Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., this year's recipient of the Lois Pope LIFE International Achievement Award, will give a special presentation for Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity Grand Rounds today (Tuesday) at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. The lecture is titled "Community-Based Care for Infectious Disease and the Future of Antibiotic Resistance." Lunch will be provided at the Grand Rounds lecture. For more information, please contact Katie Houghton at 305-243-8893 or khoughton@med.miami.edu. If you are unable to attend, a live web-cast of the presentation will be available at http://www.jayweisscenter.org/grand-rounds/webcast.html.

Later in the day, Farmer will give his scientific presentation, "Biosocial Research and Emerging Infectious Diseases" at 4 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

Farmer is the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician in infectious diseases and associate chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is also the founding director of Partners in Health, an international charity organization that provides direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. Farmer has pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies for AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Lesotho and Malawi, among other impoverished nations.

Are you looking for funding opportunities or applying for grants? You can learn more about internal procedures and policies regarding sponsored programs by taking an online course. Courses can be found in ULearn at www.miami.edu/ulearn. Once you login to ULearn, click on "Learn" at the top menu and then click on "Categories." The listing is titled "Research Administration and Sponsored Programs." Some of the courses are classroom-style and others are computer-based learning. 

For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu or call 305-243-5092.

The UM Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center is pleased to announce an active winter and spring season of Parkinson’s events. These community outreach programs are complimentary and designed for Parkinson’s patients and their loved ones. The Center offers support groups, Tai Chi classes, and deep brain stimulation groups at the National Parkinson Foundation, third-floor conference room. In addition, there will be a Parkinson's disease educational series, which will include "Gastrointestinal, Urological, Sexual and Other Problems Related to Parkinson’s Disease" today (Tuesday) from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Easter Seals of South Florida, 1475 NW 14th Avenue in Miami; the second annual "Parkinson’s Disease Complementary Therapies Symposium" on Thursday, April 23, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center, 18900 NE 25th Avenue in North Miami Beach, Katz Auditorium; and "Parkinson’s Disease 101 En Español," a three-day lecture series, scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 19 and 26, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at The Palace Suites, 11377 SW 84th Street in Kendall.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in this country, and more than one million people in the U.S. develop skin cancer each year. Through UMatter preventive care benefits, employees and dependents enrolled in an Aetna medical plan are eligible to receive one free annual skin cancer screening with a UM dermatologist. Take advantage of your free cancer screening, and learn the facts about skin cancer prevention and steps you can take to help reduce your risk.

To make an appointment, please call 305-243-3729.

The January 2009 issue of Calder Communications is now available online at http://calder.med.miami.edu/caldcomm/calder_communications.html. This issue contains exciting news about the continuing renovations, Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt’s first Faculty Open House, new electronic journals, updates on databases and comments from faculty and students about library services.

The Office of Research has launched a new international research listserv. The listserv targets UM faculty, staff and students engaged in international research and permits subscribers to post questions and share information related to international research.
 
For information on how to join this or any of the research listservs, visit http://med.miami.edu/orim/x20.xml.

The 2009 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) will be held at the Miami Beach Resort & Spa in Miami Beach October 4 through 7. The ICCH series is the largest gathering of researchers, educators and administrators from around the globe to focus on improving communication in healthcare. The multi-disciplinary nature of conference delegates encourages the integration of perspectives, theory, practice and innovation. Emphases of this year's conference are ethical issues in healthcare communication, patient safety as a communication issue and inter-cultural issues in communication. The international conference will feature Jozien Bensing, Ph.D., Michael Leonard, M.D., and William Branch, M.D., as the keynote speakers.

Please submit your oral, poster, workshop and/or interest group presentations by using the online submission Web site at http://submissions.miracd.com/icch2009/login.asp. The submission deadline is March 15, 2009. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 30. For information on formatting your abstract submission, visit http://www.aachonline.org/downloads/FormatforAbstracts.pdf.

