Policies & Procedures
Wire Services Report Kraus et al Findings on DTI, Cognitive Deficits in TBI
United Press International and Associated Content recently reported on a study about traumatic brain injury conducted by Marilyn Kraus, M.D., and colleagues.
The UPI story is at:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2007/10/26/imaging_can_detect_brain_injury/9941/
The story by Associated Content is at:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/428266/permanent_damage_detected_in_ all_traumatic.html
The study, published in the October issue of Brain, reported that diffusion tensor imaging can identify structural changes in brain white matter that correlate to cognitive deficits in all patients with traumatic brain injury, including mild injuries.
Pliskin, Colleagues Publish in Journal of MRI
An article co-authored by Neil Pliskin, Ph.D., and colleagues will be published in the November edition of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The full citation is: Atkinson IC, Renteria R, Burd H, Pliskin NH and Thulborn KR. “Safety of Human MRI at Static Fields Above the FDA 8T Guideline: Sodium Imaging at 9.4T Does Not Affect Vital Signs of Cognitive Ability.” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 26:1227-1227, 2007.
Mustanski Publishes in Health Psychology
The current issue of the journal Health Psychology includes two papers by Brian Mustanski, Ph.D. The citations are:
Mustanski, B. (2007). The influence of state and trait affect on HIV risk behaviors: a daily diary study of MSM. Health Psychology, 26(5), 618-626.
Mustanski, B., Viken, R. J., Kaprio, J., Winter, T., & Rose, R. J. (2007). Sexual behavior in young adulthood: a population-based twin study. Health Psychology, 26(5), 610-617.
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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