February 2006

CONFERENCES/TALKS DURING FEBRUARY  

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I D     R E T R E A T :  Please RSVP to Lori Tollefsen if you’ve not already done so.  ID Faculty/Fellows retreat will be March 23-24^th this year at
    Friday Harbor.

N E W    A P P O I N T M E N T S:  Welcome to Florian Hladik, who joins our faculty as a Research Assistant Professor, Feb 1^st.  Florian received
    his medical and graduate education at the University of Vienna, following which he did residencies in Hematology, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery
    before coming to the UW to do his ID Fellowship (1995-98).  He returned briefly to Vienna as an Acting Instructor in the Department of Dermatology
    at the University of Vienna and then returned to Seattle as a Research Associate and then Associate in Clinical Research in the Program in Infectious
    Diseases, Division of Clinical Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center with Julie McElrath.  Florian has published his recent work in the
    Journal of Virology and the Journal of Immunology, among others.  He has an RO1 on Oral HIV Pathogenesis and Shedding and a KO8 on
    Mechanisms of Mucosal HIV Transmission and recently resubmitted an RO1 on Mechanisms of HIV-1 Transmission in the Genital Tract of Women. 
    He will continue his primary research activities involving the study of mucosal immunopathogenesis of HIV infection.  Florian has presented his work
    at the past two International Microbicides Meetings in Antwerpt, Belgium (2002), and London, England (2004) and at the World AIDS Conference
    in Bangkok, Thialand (2004).

C O N G R A T  U  L A T I O N S  to Caroline Cameron who had a baby boy Jan 8^th.  He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz.  Very exciting for Caroline and her
    husband, Guy.

I   D     D I N N E R :  Merck is sponsoring an ID Dinner February 15, 2006.  Dr. Michael Pfaller will be the guest speaker.  Lori Tollefsen will send
    out invitations shortly.  Please save this evening on your calendar.

M A N D A T O R Y   U W P   C O M P L I A N C E   T R A I N I N G :    This training is a requirement as part of our Corporate Integrity
    Agreement (CIA).  Clinical faculty members must complete one hour of General Training plus at least three hours of Specific Training annually.  The
    one-hour general education regarding the CIA and related UWP policies training will be available online in the near future.  The three-hour
    specialty-specific education regarding documentation and coding training will be provided as live sessions.  The Division has one more live session
    scheduled for Feb 2^nd.
    To sign up, please email Myrna at myrnai@u.washington.edu. 

H I P A A    A U D I T S :  There are several types of audits occurring now:  random audits, role-based access audits, verification that access privileges
    have been removed for employees no longer working within UW system, visits to specific departments to access compliance of privacy policy
    requirements, reviews of department’s success obtaining Acknowledgement of UW Medicine Notice of Privacy Practices, access of computer systems
    for compliance to information security requirements.  The auditing is required to meet regulatory and accreditation requirements and oversight of privacy,
    confidentiality, and information security.  For more information, please see:  https://knowl.mcis.washington.edu/projects/proj_hipaa/

G R A N T S . g o v :  To prepare for the implementation of Grants.gov electronic submission of NIH grant proposals, training is offered by OSP the
    following days:

    February 7, 2006, 2:00-3:00 pm, HMC R&T Bldg Conference Room (No RSVP required)
    February 8, 2006, 9:30-10:30am, Mary Gates Hall, Room 30, Hands-on Training
    Monday March 13, 2006, 11:00 to noon
    Monday April 10, 2006, 11:00 to noon
    Monday May 8, 2006, 11:00 to noon
    Monday June 12, 2006 from 11 to noon

     All sessions except the Feb 7th one will be in the OSP Conference Room.  There is no charge for the training but space is limited to 30 participants
    per session in the hands-on sessions at OSP.  Make your reservations to  osprsvp@u.washington.edu to reserve your space.  Please see OSP’s
    home page for updates.

 

S O M    L E C T U R E    S E R I E S :  The School of Medicine Office of Research and Graduate Education 2005-2006 Science in Medicine Lecture
    Series presents Robert Waterston, Ph.D., William H. Gates III Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences, Chair, Genome Sciences, Science in Medicine
    Lecturer, Thursday, February 16, 2006.  These lectures will be simultaneously video televised at HMC and VAPSHCS.  Please see 
   http://www.uwmedicine.org/Research/ResearchTrainingAndSeminars/SIM.htm for details.

M A R K     Y O U R    C A L E N D A R S: 
        Feb 15^th:             ID Dinner, details will be forthcoming
        March 23-24    ID Retreat, Friday Harbor

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Please send items for future newsletter to Myrna Izidor, Box 356523, email: myrnai@u.washington.edu