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Feigin To Continue as College President Following extensive discussions to find a way to maintain the current momentum of the College under Dr. Ralph D. Feigin’s leadership, the Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Dr. Feigin has agreed to continue serving as President and CEO of Baylor College of Medicine. When he reaches age 65, he will assume the position of Chancellor. He will continue in his position as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. Baylor will honor employees for their years of service at the annual Service Awards program to be held on February 28 and March 1. Employees with 20 or more years of service will be honored on February 28 at 3:00 p.m. in the Cullen Auditorium. Employees celebrating 5-15 years of service will be honored on March 1 at 10:00 a.m. in the Cullen Auditorium. Receptions will follow both programs. Clinical Scientist Training Program Accepting Applications Last year, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences approved a new training program geared to educating highly motivated students to become clinical investigators. The Clinical Scientist Training Program (CSTP) is under the direction of Morey W. Haymond, M.D. “Since our inception last year, the program has developed beautifully. We were delighted by the huge attraction as seen by the large number of participants in our introductory course - Fundamentals of Clinical Investigation,” said Haymond. “We hope more people will take advantage of the kind of educational programming we are offering to those interested in clinical and biomedical research.” CSTP follows a multidisciplinary didactic training program, offering both Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Clinical Investigation through GSBS, and a Certificate of Added Qualification. The deadline for applications is March 1. “Applications to the program are on the web,” said Sunita Chaudhary, Ph.D., CSTP Associate Director. All information regarding student admission requirements and electronic application forms is available at the CSTP website. Reminder for Charity Ball Tickets Tickets to the Sixth Annual Charity Ball, “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler,” can be purchased in the Office of Student Affairs, Room M-108, for $45 each. BCM employees, faculty, residents, fellows, and students are invited to attend the Ball, which will be held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on March 10. The Ball features dancing, casino games, silent auction, and a raffle. For more information, call the Office of Student Affairs at 713-798-3371. CBT Computer System Brown Bag Lunch If you missed the first free Computer Based Training System (CBT) Campus “Live” seminar in December, User Support Services will host another session on February 22. CBT Campus is a computer based training system that features access from a personal computer through Baylor’s intranet while you are at work. CBT Campus has many computer courses to choose from, such as Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Power Point. This program offers the advantage of a self-paced learning environment and can help to enhance your job productivity on a day-to-day basis. The training program is free. The introductory seminar will cover the basics of CBT campus usage. Bring a brown bag lunch and learn more about this program on Thursday, February 22, in Cullen Auditorium from 11:00 a.m.-noon. McConnell Gives Medical Scientist Visiting Lecture Susan K. McConnell, Ph.D., is the speaker for the BCM Medical Scientist Training Program’s annual Visiting Lecture on February 21. McConnell is a Professor of Biological Sciences from Stanford University, and her lecture topic is “Determination of axonal connectivity during brain development.” The lecture is open to visitors and will be held in Cullen Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. McConnell’s research focus is studying how the fates of neurons in the mammalian brain are determined during development. A key interest in her studies is determining how individual neurons know where to position themselves in the brain and with which neurons they should form specific axonal connections. For more information, contact Adi Borovick at 713-798-5264. Baylor Offers Trauma Support Group The Baylor Psychiatry Clinic is offering a support group from February 6 to March 27 for individuals who have recently experienced a traumatic event such as rape, physical or sexual abuse, a natural disaster or accident. The eight-week program will focus on the traumatic event, its effect on the individual’s life, and coping strategies. The group will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic. Cost for all eight sessions is $70, and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Jennifer Kalman at 713-798-7988, ext. 90154, or Dr. Arif M. Shoaib at 713-798-7988, ext. 90135. Feigin Helps To Educate Public About Meningitis Infectious disease experts and city and county officials recently appeared at a news conference at Texas Children’s Hospital to address community fears about the meningitis outbreak in the Houston area. Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., Baylor President, who is a nationally recognized authority on pediatric infectious diseases, advised the community to follow the guidelines of city and county officials. “Outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis are confined to certain communities in the Houston area. We support health officials’ recommendations for mass vaccinations in those areas,” said Feigin, who is also Physician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital. “People living outside of those specific areas are at no greater risk to acquire the disease than anyone else in the general population.” He urged parents to become fully informed of the possible disadvantages of immunizing a child not living in one of the targeted areas. Receiving the vaccine now could mean a lessened response to another meningococcal meningitis immunization in the future, when the person might be at greater risk, he said. Student Financial Aid Awareness Month February is Financial Aid Awareness Month. To promote Financial Aid Awareness, the Office of Scholarships and Student Financial Planning will extend its services to all students, faculty, and staff. Representatives will be available to answer general questions for students and their families about the various types of Federal grants, loans, and student employment programs available to help defray the cost of a college education. Completing the free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first step required for all Federal Aid applicants. Students can either complete the paper application or apply on the web at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. If you have questions about completing the FAFSA, we can help you find the answers. For assistance, call 713-798-4603 or stop by our office in Room N104 of the Alkek Building. A van to the Texas Medical Center leaving from NASA Road 1and I-45 for a Surgery The Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Matthias Loebe, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed to Assistant Professor in the Division of Transplant and Assist Devices. Loebe’s clinical expertise is in heart failure treatment, transplantation and assist device use, as well as conventional surgery for end-stage heart failure and a combination of medical therapy and surgical means in heart failure. His research interests are in mechanisms of myocardial recovery during mechanical support, new assist devices, pediatric mechanical support, pacing in heart failure, tissue engineering, and inflammatory response to heart failure and extracorporeal circulation. The Office of Continuing Medical Education sponsors programs for physicians and other health care providers. For details, visit the website at www.bcm.tmc.edu/cme/ or e-mail to cme@bcm.tmc.edu or call 713-798-6020. March 1-4 March 3 March 9-11 March 10-17 March 16-17
Salih J. Wakil, Ph.D. (right), Chairman and Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, with the 2001 McLean Guest Lecturers: Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. (left), Professor of Biology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco
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