e-Update
December 10,
2002
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ANNIVERSARY ALBUM
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Learn interesting facts about the School of Medicine’s history every two
weeks, as e-Update presents the latest in a special series commemorating our
50th anniversary.
Learn interesting facts about the School of Medicine’s history every
two weeks, as e-Update presents the latest in a special series commemorating
our 50th anniversary.
The innovative Ph.D./M.D. Program at the School of Medicine was the brainchild
of William J. Harrington, M.D., former chairman of the Department of Medicine.
It was designed in 1971 for individuals who already completed Ph.D. training
with a science concentration and wanted to pursue an M.D. degree as well. William
Whelan, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, was the program’s
first director. In its inaugural year, the program accepted 20 students from
a pool of more than 1,000 applicants. The Ph.D./M.D. Program incorporated a
special curriculum that allowed students to earn an M.D. degree in two years,
accounting for their existing knowledge in biological, physical, mathematical,
and engineering disciplines. The program remained active at the School of Medicine
through the late 1980s.
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
--Light the Way for Cancer Research at UM/Sylvester’s Annual Path
of Light Event
--Holiday Paydays and Biweekly Time Sheet Collection Dates Announced
--UM Women’s Commission Collecting Donations for Homeless Shelter
--Reserve Your Seat at UM Convocation Center, Canes Basketball’s New
Venue
--Upcoming Calendar Events
SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH WITH
A WALK DOWN THE PATH OF LIGHT
Students from the College of Engineering and School of Architecture will team
up with the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center this evening, Tuesday,
December 10, for the annual Path of Light ceremony. This emotional event allows
cancer patients and their loved ones to quietly reflect while walking through
a labyrinth of luminaries designed by students. President Donna E. Shalala
and Dean John G. Clarkson will join W. Jarrard Goodwin, M.D., medical director
of UM/Sylvester, at the event, which supports cancer research and will begin
at 5:30 p.m. in the UM/Sylvester courtyard. For more information, contact Kelly
Kaufhold at 305-243-5184 or kkaufhold@miami.edu.
TAKE NOTE OF PAY DAY AND TIME SHEET
COLLECTION DATES AS HOLIDAYS APPROACH
Human Resources clarifies that the December payday for monthly-paid employees
is December 30. Time sheets for biweekly-paid employees for the December 6 – December
19 pay period will be collected on December 16, with payday on December 23.
For more information, visit the pay schedule home page at http://www.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,4074-1;13158-2,00.html.
USED CLOTHING AND TOILETRIES COLLECTED
FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The University of Miami Women’s Commission is sponsoring a gift drive
for A Woman’s Place, a day shelter for homeless women and their children
operated by the Mental Health Association of Miami-Dade County, Inc.. The commission
is collecting toilet articles (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.);
clean, used clothing in good condition; and more. Collection boxes will be
placed at the following locations: Ashe Building lobby; Wellness Center lobby;
Max Orovitz Building lobby; General Counsel Office - Plumer Building; Institute
for Women’s Health - Highland Professional Building, Suite 420, on the
medical campus; and the Rosenstiel School Business Office, Room 110, SLAB.
The boxes will be picked up on December 23. For further information, contact
Celia Pacheco at 305-284-5194 or Nora Matelis at 305-284-2700.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR HURRICANES
BASKETBALL ACTION AT NEW VENUE
A limited number of speciallypriced seats at the UM Convocation Center are
still available for the 2002-03 Hurricanes basketball season. Select
seating will guarantee your place at the opening game versus the North Carolina
Tar Heels on January 4th. To catch all the action or for more information
on employee seating at the Convocation Center, call Dick Sapara at 305-284-4475.
QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPLIANCE?
TWO UM HELPLINES CAN ASSIST YOU
Research integrity concerns? Report concerns regarding research integrity and
adherence to federal or University regulations directly to the Office of the
Vice Provost for Research at 305-243-6415, or you can call the University's
toll-free, anonymous compliance hotline at 866-YOURCALL. Medicare and billing
concerns? Address questions to Third Party Reimbursement/Office of Compliance
at 305-243-HELP or 877-415-HELP. For information about this helpline or training
programs offered by the compliance office, contact Gemma Romillo at 305-243-5842.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
VISITING LECTURER TO DISCUSS
THERAPY OF OPTIC NEUROPATHIES
Giovanni Manfredi, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neuroscience at the
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, visits the School of Medicine
to present “Optic Neuropathies: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches
to Therapy.” The lecture will be held December 12, 5:30 p.m., at the
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Retter Auditorium. Refreshments will be served
at 5 p.m. For more information, call 305-326-6046.
ETHICS PROGRAMS PRESENT LECTURE
ON SCIENCE, ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM
When scientists hold strong beliefs based on their research, should they become
advocates or even activists, promoting institutional or social change? Lee
Crandall, associate chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
will discuss this topic on December 13, noon, in the Rosenstiel Building Pharmacology
Conference Room 6018. The lecture is presented by UM Bioethics Programs as
part of the Dialogues in Research Ethics series. Lunch will be provided. For
more information, call 305-243-5723 or e-mail ethics@miami.edu.
DIRECTOR OF NIH CENTER ON COMPLEMENTARY
MEDICINE TO DELIVER GRAND ROUNDS
Reserve your space today to hear the latest on the current state of complementary
medicine from one of the field’s leaders when Stephen E. Straus, M.D.,
director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
of the National Institutes of Health, visits the School of Medicine. Straus
will discuss “From Promises to Proof: Studying Complementary and Alternative
Medicine,” at an interdisciplinary presentation of Grand Rounds on December
16, noon to 1 p.m., in the James A. Batten Apex Center and Auditorium, seventh
floor of the Lois Pope LIFE Building. (Note that this date and time have been
corrected from previous announcements.) Contact Blanca Fernandez at 305-243-1242
to RSVP.
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