 |
 |
AUG
22 2006  |
 |
Medical Campus Welcomes Students From FAU | |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back to top | |
| Medical Campus Welcomes Students From FAU
In 2004, 16 students began their medical studies at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), as part of the ground-breaking educational partnership created between the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and FAU. Students from that class, now in their third year, are now in Miami for two years of rotations. Third-year medical student Coleen Waite is one of those students. She has enjoyed the intimate environment of studying in Boca Raton. Now that she has started her clinical rotations, Waite and her 15 FAU classmates are learning about life on the UM/Jackson Memorial Medical Center campus.“I would recommend the experience to any student who is looking for a great learning environment,” Waite said. “This is a great opportunity for anyone who is open to experiencing the positives and negatives that comes with being a pioneer of a program for which great things are hoped.” FAU students who started in 2004, 2005, and 2006 will complete rotations in Miami. After that, those who start in 2007 will spend all four years of medical school at the Boca campus. With area hospitals working with FAU/UM to form residency programs, university officials expect that 256 medical students will be enrolled by 2010-2011. All students enrolled in UMSM@FAU are considered University of Miami medical students and will receive their degrees from UM. “We are especially proud of these student’s pioneering spirit,” said Mark O’Connell, M.D., senior associate dean for medical education at the UM Miller School of Medicine. “Much like those students who forged a pathway for the School of Medicine in the 1950s, these students are ushering in a new era for the Miller School of Medicine.” | |
 | Back to top |
| Reminder on the No Smoking Policy
This is to remind all employees that under Florida’s 1994 Clean Indoor Air Act, NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code (Florida 2005 Ed.), as well as the University’s No Smoking Policy, smoking is prohibited inside any University-owned or operated facility, including fire exits access, fire exits, and the fire exits discharge areas. For further information, please refer to our Human Resources link: Dell Battery Recall The Medical Information Technology Help Desk can help answer questions you might have on whether the battery to your Dell Laptop is among those being recalled. Last week Dell announced the recall of batteries shipped to customers between April 1, 2004, and July 18, 2006, for models of Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. Some of these batteries may overheat, which could pose a risk of fire. First, find out if your Dell notebook battery is subject to the recall by visiting http://it.med.miami.edu/x984.xml. Not all models sold during the affected period contain batteries subject to the recall. If so, you can take advantage of Dell’s free battery exchange. (Dell recommends that batteries subject to recall not be used while awaiting a replacement, althought you may remove the battery and continue to use your notebook computer with the AC adapter only). If you have questions please write help@med.miami.edu or call 305-243-5999. Employment Assistant Program to Help Caregivers Communicate with Children Systematic Training for Effective Parenting is an eight-week discussion group that offers caregivers a realistic and practical approach to meeting the challenges of raising kids today. The course focuses primarily on parenting children ages six to 12, but is open to all caregivers of children. The course will be offered on the marine, Coral Gables, and medical campuses beginning in September. For locations, dates, and to register, visit http://netlearning.miami.edu. Note that you must register for each of the 8 days that it meets. For questions about registration, call 305-243-5110 or 305-243-3090 . For questions about content, call 305-284-6604 or visit www.miami.edu/eap and click on "Seminar Schedule." 
