Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2005-09-02
ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Fall Faculty Meeting: Oct. 17, 5:30pm
Clinical Faculty Promotions
Faculty News
Important Dates
Friday, September 9, by 4:00 PM: Deadline for Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium members Cancer Center Support Grant funds application. More information at (www.cancerconsortium.org/membership) or contact Gail Campagna 667-5736.
September 19-23, 2005: INTERN RETREAT- Reminder: Coverage is NEEDED for Intern retreat week, September 19-23, by faculty and fellows. Please contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu) to participate. Consider coming to the social event at the Skansonia on Monday evening, September 19. Invitations will be forthcoming.
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.
Monday, October 17, 5:30pm Sound Caf: Fall Faculty Meeting. 5:30-6:00 PM buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00 PM program
November 1, 2005. Deadline for nominations to Western Society for Pediatric Research.
September 1, 2005- December 1, 2005 8:00 p.m. EST: Starting Thursday, September 1, 2005, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin accepting applications for its five Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). All applications for 2006 awards must be submitted online by 8:00 p.m. EST, December 1, 2005. For an online application, program information, or other assistance, visit the LRP Web site at www.lrp.nih.gov, telephone the Helpline at 866-849-4047, or send email inquiries to lrp@nih.gov.
Fall Faculty MeetingOctober 17, 5:30pm Sound Cafe: Fall Faculty Meeting. Dean Ramsey will be visiting with faculty and answering questions about the UW School of Medicine. (Sound Cafe: 5:30-6:00 PM buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00 PM program.) Please submit to Dr. Stapleton any questions that you would like to present to Dr. Ramsey. The Dean will also be accepting questions at the meeting.
Clincal Faculty PromotionsCongratulations to the following faculty, whose efforts have been recognized with well-deserved promotions.
Clinical Professors-
Dr. James Kinney
Dr. Donald Moffitt
Dr. Alan Olson
Dr. Hal Quinn
Clinical Associate Professors-
Dr. David Brunelle
Dr. Janie Hallstrand
Dr. Deborah Harper
Dr. Elizabeth Hasert
Dr. Melanie Ito
Dr. Vijay Kalidindi
Dr. Donald McClellan
Dr. Karen Nilsen
Dr. Robert Puntel
Dr. Glenn Tripp
Clinical Assistant Professors-
Dr. Victoria Cartwright
Dr. Yolande Duralde
Dr. Andrea Gravatt
Dr. Dale Heisinger
Dr. David Johnson
Dr. Darren Migita
Dr. Catherine Nobis
Dr. Patricia Scott
Dr. James Troutman
Dr. Jeffrey Weller
Dr. Anne Welsh
Faculty NewsSam Moskowitz, MD has been chosen as the recipient of one of the two 2005 Young Investigator Awards given by the GCRC for outstanding new clinical researchers at the UW and CHRMC.
Phillip Chance, MD has been re-appointed to the Medical Advisory Committee of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, National headquarters, Tucson, and Chairman of the Scientific Review Committee, The Les Turner ALS Association, Chicago.
Craig Bennett, PhD has received a new research grant, "CMT1C: possible defects in PMP22 regulation due to SIMPLE mutations, 7/01/05-6/30/08 from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Congratulations to the recipients of the Family Experience Survey awards for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2005:
Accountability - After Hours Bellevue (led by Pat Bussard and Dr. Terri Smith) Superior Service Supporter - Children's Consulting Nurses (led by Kathy Kirchner) Respect - Pulmonary Clinic (led by Patty Hovik, Arlene Libby, Dr. Greg Redding, Dr. Ted Carter) Superior Service Supporter - Respiratory Care (led by John Salyer) Teamwork - Genetics Clinic (led by Patty Hovik, Arlene Libby and Dr. Ian Glass) Superior Service Supporter - Lab: Sendouts, Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Led by Joanne Simpson, Joe Rutledge)PUBLICATIONS
FB Stapleton, D Jones, DH Fiser. Leadership Trends in Academic Pediatric Departments. Pediatrics 116:2, pg 342-344. August 2005.
EJ Demers, RJ McPherson, S Juul. Erythropoietin Protects Dopaminergic Neurons and Improves Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Juvenile Rats after Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia. Pediatric Research 58:2, pg 297-301. 2005.
Shirk AJ, Anderson SK, Hashemi SH, Chance PF and Bennett CL: SIMPLE Interacts with NEDD4 and TSG101: Evidence for a role in Lysosomal Sorting and Implications for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2005. (cover article).
Bennett CL, Huynh HM, Barnett KL, Chance PF, Glass IA and Gospe Jr SM: Genetic Heterogeneity for Autosomal Recessive Pyridoxine-Dependent Seizures. Neurogenetics, 2005.
Karr C, Lumley T, Shepherd K, Davis R, Larson T, Ritz B, and Kaufman J. 2005. A Case Crossover Study of Wintertime Ambient Air Pollution and Infant Bronchiolitis Environ Health Perspect: doi:10.1289/ehp.8313. [Online 25 August 2005] http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/8313/abstract.html
Davis, BE,Daley CM, Shurtleff DB, Duguay S, Seidel K, Loeser JD, and Ellenbogen RG. Long-term survival of Individuals with Myelomeningocele. Pediatr Neurosurg 2005; 41:186-191
David Shurtleff, MD presented the following papers to the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida in Barcelona Spain June 29- July 2, 2005: