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.

Another round of the UM BeSmokeFree program will begin next month. BeSmokeFree offers faculty, staff, and dependents a number of innovative techniques designed to complement the program's basic support group/classroom sessions. Some of those interventions include pharmacological treatments, a 12-week supervised exercise program, acupuncture treatments and hypnotherapy, free individualized treatment plans, free quit kits, and, upon completion of the program, the opportunity to take part in a free six-week weight management program designed specifically for ex-smokers who have concerns about weight gain. The BeSmokeFree classes, which include seven group sessions during a six-week program, will be led by a variety of health experts, such as a health educator, respiratory therapist, exercise physiologist, mental health therapist, and nutritionist. Participants in BeSmokeFree who also are enrolled in the University's health care plan will receive full reimbursement of program fees upon completion of the program. The cost is $84 for each participant, and UM health care plan members receive a $12 voucher for each classroom session they attend. For more information on BeSmokeFree, contact Jennifer Pinto at 305-243-3209, or e-mail jpinto@med.miami.edu.

The American Cancer Society Institutional Grant is providing funds for meritorious cancer research that cannot be readily supported through other funding mechanisms. The primary purpose of the ACS grant is to provide seed funds for the initiation of promising new projects or novel ideas by junior faculty members. Applicants must not have had any peer reviewed funding. An award of $20,000 is available for a one-year period.  For guidelines and application forms for the ACS Institutional Research Grant, contact Dorothy Mills at 305-243-6292 or via e-mail at dmills@med.miami.edu. The deadline for applications is October 3. 

Did you know that you can initiate a request for technical support via e-mail? End users experiencing technical problems may submit an e-mail to help@med.miami.edu with their questions and service requests.  Send an e-mail describing the issue(s), and include your contact information. Please remember that Medical Information Technology no longer requires interdepartmental requisition forms for IT technical support services to the medical center. You may also reach Medical Information Technology by phone at 305-243-5999.

Richard Tiberius, Ph.D., director of the Educational Development Office for the Miller School of Medicine, will be the guest speaker at Medical Education Grand Rounds on Friday, September 30, at noon in the fifth floor of the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building. Lunch will be provided. The title of his presentation is “Scooped! An Educational Researcher’s Fantasy.” For more information, contact the Office of Educational Development at 305-243-7482.

S.T.E.P. (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) is a discussion group that offers parents of young children a realistic and practical approach to meeting the challenges of raising kids today.  As a participant, you will learn effective and enjoyable ways to communicate with your children. This S.T.E.P. course will focus primarily on parenting children ages 6-12, but it is open to parents of kids of all ages. The meetings will take place once a week for eight weeks at lunchtime (noon to 1 p.m.) in the Jackson Medical Towers- East Wing, room 718. The group will meet on the medical campus on the following dates: 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/12, 10/24, 10/31, and 11/7. You may register on-line at http://netlearning.miami.edu. Please be sure to register for all eight sessions. For questions about registration, please contact 305-243-3090. For questions about content, call the EAP at 305-284-6604. For more information, visit the EAP website: www.miami.edu/eap, and click on “seminar schedule.”

A representative from Lincoln Financial Group will be on the medical campus to conduct individual financial counseling sessions on September 20. 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 <mailto:tmyong@lnc.com> .

To ensure that your child car seat is installed correctly, a certified child passenger safety technician will be available on Wednesdays 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.

• University Compliance (anonymous hotline): 866-YOURCALL
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• Research Integrity and Compliance: 305-243-6415
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• University Ombudsperson: 305-284-4922

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.

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 The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Health Administration and Policy Program, School of Business Administration, present “The Effects of Eliminating an Anti-Tobacco Prevention Program on Youth Smoking Behaviors,” a seminar by Noella Dietz, Ph.D., post-doctoral research fellow at the Miller School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. The seminar will be today (Tuesday) at 12:10 p.m. in the Highland Professional Building conference room 316, 1801 N.W. 9^th Avenue. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. For more information, please contact Alice Tobias at 243-305-5710, or e-mail atobias@med.miami.edu.

Dennis J. Patin, M.D., associate professor of clinical anesthesiology and chief, anesthesiology and pain management, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will discuss "Pain Management I: Principals of Pain Management & Equianalgesic Dosing," 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.

Mark Soloway, M.D., leader, Prostate, Bladder, and Kidney Cancers Site Disease Group, and chairman and professor, Department of Urology, will discuss “The Facts About Prostate Cancer,” Wednesday, September 7, at UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach, from 6 to 7 p.m. A light dinner will be served. The Conversations About Cancer series is free and open to the public. Please call 1-800-545-2292 to register.  Seating is limited.

The first lecturer in this year’s series is Scott A. Shapiro, M.D., chief of neurosurgery and professor of neurological surgery at Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indiana University Medical Center. Dr. Shapiro will present "Oscillating Field Stimulation, Polyethylene Glycol and Inosine in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Spinal Cord,” on Wednesday, September 7, at noon in the Lois Pope LIFE Center seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108 or click http://www.miamiproject.med.miami.edu/x381.xml.

Jackson Health System is introducing a new series on diversity open to everyone on the medical campus. The first program in the series will be “A Roundtable on the Jewish Perspective: An educational experience for all to enjoy,” on Wednesday, September 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m., in Jackson’s Diagnostic Treatment Center room 259. Jackson Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Klein, Reverend Patricia Wilson, Pastoral Care, and guests will join a discussion on Judaism. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Gordon E. Hampden at 305-585-5198 or e-mail ghampden@um-jmh.org.

Looking for funding opportunities? Searching for a collaborator? Learn to navigate InfoEd SPIN Plus to locate funding opportunities or to find potential collaborators during a session on Thursday, September 8, at the Lois Pope LIFE Center seventh-floor auditorium, from 3 to 4 p.m. Learn about SPIN (Sponsored Program Information Network), a funding database designed to provide up-to-date information on federal, non-federal and international funding opportunities; Global Expertise Network for Industry, University and Scholars (GENIUS), an extensive database listing potential collaborators from over 600 institutions; and SMARTS (SPIN Matching and Research Transmittal Service), an electronic matching and funding opportunity notification system. To register, logon to NetLearning using your UM ID # (C-Number) at https://netlearning.miami.edu.
For more information about this workshop, please e-mail Maria Valero-Martinez at mvalero@med.miami.edu.

Murugesan Manoharan, M.D., will discuss “Surgical Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Myths & Realities,” on Monday, September 12, from noon to 1 p.m., in UM/Sylvester conference room 1301. This presentation is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served. Please call 305-243-1000 or 800-545-2292 to reserve your space.

The Jackson Memorial Hospital and UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center cancer committee is hosting a seminar, “Cervical Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment,” on Wednesday, September 14, in Jackson’s Diagnostic Treatment Center room 259, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Presenters will include gynecologists, gynecological and radiation oncologists, and psychosocial support service representatives from Jackson and UM/Sylvester. A full day of education on risk factors, prevention, diagnostic techniques, treatment, survival, and new discoveries will be discussed. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. Reservations are encouraged by contacting Alice Moody at 305-585-6038 or e-mail AMoody@UM-JMH.org. This meeting is free and open to the public, cancer services organizations, and medical center staff.

Karon Rzad, R.D., C.D.E., will discuss “Complementary vs. Alternative Medicine, Part II,” on Thursday, September 15, from noon to 1 p.m., in UM/Sylvester conference room 1301. This presentation is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served. Please call 305-243-1000 or 800-545-2292 to reserve your space.

The goal of these monthly one-hour roundtable discussion groups is to provide a forum for administrators/staff to discuss topics related to sponsored programs with their colleagues. On Thursday, Gay Lapinski, research compliance officer, will present “Research Compliance Assessment Audits.” This presentation will be a description of the research compliance audit process--what we do, how we do it, and what to expect as an investigator regarding the conduct of an audit.  These presentations will take place at noon in the Batchelor Building, first-floor conference room. 

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will present the 4th Annual South Florida Model Spinal Cord Injury System Conference on Wellness and Fitness at Jackson’s Diagnostic Treatment Center second floor on Tuesday, September 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For registration or to receive a conference brochure, please call Mayra M. Miró, Psy.D., at 305-585-1339, or send e-mail to mmiro@med.miami.edu. Lunch will be provided to those registered attendees only. There is no registration fee.

The Miller School of Medicine Departments of Pediatrics, Surgery and Neurosurgery are proud to announce the third annual Pediatric Brain Injury Conference, November 4 and 5 at the Alexander Hotel in Miami Beach. This is a unique meeting focusing on research and clinical issues along the continuum of care of children following brain and spinal cord injury. The two full days of plenary sessions include a break-out session on the first day exploring more detailed aspects of pediatric neurocritical care versus neurorehabilitation. For full details and to register online, please go to http://pedibrain.org/conference/conference.asp.

The Third Annual Jay Bon Salle Memorial Golf and Tennis Outing will be held on November 10 this year. All proceeds from this year’s outing will benefit the University of Miami Cardiovascular Center. For more information, please contact Milen Gonzalez at 305-243-2721 or via e-mail at mileng@miami.edu, or visit the Jay Bon Salle Foundation Web site at http://www.thejbsfoundation.org.

Honors

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine   was recently named a Campus Technology Magazine 2005 Innovator for its campus-wide wireless network.   To learn more about information technology efforts on the medical campus, visit the Medical Information Technology web site at http://it.med.miami.edu.

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.  Please contact Amy L. Kaye, ARNP, for more information at 305-243-6223.

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