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| March 20, 1995. Volume 3, Number 27 Return to: [FAXulty OF MEDICINE Index] LIFEBEAT SUPPORTS OUR FACULTY Lifebeat is the musical variety show that's written, produced and presented by talented health care professionals from our Faculty's teaching hospitals. This year, the proceeds from Lifebeat will be donated in support of Alzheimer's Disease research at our Faculty. You'll see another side of your colleagues in this highly professional and entertaining production that features dancers and musicians performing rock'n roll, jazz, barber shop and classical music. Lifebeat is eagerly anticipated by a growing circle of enthusiastic supporters, having grown from its first performance in a hospital cafeteria to packed houses at the Premiere Dance Theatre. Lifebeat runs at the Premiere Dance Theatre (207 Queens Quay West at Harbourfront) from June 1-3, 1995. Tickets are $25 and $18 and may be purchased from the Premiere Dance Theatre Box Office at 973-4000. The Faculty is hosting an Opening Night Reception and tickets for this special event are $100 per person ($50 of which is tax receiptable), which includes the admission to the performance and to the reception. To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Reception, call Monica Lin at 978-5715. HONOURS AND AWARDS Kristan Aronson (Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics) is the recipient of a Young Investigators Award from the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation. The donation will also help fund an epidemiologic study of breast cancer and the environment. Denny DePetrillo (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), David Cole (Department of Clinical Biochemistry), Steve Gallinger (Department of Surgery) and Ellen Warner (Department of Medicine) are co-investigators on a project that has received a two-year grant from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program, effective April 1995. Entitled "Developing Practice Guidelines for Heritable Cancer Risk Information Providers", the project's principal investigator is Kathryn Taylor (York University) and the team includes co-investigators Margaret Fitch (Faculty of Nursing) and Kathleen MacDonald, Peggy Ng, and Brian Doan (all three are based at York University). Michael Dosch (Department of Pediatrics) has received a two-year grant for his project,"The Use of Self and Non-Self Oligopeptides for Vaccination", from the Canadian Universities Research Program, which is funded by Connaught Laboratories Ltd. Jorge Filmus (Department of Medical Biophysics) has received a two-year grant for his project, "Expression Factors for Muscle Cells", from the Canadian Universities Research Program, which is funded by Connaught Laboratories Ltd. Keith Stewart (Department of Medicine) and Ian Dube (Department of Pathology) have received permission from Health and Welfare Canada to conduct Canada's first human gene transfer experiment on a patient at The Toronto Hospital. They previously received ethical approval from a University of Toronto Ethics Committee. They estimate that the gene transfer will take place in about three months time. Malcolm Silver (Department of Pathology) has received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Cardiovascular Society for his many contributions to clinical cardiovascular pathology and for his extensive activities in the education of medical students and post-graduate trainees in cardiovascular pathology. The award was presented on March 11, 1995 at the Society's annual banquet during the 84th annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology in Toronto. EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING OPEN HOUSE Educational Computing invites you to an Open House on March 28, 1995, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in Rooms 3285 and 3287 of the Medical Sciences Building. Programs on display will include patient simulations, multimedia textbooks, and medical education resources on the World Wide Web. Join us for a hands-on experience with our new machines and help us to bring the resources into the teaching programs of our Faculty. For more information, please contact Lawrence Spero by telephoning at 978-6014, by e-mail at l.spero@utoronto.ca or by fax at 978-6168. ROSENSTADT LECTURE SERIES "The Importance of Medical Ethics as an International Endeavor" will be discussed by Solomon Benatar, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Bioethics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Dr. Benatar is a recipient of the 1994-95 Bertha Rosenstadt Professorships in Health Research. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 29 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in The Great Hall at the Centre for Bioethics, 88 College Street. For more information, please call Margot Smith at 978-2709. ENROLLMENT IN BLUE CROSS BENEFIT PLANS Employees who previously rejected or cancelled the Blue Cross Plans may want to take advantage of the upcoming opening date to join. These plans include dental, extended health care, semiprivate hospital accommodation and vision care. There is ONLY one date during the year when employees may pick up these benefits: APRIL 1, 1995. Payments are deducted from pay one month in advance. Benefit forms received prior to March 17, 1995 will be processed for the March pay. Benefit forms received after March 20, 1995 will be processed for the April pay (a double deduction will be made in April for April 1 coverage). A Benefits Application form should be completed and signed by the employee. This form should be forwarded to the Faculty Personnel Office, Room 2256, Medical Sciences Building or to the 8th Floor of 215 Huron Street. Please contact Monica Hughes at 978-2529 or Mary Mazzuca at 978-8687 if you have questions regarding benefit changes, or require Benefits Application Forms. Claim forms and brochures describing the benefits are also available from the Personnel Office. TASK FORCE ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS Consistent with its participation in the international scholarly community, the University of Toronto is committed to the enhancement of opportunities for our students to gain education and work experience abroad and for students from other countries to participate in the life of this University. At present, the University is involved in a number of international student exchange, study elsewhere and other international student programs. In order to ensure that these programs, and others that may be identified, are efficiently and effectively administered and developed, Carolyn Tuohy, Acting Vice-President and Provost, has established a Task Force to advise on the overall strategy that the University should follow in the area of international student exchange programs and to recommend policy and procedures. The Terms of Reference for the Task Force are: 1. Recommend a Statement of Principles for the University with regard to International Student Exchange Programs. 2. Identify existing student exchange programs at the University, Divisional and Departmental levels and their key contacts. 3. Consider the relationship between Student Exchange, Study Elsewhere and other International Student Programs. 4. Recommend appropriate approval procedures for new Exchange Programs. 5. Make recommendations on policy and procedures related to: -Tuition, ancillary and exchange program fees -Transfer Credit for courses taken at the host university -Providing information on exchange programs and academic courses available at host universities to University of Toronto students -Service to incoming exchange students -Financial assistance 6. Recommend a structure and procedures for the efficient administration of Exchange Programs. The Task Force will consult widely with individuals and groups in the University and with other universities. Submissions related to the terms of reference are invited from all members of the University community. They should be directed by April 1, 1995 to: The Task Force Secretary, Office of the Vice-President and Provost, Room 221, Simcoe Hall. E-mail address: l.charpentier@utoronto.ca. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF MEDICINE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EDUCATION AT THE TORONTO HOSPITAL At its meeting of February 27, 1995, Faculty Council approved the creation of a University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Centre for Research in Education at The Toronto Hospital. The Centre will serve as the focal point for education research in the Faculty. Envisaged is a Faculty of Medicine Centre at the Toronto Hospital linked with departmental educational personnel located elsewhere in the Faculty. Its objectives are: 1. To promote and conduct research in medical education. 2. To attract peer review and other funding for research. 3. To facilitate innovations in all aspects of education for which the Faculty has responsibility. 4. To participate in graduate education in the disciplines of education. 5. To develop a cadre of future leaders in educational research, innovations and decision-making. 6. To foster a cooperative approach to education activities within and between sectors, departments, academies, and hospitals of the Faculty. 7. To foster a cooperative approach to multiprofessional educational activities within each hospital. 8. To serve as an educational resource for the Faculty of Medicine. 9. To provide ongoing support and consultation to the renewed undergraduate medical curriculum and other innovative programs. 10. To maintain a continuing commitment to support and assist in the evaluation of all innovative curricula undertaken by the Faculty. The key to successful applied research projects is the maintenance of a consultative educational service. A search committee for the Director of the Centre will be approved by the Dean. The Centre will have an Advisory Board composed of representatives from the medical school, hospitals, and the Academy Directors. The Board will advise the Centre's director about decisions related to priorities and initiatives and how such decisions advance the Centre's role as a university academic unit. FAXulty OF MEDICINE FAXulty OF MEDICINE is published weekly from September to June and distributed, by fax or E-Mail every Monday, to any member of the Faculty of Medicine who requests to be on the subscription list. To receive FAXulty OF MEDICINE, send your name and facsimile number to Barbara Sutton (voice 978-6500, fax 978-1774). For E-Mail subscriptions, send your name and E-Mail address to ABERMAN@medac.med.utoronto.ca. If you have a news item for FAXulty OF MEDICINE, please fax it to Barbara Sutton at 978-1774.
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