possibility of grant applications to the NIH Exploratory Centers for Interdisciplinary Research.

The program was initiated in fiscal 2004, and 21 planning awards were funded. Now the NIH is beginning the program for creating full interdisciplinary research consortia. Details on this grant program are at www.ncrr.nih. gov/roadmapinterdisciplinary.asp.

Key dates in the application process are:

● Opening Date: March 17, 2006 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov) ● Letters of Intent Receipt Date: March 21 ● Application Submission Dates: April 18 ● Peer Review Date: July-August

Expiration/Closing Date: April 19

AAMC seeks nominations for Herbert W. Nickens Awards

Nominations for the annual Herbert W. Nickens Award, as well as nominations for the Nickens faculty fellowship and medical student scholarships, are being accepted by the Association of American Medical Colleges through Friday, April 7.

The Herbert W. Nickens Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to efforts that promote justice in medical education and provide equal health care for all Americans. The recipient will receive a $10,000 award and will present the Nickens Lecture at the AAMC's Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wash. Nominees may come from the fields of medicine, public health, education, law, nursing, or the social sciences.

The Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member, committed to a career in academic medicine, who has demonstrated leadership in addressing inequities in medical education and health care. The fellowship recipient will receive a $15,000 grant to support his or her academic and professional activities over a two-year period.

The Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships are awarded to five outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have demonstrated leadership in addressing the educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities. Each recipient will receive a $5,000 scholarship. For more information, contact Juan Amador, AAMC Division of Diversity Policy and Programs, [email protected], or go to http://www.aamc.org/about/awards.

AAMC residency program guide available

The AAMC has produced a new, comprehensive guide for applicants to U.S. residency programs. "Roadmap to Residency: From Application to the Match and Beyond" describes the policies, procedures and practices associated with residency applications and is useful for both U.S. and non-U. S. medical school students and graduates.

The handbook includes a description of candidacy requirements, factors involved in specialty choice, and possible criteria for residency selection, as well as information about matching processes, program visits, potential application outcomes, and the transition from medical school to residency.

The handbook is available for free online at www.aamc.org/roadmaptoresidency.

Mississippi destination of med student volunteers

Fifteen IUSM students will spend spring break as volunteers in hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, working to clean up debris and assist with other chores.

Inspired by other stories of student volunteers, Anne Gabonay, MS I, organized a group of her peers to aid in the recovery efforts.With the assistance of IUPUI staff member and former resident of Waveland, Miss., Hayward Guenard, the medical students will be in the Gulf Coast region March 10-17 closely working with a local agency which collects and distributes work orders from residents.

Several donations have been made to help cover the students’ expenses but more contributions would be welcome. For additional information, contact Jose Espada at 274-1967, or email [email protected].

Support diabetes research through Kiss-a-Pig competition

Endocrinologist Melissa Cavaghan, MD, assistant professor of medicine, will represent Indiana University in the 2006 Kiss-A-Pig contest. The quirky competition raises money for the American Diabetes Association.

The winner is “rewarded” with an opportunity to, as the contest name suggests, kiss a pig during a half-time show of an Indiana Pacers game. This year, it will be the Sunday, March 19, Pacers vs. Boston Celtics game at Conseco Fieldhouse.

At $1 a vote, voting will continue through noon, Friday, March 17. To cast your vote, contact Ginger Such, program director for the IU Diabetes Center, at [email protected], or 274-3507. Tax-deductible donations made to the American Diabetes Association may also exceed the $1 minimum.

IU’s representative in the 2005 competition was Juan Sanchez, MD, who didn’t get to publicly kiss the pig, but did raise $1,431.60 for diabetes research. A total of $77,943.78 was raised by the competition in 2005.

The contest’s name stems from the fact that man’s first source of insulin was purified from pig pancreases.

Mark your calendar for Best Buddies bowling night

A night of fun and bowling for Best Buddies is planned for the evening of Tuesday, March 28. For more information, contact Melissa Spurr at [email protected].

Best Buddies is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities by providing one-to-one friendships and integrated job employment.

Information about Best Buddies can be found at www.bestbuddies.org or www.bestbuddiesindiana.org.

IUPUI summer camps accepting registrations

The IUPUI Sport Complex Summer Day Camps and Sport Camps cover a range of interests for children. For detailed information or to register for a camp, see www.sportcomplex.iupui.edu.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, and Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

Assisted suicide and palliative care will be the topics of first portion of the show. An essay by California physician and journalist Lonny Shavelson, MD, will begin the program. When his own father was dying, Dr. Shavelson found himself in the middle of the assisted suicide debate. In his moving first person essay, Dr. Shavelson shares his struggle to comply with his father’s wishes as well as his own responsibilities as a son and doctor.

Discussing what effect palliative care can have on patients and their families will be director of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program, Gregory Gramelspacher, MD. He also directs the Palliative Care Program for Wishard Memorial Hospital and is an associate professor of medicine at the IU School of Medicine.

In his 'first of the month' bioethical discussion, Eric Meslin, PhD, will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of privately funded medical research. Dr. Meslin is the director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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❍ Soni named IU vice provost for research

❍ Major life sciences announcement planned March 21

❍ Department of Public Health, IUPUI host town hall meeting on health care

❍ Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for second Friends for Life event

❍ Master’s degree available through CITE

❍ Compensation policy on electronic devices changes

❍ Help UITS improve its services

❍ Medical Libraries celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with prizes

❍ Medical Library special hours

❍ LAMP meeting to light the way for new faculty

❍ Mark your calendar for FEED workshops

❍ PowerPoint and PubMed classes

❍ International research ethics topic of seminar

❍ Mandated research coordinators program – March 29-31

❍ AAMC task force to examine influence on education

❍ Donate old cell phones through the AMA

❍ IUSM student cycling for a cure

❍ Fitness walks begin March 21

❍ Emergency plans for severe weather online

❍ Discount coupons available for Aesop's Tables

❍ IUSM candidate for the Kiss-a-Pig competition seeks votes

❍ IUSM has plenty of Health Care Heroes

❍ Honors

❍ This week on Sound Medicine

❍ Scientific Calendar online

❍ Scope submission guidelines

Soni named IU vice provost for research

P. Sarita Soni, OD, has been named vice provost for research at Indiana University. She will oversee the research office, providing leadership in areas of research development, research administration and at centers and institutes.

Dr. Soni, a professor of optometry and vision science in the School of Optometry, has most recently served the university as associate vice president for research in the Office of Vice President for Research. In this role, she helped administer university-wide internal grant opportunities, allocating approximately $2 million dollars to faculty over the past two years. This past fall, Soni worked with leaders at Purdue University to establish a new pilot grant program between IU and Purdue called Collaboration in Life Sciences and Informatics Research (CLSIR) to advance life sciences and informatics research and development in Indiana.

For more information about Sarita Soni, see www.opt.indiana.edu/people/faculty/soni.htm.

Major life sciences announcement planned March 21

Faculty, staff and students are invited to join leadership from IUSM, Regenstrief Institute and BioCrossroads for the announcement of the formation of a new life sciences venture made possible by a significant investment from a local organization. This new entity will help promote the region's reputation as a leader in predicting, preventing and treating disease.

The announcement and news conference will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, in the Mills Atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science building. RSVPs should be sent to [email protected].

Department of Public Health, IUPUI host town hall meeting on health care

Indiana residents are invited to participate in a national conversation on health care during a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, March 22.

“What is Your Health Worth? A National Conversation on Health Care” is the theme of the discussion of the simultaneous public meetings at the Big Ten Conference schools and 11 other schools of public health around the country.

The meeting is coordinated by the University of Michigan in conjunction with the national Citizens’ Health Care Working Group, a 15-member panel formed by Congress to find out what the public thinks about the accessibility, cost and quality of health care. That input will be used for policy recommendations to the federal government.

Locally, residents can participate in the conversation at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center. The IUSM Department of Public Health and IUPUI are hosting the event from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The actual Webcast will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This program will be moderated by Stephen Jay, MD, chairman of the Department of Public Health.

Hoosiers also can participate in the discussion as part of the “virtual” audience by logging on to www. umich.edu/healthmeeting.

For additional information about the March 22 event at IUPUI, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/ viewRelease.php4?art=470. For more information about the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group, see www.citizenshealthcare.gov/.

Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for second Friends for Life event

Last year, the 160 volunteers made it possible to collect 855 informed consents, questionnaires and blood samples from women in one day – an incredible success for breast cancer research at IUSM. This year, the goal is to collect blood from 1,500 women, who can be people who donated last year, new contributors, woman with a history of breast cancer or those without a history or high risk for the disease.

Volunteers, who are the ones who make the event possible, will receive a Friends for Life T-shirt and a free breakfast and lunch. Check out the Friends for Life web site for more information and photos of last year’s event at medicine.iupui.edu/clinical/friends_for_life.htm. An online registration form for volunteers is available and can be found under the “Volunteer” link. Additional questions can be answered by contacting Suzanne Lemler, research nurse coordinator at 274-7841, or by email at [email protected].

Hosts of the event include the IU Cancer Center’s Breast Care and Research Center, the IU Division of Hematology/Oncology, IU Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the IU General Clinical Research Center.

Master’s degree available through CITE

The Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement Program, a clinical research training program for physicians, nurses, dentists, doctoral and postdoctoral scientists, is accepting applicants. The CITE Program allows participants to integrate formal research training with a fellowship or faculty position in their own department.

The purpose of this program is to prepare health care professionals for a career in clinical research. Approximately six credit hours per semester will be offered along with clinical research in one’s own discipline. As part of the CITE Program, participants receive a masters of science degree in clinical research through the IU Graduate School.

More detailed information is available at www.regenstrief.org/training/research/. Questions can be directed to Kurt Kroenke, MD, at [email protected], or to the program manager, Suzanne Galbraith at 630-7870, or [email protected]. The program is partially sponsored by a K-30 grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

The university has instituted a new policy (I - 480) removing the university from mobile device management. This policy dictates that the university will no longer directly pay for cell phones, PDAs or other mobile electronic devices. Pagers are exempt and IUSM continues to pay directly for authorized pagers.

IUSM employees required to use cellular devices for business purposes will obtain personal cellular access plans and will be provided additional pay by the university. This must be for a business purpose that cannot be accommodated with a landline phone, pager or other less expensive communication device.

For details regarding this policy, see technology.iusm.iu.edu/support/cellulardevicepolicy.asp.

Help UITS improve its services

Each year, the Center for Survey Research at Indiana University randomly surveys part of the IU community on behalf of UITS to assess the level of user satisfaction with UITS computing facilities and services: support for instruction, research, and administration; and satisfaction with telephone services.

The 2006 User Survey is conducted online. If you were chosen to participate in this web survey, you received an invitation that included instructions for accessing the survey. If you have completed the survey, thank you. If you haven't yet completed the survey, please take a few moments to do so. The survey concludes on Friday, March 17.

The survey provides critical information that helps evaluate performance, identify opportunities for improvement and generate ideas for new services. Your input directly impacts the campus IT environment.

Previous UITS Survey findings are available at www.indiana.edu/~uitssur/.

Medical Libraries celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with prizes

Feeling lucky? Try your hand at the IUSM Libraries Luck O’ The Irish Prize Drawing. It will take place on the first floor of the Medical Library Friday, March 17, at 11:30 a.m. Winners will be notified by email.

All IUPUI faculty, staff and students are eligible for the drawing. To enter, email [email protected] with “Drawing” in the subject line, or drop your business card or a completed entry form into the drawing jar at the circulation desk of the Medical Library. Limit is one entry per person, please.

Prizes will be awarded on a first-come, first-choice basis, and winners must show identification along with a printout of their email notification before receiving a prize.

Prizes will be available for winners to pick up at the Medical Library from noon to 5 p.m. Friday March 17, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, March 20. Several prizes will be awarded including:

❍ $50 Gift Certificate - Addie’s 45 Minute Cleaners, 960 Indiana Ave., 631-6965 ❍ Free 30-Day Trial Membership ($100 value) - Kelley/Meyers Karate & Self Defense, 940 Indiana Ave., 266-9276 ❍ Gift Certificate - Canterbury Hotel, 123 S. Illinois St., 634-3000 ❍ Gift Certificates for Ladies Haircuts - Ray’s Campus Salon, University Place Conference Hotel, Food Court, 274-8518 ❍ Gift Certificate for Dinner for Two - Chancellor’s, University Place Conference Hotel, 231-5221 ❍ Gift Certificate for Dinner for Two - The Den, University Place Conference Hotel Gift Certificate – CitYoga, 936 Indiana Ave., 423-1730

Medical Library special hours

The library will provide limited services Sunday through Friday from 9 p.m. to midnight. IUSM users must have their ID card and buzz for entry.

Questions or comments can be addressed by Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected].

LAMP meeting to light the way for new faculty

The next Leadership in Academic Medicine workshop will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the Riley Outpatient Center, conference rooms A&B. Lunch is included.

The skills and understanding developed in this program are intended to provide faculty with tools that will enable them to accomplish their primary career goals and aspirations.

To participate in the March 17 session, RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected]. Mark your calendar for future LAMP sessions from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21; Friday, May 12; and Friday June 2.

LAMP faculty are Steve Bogdewic, PhD, Lia Logio, MD, and Rich Frankel, PhD.

Mark your calendar for FEED workshops

The IUSM Department of Medicine Faculty Enrichment and Educational Development (FEED) workshop series has presentations planned for April, August and October:

❍ Wednesday, April 12 “The Art of the Oral Presentation” ❍ Wednesday, Aug. 23 “Patient Centered/Learner Centered Teaching” ❍ Thursday, Oct. 12 “Setting Limits with Patients”

All workshops will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Riley Outpatient Center lower level auditorium. For additional information contact Roberta Brown at 630-6906, or [email protected].

PowerPoint and PubMed classes

PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics classes will be offered:

❍ Wednesday, March 22, from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ❍ Wednesday, April 19, from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ❍ Wednesday, May 17, from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

The classes will be held in the Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building, room B16.

To register, contact Doug Bartlow at [email protected].

Basics of PubMed classes will be offered:

❍ Wednesday, April 12, from 2p.m. - 3:30p.m. ❍ Wednesday, May 10, from 2p.m. - 3:30p.m. Classes will be held in the IUSM Medical Library in rooms 318 - 319. To register, contact Kellie Kaneshiro at [email protected](please put PubMed in the subject line).

International research ethics topic of seminar

The third in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Wednesday, March 29, with Kathleen Hall, PhD, discussing an IUSM clinical trial in Nigeria, and Mary-Beth Riner, DNS, RN, will discuss a project in Mexico. The presentation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Other speakers and topics in the series will be:

❍ Friday, April 21 Ulla Connor (ICIC), "International communication" ❍ Friday, May 5 Michael Clayman (Eli Lilly), "Research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry"

Mandated research coordinators program – March 29-31

An educational program for research coordinators will be offered by the IU Clinical Trials Program, the Outpatient Clinical Research Facility and the School of Nursing March 29-31.

The program will be in the Ruth Lilly Learning Center, conference rooms A and B, on the lower level of Riley Outpatient Center. For complete information and a registration form, see http://nursing.iupui.edu/ lifelonglearning/.

AAMC task force to examine influence on education

Responding to recent calls for academic medicine to take the lead in eliminating conflicts of interest between physicians and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, the Associate for American Medical Colleges will form a high-level task force to provide guidance on managing such conflicts.

