UTMB Announcements for 4/18/2014

Thoughts drive our behaviors and behaviors get us our results.  We are living in a world of challenges and it is very hard to stay positive, that is why we need all the tools, and strategies to help us achieve better results to live a positive life.

When:  April 23, 2014

Where:  Open Gates - Rm. 201

Time:  12 - 1 PM

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Presents

"Challenges and Opportunities in the Lassa [and Ebola] Endemic Zone of West Africa"

by

Robert F. Garry, Ph.D.

Professor/ Assistant Dean

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

School of Medicine

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Basic Science Auditorium 2.212

All Welcome to Attend!!!!

ZigEyewear just arrived at UTMB Optical Center

Looking for something different in eyewear?  ZigEyewear is now available at UTMB Optical Center.  ZigEyewear is a new level of fashion and style.  Bright colors and intricate details make this collection unlike any other.  Create a new look that is truly unique, with designs ranging from whimsical and ornate to dimensional and industrial.

Stop by today and view our selection.......colorful, fun and creative.

• 700 University Blvd., near UTMB campus
• Yes, we accept other optometry prescriptions
• Free, convenient parking
• Open Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm

Appointments:  409-747-5823

Questions: 409-747-5824

The Samuel G. Dunn Lectureship

In the Medical Humanities

The Eye, Ocular Diseases,

and Visual Artists

By

Richard H. Fish, M.D.

Retina Consultants of Houston

Clinical Associate Professor at

Weill Cornell Medical College and

Baylor College of Medicine

Thursday, May 8, 2014

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Ann Milligan Gray Room

The Tremont House

Reception to Follow

“Counteracting hyperglycemia by targeting

allosteric regulation of liver pyruvate kinase”

Presented by

Aron W. Fenton, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas

2.212 Basic Science Auditorium

April 24, 2014

4:00 p.m.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WELCOME 

To assist in complying with UT System Policy 142.1 which requires the monthly reconciliation of all cost centers, the Office of Accounting has created an on-line course which may be accessed through UTMB’s online training resource  (ELM). The course outlines the Internal Control environment, specific internal controls such as segregation of duties, and provides guidelines for performing an actual reconciliation.  This course is required by anyone with new financial reconciliation responsibilities or for those individuals who have previously attended a class but would like a refresher. 

Please contact Carole Bell for access to the course or if you have any questions.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Announces – The Final Examination of

Alexandre Esadze

For the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

May 7, 2014

11:00 A.M.

Levin Hall 5.521

TITLE OF DISSERTATION

TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING MOLECULAR, SUB-MOLECULAR AND ATOMIC MECHANISMS OF FACILITATED TARGET SEARCH ON DNA

SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE

Chair:

James Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Lawrence Sowers, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Wlodek Bujalowski, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Terumi Midoro Horiuti, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Junji Iwahara, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Sankar Mitra, Ph.D., Professor, Department Of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Anatoly Kolomeysky, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX

Drop by and visit with the nice folks from K’s Creations and you’ll find an easy and

  convenient way to shop for great gifts or something uplifting for yourself.

 Discover a fun assortment of gifts including women’s clothing and accessories,

Popcorn Shirts which fit most (Small to Extra Large), scarves, fashion jewelry,

 Austrian crystal night lights, decorative angels and crosses, and a whole lot of

 new merchandise to choose from for yourself, your family, and all your friends.

MONDAY, APRIL 21^ST

THROUGH

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23^RD

8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. EACH DAY

LOBBY

RESEARCH BUILDING 6

(OLD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL)

Cash, checks, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express are all accepted.

Proceeds benefit patient and volunteer programs.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

SALE!!!!

15% OFF ALL WINTER WEAR

Hoodies, sweat pants, sweat shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, & selected scrubs

(Fleece and Port Authority Jackets not included)

While supplies last! 

Haitao Hu, MD, PhD

Research Scientist

US Military HIV Research Program

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

“Interactions between CD4 T cells and HIV: implications for AIDS

pathogenesis and vaccine design”

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

2:00-3:00 PM

1.100 Galveston National Laboratory

Everyone is invited to attend. If you do not have badge access to the GNL, you must

RSVP with your UTMB ID to Rosharon Preacher at Ext. 78140 or

rspreach@utmb.edu by April 21, 2014. 

Hot Topics**

Is This Really The End?…What to know before you close out your award

 Wednesday, April 30, 2014  

9:00 -10:00 am

Rebecca Sealy East 4.302/4.304

Presented By Research Services Staff

RSVP at http://my.utmb.edu/PStraining

**Rescheduled from April 16

Sponsored Programs Hot Topics is held every month on the 3^rd Wednesday, 9-10 in RSH 4.302/4.