Calder Library Second Floor Stacks Have Re-opened
As of last week, the second floor of the Calder Library was reopened to patrons. Regular Interlibrary Loan fees will again be assessed for journal volumes currently housed on the second floor. New Humana Mail-Order Facility Humana opened a new mail-order prescription drug facility called RightSourceSM. Effective September 1, 2006, any mail-order prescriptions currently received through Walgreens Mail Service will arrive through RightSourceSM. Members who have remaining refills on prescriptions previously filled through Walgreens Mail Service may order their next refill through RightSourceSM either by phone at 1-800-379-0092 or on-line at www.myhumana.com. Members whose prescriptions have expired, or have no remaining prescription refills, or have new mail order prescriptions, may complete the RightSourceSM Registration and Prescription Order form for processing. The RightSource Registration and Prescription Order form is located at https://www6.miami.edu/benefits/RightSourceForm.pdf. The mail order benefit (i.e., copays, coinsurance and allowances) in the Rx4 and RxImpact plan will not change as a result of the transition. RightSource offers competitive pricing. For a list of frequently asked questions with regards to the transition from Walgreens Mail Service to RightSource, visit https://www6.miami.edu/benefits/RightSourceTransitionFAQ.doc. If you have any questions, you may contact a RightSourceSM representative at 1-800-379-0092. Questions about Compliance? UM Helplines Can Assist You
Any University of Miami employee reporting or deciding whether to report activity that may be in violation of a law, rule, or regulation is protected against retaliation by the Whistleblower Protection Statement. For more information, visit the Office of Compliance site. e-Update Submission Guidelines
| |
 | Back to top |
| Fidelity Investments and TIAA-CREF Coming to Campus
August 23, 2006, 8:30 a.m., Human Resources Benefits Office, 901 NW 17th St., Suite D A representative from TIAA-CREF will be at the medical campus August 23 and 24, plus September 13 and 14, November 15 and 16, and December 13 and 14. to conduct individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment, visit http://www.tiaa-cref.com/moc, or call 1-800-842-2003, ext 3522. A representative from Fidelity Investments will be at the medical campus to conduct individual counseling sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 29, September 26, October 24, November 30 and December 18. 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. Learn More About Chemotherapy From a Pharmacist August 25, 2006, noon to 1 p.m., 1192 East Newport Center Drive, Suite 100, Deerfield Beach An educational program, “Learn More About Chemotherapy From a Pharmacist” will be presented at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach this Friday, August 25, from Noon to 1 p.m., at 1192 East Newport Center Drive, Suite 100, Deerfield Beach. A light lunch will be served. This presentation, part of the Conversations about Cancer series, is offered free through the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The presenter is Melissa Quinio, Pharm.D., pharmacy manager, UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach. Call 800-545-2292 to register. Seating is limited. Free HIV Testing August 28-29, 2006, 9 a.m., Dominion Towers 1400 NW 10th Avenue, 10th floor. The Department OB/GYN Research is offering FREE HIV counseling and testing to women, men and their families over the age of 2. Certified HIV counselors are available to test every Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dominion Towers 1400 NW 10th Avenue, 10th floor. Testing is by appointment only, so please call 305-243-5832. For more information call Yvette A. Rivero, Director of Outreach, at 305-243-2169.
Listening Skills for Supervisors
August 30, 2006, 10 a.m. to Noon, Dominion Towers Parking Garage, Suite 155 Frontline supervisors can learn more about adjusting their listening behaviors during a leadership academy course on Wednesday, August 30. This course is designed to teach individuals to actively listen in a variety of situations, listen for different types of input and respond appropriately, and distinguish between pertinent and impertinent information. Participants will complete an assessment and CBL then attend a live classroom presentation and explore situations that call for diverse forms of listening. After completing the assessment and CBL, participants are encouraged to develop their own learning objectives for the live training and will be able to put newly-gained skills into practice. The instructor will be Mary Remon from EAP. For more information, call 6-3090 or check www.netlearning.miami.edu UM Wine Appreciation Program August 30, 2006, 6:30 p.m., UM Faculty Club on the Coral Gables Campus This is your last full week to sign up for the special wine-appreciation program, which begins Wednesday, August 30. The University of Miami program, designed for those who enjoy wine, oenophiles, and for professionals who wish to demonstrate knowledge of good wine. This fall's program will focus on the wines of Spain and South America. Industry professional Jeffrey Wolfe and other expert guest speakers who will lead the eight-week course. Classes will be held at the UM Faculty Club overlooking Lake Osceola on the Coral Gables Campus every other Wednesday, (August 30 through December 6, 2006) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The final session will take place in Wolfe's Wine Shoppe on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. A special selection of vintage wines will be tasted throughout the course. You will receive Riedel wine tasting glasses, Hugh Johnson's World Atlas of Wines, vintage charts and a wine aroma wheel to continue the wine appreciation experience in your own home. Students who participate in the inaugural class will also be registered to win a roundtrip airfare for two to Southern Spain for a VIP visit to the Osborne Sherry Bodega in the Puerto de Santa Maria. The program fee of $1,495 includes tuition, instructional materials and, of course, the wine. The class is limited to a maximum of 24 students.
