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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
Appalachian Health Care Access Project wins federal grant
The Appalachian Health Care Access Project received an $189,677 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services last week.
According to co-principal investigator, Jane Hamel-Lambert, Ph.D., director of interdisciplinary mental health, the grant will expand preventive health services and improve understanding of regional health needs.
In addition to increasing screenings for breast, cervical and colon cancer, the project will enhance chronic illness management and health education through the Ohio Free Clinic and the Diabetes and Endocrine Center.
The money also will be used to conduct a seven-county Health Needs Assessment Survey, building on previous OU-COM surveys of ten other Appalachian Ohio counties. Once completed, the surveys will inform targeted health interventions.
This project represents collaboration among OU-COM’s Community Health Programs and its Appalachian Rural Health Institute, as well as the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs.
Ross-Lee, Purdy honored as “Great Pioneers”
Among “Great Pioneers” recognized this month at the American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, were two physicians with connections to OU-COM.
Former dean Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., and college advocate Ruth Purdy, D.O., F.A.C.O.I., were among 37 D.O.s distinguished by the AOA as pioneers in the clinical, educational and political areas of osteopathic medicine.
To read the article about Ross-Lee, Purdy and the other AOA Great Pioneers, visit The D.O. magazine at:
https://www.do-online.org/pdf/pub_do0708pioneers.pdf.
Witmer appears in two History Channel shows this week
Larry Witmer, Ph.D., professor of anatomy, will appear in two History Channel shows this week:
· “Prehistory Monsters Revealed” today, Mon. July 28, 9-11 p.m.
· “Jurassic Fight Club” premiere tomorrow, Tues. July 29, 9-10 p.m.
“Prehistory Monsters Revealed,” a two-hour documentary, interviewed Witmer about extinct flying reptiles, extinct gigantic predatory birds and the Komodo dragon.
The premiere of “Jurassic Fight Club,” a new weekly History Channel series, features Witmer in his Life Sciences Building lab. He was interviewed for several first-season episodes. OU-COM also contributed computer graphics of the brains of more than a dozen dinosaurs.
For more information, go to http://www.history.com/minisites/jurassic-fight-club.
CORE responds to accidental data incident
The CORE has removed a Web document that inadvertently contained personal information belonging to individuals who have provided academic programming for the medical education consortium. Within one week of learning of the incident, the CORE identified, sent information to and developed informational and credit-monitoring resources for the presenters affected.
For more information, go to http://ohiocore.org/news/COREResponds.htm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Proposals: NIH Pre-Review Program
OU-COM’s NIH Pre-Review Program, which began in 2005, assists groups I and II faculty in developing successful NIH research proposals, utilizing constructive critiques from experts across the nation.
Fabian Benencia, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunology, who previously participated, said the assistance proved beneficial in receiving an NIH grant. “It’s a wonderful program. It helped me a lot—especially before going to the NIH—because it gave me a lot of feedback.”
· Proposal deadline: Fri., August 15
· Submit proposals via e-mail to Rengarajan Balaji, research grants development coordinator: balaji@ohio.edu.
Call for Posters: International osteopathic medicine
The AOA Bureau on International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (BIOMEA) is holding their 10th Annual International Seminar: “American Osteopathic Medicine: Establishing International Freedom,” Sun., Oct. 26 in conjunction with the AOA’s 113th Annual Convention & Scientific Seminar in Las Vegas, Nev.
The BIOMEA seminar will feature a poster session on international medical training, research and clinical work of osteopathic students, interns, residents and physicians.
To enter, submit a 500-word abstract of your international experience and presentation, along with a completed application. Applicants will sit on a panel and discuss their posters and international experiences.
· Application deadline: Fri., Aug. 29
· For more info., contact Joshua Kerr, asst. dir. of international affairs, at jkerr@osteopathic.org or 800.621.1773 ext. 8196.
CALENDAR
Free reading of Biechler’s play
“Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver,” an original play written by Merri Biechler, graduate assistant for academic affairs, will be read next Monday at Irvine Hall.
The play, which centers on a young woman who returns home to care for her terminally ill father, has been used as a teaching tool for OU-COM medical students. It won the 2007 Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award and was a finalist for both the 2007 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award and the Princess Grace Award.
A reading of “Confessions” was staged earlier this summer at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville.
Biechler earned her MFA in playwriting from Ohio University in 2007.
Creating a curriculum vitae
A workshop about creating a curriculum vitae and the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) process will be held Wed., Aug. 6, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Irvine 194. (Lunch will be provided.)
Open House: Clinical Training & Assessment Center
OU-COM faculty and staff are invited to visit the Clinical Training and Assessment Center Thurs., July 31. Pam Henderson, the center’s supervisor, will provide tours of its 12 examination rooms, which first- and second-year medical students use for assigned clinical encounters.
Community members serve as simulation patients, portraying scenarios and illness that the medical student may encounter by interview or history/physical examination. Refreshments will be served.
· Thursday, July 31, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Irvine 225.
· Registration not necessary; just stop by.
An Introduction to the Care of the Older Adult
Allison Batchelor, M.D., associate professor of geriatrics, will talk about caring for older adults. She will include a definition of aging and the four primary goals of geriatric care.
· Mon. Aug. 4, noon to 1 p.m.
· Medical Conference Room 014 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital and Grosvenor West 029 on the OU-COM campus
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gerardo speaks at health research seminar
Michael P. Gerardo, D.O., assistant professor of geriatrics, has been invited to present "Quality, Language, and Culture: Hispanic Nursing Home and Care” as part of the 7th annual Health Research Seminar (HSR) series, July 25, at the Center for Health Care and Policy Research-Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
He presented the same lecture to the medical faculty at University Health Sciences in San Antonio, Texas on July 8.
Staff changes
Nancy Cooper has accepted the full-time term Coordinator of Health Policy Fellowship. You can continue to reach Nancy in Grosvenor Hall 307 or at 3-2017.
Please welcome Betty Woodley, administrative assistant in the Office of Student Affairs. As of today, July 28, you can reach Betty in Grosvenor Hall 014 or 3-2156.
Faculty Development Tidbit: Educational Variety Hour
Use a variety of activities: demonstrations, experiential activities, drawing, specific critical thinking skills, writing, group think, fill-in-the-blank, games, panel, guests, audience response system, question writing, etc.
You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your faculty development web resource site: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm.
If you have a great strategy that seems to always work, send it to me. I’ll include it in a future Faculty Development Tidbit (all Faculty Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve Davis, Ph.D., director of faculty development.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
“Personal data put online in error”
“OU-COM affiliate mistakenly releases personal information”
http://www.athensmessenger.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=273&ArticleID=11497
“CORE responds to accidental data incident”
http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/index.cfm
(Versions of this story have appeared in about 25 regional media outlets and in the Chronicle of Higher Education.)
Athens News (7-24-08)
“Big breakthrough in brain science has OU connection”
(Story about Chance Spalding, OMS III)
Ironton Tribune (7-23-08)
Woman inspired to go into medicine
http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2008/07/23/news/local07.txt
(Story about Amanda McConnell, D.O.)
Athens Messenger (7-22-08)
Community center may get $250K
http://www.athensmessenger.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=273&ArticleID=11460&TM=39050.2
(Story about an upcoming community center in Glouster—mentions OU-COM health screenings.)
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.