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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
Faculty, staff ID Badges arrive
Identification badges for all OU-COM faculty and staff will be delivered to various college departments during the week of December 15. Badges will be mailed to the CORE sites. CORE personnel are asked to wear the badges when visiting the Athens campus.
Beth Maxon, P.H.R., director of human resources and administrative services, said the badges must be worn at all times while in college buildings.
The badges will identify OU-COM personnel for security purposes and allow access to operate copy machines in OU-COM buildings. Eventually, the badges—which have a magnetic strip on the back—will be used in swipe locks that will be installed on the doors of Grosvenor Hall.
The badges feature a photograph of the employee and his or her name, academic credentials, college name and department or unit affiliation.
If lost or damaged, employees must replace both the OU-COM badge and their OU identification card, Maxon explained, since both are electronically connected. Replacements are available through the technology depot in Baker University Center, room 112.
University showcase connects researchers with venture capitalists
Last week marked Ohio University’s second annual BioVenture Showcase, which exposes university research to venture capitalists and other sources of external funding. OU-COM co-sponsored the day-long event in Walter Hall.
Ohio University alumnus Rick Hawkins, co-founder of Sensus, the company that produced the drug Somavert, delivered the keynote address.
Hawkins created Sensus with OU-COM researcher John Kopchick, Ph.D., Goll-Ohio Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, whose laboratory findings led to Somavert, the drug used to treat the form of gigantism called acromegaly. About 90 percent of OU’s research revenues stem from Somavert licensing fees. OU-COM has received about $1.4 million from those royalties, Dean Jack Brose, D.O., reported earlier this year.
As a result of these royalties, Forbes magazine recently ranked OU fourth in the country for the amount of licensing revenues it generates in relation to its research investment. “I don’t think the university fully understands just how important that list is,” Hawkins said in his speech.
Two OU-COM faculty members presented at the showcase. Frank Schwartz, M.D., associate professor of specialty medicine, talked about artificial intelligence software for diabetes management; and Rathindra Bose, Ph.D., professor of biomedical sciences, discussed new platinum-phosphate anticancer compounds.
For more, read the Research Communications story: http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=532.
ROUNDS takes a holiday
This is the final edition of ROUNDS for 2008! ROUNDS will take a break for the rest of the month, but will return to your e-mail inbox on Monday, Jan. 5.
To be included in the first edition of 2009, please send news and/or announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UAAO auction needs donations
The Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy (UAAO) annual auction, sponsored by the UAAO and the OMM Club, will be held Thursday, Jan. 22, in Baker Center. Please donate items for auction. Items donated in the past include OMM tables, motorcycle riding lessons, text books and baked goods.
RSAC accepting grant applications
The Research and Scholarly Affairs Committee (RSAC) is now accepting applications for its 2008-2009 grants, including:
All OU-COM Group I and Group II faculty are eligible for these awards, provided that they meet the requirements outlined in the 2008-09 RSAC guidelines (see http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/R&G/2008-09%20RSAC%20Grant%20General%20Info.pdf).
Call for poster presentations
The Osteopathic Clinical Research Committee of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians seeks research poster presentations for its annual convention and exhibition March 4-8 in Washington, D.C.
Prizes for original research posters for students and residents include: first place ($500), second place ($250) and third place ($100). For the second category, case reports, one first-place award will be presented for $100. Presenters must attend the poster presentation on March 5.
CALENDAR
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Wayne Carlson, D.O., chair of the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, presents “Dementia Case Studies.”
Research Compliance hosts winter workshops
The Ohio University Office of Research Compliance will host a series of workshops next quarter on the topics of responsible conduct of research, conflict of interest and the use of human and animal subjects in research. Faculty members, graduate students and research staff are invited to attend.
Each session will be offered twice (February dates to follow).
· Conflict of interest
o Thursday, Jan. 15, 9-11 a.m.
· Navigating the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
o Tuesday, Jan. 20, 9-11 a.m.
· Navigating the Institutional Review Board
o Thursday, Jan. 22, 9-11 a.m.
· Responsible conduct of research
o Wednesday, Jan. 28, 9-11 a.m.
All workshops will be held in 102 Research and Technology Center. The sessions are open to the university community. No pre-registration is required.
For more, please call 593.0664, e-mail compliance@ohio.edu or visit the Web at www.research.ohiou.edu/compliance.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit – Zen and the art of teaching
Here are some teaching tips from the book Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds, a leading authority on presentation design and delivery.
Chapter 3: Planning Analog to Prepare:
· For greater focus, try turning off the computer and going analog.
· Slow down your busy mind to see your problem and goals more clearly.
· Find time alone to see the big picture… and lay it out so your audience knows what piece of the puzzle you’re working with/on.
· Use paper and pens or a whiteboard first to record and sketch your ideas (try mind mapping: http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk/).
· Key questions: What’s your main point? Why does it matter?
· If your audience remembers only one thing, what should it be?
· Preparing a detailed handout keeps you from feeling compelled to cram everything into your visuals.
Presentation Zen Web site: www.presentationzen.com
Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OUCOM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or http://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.)
New hires
Please welcome Yunpeng (Will) Wu, M.D., Ph.D., who started December 1 as assistant professor of internal medicine in the Department of Specialty Medicine. Dr. Wu can be temporarily reached in Grosvenor West 056 or 593-2180
Please welcome Joni Koren, D.O., part-time CORE assistant dean at Grandview Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. Starting January 1, you can reach Dr. Koren at 937-723-3957 or Grandview Medical Center, 405 Grand Avenue, Dayton, OH 45405.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
Xenia Gazette (12-10-08)
“New dean to build pharmacy program”
http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=162034&TM=57.379
Research Communications (12-10-08)
“Ohio University hosts second annual BioVenture Showcase”
http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=532
(Features medical research discoveries of John Kopchick, Ph.D., Frank Schwartz, Ph.D. and Rathindra Bose, Ph.D.)
Discovery Channel (12-09-08)
“Sinus-Laden Dino Skulls Reveal Hotheaded Life
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/09/dinosaur-skull-sinus.html
Softpedia (12-09-08)
“Large dinosaurs had a semi-hollow head
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Large-Dinosaurs-Had-A-Semi-hollow-Head-99641.shtml
Science Daily (12-09-08)
“Dinosaurs were airheads”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208114300.htm
The Athens Messenger (12-09-08)
“OU researchers discover dinosaurs' larger-than-expected air cavities”
http://www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2008/12/09/news/doc493e70671888b616558039.txt
(The Messenger requires registration and payment of a subscription/monthly fee to view the full article.)
Outlook (12-09-08)
“Exhibit explores biodiversity change through time.”
http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/08-09/December/224a.cfm
Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following week’s ROUNDS. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593.2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.
Richard Heck
Writer/editor
Office of Communication
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Grosvenor Hall 321
Athens, Ohio 45701-2979
740.593.0896
heckr@ohio.edu