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Andrew Parkinson, PhD, professor, and Ajay Madan, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, both in pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, presented seminars to the Food and Drug Administration Feb. 7 in Washington. Madan presented "Enzyme Induction: Assessing the Potential for Drug Interactions." Parkinson presented a tutorial, "Introduction to Cytochrome P450," which was previously presented as part of a continuing education course in October 1995 for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in Seattle.
A paper, "Apoptosis in Cellular Compartments of Rat Spinal Cord After Controlled Contusion Injury," senior authored by Barry Festoff, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Neurobiology Research Laboratory (NBRL) at the Kansas City, Mo., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was cited in the November 29, 1996, issue of Science. Chi Yong, MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the NBRL and surgery, authored the paper and presented it at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in November 1996 in Washington. The paper was co-authored by Paul Arnold, MD, assistant professor of surgery and director of the Spinal Injury Research Lab at the KCVAMC; Mikhail Zoubine, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the NBRL; Bruce Citron, PhD, associate director of the NBRL and research assistant professor of neurology; Itaru Watanabe, MD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the EM Laboratory at the KCVAMC; Nancy Berman, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology; and Festoff. The NBRL group also published a paper, "A Molecular Mechanism for Synapse Elimination: Novel Inhibition of Locally-Generated Thrombin Delays Synapse Loss in Neonatal Mouse Muscle" in the December issue of Developmental Biology. It was authored by Mikhail Zoubine; Jianxin Ma, MD, Biochemical Genetics Lab, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health; Irina Smirnova, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the NBRL; Citron and Festoff. Another paper, "Neural Thrombin and Protease Nexin I Kinetics After Murine Peripheral Nerve Injury," by the NBRL group, was published in the December 1996 issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. It was authored by Smirnova; Ma; Citron; Eugene Gregory, MS, senior research assistant in the NBRL; Keith Ratzlaff, a first-year medical student at KU; Mohammed Akaaboune, PhD, postdoctoral fellow of neurobiology at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; and Festoff.
Michael Sarras Jr., PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology, was awarded a fellowship from a joint program between the National Institutes of Health and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This fellowship was to support his travel and work with collaborators at the National Institute of Genetics in Mishima, Japan, regarding the role of cell/extracellular matrix interactions during development of epithelial systems.
Rick Kellerman, MD, professor and chair of family and community medicine, has been selected as a 1997 U.S. Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellow. Kellerman also published "A Method for Decreasing Missed Appointments" in the February 1997 issue of Family Practice Management.
Douglas Woolley, MD, associate professor, and Thad Clements, MD, resident, both in family and community medicine, published "Family Medicine Residents and Community Physicians' Concerns About Patient Truthfulness" in the February 1997 issue of Academic Medicine.
Kay Bachus, MSN, ARNP, instructor in family and community medicine, has had a poster presentation, "Violence Assessment in Hospitals," accepted for display at the International Council of Nurses meeting June 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
An article, "Registered Nurses' Perceptions of Compensation Programs," was published in the February 1997 issue of Nursing Economics. The authors are: Nancy Hoffart, RN, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Nursing; Ruth Heaton, RN, MS, director of women's and children's nursing at KU Hospital; Carol Buckland, RN, MHA, school nurse at Olathe North High School.
Barbara Luetke Stahlman, PhD, professor of hearing and speech, and her two daughters were invited to give a series of talks March 8-21 in Taiwan and Tokyo. Her 11-year-old daughter, who is deaf, and her 13-year-old daughter will help Luetke Stahlman with the demonstrations. They are representing KU at Taiwan Kaoushing University (special education students), Tainan Deaf School, Tainan Parent Association, Taiwan Deaf Association, Taipei Municipal School for the Deaf and Taiwan Normal University. They are giving a three-day workshop for the government. In Tokyo, they are giving a two-day workshop hosted by Sophia University and the Nikon Cochlear Corp.
John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech, has been invited to be a visiting professor June 2-6 at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas. He will teach a graduate course in auditory evoked potentials and provide research and clinical consultation.