Early registration is encouraged as seating is limited. If you register before August 10, 2009, you will receive the early bird discount. To register now, fill out the form at http://www.aachonline.org/downloads/RegistrationForm.pdf.

For complete details and itinerary, please download the brochure at http://www.aachonline.org/downloads/ICCHEbrochure2009.pdf.

The AIDS Clinical Research Unit (ACRU), directed by Margaret Fischl, M.D., would like to extend the services of its research pharmacy to other research projects involving investigational products. The ACRU research pharmacy has over 25 years of experience with a research pharmacy establishment plan approved by the Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. A range of services are available including parenteral preparations and injectables for adults, adolescents and pediatric subjects. 

For more information on services and fee schedules, please contact Dr. Fischl or Easter Floyd, Pharm.D., at 305-243-3838, mfischl@med.miami.edu or e.floyd@miami.edu.

Would you like to save gas money by joining a van pool? Space is available for employees who work on the University of Miami/Jackson medical campus. If you live in the Pembroke Pines area and work from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. you might be able to join the van pool.

The policy for clinical research subject enrollment ensures that the University tracks all clinical research subjects involved in clinical research protocols that test a drug, device or biologic and/or involve procedures, lab tests, and/or interventions on a patient.

This is a reminder that the University recently revised this policy. The principal investigator (or designee) is required to notify the Office of Clinical Research Revenue Cycle within 24 hours of consenting a patient to participate and again when a patient is disenrolled from a study that meets this criteria.

Please review the University's Registered Agent/Agent of Record Policy online at https://www6.miami.edu/policies_procedures/General-Business/PDF-Policies/BSF-080.pdf. The purpose of this policy is to streamline requests for information directed to the University. It sets forth specific procedures that employees must follow regarding the receipt or service of legal documents (summons, lawsuits, subpoenas including all subpoenas and written requests for medical records, notice of depositions, etc.) from a third party. Process servers should be directed to serve the University’s registered agent only.

Did you know that the Miami Institute for Human Genomics at the Miller School accepts applications for membership in the institute? Membership criteria, requirements and application forms are available online at www.mihg.org. If you have questions, please contact Navin Hill, Ph.D., by e-mail at mihgmembership@med.miami.edu.

Learn how to make the most of your money during Financial Wellness Month. Throughout February, the University will host seminars on important topics that can affect your financial well-being. Whether you are a veteran investor or a financial novice, there's a seminar for you. If you are concerned about planning for retirement, you can attend “Retirement Planning in Challenging Times” to learn more about how to maximize your retirement contributions during economic downturns. Are you close to retirement? Attend the “Ready to Retire” seminar to learn what steps you should take to plan for retirement.

A broad range of topics will be covered throughout the month. To view a full schedule and course descriptions, visit www.miami.edu/benefits.

The Faculty Senate represents the faculty in University governance and solicits interested faculty for their willingness to take part in this governance. In accordance with the election and voting procedure outlined in section B3.1 of the faculty manual, each voting member of the University faculty who is willing to serve on the Faculty Senate or on his/her school council should indicate this to the secretary of the Senate each academic year.

Members who have not received their 2009 Aetna ID cards may download a temporary card online at www.aetna.com. To download a temporary ID, register or login, click on "Plan Guide" and choose "Temporary Identification" under "Program - Medical." 

For more information about your Aetna ID card, contact customer service at 1-800-824-6411. If you have any questions, visit www.miami.edu/benefits/ask and complete the online form.

On April 30, the Miller School of Medicine, College of Engineering and Office of the Provost will host Enterprise Development Corporation’s eighth annual Life Science Conference, Biotech 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami. The conference brings regional industry and academia together for one day to preview translational research being conducted in South Florida and to uncover new areas of collaboration.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Regenerative Medicine – New Frontiers in Cellular and Stem Cell Therapies and Tissue Engineering.” Participants will explore the field of regenerative medicine - harnessing the body's own power to regenerate a severed limb or create compatible organs for transplantation. It will also cover some of the business and ethical issues related to this theme, particularly in light of the current political and economic climate. Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University, will deliver the keynote address. Bart Chernow, M.D., vice president for special programs and resource strategy, vice provost of technology advancement, and professor of medicine; Joshua Hare, M.D., chief of the Cardiovascular Division and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; and Camillo Ricordi, M.D., scientific director of the Diabetes Research Institute, will be participating in the conference.

