Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2004-07-16
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Through excellence, innovation and collaboration, we will improve the health of all children and adolescents by educating the pediatric and physician leaders of the future, advancing research, advocating for children and providing the nation's best primary and specialty pediatric clinical care. In partnership with our health care and academic institutions, we will create a collegial environment where academic faculty can reach their personal and professional goals.
ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Schedule for Promotion Committee Deadlines
Faculty News
Important DatesWednesday, July 28, 2004. Department of Pediatrics Family Picnic. Location: Gas Works Park. Time 6:00-8:00PM. Invitations have been mailed out. Be sure to RSVP to dmw@u.washington.edu or brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org.
Friday, July 30, 2004. Deadline for receipt of nominations for American Pediatric Society (aps_spr.org).
Monday, September 27 (5:00PM). Deadline for submission of proposals for the Autumn 2004 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF). Application is an interactive PDF. The application, packet, and information about previous awards may be found on the Office of Research website at: http://www.washington.edu/research/rrf.html. If you have any questions about the program, contact Malcolm (Mac) Parks, Ph.D., UW Box 351202, 206-221-3249, or his assistant, Barbara Thompson at bthompson@u.washington.edu.
September 27-October 1, 2004: Intern Retreat Week. Information has been sent out from the Housestaff office about this year's Intern Retreat. Each year, it has become increasingly more difficult to find coverage for our interns. I encourage faculty, fellows and clinical faculty to support this important event and help provide the needed coverage. For further information, contact Sarah Archibald (archie@u.washington.edu).
Schedule for Promotion Committee Deadlines
The attached table has been developed by the Department of Pediatrics Promotion Committee and recently distributed to Division Heads. We hope the table is useful to you in preparing for promotion.
Faculty NewsPUBLICATIONS
July Pediatrics in Review (AAP) features General Pediatrics Division faculty Catherine Karr, M.D. M.S., Julie Bledsoe, M.D., and Brian Johnston, M.D., M.P.H. Catherine's review article is entitled "Homeless Children: What every clinician should know." Julie and Brian's article is entitled "Preparing families for international adoption." Congratulations to all three.
Catherine Karr, M.D., M.S. also has an article in the July issue of Pediatric Annals entitled "Bronchitis poses significant public health burden."
Roger Meyer, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, has just published a 226 page book entitled "Poulsbo Past Times," depicting early times on the west sound peninsula. The 16 chapters cover the entire spectrum of life from lumbering, farming, fishing and other events from this early Norwegian community on the fjord of Liberty Bay. A special chapter on the Martha and Mary Childrens Home and Dr. Halfdan Slippern touch on pediatric topics of particular interest. The book 's revenue benefits local college scholarship and the creation of a museum in Poulsbo, costs$15.00 and can be obtained from Child &Family Health Foundation, 22125 NE Apollo Drive, Poulsbo WA 98370. Plus $3.00 mailing fee=$18 while supplies last.
Congratulations to Corrie Anderson for the following publication: Gunion, Mark W., Marchionne, Anna Maria, Anderson, C.T.M., Use of mixed agonist-antagonist nalbuphine in opiate based analgesia. Acute Pain, 2004, 6:29-39.
Congratulations to William Walker, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Genetics and Development, on the publication of "Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children with Exstrophy of the Cloaca" in the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2004. 14:108-111.
Congratulations to Taraneh Sharii, M.D., M.P.H. for two publications: Taraneh Shafii, M.D. M.P.H., Katherine Stovel, Ph.D., Robert Davis, M.D. M.P.H., King Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., Is Condom Use Habit Forming? Condom Use at Sexual Debut and Subsequent Condom Use. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, June 2004, Vo. 31, No. 6, p.366-372, AND Taraneh, M.D., M.P.H., Gale R. Burstein, M.D., M.P.H., An overview of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents. Adolescent Medicine Clinics, June 2004, Vol. 15, No. 2, p.201-214.
GRANT AWARDS
Congratulations to Bonnie Ramsey, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, who has received a $5 million grant to conduct a 60-site clinical trial of the initial treatment of pseudomonas infection in children with cystic fibrosis.
Congratulations to Danielle Zerr, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, who was recently awarded an R-01 entitled: "Human Herpesvirus 6 and Central Nervous System Disease Following Stem Cell Transplantation."
From the University of Washington School of Medicine Online News, Vol. 8, No. 27, July 9, 2004. Congratulations, Beth.
EBEL TO STUDY BOOSTER SEAT USE WITH ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON GRANT
Beth Ebel, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, has been selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program. Ebel, a researcher at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, is receiving a four-year, $300,000 grant from the foundation to increase the use of child booster seats. She will research barriers to the use of booster seats and determinants of child passenger safety behaviors in Latino families. Using the behavioral research results, Ebel will develop targeted interventions for Latino families to overcome the financial, cultural, and language barriers to child booster seats. She hopes to improve child restraint practices among Latino families, to reduce the risk of injuries from auto accidents.
Congratulations to Carolyn McCarty, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics, who has received a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. Her work studies depressive symptoms on middle-school children.