FREEOFFICE SUPPLIES

Come get your FREE gently used Office Supplies

From the

UTMB SWAP SHOP Booth

At the 2014 UTMB Earth Day Event on

Friday, May 2^nd

10:00-2:00

www.utmb.edu/earthday

Please bring your unwanted office supplies to swap and shop

You can even shop without bringing anything to swap

OR

Volunteer Formto work the Earth Day booth and receive a FREE Earth Day T-Shirt and a chance at the door prize drawing

AND

WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS

To prepare the UTMB Springtime Swap Shop

For the upcoming UTMB Earth Day Event

Please Join Us On

OUR LAST SPRUCE UP DAY

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

9:30-11:30

Sort, label and consolidate the items.  Set aside items for the auction such as toner cartridges.

Even if you can only help for 15 minutes, it’ll be greatly appreciated.

The Swap Shop Cage is located in the basement

of the Materials Management Surplus Inventory area

(Dress comfortably)

*****

To Volunteer - Contact Florence McMillian (Flo): 772-1293 or cell (409) 354-1285

flmcmill@utmb.edu

Please Note:  All April 22, Volunteers who help out will receive either a UTMB Health Sustainability LED Night Light that shuts off during the day time, or a pair of sunglasses.

Thanks again for your recycling participation,

Florence McMillian (Flo)

Because of last year's highly successful Innovation Challenge, it is returning - much improved and expanded in scope!

Innovation Challenge 2014 will launch May 1 with the IDEAxCHANGE forum. This forum will still be hosted at utmb.ideascale.com. 

Similar to last year, a critical component of Innovation Challenge 2014 will be the Collaborative Innovation class. In this class, cross-campus teams will be trained to find breakthrough solutions to challenges and problems selected from the IDEAxCHANGE forum.  

Collaborative Innovation teams will then present their solutions to UTMB and UT leadership in the Challenge Tank on August 14.

If you are interested (and up for the "challenge"), please consider registering for the Collaborative Innovation class. The registration form can be found here: http://www.its.utmb.edu/documents/Collaborative_Innovation-Registration2014.pdf

Class registration is open from April 18 - May 10; the class runs from May 20 - August 14. 

UTMB Earth Day Celebration 2014

Upcycle Art & Function Display

What have you made with found, cast away or broken materials?

We want to see your artwork, home decor, furniture and more!

This is not a contest, but an opportunity to show your creativity by using "trash" to make treasure.

Photographs are accepted until April 30, if your creation is too big to bring to campus.

All entries will receive a free Earth Day t-shirt or tote bag!

All entries must be delivered to the front of the UTMB Library by 9:00 a.m. on May 2, and removed b 2:00 p.m. on May 2.

For more information contact:

Ruth Finkelstein at (409) 747-1247, or rfinkels@utmb.edu

Robin Baker at (409) 747-6736, or rlbaker@utmb.edu

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announce a change in policy on application submissions. Effective immediately, for application due dates after April 16, 2014, following an unsuccessful resubmission (A1) application, applicants may submit the same idea as a new (A0) application for the next appropriate due date. The NIH and AHRQ will not assess the similarity of the science in the new (A0) application to any previously reviewed submission when accepting an application for review. Although a new (A0) application does not allow an introduction or responses to the previous reviews, the NIH and AHRQ encourage applicants to refine and strengthen all application submissions.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the NIH and AHRQ will accept a new (A0) application following an unsuccessful resubmission (A1) application. The subsequent new application need not demonstrate substantial changes in scientific direction compared to previously reviewed submissions, and must not contain an introduction to respond to the critiques from the previous review.

NIH's policy for accepting overlapping applications remains in effect (see NOT-OD-09-100). The NIH will not accept duplicate or highly overlapping applications under review at the same time. This means that the NIH will not accept:

*   a new (A0) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of an overlapping resubmission (A1) application.

*   a resubmission (A1) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of the previous new (A0) application.

*   an application that has substantial overlap with another application pending appeal of initial peer review (see NOT-OD-11-101).

For the complete notice, please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-074.html

You spoke. We listened. In response to your You Count! feedback, we are looking at ways to improve communication throughout UTMB.

Subjects With Asthma Are Needed

You could qualify for one of our studies if you have a history of physician-diagnosed asthma AND are between the ages of 18 and 65 and are a non-smoker for at least one year. Eligible Participants will be reimbursed for their time.

William J. Calhoun, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Clinical Trials Office 

Please join us for a special lecture brought to you by the Center for Recovery, Physcial Activity and Nutrition and the Sealy Center on Aging:

Wednesday, April 23rd from 1-2pm

SHP 1.104

Aligning National Priorities with Stakeholder Input to Improve Post-acute Stroke Care Delivery

Presented by Janet Prvu Bettger, ScD, FAHA

Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Nursing

Senior Fellow, Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

Fellow, American Heart Association 

If you wear eyeglasses or contacts, you can spend $500-$800 a year to see clearly. Many LASIK patients can see well without glasses or contacts, meaning that LASIK will pay for itself in just a few years.