For more information about the agenda, sponsorship and registration, please visit www.edc-tech.org.

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The Cardiovascular Division will present Grand Rounds today (Tuesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Elizabeth McNally, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and human genetics at the University of Chicago Medical Center, will present "The Genetics of Cardiomyopathy: Lessons From Single Genes."  

For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or ytabraue@med.miami.edu.

The Division of Hospital Medicine will host Grand Rounds today (Tuesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital, second-floor auditorium. Michael J. Mintzer, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, will present "Discussion of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease."

Learn how to use the InfoEd Proposal Development System to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the NIH. Join us for a hands-on workshop tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to noon at Dominion Tower, room 1003. InfoEd streamlines the proposal development process. It is Web-based and accessible almost anywhere by Mac and PC users with no additional software. InfoEd populates agency forms, includes built-in agency validations, stores proposals in a secure environment and provides a database of all proposals submitted. This session will help participants create, route, submit and track proposals using the InfoEd System.

Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu.

Join us for Medical Grand Rounds tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Lennox Jeffers, M.D., professor of medicine, will present a lecture titled "Hepatitis B & C in the African American and Hispanic Communities."

For more information, please contact Cristina Flores at 305-243-6484 or cflores2@med.miami.edu.

You are invited to a Pediatric Clinical Research Forum tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 1 p.m. at the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, conference room 508B. Joey Casanova, education coordinator for the Human Subjects Research Office, will present a lecture titled "Informed Consent and Assent in Pediatric Research."

Please RSVP to Luisa Napoles at 305-243-9936 or lnapoles22@med.miami.edu.

The Department of Orthopaedics will host Grand Rounds this Thursday from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Christopher Iobst, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon at Miami Children’s Hospital, will present "Access to Care for Pediatric Orthopaedic Fracture Patients in South Florida." 

For more information, please contact Ledinaida Figueroa at lfigueroa@med.miami.edu.

The University of Miami Cardiovascular Center presents its seventh annual Cardiovascular Congress featuring the Miami International Revascularization Summit , scheduled to take place this Thursday through Saturday at the Alexander All-Suite Oceanfront Resort in Miami Beach.

The three-day course will cover topics such as the latest technologies in the treatment of coronary artery disease, emerging technologies for the percutaneous treatment of structural heart disease, non-cardiac endovascular therapies, electrophysiologic ablations and devices, robotic surgery, and the latest in cardiac imaging. Faculty will consist of internationally renowned physicians from the Miller School including Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.; William O’Neill, M.D., executive dean for clinical affairs and chief medical officer of UHealth; Eduardo de Marchena, M.D., associate dean for international medicine and director of interventional cardiology; Tomas Salerno, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic surgery and vice chairman of the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery; Juan Pablo Zambrano, M.D., assistant professor of clinical medicine; Joshua M. Hare, M.D., Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, chief of the Cardiovascular Division, and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; Augusto Pichard, M.D., professor of medicine at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.; Igor Palacios, M.D., director of interventional cardiology at Harvard Medical School, and many others. This course will also be available live via webcast.

For information regarding the online webcast, please send an e-mail to the International Medicine Institute at IMInstitute@med.miami.edu. For information on the conference, call 305-243-2720 or send an e-mail to storres3@med.miami.edu. To register for the conference, visit www.cme.med.miami.edu or call 1-800-251-1569. Registration is also available at the conference.

Please join us for Otolaryngology Grand Rounds this Thursday from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Clinical Research Building, room 989. Simon Angeli, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology, and Kevin Brown, M.D., otolaryngology fellow, will present "Diagnosis and Management of Facial Nerve Paralysis." By attending the lecture, participants will be able to identify differentials for facial nerve paralysis, understand the utility of diagnostic tests to narrow the differential, and identify appropriate modes of therapy based on etiology.

