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News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
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News from the School of Allied Health and KU Hospital
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
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The next CenterNet Conference will be a "National Institutes of Health Round Table" from 11 a.m. to noon June 17 in 1025 Orr-Major. John Gallin, MD, director of the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health, will be among the participants.
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
At the annual Student Voice Teaching Awards presentation May 3, the department of internal medicine was named Best Department by the class of 1998.
Last week’s Faculty Report published the names of faculty who are University Distinguished Professors. Kermit Krantz, MD, also holds this appointment.
A reception in honor of Joe Besharse, PhD, professor and chair of anatomy and cell biology, will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. June 17 in the Hixon Atrium. Besharse, who has served as chair for eight years, resigned, effective June 30.
Deborah Powell, MD, dean of the School of Medicine, presented "The Research Mission in the 21st Century" at a conference on Planning for the Research Mission of Public Universities in the 21st Century June 12 in Valley Falls. The conference was sponsored by KU, Lawrence.
Glen Andrews, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, received a new, five-year $1,521,754 total costs grant from the National Institutes of Health for "Environmental Toxicology Using Transgenic Mouse Models." His co-investigators are: Mark Fisher, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Jeffrey Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics.
Scott Goodman, a sophomore medical student, received this year’s American Society of Clinical Pathologists’ Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement. He was nominated for compiling an outline of pathology, which he installed on the Internet.
Ace Allen, MD, director of telemedicine research and research associate professor of family medicine, was a presenter at the third annual Conference on Medical Aspects of Telemedicine in Kobe, Japan. As a plenary session speaker he discussed "Defining Telemedicine Program Success." Allen also has been selected treasurer of the newly formed International Society for Telemedicine. The president is Dr. Steinar Pedersen of Norway.
Barbara Lukert, MD, professor of medicine, discussed "The Management of Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis" and chaired a workshop on "The Team Approach to Osteoporosis Care" at the fourth International Symposium on Osteoporosis: Research Advances and Clinical Applications June 4-7 Washington.
Debra Collins, MS, genetic counselor and clinical assistant professor of medicine, gave a presentation on "Genetics on the Internet" at the International Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) meeting June 9 in Houston. She also was a panel discussant following the presentation of a play, "The Cutting Edge." The play, produced by the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts, is about the issues of genetic disease testing.
Several faculty and staff in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at KU Medical Center and at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo., participated in the annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association in May in Washington. Those participating were: Sushanta Banerjee, PhD, research assistant professor; Donald Campbell, MD, associate professor; Ervin Eaker, MD, associate professor; Barry Marshall, MD, clinical associate professor; Richard McCallum, MD, professor, division director, and president elect of the International Electrogastrogram Society; Jerzy Sarosiek, MD, PhD, research professor; Allan Weston, MD, assistant professor; and Tomaz Zbroch, MD. The group delivered two oral presentations and 12 posters (during the presidential and general sessions) to provide a glimpse of their research protocols currently under investigation. They were: 1. The search for molecular markers of early detection of pancreatic gastric adenocarcinoma. 2. Pursuit of the role of scleroderma-related myenteric neuronal antibodies in the development of intestinal motility disorders. 3. The newly established culture methodology for myenteric plexus neurons. 4. New treatment modalities in patients with primary and secondary motility disorders, especially surgical implantation of the gastric pacemaker. 5. Electrogastrogram as a new noninvasive test for motility disorders. 6. Insight into the racial differences in mucosal protection as a clue to variation in the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) among various ethnic populations.
News from the School of Nursing
Nancy Hoffart, RN, PhD, assistant professor, was a presenter at the April meeting of the American Nephrology Nurse’s Association in Minneapolis. Her topics were: "Managed Care, Nephrology, and Nursing Opportunities: The ESRD Managed Care Demonstration" and "Renal Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire: Psychometric Testing," which was co-authored by Cindy Hornberger, doctoral nursing student.
Sarah Newton, RN, PhD, graduate student instructor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, will present "Return to Work Post-Liver Transplant: A Theoretical Explanatory Model With Sense of Coherence, Conception of Health and Hardiness" from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. June 23 in Taylor Auditorium. A reception will follow the presentation in Taylor Auditorium.
News from the School of Allied Health
Lydia Wingate, PhD, dean of the School of Allied Health, is the author of a grant recently awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to the Association of Schools of Allied Health. The $49,900, one-year grant is for the "Allied Health Data Collaborative Project."
Jennifer Lay, former master’s student in hearing and speech; Marc Fey, PhD, professor of hearing and speech; and Diane Loeb, PhD, associate professor of speech-language-hearing at KU, Lawrence, (all of the Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders), presented "The Development of Sentence Subjects in Children with Typical Language and Specific Language Impairment" at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. The annual symposium was May 29 and 30 in Madison, Wis.
John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech, presented a paper, "SP/AP Areal Ratio in the Diagnosis of Meniere’s Disease," at the 15th Biennial Symposium of the International Electric Response Audiometry Study Group June 9-11 in Memphis. The paper was co-authored by Richard Tibbils, former master’s student in hearing and speech.
News from the School of Allied Health and KU Hospital
KU Medical Center faculty were present at the governor's signing of the "May is Better Hearing and Speech Month" proclamation. Those attending the signing by Gov. Bill Graves were: John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech; Beth Karlsen, PhD, audiologist and assistant professor of otolaryngology; and Sally Brandt, PhD, director of rehabilitation services and assistant professor of hearing and speech.
News from Student Services
Jan Schmidt, associate director of the Kirmayer Fitness Center, was the recipient of the Ambassador’s Award from the American Heart Association Kansas Affiliate. The award recognizes her dedication and leadership as an AHA volunteer. She was honored June 6 in Wichita at the AHA banquet.
News from KU Hospital
Ann Babb, RN, MSN, clinical director of perioperative services, has been named interim chief nurse for KU Hospital. She previously was clinical director of the medical units. Judy Ecton, RN, CNOR, information systems coordinator for perioperative services, will serve as interim perioperative services director.
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
Walter Imagawa, PhD, assistant director of the Breast Tissue and Serum Repository at the KU Cancer Center and research assistant professor of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, received a new, three-year $300,000 total costs grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for "Mechanisms of Altered Control of Proliferation by Cyclic Amp/Protein Kinase A During Mammary Tumor Progression."
News from the Office of Primary Care
Ken Kallail, PhD, associate director of research for primary care physician education and associate professor of family and community medicine at the Wichita campus, served as a grant reviewer for the Health Resources and Services Administration May 19-21 in Washington.
Anne Walling, MD, associate director of education for primary care physician education and professor of family and community medicine at the Wichita campus, received a new, three-year $446,056 total costs grant from the Public Health Service for "Faculty Development in Family Medicine."
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