College Monthly Update
for
March 31, 2002
Update Archive

• The MSUCOM Visiting Minority Faculty Program has been selected as an award recipient for the MSU 2002 All-University Excellence in Diversity Recognition and Awards Program, and will receive an individual award in the category of Team Emerging Progress.

• Jason Squires, MSUCOM Class of 2003, was awarded Third Place in the 2002 Student Case Competition by the Board of Directors of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, for his paper, "Hemorrhagic Corpus Luteum."

• The MSUCOM Admissions Committee has offered admission to 98 applicants for the incoming class for Fall Semester 2002.

• The Spring Semester Faculty Assembly was held on March 25. Acting Dean William Strampel, DO, delivered the state of the college address to nearly 70 faculty members.

• The MSUCOM Office of Alumni Programs sponsored Seminar in the Sun in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Almost 90 alumni, friends, and family members enjoyed a week at the beautiful Paradisus resort. A 20-hour CME program, co-chaired by David Neff, DO and John Tower, DO, was held in conjunction with the trip, and included presentations by Peter Gulick, DO, Glen Hatcher, DO, Oliver Hayes, DO, Laura Hershkowitz, DO, Michael James, DO, Tim Lambert, DO, Eugene Oliveri, DO, William Strampel, DO, and Mary Jo Voelpel, DO.

• Dr. Norbert Kaminski, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, has been notified that his NIH Grant from NIDA, "CB1/CB2-dependent and independent T cell modulation", for $1.3 million will be funded for five more years (years 11-15 of the project). This will allow Dr. Kaminski and his group to continue to study the immunological actions of cannabinoids.

• Cheryl Rockwell, a graduate student in Pharmacology and Toxicology working in Dr. Kaminski's lab, has been awarded two highly competitive predoctoral fellowships. She has had to decline the two year award from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association Foundation in order to accept a three year NIH Fellowship from NIDA.

• The college sponsored a reception for alumni and friends during the ACOFP Convention at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Joanne Grzeszak, DO, Class of 1976 and president of MAOFP, hosted the event on behalf of the college.

• The college hosted a Hospital Information Program on March 29. Students had the opportunity to visit with representatives from various hospitals regarding information on rotations, internships, and residencies.

• Sandro Pinheiro, PhD, SCS Faculty Development Specialist, has accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and will be resigning from MSUCOM effective May 31, 2002.

• Sharon Reed, Curriculum Assistant in Academic Programs, retired March 1 after serving MSU for 17 years. Sherri Balmer, formerly in the Office of Administrative Services, transferred to Academic Programs to fill the position.

• The Offices of Minority Students Services and Minority Recruitment are relocating to A128 East Fee Hall.

   

  UPCOMING EVENTS:

• April 9, 9:30 am, Atis K. Freimanis Visiting Professor Program lecture, "MRI of the Liver" and "3D CE MRA and the Value of Vibe Basic Principles" presented by Vamsidhar Narra, MD, Radiology Building.
  
• April 12-15, Women's Health Expo, Lansing Center.
  
• Friday, April 19, 1-5 pm, MSUCOM Open House, Fee Hall
  
• Thursday, May 2, Hooding and Commencement Ceremony, 11:00 am, Wharton Center.
  
• Thursday, May 16, Campus Day for third year MSUCOM students, at MOA Convention, Dearborn.
  
• Friday, August 23, 2002 Convocation and Patenge Medal Ceremony. September 25-28, Silverfest Alumni Weekend.