The Miller School designates this educational activity for continuing medical education credit.  For more information, please contact Maria Hurtado at 305-585-8776 or mhurtado@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Surgical Grand Rounds this Thursday at 8 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Jose Martinez, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, will present "Advances in Surgical Endoscopy." Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to illustrate the importance of surgical residents acquiring endoscopic training during residency.

The Miller School designates this educational activity for one continuing medical education credit. For more information, please contact Elisa Arguelles at 305-585-1280 or earguelles@med.miami.edu.

The Leadership Academy is proud to introduce a new architecture for leadership development. If you are a supervisor at UM, you should attend the Leadership Academy Overview for the Practicing Supervisor, taking place this Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. at Dominion Parking Garage, suite 155.

You must complete the corresponding online computer-based learning modules prior to enrolling in the course. To register, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to logon. For more information, call 305‐243‐3090.

The Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology will present a seminar by Corey Nislow, Ph.D., assistant professor of medical genetics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Nislow will present "Genome-Wide Assays to Understand Drug Action" this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 6018.

For additional information, contact Nivia Machin-Gonzalez at 305-243-1078.

Please join us this Thursday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109 for a seminar by Amer Beg, Ph.D., professor of immunology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Dr. Beg will present a lecture titled "Understanding PKC-θ Function in Alloreactivity and GVHD."

Join us for a Sponsored Programs Roundtable series with Joey Casanova this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Dominion Tower, twelfth-floor conference room. The goal of this bi-monthly roundtable discussion group is to provide a forum for administrators and staff to discuss topics related to sponsored programs with their colleagues. Mr. Casanova will present "Reportable Events Definition and Policies."

Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to resedu@med.miami.edu.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center's Disparities and Community Outreach Core, the National Cancer Institute Coastal Cancer Information Service, and the Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity invite you to bring your lunch and join us for a Cancer Disparities and Community-Based Participatory Research Journal Club meeting this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, room 1080. Topics of discussion will include narrative communication in cancer prevention and control and a cervical cancer community-based participatory research project in a Native American community. 

For more information, please contact Marsha Stevens at mstevens2@med.miami.edu.

A course titled "New Concepts in Women's Health" is scheduled this Thursday through Saturday at the Mayfair Hotel and Spa in Coconut Grove. The course will provide a comprehensive update on the problems encountered in obstetrics and gynecology and its subspecialties and will disseminate new concepts of care in women’s health through every phase of life. New information and ideas will be presented, and participants will learn how to determine when other advanced technologies are necessary. 

The Employee Assistance Program will offer a "Relationship Building" seminar this Thursday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the Medical Wellness Center, twelfth-floor classroom. Participants will learn techniques used to establish respect, build trust, convey empathy and decrease reactivity. You will also learn how to achieve more satisfying solutions when interacting with partners, family, friends, colleagues and even those you meet casually. The seminar will help you become a positive influence in all your relationships.

To register, visit http://ulearn.miami.edu. For help with registration through ULearn, call the Professional Development and Training Office at 305-284-5110. To register through the Medical Wellness Center call 305-243-7600.

Please join us for Neurology Grand Rounds this Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Giovanni Manfredi, Ph.D., professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York, will present "Modulation of Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation by Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase in Health and Disease."

Lisa Lawrence, speech/language pathologist and assistive technology specialist at Sheldon Technology, will give an interactive presentation to demonstrate low- and high-tech devices used for children with neurological and/or acquired disabilities. The presentation will take place this Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023.

For additional information, please call 305-243-4466.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Thomas Misteli, Ph.D., senior investigator of the cell biology of genomes at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Misteli will present "Nuclear Architecture and Human Aging" this Friday at noon in the R. Bunn Gautier Building, room 118.

If you wish to meet with the speaker, please contact Sylka Perez at 305-243-6265 or sperez6@med.miami.edu.

