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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.

 

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NEWS

OU-COM research receives NIH grant to develop drug

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.6 million grant to a research team led by Leonard Kohn, M.D., CEO of the Interthyr Corporation, to develop a new drug that potentially could treat pancreatic cancer and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes. The project received its funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and aims to stimulate economic development in Ohio.
            Kohn, who recently retired as the J.O. Watson Endowed Diabetes Research Chair at OU-COM and Distinguished Senior Research Scientist at the Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI), will work with researchers from OU-COM, EBI, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Preliminary lab studies have shown that the drug can slow the growth of cancer cells and effectively treat various autoimmune-inflammatory diseases.

Other OU-COM-affiliated researchers involved in this work include Kelly McCall, Ph.D., co-principle investigator on the grant and assistant professor of specialty medicine; Frank Schwartz, M.D., professor of specialty medicine; Ramiro Malgor, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences; and Mitchell J. Silver, D.O. (’89), F.A.C.C., interventional cardiologist with the Ohio Health Medical Specialty Foundation in Columbus.

• For more, go to www.ohio.edu/research/communications/interthyr_sttr.cfm.

 

OU-COM professor transforms national publication

The 2009 May/June issue of the Osteopathic Family Physician News was a tabloid-sized newsletter featuring updates on the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), news on medical policy and patient care, and one scientific article.

The very next issue, renamed simply Osteopathic Family Physician, was a nationally peer-reviewed medical journal consisting mainly of scholarly articles—the first to focus exclusively on osteopathic family practice research.

Jay Shubrook, D.O. (’96), of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM), took on the role of editor-in-chief of the Osteopathic Family Physician, the official publication of the ACOFP, in March 2009. During his first few months as editor, the associate professor of family medicine oversaw the nine-year-old newsletter’s transformation to a scholarly medical journal, a work begun by previous editor Joel Kase, D.O., M.P.H.

“(This publication) represents the best of osteopathic family medicine within our profession, including topics like preventive medicine, managed care, osteopathic principles, public health, medical education and practice management,” Shubrook said.

·         Look for full story later today on OU-COM home page.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are being accepted for the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) and CORE 2010 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition at the spring OOA Annual Convention, to be held at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Students, interns, residents, faculty members, medical administrators and practicing physicians may participate in the poster exhibition. Please submit 250-word abstracts on clinical/biomedical research, case reports, and health policy or educational issues.

The poster exhibition Saturday, May 1, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be open to all convention participants. Presenters must stand by their posters from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

            The poster competition is restricted to students, interns and residents presenting clinical or biomedical research and case reports. In each category, $1,000 will be awarded for 1^st prize and $500 for 2^nd prize. Judging will take place Saturday, May 1, at 9 a.m.

Submit abstracts (250 words or less) to April Vale at valea@ohio.edu.

• Deadline for abstracts: Sunday, Jan. 31 (Acceptance letters by Friday, Feb. 19).

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

Tammy Hawk, L.S.W., will present “Dealing with loss during the holidays.”

·         Presentation: TODAY, Dec. 7, noon, O’Bleness Medical Education Conference room 014, or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference

 

International research showcased

Learn about the research results from last summer’s El Salvador international trip, and get ideas for future research projects.

Projects include studies on diabetes, HIV, stomach inflammation/ulcers, lead levels, and vascular disease.

Bring your own lunch.

• Event: Wednesday, Dec. 9, noon, Irvine 194

 

Neuromuscular function workshop

The Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Research (INR) will host a workshop Wednesday on human neuromuscular function. The workshop allows INR researchers to share their related expertise with college faculty, staff and students. Lunch will be provided.

RSVP to Richard Hoffman, M.S., research assistant, at hoffman@oucom.ohiou.edu. For information, contact Brian Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor neuromuscular biology, at clarkb2@ohio.edu.

·         Event: Wednesday, Dec. 9, noon to 2 p.m., GW-111

 

Holiday happening

Only five days remain to make reservations for this year’s annual Winter BLAST, which features turkey, ham, traditional sides and potluck desserts. A variety of games, including poker, will be played.

Cost is $5 prior to the event, $7 at the door and $3 if you bring a potluck dessert to share.

Make reservations by Friday, Dec. 11, with Mike Yeager, administrative coordinator, in G-228 or at 593-9300.

·         Event: Wednesday, Dec. 16, noon, Irvine Bricks

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit: Superficial or incomplete knowledge

            How do you let students know the difference between superficial knowledge and deeper understanding?

• Make it clear that the standard of knowing is the ability to explain the concept to others, not the ability to understand the concept when it is explained by others.
• Require students to articulate knowledge in writing or orally, thereby revealing what they don’t quite understand. A good method is to have students pair off and take turns explaining main ideas to each other. Observe the pairs and call on a few to share with the class.
• Begin each day (or selected days) with a written self-test. Then, go over the answers together. To get an accurate assessment of memory, each student must see whether he or she can independently recollect it.
• Ask students to do self-tests at home or in preparing for examinations, either alone or with partners/small groups.
• Help students prepare for exams with study guides. All students need help identifying the core information to be tested.

From http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/winter03-04/HowToHelp.html

Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OU-COM & CORE faculty development web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or www.ohiocore.org/cf/index.htm. If you have a great strategy that seems to always work, please send it to me, and I’ll include it in a future Faculty Development Tidbit.

Tidbits courtesy of your Office of Faculty Development, with Steve Davis, Ph.D.; Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D.; and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.

 

 

OU-COM IN THE NEWS

The Athens Messenger (12-07-09)

“Organization aims to aid parents, children”

www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2009/12/07/news/doc4b1cffdf51793904719913.txt

 

The Athens News (12-06-09)

“OU-COM associate dean named Distinguished Osteopathic Surgeon”

www.athensnews.com/specials/good-health/29838-ou-com-associate-dean-named-distinguished-osteopathic-surgeon

 

Outlook (12-04-09)

“Scientists receive $2.6 million grant to develop novel drug for cancer, autoimmune disease”

www.ohio.edu/research/communications/interthyr_sttr.cfm

 

 

Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following ROUNDS. If you have questions, suggestions or corrections, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593.2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.