DEPARTMENT WELCOME PICNIC JULY 12 NYT Cites Pandey's Research on Alcoholism, Anxiety as Ground Breaking
A recent issue of the New York Times cited the work of Subhash Pandey , Ph.D., on CREB and NPY in alcoholism and anxiety as ground breaking medical research. The Urban Living section of the edition includes a special section on Chicago , including an article on important research at UIC and other Chicago research institutions. Dr. Pandey's research on addictive behaviors was described as one of leading research endeavors at the University of Illinois at Chicago .
APA Presents APA/Lilly Resident Research Award to Veenstra-VanderWeele
At the recent American Psychiatric Association meeting, Child Psychiatry Resident Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele , M.D., received an APA/Lilly Resident Research Awards. Presentation of the award also was noted in the June 16 edition of the APA's Psychiatric News .
Grossman Study Confirms Gender Differences in Schizophrenia Outcomes
Women with schizophrenia fare better than men with the illness, various retrospective studies have found. A new longitudinal investigation led by Linda Grossman , Ph.D., and recently reported at the APA annual meeting, further supports these results. The results are also published in the June Psychiatric Services. The article by author Joan Arehart-Treichel, “Significant Gender Differences Found in Psychosis Outcome,” is available online at: http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/12/30?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT
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Chicago Tribune Quotes Leventhal on Chelation Therapy for Children with Autism
Bennett Leventhal , M.D., is quoted in Sunday's Chicago Tribune about chelation therapy, a controversial treatment for autism that removes mercury and other metals from the body. Although the medical community has concluded there is no scientific data to support a link between mercury and autism, some parents assert that mercury in vaccines causes autism. The article appears on the front page of the Perspectives section and is available online at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0606250053jun25,1,2423508.story?page=1&coll=chi-opinionfront-hed
Plan to Attend the Department Welcome Picnic Set for July 12, 4:30-7 pm
Everyone in the Department is invited to attend the Department of Psychiatry Welcome Picnic, 2006, on Wednesday, July 12 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The picnic will be at the PI Park, adjacent to and behind the south side of the Psychiatric Institute at 1601 W. Taylor Street . Free food and fun will be available at this annual event for UIC Department of Psychiatry colleagues, new trainees, faculty, staff, fellows, students, departmental employees, and families. Anyone interested in volunteering to help with the picnic should contact George Manning at gmanning@uic.edu , or by phone at 5-1680.
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