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NEWS
OU-COM helps fight cancer in Relay for Life
OU-COM staffers once again plan to participate in the 25th annual Athens County Relay For Life all-night event to benefit The American Cancer Society. They encourage other OU-COM students, staff and faculty to join them. Among OU-COM participants are:
Tipton, Pendergast and Smith are all cancer survivors.
Relay For Life is an overnight event during which more than 3.5 million people from 4,900 communities across the country come together in teams and camp out around local tracks or paths. At all times during the relays, a representative of each team walks or runs around the track to honor the lives of cancer survivors, remember lost loved ones and help fight cancer by raising money and awareness.
The Athens County Relay for Life will be held at Alexander High School’s football field and track, Friday, July 10 – Saturday, July 11. The event features entertainment, food, games and other activities.
The five OU-COM staff members will assist with several pre-event fundraising activities, including the sale of candy bars for $1 each and luminary bags honoring cancer victims and survivors for $10 each. A raffle of Longaberger basket items will also take place in July.
Next Wednesday, July 8, the women will host a donation lunch of “tacos in a bag” and baked goods in the lobby of the Department of Specialty Medicine, Grosvenor West, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Relay for Life event planners are also collecting canned food to donate to the Athens County Food Pantry. The cans first will be used to hold candles in luminary bags lining the track.
More OOA Convention highlights
Constance P. Cashen, D.O., CORE clinical professor of general surgery at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, received the Trustees Award at the 111th annual Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) Convention earlier this month. The award is given periodically for dedicated service to the OOA.
Also, two OU-COM students placed in the OOA-CORE Research Poster Exhibition & Competition’s case report category. Family Medicine Fellow Rachel Holt took first place with her presentation, “Stiff person syndrome followed by latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood,” while Kevin Baxter, OMS II, tied for second with his poster, “Panretinal acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.” Holt won $1,000 and Baxter, $500.
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/OOA2009/index.htm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Subjects needed for research study on nervous system
The Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory is seeking men and women between the ages of 58 and 85 years old to participate in a research study investigating neural differences between young and older adults.
Participation requires completing a testing session that will assess your body’s neuromuscular function. Financial compensation is provided for participating in this study.
RSAC calls for proposals
The Research & Scholarly Advancement Committee (RSAC) is calling for research grant proposals for fiscal year 2009-10. Please note the following guidelines:
CALENDAR
Independence Day Observed
Ohio University will be officially closed the day before Independence Day.
· Holiday observed: Friday, July 3
Relay for Life lunch
Support the Athens County Relay for Life by attending a donation lunch of tacos and baked goods.
· Event: Wednesday, July 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., lobby of Department of Specialty Medicine, Grosvenor West
Athens County Relay for Life
Relay For Life is the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. Please join the local event for a night of food and fun, and help fight cancer.
CORE Welcome Dinner
This event is by invitation only.
· Event: Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m., Baker University Center
SURF closing presentations
The conclusion of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program will feature lunch presentations by SURF fellows.
· Event: Monday, July 27, noon to 3 p.m., Grosvenor and Irvine Halls
Convocation/White Coat Ceremony
Welcome the Class of 2013 with us at the annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony.
· Event: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2 p.m., Memorial Auditorium (NOTE NEW TIME)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gone Fishing
Faculty Development Tidbit is taking the month of June off. It will return next week.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
Inside OME (June 2009 - Vol. 2, No. 6)
“Campuses celebrate graduations”
www.aacom.org/resources/ome/2009-06/Pages/graduations.aspx
Lancaster Eagle Gazette (6-25-09)
“FMC takes step toward becoming a ‘teaching hospital’”
www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20090625/NEWS01/906250301
(Fairview Medical Center in Lancaster will launch a family practice residency in July 2010. OU-COM co-sponsors the program.)
OUTLOOK (6-24-09)
“College alumni lead national exam scores”
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/comlex/
Athens Messenger (6-20-09)
“OU-COM alumni earn high scores”
(The article was not posted on The Messenger web site, but can be found on page 3 of the Saturday, June 20, 2009, edition)
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