Vol. 16 No. 40 Oct. 13, 1997
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Vol. 16 No. 40 Oct. 13, 1997 |
News from the
School of Medicine-Kansas City
News from
the School of Medicine-Wichita
News from
the School of Nursing
News from
the School of Allied Health
News from
the School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health
News from KU
Hospital
News from
the Center on Aging
News from
the History and Philosophy of Medicine
News from
Dykes Library
News from
the Benefits Office
News from
International Programs and the MRRC
News from
the Intercultural Center
Miscellaneous
News
News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City
The department of occupational health and environmental medicine will offer free flu shots to all employees (state, KUPI and Salick), students and volunteers from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Oct. 14 in the Delp Pavilion cafeteria Prairie Room. Valid staff or student identification is required. The supply of the vaccine may be limited, so shots will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Support Services Building employees may receive flu shots between 9 and 11 a.m. in the Support Services Building Conference Room, Room 104. Building 48 employees may receive their flu shots from 1 to 3 p.m. in Room 1041 (Conference Room). Those unable to attend, may contact the department after Oct. 14 at ext. 6512 to schedule an appointment.
S.J. Enna, PhD, professor and chair of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, was an invited speaker at the second International Symposium on Membrane Receptors, Signal Transduction and Drug Action held at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, Sept. 24-26. The title of his presentation was "Regulation of Neurokinin-1 Receptor Expression by GABA-B Receptor Agonists."
Martin Wingate, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has been named a fellow of the American College of Forensic Medicine. In August, he was named a consultant to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.
Joan Hunt, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, has accepted a position as one of three editors-in-chief of the Journal of Reproductive Immunology.
Marc Asher, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery, concluded his one-year presidency of the Scoliosis Research Society at the society's 32nd annual meeting Sept. 25-27 in St. Louis. His presidential address, "Research: Risks, Benefits and Responsibilities," was delivered to more than 750 scientific program enrollees from throughout the world. Doug Burton, MD, fourth-year orthopedic surgery resident, presented a paper, "Scoliosis Correction Maintenance Following Posterior Instrumentation in Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients With Open Triradiate Cartilage: Is Anterior Fusion Really Necessary?" The paper was co-authored by Asher and Sue-Min Lai, MD, assistant professor of preventive medicine. Asher’s group also presented three poster exhibits.
The next Faculty Development Workshop will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Sudler Auditorium at the Kansas City campus and in the Wichita Room at the Wichita campus. Daniel Klass, MD, National Board of Medical Examiners, will discuss "Standardized Patients."
News from the School of Medicine-Wichita
Anne Walling, MD, associate director for education in the office of primary care and professor of family and community medicine, wrote a chapter, "Headache," which was recently published in the fifth edition of Family Medicine: Principles and Practice, edited by R.B. Taylor.
News from the School of Nursing
An article, "Methodological Triangulation in a Study of Nurse Retention," by Lynne Connelly, PhD, doctoral graduate; Marge Bott, doctoral candidate; Nancy Hoffart, RN, PhD, associate professor; and Roma Lee Taunton, RN, PhD, professor, was published in the September/October 1997 issue of Nursing Research.
Janet Quinn, RN, PhD, FAAN, associate professor and senior scholar at the Center of Human Caring, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, will discuss "State of the Art in Complementary Therapies" from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Clendening Amphitheater. A reception will follow from 5 to 6 p.m. in Murphy Lobby.
Diane Hill, EdD, ARNP, FNP, assistant professor, presented a continuing education program, "Promoting Health Aging," Sept. 23 for the Southeast Kansas Area Health Education Center, Fort Scott.
News from the School of Allied Health
John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech, and Geetha Krishnan, former student, are the co-authors of "Cochlear Potentials in Clinical Audiology," which was published in the September/October 1997 issue of the Journal of Audiology & Neuro-Otology. Ferraro was also the keynote speaker in audiology at the annual convention of the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association Oct. 9 and 10 in Kearney, Neb. He presented a seminar on "Auditory Evoked Potentials" and moderated a panel session on "Professional Issues in Audiology."
Karen Nau, PhD, PT, assistant professor of physical therapy education, gave two presentations on "Meeting the Functional Needs of Persons with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" at an Oct. 3 and 4 continuing education program. The program, held in Salt Lake City, was on "Management Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: New Approaches to Primary Therapy."
Cheryl Deterding, MA, OTR, assistant professor of occupational therapy education, presented "Personnel Training on Assistive Technology" at the Assistive Technology Conference ‘97
Sept. 18 in Topeka.