Right now UTMB employees and family members can get special pricing for LASIK. UTMB Health Eye Center, in alliance with Joffe MediCenter in Bellaire, is offering custom wavefront LASIK services at special pricing ranging from $495 to $1,395 per eye for UTMB employees and family members.

Get a free LASIK evaluation by calling 1-866-685-6995.Be sure to tell them you’re with UTMB!

UTMB offers LASIK eye care by experienced LASIK specialist and UTMB ophthalmologist Dr. Kevin H. Merkley. Dr. Merkley has more than 17 years of experience, having performed more than 20,000 laser vision correction procedures.

Click here to friend UTMB Health Eye Center on Facebook to learn more about eye health and Eye Center news.

The President's Cabinet Awards Committee seeks proposals for the 2014 President's Cabinet Awards. The theme of this year's awards is The UTMB Health-Galveston Community: Building Our Future Together. This theme explicitly recognizes the shared interests of the university and its surrounding community in promoting a vibrant and supportive environment on Galveston Island. Projects that mobilize the creativity, ingenuity and dedication of the students, staff and faculty of UTMB to benefit the community are especially encouraged.

Proposal forms can be downloaded online at www.utmb.edu/cabinet

Submission deadline is Friday, May 30 at 4:30 PM in room 5.128 of Rebecca Sealy.

Winning projects will be announced by September 1. 

Jeane B. Kempner

Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Scholar Awards

2015

Application Requirements

Eligibility

Candidates for a Postdoctoral Fellowship must have received their PhD or MD degree from UTMB within the past five (5) years to be eligible and should have strong backgrounds in research and be able to work independently. Those students who are in their last year of graduate studies are also eligible to apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship, provided that they will have completed their graduate education and be ready to initiate postdoctoral training by the time the fellowship starts (usually September 1st).

Candidates for a Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship must be graduate students (enrolled in either a PhD or MD/PhD program) who have successfully entered candidacy or medical students who have completed their second year of medical school. Student applicants must be currently enrolled at UTMB and be in good academic standing. All candidates should have achieved academic excellence during their undergraduate and graduate career. Individuals holding a non-resident visa to the United States who are not US citizens are eligible but should inform the Fellowship Committee of their visa status so that appropriate action can be taken on their behalf should a fellowship be granted to them. Postdoctoral research projects under the Kempner Fellowship can be conducted at UTMB or any other accredited national or international academic institution. Pre-doctoral research projects must be conducted at UTMB.

Application

The applications are available at: :  http://gsbs.utmb.edu/students/kempner/

and should be submitted online without exception. Deadline for receipt is by 5 p.m. April 21, 2014. Awards will be announced in June 2013. Completed reference letters and transcripts may be forwarded to Angelina Tropea, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Suite 4.429 Levin Hall, Route 1050, Galveston, Texas 77555-1050.

Deadline: April 21, 2014

Any questions concerning the application process should be directed to:

Angelina Tropea at atropea@utmb.edu

Monday, April 21, 2014
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
GNL 1.100

“Application of Molecular Testing in Cytopathology”

presented by

Cecilia G. Clement, MD
Cytopathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
UTMB – Galveston

Objectives:  At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

·         Discuss the suitability of cytology specimens for molecular testing

·         Identify the molecular techniques most commonly used in cytopathology practice

·         Review some examples of the application of molecular testing in neoplasms

·         Evaluate the role of molecular techniques in cytopathology for the diagnosis of infectious disease

·         Illustrate the use of real-time PCR for the detection of Histoplasma in cytology

Methodology:  Lecture followed by question and answer session

Disclosure Statement (Speaker):  Dr. Clement has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Disclosure Statement (Planning Committee Members):  Drs. Anthony O. Okorodudu, Judith F. Aronson, Alexander J. Indrikovs, Mahmoud A. Eltorky, and Mrs. Brenda Johnson have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement:  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston designates this live activity for a maximum of 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

If you do not have access to the GNL, you must RSVP with your UTMB ID# to Paula Gabriles at plgabril@utmb.edu by
Friday, April 18^th.  You may be denied entry if you do not RSVP.

David H. Walker, M.D.
and
The Family of Roberto Logroño, M.D.

