Policies & Procedures
Flaherty to Introduce Incoming Department Head Kumar to Faculty Aug. 6
Dean Flaherty will formally introduce incoming Department Head Anand Kumar, M.D., at a special faculty meeting Wed., Aug. 6, 1-2 p.m. in the first-floor PI Auditorium. Dr. Kumar is expected to present his plans for transitioning to the department. He will formally join the department on Jan. 2, 2009. The Department meeting normally scheduled for Aug. 21 has been canceled.
McCammon Receives 2008 Beatrice Wade Award for OT Clinical Education
Stephanie McCammon MS, OTR/L, an occupational therapist on UIC's Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Unit for adolescents, was one of two recipients of the 2008 Beatrice D. Wade Award for Clinical Education from the Department of Occupational Therapy at UIC. This honor is awarded to outstanding fieldwork supervisors who are nominated by graduating OT students. Ms. McCammon was selected for her clinical excellence, ability to facilitate student development during fieldwork experiences, and her enthusiasm and dedication to fieldwork education.
Illinois Center for Violence Prevention to Present Tolan with Vision to Action Award
The Illinois Center for Violence Prevention (ICVP), the first and only state-level violence prevention organization in the nation, will present its Vision to Action Award to Patrick Tolan, Ph.D., and State Farm Insurance. The award honors exemplary leadership in advancing safe families and communities. They will be presented at The Art of Peace Gala hosted by ICVP on September 18, 2008, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at The Ivy Room at Tree Studios, 12 East Ohio Street.
A founding Board member of the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention and an internationally renowned leader in youth violence prevention, Dr. Tolan has worked to bring scientific research to bear on understanding, reducing and preventing violence. NBC-5’s LeeAnn Trotter will serve as emcee, with live music provided by the Lucy Smith Quartet. The event is open to the public, with tickets ranging from $125 to $250 per person. All proceeds support the programs offered through ICVP and its mission to “Create a Safe Environment for Every Stage of Life.” For more information or to make a reservation, please call 312-986-9200 extension 224 or visit www.icvp.org.
Psychiatry Faculty to Present at NAMI State Mental Health Conference
The 2008 NAMI Mental Health Educational State Conference, “From Discovery to Recovery,” will include presentations by UIC Psychiatry faculty members. The conference will convene Oct. 17-19 at the Hilton Hotel in Lisle. Presenters and their topics are:
James Reilly, Ph.D.: “Understanding the Overlap Among Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder: A Role for Patients and Family Members.”
Mark Schneiderhan, Pharm.D., BCPP and Catherine Batscha: “Metabolic Risk Screening.”
Sue Pickett-Schenk, Ph.D.: “Promoting Recovery Through Family Education Programs.”
Peter Weiden, M.D.: “If Medications Are So Helpful, Why Do People Stop Taking Them?”
Cook and Colleagues Publish in AIDS on Crack Use and HIV Disease Progression
Judith Cook, Ph.D., and colleagues published an article this month in the journal AIDS summarizing associations between crack cocaine use and HIV disease progression in a cohort of women followed for over a decade. Theirs is the first study to show that use of crack cocaine in a large, national cohort of HIV-positive women is associated with subsequent deterioration in immune status, failure of virologic suppression, development of AIDS-defining conditions, and AIDS mortality, even among those adherent to the latest antiretroviral therapies.
Bell, Gibbons, Amatya & Colleagues Report on CHAMPSA Effectiveness
Carl Bell, M.D., is lead author of an article in the current edition of the Journal of The National Medical Association. Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., and Anup Amatya, MA, are among the co-authors of the article, “Building Protective Factors to Offset Sexually Risky Behaviors among Black Youths: A Randomized Control Trial.” The article reports the effectiveness of the Collaborative HIV Adolescent Mental Health Program (CHAMP) developed in the US to prevent HIV in South Africa (CHAMPSA).
Winer Discusses Emotion, Invention in Architecture at NY Psychoanalytic Society
Jerry Winer, M.D., recently participated in a roundtable discussion on “Emotion and Invention in Architecture” at the Philoctetes Center at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. A video of the event is available on the website www.Piloctetes.org.
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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