Vol. 16 No. 37 Sept. 22, 1997
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News from the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
News from the School of Nursing
News from the School of Allied Health
News from the Office of Primary Care
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
News from the History and Philosophy of Medicine
News from the Intercultural Center
News from the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office
"New Strategies for the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Cancer: Recent Advances in Molecular Genetics" is the topic of the next CenterNet Conference. The National Institutes of Health Round Table will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 23 in Sudler Auditorium. The panel speakers will be John Gallin, MD, director of the Clinical Center at the NIH; W. Marston Linehan, MD, chief of urologic oncology at the NIH’s Division of Clinical Sciences; Berton Zbar, MD, chief of the Laboratory of Immunobiology in the Division of Basic Sciences at the National Cancer Institute; and Peter Choyke, MD, chief of the uroradiology section in the diagnostic radiology department at the NIH’s Clinical Center.
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
R. Neil Schimke, professor of medicine and pediatrics, has received a Chancellors Club teaching professorship. The professorships, which carry an annual $5,000 stipend, were established in 1981 by the KU Endowment Association to recognize and honor teaching excellence among KU faculty. Recipients are selected for their outstanding teaching abilities as acknowledged by students and colleagues. Schimke’s research in human genetics has contributed to the potential for early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders. Chancellors Club teaching professors retain the title as long as they teach at KU. The Chancellors Club is KU’s major-donor organization. Schimke joined the faculty in 1967 and has been director of the division of metabolism, endocrinology and genetics since 1977.
C.C. Cheng, PhD, professor of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, received $4,500 from the president and several members of the Shawnee Mission La Sertoma Club (Ruth Keroher, Opal Redhair, Ruth Johnson and Betty Cowden) when they visited the new Drug Development Laboratory July 15. The gift is for research in cancer drug development.
Norberto Gonzalez, MD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, received a new, four-year $671,850 grant from the National Institutes of Health for "Oxygen Transport During Exercise in Prolonged Hypoxia."
Gregory Ator, MD, assistant professor, Terry Tsue, MD, assistant professor, both in otolaryngology, gave a short course at the 101st meeting of the Academy of Otolaryngology in San Francisco. Their topic was "Creating a World Wide Web Site for Otolaryngology."
Barbara Lukert, MD, Mary F. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and professor of medicine, was chair of the Clinical Workshop on Metabolic Bone Disease, conducted a Meet-the-Professor session on Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis, and presented a poster session on long-term follow-up of the effect of hormone replacement therapy on bone loss at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Sept. 10-14 in Cincinnati.
S.J. Enna, PhD, professor and chair of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, was the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Research Day at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy. Enna’s presentation was about "Pharmacological and Biochemical Properties of GABA-B Receptors."
News from the School of Nursing
Janet Pierce, DSN, BSN, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, received a new, two-year $199,199 grant from the Department of Defense for "Effects of Dopamine on Diaphragm Fatigue."
News from the School of Allied Health
The hearing and speech department received a $2,000 gift from the Shawnee Mission Sertoma Club for student scholarships and endowment funds. Marc Fey, PhD, professor of hearing and speech, is president of the club, and John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech, is the club’s scholarship committee chair.
Steve Figoni, PhD, associate professor of physical therapy education, is co-investigator of a three-year $183,000 grant for "Preventing Secondary Conditions for Women with Mobility Impairments." Divina San Diego, resident in rehabilitation medicine, is also a co-investigator. Glen White, PhD, associate director and assistant professor of human development and family life at the Lawrence campus, is principal investigator.
Judith Widen, PhD, associate professor of hearing and speech, has been appointed to the Working Group on Early Identification of Hearing Impairment established by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The group first met Sept 4 and 5 in Chevy Chase, Md., for an NIDCD Workshop on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening.
A series of tutorials on the World Wide Web created by Jeff Radel, PhD, research assistant professor of occupational therapy education, was highlighted in the August 1997 issue of Syllabus, a journal devoted to technology for education. The tutorials, originally published several years ago, are designed to aid students in making effective scientific presentations.
Since 1988, the graduates of health information management have scored at, or above, the 90th percentile on their national registry exam for more than three years. The American Health Information Management Association has asked the department to participate in a national effort to identify those areas in which all HIM programs can achieve higher levels of performance.
Lisa Stehno-Bittel, PhD, assistant professor physical therapy education, was a speaker at the Gordon Conference on Calcium Signalling Sept. 7-12 in Oxford, England. Her talk covered "New Technologies in Calcium Imaging."
News from the Office of Primary Care
John Rapp Neuenschwander, MD, and John Rand Neuenschwander, MD, who operate a practice in Hoxie, were honored Sept. 13 when they were presented with the Preceptor of the Year Award at a ceremony held prior to the KU-MU football game in Lawrence. John Rapp Neuenshwander has been a preceptor since about 1952 and his son, John Rand, joined the practice and the precepting activities in 1975. As of this year, they have taught more than 170 students and residents. In appreciation of their help in precepting School of Medicine students and residents, the top 100 preceptors were give game tickets and were invited to a brunch sponsored by the Office of Primary Care.
News from the Center on Aging
At the next Center on Aging Research Seminar, Pamela Duncan, PhD, director of research at the Center on Aging, will discuss "IDS 1 -- Improving Recovery After Stroke, Kansas Clause D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center" from 4 to 5 p.m. Sept. 23 in 5030 Robinson. Refreshments will be served.
Brian Maki, PhD, associate professor at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, will give a Center on Aging Visiting Professor Lecture
Sept. 24. He will discuss "Falls in the Elderly: Prediction and Prevention of Instability" from noon to
1 p.m. in 3015 Sudler.
News from the Kansas Cancer Institute
Shelly Peterson, Cancer Information Service outreach program manager; Aura Morgan-Clarke, MBA, Cancer Information Service outreach coordinator; and Ximena Ilabaca-Somoza, MD, Hispanic outreach coordinator, gave a presentation at the Midwest Regional Conference on Recruitment and Retention of Minorities and Women in Cancer Clinical Trials Sept. 18 and 19 at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS, vice chair, associate professor and director of research in preventive medicine, published "Cigarette Smoking and Severe Uncontrolled Hypertension in Inner-City African Americans" in the August 1997 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
News from the History and Philosophy of Medicine
The department of the history and philosophy of medicine will begin its annual lecture series Sept. 25. Due to renovation of the library, the receptions have been moved to the second floor of the Robinson. The receptions will begin at 4:30 p.m. and the lectures will be from 5 to 6 p.m. The Sept. 25 lecture will be presented by Guenter Risse, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco. He will discuss "Lister, Antisepsis, and Tuberculosis: An Eyewitness Narrative 1877."
News from the Intercultural Center
This year’s first Intercultural Film Series presentation will be Sept. 23 in the Clendening Amphitheater. An award-winning PBS Frontline series, "Secret Daughter," will be shown. The film is an examination of race relations in America through the complicated relationship between a mother and the bi-racial daughter she gave away. After the film, Amber Reagan-Kendrick, MA, undergraduate advisor/recruiter in the School of Nursing, will lead a discussion . The film will be shown at 5 p.m. and refreshments will be served at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Alisa Lange, ext. 5148, or alange@kumc.edu
News from Travel Audit
The mileage reimbursement rate for the use of privately owned vehicles on official business has increased to 31 cents per mile. If a state car is available and the traveler chooses not to use it, the mileage reimbursement is now 21 cents per mile. All rates for meals, lodging and mileage apply equally to state-funded and sponsored-research travel and are effective Oct. 1, 1997. For information about meal allowance and lodging changes, contact your dean, director or chair. Otherwise, call the department of travel audit at ext. 5348.
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