The Educational Development Office will host Jeffrey G. Wiese, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for graduate medical education at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, for Grand Rounds this Friday at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fifth-floor auditorium. Dr. Wiese will present "Clinical Coaching: Exponentially Advancing Great Clinical Performance."

For more information, please contact Tanyika Stephenson at 305-243-7482.

Join us this Friday at 1 p.m. at Sylvester, conference room 1301, for a Sylvester Distinguished Lecture by Donald J. Tindall, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and urology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Tindall will present a lecture titled "Androgenic Regulation of Gene Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells."

No RSVP is required. For further information, contact Diane Dames at ddames@med.miami.edu.

Join us for a Neuroscience Center seminar this Friday at 1 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Hugh Robertson, Ph.D., professor of entomology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, will present "Origins, Evolution and Function of Insect Chemoreceptors: How Insects Smell and Taste."

For more information, call 305-243-7108 or visit http://www.themiamiproject.org/lectures.

The Miami Institute for Human Genomics will present a seminar by Carlos D. Bustamante, Ph.D., professor of biological statistics and computational biology at Cornell University. Dr. Bustamante will present a lecture titled "Population Genetics for the Personal Genome Era: Reconstructing Ancestry, Identifying Damaging Mutations and Quantifying Individual Disease Risk" this Friday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

For more information, please contact Nora Matelis at nmatelis@miami.edu or 305-243-8408.

Please join us for the third annual Christopher Rodriguez del Rey Motorcycle Memorial Ride to support trauma research at the William Lehman Injury Research Center. Christopher Rodriquez del Rey was only 19 years old when a truck ran a stop sign and ended his young life. Because trauma is preventable, educating children, teenagers and adults about the need for safety is an ongoing concern of the William Lehman Injury Research team and the driving force behind the Christopher Rodriguez del Rey Motorcycle Memorial Ride. 

Please join us for Epidemiology and Public Health Grand Rounds with Peter A. Meunnig, M.D., assistant professor of health policy and management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Meunnig will present "Social Burden of Disease in the United States," a lecture that will discuss the contribution of certain socioeconomic and behavioral factors such as education, income, race, smoking and drinking to morbidity and mortality in the United States. The event will take place on Monday, February 23, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education, Broad-Bussel Auditorium located on the first floor of the Clinical Research Building.

No RSVP is required. For more information, please contact Fernanda Kuchkarian at 305-243-2346 or fkuchkarian@med.miami.edu.

Please join us on Monday, February 23, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 3109 for a seminar by Jean Roters, graduate student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The seminar is titled "Reactivation of HIV-1 From Viral Latency by Chlamydia Trachomatis."

For additional information, please contact Ilse W. Duarte at iduarte@med.miami.edu or 305-243-5682.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will present Grand Rounds on Monday, February 23, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. George Kraft, M.D., professor of rehabilitation medicine and neurology at the University of Washington in Seattle, will present a lecture titled "Understanding Multiple Sclerosis: A Paradigm Shift." 

The Miller School designates this educational activity for a maximum of one continuing medical education credit. For more information, please contact Coretha Davis at 305-585-1431 or cdavis@med.miami.edu.

While Latin American and Caribbean investigators have dramatically increased their participation in collaborative international bioscience research, there continue to be challenges for the establishment of adequate mechanisms for human subjects protection. Some reasons include a lack of infrastructure to administer clinical trials and difficulties for enforcing an adequate regulatory framework. Sergio Litewka, M.D., Latin America operations director for the UM Bioethics Programs, will present a lecture titled "Current Status on Research Ethics in Latin American Countries."

You are encouraged to bring your lunch to this roundtable discussion, which will take place on Tuesday, February 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023. 

Please register online at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 24, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Charles W. Luetje, Ph.D., professor and interim chairman of molecular and cellular pharmacology. Dr. Luetje will present a lecture titled "The Structural Basis for Insect Olfactory Receptor Activation."

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

The Cardiovascular Division will host Grand Rounds on Tuesday, February 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center. Gustavo G. Lopera, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, will present "Risk Stratification of SCD."  

