Welcome to ROUNDS!
This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
The ROUNDS archive is here.
NEWS
Scholarship created in memory of ComCorps volunteer
A scholarship fund has been created in memory of James David Ball, 23, a volunteer with OU-COM’s ComCorps program. Ball, a 2008 graduate of the College of Health and Human Services, died last week from injuries sustained from an accidental fall at his residence.
The James D. Ball Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide paid internships for OHIO students in the Athens City/County Health Department, where Ball was working as a ComCorps volunteer.
Donations can be made c/o the Ohio University College of Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 869, Athens, Ohio, 45701.
Researcher honored by trustees
Leonard Kohn, M.D., J.O. Watson, D.O. Endowed Research Chair, was appointed Emeritus Distinguished Senior Research Scientist by the OHIO Board of Trustees at their meeting last month. Kohn conducts research at the Konneker Research Center and the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Make a wish come true
All OU-COM students, faculty and staff members are invited to help needy children and connect with the Athens community for Christmas.
Choose an ornament from the Athens County Children Services “Giving Tree” in the OU-COM Office of Student Affairs. Each ornament lists the name, age and wish list of a needy child. The Giving Tree is sponsored by Student Affairs and Sigma Sigma Phi.
CALENDAR
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Julie Suhr, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, will talk about “The importance of cardiovascular health to development of dementia.”
· Medical Education Conference Room 014 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, or via videoconference in Grosvenor West 029.
· Today, Nov. 17, noon
Financial Wellness
Meghan McHale Bilardo, from the EAP/Work Life Program, and guest financial advisor Cory Corrigan will define steps for financial wellness and review common financial concerns. Topics include reducing debt, holiday budgeting and preparing for the future.
· Register online at http://seminars.admsrv.ohio.edu/seminars/menu.cfm.
· Wednesday, Dec. 3, noon to 2 p.m.
Managing Stress
This workshop discusses how stress impacts health, relationships and job performance, in addition to stress management techniques.
· Register online at http://seminars.admsrv.ohio.edu/seminars/menu.cfm.
· Thursday, Dec. 4, noon to 2 p.m.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit—Male and female brains are different:
· The X chromosome (men have one, and women have two—though one acts as backup) is a cognitive “hot spot,” carrying an unusually large number of genes involved in brain manufacture. Women are genetically more complex, because the active X chromosomes in their cells are a mix of mom’s and dad’s, whereas men’s X chromosomes all come from mom, and their Y chromosomes carry less than 100 genes each, compared with about 1,500 for the X chromosome.
· Men’s and women’s brains are different structurally and biochemically. For example, men have bigger amygdalae, neuron bundles involved in the processing and memory of emotional reactions, and they produce serotonin faster.
· Men and women respond differently to acute stress: women activate the left hemisphere’s amygdala and remember the emotional details. Men use the right amygdala and get the gist.
-Summary of Rule #11 “Male and female brains are different” from “Brain Rules” by John Medina (www.brainrules.net).
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.
(Faculty Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve Davis, Ph.D., director of faculty development, and assistant directors Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
LimaOhio.com (11.15.08)
“ONU pharmacy students provide medical counseling in Kenya”
http://www.limaohio.com/news/students_30882___article.html/haselman_game.html
(Ohio Northern University students will accompany OU-COM students to Kenya later this month.)
Outlook.com (11.14.08)
“Memorial service planned for recent graduate”
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/ball/
The Register Herald (11.13.08)
“Candidates for WVSOM president visit campus”
http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_318214256.html
(One of the candidates is Michael Adelman, D.O., former assistant regional dean and associate dean of academic affairs at OU-COM.)
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.