The task force will be asked to examine the interactions that drug and device makers have with the educational mission of medical schools and teaching hospitals. The group also will recommend safeguards to ensure that industry marketing efforts do not undermine the objectivity of educational programs or otherwise bias the evidence-based decision making of physicians. This effort has been endorsed by members of the AAMC Executive Council.

For more information, see www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2006/060221.htm.

Donate old cell phones through the AMA From Monday, March 13, through Monday, March 20, the Medical Student Section of the American Medical Association (AMA-MSS) will collect used cell phones for donation to the Free 911 Cell Phone Program.

Both working and non-working cell phones can be dropped off in the marked boxes in the Ruth Lilly Medical Library across from the circulation desk and in the Van Nuys Medical Science building basement by the medical student lockers. Please include chargers and batteries if available.

Cell phones also can be mailed at any time directly to: Free911CellPhones.com, 8605 Allisonville Rd, #284, Indianapolis, IN 46250.

911-capable cell phones are re-programmed and distributed to individuals with life-threatening medical conditions and to victims of domestic violence who can not afford an emergency phone. Non-working cell phones are dismantled and recycled.

For additional information, contact Alicia McCarthy at [email protected] visit www.ismanet.org/ news/cellphone.html .

IUSM student cycling for a cure

IUSM senior Annie Baird will cycle 100 miles on June 4 in the Lake Tahoe Century ride. She is riding in honor of nine year-old Missy Gray, a local child battling lymphoma. Annie has committed to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society mission to advance hematologic research and improve quality of life for patients and families. To learn more about this event, or to donate, see www.active.com/donate/tntin/ABaird .

Fitness walks begin March 21

The IUPUI Intramural and Recreational Sports Department sponsors fitness walks on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from noon to 12:50 p.m., beginning Tuesday, March 21, through Thursday, May 4. Pedometers will be issued to measure step count, distance and time. Fitness walking and good nutrition helps increase energy, decrease stress and manage weight.

The walks are open to all IUPUI students, faculty and staff. Reserve a spot by calling 274-2824. See www.iupui.edu/~iupuirec/fitwell/fit.htm for more information.

The season for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes has arrived. Building evaculation plans and other useful information can be found on the IUPUI emergency weather site at www.ehs.iupui.edu/ehs/ emrg_tornado_thstorms.asp .

Discount coupons available for Aesop's Tables

March's IUPUI Goes to Town Ethnic Dining Partner is Aesop's Tables. Traditional Mediterranean and Greek dishes are served at Aesop’s, located at 600 Massachusetts Ave. Coupons, which are available in the Campus & Community Life office in the University College lower level, are good for 25 percent off any dinner entree during the month of March.

IUSM candidate for the Kiss-a-Pig competition seeks votes

The winner is “rewarded” with an opportunity to, as the contest name suggests, kiss a pig during a half- time show of an Indiana Pacers game. This year, it will be the Sunday, March 19, Pacers vs. Boston Celtics game at Conseco Fieldhouse.

The contest’s name stems from the fact that man’s first source of insulin was purified from pig pancreases.

IUSM has plenty of Health Care Heroes

IUSM was well represented in the 2006 Indiana Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Awards.

In the volunteer category, Michael Smith was one of three finalists. Smith is the familiar face at the reception desks at the medical center hospitals and the Indiana Cancer Pavilion. At last count, Mike has volunteered more than 24,000 hours since he began helping IU patients and families 20 years ago. Alice Langford, who is an activist for HIV/AIDS patients took home the top honor in the category. The third finalist was Sue Ann Bube, with the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.

Only two finalists were recognized in the Advancements in Health Care category with Michael Kraus, MD, associate professor of medicine and medical director of IU’s Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Acute Dialysis Units, winning for his role in developing the NxStage System One Hemodialysis device, which is a portable daily dialysis device for home use.

The other finalist was J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, president and CEO of the Indiana Network for Patient Care, associate professor of medicine and research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute for Healthcare. Dr. Overhage was honored for his role in developing a community-wide electronic medical records system to improve patient care.

Two IUSM physicians and Rama Jager, MD, PhD, founder of the Colon and Rectal Care Center, were awarded finalist honors in the Physician category. Roberta Hibbard, MD, professor of pediatrics and director of child protection programs at Riley Hopsital, was nominated for her years of dedication to child abuse victims through her work in the courtrooms, government meetings, the State House and the clinic. Winning the category was Rafat Abonour, MD, associate professor of medicine and the associate dean for clinical research, who was honored for his outreach to his myeloma patients and for his Miles for Myeloma run in October to raise funds for research.

Finalists in the Non-Physicians category were Pat Ebright, DNS, RN, IU School of Nursing; Ramona Paulsrud, St. Vincent Women’s Hospital; and Jan Gaddis, RN, Holy Cross Catholic Church parish nurse, who took home the top honor.

The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County was the Health Care Heroes award recipient in the Community Achievement in Health Care category in recognition for guiding the financial turn- around of Wishard Health Services. Other finalists were the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana and St. Vincent New Hope/Crooked Creek Northwest community Development Corporation.

Honors

Hal Broxmeyer, PhD, chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was awarded one of three Joseph T. Taylor Awards for Excellence in Diversity at a February presentation on the IUPUI campus. Dr. Broxmeyer is the director of the Bridges to the Doctorate program, funded by a NIH grant. He has led the connection between the IUSM and Jackson State University, sponsoring summer research opportunities for undergraduate and master-level students in the hope that such close work with medical research will encourage students from underrepresented populations to pursue careers in academic medicine and perhaps enroll in graduate and professional programs at IUPUI. To date, the program has attracted three doctoral students and promises to create an increase in IUPUI enrollments from Jackson State students.

Liang Cheng, MD, associate professor of pathology and of urology, and director of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2006 Arthur Purdy Stout Prize awarded by the Society of Surgical Pathologists. The prize, in the amount of $2,000, is awarded annually to a surgical pathologist under the age of 45. It recognizes significant career achievements in surgical pathology by young specialists whose research publications have had a major impact on diagnostic pathology. Dr. Liang also is 2004 recipient of the Koss Medal Award for Eminent Services in the Advancement of Urologic Pathology.

IU Family Practice Residency third-year resident, Dilum Illamperuma, MD and first-year resident, Azita Chehresa, MD, PhD, won awards at the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) statewide Annual Resident’s Day and Research Forum on March 2. Dr. Illamperuma’s presentation, “Familial Pheochromobytoma and VHL Syndrome: A Retrospective Case Review” won second place in the case presentation category. Dr. Chehresa’s, “Living and Dying with Chronic Pain, Drug Abuse, Depression, and Strokes” won second place in the poster presentation category.

Daniel Meldrum, MD, assistant professor of surgery and of cellular and integrative physiology, has been appointed to the American Heart Association's Radiology, Imaging and Surgery Peer Review Study Group. Dr. Meldrum is one of 20 members of this group, which is responsible for reviewing and scoring all established investigator awards, scientist development grants, grants-in-aid, and pre and postdoctoral fellowship awards assigned to this review group at the national level.

Amy Marie Olin, MS III, has been named the first recipient of the Jeffrey C. DarnellMedical Student Geriatrics Achievement Award. The award was created by Dr. Darnell's geriatrics colleagues to honor his dedication and 31 years of service to his patients and to IU Geriatrics. In addition to an engraved crystal award, Ms. Olin received a one-year membership to the American Geriatrics Society and an all expense-paid trip to the AGS national meeting in May. A Darnell Award perpetual plaque will hang in the Van Nuys Medical Science Building to commemorate the honored students.

Jennifer Phan, MS I, was honored by the International Society of Infant Studies for the 2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Submission. Her research, “Infant Dialect Discrimination,” was completed at the Infant Language Lab at Riley Hospital for Children. She will receive a $200 cash prize, a commemorative plaque and recognition by the society. In addition, she has been granted $800 in travel support to attend the International Conference on Infant Studies in Kyoto, Japan, by the National Institute of Health.

Two IUSM students received honors at the 37th annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum held Feb. 17-18 in Omaha, Neb. The first place award was given to Matthew Zipse, MS II, for his oral presentation, “SERCA Inhibition by Cyclopiazonic Acid Prevents Calcium Dysregulation in Organ Cultured Coronary Smooth Muscle.” A third place award was given to Monica Khurana, MS II, for her oral presentation, “Fluid Shear Stress Rescues Osteoblasts from Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induced Apopitosis via Focal Adhesions.”

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 12, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co- host of this week’s program is Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

This week’s program will cover topics ranging from the length of time patients wait in an emergency room to how man’s best friend is making us healthier.

Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, will discuss the CDC’s new effort to help communities look at issues such as air quality and pollutants in order to plan and build neighborhoods that promote the health of its citizens.

Independent producer Shia Levitt reports on a new program implemented in San Francisco that offers methamphetamine addicts monetary incentives to stay clean.

Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, PhD, leads the Canine Genome Sequencing program at the Broad Institute, a research collaboration of MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead Institute. She will discuss how the genes of purebred dogs are now helping scientists solve the genetic mysteries of many human diseases.

According to health care researchers, waits in the doctor’s office and in emergency rooms are getting longer than ever. Family physician Mark Murray, MD, will talk about what is being done to address this problem. Dr. Murray is the principle owner of California-based Mark Murray and Associates that works with doctors and hospitals to improve their quality of care, including reducing patient waiting times.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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● Fourth-year students take center stage during annual Match Day

● All invited to March 21 IUSM, Regenstrief life sciences announcement

● BioCrossroads names new board

● Med student listserv

● Soni named to lead research effort in Bloomington

● Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for Friends for Life

● Judges needed for international science fair

● Town hall meeting on health care – March 22

● End of life issues topic of Women’s Health lecture

● Promotion and tenure workshops

● Gosling to speak at 'Reading at the Table'

● Science: What's Art Got To Do With It?

● Menopause, not the musical, is topic of Merritt Lecture

● AAMC examines basic science departments

● Diploma frame sale

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Fourth-year students take center stage during annual Match Day

This year, 259 IU School of Medicine soon-to-be graduates fared well on National Resident Match Day, March 18, a program that coordinates thousands of medical students' and U.S. hospital programs' preferences.

"The National Match Day program is a time to celebrate for fourth-year students," says Dennis Deal, director of Academic Records-Medical Student Affairs. "Finally, after all the hard work of medical school, students will find out where they will be and what they will be doing for the next 3 to 6 years of their lives.

“It also is a time for medical schools to reflect on the quality of their educational program. We’re very happy that many of our graduates will be pursuing residency training here at IU and in the state, but we’re also sending graduates to many very prestigious institutes throughout the country. Our students are very well received nationally. This speaks highly of the caliber of IU medical students and the training they receive here," Deal said.

The National Residency Matching Program, with the results released each year during the third week of March, is the main pathway by which most medical school graduates enter their residency training under the supervision of veteran physicians.

Students in the Class of 2006, who will receive their medical degrees on Mother's Day, May 14, accepted residency positions in 31 states, including Indiana. Among the Match Day highlights:

• 49 percent of the students will pursue at least part of their residencies within Indiana • 91 students will be residents at IU Hospital, Riley Hospital, other Clarian Health facilities, Wishard Health Services and the Roudebush VA Medical Center. • 43 percent of the IUSM graduates will enter primary-care programs, which includes internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, bstetrics/gynecology, primary and combined internal medicine-pediatrics

During their senior year, students apply and interview for their preferred residency positions throughout the nation; their selection is administered through the National Resident Matching Program of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Additional information the National Resident Matching Program can be found at www.nrmp.org.

All invited to March 21 IUSM, Regenstrief life sciences announcement

The announcement and news conference will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, in the Mills Atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science building. RSVPs should be sent to [email protected].

BioCrossroads names new board

IU President Adam Herbert, PhD, and Craig Brater, MD, IUSM dean and IU vice president, are among those named this week to the 2006 board of directors for BioCrossroads, Indiana’s life sciences initiative. Representatives of the BioCrossroads board are senior leadership from the state’s industry, academic and government sectors.

See www.biocrossroads.com/inthenews/2006%20Board%20release.doc for additional information.

For additional information about the March 22 event at IUPUI, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/ viewRelease.php4?art=470.

For more information about the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group, see www.citizenshealthcare.gov/. BACK TO TOP

Med student listserv

Announcements that may be of interest to IU medical students can be forwarded to [email protected]. edu. Notices sent to the list by Friday are forwarded to the student body on Sunday as a single weekly events listing.

Soni named to lead research effort in Bloomington

P. Sarita Soni, OD, has been named vice provost for research at Indiana University, Bloomington campus. She will oversee the research office, providing leadership in areas of research development, research administration and at centers and institutes on that campus.

Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for Friends for Life

Last year, the 160 volunteers made it possible to collect 855 informed consents, questionnaires and blood samples from women in one day – an incredible success for breast cancer research at IUSM. This year, the goal is to collect blood from 1,500 women, who can be people who donated last year, new contributors, women with a history of breast cancer or those without a history or high risk for the disease.

Volunteers will receive a Friends for Life T-shirt, breakfast and lunch. Check out the Friends for Life web site for more information and photos of last year’s event at medicine.iupui.edu/clinical/friends_for_life.htm. An online registration form for volunteers is available and can be found under the “Volunteer” link. Additional questions can be answered by contacting Suzanne Lemler, research nurse coordinator at 274-7841, or by email at [email protected].

Judges needed for international science fair

Also attending the event will be parents, student advisors, 1,200 judges and a panel of Nobel Laureates. Local K-12 students will visit the exhibits on designated days. The event offers an opportunity to highlight the science and technology programs at Indiana University and IUPUI. Frank Witzmann, PhD, professor of cellular and integrative physiology, is the Medicine and Health category co- chair, and he is serving as the contact person in the School of Medicine. Dr. Witzmann can be reached at 278- 5741, or [email protected].

Volunteers will be accepted as late as May 7, but Dr. Witzmann said ideally organizers would prefer to have the judging lineup completed by Saturday, April 1.

Information about the event and a form to volunteer as a judge can be found at www.intelisef2006.org.

Town hall meeting on health care – March 22

Indiana residents are invited to participate in a national conversation on health care during a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, March 22.

Locally, residents can participate in the conversation at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center, room 132. The IUSM Department of Public Health and IUPUI are hosting the event from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p. m. The actual webcast will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This program will be moderated by Stephen Jay, MD, chairman of the Department of Public Health.

Hoosiers also can participate in the discussion as part of the “virtual” audience by logging on to www.umich. edu/healthmeeting.

The meeting is organized by the University of Michigan in conjunction with the national Citizens’ Health Care Working Group, a 15-member panel formed by Congress to find out what the public thinks about the accessibility, cost and quality of health care. That input will be used for policy recommendations to the federal government.

End of life issues topic of Women’s Health lecture David Orentlicher, MD, JD, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for Law and Health at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, will speak about elder care law and end-of-life issues at the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Noon Lecture Series. The presentation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium.

Lunch will be provided and CME credit is available. Reservations are not required.

For additional information, contact Tina Darling at 278-7253 or [email protected], or see www.iupui.edu/ ~womenhlt/.

Promotion and tenure workshops

Four informational workshops on promotion and tenure will be offered to the IUSM faculty on the following dates:

● Promotion & Tenure: General Overview March 29 at noon to 1:30 p.m.. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Research March 30 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Service April 13 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Teaching April 19 at noon to 1:30 p.m. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C

Brown bag lunches are recommended for the noon sessions. Sample dossiers will be available for review, as well as other helpful information. Please call Sherie Bornino at 278-7263 to make reservations.

Gosling to speak at ‘Reading at the Table’

Craig Gosling, former director of the IUSM Department of Medical Illustration, will be the guest speaker at the University Faculty Club’s “Reading at the Table” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. Gosling will share excerpts from his book “For the Love of Animals: Rhyme and Reason with Animals.”

Following lunch, Gosling will sign copies of his book, which is available from JAGS IUPUI Bookstore.

Cost for lunch is $10. Space is limited and reservations are required. For reservations, call 274-7014 or email [email protected] by Monday, March 27.

Science: What's Art Got To Do With It? Ruth G. West is an artist and a scientist. Using these two seemingly unrelated disciplines, West explores how artistic practice and aesthetic experience can nurture scientific discovery in her presentation “Science: What’s Art Got To do With It?” She will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, in the Informatics and Communication Technology Complex, room 152. For more information on her art, see www.insilicov1.org.

Menopause, not the musical, is topic of Merritt Lecture

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing, will be the speaker at the sixth annual Doris H. Merritt, MD, Lectureship in Women’s Health April 25-26.

On Tuesday, April 25, Dr. Woods will present “Menopause: From the USPHS Task Force to the SWAN Study” from noon to 1 p.m. in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Tina Darling at [email protected], or 278-7253.

Dr. Woods will speak Wednesday morning at Medicine Grand Rounds from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on “Menopause: What we are learning about the Menopausal Transition.”

AAMC examines basic science departments

The organization of basic science departments in U.S. medical schools has been in a continuing state of transition in recent years, according to new data analysis from the AAMC. Medical schools are restructuring their basic science departments by consolidating the number of traditional departments and adding new departments to reflect scientific complexity and opportunity, as well as the changing nature of interdisciplinary biomedical research.

A new issue of "AAMC Analysis in Brief" shows that the number of traditional discipline-based departments decreased from 2000-2004, but the overall number of departments has remained steady. See www.aamc.org/ data/aib for more information.

Diploma frame sale

Graduation is only two months away, so students may want to take advantage of a diploma frame sale Monday, April 3, or Thursday, April 13, in University College. A wide variety of frames will be available at a 10 percent discount from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on those days. The frames also are available on a daily basis at the IUPUI Jags Bookstore.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 19, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosta of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, and Kathy Miller, MD.

This week’s discussions will include Stephen Jay, MD, chairman of the IU Department of Public Health, who will talk about the intent of the March 22 program called a "What is Your Health Care Worth? A National Conversation on Health Care" and it’s sponsor the Citizen’s Health Care Working Group.

Charles Clark, MD, joins the program to talk about the diabetes epidemic in Indiana and the impact of obesity on children. Dr. Clark is a diabetologist who now serves as associate dean for Continuing Medical Education at IUSM. March has been designated National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Talking about the importance of colon cancer screenings and a new study on colon cancer screening and prevention is IU nursing professor Susan Rawl, PhD, RN.

Frank Messina, MD, returns with another essay that will debunk a few seat belt myths. Dr. Messina is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at IUSM and is on the medical staff at Wishard Health Services. He also is an occasional co-host on Sound Medicine.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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● Fairbanks Institute formed with $10.5 million in gifts

● Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

● Daylight saving time changes begin April 2

● Calendar time change confusion simplified

● Master’s degree available through CITE

● Campus Facilities asking all to conserve

● IUPUI Police to launch traffic enforcement campaign

● End-of-life issues topic of Women’s Health lecture

● Promotion and tenure workshops

● FEED Series: Oral Presentations

● Patient Safety and Health IT Conference – June 4-7

● National health care conversation continues

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● This week on Sound Medicine

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Fairbanks Institute formed with $10.5 million in gifts

A $10 million gift from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to BioCrossroads will help IU School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute Inc. researchers predict the future health of Hoosiers.

That generosity and an additional gift of $500,000 from the Guidant Foundation will establish the Fairbanks Institute, a long-term, predictive health study dedicated to building healthier communities nationwide.

The venture was announced Tuesday during a presentation in the VanNuys Medical Science Building.

IUSM faculty leading cores of the study are Douglas Miller, MD, principal investigator of the Fairbanks Institute and the Richard M. Fairbanks Professor in Aging Research; Keith March, MD, PhD, director of the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine and the Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation Professor in Vascular Biology Research; Clement McDonald, MD, IU Distinguished Professor, director and research scientist at Regenstrief Institute and the Regenstrief Professor of Medical Informatics; Christopher Callahan, MD, the Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Professor in Aging and founding director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research; Daniel Clark, Ph.D., research scientist at Regenstrief, associate professor of medicine and scientist at the IU Center for Aging Research; and Siu Hui, PhD, research scientist at Regenstrief, director of biostatistics at the IU Center for Aging Research and professor of medicine.

For additional information, see http://medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=478.

Evening of the Arts showcases student talent

The annual Evening of the Arts will be at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 1, at the University Place Conference Center auditorium. The program features IUSM students, faculty and residents displaying their vocal, instrumental and dance talents.

Art work and photography produced by the medical students will be on display and sold that evening at a silent auction.

Proceeds from EOTA will help an estimated 1,000 people served by Wheeler Mission, Genessaret Free Clinic, St. Thomas Clinic and Indianapolis homeless programs.

This year marks the 15th consecutive year the medical students have staged Evening of the Arts.

EOTA tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased in advance at the Office of Medical Student Affairs, VanNuys Medical Science Building room 162, or at the auditorium. More information about the program can be found at www.iupui.edu/~iusmeota.

Daylight saving time changes begin April 2

This spring, most Indiana counties will observe daylight saving time for the first time since 1970. In 2006, DST begins at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April (April 2), and ends at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October (Oct. 29).

This change affects Indiana University campuses at Bloomington, Indianapolis, Kokomo, South Bend, Richmond, Fort Wayne, and Columbus. IU Northwest in Gary remains in the Central Time Zone (it already observes DST and will continue to do so). IU Southeast in New Albany remains in the Eastern Time Zone (it already observes DST and will continue to do so as well).

Daylight saving time will affect equipment with clock settings, including:

Individual computer workstations and laptops Calendar accounts Telephone sets - desktop and cell phone Pagers BlackBerry, Palm, and other personal digital assistants To learn more about how daylight saving time affects the equipment you use and Indiana University, see kb.iu. edu/data/atmc.html.

Don't forget to check the clocks in your car, on your microwave, VCR and/or DVD players as well.

Calendar time change confusion simplified

Information Services and Technology Management (ISTM) will change the time zone on campus computers it manages starting at 9 a.m. Monday, March 27. This will cause appointments scheduled after April 2 to advance by one hour. For example, an event scheduled for 9 a.m. on April 4 before the time zone adjustment will appear as 10 a.m. after the update.

ISTM is recommending that users print a copy of their calendar before the time zone is changed on Monday. Calendars also can be archived by following these instructions: How do I back up my calendar in Microsoft Outlook 2003?

Computer time zones can be verified by following these instructions: How do I check time zone in Microsoft Outlook 2003?

Users should correct calendar appointments before April 2, if possible. If not, after your time zone has moved to Eastern, ISTM recommends correcting appointments with the time zone checker tool supplied by UITS. The time zone checker tool can be accessed at kb.iu.edu/data/atqr.html

The time zone checker will reset appointments to Eastern Time. Note that as a result of meeting organizers updating the time zone, attendees will receive meeting notices for meetings that have already been accepted. Please accept the new meetings.

Also note that the time zone checker allows people to send a message to meeting organizers asking them to update meetings you are scheduled to attend. (You can not use this tool to change meetings you did not organize, and you should not use Outlook to change meetings you did not organize. Please let the meeting organizer know so he can update the meeting).

If you have a notebook supplied by ISTM that you normally do not use while in the office, schedule a time with ISTM personnel to adjust the time zone on your computer.

If you have a blackberry, PDA or other portable device please follow the instructions for your device:

On my Blackberry, how do I change the time zone? On my PocketPC, how do I change the time zone? On my Palm, how do I change the time zone?

How do I set the date and time on my office telephone?

For the most up-to-date information refer to: technology.iusm.iu.edu/Daylightsavings.htm

The help desk number is 274-5336 for those experiencing difficulties.

Master’s degree available through CITE The Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement Program, a clinical research training program for physicians, nurses, dentists, doctoral and postdoctoral scientists, is accepting applicants. The CITE Program allows participants to integrate formal research training with a fellowship or faculty position in their own department.

Campus Facilities asking all to conserve

Energy costs continue to rise. Natural gas costs have increased this winter. Your home heating bills are probably higher even though we experienced the warmest January in almost 120 years.

Well, things are not any different for IU. Recently, Campus Facilities Services learned that an element of campus electrical costs will be increasing by approximately three times. The fuel cost adjustment portion of the university’s electrical bills has risen substantially in the last few months. The fuel cost adjustment of an electrical bill allows the utility company to recover their expenses for running their boilers. In the past year, that portion of the bill has risen by $90,000 per month. Starting in March, it is expected to increase another $140,000 per month.

How can everyone help conserve costs? So far, everyone’s work to help save energy has been great. The indoor air temperature set point changes have made an impact. Your efforts, patience, and customer support have been important to making that work.

To help further reduce campus electrical usage, everyone needs to be on the lookout for unnecessary usage. If you see rooms that are unoccupied and the lights are on, turn them off. If you are leaving for the day, turn off your computer monitor. If you feel it necessary to use a space heater, turn it off when you are not there, even if you are just going to a meeting and especially if you are leaving for the day. We can’t control the utility company’s rising costs, but, we can control our usage and make a difference.

IUPUI Police to launch traffic enforcement campaign

IUPUI police will begin a selective traffic enforcement campaign, beginning Monday, March 27.

The purpose of the campaign, said Capt. Bill Abston, is to prevent someone from being hurt or killed.

“We don’t want to write tickets that will cost motorists $150,” Abston said. “That’s why we are giving everyone fair warning they can avoid a ticket simply by obeying traffic laws.”

With major construction underway at IUPUI, including the construction of the Campus Center at University Boulevard and Michigan Street, police have watched a surge in speeding, turning right or left from the middle lane of Michigan Street, and failure to stop at stop signs.

IUPUI police have issued some tickets and warnings, but that didn’t stem the volume of infractions, Abston said.

“The stepped-up traffic enforcement will assign officers to selective sites where all those who speed, ignore stop signs, make improper turns from Michigan Street, or break other traffic laws will be stopped and ticketed.”

End-of-life issues topic of Women’s Health lecture

David Orentlicher, MD, JD, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for Law and Health at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, will speak about elder care law and end-of-life issues at the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Noon Lecture Series. The presentation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium.

Lunch will be provided and CME credit is available. Reservations are not required.

For additional information, contact Tina Darling at 278-7253 or [email protected], or see www.iupui.edu/ ~womenhlt/.

Promotion and tenure workshops

Four informational workshops on promotion and tenure will be offered to the IUSM faculty on the following dates:

Promotion & Tenure: General Overview March 29 at noon to 1:30 p.m.. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C Promotion & Tenure: Excellence in Research March 30 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

Promotion & Tenure: Excellence in Service April 13 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

Promotion & Tenure: Excellence in Teaching April 19 at noon to 1:30 p.m. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C Brown bag lunches are recommended for the noon sessions. Sample dossiers will be available for review, as well as other helpful information. Please call Sherie Bornino at 278-7263 to make reservations.

FEED Series: Oral Presentations

“The Art of the Oral Presentation” will be the topic of Kathy Zoppi, PhD, and Kurt Kroenke, MD, at the Wednesday, April 12, Faculty Enrichment and Education Development (FEED) Series hosted by the IU Department of Medicine. The workshop will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the lower level auditorium of the Riley Outpatient Center.

During this two-hour workshop, participants will review video examples of common student/intern problems with oral discussions during rounds and practice giving feedback on how to improve oral presentations. The workshop will help faculty develop the skills necessary to identify and remediate students who give disorganized presentations.

The program begins at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner and group sessions begin at 5:30 p.m. Faculty interested in attending should e-mail Roberta Brown at [email protected], or call 630-6906.

Patient Safety and Health IT Conference – June 4-7

The 2006 Patient Safety and Health Information Technology Conference will be in Washington, D.C., June 4- 7. Registration is free, but space is limited.

This conference will feature lessons and findings from the patient safety and health information technology portfolios sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Two faculty from IUSM will be presenting: Julie McGowan, PhD, and Atif Zafar, MD. IUSM and the Regenstrief Institute are two of the organizations engaged in these portfolios, and the conference will allow faculty to network with researchers and practitioners from across the nation who are working in these two very dynamic fields.

For more information, please direct readers to http://healthit.ahrq.gov/PatientSafetyandHIT2006Conference.

National health care conversation continues

The IUSM Department of Public Health and IUPUI hosted a national virtual town hall meeting authorized by Congress and organized by the Citizen's Health Care Working Group. The March 22 meeting, "What Is Your Health Worth? A National Conversation on Health Care," was designed to stimulate dialogue from Hoosiers with concerns about the future of health care access, cost and quality.

The discussion is still open and individuals interested in adding their comments to the information that will be compiled and given to Congress can do so by accessing www.umich.edu/healthmeeting. There is a questionnaire on that site that can be completed through April 5. A conversation blog hosted by the Working Group can be found at www.americansdiscusshealth.org.

Spring has finally arrived and soon children will be enjoying the warmer weather and riding their bicycles. Riley Hospital’s Community Education and Child Advocacy Department wants to remind parents to encourage safety practices when children are riding bikes and other wheeled toys.

Make sure children wear a properly fitted helmet when riding a bike, scooter, skateboard or skates. The helmet should fit snugly on the child’s head and the strap should form a “Y” under each ear and be buckled at all times. Parents should set a good example by wearing a helmet every time they ride.

Riley Hospital’s Safety Store sells bike helmets, multi-sport helmets, knee and elbow pads, reflectors and bike flags at low prices. Safety Store educators are available during store hours to answer questions about products and child safety. Operated by the Community Education and Child Advocacy Department, in partnership with the Cheer Guild, the Safety Store is located on the first floor of the Riley Hospital Outpatient Center in the Over the Rainbow Gift Shop. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information on the Safety Store or bike safety, call 274-6565, or visit www.rileyhospital.org/kids1st.

Ticket information for Oscar Robertson Trophy breakfast

Basketball great Oscar Robertson is hosting his annual Oscar Robertson Trophy breakfast in Indianapolis on Friday, March 31, at 8 a.m., at Conseco Field House.

Robertson, who is a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation, will donate some of the proceeds to the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana. Michael Kraus, MD, associate professor of medicine and medical director of IU's Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Acute Dialysis Units, will be one of the speakers.

The 1976 and 1981 IU basketball teams will be honored for their undefeated seasons. A "Coach of the Year" and "Player of the Year" awards will be presented.

For additional information on the event or to obtain tickets, see www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 26, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-host of this week's program is Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

This week's discussions will include Douglas K. Miller, MD, IU professor of medicine and geriatrics, who will talk about the Fairbanks Institute, a new $10 million life sciences initiative directed at improving public health.

Steven Schrader, PhD, will discuss an editorial published last fall in the Journal of Sexual Medicine on the effects of bicycle seats on men's reproductive health. Dr. Schrader is chief of the Reproductive Health Assessment Section for the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health. A recent study of the nation's emergency medical system ranked Indiana 44th in the country. Frank Messina, MD, an emergency medicine physician in Indianapolis, as well as a member of Sound Medicine's team of expert co-hosts, explains what this means.