For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or ytabraue@med.miami.edu.

Worried about staff-related issues? One of the best strategies for retaining employees is by placing the right candidate in the best job role for them. Behavioral Interviewing is a research-based method of choosing the best candidate by using behavioral questioning techniques to determine ability based on past performance, a proven predictor of future performance. The course is a core requirement for all hiring managers.

The session will take place on Tuesday, February 24, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Dominion Parking Garage, suite 155. You must complete the corresponding online computer-based learning module before you enroll in the course. To register, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to logon. For more information, call 305-243-3090.

Please join us for Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery Grand Rounds on Wednesday, February 25, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 2090. James Grichnik, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology & cutaneous surgery, will present "Melanoma and Stem Cell Biology."

For more information, please call 305-243-4472.

Making a budget work can be quite a challenge. The Employee Assistance Program is pleased to sponsor this seminar for those interested in learning how to gain control over spending and develop better budgeting and credit use habits. Participants will learn about how to avoid financial disaster, the pitfalls of credit, how to use credit to get ahead, and options for those in over their heads. 

The seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 25, from noon to 1 p.m. at Dominion Tower Parking Garage, suite 155. To register, visit http://ulearn.miami.edu. For help with registration, call 305-284-5110.

The Medical Wellness Center is hosting a "Stress Less Wednesday" on February 25, starting at 11:30 a.m. in the atrium at the Medical Wellness Center. Dance away your workday stress with Salsa and Latin dance instructors or relax at Pasha’s restaurant and submit your song request to DJ Connection. At 12:15 p.m., attend "Beauty Begins Within," a seminar with a live makeover demonstration. Finally, an open salsa and Latin dance class to international recording artist Shelina will be held followed by refreshments compliments of Pasha’s and a "business apparel, yoga fashion show" and partner yoga.

Please RSVP for this event by calling 305-243-7600. The first 100 attendees to arrive will receive free product giveaways. Visit http://wellness.med.miami.edu/x288.xml for more details.

The Human Subjects Research Office is pleased to welcome Suzanne Page, J.D., director of the Clinical Research Initiation Services (CRIS) for an overview of the CRIS Office, the research revenue cycle and the revised enrollment policy to the University research community. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 25, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.

Registration is required through Ulearn. For further information, please contact Joey Casanova at jcasanova@med.miami.edu or at 305-243-3476.

The Department of Anesthesiology will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, February 26, from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Aimee Kamat, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, will present "CPP Management in the Sitting Position."

The Miller School designates this educational activity for one continuing medical education credit. For further information, please contact Marsha Williams at 305-585-1191 ext. 2*2 or mwilliams@med.miami.edu.

Please join us for Otolaryngology Grand Rounds on Thursday, February 26, from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Clinical Research Building, room 989. Myles Pensak, M.D., H.B. Broidy Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, will present "Skull Base Corridors." By attending the lecture, participants will understand regional anatomy of the skull base, recognize optimal surgical approaches to skull base tumors and appreciate the limits of specific approaches to skull base tumors. 

The Miller School designates this educational activity for one continuing medical education credit. For more information, please contact Maria Hurtado at 305-585-8776 or mhurtado@med.miami.edu.

The 2009 Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum Keynote Address will be given on Thursday, February 26, from noon to 1 p.m. at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium by Barbara M. Alving, M.D. Alving is the director of the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health, and she will talk about "Social Networking: A Critical Factor for Success in Medical Practice and Biomedical Research."

The Institute for Women’s Health will present its Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds on Thursday, February 26, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Barbara Kahn, Ph.D., dean of the School of Business, will present a lecture titled "Repeated-Adherence Protection Model: I’m OK and It’s a Hassle." The lecture will discuss patient adherence to preventive measures, such as mammography screening. Such adherence is shown to be influenced by prior usage, particularly when hazards (e.g., cancer, accident) do not occur. Implications from the model provide suggestions for public policy interventions that can encourage repeated use of preventive measures.

