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Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Awards Nominations Sought Nominations are being sought for the annual Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Awards. Awards honor faculty members who have made the most significant published scientific contribution to clinical or basic biomedical research during the past three years. Awardees will each receive a Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research medallion and an unrestricted fund in support of their research program, along with a celebration dinner for the awardee’s laboratory. Recipients present their research at a seminar November 14. Nominations may be submitted by any faculty member. The nominee must be a member of the full-time faculty. Previous recipients are eligible; however, they must wait two years after receipt of the award to be reconsidered for nomination. Faculty who receive the award three times will be retired from further consideration. To submit a nomination, return a nomination letter and a brief statement outlining the significance of the published research accomplished by the nominee while at the College for the past three years, a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and one copy of each of the selected papers (published after January 1998) upon which the nomination is based (maximum of three selected papers). All items must be received by September 14. Please forward all nominations to Emily Hughes, Director, Intramural Funding & Awards, Nominations: Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Awards, Office of Research, One Baylor Plaza, Room 600D, Houston, Texas 77030-3498. If you have questions about the awards or need further information regarding the nomination process, please contact Hughes at 713-798-6394, or T-Shirts On Sale To Benefit Employee Emergency Relief Fund The Office of Public Affairs is selling t-shirts with the “Building on Excellence . . . Focusing on the Future” logo to benefit the BCM Employee Emergency Relief Fund. The t-shirts cost $10.00 each, and $5.53 from each sale will go to the Employee Emergency Relief Fund. Exact change or a check would be appreciated when purchasing a shirt. Shirts can be purchased in the Office of Public Affairs, Room 176B. Annual Golf Tournament Set for October 22 Baylor’s Scott Department of Urology will be holding its 7th Annual Prostate Cancer Golf Tournament on October 22, 2001, at Champions Golf Club, home of the 2001 PGA Tour Championship. This year’s event chair is Rod Simmons and the co-chair is Robert Scardino. Sponsorship levels vary from $400 to $20,000 and all proceeds will directly benefit Baylor’s Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (PCRI). If you would like more information, call Jaime Walther at 713-798-5137. Facts About Prostate Cancer In the United States, cancer accounts for approximately one quarter of the deaths in the population, and urologic cancers account for fully 40 percent of the cancers diagnosed in men. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer, other than skin cancer, among men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer-related death among men. The American Cancer Society estimates that 198,100 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and 31,500 men will die of the disease in 2001. Age, race, ethnicity, and family history are factors that affect the risk of prostate cancer. About 80 percent of all men with clinically diagnosed prostate cancer are age 65 or older. Greenberg To Give History of Medicine Lecture Stephen B. Greenberg, M.D., Baylor Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Professor of Medicine and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, will present “The Essays of Lewis Thomas: In the Oslerian Tradition” as part of the History of Medicine Lecture Series. The event will take place on September 11 at Noon in Room 301A in the Cullen Building. For more information, call Eileen Liner at 713-798-3132. Baylor Participates in CowParade Project BCM has entered a cow in the CowParade Project, the largest public art event for charity. Houston organizations will submit cow sculptures made of fiber glass, with the cows reflecting each institution’s mission. Cows from Houston organizations will be displayed in an exhibit and auctioned by Sotheby’s, with proceeds going to Texas Children’s Hospital programs. For the latest information on the upcoming exhibit of cows and the auction, visit www.cowparadehouston.com. Beginning August 25, the Baylor “Cow-lege” of Medicine entry will be on display in the lobby of the Alkek Building.
Equipment Damage Reporting Deadline September 15 The cut-off date for eligibility for claiming damaged equipment from Tropical Storm Allison is September 15, 2001. This date should give those laboratories previously located in the basements enough time to address any issues still existing with respect to insurance company assessment of equipment status. A listing of all equipment from the basement or sub-basement is available from Ritter in S114 if you do not yet have one. For laboratories above the flooded levels, this date should permit assessment of possible equipment damage in your current laboratories. If you have any issues, contact Ritter representatives in S114 or Phillip Dee in Facilities, S103. News From the Office of Research Junior Faculty Research Support The Office of Research awarded a total of $375,000 in support of new research projects to Baylor College of Medicine tenure-track Assistant Professors. The Faculty Research and Fellowship Support Committee and the College’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Committee reviewed applications for the Junior Faculty Seed Funding award program, the Caroline Wiess Law Fund for Research in Molecular Medicine, and the College’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG). Thirty-eight applications were received and the following 15 were funded: Vahid Afshar-Kharghan, M.D., Medicine; Paula Amato, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology; Narasimhaswamy S. Belaguli, D.V.M., Ph.D., Surgery; Margaret M. Byrne, Ph.D., Medicine; Vladimir V. Didenko, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosurgery; Jennifer O. Fisher, Ph.D., Pediatrics; Yasuo Hamamori, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine; Ching C. Lau, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics; Anthony Lucci, Jr., M.D., Surgery; Jianpeng Ma, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Stephen R. McCauley, Ph.D., Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Rolando E. Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine; Tae Ho Shin, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology; Francis T.F. Tsai, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; and David A. Tulis, Ph.D., Medicine. BCM Basic/Clinical Collaborative Research Program The Office of Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the BCM Basic/Clinical Collaborative Research Program. The program fosters the development of collaborations between established investigators in clinical and basic science departments to more closely associate research and patient care. Twenty-four proposals were received and three projects were funded at $60,000 each. This year’s recipients are: Cliona M. Rooney, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Richard E. Sutton, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Virology & Microbiology; Lisa G. Shaffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics; Gary D. Clark, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Jeffrey A. Towbin, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics; and Yassemi Capetanaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology. Program for Research Interim Support Available The Program for Research Interim Support is designed to provide short-term relief funding for established laboratories that have experienced a lapse in funding. The program will provide awards for up to nine months duration to faculty who are recommended for the program by their academic unit heads and who have been approved for funding by the Advisory Committee for Interim Research Support. The deadline for funding is September 10. It is anticipated that faculty applying for the program will have just received notification that a competing renewal falls somewhat above the payline. Only those applications scored within the 60th percentile will be considered for interim funding. All BCM tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible. Funding is for competitive renewals only. Any given application may receive interim funding only once, and investigators may apply only once per three years. Interim funds are provided to maintain research programs through support of graduate students, technicians, postdoctoral fellows, and by providing supplies. Interim support will not cover faculty salaries. Instead, it is understood that departments will express their enthusiasm for specific research programs by providing faculty salary support from departmental resources for faculty whom they nominate for interim funding. For application information, contact Emily Hughes in the Office of Research at 713-798-6394, or ehughes@bcm.tmc.edu. Continuing Medical Education The Office of Continuing Medical Education sponsors educational activities 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 713-798-8237. September 8: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) September 14-16: 5th Annual Optimal Management of the Adult Medicine Patient October 4-6: Ninth Innovations in Urologic Practice October 6-7: Psychopharmacology
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