Sound Medicine's Jeremy Shere uses his own twins to learn more about identical twins. He attends the 'Twins Convention' in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Scientific Calendar online

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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● Watkins to lead Bloomington Medical Sciences Program

● Morphis named chair of radiation oncology

● Sukhatme named chief academic officer for IUPUI

● US News annual graduate program rankings released

● M&M: Mindfulness in Medicine

● Forum to be April 5 on proposed tuition hikes

● Master’s degree available through CITE

● Evening of the Arts – April 1

● Volunteers needed to draw blood, assist with Friends for Life

● Seminars in Medical Humanities and Bioethics – April 7

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting April 11

● Translational research topic for IU Dental School's Research Day

● FEED Series: Oral Presentations

● Merritt Lecture to be presented by UW School of Nursing dean

● Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

● Inui editorial in AAMC Reporter

● Sign up for the Medical Information Day prize drawing

● IUMG to launch new web site

● Music, art, science and technology added to summer program offerings

● Grants and Awards

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Watkins to lead Bloomington Medical Sciences Program

John Watkins III, PhD, has been named assistant dean and director of the Medical Sciences Program in Bloomington, effective April 1. He has served as interim director since May.

Dr. Watkins is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology and an adjunct professor of optometry. He received his PhD in pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin in 1979 and joined the IU faculty in 1982 after serving as a postdoctoral trainee at the University of Kansas, Kansas City. He was named associate director of the Medical Sciences Program on April 1, 2000. He succeeds Talmage Bosin, PhD, who had led the Bloomington program for 16 years. Dr. Bosin, who holds a doctorate in organic chemistry, is professor emeritus of pharmacology and toxicology.

Morphis named chair of radiation oncology

James Morphis II, MD, has been named chairman of the IU Department of Radiation Oncology, pending approval by the board of trustees at their April meeting. He has served as interim chair of the department since Nov. 1, 2004.

Dr. Morphis joined the department in 1980. Before coming to IU, he was a staff radiation oncologist at United General and Skagit Valley Hospital in Washington state.

His clinical specialties include prostate brachytherapy, genitourinary malignancies and breast cancer.

Sukhatme named chief academic officer for IUPUI

Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been named executive vice chancellor and dean of faculties at IUPUI, pending approval by the IU trustees.

Sukhatme, who will assume his duties as the chief academic officer of IUPUI in July, has been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of physics at SUNY - Buffalo since August 2002. Prior to that, he served at the University of Illinois at Chicago for 22 years, where he was interim vice provost for academic programs, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, and chairman of the Department of Physics.

Chancellor Charles Bantz announced Dr. Sukhatme’s selection earlier this week. For additional information, see .

US News annual graduate program rankings released

Several Indiana University graduate programs are ranked among the best in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools." IUSM was listed as 33rd in primary care, up from 37th last year; and remained 45th in research.

Fifty-four medical schools made the rankings from the 125 medical schools and 19 schools of osteopathic medicine that were surveyed. For the complete story on IU programs, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4? art=484.

The full rankings by U.S. News & World Report will be released to the public on Monday, April 3, in the book America's Best Graduate Schools, and many of the rankings will appear in the magazine's issue that will go on sale that day. The full rankings will be posted on the magazine's Web site at http://www.usnews.com.

M&M: Mindfulness in Medicine

Stay a while A third-year medical student shared the following journal entry.

Our ward team and the ICU team were rounding together and we all entered a patient’s room in the unit. There were at least 15 people in the room. The team discussed the patient, examined him, adjusted the ventilator settings and left – all totally oblivious to the family members who were also in the room.

After we left, I noticed that the intern, who had just started on service that morning, stayed behind and knelt down beside the wife of the patient. She was explaining what the team had just done. No one else noticed what she had done, but I did, and I was very impressed by her behavior.

Students come among us with fresh eyes, still remembering what kneeling by the side of an old woman signifies.

"We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time…" T.S. Elliot

Forum to be April 5 on proposed tuition hikes

The Board of Trustees of Indiana University will hold an open forum Wednesday, April 5, to hear student and public comment on proposed tuition and mandatory fee increases for some IU students for the 2006-07 academic year.

The forum will begin at 3 p.m. in the Dogwood Room of the Indiana Memorial Union on the Bloomington campus. The hearing also will be broadcast to teleconference sites on each of IU's eight campuses and made available live on the Internet at www.broadcast.iu.edu.

Individuals wishing to watch the proceedings or participate during the public comment section may do so from either the Dogwood Room or at the designated sites on each IU campus. Locations and details will be announced shortly. Arrangements also will be made to accept comments by e-mail.

The forum will focus on recommended tuition and fees for non-resident undergraduate students, and resident and non- resident graduate and professional students on all campuses. The board is scheduled to act on the recommendations during its business meeting Friday, April 7, at IU Southeast.

To see the proposed increases for 2006-07 for each IU campus, see the charts at newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/ usr/1432_h.pdf.

Master’s degree available through CITE

Evening of the Arts – April 1

IUSM students take center stage Saturday, April 1, for the annual Evening of the Arts, a fundraiser for the city’s medical clinics for the homeless and needy.

The show will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at the University Place Conference Center auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are available at the door. This year marks the 15th consecutive year for EOTA. Tickets for the 2 1/2- hours of performances are $15 for adults and $10 for students.

The program features students displaying their vocal, instrumental and dance talents. IUSM faculty, residents and staff also perform.

One of the acts will be a concerto written by a first-year medical student and performed by five of his fellow students. Benjamin Lippincott, a 2000 graduate of Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, wrote the composition while a student at Indiana University. He will play the piano for the piece, entitled Concerto Allegro. Also performing will be violinists Wes Lackey, Janine Zee-Cheng and Amelia Davis; cellist Jennifer Overton; and Amanda Reahard playing the viola.

Art work and photography produced by the medical students will be on display and sold that evening at a silent auction.

Proceeds from Evening of the Arts will help an estimated 1,000 people served by Wheeler Mission, Genessaret Free Clinic, St. Thomas Clinic and Indianapolis homeless programs.

More information about the program can be found at www.iupui.edu/~iusmeota.

Volunteers needed to draw blood, assist with Friends for Life

This is the second year for the Friends for Life research project. This year, the goal is to collect blood from 1,500 women to look for factors that promote angiogenesis in breast cancer.

An online registration form for volunteers is available and can be found under the “Volunteer” link. Additional questions can be answered by contacting Suzanne Lemler, research nurse coordinator at 274-7841, or by email at [email protected].

"TB or not TB, that was a Jewish Question: Why were Jews Immune from Tuberculosis?" will be the topic of Mitchell Hart, PhD, associate professor of history at the University of Florida, at the Friday, April 7, Seminars in Medical Humanities and Bioethics lecture. The lecture is from noon to 1 p.m. in Cavanaugh Hall, room 508.

The event is open to the public, but space is limited. Contact Kelly Canaday at 278-1669, or email [email protected] to reserve a spot. The program is presented by the Medical Humanities Program at IUPUI in conjunction with the Indiana University Center for Bioethics.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting April 11

“SBIR Funding as a Catalyst for Job Creation: Advice from Indiana’s Most Prolific Winner of SBIR/STTR Contracts” will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, April 11.

The speaker will be Mark Deuser, president and CEO of Space Hardware Optimization Technology. Since 1990 the company has earned 45 Phase I, II and III SBIR and STTR contracts with NASA, the U. S. Army, Navy, Air Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. SHOT also serves commercial companies such as Bastian Material Handling, Fire King Security Group and Procter & Gamble.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center. The program is free, but space is limited so registration by Friday, April 7, is requested at www. indianabionetwork.org.

Translational research topic for IU Dental School's Research Day

Dianne Rekow, DDS, PhD, newly elected president of the American Association for Dental Research, is the keynote speaker at the School of Dentistry's Research Day Wednesday, April 12, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Her presentation, "Multidisciplinary Science: Discovering How and Why Posterior All-Ceramic Crowns Fail," begins at 1:15 p.m. in the dental school lecture hall room 116.

Dr. Rekow chairs the Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at New York University College of Dentistry, and directs the college's translational research program. She is committed to encouraging basic scientists and clinical researchers to share information as a means of increasing the prospects for translational research.

In addition to her dental degree, Dr. Rekow holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering, a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, a specialty certificate in orthodontics, and an MBA.

Research Day also features IU-generated research, including projects recently presented at the American Association for Dental Research conference in Orlando, Fla.

Research Day is free and open to the campus. For more information, contact Dominique Galli, PhD, [email protected].

“The Art of the Oral Presentation” will be the topic of Alex Djuricich, MD, Kathy Zoppi, PhD, and Kurt Kroenke, MD, at the Wednesday, April 12, Faculty Enrichment and Education Development (FEED) Series hosted by the IU Department of Medicine. The workshop will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the lower level conference rooms A and B of the Riley Outpatient Center.

The program begins at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner and group sessions begin at 5:30 p.m. Faculty interested in attending should e-mail Roberta Brown at [email protected], or call 630-6906.

FEED is a quarterly series offering information on key topics in clinical teaching. These workshops are designed to provide an opportunity for the department faculty to improve their teaching skills in a collegial and fun environment and as part of the Department of Medicine’s continuing commitment to provide the highest quality learning environment for medical students, residents and fellows.

Merritt Lecture to be presented by UW School of Nursing dean

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing, will be the speaker at the sixth annual Doris H. Merritt, MD, Lectureship in Women’s Health April 25-26.

Dr. Woods will speak Wednesday morning at Medicine Grand Rounds from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on “Menopause: What we are learning about the Menopausal Transition.”

Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

The American Academy of Dermatology has designated each May as Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. May 1 has been designated as “Melanoma Monday.”

The IU Department of Dermatology in cooperation with the AAD will sponsor a free skin cancer screening from 7:30 a. m. to 9:30 a.m. May 1. The screenings are available for students, faculty, staff or members of the community.

Appointments are needed. To schedule a free skin cancer screening, call one of the sites for the screenings:

● IUPUI Health Services, Coleman Hall: 274-8214 ● Regenstrief Dermatology Clinic: 630-7064 ● Indiana University Dermatology Clinic: 278-6664

More details are available at www.iupui.edu/~derm/.

The March issue of the AAMC Reporter includes a “Viewpoint” by Thomas Inui, MD, president and CEO of Regenstrief Institute, IU professor of medicine and associate dean for health care research, on the foundation of an academic medical center – its culture. The editorial entitled “Culture Change at Academic Medical Centers: A Pebble Drops...” can be read at www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/march06/viewpoint.htm.

Think 4-1-1, the telephone number you dial for information. Then think about the numerous services medical librarians provide. Medical Information Day is the national observance recognizing the invaluable information and vast range of services provided by medical librarians. The observance is on April 11 (4-11).

To celebrate the day, the IUSM Libraries will sponsor a drawing for one grand prize. To enter, email [email protected], or visit the Ruth Lilly Medical Library in person. The winning name will be drawn at 11:30 a.m. on 4-11 and the individual will be notified by email. IUSM, IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and IU School of Nursing faculty, staff and students are eligible for the drawing. Employees of the IUSM Libraries are not eligible . Limit is one entry per person. You must show identification before collecting the prize.

The prize is the Diamond Package at the Canterbury Hotel, 123 S. Illinois St., and includes dinner for two at the restaurant in the Canterbury Hotel (excludes alcoholic beverages, tax and gratuities), valet parking, and turndown service with chocolate truffles. See, www.canterburyhotel.com.

IUMG to launch new web site

Next Monday, IU Medical Group’s public site, www.iumg.iu.edu, will unveil a new look. In addition to updated navigation and design, patients will have access to information on new treatments, as well as maps to the various IUMG clinics and a searchable physician directory.

On April 3, IUMG also will launch an intranet portal, sps-intra.iumg.iupui.edu, which will provide secure information for clinical faculty physicians, business managers and administrators. Built on Microsoft’s SharePoint infrastructure, the intranet boasts a personal reporting hub, housing standard and custom reports accessible at the user level, as well as IUMG global reports (such as referring physician and patient origin by county).

In addition, users will find streamlined access to IUSM and Clarian phone lists, contact information for all SC staff, ambulatory timeshare information, marketing help for new faculty, and more.

Users will receive specific instructions via email on how to log on and adjust settings for streamlined ADS authentication. For more information, contact Vicki Croddy or Lynne Hulbert at 278-3500.

Music, art, science and technology added to summer program offerings

In addition to its traditional summer camp and sports activities, the IUPUI Sport Complex Summer Day Camp is partnering with IUPUI departments to offer new electives for its 20 th year of summer camp in the IUPUI sports facilities. The camp program for 5- to 12 year-olds runs from May 30 to August 4.

The participating IUPUI schools are: ● Herron School of Art and Design ● Music Academy- School of Music ● School of Education- Young Scholars ● School of Science ● Engineering and Technology

For more information on the IUPUI Sport Complex, Summer Day Camp, Summer Sport Camps, or other programs offered at the Sport Complex, call 274-3518, or visit the IUPUI Sport Complex website at http://www.sportcomplex. iupui.edu/.

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Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards February 1 - February 28 , 2006

Project Agency Name Award Type Title Start/Stop Total Award Director Genetic Enhancement of 02/15/06 Loren Field NIH-NHLBI New Research Cardiac Repair With Adult $376,948 01/31/07 Stem Cells Effects of Pluripotent American Heart Adipose Stromal Cells on Keith 01/01/06 Association New Research Cardiac Angiogenesis, $26,000 March 12/31/06 Midwest Repair, and Function in Rat Myocardial Infaction Communications of Cardiovascular and Stroke American Heart Risk to Patients with Type 01/01/06 Paris Roach New Research $150,000 Association 2 Diabetes and Their 12/31/06 Physicians to Improve Treatment and Outcomes Pilot Phase I Study of Harvey H. and Decaffeinated Green Tea Theodore Donna M. concentrate and Capsicum 12/01/05 New Research $50,000 Logan Morre vanilloid in patients with 11/30/06 Foundation metastatic melanoma and renal cancer Medical Countermeasures against radiological Christie University of 09/30/05 New Research threats: product $457,335 Orschell Maryland 09/29/06 development support services Connective Tissue Disorder Linkage to Robert PKD Continuing/Competing 01/01/06 ADPKD $65,000 Bacallao Foundation Research 12/13/06

An Observational Study of Infantile, Acquired Non- Jaeb Center for Daniel Accomodative and 09/06/04 Health New Research $5,300 Neely Acquired Partially- 08/31/06 Research Inc. Accommodative Espropia (ETS1) Speech Perception and Richard Continuing/Competing Spoken Word Recognition 02/01/06 NIH-NIDCD $567,716 Miyamoto Research by Children with Cochlear 01/31/07 Implants Alveolar Macrophage Chao-Hung 02/01/06 NIH-NIAID New Research Apoptosis and $390,875 Lee 01/31/07 Pneumocystis Ronald Non-Viral Delivery of 07/01/05 Mark NIH-NIDDK New Research $122,463 Proteins to Mitochondria 11/30/05 Payne Role of FKBP52 in Weinian Androgen Signaling 02/01/06 NIH-NIDDK New Research $281,220 Shou Congenital Birth Defect 12/31/06 and Hypospadias Effects of Alzheimer's Association Core Services Mary Alzheimer 07/01/05 New Research on Family Caregiver Well- $35,760 Austrom Association 06/30/07 Being: A Collaborative Study The hepatic stellate cell as Society of Mary Alice a potential mediator 01/01/06 Surgical New Research $30,000 Maluccio hepatocellular cancer 12/31/06 Oncology growth The Use of Nano- Dimensional Bladder Martin Purdue Tissue Replacement 06/01/05 New Research $17, 629 Kaefer University Constructs for the 10/31/06 Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancers

VA Merit Awards

Atony Asok Folate Receptor-Targeted Therapy for Cervical Cancer $672,000 Teresa Damush Adapting Tools to Implement Stroke Risk Management to Veterans $569,889 Jeffrey Travers Mechanisms of Staphylococcal Mediated Skin Inflammation $495,700

Indiana Institute for Medical Research Young Investigator Awards

Creating an Animal Model for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation for Das Mithilesh $25,000 Determination of Optimum Louanne Davis Mindfulness as an Intervention for Anxiety Symptoms in Schizophrenia $25,000 Effect of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy on the Pulmonary Immune Chadi Hage $25,000 Responses to Histoplasma capsulatum Suthat Liangpunsakul Role of TNFa in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease $25,000 Development and Evaluation of a Decision Support Tool for Evidence- Usha Subramanian $25,000 based Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

This week on Sound Medicine Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 2, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-host of this week’s program is Stephen Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests include Wendy Levinson, MD, professor of medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, who will discuss legislation passed by the Indiana General Assembly this year that will protect doctors who choose to say “I’m sorry” from having that used against them in a malpractice claim.