The Center on Aging in conjunction with the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement will host a series of group discussions on how modern communication technologies affect older adults at work. The lecture titled "The Impact of Modern Communication Technologies at Work" will take place on Friday, February 27, and Wednesday, March 4, at noon in the Mental Health Building, room 3208.

Seating is limited. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Chin Chin Lee at 305-355-9062 or clee@med.miami.edu.

The Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Department of Community Service (DOCS) will host a Pompano Beach Health Fair on Saturday, February 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sanders Park Elementary in Pompano Beach. At the fair, Miller School faculty and medical students will provide free health screenings, health education and more. Screenings will include cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, vision and cancer. Children will also be seen, but must be accompanied by an adult. 

For more information, please contact Erin Forster at emforster@med.miami.edu.

Please join us on Tuesday, March 3, at noon in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium for a seminar by Akira Chiba, Ph.D., professor of biology. Dr. Chiba will present a lecture titled "Bioprobe-Assisted In Vivo Dissection of Molecular Signaling by Rho GTPases in Developing Neurons."

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

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host Nobel Prize winner Edmond H. Fischer, Ph.D., professor emeritus  of biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, on Tuesday, March 3, at noon in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Dr. Fischer will present "Phosphorylase and the Origin of Reversible Phosphorylation."

Please join us for Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery Grand Rounds on Wednesday, March 4, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, room 2090. Roberto Perez, Ph.D., research assistant professor of dermatology & cutaneous surgery, will present "Animal Model Genetics in Wound Healing Research."

For more information, please contact 305-243-4472.

The 17th annual Miriam Lemberg Visiting Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Eugene Braunwald, M.D., Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chairman of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will present "Emerging Insights into Antiplatelet Therapy."

For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or ytabraue@med.miami.edu.

Attention study team members, coordinators, research nurses and all study personnel who manage patients. The Office of Research Information Management is offering a “Velos Patient Management Workshop." Come and learn how this system will help you manage your patients. The hands-on module will discuss patient enrollment, patient status management and patient calendars. The workshop will be held this Thursday and Thursday, Feb. 19 and 26, and Thursday, March 5, 12, 19 and 26, at Dominion Tower, room 1003 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Velos eResearch is a Web-based clinical research management application that is designed specifically for investigators and their research teams. It supports processes for patient recruitment, patient scheduling, budgeting, invoicing, and milestone management, data safety monitoring, adverse event reporting, system integration, data collection and study execution. Velos eResearch allows all study-related information to be centralized and can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. Accounts are password-protected and only accessible to authorized personnel. It is easy to use, reliable and completely secure. 

Registration for the workshop is required through ULearn. For more information, please send an e-mail to ResEDU@med.miami.edu.

The Employee Assistance Program is pleased to offer a seminar, "Stress Management," for those interested in developing skills to help manage stress. The seminar will focus on causes and effects of stress, the impact of stress response, coping skills for preventing and relieving stress, and  relaxation strategies.

The seminar will take place on Friday, March 6, from noon to 1 p.m. in Dominion Parking Garage, suite 155. To register, visit http://ulearn.miami.edu. For help with registration, please call the Professional Development and Training Office at 305-284-5110.

Tango the night away at "Taste of Love: Viva Tango," a food and wine extravaganza to raise awareness and funds to support The Transplant Foundation in its effort to save lives. The event will take place on Friday, March 6, at Jungle Island. The night will begin with cocktails at 7:30 p.m. followed by the main event from 8 to midnight.

The event is open to the public. Tickets are $100 in advance or $125 at the door. There will be a fashion show, a tango performance, live music and dancing, and a raffle for $2,500 cash. Not only will there be non-stop entertainment, but more than 25 beverage and food vendors will provide samples of their signature dishes.

The Transplant Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting transplant patients in need, educating the community on the importance of organ donation and funding transplant research. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Melissa Chediak-Wetzel at 305-817-5645 ext.106 or visit www.transplantfoundation.kintera.org/vivatango.

