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Martin Wingate, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has been named a surveyor for the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Paul Arnold, MD, assistant professor of surgery and director of the Spinal Injury Research Lab at the Kansas City (Mo.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was awarded a one-year, $10,000 seed grant from the American Paraplegia Society for "Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Regeneration in the Injured Spinal Cord. His co-investigators are Barry Festoff, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Neurobiology Research Lab (NBRL) at the KCVAMC, and Bruce Citron, PhD, research assistant professor of neurology and associate director of the NBRL.
Donald Belsito, MD, professor of medicine and director of the division of dermatology, traveled to Saariselka, Lapland, Finland, where he delivered keynote speeches at the fifth International Course on Occupational Dermatoses sponsored by the Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) April 8-13. He discussed "Pharmacologic Manipulation of Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity: Clinical and Diagnostic Implications" and "Occupational Contact Dermatitis in Dental Personnel: What's New and What's Not." He also chaired a series of daily workshops. He was then a visiting professor at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, April 13 and 14.
Bibhash Paria, PhD, research assistant professor of molecular and integrative physiology, received a new, two-year $149,135 total costs grant from the National Institutes of Health for "Ligand-Receptor Signaling With Histamine in Implantation."
Jeffrey Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, received a new, three-year $195,000 total costs grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for "Brain Glutathione S-Transferases and NAD (P) H: Quinone Oxidoreductase: A Role in Preventing Neurotoxicity."
Brad Loncar, a Shawnee Mission Northwest student who worked in the lab of Dennis Valenzeno, PhD, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology, after school last semester, won First Place in the senior novice division of the Greater Kansas City Science Fair at an April 11 ceremony.
The section of orthopedic surgery and the department of internal medicine will sponsor the ninth annual Rae R. Jacobs Memorial Lecture, "Low Back Pain Evaluation and Treatment: An Emphasis on Minimally Invasive Techniques," May 2 and 3 at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. For more information, call continuing education, ext. 4488.
Two faculty from the School of Allied Health were presenters at the April 11 and 12 joint meeting of the Heart of America Association of Cytotechnologists and the American Society for Cytotechnology in Kansas City, Mo. Ken Davis, PT, director of outreach for the school, presented "Cytotechnologists in Cyberspace," which included a demonstration, using KU Medical Center's MCI remote access, on searching the Internet. Marilee Means, PhD, SCT (ASCP), educational coordinator and program director of cytotechnology, presented "The Cytopathology of Atypical Cells of Uncertain Significance." Four cytotechnology students, Kristin Schwartz, Debbie Taylor, Teri Beck and Bonnie Cameron, presented a case study to the group April 13. Means will also give a presentation on "Accuracy in Cytology Screening" at the second annual North Florida Cytopathology Seminar May 11 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Tom Davis, CRNA, MAE, assistant professor of nurse anesthesia education, presented "Substance Abuse Among Nurse Anesthetists" at the April 3 meeting of nurse anesthetists at the Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation Review Course in San Antonio.
The following faculty and students gave presentations at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 21st annual Research Conference April 5-8 in Minneapolis. Kathleen O'Connell, RN, PhD, professor, "Coping During the First 10 Days of Smoking Cessation"; Marjorie Bott, RN, MA, senior research associate and doctoral student; Ann Kuckelman Cobb, RN, PhD, professor; and O'Connell, "A Qualitative/Interpretive Taxonomy of Stop Smoking Strategies (QU/ITs)"; Cynthia Hornberger, MS, RN, MBA, ARNP, doctoral student, and Cobb, "A Rural Vision of a Healthy Community"; Sue Popkess-Vawter, RN, PhD, professor, and Kathleen Tovar, RN, MN, doctoral student, "An Intervention Study of Women Who Weight Cycle"; Cynthia Teel, RN, PhD, assistant professor, "Caregiving Experiences at 1, 3 and 6 Months After Stroke"; Evelyn Brooks, doctoral student, "Risk Factors in Adolescent Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use"; Pat Jamerson, RNC, MSN, doctoral student, "Scalogram Analysis of the Index of Activities of Daily Living Within the National Long-Term Care Survey"; Barbara Smith, doctoral student, and Karen Komoroski, doctoral student, "Understanding of Incontinence Among Nursing Home Care Staff, Residents and Residents' Families"; and Karen Wambach, RN, PhD, clinical assistant professor, "Fatigue Among Primiparous Breastfeeding Mothers." Jamerson won third place in the MNRS student poster competition.
