Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2005-12-21
ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Ambulatory CPOE
Faculty News
Important Dates
January 15, 2006: Western Society for Pediatric Research new member nomination deadline. www.aps-spr.org/regional_societies/wspr/membership.htm.
Promotion preparation meetings will be held in January 2006 (see below
dates) for faculty up for promotion. The Department of Pediatrics
Promotions Committee requires that faculty members who will be considered
in the summer/fall of 2006 for promotion (to be effective July 1, 2007)
attend one of these seminars (along with their Division Head and
divisional assistant). For more information, contact Diane Wade
(206.987.1713/dmw@u.washington.edu).
January 19, 2006, 5-6 PM, T-0217 (Plaza Conference Room)
January 25, 2006, 7:30-8:30 AM, T-0217 (Plaza Conference Room)
February 13, 2006, 5:30-8 PM, Sound Cafe: Next Faculty meeting
June 4-9, 2006: Ambulatory CPOE
Ambulatory CPOEThe implementation of the ambulatory clinic COPE at Children's will be June 4-9, 2006. The new system will be used in all clinics and will be essential for submitting professional changes. Please make every effort to be in town for this week.
Faculty NewsCongratulations to Beth Ebel, MD, MPH, for being named as a 2006 Traffic Safety Superstar Award winner in the state of Washington. This is for Beth's terrific work in promoting booster seats and getting the seat belt law changed in the state.
Congratulations to Helen Emery, MD, Chief of Rheumatology, who was recently awarded the American College of Rheumatology's Clinician Educator Award. There are only three of these awards given nationwide every year (both in Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology). She will receive $50,000/year for three years starting July of 2006 to work with instructors in the medical student musculoskeletal curriculum in teaching physical examination techniques and developing demonstration cases highlighting rheumatic diseases.
Congratulations to Kenneth A. Schenkman, MD, PhD, who has been awarded funding for his TGIF proposal entitled "Optical Cellular Monitoring During Cardiac Surgery". The Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) is a new initiative with the goal of enhancing the commercialization of discoveries and innovations made by faculty at the UW. This program is financed from royalty proceeds and from a gift by the Washington Research Foundation. The amount of the award is $49,993.
Congratulations to Monica S. Vavilala, MD, who has been asked to be a member of the Pediatrics Subcommittee of NICHD, an internal review committee, beginning October 2006 for 4 years.
Congratulations to Hans Ochs, MD who was the Jeffrey Greene Visiting Professor in Primary Immunodeficiency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on December 7, 2005. He lectured on the IPEX syndrome.
David Rawlings, MD, and colleagues published an important study in the December issue of Immunity. They identified a crucial trigger that activates a pathway in T and B cells which leads to the survival and growth of cells. "These results also may impact pharmaceutical development for other types of cancers, autoimmune diseases and various forms of transplantation where T or B cells are overproduced or overactive" said Dr. Rawlings. The study was printed in the Dec 14, 2005 edition of Immunity.
PUBLICATIONS
Congratulations to Ken Feldman, MD, and Naomi Sugar, MD, on their recent article:
Sugar NF & Feldman KW. Oral Surgical Aspects of Child Abuse and Neglect. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. Egbert MA & Padwa BL, Eds. Elsevier Saunders. Philadelphia, Pa. 2005;17:435-446.Congratulations to Doug Diekema, MD, and Eileen J. Klein, MD, MPH on their publication:
Stephens BD, Diekema DS, Klein EJ. Recreational injuries in Washington State National Parks. Wilderness Environ Med 2005, 16:192-197.Congratulations to Helen Dichek, MD, on her publication, just released:
Helen L. Dichek, Nalini Agrawal, Nazim El Andaloussi, and Kun Qian Attenuated Corticosterone Response to Chronic ACTH Stimulation in Hepatic Lipase-deficient Mice: Evidence for a Role for Hepatic Lipase in Adrenal Physiology Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (December 20, 2005).Congratulations to David Rawlings, MD, on his recent publications:
Karen Sommer, Beichu Guo, Joel L. Pomerantz, Ashok D. Bandaranayake, Miguel E. Moreno-Garca, Yulia L. Ovechkina, and David J. Rawlings. Phosphorylation of the CARMA1 Linker Controls NF-?B Activation. 2005 Immunity 23(6): 561-574. David J. Rawlings. The biology and biochemistry of inflammatory signolosomes. (2006) EMBO Reports 7 (1): 25-30.*Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).