WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK STARTS NEW SERIES
“ Weight Watchers at Work” will be starting a new series Friday.
The meetings take place at noon on Fridays on the second floor of the Jackson
Orthopedic and Spinal Rehab Unit, 1611 NW 12th Ave. For more information, please
contact Alisa Priscaly at 305-585-6985.
FAST QUANT TWO-DAY WET LABORATORY WORKSHOP
The Laboratory for Clinical and Biological Studies and Schleicher & Schuell
BioScience Inc. will host a Fast Quant Two-Day Wet Laboratory Workshop. The
workshop will demonstrate how to quantify multiple cytokines all at once
in your lab with protein microarrays in a familiar ELISA footprint. The wet
laboratory workshop is tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Suite 118 of the
Fox Building. Thursday there will be a lecture on Fast Quant System Solution & Sample
Results from 10 a.m. to noon. Lunch will be provided. To register, please
contact Renee Stanford at 305-243-2010, by fax at 305-243-2013, or by e-mail
at rstanford@med.miami.edu.
Limited space is available.
FACULTY SENATE MEETING
There will be a Faculty Senate meeting tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in
the James W. McLamore Executive Center, Jenkins School of Business Administration
Annex, third floor dining room on the Coral Gables campus. All faculty members
are welcome to attend. Visit the Senate Web page http://www.miami.edu/FacultySenate for
more information.
NEXTEL REPRESENTATIVES COMING
Representatives from Nextel will be in the purchasing conference room, third
floor of the Rehabilitation Center, tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Employees
can stop by with questions about billing and service for Nextel phones
and Blackberry personal data assistants, learn about special offers, and
see new products. For more information, please call Medical IT at 305-243-5999.
CALL FOR SCIENTIFIC POSTER SESSION
All faculty and other interested professionals are invited to participate
in the Center on Aging's 2004 Scientific Poster Session to be held September
24. Those interested in presenting a poster should first submit a one page
abstract (limit 250 words) to Dr. Carl Eisdorfer via e-mail at: ceisdorf@med.miami.edu or
by fax to 305-355-9099. The deadline for submission is Friday.
SKILLS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY RETREAT
University of Miami School of Medicine faculty, clinical and billing administrators
are encouraged to register for one of the monthly Skills for Service Delivery
Retreats. Learn how to identify and meet customer needs and expectations,
and motivate your staff to apply essential patient-oriented service behavior.
The last full-day retreat for August is Tuesday, August 31, at the Professional
Development and Training Office, Dominion Parking Garage, Suite 155, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Seating is limited to
20 participants. For more information, contact Gisela Leyva at 305-243-7142,
or e-mail Gleyva@med.miami.edu.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CANCER SERIES
Vincent Bird, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Urology, will
talk about “Kidney Cancer – Diagnosis and Treatment,” as
part of the Conversations about Cancer series on Friday from noon to 1
p.m. at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach, 1192 East Newport Center Drive,
Suite 100. The presentation is free, and a light lunch will be provided.
Please call 1-800-545-2292 to register. Seating is limited. For more information,
contact Joanne Leahy at 954-571-0107.
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE SEMINARS
The Employee Assistance Program will be presenting S.T.E.P. (Systematic Training
for Effective Parenting), a discussion group for parents of school- age
children. Participants will learn effective and enjoyable ways to communicate
with their children, moving parents toward their goal of raising responsible
children who will grow into responsible adults. The group will meet once
a week from noon to 1 p.m. for eight sessions in Room 6012 of the Diabetes
Research Institute. Meeting dates are: September 7, September 14, September
21, September 28, October 5, October 12, October 19 and October 26.
EAP will also host a free “Lunch and Learn” seminar on domestic
violence from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, in the Professional
Development and Training Office, Dominion Parking Garage, Suite 155.
Geared toward nurses, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists,
clinical social workers and psychologists, the sessions will help participants
understand the prevalence of domestic violence and how it affects people,
screen patients for domestic violence history, respond to patients who
are abused or abusers, and provide helpful resources. Participants will
receive one hour of continuing education credit, and meet the domestic
violence course requirements for their profession. Lunch will be served.
The Professional Development and Training Office has implemented a new
online registration system to access the training calendars, enroll in
a session, un-enroll, and view and print your transcript. Go to http://netlearning.miami.edu where
you’ll find instructions and a brief tutorial. You only need
your UM identification number ("C number") and birth date to
access the system. If you have any questions on using this new system,
please call 305-243-3090. For questions about content, call the EAP at
205-284-6604. Supervisors are encouraged to post this notice for employees
who do not have electronic access.
DEAN’S PATIENT SAFETY COLLOQUIUM SERIES
F. Andrew Gaffney, M.D., associate dean for clinical affairs and risk management
and chief quality and patient safety officer at Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, will discuss “Creating Patient Safety in Academic Medical
Centers” on Wednesday, September 1 as part of the Dean’s Patient
Safety Colloquium Series. In addition to his faculty duties at Vanderbilt,
Dr. Gaffney is an international expert on patient safety as well as an
astronaut. The lecture will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel
Medical Science Building, fourth floor auditorium. Please RSVP because
space is limited. For more information, please call Shirley D. Brown at
305-585-8364 or e-mail sbrown7@med.miami.edu.
