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

DATE : 2005-06-17


ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

Important Dates
Fall Faculty Meeting: Oct. 17 - Sound Cafe
Pediatric Department Awards
Faculty News


Important Dates

Tuesday, June 21, 2005: SPR Application Deadline

July 22-23, 2005: 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

Tuesday, July 12, 8:00AM-1:00 PM: New Fellows Orientation, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. The Orientation is designed to provide an overview of fellowship survival skills and to allow fellows an opportunity to meet one another. It has been very well received in the past. While it is geared towards incoming fellows, all are welcome to attend. Please help spread the word! Also, in conjunction with the orientation, we'll be having an informal evening get-together for fellows and faculty at Margaret Rosenfeld's home on Monday July 11 from 6 to 8 pm. Please contact Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org) to RSVP and for more information.

Tuesday, July 26, 6:00-8:00PM: Department of Pediatrics Faculty & Family Picnic at Gas Works Park. Invitations and information are in the mail. Contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu) for further information.

Sunday, July 31, 2005: APS Application Deadline

Monday, September 26, by 5:00 PM: Autumn 2005 Royalty Research Fund (RRF) proposals are due Monday, September 26, by 5:00 PM. 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 Contact Malcolm Parks (macp@u.washington.edu), or Barbara Thompson (bthompso@u.washington.edu) if you have questions about the program.

FACULTY MEETING - October 17, 2005

Dean Ramsey will be visiting with faculty and answering questions about the UW School of Medicine. (Sound Cafe: 5:30-6:00pm buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00pm program)

Pediatric Department Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2005 Pediatric Department Awards:

Faculty News

Congratulations to Cate Pihoker, MD and Lenna Liu, MD, MPH on their recent research presentations at the ADA meeting.

The following NSF grant was approved for funding: "Information integration in the presence of uncertainty". 1.5 million over 3 years. The three co-PIs are Alon Halevy (Computer Science), Peter Tarczy-Hornoch (Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science), and Dan Suciu.

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch is also the principle investigator on a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to train students in a new public health informatics program. The new program will be part of the existing UW Biomedical and Health Informatics training program.

PUBLICATIONS

Congratulations to Adam Cohen, MD, on his recent publication:

AL Cohen, FP Rivara, R Davis, DA Christakis. Compliance with guidelines for the medical care of first urinary tract infections in infants: A population-based study. Pediatrics 115:6, June 2005. 1474-1478.

Congratulations to Karen Murray, MD, for her recent publication:

Murray KF and Carithers RL. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidelines: Evaluation of the patient for liver transplantation. Hepatology 41(6):1407-1432