The following students were honored at the April 10 Student Research Forum awards presentation. Graduate Studies &emdash; First place, Christin McIntyre (sponsor, Andrew Parkinson, PhD, pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics); second place, Tammy Kielian (sponsor, Tsuneo Suzuki, PhD, microbiology, molecular genetics and immunology); third place, Darren Wallace (sponsor, Lawrence Sullivan, PhD, molecular and integrative physiology); and honorable mention, Stephen Parnell (sponsor, James Calvet, PhD, biochemistry and molecular biology). Additional students ranking in the upper 25 percent were: Thomas Peters and Don Warn, molecular and integrative physiology, and Peter Opdam and Nichole Vansell, pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics. School of Allied Health &emdash; first place, Debra Park (sponsor, John Ferraro, PhD, hearing and speech) and second place, Lisa Butler (sponsor, Judith Widen, PhD, hearing and speech). School of Medicine &emdash; first place, Nils Hoernle (sponsor, James Calvet, PhD, biochemistry and molecular biology); second place, Ningmei Hu (sponsor, Glen Andrews, PhD, biochemistry and molecular biology); third place, Bruce Gleason (sponsor, Curtis Klaassen, PhD, pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics); and honorable mention, Thomas Moss (sponsor, Jameson Forster, MD, surgery). Additional students ranking in the upper 25 percent were Jonathan Pollack, Ralph Park and Tin Nguyen. School of Nursing &emdash; first place, Marjorie Bott (sponsor, Roma Lee Taunton, RN, PhD) and second place, Robert Spaniol (sponsor, Nancy Hoffart, RN, PhD).
Lynelle Pierce RN, MS, CCRN, clinical nurse specialist for critical care and the emergency department, presented "Pressure Modes of Ventilation" at the 23rd annual Critical Care Update and "Trauma Systems: Cost and Managerial Perspectives" at the seventh annual Nurse Managers Update. Both conferences were March 31-April 2 in Las Vegas.
Two cancer care clinical nurse specialists, Suzanne Shaffer, RN, MS, AOCN, and Margaret Barnett, RN, MS, AOCN, wrote chapters in Oncology Nursing, edited by Shirley Otto. Shaffer wrote "Protective Mechanisms," and Barnett wrote "Fatigue." The Oncology Nursing Certification Corp. recommends this book as a reference for nurses writing for the oncology nursing certification exam, both general and advanced.
Rosie Thompson, BSN, RN, burn nurse clinician, will be a national instructor for advanced burn life support April 21-26 in Hong Kong. As part of a team of five physicians and nurses from Nebraska and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, she will teach the Advanced Burn Life Support Course to nurses and physicians at the University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital.
Jim Bingham, associate vice chancellor for academic resources, presented the Archie Dykes Library Prize to three high school students in the Science Pioneers competition at Bartle Hall April 11. The winners were Mallik Tella, Amy Mathew and Terry Baynes, all students at Pembroke Hill. This is the ninth consecutive year that the library prize &emdash; membership in the Dykes library until a student begins college &emdash; has been awarded to students doing promising work in the biomedical sciences. Chris Taft and Kelly Brown judged.
Project EAGLE, Early Head Start Program Services and the Child Development Unit will sponsor a course, "Continuous Quality Improvement: Training and Development Seminar for Head Start Training Directors and Coordinators," May 2 in 1010, 1025 and 1026 Orr-Major and May 3 in 1010, 1014 and 1018 Orr-Major at KU Medical Center. For more information, call continuing education, ext. 4488.
Pamela Shaw, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and director of ambulatory pediatrics (Kansas City), was elected chair of the Primary Care Residency Directors Council, effective June 1997. Garold Minns, MD, professor and chair of internal medicine (Wichita), was elected as vice chair.
Xuelin Li, MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow with Paul Terranova, PhD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology and obstetrics and gynecology, received the Student Research Award for an outstanding presentation at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology in Cincinnati. The award was given by the reproductive and developmental toxicology specialty section of the society. Guoli Dai, PhD, postdoctoral fellow with Michael Soares, PhD, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, received a 1997 Endocrine Society Travel Award for his presentation, "Distinct Regulatory Regions From the Prolactin-Like Protein-C Variant Promoter Direct Trophoblast Giant Cell vs. Spongiotrophoblast Cell-Specific Expression." The meeting will be June 11-14 in Minneapolis.
The Alpha Omega Alpha William William Root Lecture will be at noon May 1 in Clendening Auditorium. Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, specialist in infectious diseases and assistant professor of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, will discuss "Inequality and Antivirals: Late Night Thoughts on Protease Inhibitors."
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