Campus-Submitted Announcements
Grand Rounds
1.) Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, Resident/Fellow Research Day Keynote Address
2.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
3.) Family and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds
4.) Grand Rounds – Orthopaedic Surgery
5.) Neuroscience Grand Rounds
HR Items of Interest
6.) ADA Training
Miscellaneous
7.) $84 Louisville football season tickets
8.) Pre-2010 Blackboard course shells to be deleted
Studies
9.) People age 18 and older needed for a research study of depression
Talks
10.) DOVS Research Seminar Series
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Grand Rounds
1.) Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, Resident/Fellow Research Day Keynote Address
1 p.m., May 31, Clinical and Translational Research Building, Health Sciences Center
Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA, associate dean for graduate medical education and chief medical officer, FIU Health, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, presents “Reproductive Health Policy: Why Medicaid Matters.” She will identify access issues that will be affected by the Affordable Care Act, web based resources to seek data on states’ coverage of women’s health services and the role Medicaid plays in steering U.S. reproductive health policy.
Additional Information: Susan Jackson, 561-7449
2.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
8 a.m., May 31, Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Free, public
This Friday, May 31, please join us for a Pediatric Grand Rounds featuring David Kenagy, MD, who is an associate professor of pediatrics, and division chief of pediatric nephrology at UofL. Kenagy will be speaking about infant hypertension including methods available for measuring blood pressure in infants, factors that can affect that measurement and the common perceptions of “normal” blood pressure. We hope to see you there.
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828
3.) Family and Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds
7:30 a.m., May 31, Bottigheimer Auditorium
Free
Ali Haider, DO; Eye Specialists of Louisville PSC, presents “Introduction to Cataract & Cataract Surgery” and will discuss the signs, symptoms and pathophysiology of cataracts and the modern surgical options available to treat cataracts. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP & ACCME accreditation and a continental breakfast will be provided.
Additional Information: Callie Booth
4.) Grand Rounds – Orthopaedic Surgery
6:45 a.m., May 31, Baxter I Research Building Auditorium, lower level
Free
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes Ashish Upadhyay, MD. Upadhyay will lecture on “Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.”
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902
5.) Neuroscience Grand Rounds
8 a.m., May 30, Nursing School, Room 4003
Free
As part of the Neuroscience Grand Rounds, the Department of Neurology is pleased to announce that Michael K. Sowell, MD, and Brian Monsma, PhD, will present “Post Traumatic Headache” For more information, please contact Dominique Hurt at 502-852-8426 or email:
Additional Information: Dominique Hurt, 852-8426. For upcoming Neuroscience Grand Rounds info, please click here.
HR Items of Interest
6.) ADA Training
10 a.m., June 6, Abell Building, Room 110
Free
Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Nearly 23 years later this law is still very important to our workplace. Are you familiar with the basic components of the ADA? This two-hour workshop for supervisors provides an overview of the ADA and how it applies to you.
Additional Information: Registration. Email questions to staff development.
Miscellaneous
7.) $84 Louisville football season tickets
UofL faculty and staff may still reserve season tickets in the UPS Flight Deck for $84 each. These season tickets are valid for all seven home games in the 2013 football season only and are nonrenewable.
Additional Information: John, 852-8544; Mary Ann, 852-0121; Dan, 852-0120; or Jonathan, 852-7254.
8.) Pre-2010 Blackboard course shells to be deleted
All pre-2010 Blackboard course shells remaining on the active Blackboard server will be deleted after Friday, May 31, as part of our course archive and purge cycle. If there is a need to retain any content from these course shells, users should export the contents to a local drive for later access. These courses have been archived and can be restored for a limited time at a later date to retrieve content if necessary.
Additional Information: Mark Kasselhut, 852-0724
Studies
9.) People age 18 and older needed for a research study of depression
University of Louisville Healthcare Outpatient Center, 401 East Chestnut St., Suite 610
Free to qualifying participants
The study of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression, conducted at the UofL Depression Center, will compare the conventional form of CBT with a newer, innovative model that uses computer-assisted instruction in addition to individual sessions. To qualify, participants must be 18 or older, have a primary diagnosis of depression and be willing to commit to a 16 week course of therapy, followed by two visits at three and six months post-therapy. IRB #10.0055
Additional Information: Email Kitty deVoogd or call 813-6633
Talks
10.) DOVS Research Seminar Series
11 a.m., May 31, Kentucky Lions Eye Center, Basement Conference Room
Free to all UofL faculty/residents/students
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology & visual sciences, assistant professor of anatomy & neurobiology, Washington University, will present “Development of Parallel Neuronal Pathways in the Visual System.”
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