TIAA-CREF VISITS THE MEDICAL CAMPUS
A representative from TIAA-CREF will be on the medical campus on August 31
and September 1 in the Human Resources Benefits Office, 901 NW 17th St.,
suite D, to conduct individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment,
click here http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or
call toll-free 1-800-842-2003 ext. 3522.
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. Billing concerns?
Address questions to the Office of Billing Compliance at 305-243-HELP or
877-415-HELP. For information regarding training programs offered by the
Office of Billing Compliance, contact Gemma Romillo or Nancy Rivero at 305-243-5842.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
MELANOMA LECTURE WORKSHOP
The University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Richard
David Kann Melanoma Foundation are co-hosting a melanoma lecture workshop
on Saturday, September 18, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Renaissance
Boca Raton Hotel. "Skin Cancer Detection, Prevention and Education:
Shedding New Light on Behavior Modification and Medical Advances,” is
a free workshop and will include a lecture on clinical trials by Lynn G.
Feun, M.D., co-leader of the Melanoma and Related Skin Cancers Site Disease
Group at UM/Sylvester, and a discussion on new diagnostic tools by Harold
Rabinovitz, M.D., voluntary professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous
Surgery. The workshop is designed for health care professionals and educators.
Reservations are required and can be made by contacting the Melanoma Foundation
at 561-687-2400. For additional information, please contact Joanne Leahy
at 954-571-0107.
DALAI LAMA TO VISIT FOR SERIES OF LECTURES AND TEACHINGS
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzen Gyatso will lead a series of teachings
on Buddhist spiritual practices at the University’s Convocation Center,
1245 Walsh Avenue, Coral Gables, on Monday, September 20, and Tuesday,
September 21. It will be the first time that he conducts these particular
teachings, which include The Teachings on the Instructions on the Garland
of Views and Long Life Empowerment. These teachings are open
to the public and tickets are available through Ticketmaster. The Dalai
Lama will also address the University community on A Human Approach to
World Peace on Wednesday, September 22, at 3 p.m. at the UM Convocation
Center. During this event, the Dalai Lama will receive an honorary
doctorate of humane letters in recognition of his role as both a spiritual
and world leader. This event is free and is open to UM students, faculty,
staff, and guests only. For more information on this event, visit http://www.miami.edu/dalailama.
The Dalai Lama’s extended visit to South Florida is his last appearance
in the U.S. for 2004, and the University has partnered with Osel Dorje
Nyingpo (ODN), a non-profit organization dedicated to the teaching of Tantric
Vajrayana Buddhism and world peace, to sponsor these events. Updated
information on the Dalai Lama’s South Florida visit will be available
at http://www.dalailamamiami.com.
For information on obtaining tickets for the Dalai Lama’s public
address or teachings, please call ODN at 305-460-3363 or via e-mail at hhdlmiami@odn-usa.org,
or visit ODN’s website at http://www.odn-usa.org. For
security purposes, no bags or cameras will be allowed into the UM Convocation
Center. All dates and times are subject to change.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER FINANCIAL QUESTIONS
A representative from Fidelity Investments will be on the medical campus
on September 23 in the Human Resources Benefits Office, 901 NW 17th St.,
suite D, to conduct individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment,
call 1-800-642-7131.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: “A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS
DISEASES”
Fighting Infectious Diseases in Emerging Countries, a non-profit organization
founded by Daniel Stamboulian, M.D., along with the UM School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Division, headed by Gordon Dickinson, M.D., will hold
the Second International Symposium, “A Practical Approach to Infectious
Diseases,” at the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort in Sunny
Isles September 26 through 28. The conference will offer updated information
on the diagnosis, prevention and management of infectious diseases to primary
care practitioners working in internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine,
as well as to ancillary staff members interested in the management of these
diseases. Besides the schedule program, there will be workshops and discussion
groups on topics such as travel medicine and adult immunization, severe sepsis,
chronic hepatitis, and fungal infections. There will be simultaneous translation
(English and Spanish). For information and registration, please contact SMG
in Miami at 305-856-7847, by e-mail at info@smgmedical.com,
or on the SMG Website at http://www.emedlearning.com/idsymposium.
FINANCIAL ADVICE FROM LINCOLN LIFE
A representative from Lincoln Financial Group will be at the University of
Miami to conduct individual financial counseling sessions from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28, and Wednesday, September 29, in the
Human Resources Benefits Office, 901 NW 17th St., suite D. To schedule
an appointment, contact Aimee Hugdahl toll-free at 866-524-2443, or via
email at ahugdahl@LNC.com.
HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The SPARE Study (Soy Phytoestrogens As Replacement Estrogen) is currently
recruiting women between 45-58 years of age to study the role of soy phytoestrogens
given in tablet form to prevent bone loss. Participants will be given a
physical exam at study entry, an annual mammogram and bone density test,
and will be asked to come for 10 study visits over a period of two years
for blood tests and to complete questionnaires about diet, exercise, and
well-being. Interested women should contact the SPARE Study Office at 305-243-4330
or via e-mail at aherrin@med.miami.edu.
Researchers at the MRI Center need healthy subjects for a magnetic resonance
imaging study. For more information please visit http://midas.med.miami.edu/Research/MRStudies.htm.