Harvard Business School professor Debora Spar will discuss lack of regulation in the fertility industry. She is the author of "The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.”

Also contributing to the conversation for his ‘first of the month’ bioethical discussion is Eric Meslin,PhD, director of the Center for Bioethics at IU.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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● Construction to begin on Fairbanks Hall

● IU to participate in BIO 2006

● IURTC opens satellite office in Medical Science Building

● IUMG Foundation supports life science companies

● Beering Award nominations sought

● Biostatistics for Physicians: A Short Course

● Informatics to offer laboratory graduate summer program

● Library hours for April 14

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting April 11

● Combined Seminar Series for April

● Conflict management topic of LAMP seminar

● Lantos to speak at pediatric grand rounds – April 26

● Mark your calendar: All-School Grand Rounds June 21

● Annual Richter Conference – May 4 and 5

● Solutions Conference – May 17

● Medical Information Day prize drawing – April 11

● Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

● EOTA a success

● Project Joy was fun for all

● Alumni reunion information online

● St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens April 29

● Scope deadline is Wednesday

● This week on Sound Medicine

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Construction to begin on Fairbanks Hall

Plans were announced this week for construction of Fairbanks Hall, an education and resource center, which is a collaboration of the IU schools of medicine and nursing and Clarian Health Partners.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the building which will be situated between 10th and 11th streets on the east side of the downtown canal. The 182,000 square-foot, six-story building will include a 30,000 square-foot, high fidelity simulation center, as well as classrooms and administrative offices. The building will cost an estimated $44 million, largely financed by Clarian, and a generous contribution of $6 million from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc.

For the complete story, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=488.

IU to participate in BIO 2006

Indiana University's commitment to life sciences will be on display April 9-12 in Chicago when the university participates in BIO 2006, the leading international conference for the biotechnology industry in the United States.

Several of IU's leading entrepreneurial researchers from the School of Medicine in Indianapolis and the College of Arts and Sciences in Bloomington will be on hand to spread the word about the life sciences resources and expertise at the university. About 18,000 biotechnology professionals from around the world are expected to attend BIO 2006.

For additional information, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=489.

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IURTC opens satellite office in Medical Science Building

The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation is opening a new on-campus office in the basement of the Van Nuys Medical Science Building (room B51). IURTC business development managers will staff the office to discuss inventions and answer questions about patenting, licensing and commercialization.

Office hours are Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (staffed by Cathy Farmer), Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (staffed by Matt Rubin from 8 to 1 and William Lyon from 1 to 5), Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (staffed by Rebecca Lyon) and Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (staffed by Kun Ma). No appointment is necessary.

IUMG Foundation supports life science companies

The IU Medical Group Foundation has designated funds to nurture life science start-up companies created by IUSM faculty each year. An Investment Review Committee, composed of three faculty members, a representative from BioCrossroads and one from IU Research and Technology Corporation, recently was established to evaluate proposals and ensure the start-ups support the missions of IUSM.

The committee is co-chaired by Robert McDonald, MD, MBA, director of life sciences initiatives for the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the IU Emerging Technology Center, and Robert Jones, MD, executive associate dean of strategic planning, analysis and operations.

The first award recipient, ImmuneWork LLC, founded by David Wilkes, MD, and Michael Klemz, MD, and based on IU intellectual property, is a pharmaceutical company developing a treatment to reduce the body’s immune response to non-native tissues and would be useful for transplant patients who may reject transplanted organs.

IUSM faculty who are interested in forming a new business should contact IU Emerging Technology Center for assistance. IUETC serves as a business incubator to help new companies grow and enable them to take new technology to the marketplace.

Beering Award nominations sought

The Beering Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2007 Steven C. Beering Award for Advancement of Biomedical Science. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 10.

The award honors an internationally recognized individual for outstanding researchcontributions to the advancement of biomedical or clinical science. The award, a tribute to former IUSM Dean Beering, is presented annually and consists of a prize of $10,000. The recipient is asked to present one major lecture to the medical community at the time the award is bestowed and to spend about three days at IUSM, and deliver one or two additional lectures to smaller groups. Three of the past recipients have become Nobel laureates since receipt of this award.

Elaine Fuchs, PhD, professor and director of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is the recipient of the 2006 Beering Award. Her lecture will be presented Tuesday, Oct. 31. Dr. Fuchs is an internationally recognized leader in cell biology and molecular genetics.

Nominations for the 2007 award should be accompanied by a summary statement emphasizing the most important academic accomplishment(s) of the nominee, importance to biomedical or clinical science, and why you believe he/she is deserving of this honor. Include a curriculum vitae and a list of key publications of the nominee.

Please send information to the attention of Jan Walther, IUSM Dean’s Office, 1120 South Drive, Fesler Hall 302. Co-chairs of this year’s award committee are David Burr, PhD, chairman of the Department of Anatomy, and David Crabb, MD, chairman of the Department of Medicine.

Biostatistics for Physicians: A Short Course

The Division of Biostatistics will offer a three-part course on basic concepts of statistical methods commonly encountered in the medical literature from noon to 4 p.m. May 9-11. The course will be open to faculty, fellows and residents, as well as other interested students and staff. Enrollment will be limited to the first 25 registrants. Go to www.biostat.iupui.edu/ShortCourse/2006/index.htm for a detailed brochure and registration form.

The intelligent use of information technology is essential to the success of the modern laboratory, yet the gap between the world of the laboratory scientist and the IT professional looms wide. To bridge this gap, the IU School of Informatics and LIMS Institute will offer a unique graduate courses in an intensive summer session, June 5-9, at IUPUI.

The Laboratory Informatics Summer School offers two courses. Comprehensive IT for the Laboratorian is geared for the laboratory scientist and will present a full spectrum of topics in IT relevant to the uses, needs and interests of laboratory scientists. The Laboratory Operations for the IT Professional provides a comprehensive picture of laboratory practice, including important issues in regulatory compliance.

The courses are open to currently enrolled graduate students at IU. In addition, non-IU students can be admitted through IUPUI’s graduate non-degree program ( www.iupui.edu/~gradoff/gnd.) The classes will be held in the Informatics and Communications Technology Complex, 535 W. Michigan St.

For more information about the Laboratory Informatics Summer Program or to register, visit www. limsconference.org.

Library hours for April 14

The IUSM Medical Library will observe special hours during the Friday, April 14, campus holiday. Public hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A faculty librarian will be available for assistance during that time.

Contact Elaine Skopelja at 274-8358, or [email protected] with any questions or comments.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting April 11

Combined Seminar Series for April

The IU Cancer Center Combined Seminar Series will present David Curiel, MD, PhD, from the Division of Human Gene Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. His presentation, “Targeted in Vivo Gene Delivery Via Tropism Modified Adenoviral Vectors – A Ten Year Quest for the Holy Grail,” will be in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium.

Conflict management topic of LAMP seminar

The Friday, April 21, Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) will shed light on “Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills.” The presentation will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in conference rooms A and B of the Riley Outpatient Center.

Objectives for Session:

Define negotiation and its scope in your professional and personal lives Utilize a range of tools for diagnosing and managing conflict Describe the core elements of Principled Negotiation Apply the concepts of Principled Negotiation to a career development scenario Lunch will be served so it is important to RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected], or 278-5461.

Lantos to speak at pediatric grand rounds – April 26

"The Refinement of Neonatal Bioethics: 1970-2006" will be the topic of John Lantos, MD, professor of pediatrics and of medicine at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, on Wednesday, April 26, at the pediatric grand rounds. The lecture is from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium.

Dr. Lantos is also the associate director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. He has authored numerous articles on medicine and ethics, and the books:

The Lazarus Case: Life and Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care The Last Physician: Walker Percy and the Moral Life of Medicine Do We Still Need Doctors?

William Neaves, PhD, president and CEO of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Mo., will present the final All-School Grand Rounds for this academic year at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 21. The location has yet to be determined. Dr. Neaves’ topic will be “Stem Cell Research: Science, Religion and Law.”

Annual Richter Conference – May 4 and 5

The 29th Annual Arthur B. Richter Conference in Child Psychiatry, “Children and Adolescents with Co- Morbid Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders: The Dual Diagnosis Challenge,” will be Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.

The primary purpose with this conference is to identify and discuss the complexities of simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of co-morbid psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. The target audience includes primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, licensed mental health therapists, counselors, social workers, and other allied mental health professionals.

The conference will be led by our 2006 Visiting Richter Professor Timothy Wilens, MD, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Andrew Chambers, MD, David Dunn, M.D., and Alan Schmetzer, MD, IUSM Department of Psychiatry.

Visit the website at www.iupui.edu/~psycdept/richter.htm for complete conference and registration information, or call 278-5838 to request a paper copy of the

Solutions Conference – May 17

The 2006 Solutions Conferenceis an annual event that brings IUPUI’s top scientists, faculty, researchers, and programs together with business and technology leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations and policy makers to understand trends, examine research, and identify partners.

This year’s conference will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the Informatics and Communications Technologies Complex at the corner of West and Michigan streets on the IUPUI campus.

The event is open to the public. Registration fees include admittance to the conference, parking and annual membership: $75 general public; $50 partners and discounted rate.

For event information, see www.iupui.edu/~solctr/conference/2006/index.html.

To register, see www.iupui.edu/~solctr/forms/conf-reg-form.php.

For questions or comments, email [email protected], or call (317) 278-9170.

Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

The American Academy of Dermatology has designated each May as Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. May 1 has been designated as “Melanoma Monday.”

The IU Department of Dermatology in cooperation with the AAD will sponsor a free skin cancer screening from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. May 1. The screenings are available for students, faculty, staff or members of the community.

Appointments are needed. To schedule a free skin cancer screening, call one of the sites for the screenings:

IUPUI Health Services, Coleman Hall: 274-8214 Regenstrief Dermatology Clinic: 630-7064 Indiana University Dermatology Clinic: 278-6664 More details are available at www.iupui.edu/~derm/.

EOTA a success

The 2006 Evening of the Arts raised more than $3,000 in the sale of tickets and artwork consigned to the silent auction, and corporate donations. The proceeds of the April 1 event will benefit the homeless and poor who are treated in the mission clinics by medical students who regularly volunteer their services.

About 140 people attended to see 10 acts varying from an original concerto to Indiana classical dance to Dixieland jazz.

Co-chaired for this year’s event were James Smith, MS 4; Micah Bhatti, MS 3; Joseph W. Frank, MS 3; Jennifer Phan, MS 1; and Monica Khurana, MS 2. BACK TO TOP

Project Joy was fun for all

On Saturday, Feb. 11, IUSM students visited with residents of Lockefield Village to play games, dance, sing karaoke and participate in various Valentine’s Day activities as part of Project Joy, one of the 16 projects sponsored by the Office of Medical Service Learning.

Project Joy, led by Lilian Azih and Kofo Dabiri, provided 12 medical students the opportunity to interact with more than 20 geriatric patients, their families and Lockefield Village staff in an effort to provide the residents with a fun-filled Valentine’s Day experience.

According to Lilian Azih, the project was an overwhelming success, “It didn’t matter what activity we were doing or how much time was spent doing any particular activity; what mattered was the evident joy on the faces of the residents.”

Project Joy will team with another OMSL project, Spring House Calls, for its next project on May 6.

The Office of Medical Service Learning, directed by Patricia Keener, MD, and Patricia Treadwell, MD, facilitates the development of social and community oriented medical students through local, national and international service-learning projects. Learn more at www.medicine.iu.edu/~omsl/.

Alumni reunion information online

The 2006 IU Medical Alumni Reunion weekend will be May 19-20. For a schedule of events or a registration form, see alumni.iupui.edu/medicine/reunions/med06/.

St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens April 29

The St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild Decorators’ Show House and Garden Walk will be April 29 through May 14. All proceeds benefit Wishard Health Services and the EMBRACE program which provides services for women who are diagnosed with cancer.

This year’s home is Le Chateau Renaissance, 1143 W. 116 th St., Carmel. The 55,000-square-foot residence sits on 40 acres overlooking Williams Creek. The doors for public tours will open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Mondays. Tickets are $20.

Other special events and information can be found at www.showhouseindy.com or by calling 317-849-4023.

Friday, April 14, is a campus holiday so the deadline for Scope will be moved to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12. Scope will be distributed on Monday, April 17.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 9, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are David Crabb, MD, and Kathy Miller, MD.

Guests include independent producer Shia Levitt who will present the first of two stories on mercury. While most people realize the danger mercury can present, one place where mercury is still present is in a chemical known as thimerosal, a preservative in some vaccines. Shia Levitt looks at the controversial vaccine preservative and why some doctors are nervous about bans on its use.

Stephen Jay, MD, will talk about another aspect of the danger of mercury: the risk it poses to women of child- bearing age. A recent study by two environmental groups found that one in five U.S. women of child-bearing age tested at an unsafe mercury level. Dr. Jay directs the IU Department of Public Health.

Hugh Hendrie, MD, IU professor of psychiatry, will discuss a recent study that found that seniors who exercise at least three days a week for fifteen minutes per workout can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 40 percent.

A new national survey found than more than a third of U.S. workers go to work when they are sick with the flu. At the same time, more than half of the same group is annoyed when somebody else does that. Susan Rehm, MD, medical director of the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases, joins Sound Medicine to talk about these conflicting attitudes.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

Scientific Calendar online

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● Fourth-year students take center stage during annual Match Day

● All invited to March 21 IUSM, Regenstrief life sciences announcement

● BioCrossroads names new board

● Med student listserv

● Soni named to lead research effort in Bloomington

● Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for Friends for Life

● Judges needed for international science fair

● Town hall meeting on health care – March 22

● End of life issues topic of Women’s Health lecture

● Promotion and tenure workshops

● Gosling to speak at 'Reading at the Table'

● Science: What's Art Got To Do With It?

● Menopause, not the musical, is topic of Merritt Lecture

● AAMC examines basic science departments

● Diploma frame sale

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Fourth-year students take center stage during annual Match Day

Students in the Class of 2006, who will receive their medical degrees on Mother's Day, May 14, accepted residency positions in 31 states, including Indiana. Among the Match Day highlights:

Additional information the National Resident Matching Program can be found at www.nrmp.org.

All invited to March 21 IUSM, Regenstrief life sciences announcement

The announcement and news conference will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, in the Mills Atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science building. RSVPs should be sent to [email protected].

BioCrossroads names new board

See www.biocrossroads.com/inthenews/2006%20Board%20release.doc for additional information.

