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News from the KU Regents Center
The next CenterNet Conference will be at 11 a.m. May 28 in 1025 Orr-Major. This will be the second telecast concerning reimbursement of Physicians at Teaching Hospitals (PATH). The topic will be "PATH, Part 2: Implementation Strategies for Medicare Teaching Physician Requirements." The program will examine what changes teaching physicians and hospitals must make in order to comply with the Healthcare Financing Administration's new regulations. Participants will include Grant Bagley, MD, medical director of the division of physician services at the Healthcare Financing Administration; G. Robert D'Antuono, assistant vice president of health care affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges; and Randy Teach, director of government relations at American Capitation Advisors.
Dolores Furtado, PhD, professor of microbiology, molecular genetics and immunology, has been elected to a three-year term on the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) national council, which is the governing body of the association. The members were elected from 10 geographic districts representing colleges and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, Egypt and the Virgin Islands. She will represent District II (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska) and assume her office following the association's annual meeting in June. The AAUP, founded in 1915, is the only national organization exclusively representing college and university faculty members.
Debra Collins, MS, genetic counselor and assistant clinical professor of medicine, presented two sessions at the fourth International Patient/Provider Conference on Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome. May 3 and 4 in Bethesda, Md. She presented "Children and VHL &emdash; How Children and Family Members Cope with VHL" and "Adults Coping with VHL."
"A Therapy-Related Symptoms Checklist (TRSC) for Oncology Patients: Instrument Development" was presented by Kathleen Ducey, RN, MS, AOCN, director of nursing at the KU Cancer Center, at the 22nd annual Oncology Nursing Society Conference May 1 in New Orleans and will be presented by Phoebe Dauz Williams, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor in the School of Nursing, at the fifth meeting of the International Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory in August in Leuven, Belgium. The authors are Williams; Ducey; Arthur Ross Williams, PhD, professor and director of health services administration at the H. Bloch School of Business and Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and adjunct professor at the KU School of Nursing; Angela Sears, RN, MS, OCN, formerly with KU; Susan Tobin Rommelhart, MSN, PNP, CPON, formerly with KU; and Paula Bunde, RN, Douglas County Health Department.
Barbara Langner, RN, PhD, associate professor, has been appointed to the Health Care Data Governing Board by the Kansas State Nurses Association. She is the first registered nurse appointed to the board. The mission of the board is to promote the availability of an access to health care data; to provide leadership in health care information management and analysis; and to provide guidance in use of the data for policy makers, program managers and citizens to make informed health care decisions.
More than 750 nominations have been received for the 1997 "Nursing: The Heart of Healthcare" awards. Of the 421 nominees, 27 are nurses working at KU Medical Center. Through the annual program, 10 registered nurses will be selected for their outstanding contributions to patient care, their communities and their profession. They will be honored at the "Nursing: The Heart of Healthcare" awards ceremony Sept. 19 at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Tickets, which cost $100 each, are available by calling ext. 1616. The tickets are tax deductible.
Patricia Pohl, PT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy education and an assistant scientist in the Center on Aging, received a new, five-year $331,412 total costs Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institutes of Health for "Motor Learning In Individuals Post-Stroke." Her mentors will be Pam Duncan, PhD, director of research in the Center on Aging, and Joan McDowd, PhD, associate professor of occupational therapy education.
Applications are being accepted for the Reathea Mae Resco Scholarship, through the KU Endowment Association, to support a student's efforts while working in basic science cancer research. The amount of the scholarship is $2,828. Interested students should provide a letter of interest which includes a description of his or her research, appropriate transcripts and a letter from his or her faculty advisor to academic affairs, 5015 Wescoe, by July 18.
Applications are being accepted for the Dr. W.S. Sutton Scholarship, through the KU Endowment Association, to support a student's efforts while working in genetics research. The amount of the scholarship is $5,834. Interested students should provide a letter of interest which includes a description of his or her research, appropriate transcripts and a letter from his or her faculty advisor to academic affairs, 5015 Wescoe, by July 18.
