University of Washington School of Medicine
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter

DATE : 2005-03-18


ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - June 6, Sound Cafe
Elizabeth M. Campbell Endowment for Excellence in Pediatric Allergy Research Fellowship
Faculty/Housestaff News


Important Dates

Friday, April 1, 2005: Dr. Catherine Karr, course director, announces a unique educational opportunity for pediatricians: "Controversies and Advances in Pediatric Environmental Health" This 1 day CE course at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the UW campus will provide emerging data, information & resources from nationally recognized experts on pediatric environmental health hazards. Details on program and registration (http://depts.washington.edu/pehsu/) - click on training.

Monday, April 25, 2005: Save the date for the 2005 Fellows Research Day (CHRMC: Wright Auditorium and Board Room). This year the Fellows' Research Day is scheduled for April 25, 2005 in and around the Wright Auditorium at Children's Hospital. The goal of the day is to showcase the exciting research being conducted by the fellows in the Department through oral and poster presentations. This year's keynote speaker and co-moderator is Ed McCabe, MD, PhD, Physician-in-Chief, Mattell Children's Hospital at UCLA, Professor & Executive Chair, UCLA Department of Pediatrics.

Monday, May 2, 2005, 2:00-4:00PM, Wright Auditorium: Introduction to Human Subjects Protection Seminar. This will be led by Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, Chairman for the IRB at Children's. Please contact Thomas Boedeker at irb@seattlechildrens.org for more information and to RSVP for this seminar. (Please note that this was originally scheduled for May 20th. Please remove that date from your calendar)

Friday, May 27, 2005: The Continuing Human Subjects Protection Seminar. Please contact Thomas Boedeker at irb@seattlechildrens.org for more information and to RSVP for this seminar.

FACULTY MEETING- June 6, 2005

The next faculty meeting will be held on June 6, 2005 (Sound Café: 5:30-6:00pm buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00pm program).

The Elizabeth M Campbell Endowment for Excellence in Pediatric Allergy Research Fellowship

The Divisions of Allergy and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology have established the Elizabeth M. Campbell Endowment for Excellence in Pediatric Allergy Research Fellowship. This endowment, directed by Craig Rubens, will strive to increase the number of physician and non-physician scientists across the country who will focus on discovering the biologic basis of pediatric allergy. This fellowship will also provide the support necessary to recruit trainees whose research training will enhance their ability at the bench in the immunologic basis of allergies. If you are interested or have additional questions, contact: Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology, 307 Westlake Ave. N, Suite 300, Seattle WA 98109 or by telephone at (206) 987-3573 or e-mail at craig.rubens@seattlechildrens.org.

Faculty/Housestaff News

Sherilyn Smith, MD has been awarded both the Margaret S. Anderson Award, awarded by the students to the staff or faculty member who provides the most support during their medical years, and the Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, for her work in clinical education. Congratulations Sherilyn for these wonderful achievements.

Congratulations to Craig Rubens, MD, PhD who has been appointed as holder of the Children's Hospital Guild Association Endowed Chair for Pediatric Infectious Disease Research.

Doug Diekema, MD will become Chair of the AAP Committee on Bioethics as of July 1, 2005. Congratulations, Doug.

Congratulations to Lisa Frenkel, MD who was recently awarded an R01 grant. Project Title: Reservoirs of drug-resistant HIV-1. TOTAL FEDERAL AWARD $1,636,178.

Bruder Stapleton, MD was elected President of the Association of Medical School Department Chairs for a two year term, at the Association's annual meeting on March 7, 2005. AMSPDC represents 148 academic departments in the United States and Canada.

Allison Eddy, MD gave a keynote lecture to the Frontiers in Science Program of the Pediatric Scientists Development Program in Kiawah Island, SC on March 4, 2004. Her talk was entitled "The destruction of a kidney--Scenes from the battlefield". Sing Sing Way, MD, PhD, also spoke at the conference.

Congratulations to Drs. Hans Ochs, Carol Miao, and David Rawlings (co-investigators), who have recently obtained a research grant from US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) entitled "GENE THERAPY FOR WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME".

Congratulations to Jason Debley, MD, MPH for his grant from the CREFF General Clinical Research Center Award entitled, "Airflow Obstruction and Biomarkers of Airway Inflammation During and Following Acute Exacerbations of Childhood Asthma."

The following individuals are currently contributing as leaders in the American Board of Pediatrics in 2005:

PUBLICATIONS

Congratulations to Danielle Zerr and Lisa Frenkel, MD on their publication:

Zerr DM, Meier AS, Selke SS, Frenkel LM, Huang ML, Wald A, Rhoads M, Nguy L, Bornemann R, Morrow RA, Corey L. 2005. Virologic and Clinical Characteristics of Primary Human Herpesvirus 6: A Population-Based Study. N Engl J Med 352:768-76.

Congratulations to Lisa Frenkel, MD on her publication:

Frenkel, LM. 2005. Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis. Pediatrics (Solicited editorial), Pediatrics 115: 795-797.

Congratulations to Jeff McLaughlin, MD for his publication:

JOHN F. MCLAUGHLIN, STEVEN D. FELIX, SOGOL NOWBAR, ANNE FERREL, KRISTIE BJORNSON & ROSS M. HAYS. Lower extremity sensory function in children with cerebral palsy. Pediatric Rehabilitation, January 2005; 8(1): 45-52

Congratulations to Jason Debley, MD, MPH for the following publication:

Debley JS, Smith JM, Redding GJ, Critchlow CW. Childhood Asthma Hospitalization Following Cesarean Delivery Among Former Term and Preterm Infants. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005;94:228-233.

Congratulations to Nicole Mayer- Hamblett, PhD for her publication:

Mayer-Hamblett, N., and Kronmal, R.A. (2005). "Improving the estimation of change from baseline in a continuous outcome measure in the clinical trial setting." Controlled Clinical Trials, 2005, 26(1):2-16. (March 2005)

Congratulations to Nicole Mayer- Hamblett, PhD, Ron Gibson, MD, PhD, and Bonnie Ramsey, MD, for their recent publication:

Moss, R.B., Mayer-Hamblett, N., Wagener, J., Daines, C., Hale, K., Ahrens, R., Gibson, R., Anderson, P., Retsch-Bogart, G., Nasr, S., Noth, I., Waltz, D., Zeitlin, P., Ramsey, B, and Starko, K. (2004) "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalating Study of Aerosolized Interferon g-1b in Patients with Mild to Moderate Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease."Pediatric Pulmonology 2004, 39:209-218. (March 2005)