For additional information about the March 22 event at IUPUI, see medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/ viewRelease.php4?art=470.

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Med student listserv

Soni named to lead research effort in Bloomington

Phlebotomists, other volunteers needed for Friends for Life

Last year, the 160 volunteers made it possible to collect 855 informed consents, questionnaires and blood samples from women in one day – an incredible success for breast cancer research at IUSM. This year, the goal is to collect blood from 1,500 women, who can be people who donated last year, new contributors, women with a history of breast cancer or those without a history or high risk for the disease.

Judges needed for international science fair

Volunteers will be accepted as late as May 7, but Dr. Witzmann said ideally organizers would prefer to have the judging lineup completed by Saturday, April 1.

Information about the event and a form to volunteer as a judge can be found at www.intelisef2006.org.

Town hall meeting on health care – March 22

Indiana residents are invited to participate in a national conversation on health care during a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, March 22.

Hoosiers also can participate in the discussion as part of the “virtual” audience by logging on to www.umich. edu/healthmeeting.

Lunch will be provided and CME credit is available. Reservations are not required.

For additional information, contact Tina Darling at 278-7253 or [email protected], or see www.iupui.edu/ ~womenhlt/.

Promotion and tenure workshops

Four informational workshops on promotion and tenure will be offered to the IUSM faculty on the following dates:

● Promotion & Tenure: General Overview March 29 at noon to 1:30 p.m.. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Research March 30 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Service April 13 at 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Fesler Hall 319

● Promotion & Tenure: Excellence In Teaching April 19 at noon to 1:30 p.m. in Fesler-Hurty Hall C

Gosling to speak at ‘Reading at the Table’

Craig Gosling, former director of the IUSM Department of Medical Illustration, will be the guest speaker at the University Faculty Club’s “Reading at the Table” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. Gosling will share excerpts from his book “For the Love of Animals: Rhyme and Reason with Animals.”

Following lunch, Gosling will sign copies of his book, which is available from JAGS IUPUI Bookstore.

Cost for lunch is $10. Space is limited and reservations are required. For reservations, call 274-7014 or email [email protected] by Monday, March 27.

Menopause, not the musical, is topic of Merritt Lecture

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing, will be the speaker at the sixth annual Doris H. Merritt, MD, Lectureship in Women’s Health April 25-26.

Dr. Woods will speak Wednesday morning at Medicine Grand Rounds from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on “Menopause: What we are learning about the Menopausal Transition.”

AAMC examines basic science departments

Diploma frame sale

This week on Sound Medicine

Talking about the importance of colon cancer screenings and a new study on colon cancer screening and prevention is IU nursing professor Susan Rawl, PhD, RN.

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● AOA inducts new members

● May 1 internal grant program deadlines

● Faculty promotion information available

● Spring House Calls is May 6

● People Mover stop at the downtown canal now open for business

● Third annual Indiana Bioinformatics Conference at IUSM in May

● Beering Award nominations sought

● Mark your calendar: Dean’s Grand Rounds Sept. 13

● Traffic alert for Komen Race

● ‘Friends’ needed during Komen Race

● Lantos’ pediatric grand rounds engagement cancelled

● Merritt Lecture to be April 25

● Autism education fair – April 28

● Special course on eugenics to be offered

● Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

● St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens April 29

● Charity motorcycle ride

● Honors

● Grants and Awards

● This week on Sound Medicine

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AOA inducts new members

The Indiana chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society will induct 44 IUSM students during a special ceremony Friday, April 21, at the Ritz Charles Conference Facility in Carmel. Martin A. Samuels, MD, chairman of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, will deliver the evening’s keynote address, “Invaders from Mars.”

AOA is the only national honor medical society in the world and it elects outstanding medical students, graduates, alumni, faculty and others based on scholastic achievement, personal integrity, and promise for significant contributions to the medical profession. Among the members of the classes of 2006 and 2007 elected and their hometowns:

Class of 2006 (graduating May 14)

Emily M. Abernathy (North Vernon) John Badylak (West Lafayette) Sarah Elizabeth Batterton (Bloomington) Elizabeth M. Bobos (Crown Point) Jamie Renee Brummett (Terre Haute) Brett T. Comer (Kokomo) Linda Sue DeCesare (Indianapolis) Aedan Peterson Gilkey (Indianapolis) Carrie Ann Glasscock ( Indianapolis) Jeremy Ryan Grogg (Indianapolis) Alexa P. Henderson (Bloomington) Jeremy L. Herrmann (Bloomington) Jessica L. Jeffries (Evansville) Robyn L. Lord-Fean (Mishawaka) Megan B. Marien (Aurora) George L. Martin (Fort Wayne) Laurie Marie Mathis (Vincennes) Bradley S. Morin (North Vernon) August A. Natalie (Danville) Nicholas T. Nelson (Indianapolis) Matthew Hardin Nett (Floyds Knobs) Jennifer L. Overton (Evansville) Brett D. Reichwage (Bloomington) Mikael L. Rinne (West Lafayette) Karen E. Singh (Indianapolis) Heather Annmarie Smith (Indianapolis) Jeffrey A. Steele ( Indianapolis) Jessica Jane Stewart ( West Lafayette) Cameron J. Vanlaningham ( Indianapolis) Matthew J. White ( Iowa City, IA) Jonathan H. Wilhite (Fort Wayne) T. Aaron Zeller (Carmel)

Class of 2007

Kattie J. Allen (North Vernon) Bradley Nelson Bohnstedt (Indianapolis) John P. Brosious (South Bend) Shanaree M. Brown (Dillsboro) Benedict S. Dillon (Granger) Douglas R. Dohl (Dyer) Justin H. Huynh (Crown Point) Douglas R. Kitchin (Indianapolis) Gregory Jon Nadolski II (Indianapolis) Andrew J. Norton (Anderson) Valeriy Parafeynikov (Indianapolis) Helena N. Spartz (Indianapolis)

Honorary members to be inducted: (Alumni) John Christopher Lappas, MD, David A. Wolf, MD; (Faculty) Henry L. Jones, MD, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, MD; and (House Staff) S. Maria E. Finnell, MD, Earl A. Gage, MD, and Danielle Amelia Osterholzer, MD.

For more information about Alpha Omega Alpha, go to www.alphaomegaalpha.org.

The Biomedical Research Grant, Research Enhancement Grant, and the Pilot Funding for Research Use of Core Facilities programs all have Monday, May 1, submission deadlines. Guidelines and application information for all three programs can be found at adminfinance.iusm.iu.edu/operations/irf.htm.

The Biomedical Research Committee has approved electronic submission for the following internal grant submissions: BRG, REG, and PILOT. The first electronic submission date is Monday, May 1. Please refer to the specific grant guidelines for details (adminfinance.iusm.iu.edu/operations/irf.htm). Each proposal should be converted into a single PDF file. One paper copy with original signatures is requested.

Questions will be addressed by Sarah Wasserman in the Office of Operations at 278-5894, or [email protected].

Faculty promotion information available

Faculty promotion dossier materials for promotions effective July 1, 2007, are available on the web at administration. iusm.iu.edu/promotion.html. Dossiers will be due in the Dean's Office (Academic Administration) no later than Friday, July 14, 2006.

Spring House Calls is May 6

Get ready to set your books aside and end the medical school year with some outdoor fun. Spring is here – birds are singing, flowers are sprouting, and medical students are rounding up rakes, shovels and lawn mowers. At IUSM this means that it is time for Spring House Calls.

On Saturday, May 6, student teams will gather at Christamore House, a community facility, where they will gather all of their yard supplies before fanning out to the yards of homeowners in the near westside area of Haughville and Blackburn. Students will then spend their afternoon doing yard work, planting flowers and providing minor exterior property maintenance.

Spring House Calls is an annual program sponsored by the Office of Medical Service-Learning. Since 1996, nearly 1,000 students have volunteered over 5,000 hours of service to the near-westside community bordering the IU Medical Center.

Second-year medical students organizing this year’s event are Brian Ward, Jennifer Hartwell, Matt Zipse, Nathan Thompson and Andre Melendez .

People Mover stop at the downtown canal now open for business

Do you have business at the IU Emerging Technology Center or the IU Research and Technology Corp. but aren't up for walking or driving? Have you had a hankering to ride the Clarian People Mover to talk about your proteomics core work with the folks at the Protein Analysis and Research Center at the emerging technology center?

Well, now you can.

The People Mover, an automated elevated train that carries passengers between Methodist and Riley and IU hospitals, now stops at the head of the downtown canal, providing access to the newly opened Clarian Pathology Laboratory and the nearly completed Medical Information Sciences Building as well as the Emerging Technology Center.

Trips on the People Mover are free.

Third annual Indiana Bioinformatics Conference at IUSM in May

The IUSM Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics will host the third annual Indiana Bioinformatics Conference May 19-20 at the VanNuys Medical Sciences Building, room 326.

Friday's speakers will include Zoran Obradovic, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Information Science and Technology at Temple University, and Eric Jakobsson, PhD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology and of biochemistry, and of the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and senior research scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois.

In addition, speakers selected from those submitting abstracts will give short talks, and Indiana and Purdue university faculty will make presentations on Saturday. The deadline for submitting abstracts and registration is Friday, May 5.

There also will be a dinner with a speaker to be announced at the Radisson Hotel on Friday evening, May 19.

Details about the conference and a registration form can be found at evolution.compbio.iupui.edu/BioInfoConf/. Support for the conference is provided by Indiana and Purdue universities.

Beering Award nominations sought

The Beering Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2007 Steven C. Beering Award for Advancement of Biomedical Science. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 10.

Please send information to the attention of Jan Walther, IUSM Dean’s Office, 1120 South Drive, Fesler Hall 302. Co- chairs of this year’s award committee are David Burr, PhD, chairman of the Department of Anatomy, and David Crabb, MD, chairman of the Department of Medicine.

Mark your calendar: Dean’s Grand Rounds Sept. 13 Sept. 13 is the date for the biennial School of Medicine Dean’s Grand Rounds and Scientific Session. The day’s events will begin at 8 a.m. with two guest speakers at Myers Auditorium, Wishard Memorial Hospital, followed by a scientific poster session in the VanNuys Medical Science Building atrium.

Traffic alert for Komen Race

The Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure will be on the IUPUI campus Saturday, April 22, and traffic and parking on campus will be affected from 6:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The race will begin and end on New York Street, which will be closed to traffic, and will involve approximately 50,000 participants. The easiest access to campus will be from the north.

The Blackford Street Garage and Lot 80 at Patterson and Vermont will be reserved for IUPUI parking permits.

‘Friends’ needed during Komen Race

IU Cancer Center breast cancer researchers are recruiting 1,500 “Friends for Life” Saturday, April 22, during the 2006 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

The goal on Saturday is to draw about 2 teaspoons of blood each from 1,500 women. Participants do not have to be breast cancer survivors; all women 18 years of age or older are invited to participate. Women who donated blood for last year’s Friends for Life event are encouraged to do so again.

No appointment is necessary. The Friends for Life blood draw will take place from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Indiana University Hospital. Individuals with questions may contact Suzanne Lemler, RN, 317-274-7841, or sulemler@iupui. edu.

Lantos’ pediatric grand rounds engagement cancelled

John Lantos, MD, professor of pediatrics and of medicine at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, will not be available to speak as previously scheduled Wednesday, April 26, at the pediatric grand rounds.

Merritt Lecture to be April 25

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing, will be the speaker at the sixth annual Doris H. Merritt, MD, Lectureship in Women’s Health April 25-26.

On Tuesday, April 25, Dr. Woods will present “Menopause: From the USPHS Task Force to the SWAN Study” from noon to 1 p.m. in the IU Cancer Research Institute auditorium. For additional information, contact Tina Darling at [email protected], or 278-7253.

Dr. Woods will speak Wednesday morning at Medicine Grand Rounds from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on “Menopause: What we are learning about the Menopausal Transition.”

The Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center, in conjunction with the HANDS in Autism program, is hosting an autism awareness fair on Friday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Riley Outpatient Center atrium.

In addition, the HANDS in Autism program has many opportunities available to parents, educators and professionals who work with individuals with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. For more information about the fair and other events, see www.handsinautism.org

Special course on eugenics to be offered

A special graduate research seminar on the history of eugenics will be taught during the fall 2006 semester by William Schneider, PhD, director of the Medical Humanities program and professor of history at IUPUI, and Jason Lantzer, PhD, a recent IU doctoral candidate in history. H750 will be from 6 to 8:40 p.m. Tuesdays on the IUPUI campus. It is a four-credit course.

This seminar will examine the history of eugenics in Indiana and other states, as well as related movements such as birth control, sterilization, temperance, institutionalization of criminals and the mentally ill, and public health reform.

Melanoma Monday observed with free skin cancer screenings

The American Academy of Dermatology has designated each May as Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. May 1 has been designated as “Melanoma Monday.”

Appointments are needed. To schedule a free skin cancer screening, call one of the sites for the screenings:

● IUPUI Health Services, Coleman Hall: 274-8214 ● Regenstrief Dermatology Clinic: 630-7064 ● Indiana University Dermatology Clinic: 278-6664

More details are available at www.iupui.edu/~derm/.

St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens April 29

Charity motorcycle ride

A motorcycle ride fundraiser and poker run to benefit Midtown Mental Health Patient Care Fund will be Saturday, April 29. The starting point is Adam’s Biker Outlet, 620 Rangeline Road, Carmel. Register at 10 a.m. and the poker run starts at 11 a.m. The cost is $15 for riders and $10 for passengers. For additional information, call 705-0505.

Honors

Chris Callahan, MD, professor of medicine and director of the IU Center for Aging Research, is the recipient of the 2006 Society of General Internal Medicine Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award. He was nominated for the society's newest award by IU-CAR and Regenstrief Institute scientists Mike Weiner, MD, and Malaz Boustani, MD, who are participants in Dr. Callahan’s professional development program. The award will be presented at the SGIM 29 th annual meeting April 29.

Richard Frankel, PhD, professor of medicine and geriatrics, and a senior scientist at the Regenstrief Institute and the VA Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, was selected at this year's Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professor at Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University. His AOA lecture was entitled "Empathy for the Physician."

John Gallien, MS II, has been awarded a first-place prize for his essay on medical information from Elsevier, which publishes medical, scientific and technical information. His essay, “Medical Information Can…,” focused on the problems with the dissemination of medical information. Using Parkinson’s disease as an example, Gallien makes a case that India had used an effective treatment for 5,000 years while one was not discovered in Europe until 1960. Gallien received an award certificate, $1,000 in free Elsevier books and $1,500 cash for his first-place win. To read his essay, see www.us.elsevierhealth.com/medicalawards/Essay14.html.

Peter Hogg, a first-year medical student at the Indiana University School of Medicine- Fort Wayne, has achieved another milestone – he completed the Boston Marathon April 17 finishing 1,621, out of more than 20,000 racers. Hogg, who completed the 26-mile race in 3:05:43 was less than an hour off the winner’s time of 2:07:14 clocked by Robert Cheruiyot, a Kenyan marathon runner.