Diane Clark, director of patient affairs, joined a contingent of delegates attending the nonpartisan Presidents' Summit for America's Future April 27-29 in Philadelphia. The summit was convened by honorary co-chairmen and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and George Bush and
President Bill Clinton. Ronald Reagan's wife, Nancy, attended in her husband's absence. The program was chaired by retired Gen. Colin Powell. Clark and 30 others from the Greater Kansas City area were among 1,400 delegates representing businesses, education, nonprofit help agencies, government and religion. The goal of the summit was "to mobilize millions of citizens and thousands of organizations from all sectors in order to ensure that all of our youth have access to five fundamental resources that can help them lead healthy, fulfilling lives.
1. An ongoing relationship with a caring adult or mentor.
2. Safe places to learn and grow.
3. A healthy start.
4. A marketable skill through effective education.
5. An opportunity to give back through community service. The event was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Next, local delegates will work to create concrete plans to put the summit's goals into action.
Women's Day, an event designed for all female faculty, staff and students at KU Medical Center, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. May 23 in 5010 KU Hospital. Shadrach Smith, MD, director of the weight management clinic and assistant professor of medicine, will discuss "Weight Management" at 1 p.m. Martha Barnard, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics, will discuss "Psychosocial Issues With Children" at 2 p.m. Colleen Johnson, RN, NP, and Gina Leffert, ARRT, RT, both of the comprehensive breast program, will discuss "Breast Cancer" at 3 p.m. For more information, call Susan Nielsen, ext. 5653. The event is sponsored mother/baby labor and delivery and human resources.
The Kansas Cancer Institute is hosting the "Heartland Summit: Minorities in Clinical Cancer Research" June 2 at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. The conference will explore barriers to minority participation in clinical trials and develop strategies to overcome barriers and increase minority involvement in clinical trials. Registration and meals will be provided at no charge. For more information call Debbie Graham, ext. 4709, or Mari Lynn Lovelace, ext. 4716.
The speaker and title have changed for the noon May 20 Round Table. Aura Morgan-Clarke, MS, senior outreach coordinator for special populations at the Cancer Information Service, will present "Cultural Diversity Awareness: Relating to Patients and Clients" in Lied Auditorium.
At the next Center on Aging Research Seminar, Chi-Ming Huang, PhD, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will discuss "Age, Movement and Cerebellum: Structural and Functional Consideration" from 4 to 5 p.m. May 20 in 5030 Robinson. Refreshments will be served.
The Center on Aging will sponsor a Visiting Professor Lecture from noon to 1 p.m. May 21 in 1004 MRRC. Steve Wolf, PhD, FAPTA, a professor at Emory University, Atlanta, will discuss "Examining the Effectiveness of Learned Non-Use on Restoration of Function in the Upper Extremity of Chronic Stroke Patients."
Each year the Student Union Corp. awards financial scholarships to students based upon their involvement in community and academic endeavors. Sixteen students have qualified to receive awards, which average $500 each. The students are: School of Allied Health &emdash; James Schurig, Cheryl Anderson, Kristy Heussner and Joan Ziegler; School of Medicine &emdash; Charisse Sparks, Martha Ximena Aguilera, Eric Eskioglu, Windy Lammers, Georgina Peacock, Ningmei Hu, Luke Evans, Corrie Steckart, Michael Farris and Trevor Thompson; and School of Nursing &emdash; Stephanie Mertens and Wendy Norris.
Robert Stark, dean of the KU Regents Center in Overland Park, will retire about July 1. Stark plans to remain as dean until a successor is named. A former Hallmark Cards Inc. executive, he came to the Regents Center after 35 years of service to the Kansas City-based greeting-card manufacturer. Jack Fincham, PhD, dean of pharmacy, will chair the search committee charged with selecting a new dean of the Regents Center.
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