The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s regional campus at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton was honored on April 4 with the Heroes in Medicine award for advancements in health care, presented by Palm Beach County Medical Society Services and Palm Beach County Medical Society Alliance.

This Friday is the last day to pick up your tickets for the third annual UM Family Night with the Florida Marlins. Representatives will be on the Schoninger Research Quadrangle from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Marlins will take on the San Diego Padres at Dolphin Stadium on Saturday, May 3, and the fun includes pre-game festivities featuring an autograph session with Marlins players, pictures with Sebastian the Ibis and Billy the Marlin, free giveaways, face painting and of course, the UM Pep Band to keep it all upbeat. After the game, stay for the concert by Puerto Rican salsa band El Gran Combo and a fireworks display. The game will start at 7:10 p.m. and the pre-game activities will begin at 4:10 p.m.

Lincoln Financial will offer individual financial consultations today at Park Plaza East Parking Garage, suite D. To schedule an appointment with Lincoln Financial, please contact Theresa Yong at 305-245-7332 or Theresa.Yong@LFG.com.

Don’t forget, you can make an appointment at any time with LTSave for free investment advice. To make an appointment with LT Save, call 305-284-4556.

The Institute for Women’s Health has launched a new Web site with a number of useful features for health care professionals and researchers interested in women’s health. Some of the features include "Hot Topics in Women’s Health," a continuing series in which Erin Marcus, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., associate medical director, interviews experts from UM about current issues in women’s health; and "Find a Collaborator in Women’s Health," a database of approximately 50 researchers from throughout the university who conduct research related to women’s health, where you can search for a potential collaborator or mentor by research interests. The Web site also features upcoming conferences and events; and links to resources for the latest statistics on women’s health and sites with information on policies affecting women’s health.

Please visit the new Web site at http://womenshealth.med.miami.edu for further details.

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 UCSF's Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations.
 
Dr. Pérez-Stable will be presenting "Latino Health Paradox" at the Jay Weiss Center Grand Rounds today 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" tomorrow 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.

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, Leonard Smith, M.D., voluntary assistant professor of surgery, will present "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Heavy Metal Toxicity" from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, room 988. 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 second in a series of programs "2008 Stroke Update" is designed to provide a practical update that addresses acute evaluation and management in patient care and emphasizes clinical skills for nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, nursing students, and physical and respiratory therapists. Topics include brain imaging interpretation and rehabilitation strategies for the stroke patient. The seminar is scheduled for Friday, April 25, and will be held at the Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education's Broad-Bussel Auditorium located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building. 

The registration fee is $100, which includes all learning materials for the course and lunch. The program is approved for a maximum of 6.5 continuing education hours for nurses, physical therapists and respiratory therapists. Please register online at https://gcrme.med.miami.edu/secure/2008_stroke_update_form.html. For more information, call 305-243-6491 or e-mail gcrmence@med.miami.edu.

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.

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Please join us today at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Nagi George Ayad, Ph.D., assistant professor of cancer biology at The Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Ayad will present "Mitotic Entry, Exit and Neuronal Precursors."

For more information, contact Nilcer Aviles at 305-243-6691 or naviles@med.miami.edu.

Please join us today 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.

You are invited to attend Jackson Memorial Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds session tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium.
 
The featured guest speaker, Richard C. Hunt, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., director of the Division of Injury Response at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present a lecture titled "Blast Injuries." Dr. Hunt is currently guiding research and preparedness activities in disaster and terrorism response as it relates to injuries, and fostering partnerships with the acute injury care community that will be crucial in a mass casualty event. 
 
Lunch will be served at noon on the first-floor patio next to Au Bon Pain restaurant.

Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health, will be presenting the next psychiatry Grand Rounds lecture, "Psychiatry in 2020," tomorrow at noon in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Retter Auditorium. Through this lecture, participants will learn how to examine the major trends in psychiatric research, explain how research will benefit patients and visualize transformational approaches to treating mental illness.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will also host a reception and ceremony to recognize Dr. Insel as the 2008 Margaret Ann Aitcheson Humanitarian Award recipient from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Diagnostic Treatment Center, conference room 259. 

The Margaret Ann Aitcheson Humanitarian Award was created in 2002 by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science to recognize those who have made substantial contributions to the field of mental health. Tipper Gore was the first recipient of the Humanitarian Award, which was later named in honor of her mother, Margaret Ann Aitcheson.

For more information, please contact Pamela von Fuchs at 305-607-8148.

Please join us tomorrow 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 this Thursday 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 this Thursday 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.

Please join us for the Institute for Women's Health Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium.

Stephan Schürer, M.D., head of chemical informatics at Scripps Research Institute, will visit the Miller School this Thursday to present a molecular and cellular pharmacology seminar. Dr. Schürer will be presenting "Applied Cheminformatics and Structure Modeling: Novel Insights Into Screening Efficiency and Target Similarities" at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 6018.

Lynn E. Smith and Johanna Stamates will present the next Sponsored Programs Roundtable Series, "The Compliance Audit Process: What to Expect," this Thursday 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" this Friday 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.

