Policies & Procedures
Martin Gives Invited NIH Talk on Cognitive Neuroscience, Risky Sexual Decisions
Eileen Martin, Ph.D., will give an invited lecture today at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Neuroscience Consortium Workgroup Cutting Edge Seminar Series, “Using Experimental Cognitive Neuroscience to Understand Risky Sexual Decision Making.” Dr. Martin will be the first speaker. Her presentation is entitled “Cognitive and Affective Components of Risky Sexual Decision Making in Drug Users: New Questions.”
Rahlf Named Assistant to the Head/Clinical Administrator
At the Sept. 20 Department Meeting, Dr. Dove announced that Ms. Andrea Rahlf, CMPE, has been named Assistant to the Head/Clinical Administrator. Effective Aug. 28, Ms. Rahlf has been charged with better integrating all components within Clinical Operations, with a goal of improving efficiency, productivity, and revenue. Dr. Dove said that all support staff who have reported to Sunita Prabhakar will continue to do so; Ms. Prabhakar will report to Ms. Rahlf; and Ms. Rahlf will be accountable to Drs. Dove and Miller. Ms. Rahlf gave a brief PowerPoint presentation summarizing her training, experience, new responsibilities, and initial target areas. Her presentation is available at:
www.psych.uic.edu/dm/Presentation92007.ppt
Insights in Medicine Interviews Weiden on Integrating Care for Mentally Ill
On Saturday, Sept. 22, Peter Weiden, M.D., was a guest on the InTimeTV talk show, Insights in Medicine, hosted by Ogan Gurel, MD., MPhil. Dr. Weiden’s topic was “Integrating Physical Health Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness.” The segment can be viewed at http://www.intimetv.com/ by clicking on Now Showing on InTimeTV. Later this week, the segment will available at http://www.intimetv.com/archives/archives.cfm.
OT Supervisor Hill Receives Beatrice Wade Award for Clinical Education
James Hill, OTR/L, received the 2007 Beatrice D. Wade Award for Clinical Education from the Department of Occupational Therapy. This honor is awarded to an outstanding fieldwork supervisor nominated by a graduating OT student. Hill was nominated because of his professional demeanor, his ability to help students grow into new therapists, and his passion for student education. He has supervised many fieldwork students in his 15 years as a fieldwork educator, including approximately 25 UIC occupational therapy students. Hill is a member of the behavioral health team at the medical center and works primarily on the adult acute unit.
IJR Faculty, Staff Participate in NAMI Walks Chicago
Several IJR faculty and staff, including Patrick Tolan, Ph.D., Julie Carbray, APRN; Kathleen Kelley, M.D; and Stacy Frazier, Ph.D., recently participated in the NAMI Walks Chicago: For the Mind of America. They were joined by Colbeth Clinic patients and their families, who participated in their own family teams. A walker approached Dr. Tolan, said he had trained at IJR in 1963, and mentioned how much his training had met to him.
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 let me know, thank you.
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