e-Update
April 19, 2005
Weekly News Briefs
e-Update is distributed
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up-to-date on news at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.
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THIS WEEK’S NEWS
--Choose an NCBI Seminar Topic
--Same Great Medical Care at the Kendall Center
--Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care
--Medical Education Grand Rounds
--New Joint Journal Club to Focus on Medical Ethics and Patient Safety
--Ride the Vanpool from Broward County
--Upcoming Calendar Events
--Human Subjects Research Opportunities
CHOOSE YOUR SEMINAR TOPIC
The Office of Graduate Studies will host four seminars by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at NIH. These seminars will be held on Tuesday, May 24, and Wednesday, May 25, in the Calder Library third floor computer lab. We are asking for your input on which topics you would like NCBI to present. Please visit http://www.biomed.miami.edu/survey/2005_ncbi, and fill out the online form that includes the seven seminar choices below and a brief description for each. Pick your top four choices by Thursday, April 28.
“Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequencing”
“Unmasking Genes in Human DNA”
“Identification of Disease Genes”
“Correlating Disease Genes and Phenotypes”
“BLAST Quick Start”
“EntrezGene Quick Start”
“Structure Analysis Quick Start”
Once we have tallied your votes, we will e-mail you to let you know which topics will be presented. You may then choose to attend as many of them as you like. Please be aware that seating is limited and preference will be given to graduate students and postdocs. For more information, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 305-243-1094.
SPONSORED PROGRAMS ROUNDTABLE SERIES
The goal of this monthly one-hour roundtable discussion group is to provide a forum for administrators/staff to discuss topics of interest related to sponsored programs with their colleagues. Presenters deliver a 20-minute talk followed by discussion and/or questions. Topics are announced in advance and registration is required because of space limitations. On Thursday, Tom Gill, director, research administration, will discuss “Completing the Proposal Transmittal Form… It’s Not As Easy As You Think.” Gill will talk about why the proposal transmittal form is a necessary part of the grant/contract submission process as well as address what the many fields mean and why they need to be completed. This presentation will take place at noon in the Batchelor Building, first floor conference room. Gill will repeat this presentation at the same time and location on May 5.
To Register:
1) Logon to NetLearning using your UM ID # (C-Number) at https://netlearning.miami.edu.
2) Search for class by changing the dates at the top to reflect classes offered.
3) Scroll to locate the April 21 or May 5 class and click on Enroll located on the left.
For more information about this, please e-mail Maria Valero-Martinez at mvalero@med.miami.edu.
SAME GREAT MEDICAL CARE--DIFFERENT LOCATION
Did you know that the University of Miami Medical Group has a multi-specialty practice in the Kendall area? The Kendall Medical Center provides the same excellent medical care found on the medical campus—just farther south. Specialties are constantly being added, but currently the Kendall center has internal medicine, family medicine, neurology, ENT, pediatrics and pediatric specialties, and pulmonology. The center is located at 8932 SW 97th Ave., next to the CVS Pharmacy. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Coming soon are evening and weekend hours. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 305-270-3400.
ANNUAL TRAVEL FAIR
The Travel Management Department hosts its annual Travel Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday), on the seventh floor of the Lois Pope LIFE Center at the medical campus. The fair will feature representatives from the University's authorized travel agencies, e-Canes Travel, preferred car rental companies, and many hotel and airline representatives. Exciting prizes will be raffled during the event, including airline tickets, hotel stays, and dinners at local restaurants. If you have any questions or require additional information, contact the Travel Management Department at 305-284-1087, travel@miami.edu, or visit www.miami.edu/travel.
BASCOM PALMER CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRESENTATION
“2005 Vitreoretinal Course” will take place in the Retter Auditorium of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, April 29 and 30. The registration fee is $250. This program, designed for the retinal surgeon and general ophthalmologist who diagnose and treat retinal diseases, offers current treatment options for vitreoretinal conditions. For more information on this or other Bascom Palmer courses, please contact the Continuing Medical Education office at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 900 NW 17th St., or by calling 305-326-6110, fax 305-326-6518, or e-mail bpeicme@med.miami.edu. Visit the Bascom Palmer Web site at www.bascompalmer.org.
FACULTY SENATE MEETING
There will be a Faculty Senate meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3:30 p.m. in the Hurricane 100 room, Convocation Center.
All faculty members are welcome to attend. Visit the Senate Web page at http://www.miami.edu/FacultySenate for more information.
EDUCATION FOR PHYSICIANS ON END-OF-LIFE CARE
Maria Zayas-Bazan, Psy.D., will discuss "Communicating Bad News" as part of the Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care Lecture Series, on Friday from noon to 1 p.m., in UM/Sylvester conference room 1301. Lunch will be served; RSVP to https://netlearning.miami.edu. For more information, contact Diane Dames at 305-243-2287.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CANCER SERIES
Aaron Wolfson, M.D., co-leader, Gynecologic Cancer Site Disease Group, and professor, department of Radiation Oncology, will discuss “The Value of DNA Analysis for Predicting Outcomes in Cervical Cancer,” tomorrow (Wednesday), from noon to 1 p.m., at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach, 1192 East Newport Center Drive, Suite 100. A light lunch will be served. Please call 1-800-545-2292 to register. Seating is limited.
Jan Domlesky, M.P.A., Coastal Partnership Program manager, National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service, will present “Accessing State-of-the-Science Cancer Information on the Web,” on Friday, from noon to 1 p.m., at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach. A light lunch will be served. Please call 1-800-545-2292 to register. Seating is limited.
Deborah Heros, M.D., co-leader, Neurological Cancer Site Disease Group, director, Neuro-Oncology, and assistant professor, Department of Neurology, will discuss “Neurological Implications of Cancer,” on Tuesday, April 26, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach. A light lunch will be served. Please call 1-800-545-2292 to register. Seating is limited.
GROWTH IN CHILDREN BORN SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE
Continuing Medical Education will present a program on “Growth in Children Born Small for Gestational Age,” on April 27 at the Porcao Steak House, Miami, April 28 at Don Shula's Hotel, Miami Lakes, May 5 at Tuscan Steak, Miami Beach, and on May 12 at Fleming – A Taste of Denmark in Miami. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. for each evening’s course, and pre-registration is required as space is limited. Each course is worth one credit toward the AMA PRA. For more information, please contact CME at 305-243-6716, or e-mail: mfreedman@med.miami.edu.
BILTMORE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND WINE WEEKEND
The Biltmore International Food and Wine Weekend kicks off on Friday, April 29, and continues through Sunday, May 1, to benefit cancer research at UM/Sylvester. The event will celebrate the contributions of internationally acclaimed Spanish chefs, including Julian Serrano of the Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas. Plus there will be a musical journey by South Beach DJ Pierre Zonzon, celebrity comedian Robert Klein, and Latin Jazz of Juan Areco & Las Brisas. For more information, contact UM/Sylvester’s Development Office at 305-243-9088 or visit www.sylvester.org.
MEDICAL EDUCATION GRAND ROUNDS
Rose van Zuilen, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and co-director of the longitudinal curriculum in geriatrics, palliative care, and pain management, and Michael J. Mintzer, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the longitudinal curriculum in geriatrics, palliative care and pain management for the Miller School of Medicine, will be the guest speakers at Medical Education Grand Rounds on Friday, April 29, at noon in the fifth floor of the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building. Lunch will be served. The title of their presentation is “Transforming a Medical School Curriculum: Assuring Competency in Geriatrics.” Dr. van Zuilen has broad responsibility for medical school curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation. Together with faculty coauthors, she has developed a variety of preceptor-assisted and computer-assisted training materials in geriatrics for health-care professionals from multiple disciplines. Dr. Mintzer coordinates the development and delivery of educational programs in long-term care for statewide use by nursing home staff. He regularly lectures at national and international meetings and participates in the production and medical editing of a wide range of geriatrics educational materials. Learning objectives for this lecture are to: recognize the need for competency in medical education, describe the steps used to build a curriculum, and describe teaching, assessment, evaluation and strategies used in the revision of the geriatrics curriculum. For more information, contact the Office of Educational Development at 305-243-7482.