Guest Speaker at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
September 7, 2006, 7 a.m., 8th Floor Mailman Center Auditorium Hari Parvataneni, M.D., will be the guest speaker at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds on Thursday, September 7th from 7-8 a.m. in the 8th Floor Mailman Center Auditorium. Dr. Parvataneni is an Orthopaedic Surgery Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. He will be speaking on Soft Tissue Balancing and Mechanical Principles of Total Knee Arthroplasty. Objectives include understanding reconstruction goals of total knee replacement, early modes of failure of total knee replacement, and optimization of component position and soft tissue balance. Lunch, Learn and Win at Brown Bag Session with Travel Management & Contracts Management September 7, 2006, noon to 1 p.m., Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor break out room Don't forget to bring your lunch and join Travel Management and Contracts Management for a Joint Brown Bag Session on Thursday, September 7, from noon to 1 p.m., in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor break out room. Participants will have the chance to win restaurant lunches, restaurant brunches vouchers, hotel weekend stays, T-shirts and exciting raffle prizes. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to maximize your University and personal travel dollars and be updated of current travel industry trends. You'll also learn the correct policies and procedures in how to submit contracts for signature to the Business Services department. Please call or e-mail for registration. For further information, please contact Travel Management at 305-284-1087, or travel@miami.edu ,or Contracts Management at 305-284-5550 or tlmoore@miami.edu.
Human Subjects Protection Educational Seminar
September 19, 2006, noon, Mailman Center, Room 3023 "Question & Answer Session on the Use of Electronic Records in Research" will be discussed during the next Human Subjects Protection Educational Seminar. The event is set for Tuesday, September 19, at the Mailman Center, Room 3023 from noon to 1 p.m. Presenters include Kathy Roach, office of research compliance assessment and Audra Lazarus, assistant general counsel. Registration through NetLearning at: https://netlearning.miami.edu. For further details, please contact mvalero@med.miami.edu. Register Today for the Joint Cancer Conference of the Florida Universities September 28-October 1, 2006, The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida Register today for the Joint Cancer Conference of the Florida Universities, to be held September 28 through October 1 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. For more information, visit www.jcc-fl.org or call Claire A. Modarelli at 888-456-2840 or 813-745-7252. | |
 | Back to top |
The Center for Liver Diseases is recruiting participants for the following studies: • Patients with hepatic encephalopathy • Patients with chronic liver disease • Study of three treatments • Study of liver diseases Do you or does someone you know experience pain related to spinal cord injury? Eva Widerström-Noga, Ph.D., and her colleagues are conducting research into the nature and treatment of pain associated with spinal cord injury. Studies are enrolling now. Eligible participants will be 18 to 70 years of age and at least two years post-injury. If you are interested in enrolling, please call The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at 305-243-8132 for information. The Center for Liver Diseases is conducting a phase 2, double-blind, multi-center, randomized study in HBV decompensated subjects. Adult subjects with CPT score of 7-12 and no history of HCC will be assigned to one of the three treatment arms: Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF), Emtxticitabine plus Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (FTC/TDF) or Bntecavir (ETV). Patients can be on lamivudine or adefovir dipivoxil. Must meet other criteria. For further information, please contact clinical research coordinator Karina Herrera at 305-243-2148, or at kherrera@med.miami.edu. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, M.D., of the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, is looking for people between the ages of 18 and 39 who have mild to severe acne to participate in a research study to determine whether use of an investigational topical treatment will improve acne. If you are interested, please contact a member of the research staff at 305-531-5788. Joely Kaufman, M.D., of the Division of Cosmetic Dermatology, is looking for people over the age of 18 with wrinkles around the eyes to participate in a research study to determine whether laser treatments improve wrinkles around the eyes. If you are interested, please contact a member of the research staff at 305-532-5552. The Department of Psychology is recruiting participants for the following studies: • A family factors and autism study Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are being recruited for a study of effects of sildenafil on exercise and breathlessness. Participants must have a firm clinical diagnosis of IPF, be 40 to 85 years of age, and not be on medication for IPF. Interested patients or physicians wishing to refer patients should call 305-575-3548, fax 305-575-3126, or e-mail rjackson2@med.miami.edu. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is testing experimental medications and therapies for the treatment of cervical dysplasia, a pre-cancerous condition that can lead to cancer if left untreated. Current treatments are surgical or invasive. This study is testing an investigational gene therapy to see if it safely and effectively treats HPV medicated cervical lesions as a result of dysplasia. If you are between 18 and 25 and have had an abnormal PAP test, you may be able to take part in this research study. Qualified participants will receive all study-related care and study therapy. To find out more, call Iliana Rivas at (305) 243-5832 or i.rivas@miami.edu The Department of Psychology and the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control is conducting a quality of life research intervention with advanced prostate cancer patients. Participants should have Stage III or IV prostate cancer and have recently or currently been treated with hormone therapy. Eligible participants will take part in a ten-week cognitive behavioral stress and affect management program or a health promotions program. Three psychosocial/medical assessments are also required. If you are interested in this study or would like more information, please contact Frank Penedo, Ph.D., at 305-243-3329, or fpenedo@miami.edu. Daniel Santisteban, Ph.D., of the Center for Family Studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is currently conducting a research program that would provide adolescents and/or their family treatment for free. Participants must be 14 to 17 years old, have a parent or legal guardian willing to participate, meet DSM criteria for both substance abuse disorder and borderline personality disorder, and be willing to participate in four separate but paid evaluations. If interested, please contact Henry Calderon, clinical research specialist/assessor, at 305-243-2225, or hcalderon@med.miami.edu for details. The Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement is conducting research with family caregivers of dementia patients who speak English and are 50 years of age or older. If you are not a caregiver but are interested in participating, you may be able to help as well. Participants will receive basic training on how to use the Internet and will be asked to look for information about care-giving and dementia. If you are interested in being a part of this research study, please call 305-355-9200. You will be paid for your time and effort. Jennifer B. Marks, M.D., is currently recruiting patients ages 18 through 40 with type 1 diabetes mellitus with a recent diagnosis for participation in a research study to test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational medication. Patients must be taking multiple insulin injections daily and in good health. Those who are interested should contact Rogelio Suarez at 305-243-6573 or rsuarez2@med.miami.edu. The AIDS Clinical Research Unit, directed by Margaret Fischl, M.D., is recruiting participants for the following studies: • A phase I IL-7 study (IL-7 is a cytokine that aids T-cell development and improves T-cell survival). Participants must be 18 to 50 years of age, receiving antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months, have an HIV-1 RNA level less than or equal to 50,000 copies/ml, and have a CD4 cell count of 100 cells/ccm or higher. Participants must be willing to do 12-hour IL-7 blood level monitoring. Up to $200 in food certificates provided. • An investigational CC-chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) entry inhibitor for patients with HIV. The study will look at single dose, dose escalations of a study drug (0.5 mg, 2.0 mg and 5.0 mg) and a placebo. The study will determine how well the study drug blocks CCR5 receptors and is tolerated. Participants must be 18 and older, not taking antiretroviral therapy for at least three months and have a viral load greater than 5,000 and a CD4 count greater than 250. Must be willing to do six-hour drug level monitoring. Up to $250 provided. For more information on studies conducted by the AIDS Clinical Research Unit, contact Juan at 305-243-3838 or Leslie at L.Thompson@miami.edu. The SPARE Study (Soy Phytoestrogens As Replacement Estrogen) is currently recruiting women 45 to 60 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 University of Miami Skin Research Group, directed by Brian Berman, M.D., Ph.D., is looking for people with acne, atopic dermatitis (eczema), and keloids. Participants should be 18 or older for the acne and keloid studies and ages 2 to 17 for the atopic dermatitis studies. If interested, please contact the research staff at 305-243-5519 or visit our website at www.skininvestigation.com. Bruce Rubin, M.D., is currently performing a study on trigeminal neuralgia (TN) treatment with subcutaneous injections of BOTOX® to evaluate the effectiveness of treating facial pain associated with TN. Patients must have a diagnosis of TN for more than three months and be at least 18 years of age. | |
|
e-Update is a service of the Office of Communications at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
| |||