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University of Washington School of Medicine
Online News
Vol. 11, No. 17
April 27, 2007
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This week’s news:
* University of Alaska summer enrichment program, part of UW's U-DOC program, receives Chancellor's Award for promoting diversity
* Scott Schulte, head of radiology education program, dies following cardiac event
* Local consortium planning a one-day meeting June 20 for area biomedical researchers to discuss vaccine development; proposal abstracts due by April 30
* UW medical student Ngoc-Phuong Luu receives Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship
* UW Medicine kicks off faculty/staff giving campaigns with May 1 events at Harborview, UWMC, and School of Medicine
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U-DOC PROGRAM RECEIVES UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA CHANCELLOR'S AWARD
The Della Keats/U-DOC/NIDDK Summer Enrichment Program of the University of Alaska WWAMI Biomedical Program has received one of the highest awards from the university in recognition of its support of diversity. It garnered a UAA Chancellor's Award for Exemplary Achievements in Support of Diversity.
The U-DOC program is coordinated by the UW School of Medicine's Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs. It provides educational opportunities for disadvantaged students with a strong interest in a health-care profession. The summer enrichment programs are held at the UW main campus in Seattle and at the University of Alaska at Anchorage. Students must be in their junior or senior years of high school when applying, and must come from a disadvantaged background.
The National Institutes of Health NIDDK program offers research apprenticeship opportunities for ethnic minority students in 11th and 12th grade. The program is offered through the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and gives students a chance to engage in a biomedical research project with a professional researcher in a laboratory setting. At the end of the summer program, students travel to Washington, D.C. to present their research findings at the program's national conference.
For more information about the U-DOC programs, visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/omca/UDOC/
Or http://biomed.uaa.alaska.edu/UDOC.htm
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RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY DIRECTOR SCOTT SCHULTE DIES
Scott Schulte, UW associate professor and vice chair of radiology, died Friday, April 20, after suffering a cardiac event.
Schulte completed his undergraduate degree in zoology and his medical degree at the UW. He graduated with honors and was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his radiology residency at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane and a fellowship in Gastrointestinal Radiology at the UW.
Schulte joined the department in 1989. His area of clinical expertise continued to be in gastrointestinal radiology, and his primary site of practice was the Seattle VA Medical Center. He was highly respected for his clinical excellence and was admired for both his compassion and his technical abilities.
Early in his career, Schulte decided to make his major academic contribution in the area of education. In recognition of his commitment and skills as an educator, radiology residents selected him as teacher of the year in 1991 and 1998.
Schulte had served as vice chair and director of the radiology residency program since 2000. Under his leadership, the program has been in high demand: this year, there were about 700 applications for 11 positions. More than 100 residents completed their training during Schulte's tenure, and his graduates were highly sought after locally and nationally. Recently, the program was acknowledged for having the highest pass rate for the American Board of Radiology Examination for the last six years.
He was also the director of the Radiology Medical Student Program since 1991. His courses enhanced the education of not only future radiology residents but completed the education of many people in other professions as well.
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SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY APRIL 30 FOR LOCAL VACCINE DEVELOPMENT MEETING
A local consortium is holding a one-day meeting this summer for biomedical researchers to discuss vaccine process development and foster collaboration among area institutions. The meeting will be held June 20 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with the room to be announced.
Local institutions are invited to submit proposals for oral presentations or posters focusing on specific vaccine targets. Researchers should provide a 200-word abstract by April 30. Final presentations should be about 20 minutes long, give an overview of the scientist's research and highlight major challenges to product development. Presentations may cover any potential disease vaccine, including those for infectious diseases, and therapeutic vaccines for diseases like cancer.
James Kublin, a researcher at the FHCRC and UW clinical associate professor of health services, is helping organize the meeting. People interested in presenting at the June 20 meeting should submit 200-word abstracts, and indicate oral presentation or poster, by April 30. Send abstracts to Danielle Parsons, dparsons@fhcrc.org
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UW MEDICAL STUDENT NGOC-PHUONG LUU RECEIVES SOROS FELLOWSHIP
UW first-year medical student Ngoc-Phuong Luu has received a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, part of a program supporting graduate study for new Americans – immigrants and children of immigrants. The program was created by Paul and Daisy Soros in 1997 with a charitable trust of $50 million, and has since awarded 293 graduate fellowships.
Luu was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and came to the United States with her parents in 1990. Her father spent several years as a prisoner of war in a "re-education" camp after the Vietnam war, and under the Orderly Departure Program of the United States government, she and her family were granted asylum here. Luu is a magna cum laude graduate of Seattle University, where she majored in biology and was a Gates Millenium Scholar and Sullivan Scholar. As a Truman Fellow, she served as a staff member of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Luu learned firsthand about being medically underserved when acting as a spokesperson for her parents in dealing with medical problems here in the United States. She continued her work with people outside the health care safety net through volunteer projects in Belize and Mexico. Luu worked with Habitat for Humanity as an undergraduate student, and now as a medical student she is working with various health clinics, the Hepatitis B campaign through the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, and the ImproveHealthCare.org campaign.
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UW MEDICINE KICKING OFF STAFF-GIVING CAMPAIGNS
Each year, faculty and staff generously give back to support patient care, teaching, and research programs at the UW. Three giving campaigns -- the Harborview, UW Medical Center, and UW Medicine Staff Campaigns -- are kicking off on Tuesday, May 1.
The Harborview Staff Campaign has the longest history at UW Medicine. Since 1992, faculty and staff have given nearly $2.5 million in support of Harborview programs and services. The Harborview Staff Campaign is the single biggest source of new and continuing payroll pledges for the University of Washington, accounting for more than 60 percent of the total number of current payroll pledges. In the 2006 campaign, 988 HMC faculty and staff members pledged gifts via payroll deduction — a 66-percent increase over the 592 donors who took part just five years ago.
The UW Medical Center and UW Medicine staff campaigns launched in 2006 with great success. In that first year, 576 faculty and staff members pledged gifts via payroll deduction.
This year, all three UW Medicine staff campaigns are running simultaneously during the month of May, with campaign kick-off events and free popcorn on Tuesday, May 1:
Harborview, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., 1EH, by the Bistro
UW Medical Center, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., UWMC Plaza Cafe
School of Medicine, 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., UW Health Sciences Center, A-300 Lobby
For more information about the 2007 staff campaigns, please visit: http://www.supportuwmedicine.org/staffcampaigns
Or call Kristina Server, assistant director for annual giving at UW Medicine Development, at 206-685-8692.
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