Wednesday, October 11, 2006: A symposium on "Creating Institutional Change for Work/Life Balance in Pediatric Careers" will be held in the Wright Auditorium on October 11, 2006. The symposium is a day-long event (8:30 - 4:30—lunch provided) and will be an overview of and a chance to break out into work groups to find ways to affect change in four specific areas:(1.) Family Support Structures, (2.)Flexible Training and Work Supported by Efficient Clinical Practice, (3.) Academic Advancement Issues, and (4.)Facilitating Mid-Life Career Change. The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Bonita Stanton, Chair of Pediatrics at Wayne State. This program will be a CME category 2 accredited event. Please contact Janine Jijina, Symposium Coordinator, if you wish to attend (janine.jijina@seattlechildrens.org).

SAVE THE DATE: November 28, 2006: Abstract Writing Workshop. All fellows and junior faculty are invited to attend the Abstract Writing Workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 8:30-10:00am in M305 (located in the John Olerud modular building). Refreshments will be served. This year, the deadline for submission of abstracts for the PAS meeting is December 5. In preparation for this deadline we will be having a session for fellows and junior faculty on how to write an effective abstract. During the workshop, we will have a short presentation on how to write one, and then critique each other's abstracts. Please bring your abstract or draft with you to the workshop, with 20 copies to distribute to the group. Please RSVP to Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).

SAVE THE DATE: December 18, 2006: “Launching a Successful Career” Workshop. Monday, December 18, 2006, 8:00am-Noon. Center for Urban Horticulture- NHS Hall. In this half-day workshop, 2nd and 3rd year fellows will discuss academic tracks, preparation of appropriate written materials, interviewing do’s and don’ts, and job negotiation skills.The workshop will be lively and include lots of time for discussion. Please mark your calendars now. More information and agenda forthcoming.

The intern retreat would not be possible without the commitment of faculty, fellows, and community pediatricians who cover the hospital. We are very fortunate to have such wonderful support. The following pediatricians provided this generous support.

Congratulations to Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Child Health Institute, who, along with Fred Zimmerman, published a nationally acclaimed book on the relationship between television use and child development.

Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ. The Elephant in the Living Room: Make Television Work for your Kids. Rodale, New York, NY. 2006.

Faculty News

Rob Mazor was recently appointed to the UNOS Pediatric Transplantation Committee and the UNOS Ethics Committee. These are both important national committees where Rob will have a voice in establishing policy related to pediatric transplantation.

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch was elected to a three year term on the UW School of Medicine Council on the Office of Research and Graduate Education (CORGE) Committee (2006-7).

Eileen Klein, MD, MPH, has been awarded a grant by the Thrasher foundation for $265,100 to evaluate alternative methods of providing sedation for minor procedures in the Emergency Department.

Faculty Publications

Ejike JC, Schenkman KA, Seidel K, Ramamoorthy C, JS Roberts. Cerebral Oxygenation In Pediatric Patients During Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Life Support Oxygenation.  Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar;7(2):154-8.

Roberts JS, Vavilala MS, Schenkman KA, Shaw D, Martin LD, Lam AM.    Cerebral Hyperemia and Impaired Autoregulation Associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Critically Ill Children.  Crit Care Med 2006; 34(8) 2217-2223.

Tarini BA, Christakis DA, Welch HG. State newborn screening in the tandem mass spectrometry era: more tests, more false-positive results. Pediatrics. 2006 Aug;118(2):448-56.

N Bauer, T Herrenkohl, P Lozano, F Rivara, K Hill, JD Hawkins. Childhood bullying involvement and exposure to intimate partner violence. Pediatrics. 2006 Aug;118(2):e235-42.

JA Taylor, L Winter, LJ Geyer, DS Hawkins . Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer. 2006 Aug 14

Eileen J. Klein, Daniel R. Boster, Jennifer R. Stapp, Joy G. Wells, Xuan Qin, Carla R. Clausen, David L. Swerdlow, Christopher R. Braden, and Phillip I. Tarr . Diarrhea Etiology in a Children’s Hospital Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study. CID 2006:43 October.

Sangeeta Hingorani : Chronic Kidney Disease in Long-Term Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment. J Am Soc Nephrol 17:1995-2005, 2006.

Grosse SD, Rosenfeld M, Devine OJ, Lai HJ, Farrell PM. Potential impact of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis on child survival: a systematic review and analysis. J Pediatr 2006;149:362-6.

Amanda Jones, PhD, article, “ Penicillin-binding protein 1a promotes resistance of group B streptococcus to antimicrobial peptides " (#IAI00895-06) has been selected by Infection and Immunity (IAI) for a new feature called “Spotlight” that highlights research articles of significant interest from the current issue. 

Anthony J. Hager, Diana L. Bolton, Mark R. Pelletier, Mitchell J. Brittnacher, Larry A. Gallagher, Rajinder Kaul, Shawn J. Skerrett, Samuel I. Miller, Tina Guina. Type IV pili-mediated secretion modulates Francisella virulence Molecular Microbiology; Volume 62, Issue 1, 2006Oct1, Page 227.

Rantanen MK, Lehtio L, Rajagopal L, Rubens CE, and Goldman A. 2006. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of two Streptococcus agalactiae proteins, the family II inorganic pyrophosphatase, and the serine/threonine phosphatase. Acta Cryst F62:891-894.

Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity in 6- to 23-Month-Old Children: Are Identical Antigens Necessary for Priming? Emmanuel B. Walter, MD, MPH a, Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH b, Yuwei Zhu, MD, MS c, Mary P. Fairchok, MD d,e, Martha E. Gagliano, MD f, Arnold S. Monto, MD g and Janet A. Englund, MD d PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp. e570-e578 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0198)

Immunization With Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Partially Immunized Toddlers Janet A. Englund, MD a , Emmanuel B. Walter, MD, MPH b, Adepeju Gbadebo, MS b, Arnold S. Monto, MD c, Yuwei Zhu, MD, MS d and Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH e PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp. e579-e585 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0201)

Improving Pediatric Prevention via the Internet: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH a,b,c,d, Frederick J. Zimmerman, PhD b,c, Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH a,c,d and Beth Ebel, MD, MPH, MSc a,c. PEDIATRIC S Vol. 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp. 1157-1166 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0209)

Asthma Symptom Burden : Relationship to Asthma Severity and Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Laura P. Richardson, MD, MPH a ,b, Paula Lozano, MD, MPH a,c , Joan Russo, PhD d, Elizabeth McCauley, PhD b,d , Terry Bush, PhD c and Wayne Katon, MD d PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp. 1042-1051 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0249)

Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics Are We Sending the Right Message? Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH; Marc N. Elliott, PhD; Tanya Stivers, PhD; Laurie L. McDonald, MS; John Heritage, PhD Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:945-952.

Tackling the Toll of Injuries. Fred Rivara and Charles Mock. Washington Post.com, Aug 22, 2006.

Zinner SH. Tourette Syndrome in Early Infancy and Childhood. Infants and Young Children. (2006); 19(4):353-370.