Please join us for the UM/Sylvester Distinguished Lecture Series this Friday at 1 p.m. at UM/Sylvester, conference room 1301. Jeffrey Wrana, Ph.D., senior investigator in the Department of Molecular Biology and Cancer at Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute and professor of medical genetics and microbiology at the University of Toronto, will present "Dissecting Morphogen Signaling Pathways Using High Throughput Technologies."

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. this Saturday 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.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host Stephen Nutt, Ph.D., from the Immunology Division at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia, for a seminar. Dr. Nutt will present "The Role of Blimp 1 in Lymphocyte Terminal Differentiation" on Monday, April 21, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109. 

Ray-Chang Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, will visit the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology to present a seminar titled "Post-Translational Modifications of SRC-3/AIB1: A Life and Death Affair of an Oncoprotein." 
       
The lecture will take place on Monday, April 21, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 6018.

What influences patients’ decision making when it comes to preventive health care? What factors influence mammography screening decisions among women and how can we use social cognition and economic models to describe and predict patient choice? Barbara Kahn, Ph.D., professor and dean of UM's School of Business Administration, will present her groundbreaking research on a novel model of repeated adherence in mammography. The lecture "Repeated Adherence Model (RAP) I'm O.K. and It's a Hassle" will take place on Monday, April 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education's Broad-Bussel Auditorium located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building.

Refreshments will be provided beginning at 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact Maria Padron at 305-243-8217 or mpadron@med.miami.edu.

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

Travel Management will host 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host Maria Carolina Pilonieta to present "Transcriptional Regulation of Virulence Genes in Enterotoxigenic E. Coli and Shigella Flexneri by Members of the AraC/XylS Family" for her Ph.D. dissertation. The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 24, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109 and again at 2 p.m. in the McKnight Vision Research Center, seventh-floor conference room.

Join us for a seminar by Guochang Fan, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and cell biophysics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, on Thursday, April 24, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, conference room 1179. Dr. Fan will present "HSP20 and MicroRNAs320: Novel Regulators of Cardio Protection." 

For more information, contact Grisel Bisbal at 305-243-7999 or gbisbal@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for a Microbiology and Immunology Seminar by Meta J. Kuehn, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry at Duke University. Dr. Kuehn will present "Outer Membrane Vesicles: A Stress Response Pathway Involved in Bacterial Virulence" on Friday, April 25, at 11 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109.

The Faculty Senate is proud to recognize Mark T. O'Connell, M.D., senior associate dean for medical education and Bernard J. Fogel Chair in Medical Education, as the recipient of the 2008 Faculty Senate Outstanding Teacher Award. Additionally, Paul Dee, director of intercollegiate athletics, was selected for the Faculty Senate Special Achievement Award. All faculty members are invited to attend the award ceremony and reception on Monday, April 28, at 4 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.

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."

The Miami Institute for Human Genomics will host a seminar series on "Advancing Genomics Through Innovation" on Wednesday, April 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium

Feeling a little nervous about your baby's shots? If you've ever wondered why your baby needs so many immunizations, considered omitting some of your baby's vaccines or worried about vaccines and their alleged link to autism, then this session is for you. J. Mark Saunders, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Miller School, will discuss these topics in his lecture titled "Childhood Immunizations and Your Baby." He will also be available to answer your questions. A light meal will be provided in addition to free diapers and wipes.
 
The event will take place on Wednesday, April 30, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Pediatrics South. For more information, please call Aja Cole at 305-270-3495.

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.

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute will host Yao-Liang Tang, M.D., Ph.D., research assistant professor at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in California, for a lecture on Thursday, May 1. Dr. Tang will present "Enhancing Cardiac Stem Cell Homing via Hypoxia Preconditioning" from noon to 1 p.m. at the Medical Training and Simulation Laboratory, auditorium. 

For more information, contact Grisel Bisbal at 305-243-7999 or gbisbal@med.miami.edu.

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 will win 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.

The Department of Neurological Surgery will host its eighth annual Hubert L. Rosomoff Research Day on Saturday May 3, from 8:25 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

The event will showcase research by the Department’s residents, fellows and faculty. This year’s visiting professor will be Kim Burchiel, M.D., F.A.C.S., John Raaf Professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Burchiel is a renowned authority on the neurosurgical treatment of pain and will deliver two lectures. All interested members of the University community are invited to attend. For further information, call 305-243-6751.

Aventura Mall will be hosting a premiere fashion show and event to benefit the Department of Pediatrics Children First Fund on Sunday, May 4, at 11:30 a.m. The show will take place on the first level of the mall at Center Court. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Grand Lux Café.

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.

Jennifer Marks, M.D., is currently recruiting patients ages 18 or older, who are obese with impair glucose tolerance and have hypertension, for participation in a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an angiotensin receptor blocker for protection against endothelial dysfunction. Patients must be non-smokers who are otherwise in good health. Those who are interested should contact Dr. Jorge Mejia-Galvis at 305-243-6573.

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