NEW JOINT JOURNAL CLUB TO FOCUS ON MEDICAL ETHICS AND PATIENT SAFETY
The Center for Patient Safety and the Center of Medical Ethics are pleased to initiate a joint journal club program that will focus on medical ethics and patient safety issues. The journal club will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Diagnostic Treatment Center, room 255. The journal club is open to all employees and students of the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital and the VA Hospital. The topic of discussion for the next meeting will be the report, ‘Promoting Patient Safety – An Ethical Basis for Policy Deliberation’ by V. A. Sharpe, printed in the July-August 2003 Hastings Center Report. You can access this publication on the Center for Patient Safety Web site at: http://patientsafety.med.miami.edu. The articles will be located under ‘center events.’ If you have any questions, please contact 305-585-8364.
DISCOVER SOMETHING SPECIAL AT CAMP CANTERBURY
The Canterbury School has space available in the preschool camp at the Dominion Tower. Our preschool camp program, for children 5 to 8 years old, includes an optional swim program on the premises, art, music, gymnastics and “Forty Days of Fun” a variety of daily theme-based activities. Two four-week sessions run from June 6 through July 29. In addition, UM Canterbury announces a new camp on the Coral Gables Campus. Transportation is available from Medical to Gables campus. Camp Discovery is geared toward prekindergarten and young elementary students. Eight fun filled weeks include themes such as Animal Mania, Abracadabra, Lights, Camera, Action, and Construction Production. Each week a theme-based show will delight all. Shows include a magician, Bob the Builder, a traveling zoo and much more. Fees for Camp Discovery include swimming at the University Center Olympic pool, under the supervision of Randy Abelman, coach of the men’s and women’s diving teams, and Mariusz Podkoscielny, head coach of the women’s swim team. Other activities include dance, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer, arts and crafts, music and much more! Camp enrollment available to the Canterbury families and UM community only. Visit our Web site at http://canterbury.miami.edu for more details and a camp application, or e-mail pbochman@miami.edu for more information.
In other Canterbury news, the preschool at the medical campus has some openings in the summer and fall programs for UM employees’ infants and two-year-olds. They are also accepting applications for the waiting list for the fall 2005 school year beginning August 1. Canterbury is National Association for the Education of Young Children-accredited and a Gold Seal school. Enrollment is open to all faculty, staff, and students of the University. E-mail pbochman@miami.edu for more information.
RIDE THE VANPOOL FROM BROWARD COUNTY
Is your drive to or from work a hassle? Here’s the solution: Vanpool. If you live in the area of Pembroke Pines, Miramar or Cooper City, and work between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Vanpool has a ride for you. Call Marie during the day at 305-585-6480 (ext. 62527), or at 954-662-3311 or 954-680-3702.
HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH SEMINAR
The Human Subjects Research Seminar for April will feature Paul Braunschweiger, Ph.D., speaking on: “The CITI Program at UM.” The seminar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, at the Mailman Center, room 3023. Advance registration is required as room capacity is limited.
To Register:
1) Logon to NetLearning using your UM ID # (C-Number) https://netlearning.miami.edu.
2) Search for the class by changing the dates at the top to reflect classes offered in April.
3) Scroll to locate the April 26 class and click on Enroll located on the left.
For more information about this seminar, e-mail Maira Abraham at Mabraham@med.miami.edu.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE COCKTAIL PARTY
Each year, thousands of lives are saved through the gift of organ donation. Join the University of Miami Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency in celebrating “National Donate Life Month” at Café Tu Tu Tango (3015 Grand Ave., #250, Coconut Grove) on Wednesday, April 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a drink and complimentary appetizers, and receive a Donate Life wristband with your donation of $13. You may purchase tickets at the door or in advance at the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency located at the Highland Professional Building, 1801 NW 9th Ave., Suite #150-A (cash and checks accepted). All proceeds will benefit organ donation awareness efforts and donor family services. For more information, please call 800-232-2892 or 305-243-7344.
ATTEND AN INFORMATION MEETING AND MEET SOME OF UM/JMH’S WEIGHT WATCHERS
Weight Watchers is going strong at JMH/UM. Participants are shedding pounds (and inches) by the week. The program works and the meetings are motivating, entertaining and informative. Best of all, you can enjoy your favorite foods while living a leaner, healthier lifestyle! A new 12-week session begins this week. The meetings take place at noon on Fridays in West Wing Respiratory Therapy, room B15. Please feel free to bring your lunch. This week, everyone is invited to attend a free informational meeting where you will have a chance to meet some of the medical campus’s most dedicated weight watchers. The fee for new members is $123 and $109 for continuing members. For more information, please call Joan Irby at 305- 585-7062 or Kathy Michelson (facilitator) at 786-586-1146.
APRIL MEDITATION CLASSES
School of Medicine, Department of Wellness, will be offering free meditation classes on Friday, April 22, and May 13, 20 and 27, from 1 to 1:40 p.m. in the Dominion Tower 10th Floor Conference Room. For more information, please call 305-243-3209.
CHILD CAR SEAT INSTALLATION CHECK
Did you know that most child car seats are not installed correctly? To ensure that your child car seat is installed correctly, a certified child passenger safety technician will be available on the following Wednesdays: April 20; May 4, 11 and 25; and June 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 in front of the Mailman Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The service is available to everyone who transports children under the age of 12 in their vehicle. For more information, e-mail gstepanian@um-jmh.org, or call 305-243-3928 to set up an appointment. Priority will be given to those with appointments. The Injury Free Coalition for Kids is a division of Holtz Children's Hospital/ Miller School of Medicine.
HIPAA SECURITY AWARENESS REMINDER: BEWARE OF E-MAIL HOAXES
At any given moment, there are thousands of e-mail hoaxes circulating on the Internet. E-mail hoaxes usually come in the form of chain letters containing false or misleading information. They play on the reader’s emotions, prompting them to engage in meaningless activity or worse, the compromise of personal information. Examples of e-mail hoaxes include:
1. Prizes for taking surveys, dialing a certain phone number (#77), or forwarding e-mails to as many online users as possible.
2. Fake virus alerts or fake security updates.
3. Requests to sign e-mail petitions or to donate funds to a “worthy cause,” such as the recent tsunami disaster.
4. Fictitious warnings or news releases about the government, companies, institutions, or upcoming events.
5. Promises of unlimited financial gain from making a specific investment, or joining a “get-rich-quick” scheme.
Some individuals create e-mail hoaxes just to see how far their message can get. Others have more sinister purposes such as identity theft, fraud, harvesting good e-mail addresses for spammers or hackers, creating insensitivity to real future threats and damage to another person’s or organization’s reputation. If you receive what you suspect to be an e-mail chain letter, do not respond or forward to other users. Visit one of the following Web sites that track internet hoaxes: http://www.datafellows.com/hoaxes/hoax_new.shtml http://www.ifccfbi.gov/strategy/pressroom.asp http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm
Once you have confirmed the message is indeed a hoax, delete it immediately.
USE OFFICE MAX FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
Beginning May 1, all office supply orders should be routed to OfficeMax in order to achieve the maximum potential savings for the University. If you are not currently placing orders with OfficeMax, please call or e-mail EmmanuelRivera@officemax.com, phone number 786-236-2953. The OfficeMax representatives will set up your account information in their database so you can begin placing orders. Please visit the Purchasing web site, www.miami.edu/purchasing, and go to contracts, OfficeMax Training Manual, for information on ordering from OfficeMax, or contact the Purchasing office at 305-243-6607 if you have any questions.
