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NEWS
OU-COM students take top three spots in research contest
Students from OU-COM swept the top three places in an American Osteopathic Association (AOA) research contest for the association’s upcoming international medical research seminar.
Catalina Soto, OMS II; Kimberly Jackson, OMS III; and Amy Zidron, Ph.D., OMS III, took first through third places, respectively, in the pre-event abstract contest for the AOA’s Bureau on International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (BIOMEA) 10th Annual International Seminar.
This year’s seminar will take place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas as part of the annual AOA convention. All three of these OU-COM students’ posters will be on display at the seminar. Zidron and Jackson have both won research awards at previous BIOMEA seminars.
· Soto, whose first-place project was funded through the CORE Research Office, presented “Prevalence of lead poisoning and lead-induced anemia among Salvadorian children.” As first-place awardee, Soto will address the seminar attendees regarding her experiences in El Salvador.
· Jackson, second-place winner, presented “Socioeconomic status contributes to a nutrition transition in rural Kenya from 2005 to 2007.”
· Zidron took third place with her presentation, “The impact of orphanhood on Luo children.”
(Look for this full story on the OU-COM homepage tomorrow.)
OU-COM faculty research presented at national conference
Brian C. Clark Ph.D., assistant professor of neuromuscular biology, and his research assistant, Richard L. Hoffman, M.S., discussed their findings – that women may take longer to heal from bone fractures than men – at the Integrative Biology of Exercise Meeting hosted by the American Physiology Society (APS) in South Carolina last week.
Clark and Hoffman, both of the OU-COM Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Research, collaborated on the study with David W. Russ, Ph.D., of the OU College of Health and Human Services, and Todd M. Manini, Ph.D., of the University of Florida.
According to Clark, the discrepancy in muscle strength recovery between men and women may relate to how sex-specific hormones regulate the growth of muscle mass.
A report of their preliminary data will appear in an upcoming issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
For the full story release, go to http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/clarkstudy08/.
Yang Li, Ph.D., and team secure NIH grant for skin cancer research
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences Yang Li, Ph.D., is collaborating with Ohio University biochemists to delve deeper into the relationship between ultraviolet (UV) radiation and skin cancer. Their research recently received a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), marking the fourth NIH-supported research project involving OU-COM faculty so far this calendar year.
For the full story, go to http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/stories/linih/.
IPAC celebrates growth, successes
September 25 marked the Sunrise Celebration, an appreciation breakfast for Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC), a regional network of organizations committed to improving children’s mental health.
The non-profit network includes local families; fourteen community agencies in Athens, Hocking, Meigs and Vinton Counties; and several Ohio University departments and clinics, including OU-COM’s Department of Family Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Area Health Education Center and Community Health Programs.
IPAC participants work together to assist families, better screen early childhood mental health risks and eliminate redundant efforts, said Jane Hamel-Lambert, M.B.A., Ph.D., IPAC president and OU-COM director of interdisciplinary mental health education.
IPAC began coming together in 2003 and gained rapid momentum last fall when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded them a three-year, $540,000 grant through its federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Rural Health Policy.
For the full story, go to http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/stories/ipac08/.
Visiting alum launches Career Medical Specialties series
Variety, flexibility and a team-oriented approach make physical medicine and rehabilitation a rewarding specialty, according to John Walter, D.O. (’00).
On Thursday, Sept. 25, Walter’s noon address to first- and second-year students kicked off this year’s Career Medical Specialties series. Unlike last year, when the entire series took place in the same week, this year’s lectures will spread out across the academic year, said Jill Harman, M.Ed., director of alumni affairs.
Walter noted that this relatively new specialty started after the end of World War II to deal with multiple traumatic injuries suffered by soldiers returned from battle. To deal with such compound conditions, doctors needed a more comprehensive approach to treating the patients, he said.
For the full story, go to http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/stories/cmsw08/.
Scenes from the summer at OU-COM
This summer we welcomed new students, trained future students and ramped up research efforts. If you haven’t yet seen the summer OU-COM photo slideshow, check it out here: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/multimedia/eoqsummer08/.
CALENDAR
State of the College Address
Dean Jack A. Brose, D.O., State of the College Address
· Wednesday, Oct. 1, 3 p.m., Irvine 194
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Still time to register for health care technology conference
Registration continues this week for the 2nd annual RHIOhio conference, Oct. 13 and 14, at Baker University Center.
This year’s “RHIOhio: Building Partnerships for Change” conference features a clinical track focused on barriers to diabetes care in Appalachian Ohio. The clinical diabetes track, organized by the Appalachian Rural Health Institute Diabetes Center at OU-COM, is targeted for community health professionals and educators and will take place on Oct. 13.
General discussions at this year’s conference will center on the integration of health information technology into rural communities and the effect such technology can have on economic development and job creation.
Keynote speaker for this year’s conference is Aneesh Chopra, Virginia secretary of technology. Chopra leads Virginia’s strategy to leverage technology in government reform, promoting the state’s innovation agenda and fostering technology-related economic development, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship.
The conference registration fee is $150, $50 for students, and includes admission to all general and breakout sessions, conference meals and the vendor exhibition area for both days. Financial assistance and scholarships are available.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: Check Out AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL
You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your faculty development Web resource site (www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm) and/or the CORE faculty development Web site (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., USAF Major (Ret), director of faculty development, and CORE faculty development coordinators Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)
Staffer changes postition
Traci Winchell has accepted the position of administrative associate in the Department of Social Medicine under Norman Gevitz, Ph.D. As of Oct. 6, you can contact Ms. Winchell in Grosvenor 304 or at 593-4694.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
Science Daily (9-26-08)
“Broken arm? Women recover muscle strength more slowly than men, after cast is removed”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925072426.htm
Outlook (9-25-08)
“Women recover muscle strength more slowly than men”
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/clarkstudy08/
Outlook (9-24-08)
“Research Day 2008 boosts record involvement”
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/stories/researchday08/
Bio-Medicine (9-25-08)
“Women recover muscle strength more slowly than men”
Women’s Health Matters (9-25-08)
“Women recover slower from fractures than men do”
http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/news/news_show.cfm?number=988175950
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