The Division of Complementary and Alternative Medicine will offer an acupuncture training course, which will take place across 15 Saturdays, March 7 through June 27, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Medical Wellness Center. The instructors for the course will be Janet Konefal, Ph.D., A.P., assistant dean of complementary and integrative medicine; Garrett Krause, A.P.; Fu Di, M.D., A.P.; and Jorge Mora, M.D.

Mark Hopkins' documentary Living in Emergency will be shown at the Bill Cosford Cinema on the Coral Gables campus as part of the Miami Film Festival on Sunday, March 8, at 8:30 p.m. The film presents a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than-glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is challenging, complex and fraught with the struggles, both internal and external, that aid workers face when working in war zones and other difficult contexts. 

For more information on the film, please visit www.livinginemergency.com.

Join us for Medical Grand Rounds on Wednesday, March 11, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. James Sowers, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology and pharmacology, vice chair for research in the Department of Internal Medicine, and director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Division at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will present a lecture titled "Metabolic Syndrome – An Update 2009."

For more information, contact Cristina Flores at 305-243-6484 or cflores2@med.miami.edu.

On March 12, the faculty of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology’s NHLBI Training Program in Cardiovascular Signaling will be hosting the second annual Cardiovascular Research Symposium on the Schoninger Research Quadrangle. The collaborative forum will provide outstanding opportunities to promote cutting-edge science in laboratories, clinics and classrooms across UM and the South Florida cardiovascular community.

Trainees, fellows and faculty are invited to present, discuss and interact with recognized leaders from basic science and clinical cardiovascular disciplines. The event will feature a keynote address by Jeffery Molkentin, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and a special presentation by Joshua Hare, M.D., chief of the cardiovascular division and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the Miller School. Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., and James Potter, Ph.D., professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology, will present opening remarks.

For more information about the agenda and abstract submission, please visit www.uheartmiami.com/CRS. The abstract submission deadline is March 1.

The UM Hemophilia Treatment Center will host a one-day symposium for primary care providers to address the challenges of bleeding disorders. Speakers will include Joanna A. Davis, M.D., associate professor of clinical pediatrics and medical director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Hemophilia Treatment Center, along with several area and visiting physicians. The symposium, "Challenges for the Primary Care Provider: Coagulation Disorders and ITP," will be held on Thursday, March 19, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Alexander All-Suite Oceanfront Resort in Miami Beach.

The symposium is free to UM and Jackson faculty, staff, voluntary faculty and former UM residents and fellows. For more information and for an online registration form, visit http://www.htcextras.org/symposium.html or e-mail Patrice Bravo at pbravo2@med.miami.edu.

The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity is requesting abstract submissions for its inaugural Social Medicine Advocacy, Research and Training (SMART) Forum. The forum will encourage interdisciplinary and community-based approaches for addressing health disparities.

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute will hold its third annual Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Symposium on Friday, May 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium. This symposium brings together leading experts to discuss novel data on cutting-edge advancements in the field of stem cell research. Discussions from prominent keynote speakers include Evangelos Badiavas, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the Miller School; Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D., associate professor of the stem cell program in the Institute of Cell Engineering at Johns Hopkins University; W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair and professor of neurological surgery and scientific director of The Miami Project to Paralysis; Eli Gilboa, Dodson Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Joshua M. Hare, M.D., chief of the Cardiovascular Division, Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; Richard Jones, M.D., professor of oncology and medicine and director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Johns Hopkins University; Jane Lebkowski, Ph.D., senior vice president of regenerative medicine at Geron Corporation in California; Paul Schiller, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine and biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miller School; and John Wagner, M.D., professor and clinical director of the Stem Cell Institute at the University of Minnesota. 

The Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is conducting a series of research studies. Currently, we are conducting focus groups to understand how older adults are able to successfully use communication technology and the potential benefits and impact of communication technologies at work. If you speak English and are more than 18 years old, you might qualify for this study. If you want to learn more about CREATE, please call 305-355-9200 and mention the “Communication Technology at Work” project. You will be paid for your time and effort.

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