It's that time of year again! The Third Annual UM Family Night with the Florida Marlins is set for May 3, and this year will undoubtedly be one to remember.

Pick up your tickets this Friday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Schoninger Research Quadrangle, and you can enter for a chance to throw out the first pitches. Tickets will also be available on Friday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Schoninger Research Quadrangle. You must have a valid UM ID to receive tickets, and only one ID per person will be permitted.

Each regular employee can receive one complimentary ticket and purchase up to three additional tickets for $1 each. If you would like more than three guest tickets, additional tickets are $7 each. Children two years old and younger do not require tickets. Each employee and their first three guests will also receive a complimentary meal voucher for a hot dog, chips and soda.

Miller School students and faculty joined the PowerU Center for Social Change, a community-based outreach organization, at the 2008 Overtown Health and Social Justice Fair on Saturday, March 29. The outreach group organized the event to provide free health screenings and social service information to neighborhood residents.

Thanks to your suggestions at the Miller School campus charrette last fall, the Louis Calder Memorial Library now offers wireless access capabilities on the patio. So make plans to join us on the Library patio for your next lunch break or study group.

As part of the University's ongoing commitment to improve quality, a new Total Compensation Statement has been created to provide you with a more comprehensive look at your overall UM compensation that reflects your salary and UMatter Benefits. Your 2007 Total Compensation Statement was recently mailed to the preferred mailing address listed in myUM.

This statement replaces the previous year's Personal Benefits Statement. If you have any questions, please complete the online form to e-mail a benefits expert at www.miami.edu/benefits/ask.

Are you a graduate student doing research in aging? The University of Miami’s Center on Aging has announced its 2008-2009 graduate student program, made possible by Forest Laboratories. Funding is available to any interested graduate student who would like to participate in aging-related research projects. Four awards will be funded and are limited to a maximum of $3,000 each. Two of these awards are restricted to issues related to mental health and older adults. For more information, please contact ajaret@med.miami.edu.

The Miller School's chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society is pleased to welcome Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, as the 2008 Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professor. Dr. Pérez-Stable is an internationally recognized expert on Latino health and health disparities. He also directs USCF's Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations.
 
Dr. Pérez-Stable will be presenting "Latino Health Paradox" at the Jay Weiss Center Grand Rounds on Tuesday, April 15, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. He will present the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds on "Health Disparities for the Clinician" on Wednesday, April 16, at noon, also in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium.

The Oncology Nursing Society will hold a course on Saturday, June 14, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at UM/Sylvester, conference room 1301. This course will earn participants seven continuing education units. Registration is free for UM employees, $60 for Jackson and VA employees and $85 for all others. To register, please contact Eileen Butler at ebutler@med.miami.edu.

All too often we hear of violence in the workplace. The University continues to work diligently to ensure faculty and staff can work in a safe environment. In that regard, the University has zero tolerance for weapons on its premises. Concealing or having possession of any weapons, firearms or explosives while on University property is grounds for immediate termination under University policy and is a criminal violation of Florida statutes. If you suspect someone has a weapon on campus, please notify your supervisor and/or the Department of Security immediately. You may also call the University hotline at 1-866-YOUR CALL.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is now accepting applications from interested medical students for its Women’s Health Research Scholars Program. The selection will be contingent upon an interview with the director of research and special projects and applicants must meet employment eligibility requirements in accordance with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Students selected as scholars must be able to commit to working four to six weeks beginning in June.

The Division of Nuclear Medicine is changing its name to the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging to better reflect the capabilities of newly acquired imaging technologies, such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Mike Georgiou, Ph.D., research assistant professor, will be responsible for the organization of molecular imaging under the medical supervision of George Sfakianakis, M.D., professor of radiology and pediatrics, and chief of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. 

The Division invites clinical and research investigators to consider potential applications for their research in small and large animal and human subjects. For more information, please contact Dr. Sfakianakis at gsfakian@med.miami.edu.

RightSource has experienced service issues which may have made it difficult for you to refill your prescriptions online or by phone. If you have any issues with the RightSource Mail Order Service, please notify Benefits Administration by visiting www.miami.edu/benefits/ask and completing the online form. 

Mark your calendars and join Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., as he presents the opening remarks at the 2008 Integrative Medicine Symposium and Expo at the Medical Wellness Center on Tuesday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This project is sponsored by the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine and the Medical Wellness Center. The event will be open to medical students, faculty and staff.

At the event, Kirti Kalidas, M.D., N.D., director of the Center of Natural and Integrative Medicine, Richard Delany, M.D., F.A.C.C., from Total Health Care, James M. Greenblatt, M.D., director of the Walden Behavioral Care Clinic, and Nancy Eklund, M.D., founder of the Miami Center for Holistic Healing, will be panelists for a discussion on "Integrative Medicine and Clinical Nutrition" from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Medical Wellness Center, room B. Throughout the day, there will also be sessions featuring acupuncture researchers and clinicians, whole food nutritional supplements and laser research. In addition, a wide variety of acupuncture, tai chi, yoga, meditation and aroma therapy demonstrations will take place. A limited selection of vendors displaying products currently used in integrative medicine will also participate in the Expo. For more information or a complete schedule of events, please visit http://wellness.med.miami.edu/x219.xml.

The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity Grand Rounds lecture scheduled for today at noon has been cancelled.

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Please join us today at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar offered by Joy Lincoln, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology. Dr. Lincoln is presenting a lecture titled "Transcriptional Regulation of Heart Valve Development." For further information call 305-243-6691 or e-mail Nilcer Aviles at naviles@med.miami.edu.

The Division of Hospital Medicine presents its Grand Rounds every second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Jackson Central Building, second-floor auditorium at noon. Lectures are accredited for continuing education and lunch is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. The next lecture, "Ways to Reduce Prescribing Errors and Enhance Patient Safety," will be presented today by Venessa S. Price, PharmD, assistant director of clinical services at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Ayanna D. Phillips, PharmD, CPS, clinical manager of adult medical and surgical services at Jackson Memorial Hospital. This presentation will review current procedures and policies to reduce prescribing errors and commonly seen mistakes. For more information, contact Henry Michtalik, M.D. at hmichtalik2@med.miami.edu or visit www.cme.med.miami.edu.

Are you enrolled in the CoverageFirst 1500 plan but are unsure exactly how it works? Attend the CoverageFirst lunch-and-learn session today from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.

Learn more about how the CoverageFirst 1500 benefit allowance works with expenses such as office visits, UMatter preventive care benefits and a Flexible Spending Account. Also learn how to track benefit allowances and medical expenses at the myHumana.com Web site. To RSVP, call 305-284-3004 or e-mail vagramonte@miami.edu. If you are unable to attend and still have questions, visit www.miami.edu/benefits/ask.

Maria Valero-Martinez will demonstrate how to use the SpinPlus System to locate funding opportunities tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. in the Fred C. and Helen Donn Flipse Building, room 502 on the Coral Gables campus.

SpinPlus is a web-based system composed of three modules: Spin, a funding opportunities database; Genius, a database of scientific and scholarly expertise; and Smarts, a funding alert system. Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please contact Sofia Aymerich at saymerich@med.miami.edu.

The Laboratory Core of the Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR), presents a research seminar by Eckhard Podack, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chairman of microbiology and immunology. Dr. Podack will be presenting "Cell-Based gp96 Vaccines for SIV and HIV" tomorrow from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109.

Coffee and cookies will be served. For more information, visit www.med.miami.edu/dcfar.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds this Thursday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Joe Levi, M.D., professor and chief of general surgery, will present "Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas." Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to understand, diagnose and treat cystic tumors of the pancreas.

The University of Miami Cardiovascular Center is proud to present the international, live Web cast of its sixth annual Miami International Revascularization Summit being held this Thursday through Saturday at the Alexander All-Suite Oceanfront Resort in Miami Beach.  

The conference will emphasize faculty and audience participation with real patient cases discussed by master teachers. It is designed to provide current literature and techniques for the treatment of coronary artery obstructions, valvular heart disease and peripheral vascular disease, as well as for the medical management of cardiovascular disease and cardiac imaging techniques.

The Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology will present a lecture by Sylvain Huard, Ph.D., post doctoral associate of molecular and cellular pharmacology at the Miller School. Dr. Sylvain will be giving a lecture titled "Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vpr Induces Cell Cycle G2 Arrest Through Srk1/MK2-Mediated Phosphorylation of Cdc25," this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 6018. 
 
For additional information, please contact Nivia Machin-Gonzalez at 305-243-1078.

The College of Engineering welcomes you to the upcoming College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series. Two seminars will be held. The first will take place this Thursday and the second on Thursday, April 17. Both seminars will begin at noon in the McArthur Engineering Annex, room 202 on the Coral Gables campus.

This course, developed by the Employee Assistance Program as part of the Leadership Academy offered through the Professional Development and Training Office, is designed to help supervisors improve their conflict resolution and negotiation skills. Participants will learn to identify why conflicts occur, recognize the levels of conflict development and learn how to use basic conflict resolution skills. To complete the required computer-based learning modules and register for the live session, log on to http://ULearn.miami.edu. For more information about course content, call 305-284-5110.

The workshop will be held this Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. in Dominion Parking Garage, suite 155. For help with registration, call 305-243-3090.

The Training Division of the Department of Pediatrics invites you to the next Friday Noon Lecture Series this Friday, April 11, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023. Please join Alma Vega, A.R.N.P., for a discussion on "Pediatric HIV and Cognitive Abilities." Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please contact Wanda Castro at 305-243-4466 or wcastro@med.miami.edu.

Mario Landera, a speech pathologist in the Department of Otolaryngology, will discuss “Swallowing Problems Following Cancer Treatments" this Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Best Western Deerfield Beach Hotel, 1050 East Newport Center Drive. Reservations are required by calling 1-800-545-2292.

The Miller School and Jackson Health System’s Women’s Hospital Center have teamed up with the Greater Miami Chapter of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America to sponsor a 5K Walk/Run to benefit sickle cell disease research and treatment. Join Dean Pascal J. Goldshcmidt, M.D., at Dolphin Stadium this Saturday at 7:15 a.m. for opening remarks. The walk/run will take place at 8 a.m. The event will also feature a health fair, the Jackson Care-a-Van, the Pedi Mobile Van, a community blood center mobile, the Bascom Palmer Vision Van, medical services and education by a number of service providers, including the Jackson Health System Women’s Hospital Center OB/GYN staff. A group of medical students will be doing the hemoglobinopathy screening with Astrid Mack, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine and associate dean for minority affairs, and the Rosie Lee Wesley Outpatient Clinic will also be on the Go Bus to provide social services.

The event staff is in need of your help. If you are a medical student, faculty member or staff interested in volunteering, please contact Dr. Todra Anderson at tanderson@med.miami.edu. You may pre-register by sending an e-mail to walkrun@sicklecellmiami.org. For additional information online, visit http://www.sicklecellmiami.org/News_Walk.htm.

Lace up your sneakers and get ready for the Transplant Foundation's Miracle Walk, a 5K family walk-a-thon event being held this Sunday at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the walk begins at 9. Pre-registration is $25 and includes breakfast, lunch by DiSalvo's, free giveaways and entrance to the health fair. To register online, please visit www.miraclewalk.kintera.org. For more details, call the Transplant Foundation office at 305-817-5645 or visit www.transplantfoundation.org.

The Office of Research will hold a GRANITE Web Animal Orders training session to teach participants how to create, edit, submit and view animal order requests, as well as transfer animals. The session will be held on Monday, April 14, from noon to 1 p.m., at the Louis Calder Memorial Library, third-floor computer classroom. Space is limited; registration required. To register, send an email to resinfo@med.miami.edu.

On Monday, April 14, UM/Sylvester will present a Conversations About Cancer seminar by Emeka Ikpeazu, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., associate professor of clinical medicine, who will discuss "Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Their Management" from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Best Western Deerfield Beach Hotel. Reservations are required by calling 1-800-545-2292.

Join us for a Grants.gov hands-on workshop on Monday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Louis Calder Memorial Library computer lab.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 15, as the Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR) hosts Francois Villinger, D.V.M., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology at Emory University. Dr. Villinger will present "CD4 T Cell Re-Education: Can We Restore Immune Responses, Control HIV/SIV Replication and Delay AIDS?" The seminar will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109. For additional information, please visit www.med.miami.edu/dcfar.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 16, at noon in the Medical Training and Simulation Laboratory auditorium for a Transgenic  Seminar Series. Thomas Malek, Ph.D., will provide a short history of transgenic manipulation at the University of Miami followed by several presentations. Peter Sobieszczuk, Ph.D., will present "New Directions for Transgenic Approaches: Genetic Engineering of Mouse Models for Cancer Research" followed by three short presentations by Roland Jurecic, Ph.D., presenting "Mouse Models of Stem Cell Self-renewal and Leukemogenisis;" Francisca Diaz, Ph.D., presenting "Conditional Knockout of Cox10 as a Model of Mitochondrial Myopathies;" and Hirokazu Fukui, Ph.D., presenting "Inducing Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Mouse Brain."

The Department of Orthopaedics will host A. Ylenia Giuffrida, M.D., fifth-year resident, for a Grand Rounds lecture on Thursday, April 17, from 7 to 8 a.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Dr. Giuffrida will present "A Novel Method for Human Digital Pulley Reconstruction Using PTFE."

For more information, contact Ledi Figueroa at lfigueroa@med.miami.edu or 305-243-6725.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 17, from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Mimis Cohen, M.D., professor of surgery and chief of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present "Abdominal Wall Reconstruction." Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to analyze a variety of acquired defects of the abdominal wall.

Lynn E. Smith and Johanna Stamates will present the next Sponsored Programs Roundtable Series, "The Compliance Audit Process: What to Expect," on Thursday, April 17, at noon at the Batchelor Children's Research Institute, Baxter Conference Room. The seminar will provide a description of the types of audits conducted, the audit process and how to prepare for an audit. Participants will also learn about the most common findings, what information is reviewed and how the auditor assigns significance to the findings.

Please register online at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please contact Sofia Aymerich at saymerich@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Jeremy Thorner, Ph.D., William V. Power Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Thorner will present "MAPK Signaling Induces Membrane Lipid Anisotropy" on Friday, April 18, at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

Anyone wishing to meet with the speaker should contact Sylka Perez at 305-243-6265 or sperez6@med.miami.edu.

The Miller School and Jackson Health System’s Women’s Hospital Center have teamed up with the American Lung Association and the Continental Society of Greater Miami to sponsor a 5K Walk/Run to support asthma awareness. The event will begin at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Miami Metrozoo.

The Louis Calder Memorial Library is hosting a free QUOSA Information Manager class for researchers on Monday, April 21, from 9 to 10 a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. To register, visit http://calder.med.miami.edu/forms/classregistration.html.
 
QUOSA Information Manager streamlines literature searching, organizing and sharing. In the training sessions you will learn how to retrieve all or selected text from your PubMed or Ovid search with one click, organize article collections, search across the full-text of articles, share articles with colleagues and more.

Travel Management will hosts its annual Travel Fair on Tuesday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Be sure to participate in the raffles to win exciting prizes such as airline tickets, hotel stays and dinners at local restaurants. The fair will also feature authorized travel agencies, hotels, car rental companies and other UM vendors.

For additional information, please contact Travel Management at 305-284-1087 or travel@miami.edu. You may also visit the Web site at www.miami.edu/travel.

UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center has opened online registration for the Well Being/Being Well conference. The one-day event, being held Tuesday, April 22, features renowned mind and body expert Deepak Chopra and UM President Donna E. Shalala, a nationally recognized expert on health care, as keynote speakers.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will present a seminar by Stephan Zuchner, M.D., associate professor of medicine at  the Miami Institute for Human Genomics. Dr. Zuchner will be presenting "CMT2A and Beyond: The Genotypic and Phenotypic Spectrum of Mitofusin 2." 

The event will take place on Tuesday, April 22, at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118. If you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Dr. Richard Myers at rmyers@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will host Grand Rounds on Wednesday, April 23, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Daniel Kantor, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, will present "Research Updates in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment."

For further details, please contact Coretha Davis at 305-585-1431. The department offers one continuing medical education credit for attending.

The Sponsored Programs Education Workshop is a required institutional program for all key personnel listed on proposals. The goal is to educate key personnel with the fiscal and compliance issues of pre- and post-award management. The workshop covers the most recent information on the grant process from finding funding opportunities to closing an account. The workshop will review the principal investigator's role and responsibility for administering sponsored projects, explain established policies and procedures, and provide an overview of the central support services available to the investigator.

There are more than 22 million family caregivers in this country, and two-thirds of family caregivers work full or part-time. The challenges of combining work and caregiving can be stressful and difficult for caregivers and employers. UM's Center on Aging and the Employee Assistance Program invite you to a special program on caregiving. Designed for all UM faculty and staff who are caring for elderly or ill family members, the program will discuss important issues such as balancing personal care with care for others and managing feelings of guilt. The program will also highlight some available resources at UM and in the community.

The event will take place on Wednesday, April 23, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the BankUnited Center, Hurricane 100 Room.

Lunch will be provided, and reservations are required. To RSVP, send an e-mail to spurcell@med.miami.edu or call 305-355-9081.

The next Orthopaedic Grand Rounds will be held on Thursday, April 24, at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium from 7 to 8 a.m. Kathryn S.E. Cheah, Ph.D., professor and chair of biochemistry and director of the Faculty of Medicine Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth at the University of Hong Kong, will present "Understanding Degenerative Disk Disease Through Genetics and Genomics." Dr. Cheah will  present a second lecture titled "The Genomics of Intervertebral Disk Herniation" at noon in the seventh-floor auditorium at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, also on April 24.

For more information, please contact Ledi Figueroa at lfigueroa@med.miami.edu or 305-243-6725.

Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics and director of clinical services at the Mailman Center for Child Development, will present a human subjects protections seminar on Tuesday, April, 29, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023.

The social authority of medicine and science is a critical component of the subject-researcher relationship and the historical origins of that social authority may surprise contemporary researchers and health care providers. This interactive seminar explores how the history of modern medicine in the United States continues to impact our research and clinical endeavors.

To attend this seminar, please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, contact Sofia Aymerich at saymerich@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for a special seminar by Susan Hester, Ph.D., from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on Wednesday, April 30, from noon to 1 p.m. at UM/Sylvester, conference room 1301. Dr. Hester will present "Do Tumorigenic Conazoles and Phenobarbital Induce Mouse Liver Tumors by the Same Mechanisms? Results from Transcriptomic Studies."

UM/Sylvester will host the ninth annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture and Cancer Research Poster Session on Thursday, May 1, in honor of its founding director, Charles Gordon Zubrod, M.D. This lecture is held in association with the annual cancer research poster competition. The goal of the event is to provide a competitive stimulus for creativity in research and an opportunity for the exchange of ideas. Faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, post-doctoral trainees and graduate students are encouraged to participate by attending the lecture, presenting a poster, or by viewing the posters of their colleagues. The event will begin with a poster viewing from 8 to 10:30 a.m., followed by an award ceremony from 11 to 11:30 a.m., then oral presentations from 11:30 a.m. to noon at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Diagnostic Treatment Center, second-floor conference center. There will also be a lecture, "Modeling Cancer in the Mouse," presented by Tyler Jacks, Ph.D, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Cancer Research from noon to 1 p.m.

Show the rest of Miami-Dade County your Hurricane spirit by joining Team UM for the 2008 Miami Mercedes Benz 5K Corporate Run/Walk on Thursday, May 1. The event takes place at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami starting at 6:45 p.m. This year you can save paper and $5 by registering online. The department that registers the most participants wins an office pizza party compliments of Pizza Hut. Participating in the Corporate Run is a great way to show your UM pride, share a good time with your co-workers and get some exercise. Family and friends are also eligible to join Team UM. Miller School faculty and staff who are interested in participating or have any questions should call 305-243-7600 or send an e-mail to cjohnson7@med.miami.edu.

In an effort to enhance the collaborative research between the medical and engineering faculties, the Deans of the Miller School and the College of Engineering, are launching a series of half-day Collaborative Research Exchange Forums (CREFs). 

The Health Research in the Americas IV Conference, sponsored by the University of Miami Fogarty International Training Program in AIDS and TB, will focus on HIV and Tuberculosis. The conference will provide current information for clinicians, students, researchers and non-clinical health workers regarding the current state of the HIV/TB co-epidemics in the Americas.

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