For the first time, a nationwide radiopharmaceutical drug information service is now available through the department of pharmacy. The service is being made available through a cooperative effort of the KUMC Drug Information Center and the nuclear pharmacies at KUMC and the University of New Mexico. The service is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Drug Information Center is staffed by specially trained pharmacists to work in conjunction with nuclear pharmacy personnel to selectively retrieve, evaluate and communicate relevant information regarding radiopharmaceuticals. Typical requests include: drug-radiopharmaceutical interactions, recently approved radiopharmaceutical products, dosage and administration, altered biodistribution and various therapeutic uses. Requests may be submitted via telephone at ext. 2328, fax at ext. 2350, or electronic mail at druginfo@kumc.edu. Responses usually are provided within one to 24 hours, depending upon the nature and the availability of the information requested. The Drug Information Center web page can be reached at: http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/pharmacy/dept/druginfo.html. A web page for the radiopharmaceutical service is under construction.
Catholic and nondenominational services will be provided throughout Holy Week. Nondenominational Maundy Thursday Communion Service will be at 11:15 a.m. March 27 in the Spencer Chapel. KU Medical Center staff will give readings and prayers, and the KU Medical Center Inspirational Choir will provide music for the service. The Rev. Jennie Malewski will preside. Catholic services, with the
Rev. Jerry Spencer presiding, will be: Palm Sunday Service 10 a.m. March 23; Mass 12:15 p.m.
March 24; Communion Service 12:15 p.m. March 25; Mass 12:15 p.m. March 26; Holy Thursday Mass 12:15 p.m. March 27; Good Friday Liturgy 4:45 p.m. March 28; Holy Saturday March 29 no service; and Easter Sunday Mass 10 a.m. March 30.
Jill Pelling, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the signal transduction and molecular carcinogenesis program at the Kansas Cancer Institute, presented "Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer: Manipulating the Cell Cycle" March 6 at the department of human oncology at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Several neuroscientists observed Brain Awareness Week, March 17-23, by conducting presentations on the brain in area schools, covering 30 classes of fifth-, sixth- and seventh-graders totaling about 700 students. Participating in the demonstrations were: Paul Cheney, PhD, director of the Smith Mental Retardation and Human Development Center and professor of molecular and integrative physiology; Nancy Berman, PhD, professor of anatomy and cell biology; Kim Fechtel, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology; Dianne Durham, PhD, associate professor of otolaryngology; John Ferraro, PhD, professor and chair of hearing and speech; and Steven LeVine, PhD, associate professor, Peter Smith, PhD, professor, and Fred Samson, PhD, professor emeritus, all of molecular and integrative physiology.
The cover of the March 1997 issue of Endocrinology was work published by Jade Lim, predoctoral student in molecular and integrative physiology. The image on the cover depicts in situ localization of the rbB2 mRNA, a member of the EGF receptor family in the mouse uterus. Lim collaborated with S.K. Das, PhD, research assistant professor, and S.K. Dey, PhD, professor, both in molecular and integrative physiology. Das serves as her major professor.
The February 1997 issue of the Journal of NIH Research featured a special section on reproduction. Special emphasis was given to studies from the laboratory of S.K. Dey, PhD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology. Two major discoveries from Dey's lab and a summary of his numerous other studies were included in the NIH journal. Dey's work on finding the uterine glue that allows attachment of the blastocyst was reviewed from a recent paper of his in Development, 122:637, 1996. In addition, differential expression of cyclooxygenase 1 and 2 mRNA at and near the site of embryonic implantation where it may foster increased blood flow was highlighted from one of his recent papers in the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 16: 107, 1996.
Two photos by Sharon Hartbauer, university relations photographer, have been selected for inclusion
in a photo exhibit organized by the Association for the Care of Children's Health and the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. A six-member panel reviewed nearly 200 photos for the exhibit. Hartbauer's photos, "Young Girl With Beauty Queen" and "Kara Gives Nurse a Shot," are among 50 photographs selected for the exhibit, which shows the range of care children receive in children's hospitals. They were displayed in Washington March 9-15 at the U.S. Senate and will again go on display June 1-14 at the U.S. House. The exhibit is scheduled to travel on loan to children's hospitals in Indianapolis; West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Tampa, Fla. Hartbauer's winning photos are among those on exhibit in the KU Children's Center. Her entry was sponsored by nursing services.
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