November 2007

CONFERENCES/TALKS DURING NOVEMBER 

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C H A N G E S :  With Walter Stamm’s decision to step aside as Division Head, after 13 distinguished
    years, Wesley Van Voorhis becomes Acting Head as of Nov 1^st.  We are fortunate to have Wes
    accept this position and look forward to his leadership in the future vision of the Division.  Wes would
    like to hear from each of you about priorities and issues for the Division.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  to Karen Mark for winning the Program Committee Choice Award (1 of 4)
    at the IDSA Annual Meeting in San Diego last month, for her presentation, “Half-life of HSV-2 Mucosal
    Replication after Acyclovir Treatment.”  IDSA Travel Grants were awarded to William Berrington, Warren
    Dinges, Wendy Gill, Ann Misch and Steven Pergam for their superior abstracts which they presented at
    the IDSA meeting.  In addition, Special Citations for Fellows in Training for the caliber of their abstracts
    were won by Drs. Berrington, Gill and Misch.  Chad Achenbach was also provided a travel award to
    present his case for ID Images at the Fellows Course at IDSA.  Only 5 cases were selected from over
    120 submissions.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  to Jairam Lingappa, for serving as Associate Director of the new International
    Center for Clinical Research.

 K I R BY    D I N N E R   /   L E C T U R E :  This year’s guest speaker will be Allen C. Steere, M.D., Professor of
    Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director of Clinical Research in Rheumatology.  The Dinner will be held on
    Dec 12^th at Geneva.  RSVP to Lori at lft@u.washington.edu by Dec 7^th.  The William M.M. Kirby Visiting
    Professor Grand Rounds will be on Dec 13^th, 8:00am, in HSB T-625.

A I D S    A N D    S T D    R E S E A R C H    S Y M P O S I U M :  On Monday, Dec 10^th, in the HMC R&T
    Auditorium, Dr. Martina Morris, Professor of Sociology and Statistics, will present a talk entitled, “Disparities in
    HIV and STI: Explanations with Global Reach and Local Relevance.  A panel discussion will be led by Grace
    John Stewart on the topic, “Prevention of Neonatal Infections:  Progress and Challenges,” with presentations
    by recent recipients of the Center for AIDS Research and STI-Cooperative Research Center Development
    Awards, and pre- and post-doctoral fellows of the STD Training Grant.  Registration for the all day event is
    free and is requested, but not required.  Please register by Dec 4^th at:
             https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/spmello/42331
     For more information, please contact Susan Mello at spmello@u.washington.edu, or call 774-2238.

N E W    I R B    P O L I C Y :  Effective Nov 1^st, the IRB is requiring researchers to use recruitment and
    consent materials that are stamped with the IRB approval date for recruiting and/or consenting subjects. 
    If your recruitment and/or consent materials were approved on or before 10/31/07, you are not required
    to use an IRB-approved stamp copy when recruiting or consenting subjects.  IRB-approved stamped
    consent forms should also be submitted with the Status Report Form at the time of continuing review. 
    New and revised forms include three new supplemental forms for use with the revised Modification Form. 
    Brown bag informational sessions are offered:
                Nov 9^th, Gould Hall, Room 208J, 1:00-3:00pm
                Nov 16^th, Gould Hall, Room 208J, 1:00-3:00pm
    For information, please email hsdforms@u.washington.edu, or call Arna Elezovic at 543-0639, or
    check the HSD website at:
                http://www.washington.edu/research/hsd/index.php

N I H    N O N – C O M P E T I N G    G R A N T S :  NIH recently published a notice detailing how non-competing
    grants will be treated under the current continuing resolution (CR).  Congress has yet to clear any of the fiscal
    year 2008 appropriation bills and agencies have been working under a continuing resolution since the start of
    the fiscal year on Oct 1^st.  The current CR is set to expire on Nov 16^th.  As it did in FY 2006 and 2007, NIH
    announced it will fund most non-competing awards at 80% of previously committed levels while it operates under
    the CR.  When NIH receives its appropriation for FY 2008, these awards will be adjusted.  In FY 2007, once the
    final appropriations bill was enacted, NIH funded non-competing awards at an average of 97.1% of the previous
    committed levels.  The text of the NIH announcement is available at:
            http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-001.html

S A G E :   SAGE now allows all grant and contract applications regardless of sponsor to be attached to the eGC1 for routing and approval.  A few reminders when attaching documents to the eGC1:

        1.      Upload grant/contract applications under the “Documents to be Submitted to Sponsor” section.

2.      .Attach a single PDF Document with the pages in the order it will be submitted to the sponsor.  If signatures are required, please provide a separate file containing only the pages requiring signature.

3.      Upload budget spreadsheet, Department of Medicine forms (checklist and site) under “Internal Documents for Dept/School/College.

4.      If you are not submitting an electronic copy to the sponsor, attach a single file of your proposal under “Internal Documents for Dept/School/College.

For questions about SAGE training, contact Toyin Akisanya at 206-616-9096 or email ORIStraining@u.washington.edu.

V I O L E N C E    P R E V E N T I O N :  The UW Advisory Committee on Violence Prevention is sponsoring
       sessions this quarter.  Open to all students, faculty and staff, these 50 minute sessions focus on recognizing
        and warning signs of violence, how to respond, and campus resources and poicies.  For more information
        including how to register, please see:
                    http://www.washington.edu/safecampus/
    To report threats, seek advice or counseling, call 685-7233.
    For safe walking (to have a security guard accompany you within the campus) call:
        HMC call 206-774-3193;
        UW Call 685-9255.

H A Z A R D O U S      M A T E R I A L S      P E R M I T S:  Health Sciences has negotiated new consolidated
    permits with the Seattle Fire Department, effective Oct 1^st for Health Sciences  This means that HS Academic
    Services and Facilities will pay the master permit fee, and will then bill individual units.  If you have a new permit
    under review, send it to Stephanie Steppe, Box 357175.  Copies of hazardous permits will be provided to
    individual units.  If you’ve already paid, your renewal fees for 2007-2008 will be prorated.  It is important to keep
    MyChem updated as this information is used to determine the annual fee and is one of the conditions for the
    special permit.  EH&S and SFD will conduct audits of MyChem and laboratories to verify accuracy of inventories. 
    Read all materials provided with your new permit and keep the permit and materials in each laboratory safety
    manual.  No need to post permits on walls or doors.

M A R K    Y O U R    C A L E N D A R S :
    Dec 12  Kirby Dinner
    Dec 13 Kirby Lecture
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