CLINICIANS’ PHOTO DAYS JAN. 10 & 16 FOR UIC ‘FIND A DOCTOR’ WEB SITE
Medical Center Lunchtime Lecture Series on Menopause
Lectures by Laura Miller, M.D., and Pauline Maki, Ph.D., will be part of a series of free one-hour lunchtime lectures offered in January and February by the Medical Center. On Tues., Jan. 9, at noon, Lin Schaye, CNM, Clinical Instructor/Nurse Midwifery in the Department of Maternal Child Nursing, will present “Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms: Revisiting the Controversy.” The lecture will be in UIH Conference room 1135. On Tues., Jan. 30, at noon, Schaye will join Drs. Miller and Maki, along with author and Newsweek correspondent Pat Wingert, and Newsweek Senior Editor and author Barbara Kantrowitz, in a presentation called “Is it hot in here? Or is it me?” Wingert and Kantrowitz are authors of a consumer book, “Is it hot in here, Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause.” The lecture will be presented in UIH rooms 1130 and 1135. RSVP is encouraged for the Jan. 30 presentation; please call 866-600-CARE, or visit www.MyMedCenter.org .
Psychiatric News Features Clay’s Work to Educate Congress on Mental Illness
The Dec. 1 issue of Psychiatric News, published by the American Psychiatric Association, included an article about Toya Clay, M.D., and her efforts to educate Congress about mental illness.Dr. Clay is a Child Fellow in Dr. Kelley’s program.
J Cook quoted in Baltimore Sun Article on Employment Interventions
Judith Cook, Ph.D., and colleagues’ research on employment interventions for people with psychosis and mood disorders was discussed in a recent article in the Baltimore Sun. The articles is available at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/careers/bal-bz.wk.mental27dec27,0,2784994.story
Labott and Colleagues Receive 1 of 7 Clinical & Translational Pilot Grant Awards
Susan Labott, Ph.D., was among a team of investigators who recently received one of seven UIC Clinical and Translational Pilot Grant Awards. The project, “Effects of Cytochrome P450 2 D6 Genotype on Pain Management with Codeine in Sickle Cell Disease,” is led by Principle Investigator Stacy Shord, Pharmacy Practice, and Co-Investigators Robert Molokie, Hematology and Oncology; Larisa Cavallari, Pharmacy Practice; and Dr. Labbott.
Last summer the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Health Science Colleges launched the pilot grant program to support the transformative aims of the NIH CTSA initiative, namely to encourage new clinical and translational research efforts on the campus as well as to demonstrate UIC’s capacity to start a new translational research program. The specific purpose of this initiative is to facilitate NIH funding of an Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award at UIC. Eight-five proposals were submitted by the October 16 deadline. A panel of reviewers assessed the scientific merit and strategic fit of each proposal, and made recommendations to the CTSA Steering Committee, which made final recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Clinicians’ Photo Days Jan. 10 and 16 for ‘Find a Doctor’ Web Site
The Medical Center’s “Find a Doctor” Web site, ( https://secure1.hospital.uic.edu/doctors/phySc.do ), is trying to populate the new site with current photos of clinical faculty. Walk-in photography days have been scheduled on Wed. Jan. 10 and Tues., Jan. 16, from 12 noon to 3 p.m., in UIH Conference Room 1136. To date, about 200 attending physicians have been photographed for the site. Please take advantage of one of these opportunities. No RSVP is necessary. A sitting takes only a few minutes.
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