Cordially Invite You to the
Roberto Logroño, M.D., Lectureship
For Professionalism in Medicine and Award Ceremony

Honoring
Joan E. Nichols, Ph.D.

at the
Roberto Logroño, M.D.
Lectureship for Professionalism in Medicine

Monday, April 21, 2014
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Caduceus Room,

Reception Immediately Following the Awards Ceremony
Ballinger Mills Room

Please RSVP to Sherrill Hebert
at smhebert@utmb.edu or 409-772-3989

Visual Image and the

Future of the Medical Humanities

May 9 and 10, 2014

Open Gates Conference Center

25^th and Broadway

Galveston, Texas

This conference brings together scholars, clinicians, scientific investigators and artists to discuss the role of visual images in the medical humanities: how they are being created, circulated, used in medical settings and beyond. We are interested in recognizing how the visualization of health impact patients and healers (broadly defined) in dynamic ways to develop new languages in which to speak to and about them with people around the world. We see this conference as the first step in establishing a collaborative dialogue regarding the contemporary and historical status of the visual image within the medical humanities through a series of follow‐up meetings and projects held in USA & Europe.

We are looking for healthy infants to participate in a pneumococcal vaccine study.  Infants should be in good health between the ages of 6 to 12 weeks.  Infants and their parents or guardians will be seen in the Primary Care Pavilion six times over the next 13 months.  Reimbursement for time and travel is provided. 

Please contact Lori Simon at 747-9240 or lasimon@utmb.edu or scvd.ctg@utmb.edu.

To assist in complying with UT System Policy 142.1 which requires the monthly reconciliation of all cost centers, the Office of Accounting has created an on-line course which may be accessed through UTMB’s online training resource  (ELM). The course outlines the Internal Control environment, specific internal controls such as segregation of duties, and provides guidelines for performing an actual reconciliation.  This course is required by anyone with new financial reconciliation responsibilities or for those individuals who have previously attended a class but would like a refresher. 

Please contact Carole Bell for access to the course or if you have any questions.

Aerospace Medicine Grand Rounds

8:00 AM CST, Tuesday, April 22, 2014

“Testosterone Deficiency in Men”

Glenn R. Cunningham, MD

Professor of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Biology

Director, SLEH-BCM Diabetes Program

Baylor College of Medicine

Objectives:

1. Recognize the tests that are preferred to make a diagnosis of testosterone deficiency in men.

2. Understand the potential benefits of testosterone replacement therapy in testosterone deficient men.

3. Describe the potential risk of testosterone replacement therapy.

Broadcast Live from Universities Space Research Association (USRA)

3600 Bay Area Blvd., (at Middlebrook Drive) in Clear Lake, TX

Simulcast to UTMB in the Televideo Conferencing Room, 5.521 Levin Hall

Supported By: UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency

University of Texas Medical Branch and USRA Division of Space Life Sciences

Webcast: To view Grand Rounds using a PC, download the latest version of Apple Quick Time Player, reboot and enter URL – http://129.109.152.33/stream.sdp

Educational Method:  Lecture                                                                       Target Audience:  Doctors, Residents, Students, Scientists and Alumni

Disclosure Statement (Speaker): Dr. Alexander discloses that he is a consultant for Abb Vie, Clarus Therapeutics, Endo Pharma, Ferring, and Repros company. Dr. Alexander discloses that he receives grant/research support for Abb Vie (Peter Snyder, PI) company.

Disclosure Statement: (Planning Committee Members): Drs. James M. Vanderploeg, Tarah Castleberry,   Yvette Schulz, Dale Ward and Brenda Johnson Med, CCMEP have no relevant relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Accreditation:  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation:  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please join Katrina Lambrecht, JD, MBA and the UTMB Waiver Operations' team on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 11:30 am in Levin Hall Dining Room for a presentation and discussion related to the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (1115 Medicaid Waiver).  The presentation will explore UTMB's role in the 1115 Waiver and update participants on UTMB's progress with Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) projects.  Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to see how transformational projects under the 1115 Medicaid Waiver are impacting the work being done at UTMB and throughout the communities served. 

Please feel free to bring your lunch.  Water and a healthy snack will be provided.  Participants who wish to learn more about the 1115 Medicaid Waiver prior to attending the session may visit UTMB’s Waiver Website at: http://www.utmb.edu/1115/.

Join us for the HomeTown Science 3D Health and Science Talk Series: April 19 - 1 p.m. CST

Dr. Watson will give a talk directed to the public (non-scientists) about how chemicals in everyday consumer products and the contaminated environment can mimic natural hormones -- but imperfectly --disrupting the normal balance of hormone actions in humans and animals. Learn how BPAs used in plastics have been replaced by an equally questionable chemical, BPS. She will also discuss ways that scientists and the public can support solutions to this problem.

Presentations are in the virtual 3D world of Second Life and simulcast on the web.  See http://www.utmb.edu/hometownscience for more information on HomeTown Science 3D presentations and how to use Second Life to attend.

If you cannot attend in Second Life on the 19th, view the event from the web by using the Livestream link: http://www.livestream.com/utmbls1.