Bryan Schneider, MD, has been selected to receive a 2006 ASCO Foundation Career Development Award for his research titled “Pharmacogenetics of angiogenesis in breast cancer.” The award includes a $170,100 cash prize. He will receive his price in May at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

Indiana University School of Medicine Grants and Awards March 1 - March 31, 2006

Project Agency Total Award Type Title Start/Stop Director Name Award Chemosensitization of Royal Ovar'Coming Platinum-Resistant Ovarian 3/1/06 Curtis New Research $10,000 Together Tumors by Combined 11/15/06 Balch, Jr. Epigenetic Therapies Adolescent Developmental American Robert Trajectory of Prefrontal 1/1/06 Psychiatric New Research $45,000 Chambers Synaptic Spine Density in 12/31/06 Association Rat Models of Schizophrenia Role of renal Toll-like Pierre Dialysis 12/1/05 New Research receptor 4 in tubular injury to $50,000 Dagher Clinic, Inc. 11/30/06 the kidney. Judith & Jean Pape Yansheng CAPE in Amyotrophic 1/1/06 Adams New Research $110,000 Du Lateral Sclerosis 12/31/06 Charitable Foundation Pathogenesis of Calcium Andrew University Continuing/Competing 9/30/05 Nephrolithiasis (Project 4 $184,489 Evan Jr. of Chicago Research 8/31/06 and Core B) Genetics Consortium for Tatiana Columbia 7/1/05 New Research Late Onset Alzheimer's $290,924 Foroud University 6/30/06 Disease Vincristine Stephen PHRMA 1/1/06 New Research Biotransformation and the $20,000 Hall Foundation 12/31/06 Effect of CYP3A5 Genotype Children's Induction of Stabile 8/1/04 Paul Haut Hospital of New Research Chimerism for Sickle Cell $2,000 7/31/06 Oakland, CA Anemia A Decision Support System US Veterans for and Quantifying the 9/2/05 New Research $30,000 Thomas Affairs Burden of Preparation for 9/30/06 Imperiale Colonoscopy University Colorectal Cancer Screening 9/29/05 New Research $62,244 of Rochester Decisions in Primary Care 8/31/06 Reuben Novel Mechanisms of C-Kit 4/1/06 NIH-NHLBI New Research $378,750 Kapur Regulation in Mast Cells 2/28/07

Douglas Continuing/Competing Colorectal Cancer Screening: 9/27/04 Mayo Clinic $80,131 Rex Research Fecal Blood vs DNA 8/31/06

Hoosier Expression of Sonal 1/1/05 Oncology New Research Carboxylesterases in Colon $50,000 Sanghani 12/31/06 Group, LLC Tumor Cystic Aruna Continuing/Competing Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 7/1/05 Fibrosis $29,505 Sannuti Research Center Grant 6/30/06 Foundation

Bryan The Asco Pharmacogenetics of 1/1/06 New Research $170,100 Schneider Foundation angiogenesis in breast cancer 12/1/08

Extrinsic Modulation of Edward 4/1/06 NIH-NHLBI New Research Hematopoietic Stem Cell $377,128 Srour 3/31/07 Fate. American Helmut Insulin Resistance, ADMA, 1/1/06 Diabetes New Research $100,000 Steinberg and Vascular Function 12/31/06 Association MOI Implementation of the Univeristy William AMPATH Medical Record 10/1/05 Faculty of New Research $292,092 Tierney System in East Africa: A 9/30/08 Health Pilot Project Sciences Air Force Mechanisms of JP-8 Jet Fuel Frank Office of Toxicity in Dermal and 1/1/06 New Research $230,000 Witzmann Scientific Pulmonary Epithelia: 11/30/06 Research Proteomic Analysis University Project 1 - Role of Mervin of Endothelial Progenitors in 9/29/05 New Research $172,265 Yoder California, Hematopoietic Stem Cell 8/31/06 Davis Expansion

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are Kathy Miller, MD, and Frank Messina, MD.

Guests include Kimberly Blackwell, MD, the lead author of a study on an experimental breast cancer drug called lapatinib that has shown encouraging results in a national phase one clinical trial. Dr. Blackwell is an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The IU Department of Dermatology is participating in “Melanoma Monday” a nationwide outreach project led by the American Academy of Dermatology. Free screenings will be offered from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 1. Visit the Sound Medicine website for a list of screening locations.

David Flum, MD., a bariatric surgery specialist from the University of Washington, will talk about what new procedures are on the horizon to replace the gastric bypass procedure making bariatric surgery safer and more effective.

Eating disorder specialist and psychiatrist James Mitchell, MD, will discuss the genetic and biological causes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Dr. Mitchell chairs the Department of Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Indianapolis based science writer and regular Sound Medicine contributor Eric Metcalf will give his comments on the real costs of so-called ‘cheap’ food.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/

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● Relationship-centered care at IUSM featured in AM News

● Faculty election results

● Faculty promotion information available

● Purdue to host fourth annual Life Sciences Business Plan Competition

● Travel management made easier

● IUMG offers leadership program for clinical departments

● Annual Richter Conference – May 4 and 5

● Indiana Bioinformatics Conference registration deadline May 5

● Pharmacy industry topic of ethics seminar

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting May 9

● LAMP: Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals

● IUSM to host DNA Repair Symposium

● Cover the Uninsured Week

● St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens

● Herron classes for non-art majors

● Safety Store celebrates first anniversary

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Relationship-centered care at IUSM featured in AM News

“Rewriting the hidden curriculum: Keeping empathy alive” is a feature article in the American Medical Association’s April 24 issue of American Medical News. The article discusses relationship-centered care at IUSM and the how that focus is “changing the academic climate” and creating more sensitive physicians.

Tom Inui, MD, president and CEO of Regenstrief Institute, Richard Frankel, PhD, a medical sociologist at IUSM and senior scientist at Regenstrief Institute, are quoted in the article. The article can be accessed through IUSM Medical Library or through AMED News if you are a subscriber and have a password. The link is www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/04/24/prsa0424.htm.

Faculty election results

The amendments passed and candidates elected to two-year terms during IUSM faculty election are listed below. The terms of office begin July 1.

● President-elect of the faculty: Dean A. Hawley – Pathology

● Secretary-elect of the faculty: Jeffrey Rothenberg – OB/GYN

● Academic Standards Committee: Sharon Karp – Medicine Jane Lau – OB/GYN

● Admissions Committee: David Kovach – Anesthesia Edward Liechty – Pediatrics

● Biomedical Research Committee: Kristin Chun – Pediatrics Michael King – IUSM – Terre Haute

● Community Relations Committee: Sharon Ashworth – Medicine Frank Messina – Emergency Medicine

● Education and Curriculum Council: Brian Leon – Medicine Subah Packer – Cellular and Integrative Physiology

● Faculty Tenure and Promotions Committee: Richard Meiss – OB/GYN Vicenta Salanova – Neurology

● Lecturer and Clinical Rank Faculty Appointment Contract and Promotions Committee: Richard Hansell – OB/GYN Prakash Pande – Medicine

● Student Promotions Committee: Michelle Howenstine – Pediatrics Lee McHenry Jr. – Medicine

● Faculty Steering Committee IUMG Representative: Robert Byers – Anesthesia

● Faculty Steering Committee Non-Indy Representative: Michael King – IUSM – Terre Haute

● Amendments to the Faculty Constitution: 1. Faculty Development Coordinating Committee Passed 2. Awards Committee Passed 3. Faculty Elections: Electronic Balloting Passed 4. Notification of Meetings: Electronic Media Passed

The Spring Faculty Meeting will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in the Riley Outpatient Center lower level auditorium.

Faculty promotion information available

Faculty promotion dossier materials for promotions effective July 1, 2007, are available on the web at administration.iusm.iu.edu/promotion.html. Dossiers will be due in the Dean's Office (Academic Administration) no later than Friday, July 14, 2006.

Purdue to host fourth annual Life Sciences Business Plan Competition

Purdue University, in collaboration with the Lilly Endowment Inc., is seeking entrants for the 2006 Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, which offers cash and prizes in excess of $143,000.

The competition seeks entrants who are developing products and services in the life sciences industry and are able to describe the path to market for their research. It also provides a learning opportunity for researchers, students and faculty who are interested in technology commercialization. Participants and spectators in this competition will have the opportunity to showcase cutting edge technology, network with venture capitalists or other potential investors, and to make contacts with potential corporate partners.

A letter or e-mail expressing an intention to participate with an executive summary of the project is due by June 2, 2006. Semi-finalists will be announced June 26, 2006, and the business plan and final entry documents are due by July 31, 2006. Finalists will be announced Aug. 21, 2006, and the final competition is planned for September 13, 2006, on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Ind.

For complete details and to register online, visit the competition website: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/ lifesciencescompetition/

Questions should be directed to the competition coordinator via email to [email protected], or by phone at (765) 494-6400.

The competition flyer is available at http://www.purdue.edu/DiscoveryPark/pdf/flyer_05.pdf.

Travel management made easier

The IU Travel Management Service is streamlining the process for faculty and staff to make travel arrangements.

Journey to the travel management web site at www.indiana.edu/~travel/ and click on “Online Reservations.” Select “Getting Started” to establish a new account with IU Expedia Corporate. When that is completed, IU travel can be booked through ExpediaCorporate.com using department account numbers for flight reservations.

IUMG offers leadership program for clinical departments

This summer, for the first time, IUMG will present “ A Colloquium for Clinical Leaders,” five afternoon programs to acquaint administrators, business managers and physician leaders with the priorities and resources at IUSM. The sessions will be in Daly Center, room 186, from 1 to 4 p.m., on Thursdays -- June 1 and 22, July 6 and 20, and August 3.

Speakers will include experts in finance and accounting, governance, planning, philanthropy, and clinical partnerships. Those who attend all five sessions will receive a certificate, although individuals may elect to attend only one session. Faculty may receive up to 15 hours of CME credit.

To enroll or for more information, call Dorothy Price at 278-3500. Seating is limited.

Annual Richter Conference – May 4 and 5

The primary purpose of this conference is to identify and discuss the complexities of simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of co-morbid psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. The target audience includes primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, licensed mental health therapists, counselors, social workers, and other allied mental health professionals.

Visit the website at www.iupui.edu/~psycdept/richter.htm for complete conference and registration information, or call 278-5838 to request a paper copy of the brochure.

Indiana Bioinformatics Conference registration deadline May 5

The IUSM Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics will host the third annual Indiana Bioinformatics Conference May 19-20 at the VanNuys Medical Sciences Building, room 326.

There also will be a dinner with a speaker to be announced at the Radisson Hotel on Friday evening, May 19.

Details about the conference and a registration form can be found at evolution.compbio.iupui.edu/ BioInfoConf/. Support for the conference is provided by Indiana and Purdue universities.

Pharmacy industry topic of ethics seminar

The fourth in a series of seminars hosted by the Office of International Affairs and the Center on Bioethics will be Friday, May 5, with Michael Clayman, from Eli Lilly and Company, discussing research ethics and the pharmaceutical industry.

The presentation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 2115E of University Library.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting May 9

Successful networking will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, May 9. Speakers will be Ellyn S. Traub, executive coach and president of High Performance Leadership Inc., and Donald F. Kuratko, DBA, Jack M. Gill Professor of Entrepreneurship and executive director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center. The program is free, but registration by Friday, May 5, is requested at www. indianabionetwork.org.

LAMP: Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals

The May 12 Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) will be “Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals,” presented by William Tierney, MD. The program will be from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Riley Outpatient Center, lower level conference rooms A and B. Lunch is provided.

Dr. Tierney has taught scholars from around the world the skills necessary to successfully publish in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Tierney is Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Medicine and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at IUSM and a senior investigator at the Regenstrief Institute. Dr. Tierney has received more than $20 million in grants as principal investigator from federal agencies and research foundations and has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, two- thirds as first or senior author. He is currently the co-editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine and is past co-editor of Medical Care.

Lunch will be served so it is important to RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected], or 278-5461.

IUSM to host DNA Repair Symposium

For more information see www.dnarepairsymposium.org, or contact the co-organizers John Turchi, PhD, at [email protected], or Brittney-Shea Herbert, PhD, at [email protected].

Cover the Uninsured Week

Cover the Uninsured Week (CTUW) 2006, the fourth annual campaign sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will be May 1-7. The campaign is an effort to raise awareness of the crisis of the uninsured and to mobilize the nation to work toward solutions. The Association of American Medical Colleges is a national supporter of CTUW.

For more information on programs available to the uninsured, see the AAMC’s Protecting America’s Uninsured web site at www.aamc.org/uninsured.

St. Margaret’s Guild Decorator’s Show House opens

The doors to the St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild Decorators’ Show House will open tomorrow, Saturday, April 29. The event will continue through Sunday, May 14. All proceeds benefit Wishard Health Services and the EMBRACE program, which provides services for women who are diagnosed with cancer.

Other special events and information can be found at www.showhouseindy.com or by calling 317-849-4023.

Herron classes for non-art majors

The Herron School of Art and Design is offering new summer and fall art classes for non-art majors. Herron offers a variety of classes including jewelry design, photography, sculpture and painting. Hands on experiences and a creative atmosphere will give students an opportunity to gain appreciation of the visual arts. Contact Herron at 278-9400, or [email protected].

Safety Store celebrates first anniversary

On May 4, Riley Hospital’s Safety Store will celebrate its one-year anniversary and the success of serving more than 1,000 customers with low-cost child safety products and education.

Employees are invited to visit the Safety Store for a weeklong celebration, May 1-5, for the chance to win prizes, including a Safe Start gift basket and bike helmet. Staff will be on hand to distribute injury prevention resources and answer questions about products and child safety.

Located in the Riley Outpatient Center through the Over the Rainbow Gift Shop, the Safety Store is operated by Riley Hospital’s Community Education and Child Advocacy Department, in partnership with The Cheer Guild. The Safety Store is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed holidays. For more information, call 317-274-6565, or visit www.rileyhospital.org/kids1st.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. Co-hosts of this week’s program are Kathy Miller, MD, Ora Pescovitz, MD and Steve Bogdewic, PhD.

Guests this week will include Rick Lofgren, president and CEO of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, who will discuss the special challenges organ transplants in children pose for the medical community.

May is Asthma Awareness Month. Fred Leickly, MD, chairman of the Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition will discuss a statewide plan to deal with the issue of childhood asthma in Indiana.

Sound Medicine co-host Dr. Kathy Miller, MD, is expecting her first child later this spring. Dr. Miller kept an audio journal of her pregnancy to share with the Sound Medicine audience.

Christopher Carr, PhD, will join Sound Medicine to talk about what sports psychologists actually do. Dr. Carr is the sport and performance psychologist for the Methodist Sports Medicine Center in Indianapolis.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/

Scientific Calendar online

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● Spring faculty meeting set for May 16

● Cancer Research Day is May 10

● IUMG offers leadership program for clinical departments

● Solutions Conference – May 17

● Mother's Day means graduation for medical students

● Library offers classes in PubMed and PowerPoint

● Deadlines set for promotion recommendations and sabbatical requests

● Medical Alumni Weekend

● Indiana's leadership in health care information technology on May 16 luncheon agenda

● LAMP: "Key Elements of a Successful Academic Career"

● LAMP: Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals

● 2006 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Competition

● Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting May 9

● Run and walk on June 25 to support efforts to end domestic violence

● Beering Award nominations sought

● Updated information about affiliate and guest computing accounts

● Indiana Members Credit Union expands

● International science fair in Indy

● Spring House Calls is May 6

● Thank you for your UITS Survey participation

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines

Spring faculty meeting set for May 16

Dean D. Craig Brater, MD, will discuss the state of the IU School of Medicine at the spring faculty meeting, which will be from 3:30 - 5 p.m. May 16 in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium. In addition, Daniel F. Evans Jr., president and CEO of Clarian Health Partners, will give a presentation on “Medicaid and the Uninsured Reform…the Massachusetts Model.”

