OUAMSA seminar
Tuesday, Nov. 1, noon, I-199. Global Health 101 series on maternal mortality and health.
EM Club, Family Practice Club, SOMA and SOIMA talk
Wednesday, Nov. 2, noon, I-199. Sarah Brown from Lifeline of Ohio will speak on organ and tissue donation. Food provided.
OMM Club, SAAO review
Thursday, Nov. 3, noon, G-118. First-year OMM review.
Class of 2014 officer meeting
Friday, Nov. 5, noon, G-107. Class officer meeting.
OU-HCOM WinterBlast
Wednesday, Dec. 14, noon, Irvine Bricks. Details TBA.
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Send your news, questions, suggestions or corrections by 5 p.m. Wednesday for consideration in the following ROUNDS.
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Diabetes dilemma
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Felicia Nowak, M.D., Ph.D.
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Diabetes is the No. 1 cause of kidney failure and, based on ADA statistics, accounts for 44 percent of all new cases diagnosed annually.
This problem--diabetes-induced kidney disease or diabetic nephropathy--is being studied by a group of OU-HCOM researchers who are looking at the issue from various angles to learn why it occurs, how to prevent it and how to treat it. Read more.
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Bacteriologist to present lecture
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R. Martin Roop, Ph.D.
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R. Martin (Marty) Roop, Ph.D., professor of bacteriology at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, will present a lecture titled "Differential Use of Hem by Brucella abortus in Host Macrophages" at OU-HCOM on Monday, Nov. 7, at 4:10 p.m. in Irvine 159.
Roop earned his doctorate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and conducted postdoctoral study at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. His visit is sponsored by the OU-HCOM Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Academic & Research Center artist to lecture Nov. 9
Alyson Shotz, the New York City-based artist whose work is featured in the Academic & Research Center living room atrium, will lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. in Irvine 194. A reception will follow from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the ARC living room.
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"Angle of Incidence"
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The work of Shotz, whose lecture is titled "The Ethereal Invisible Intangible," has appeared at New York City's Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, Atlanta's High Museum of Art, Harvard and Yale universities, and other institutions. Her ARC hanging sculpture "Angle of Incidence" was commissioned and paid for by the state of Ohio's Percent for Art program. The program provides one percent of the total appropriation for artwork whenever the Ohio legislature appropriates more than $4 million for a public
building.
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Steven Brose, D.O. ('05), told OU-HCOM students that physical medicine and rehabilitation is one of the best fields to pursue if they're interested in improving quality of life.
Brose, who spoke for the Career Medical Specialties Series on Friday, Oct. 21, is a spinal cord injury physiatrist and attending physician at the Louise Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Center. He sat down with ROUNDS for a question and answer session about his specialty. The interview is now available on the college website.
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RSAC deadline for 2012 proposals approaching
The deadline for submitting proposals to the Research and Scholarly Advancement Committee (RSAC) is Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Included in the call for proposals are positions for postdoctoral research associates and laboratory technician/research assistants to begin on July 1, 2012. Guidelines for the proposals are available at the RSAC website.
For additional information or questions, contact RSAC Chairman Pat O'Connor, Ph.D., associate professor of neurosicence/anatomical science, or Jessica Wingett, CPS/CAP, manager, Office of Research and Grants.
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Call for abstracts for OOA Symposium
Abstracts are being accepting for the second annual Regional Osteopathic Poster Exhibition and Competition, sponsored by OU-HCOM, the CORE, and the OOA. Abstracts will be accepted from students, interns/residents, faculty, medical administrators and practicing physicians from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the competition, which will be held Saturday, April 21 at the Columbus Hilton at Easton Town Center as part of the annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium.
The competition will feature three categories: clinical/biomedical research, case reports, and health policy/educational issues, the latter of which is restricted to faculty and administrators.
Students, interns and residents only are eligible for a $1,000 first prize and a $500 second prize in the clinical/biomedical research and case reports categories. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and are due by Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
For information, contact Karen Collins, CORE research grant writer/editor, at 740.593.2322.
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Medical students: Apply for the Sybert Orthopaedic Medicine Research Award
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Applications are being accepted for the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute's (OMNI) Sybert Scholar Orthopaedic Medicine Research Award.
The award, which is made possible by the generosity of alumnus Daryl Sybert, D.O. ('86), provides selected OU-HCOM medical students with funding to pursue basic science and clinical research and scholarly activities. Recipients of the award pursue independent research under faculty direction on projects that have the potential to make a significant contribution to the field of orthopaedics.
The award can be up to $5,000 to assist students with direct research costs, publication and professional travel expenses. All OU-HCOM students and fellows are eligible to apply. Applications are due by Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Contact Brian Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and OMNI director and principal investigator, for information on how to submit a proposal.
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human resource office news
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Allen Reed is the new Director of Medical Informatics. His new position became effective Saturday, Oct. 1. He can be reached at Ridges Building 20, 343, or 740.593.2168.
Effective Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, the status for Joe Bianco, Ph.D., assistant professor of social medicine, has changed from Group III to Group II. You can reach Bianco in Grosvenor Hall 308 or 740.593.2130.
Effective Monday, Nov. 1, Steve Walkowski, D.O. ('89), assistant professor of OMM in the Department of Family Medicine, has accepted a new role as assistant dean for the Southeast Ohio CORE, which includes O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, and Marietta Memorial Hospital. He can be reached at Grosvenor Hall 248 or 740.593.2231.
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Assistant dean new AOCA president
Dennis E. Kane, D.O., CORE assistant dean at
South Pointe Hospital, was inducted as president of the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists (AOCA) on Tuesday, Sept. 20. His term runs for one year.
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