Policies & Procedures
J. Cook Keynotes at Federal Interagency Disability Conference
Judith Cook, Ph.D., gave a keynote address entitled “Supported Employment and Economic Security for Adults with Severe Mental Illness,” at a meeting of the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) in Washington DC on June 25th. Comprised of federal agencies such as NIH, NIMH, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Veteran's Affairs, and Transportation, ICDR facilitates the effective exchange of information on disability and rehabilitation research activities among its member agencies http://www.icdr.us/.
S Pandey Presents on Epigenetic Approaches to Alcoholism Research
Subhash Pandey, Ph.D., chaired and gave a talk in a symposium titled “Epigenetic Appoaches to the Study of Alcoholism and Alcohol Effects” at joint meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, Washington, D.C., June 28-July 2. The title of Dr. Pandey’s presentation was “An essential role of brain chromatin remodeling in alcohol dependence.” He also served as a discussant in another symposium on diverse roles of growth factors in ethanol’s actions in the brain.
Bell, Colleagues Publish on Cultural Competence, Diagnosis
Carl Bell, M.D.; Johnny Williamson, M.D.; and Peter Chien, M.D. published the following:
Bell CC, Williamson JL, and Chien P. Cultural Competence and Diagnosis. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 1, No. 1: 34 - 41, June 2008.
Appleby, Colleagues Publish on Immigration Impact on Psychiatric Hospitalization
The current issue of Psychiatric Services includes a paper by Lawrence Appleby, Ph.D., J.D., and colleagues. The article, The Impact of Immigration on Psychiatric Hospitalization in Illinois from 1993 to 2003, is in the June edition, Vol. 59, No. 6.
June Department Meeting Minutes Available Online
Minutes of the June Department meeting are available at this link: http://www.psych.uic.edu/meeting/June_08_fac_mtg_mins.pdf
Policies & Procedures
Over the next few months we will be providing and implementing Department Electronic, Network, Computing Policies and Procedures. All Department Policies and Procedures will be reviewed and endorsed by the Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) prior to presenting to the Department.
Because of our relationship to UIC and College of Medicine there are some Policies we automatically inherit. Two such policies:
- Information Security Policy - The University of Illinois
- University Guidelines on the Sale, Donation, or Transfer of Computer Hard Drives and Other Magnetic Media
These policies can be found on our web site using the following link: https://intranet.psych.uic.edu/is/ you will be required to “log-in” to access these policies.
We will make both of these policies (along with others forth coming) a part of new employee orientation, but to those of us already in the system we are asking that each of you please take the time to read these policies.
If you have any questions concerning any policy or procedure please contact Lloyd Keith, thank you.
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