Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2005-04-11
ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - June 6, Sound Cafe
Dr. Kyle Yasuda selected Washington State recipient of 2005 Commissioner's Award
Children's Hospital Young Investigator Awards
Faculty/Housestaff News
Important Dates
Monday, April 25, 2005, 7:45 AM-2:30 PM (Wright Aud. & Board Rm): Fellows' Research Day. This year the Fellows' Research Day is scheduled for April 25, 2005 in the Wright Auditorium and Anna Clise Board room 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. His talk is entitled: Genomic Medicine: The future is upon us.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 5:00-7:00 PM (G1027): Meeting for Professors/Associate Professors to discuss second term Assistant Professor reappointments.
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.
July 22-23, 2005: SAVE THE DATE: The Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center sponsors it's first annual conference in pediatric bioethics on "Current Controversies in Pediatric Research Ethics" to be held July 22-23, 2005, in Seattle, Washington. This conference will focus on pediatric research-regulations, issues related to consent and assent, ethical conduct, defining minimal risk, academic and industry relations and conflicts of interest. Registration fee is $150 before May 1st and $225 after May 1st. Access additional conference information and register at www.seattlechildrens.org/bioethics
FACULTY MEETING- June 6, 2005The next faculty meeting will be held on June 6, 2005 (Sound Café: 5:30-6:00pm buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00pm program).
Kyle Yasuda selected as the Washington State recipient of the National 2005 Commissioner's AwardCongratulations to Dr. Kyle Yasuda, WCPCAN Council Chair for being selected as the Washington State recipient of the national 2005 Commissioner's Award. This prestigious award will be presented on April 21 at the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Boston, MA.
The Commissioner's Award pays tribute to an individual selected from each state and U.S. territory in recognition of her or his outstanding contribution and commitment to the field of child abuse and neglect. All Commissioners' Award recipients serve as role models to those who work on a daily basis to eliminate child abuse and neglect. In some instances, the influence of these award recipients has extended nationally and even internationally. All those being recognized at the Commissioner's Award Ceremony have had the honor of being nominated by the Governors of their respective states as worthy recipients of this prestigious award. We are honored to have Dr. Yasuda represent Washington State this year!
Children's Hospital Young Investigator AwardsThe Children's Hospital Research Committee and the Basic Science, Clinical Research and Health Services Research steering committees announced that Jason Debley, MD, MPH, Pediatric Pulmonary Division; Guoqiang Zhang, MD, PhD, Pediatric Nephrology Division; and Jacqueline Starr, PhD, Craniofacial Program, would each receive a $100,000 research grant with the possibility of a non-competing one year renewal. This is the first year for these prestigious awards. The awardees were selected from among a number of outstanding applications. The funding for these grants was generously provided by the Children's Hospital Research Office as part of our research strategic plan.
Faculty/Housestaff NewsMessage from Roger Meyer, MD MPH, Clinical Professor Pediatrics & Public Health, UW and Secty Warmington Society:
The Warmington Lectureship honoring practicing Pediatricians has achieved its $50,000 goal and is now a permanent funded annual lectureship. Thanks to everyone who offered support. It also is providing our library with a Warmington Archive featuring the text, video and books of former lecturers, including some of the nation's top pediatricians like Bob Haggerty, Errol Alden, director of AAP, Catherine DeAngelis, AMA Editor, Prof. Judy Hall and others who have celebrated the annual event with us in the past. Thanks also to Bruder Stapleton, MD, Chair of the Department & Bill Warmington for allowing this annual event to occur!PUBLICATIONS
From the Laboratory of Michael Cunningham, MD, PhD:
Ratisoontorn C, Seto ML, Broughton KM, Cunningham ML. In vitro differentiation profile of osteoblasts derived from patients with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. Bone. 2005 Mar 17 ePubCongratulations to Danielle Zerr, Assistant Professor Pediatric Infectious Diseases, on her recent publications:
Zerr DM, Corey L, Kim HW, Huang ML, Long N, Boeckh M. Clinical Outcomes of HHV-6 Reactivation During the Course of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;40:932-40. Zerr DM, Garrison MM, Allpress AL, Heath J, Christakis DA. Infection Control Policies and Hospital-Associated Infections in Surgical Patients: Variability and Associations in a Multicenter Pediatric Setting. Pediatrics.2005 115: e387-e392. Yeung LC, Cunningham, ML, Allpress, AL, Gruss, JS, Ellenbogen, RG, Zerr DM. Surgical site infections following pediatric intracranial surgery for craniofacial malformations: frequency and risk factors. Neurosurgery. 2005; 56:733-9.