SAVE ON DELL COMPUTERS WITH THE EMPLOYEE PURCHASING PROGRAM
Faculty, staff, and students of the medical campus can now save on their purchases of personal computers from Dell. To receive the discount, please visit our employee purchasing program Web site at www.dell.com/eppbuy, and enter our ID number (HS31708713), or call a Dell sales representative at 1-800-695-8133. For more information, please call Medical IT Procurement at 305-243-5999, opt. 4, or visit us at computerstore@med.miami.edu.
TIAA-CREF, LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP, AND FIDELITY INVESTMENTS VISIT THE MEDICAL CAMPUS
A representative from TIAA-CREF will be on the medical campus May 11 and June 8 to conduct individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment, go to http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc, or call toll-free 1-800-842-2003 ext. 3522.
A representative from Lincoln Financial Group will be on the medical campus to conduct individual financial counseling sessions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 26, May 24 and June 21. To schedule an appointment, contact Aimee Hugdahl toll-free at 866-524-2443, e-mail ahugdahl@lnc.com, or Theresa Yong at 866-772-4163, e-mail tmyong@lnc.com.
A representative from Fidelity Investments will be on the medical campus to conduct individual counseling sessions on April 20, May 19, and June 29. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-642-7131.
All counseling sessions from these organizations will take place in the Human Resources Benefits Office, 901 NW 17th St., suite D.
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!
INTENSIVE GERIATRIC TRAINING PSYCHOLOGY MODULE
The Miami Area Geriatric Education Center (MAGEC) will be hosting the 2005 Intensive Geriatric Training Psychology Module. This event will be held 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 12 at the University Hospital & Medical Center Pavillion, 7525 N. University Drive, Tamarac, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 19 and 26 in the Diabetes Research Institute, first floor conference room. The target audience is mental health professionals serving the elderly. Please visit the MAGEC Web site for conference topics. Both conferences on May 19 and 26 will be CME/CEUs: this course has been approved for 20 CEUs for psychologists. Partial registration is available. Space is limited. UM and Jackson Memorial Hospital employees should contact MAGEC at 305-243-6270 to register. For further information about this program or MAGEC, please contact 305-243-6270 or log onto our website www.miami.edu/magec.
INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE SEMINAR: IMPLICATIONS IN HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH
Are you an investigator, research associate or coordinator conducting research involving recombinant DNA molecules in human subjects? Then you may want to attend the Institutional Biosafety Committee’s seminar on “Implications in Human Subject Research,” on Wednesday, May 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mailman Center, room 3023. Lunch will be provided. Advance registration is required as room capacity is limited. For more information regarding IBC, visit our Web site at http://miami.edu/rdna/.
To register:
1) Logon to NetLearning using your UM ID # (C-Number) at https://netlearning.miami.edu.
2) Search for class by changing the dates at the top to reflect classes offered in May.
3) Scroll to locate the May 18 class and click on Enroll located on the left.
ZUBROD MEMORIAL LECTURE
2005 UM/SYLVESTER CANCER RESEARCH POSTER SESSION/COMPETITION
The annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture will be held on Thursday, May 19. The event, hosted by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will include the Zubrod Memorial Lecture and the 2005 UM/Sylvester Cancer Research Poster Session/Competition, as well as the announcement of the winner of the Sylvester Award for Outstanding Cancer Research for 2005. The poster session for cancer research projects will take place at the Jackson Health System Diagnostic Treatment Center, second floor, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 19.
Rainer F. Storb, M.D., is the 2005 Zubrod Distinguished Guest Lecturer. He will present a lecture on “Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation 1965-2005: Advancing Knowledge, Saving Lives,” from noon to 1 p.m. at DTC, second floor. Dr. Storb is program head of transplantation biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle.
The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is Friday, April 29. You are encouraged to submit early, due to limited space and the overwhelming response from participants last year. Please submit all abstracts to Kathy Salce, ksalce@med.miami.edu, or call 305-243-2287 with questions.
COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUESTS DUE TO MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY MAY 2
May 2 is the cutoff date for information technology hardware/product purchases through the department of Medical IT. This will ensure that all requests are processed, invoiced and billed in a timely manner prior to the end of fiscal year 2005. Every effort will be made to acquire all requested products and process the associated IDRs before May 31. For more information, contact Medical IT at 305-243-6024.
HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
More than 5.5 million women in North America are affected by endometriosis and its symptoms, including pelvic pain. If you have endometriosis, you may be eligible to participate in a clinical research study evaluating a new investigational medication for pelvic pain due to endometriosis. To qualify, you must be a woman between 18 and 45 with regular menstrual periods, have endometriosis diagnosed by a surgical procedure (laparoscopy or laparotomy) within the past three years, have moderate to severe pelvic pain due to endometriosis for at least three months, not be using oral contraceptives for the past 30 days, be sexually active, and have not had a surgical treatment for endometriosis in the past six months. For more information, please call 305-243-1613.
Dr. Jorge Armenteros, in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is taking part in an international clinical research program to investigate the efficacy and safety of risperidone in adolescents with schizophrenia. Risperidone has already proven effective and relatively well tolerated for treating adults with schizophrenia, but there are very few studies of risperidone or other atypical antipsychotics in adolescents. Patients must be between 13 and 17 years of age, otherwise physically healthy, and diagnosed with schizophrenia. For further information about the trial, please contact Dr. Jorge Armenteros at 305-355-7106, or Marisabel Davalos, M.S.Ed., at 305-355-7273.
The Department of Psychology, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, is recruiting
participants for several studies investigating the impact of psychological factors
such as stress on quality of life and disease progression in several older adult
(> 50 yrs. old) populations. The studies are actively recruiting men and women recently
diagnosed with head and neck cancer, HIV-positive men, and men treated for advanced
prostate cancer. For more information about these studies, please call Dr. Frank Penedo
at 305-575-7122.
The Center for Family Studies, Healthy Families Program, is recruiting HIV-positive women over the age of 18 with a recent history of substance abuse treatment. Women who participate in the study should also be willing to have at least one family member participate in their treatment. The Healthy Families program is a family therapy based intervention for HIV-positive women addressing issues such as HIV risk behavior, drug abuse relapse and HIV medication adherence. Participants will be assigned to either the family therapy based intervention or a women's HIV education group, which will take place over four months. Participants will be interviewed at baseline and then at two month intervals over the course of the 12-month study. Interested women should contact the Healthy Families Program office at 305-243-8149, or via e-mail at ralvarez4@med.miami.edu.
Sara Czaja, Ph.D., is leading a study of spinal cord injury in an aging
population focusing on helping improve the quality of life of the patients
and their caregivers. As Americans live longer, more people are aging with
spinal cord injuries than ever before, presenting new challenges. This
NIH-funded study will examine the value of a home-based program that combines
psychological and social intervention, using technology to help patients
who have difficulty with mobility. For more information about the study,
please call 305-355-9200.
The HPV vaccine has been developed with the goal of decreasing HPV infection
and the persistence of HPV risk types responsible for cervical cancer. We are
looking for healthy women between the ages of 15 to 25 who have not had prior
abnormal pap smears, are not pregnant, are willing to receive the study vaccine,
and are able to commit to a four- year follow up period. For more information,
call Iliana Rivas at 305-243-5832.
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.
The UM Skin Research Group directed by Brian Berman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology and internal medicine, is conducting several research studies on keloids and chronic idiopathic urticaria. If you are interested in participating please contact us at 305-243-5519 or visit our website at www.skininvestigation.com.
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.
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