UIC Department of Psychiatry

July 29, 2011

Faculty Promotion and Tenure Recommendations Approved

Congratulations to our faculty on the following Promotion and Tenure recommendations approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees at its July 21 meeting, effective for the 2011-2012 academic year:

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

Professor without change in tenure

Pauline Maki, PhD, psychology

Associate professor on indefinite tenure

Ellen S. Herbener, PhD, psychology

MEDICINE

Professor without change in tenure

Yogesh Dwivedi, PhD, psychiatry

Pauline Maki, PhD, psychiatry

Nagamani (Mani) Pavuluri, MD, PhD, psychiatry

Clinical professor without change in tenure

Julie A. Carbray, PhD, APN, psychiatry

Research associate professor without change in tenure

Ellen S. Herbener, PhD, psychiatry

Graziano Pinna, PhD, psychiatry

See full story in the July 27 UIC News (online and print): http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=15536

UIC’s “Best Docs” Announced 

The following Department faculty have been named as some of UIC’s “Best Docs” who will be honored at the 2011 UIC Best Docs Reception to be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 6 pm at Student Center West. Congratulations to all on a job well done!

UIC PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT “BEST DOCS” 2010/2011

Mark Amdur, MD

Maria Caserta, MD, PhD

Sucheta Connolly, MD 

Edwin Cook, MD

Geri Fox, MD

Kathleen Kelley, MD

Anand Kumar, MD

Laura Jo Miller, MD

Michael Naylor, MD

Nagamani (Mani) Pavuluri, MD, PhD

John Perri, MD

Brenda Solomon, MD

Carole Warshaw, MD

Peter Weiden, MD

There is more information (and the entire list of UIC Best Docs), see: www.medicine.uic.edu/events.

POSTER DEADLINE: Research Posters Due August 19^th for Second Annual Research Extravaganza

The abstract submission deadline is Friday, August 19, 2011 for the Department’s Second Annual Research Extravaganza, which is scheduled for Thursday, September 15th in the Chicago Illini Union (also known as Student Center West), 828 S. Wolcott, second floor conference rooms. For details, contact George Manning: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Presentation: Porges Keynote Speaker at International Society for Applied Ethology

Stephen Porges, PhD will be presenting the Will-Gush Memorial Lecture at the International Society for Applied Ethology to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 31 - August 4, 2011. The lecture is entitled, “Social Behavior: An Emergent and Adaptive Property of the Mammalian Autonomic Nervous System.” For more information, see: http://www.ars.usda.gov/meetings/ISAE2011/speakers.htm

Presentation: Fox Presents Seminar Series at Door County Summer Institute

Geri Fox, MD will be teaching a week-long seminar series on Normal Development at the 25th Annual Door County Summer Institute, August 1-5, 2011, at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor, WI. This is a CME activity sponsored by Medical College of Wisconsin. For more information, see: http://www.mcw.edu/psychiatry/doorcounty2011.htm.

Presentation: Cook Presents Keynote Address at Texas Behavioral Health Institute Annual Conference

Judith Cook, PhD delivered a plenary keynote address entitled, “Evidence-Based Model of Supported Employment: How to Incorporate This Model in Your Behavioral Health Center” on July 21st at the annual Texas Behavioral Health Institute conference held in Austin Texas. Attended by over 1200 mental health and substance abuse treatment providers, this week-long event is one of the nation’s premier behavioral health conferences. For more information, see: http://www.texinstitute.com/program/thursday/

Bell Interviewed on NPR on Norway Killings

Carl Bell, MD was interviewed live by NPR on July 26, 2011 about the recent attacks by a gunman in Norway in a story entitled, “When Bigotry Becomes Madness” in which he discusses  “whether there's a link between extreme racism and mental illness.” To stream audio: http://www.npr.org/2011/07/26/138707994/when-bigotry-becomes-madness

Ed Cook Research Group Featured in UIC News

Previously reported research by Edwin Cook, MD, co-investigator Fedra Najjar, MD, and study coordinators Sarah Youngkin and Clare Tessman has also been featured in the July 20, 2011 UIC News in a story entitled, “UIC researchers test autism treatment.” The group recently launched a new UIC clinical trial to evaluate an experimental drug (STX209 - Arbaclofen) for possible treatment of social communication difficulties in children and young adults with autism. For more information, see: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=15529.

Upcoming UIC Training Seminar on Patient Centered Care

A training seminar entitled, "Patient Centered Care Collaboration to Improve Minority Health: A role for health information technology” will be held at UIC on Wednesday, August 24^th at the UIC Forum, 725 West Roosevelt Road. Free CE credits are available.

For questions please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To register for the event: www.educationprograms.org/PCCC.

CCTS Reports October Clinical Research Training Module Dates

The UIC’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) newsletter reports new training modules for Clinical Research Personnel responsible for clinical research studies will be held October 14, 21, and 28. This is being organized by CCTS, OVCR and the UIC Clinical Research Forum. Program descriptions and registration details will be available soon at:

http://illinois.edu/emailer/newsletter/15323.html

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