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UM HEAT-IT-UP Program Gets Off the Ground
John Ryan, Dr.P.H., spoke to a group of participants at the launch of the HEAT-IT-UP project in Overtown.
Ten newly trained and now computer savvy volunteers heard themselves called medical pioneers for their participation in a unique project aimed at changing the way primary care is delivered and how patients interact with their health care providers by using a computer and the Internet. The official launch of the Overtown "Health Education and Access Through an Information Technology Utilization Project (HEAT-IT-UP)" took place on October 14 the Jefferson Reaves Sr. Health Center in Overtown. The primary care clinic serves as the family medicine residency training site and is also a United Health Foundation Center of Excellence.
ENT Partners with Overtown Youth Project to Provide Free Hearing Screenings
From left, professor and interim chair of otolaryngology Fred F. Telischi, M.D.; Dana Libman, Au.D.; TK Pratt, volunteer coordinator at the Overtown Youth Center; avid Ear Institute supporter Lyle Stern, with his son Oliver and center participants prior to the free hearing screenings.
The Miller School's mission to help build a healthier South Florida is evidenced every day by the willingness of faculty, staff and students who engage in outreach, often leaving the medical campus to dispense that care. Recently, children at the Overtown Youth Center were the excited beneficiaries of this outreach when members of the University of Miami Ear Institute, part of the Department of Otolaryngology, dropped by for a day of free hearing screenings and discussion on how to prevent hearing loss.

Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.

Miller School to Host Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., for Bioethics Grand Rounds

Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., founding chief of the Division of Bioethics at the Clinical Center of the NIH, will present Bioethics Grand Rounds on Friday, October 30, at 2 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Dr. Emanuel will present "Research in Developing Countries: How Can We Make it Ethical?"

For Your Benefit

Benefits Fair This Week

Annual Training: “Bloodborne Pathogens, Biomedical Waste and TB”

Professional Development and Training Seminar: “Business Writing”

Professional Development and Training Seminar: “Hiring and Onboarding Talent”

Security Awareness Update: “Information Security When Traveling Abroad”

School of Business Certificate Program—Tuition Remission Now Available

Free Poster Creation Tutorials and Affordable Poster Printing

Retirement Vendor Consultations

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Seminar: “Personal Financial Health”

Professional Development and Training Seminar: “Performance Improvement Management”

Webinar: “What’s New with InfoEd?”

Sponsored Programs Roundtable Seminar: “Standard Operating Procedures”

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program: “Thinking Yourself to Better Health”

Professional Development and Training Seminar: “Organizational Skills”

Funding and Research
Stimulus Funding Information

ARRA Proposal and Award Facts


For current information on stimulus funding and how it affects research at UM, click here.


Human Subject Enrollment Policy Reminder for Clinical Researchers and Study Teams

Grand Rounds
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8 a.m.
Pediatric Grand Rounds:  "CNS and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease: Issues Across the Lifespan"
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12 p.m.
Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds: “Pulmonary Hypertension:  When the Problem is the Right Side of the Heart"
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:30 a.m.
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds: “Vascular Anomalies”  
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8 a.m.
Family Medicine Grand Rounds: “ICU Radiology”  
Thursday, October 22, 2009 7 a.m.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds  
Thursday, October 22, 2009 7 a.m.
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds: “The Role of Robotics in Knee Surgery”  
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12 p.m.
Pathology Grand Rounds: “Influenza—What’s New Since Last Year?”  
Friday, October 23, 2009 12 p.m.
Psychiatry Grand Rounds: “Health System Reform and Psychiatry”  
Monday, October 26, 2009 4 p.m.
Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds:  "Spontaneous Thoracic Myelopathy/Spine and Musculoskeletal Injury"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8 a.m.
Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Update on Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease”  
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12 p.m.
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: “CoreValve Experience”  
Events
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:30 p.m.
Epidemiology and Public Health Forum: “Preventing Disease: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9 a.m.
Advanced InfoEd Proposal Development Hands-On Workshop
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12 p.m.
Pediatric Clinical Research Forum: “A Phase One Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trial Program for Miami”
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12 p.m.
Disparities and Community Outreach Core Journal Club
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12 p.m.
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar: “An Aphid Genome: Highlights and Insights”
Friday, October 23, 2009 12 p.m.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: "Metagenetics: Using SynExo Two-Component Viral Recombinases to Dissect Genetic Mechanisms"
Monday, October 26, 2009 12 p.m.
Department of Medicine Research Conference
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12 p.m.
Cancelled: Human Subjects Protection Education Program
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12 p.m.
Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar: "The Cytoskeleton, Chaperones and Signaling: A New Perspective in Intestinal Epithelial Polarity"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9 a.m.
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Seminar: "Research and Treatment of Infertility in Men with Spinal Cord Injury"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9 a.m.
Sponsored Programs Education Workshop
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:30 p.m.
Faculty Senate Meeting
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12 p.m.
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar: “The Role of Scleraxis in Heart Valve Development”
Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:30 p.m.
Free Webinar: “Genetic Screening for Breast Cancer: Understanding Your Breast Cancer Risk and Options"
Friday, October 30, 2009 12 p.m.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: “The Latest Insights in Regenerative Medicine”
Sunday, November 1, 2009 8 a.m.
XXXI Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 4 p.m.
Genetics and Genomics Seminar: “Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits in a Genetic Isolate: ADHD and Facial Clefting"
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8 a.m.
Instructor Development Course: “Health Care Simulation”
Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:30 a.m.
Beckman Coulter and Sylvester’s Flow Cytometry Core Facility to Host Symposium
Thursday, November 5, 2009 4 p.m.
Velos Patient Management Workshop
Monday, November 9, 2009 7 a.m.
Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9 a.m.
Salary Transfers Class
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12 p.m.
Sponsored Programs Human Subjects Protection Workshop: “Awkward Research: Sects, Sex and Drugs”
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8 a.m.
33rd International Conference: “Miami Neonatology 2009”
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12 p.m.
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Seminar: "Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Myelination in the PNS"
Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:30 p.m.
Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Style Event Benefitting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
Monday, November 16, 2009 12 p.m.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: "One Enzyme, Two Functions: The Role of NMNAT in Neuroprotection"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12 p.m.
Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar: “Preserving the Germline: Surprises in Gene Regulation”
Monday, November 30, 2009 12 p.m.
Participate in the Business Services Online Silent Auction to Benefit the United Way
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 10 a.m.
Save the Date! Shared Resources Fair
Sunday, December 6, 2009 8 a.m.
VIII Annual Meeting of the Iberoamerican Society for Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Fetal Therapy Conference
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