News from the School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health
Carol Starling, RN, PhD, clinical assistant professor, and Sarah Forbes, RN, PhD, assistant professor, both at the School of Nursing, and Lisa Stehno-Bittel, PhD, PT, assistant professor of physical therapy education, presented a continuing education workshop, "Interdisciplinary Health Care in the Rural Community," via compressed video to sites in Lakin and Atwood on Oct. 2.
Florice Bales, MSW, child protection social worker in the department of social work, recently completed a five-day "Child Forensic Interview Training Clinic" sponsored by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Fr. Jerry Spencer, staff chaplain, is a member of the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved, an organization approved by the National Council of Catholic Bishops. The group offers pastoral and spiritual support through education and resources. He also attended a national conference of the Canadian Palliative Care Association Sept. 28-Oct. 1 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Randolph Nudo, PhD, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology and associate director of research at the Center on Aging, will present the next Research Seminar. He will discuss "IDS 3 -- Kansas Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center: Neural Bases for Recovery of Function After Stroke" from 4 to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Clendening Amphitheater.
The next Visiting Professor Lecture will be from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 22 in 3015 Sudler. Douglas Miller, MD, associate professor of internal medicine in the division of geriatric medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, will discuss "Frailty in Older African Americans."
News from the History and Philosophy of Medicine
The history and philosophy of medicine will offer its annual Peete Lecture at 5 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Clendening Amphitheater. Christopher Crenner, MD, PhD, department of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, will discuss "Recent Changes in Our Model of the Doctor-Patient Relationship." A 4:30 p.m. reception will precede the lecture.
The history and philosophy of medicine, department of pastoral care and division of continuing education will present the 33rd annual Postgraduate Symposium on Medicine and Religion
Oct. 21 and 22. "Alternative Health Care: Modes and Mysteries of Healing" will be offered from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 22 in Battenfeld Auditorium. Call continuing education, ext. 4488, for more information.
The next Multimedia Education Group meeting will be from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 20 in 1014 Orr-Major. Kelly Brown, Dykes Library, will discuss "Effective Searching Strategies for Pulse and the World Wide Web." Attendees will learn how to use the new Verity search software on Pulse and how to search the World Wide Web to achieve the best results. The session will focus on which search engines (Lycos, AltaVista, Webcrawler, etc.) are best for a given situation. Guidelines on when to use a search directory (Yahoo, etc.) or a metasite instead of a search engine also will be highlighted. Those attending are encouraged to bring their lunch. All faculty and staff are welcome. For more information on the Multimedia Education Group check the Pulse site at
http://www.kumc.edu/service/acadsupt/mmeg/mmeg.html or call Kim Shaw, ext. 7361.
Open enrollment for group health insurance and flexible spending accounts has begun and continues through Oct. 31. Those interested should complete a form only if they want to change insurance providers, add or drop coverage, add or drop dependents from medical or dental coverage, change tobacco user status or change pretax status. Also, those wanting to participate in the health care or dependent care flexible spending accounts in 1998 must complete the new KanElect enrollment form. Participation will end Dec. 31, 1997, unless a new form is completed for 1998. Explanations of the plans will be provided at two upcoming 90-minute informational meetings. Those meetings will be Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Sudler Auditorium. Open enrollment is being held in the Benefits Office, 1040 Wescoe, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., through the end of the month. For more information, call extensions 5142, 5088 or 5087.
News from International Programs and the MRRC
International Programs and the Smith Mental Retardation and Human Development Research Center will present an upcoming lecture as part of the International Lecture Series. Georg Reiser, director of the Institute for Neurobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke Universitat, Magdeburg, Germany, will discuss "The Culture of Science in Germany: The Impact of Reunification." His presentation will be at 5 p.m. Oct. 21 in Rieke Auditorium. There will be a reception at 4 p.m.
News from the Intercultural Center
Mercedes Bern-Klug, MSW, MA, Center on Aging, will present "The Pitch of Grief" and "Death, Dying and Bereavement" at the next Intercultural Fall Film Series presentation Oct. 15 in the Clendening Amphitheater. Refreshments will be served at 4 p.m., and the program will begin at
5 p.m. For more information, contact Alisa Lange, diversity coordinator, alange@kumc.edu or ext. 5148.
KU Medical Center will offer free vaccinations to the community at the fifth annual Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinic from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at KU Medical Center. Faculty, staff, volunteers and students are encouraged to obtain their free flu shots at the Oct. 14 event. (See "News from the School of Medicine-Kansas City.")
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