Other agenda items include:

● Faculty Steering Committee report and election results ● Standing committee reports (written reports are available): Academic Standards, Biomedical Research, Clinical Faculty, Contract/Promotions, Community Relations, Curriculum Council, and Promotions and Tenure ● New Business: ❍ Scientific Session -- 9/13/06 -- Dean’s Grand Rounds and Scientific Poster Session ❍ Fall Faculty Meeting -- 11/30/06 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Emerson Auditorium ❍ Introduction of new President of the Faculty Simon Atkinson, PhD

Cancer Research Day is May 10

Indiana University Cancer Center ’s third annual Cancer Research Day will be on May 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p. m. A scientific poster session and keynote address are among the day’s scheduled events. Abstracts are now being accepted for participation in scientific session. For more information, see cancer.iu.edu/news/article.php? id=1466.

IUMG offers leadership program for clinical departments

This summer, for the first time, IU Medical Group will present “ A Colloquium for Clinical Leaders,” five afternoon programs to acquaint administrators, business managers and physician leaders with the priorities and resources at IUSM. The sessions will be in Daly Center, room 186, from 1 to 4 p.m., on Thursdays -- June 1 and 22, July 6 and 20, and August 3.

To enroll or for more information, call Dorothy Price at 278-3500. Seating is limited.

Solutions Conference – May 17

This year’s conference will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the Informatics and Communications Technologies Complex at the corner of West and Michigan streets on the IUPUI campus.

IUSM faculty are encouraged to exhibit at the conference. For information about exhibiting see http://www. iupui.edu/~solctr/conference/2006/vendors.html. If you have questions, contact Sarah Zike at the IUPUI Solution Center at 278-9170 or [email protected].

The event is open to the public. Registration fees include admittance to the conference, parking and annual membership: $75 general public; $50 partners and discounted rate.

For event information, see www.iupui.edu/~solctr/conference/2006/index.html.

To register, see www.iupui.edu/~solctr/forms/conf-reg-form.php.

Mother's Day means graduation for medical students

Mother’s Day will have a special meaning for 258 students from IUSM as they receive their medical degrees.

Graduation, to be held Sunday, May 14, will be the highlight of the last four years of demanding schedules and grueling clinical rotations. The students will soon begin their residencies in 31 states.

Immediately following the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis commencement at the RCA Dome, the new physicians will reconvene for a special ceremony to receive their diplomas and distinctive green hoods. Then, in unison, they will recite the Physician’s Oath – a pledge to the patients they will serve and to uphold the standards of their profession.

In addition, a posthumous degree will be awarded to Abigail Brinkman, a fourth-year student from Columbus, Ind. who died in a scuba diving accident last year. A member of her family will accept the degree on her behalf.

Library offers classes in PubMed and PowerPoint

The IUSM Medical Library is offering a class on the "Basics of PubMed" on Wednesday, May 10, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The class will be held in the Medical Library in rooms 318 - 319. To register, contact Kellie Kaneshiro at [email protected] (please put PubMed in the subject line), or call 274-1612.

A hands-on intermediate PowerPoint class will be offered from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, in room B016 in the Van Nuys Medical Science Building. Tired of creating slide after slide of text and bullet points? This workshop may be for you. Topics to be discussed include inserting pictures, adding sound, music, multimedia, animations (text and pictures), slide transitions and packaging the presentation.

To register, contact Doug Bartlow at [email protected], or call 274-5077. Familiarity with creating a text- based PowerPoint presentation is a prerequisite.

Deadlines set for promotion recommendations and sabbatical requests

The schedule for the submission of recommendations for promotions to be effective July 1, 2007, is as follows:

● July 7: Submit tentative list to Dean's Office. ● July 14: Formal recommendations (original only), including all documentation, to be submitted to the Dean's Office

The schedule for requests for sabbatical leaves during academic year 2007-08 is as follows:

● October 13: Tentative list to be submitted to the Dean's Office. ● November 3: Formal applications for sabbatical leaves to be submitted to the Dean's Office (original plus three copies)

Forms to be used for promotion recommendations are available on the web at http://administration.iusm.iu.edu/ promotion.html.

Sabbatical leave information is available at http://administration.iusm.iu.edu/policies.html.

Send all the completed forms for promotions and sabbaticals to Lynn Wakefield, Fesler Hall 318.

Medical Alumni Weekend

The 2006 Spring Medical Alumni Weekend is May 19-20.

All IUSM alumni can participate in the all-alumni reception May 19 at 5:30 p.m. Reunions will be hosted for classes graduating in years ending with a “1” or a “6.”

To register, find a classmate, or to view the schedule of activities go to http://alumni.iupui.edu/medicine/ reunions/med06/index.html.

Indiana's leadership in health care information technology on May 16 luncheon agenda

"Indiana Takes Center Stage in Adopting IT to Improve Patient Care" will be the May 16 topic of the Life Sciences Lunch Series sponsored by the Indiana Health Industry Forum and Barnes & Thornburg.

Speakers will be J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at IU School of Medicine, research scientist at Regenstrief Institute and president of the Indiana Health Information Exchange; David Lee, MD, vice-president of health care management, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield; and state Sen. Gary Dillon, MD, R-Pierceton, Ind.

The program begins at 11:30 a.m. at Barnes & Thornburg, 11 South Meridian St., Indianapolis. The program is free but registration is requested at either 231-7356 or online at http://www.btlaw.com/Registration1.asp.

LAMP: "Key Elements of a Successful Academic Career"

The June 2 Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) will be "Key Elements of a Successful Academic Career" presented by Maurice Hitchcock, Ed.D. The program will be from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Riley Outpatient Center, lower level conference rooms A and B. Lunch is provided. Dr. Hitchcock is a nationally recognized leader and expert in faculty development. He is currently Professor and Director of the Division of Medical Education at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in the School of Education at USC where he is an active mentor and chair for health professions faculty pursing graduate training in Education. His program, the last LAMP session for this academic year, will tackle such questions as:

● What are the core elements needed to achieve and sustain a successful academic career? ● What does the literature tell us about "Quick Starter Junior Faculty?" ● How can the lessons learned from quick starters be used to make changes that will improve chances for career success? ● How important is the influence of a network of colleagues on career success? ● How can an individual improve her/his effectiveness through collaboration?

Lunch will be served so it is important to RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected], or 278-5461.

LAMP: Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals

Lunch will be served so it is important to RSVP to Kelli Diener at [email protected], or 278-5461.

2006 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Competition

The Indiana University Medical Center chapter of the Sigma Xi Research Society will sponsor its annual Graduate Research Competition June 6 - 7. This competition is open to the public and will take place in the Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building, room 326. Faculty and staff are invited to encourage student participation in this exciting and competitive forum to showcase their research and communication skills. Abstract forms and instructions for the competition are available by email from the chapter president at [email protected]. The deadline for abstract submission is May 26. Abstracts must be returned by email to Dr. Patricia Gallagher, [email protected], Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, MS 350D.

Biomedical Entrepreneur Network meeting May 9 Successful networking will be the topic of the next meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network Tuesday, May 9. Speakers will be Ellyn S. Traub, executive coach and president of High Performance Leadership Inc., and Donald F. Kuratko, DBA, Jack M. Gill Professor of Entrepreneurship and executive director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Run and walk on June 25 to support efforts to end domestic violence

The Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis is sponsoring the "Together We Stand 8K Run and 5K Walk" on Sunday, June 25, at 8 a.m. in Eagle Creek Park to raise awareness about domestic violence and support efforts to end it.

Registration is $25 for adults (ages 11 and up) and $5 for children. For more information, and to register, go to www.domesticviolencenetwork.org.

Beering Award nominations sought

The Beering Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2007 Steven C. Beering Award for Advancement of Biomedical Science. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 10.

Updated information about affiliate and guest computing accounts

Affiliate accounts are intended for individuals who are affiliated with IU, such as contractors and researchers, but who are not officially IU students, faculty, or staff (including hourly staff). For details about account eligibility, see the university at http://www.itpo.iu.edu/IT03.html.

IU faculty or staff members may request to sponsor an account for an IU affiliate, and will need the following information about the affiliate: full name, date of birth, department, IU campus, gender, phone number, start date, end date, ID number (such as social security number) and a description of how they are affiliated with IU. Affiliate accounts can be requested for up to two years. Individuals sponsoring affiliate accounts will be notified prior to the account expiration in order to renew them if necessary.

Sponsored accounts are not intended for those who will later become IU students, faculty, or staff. More information regarding affiliate accounts can be found at http://kb.iu.edu/data/akll.html.

If an individual has no formal relationship with Indiana University he or she can create a guest account. This account will give a person limited access to certain online applications and services such as OneStart, Oncourse and the Knowledge Base. More information regarding guest accounts can be found at http://kb.iu.edu/data/alqt. html.

Indiana Members Credit Union expands

Indiana Members Credit Union will host a grand opening for its new Carmel branch at 96th Street and Gray Road on May 12 and 13. This is the first of seven new branches Indiana Members will build in central Indiana. The new branches will be built on South US 135 and Olive Branch Road, and in Westfield, Greenfield, Brownsburg, Plainfield and Franklin. Also, the IUPUI Campus Branch will move to the new Campus Center in 2007.

International science fair in Indy

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair will be in Indianapolis May 7-13. This event will attract 1,500 top science and technology high school students from all 50 states and 40 countries.

Frank Witzmann, PhD, professor of cellular and integrative physiology, is the Medicine and Health category co- chair. Categories cover everything from behavioral and social sciences to zoology.

Information about the event and a form to volunteer as a judge can be found at www.intelisef2006.org.

On Saturday, May 6, IUSM student teams will gather for Spring House Calls at Christamore House where they will collect yard supplies before fanning out to various homes in the near westside area of Haughville and Blackburn. Students will then spend their afternoon doing yard work, planting flowers and providing minor exterior property maintenance.

Spring House Calls is an annual program sponsored by the Office of Medical Service-Learning. Since 1996, nearly 1,000 students have volunteered more than 5,000 hours of service to the near-westside community bordering the IU Medical Center.

Second-year medical students organizing this year’s event are Brian Ward, Jennifer Hartwell, Matt Zipse, Nathan Thompson and Andre Melendez. For more information about the 2006 Spring House Calls, go to www. springhousecalls.com.

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Thank you for your UITS Survey participation

Thank you to all who participated in the 2006 Customer Satisfaction Survey. Your comments and suggestions are critical in determining the direction of UITS and for providing improved Information Technology services at Indiana University. The comments and findings will be evaluated, and the results will help implement changes as needed to better serve Indiana University.

You can view the 2006 UITS Survey findings at http://www.indiana.edu/~uitssur/.

This week on Sound Medicine

Tune in at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 7, to Sound Medicine, the weekly radio program co-produced by IUSM and WFYI Public Radio (90.1 FM) in Indianapolis. The program is hosted by Barb Lewis. This week's co-hosts are Kathy Miller, MD, David Crabb, MD and Steve Bogdewic, PhD

Guests this week include Meredith Golomb, MD, who will discuss the causes and treatments of strokes in young children. Dr. Golomb is an assistant professor of neurology at IUSM.

The program also will delve into the issues related to human clinical trials -- humans participating in trials of new drugs or medical devices before they are released to the market. Co-host and a veteran of dozens of clinical trials in the field of breast cancer research, Kathy Miller, MD, will talk through the process of how a medical researcher sets up a trial that involves using human test subjects.

In addition, Eric Meslin, PhD, will discuss a recent clinical trial in England that resulted in serious reactions in all six human subjects. Dr. Meslin directs the IU Center for Bioethics. He joins Sound Medicine the first week of every month to discuss current issues in bioethics.

Archived editions of Sound Medicine, as well as other helpful health information, can be found at soundmedicine.iu.edu/

A comprehensive listing on IUSM seminars, lectures and Grand Rounds can be accessed at www.medlib.iupui. edu/calendar. To place items on the Scientific Calendar, please forward them to Iona Sewell at imsewell@iupui. edu.

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● Commencement is Sunday

● Spring House Calls a success

● Spring faculty meeting set for May 16

● All-School Grand Rounds – June 21

● Public health certificate offered

● Deadlines set for promotion recommendations and sabbatical requests

● IUSM to host DNA Repair Symposium

● Adult learning disabilities topic of Crossing Michigan Street series

● Life Sciences Lunch Series – May 16

● Career development event – May 17

● Solutions Conference – May 17

● Physician to the Astronauts to address IUPUI community

● LAMP seminar – June 2

● 2006 symposium to address health and philanthropy

● Chiang Mai medical school seeks collaboration

● 2006 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Competition

● Research and Sponsored Programs begins new e-publication

● Education Research and Development Grants

● NRSA policy change comments sought

● Special care sitter classes offered

● Cystic fibrosis walk – May 20

● Smith named Nurse of the Year

● FACET recipients to be honored in May

● Chancellor’s convocation award recipients

● Honors

● This week on Sound Medicine

● Scientific Calendar online

● Scope submission guidelines Commencement is Sunday

The IUPUI commencement exercises will be Sunday, May 14, beginning at 3 p.m. in the RCA Dome. A total of 5,430 students are eligible to receive degrees, including 258 IU School of Medicine graduates.

Immediately following the all-school exercises, the School of Medicine graduates will gather for a special ceremony to receive their diplomas and recite the Physician’s Oath – a pledge to patients they will serve and uphold the standards of their profession.

For additional details about this year's commencement ceremonies, visit: alumni.iupui.edu/ commencement/2006/.

Spring House Calls a success

More than 150 IUSM students participated in Spring House Calls Saturday, May 6, offering assistance to residents of the Haughville and Blackburn neighborhoods. The volunteers, the biggest turnout in the 10-year history of the program, planted flowers, cut grass, removed weeds, washed windows and performed maintenance on the homes.

To view photos of the event, see www.springhousecalls.com.

Spring faculty meeting set for May 16

Dean D. Craig Brater, MD, will discuss the state of the IU School of Medicine at the spring faculty meeting, which will be 3:30 - 5 p.m. May 16 in the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium. In addition, Daniel F. Evans Jr., president and CEO of Clarian Health Partners, will give a presentation on “Medicaid and the Uninsured Reform…the Massachusetts Model.”

Other agenda items include:

● Faculty Steering Committee report and election results ● Standing committee reports (written reports are available: Academic Standards, Biomedical Research, Clinical Faculty, Contract/Promotions, Community Relations, Curriculum Council, and Promotions and Tenure ● New Business ❍ Scientific Session -- 9/13/06 -- Dean’s Grand Rounds and Scientific Poster Session ❍ Fall Faculty Meeting -- 11/30/06 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Emerson Audito ● Introduction of new President of the Faculty Simon Atkinson, PhD

All-School Grand Rounds – June 21

William Neaves, PhD, president and CEO of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Mo, will present the final All-School Grand Rounds for the academic year 2005-06 on Wednesday, June 21, at 8:30 a.m. in the Emerson Hall auditorium, room 304. Dr. Neaves’ topic will be “Stem Cell Research: Science, Religion and Law.” Faculty, students, residents and fellows are encouraged to attend.

Public health certificate offered

The IU Department of Public Health now offers a one-year certificate in public health for individuals who are seeking an introduction to the core concepts of public health. The certificate program is offered in response to local requests from IU faculty, residents and students and from professionals in the metropolitan area who want to move into the public health arena and strengthen their research skills in population health.

Completion of five core public health courses, two public health seminars, and a community project will lead to an 18-credit graduate certificate in public health from the IU School of Medicine Department of Public Health. Credit from the certificate program can be applied to the MPH Program.

See www.pbhealth.iupui.edu for more information about the new certificate program.