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NEWS
Brose delivers State of the College address; Award of Excellence winners announced
Despite uncertainty over future state funding, Dean Jack Brose, D.O., outlined 15 areas of focus and growth for next year.
After highlighting both the achievements and financial challenges faced by the college during the past year, Brose concluded his annual State of the College address with the areas in which the college must continue to strive to achieve success.
“It’s been a fantastic year, an exciting year, and a trying year. It’s never been boring,” Brose said.
Brose also announced the winners of this year’s Award of Excellence winners. For the first time in college history, one of the awards went to a CORE clinical faculty member, Robert Cain, D.O., (’88), clinical professor of Pulmonology, program director of Internal Medicine and DME at Grandview Medical Center in Dayton. The other winners include:
A full account of the dean’s address and more about the award winners will be posted on the OU-COM website later today.
IPAC receives federal grant
A community-university health partnership that includes OU-COM received one of 12 grants awarded nationally to promote the health and wellness of children eight years old and younger. The local funding, which comes through the Ohio Departments of Health and Mental Health, will benefit more than 11,000 children living in Athens, Hocking, Vinton and Meigs Counties.
Project LAUNCH—Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children—is a federal project administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, to increase and address the physical, emotional, social, cognitive and behavioral aspects of child development.
The local non-profit children’s health network Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC), in partnership with the Ohio Departments of Health and Mental Health, has secured $4.25 million—$850,000 per year for five years—to fund “Project LAUNCH for Appalachia Ohio.” Ohio University will receive $705,500 annually to implement to the local project developed by IPAC.
Witmer presents on campus, appears on National Geographic Channel
Lawrence Witmer, Ph.D., professor of anatomy, will present “Fleshing Out Dinosaur Evolution” at the Baker University Center Front Room Café Wednesday, Oct. 14, as part of Ohio University’s new Science Café series. The free presentation begins at 5 p.m. and is open to the university community and general public.
Witmer often appears on television shows and documentaries on both the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel, where he speaks as an expert on prehistoric anatomy. Over the next week, five National Geographic Channel programs will feature interviews with Witmer.
Witmer, professor of anatomy and Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently awarded a $180,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his work on “Brain evolution in archosaurs: New implications for scaling, function, and the evolution of the modern conditions in birds and crocodilians.”
Witmer also will be a guest on WOUB television’s Newswatch program on Friday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deadline set for AOA poster production
Students and faculty members presenting posters at this year’s American Osteopathic Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 in New Orleans, must submit them to OU-COM’s design services by Monday, Oct. 26.
Templates for posters, submission information and requirements can all be found on the communication design research page, www.oucom.ohiou.edu/communications/posters2009.htm.
Large work files, posters and/or poster files can also be submitted to Danette Pratt, graphic artist and biomedical illustrator, at an FTP dropbox account at http://dropbox.yousendit.com/DanettePratt11894102 by following the instructions at the site.
CALENDAR
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Jen-Tzer Gau, M.D., assistant professor geriatrics, will present “Recent excitement with vitamin D.”
· Presentation: Monday, Oct. 19, noon, O’Bleness Medical Education Conference room 014, or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference.
Chilly Open Golf Outing
For a $30/person registration fee, participants receive nine holes of golf, a golf cart, food and refreshments before and after the tournament, and prizes. Submit registration forms and payments to Graham Johnson, OMS II or Kevin McAninch, OMS II. Make checks payable to SOIMA,
International Programs Fair
Displays will be set up for each of OU-COM’s international programs. Program directors and past participants will be available to talk about their experiences and answer questions.
Family Medicine Residency Information Session
Join us for an evening of dinner, speakers, roundtable discussions and tours at the Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster Wednesday, Oct. 21. Please contact Janice Brenstuhl, medical education coordinator with questions or to RSVP at 740.687.8651 or janiceb@fmchealth.org.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The three main parts of a lecture include:
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Summary
The introduction should capture the attention and interest of the students. It should also inform students of the instructor’s expectations and encourage a positive learning climate.
Once attention has been captured, the instructor can then make a smooth transition into the body of the lecture.
From www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6training/lecture/delivering_lecture.htm. Source: Sullivan and Wircenski 1996.
Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OU-COM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or 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.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
WOUB (10-09-09)
“Promoting health and wellness for local children”
The Post (10-09-09)
“Health Center acquires new leadership”
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=29391
OUTLOOK (10-09-09)
“$3.5 million for local children’s health and wellness network”
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/ProjectLAUNCH/
OUTLOOK (10-09-09)
“Witmer presents next Science Café, appears on National Geographic Channel”
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/ProjectLAUNCH/
Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following ROUNDS. If you have questions, suggestions or corrections, 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