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The Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

presents

"Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome: an Integrative Approach"

After completing this lecture, the participant will be able to:

include integrative medicine concepts when diagnosing IBS

describe possible contributing factors to IBS

discuss dietary and other non-pharmacologic approaches to treat IBS

Dr. Beatrix Roemheld-Hamm, MD, PhD

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Family Medicine

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM

Place: Stanley Bergen Building, 3rd Floor Auditorium

Info:   Crystal Jones, jonescr@umdnj.edu, phone 973-972-8592

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Global Health Fair

Purvi Shah, a student in the Physician Assistant Program - School of Health Related Professions, Wan-Ju Wan and Minyoung Jang of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been organizing a Global Health Fair which will be held at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. This project stemmed from Ms. Shah’s participation in the Paul Ambrose scholars program June 2008.

Want to learn more about global health inequities?

Thinking of volunteering abroad in medical missions

but don’t know where to start?

Go to Global Health Fair for more information.

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Fellowship for New Jersey Female Students

The Margaret Yardley Fellowship provides a $1,000 award towards tuition for graduate study to a New Jersey woman. Only permanent residents of New Jersey are eligible for the award. Selection is based on high standards of character, scholarship, ability, purpose, and potential service in choice of career, as well as financial need. Applications are available on their web site at http://www.njsfwc.org/MY.doc . Completed applications must be received by March 1, 2009.

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VACCINATE AGAINST FLU

WE CARE ABOUT YOU

(Stratford Campus)

Students may go to Family Medicine at anytime to receive their flu vaccination. On Friday afternoons, Family Medicine will be open to issue flu shots to everyone. You must bring your UMDNJ ID to receive a flu shot.

(Newark Campus Employees) Update

Flu Vaccine is Here. The annual FREE Influenza Prevention Program for EMPLOYEES on the Newark Campus is underway. The NJMS Occupational Medicine Service is offering flu vaccinations to ALL faculty and staff. People in the following flu high risk groups should especially consider getting vaccinated:

Direct patient care providers.
Aged 50 years or older.
With long-term health problems.
Pregnant.
Household contacts and caregivers of children <5 years old or people 50+ years old or with long term health problems.

However, people who are allergic to EGGS, LATEX or Gentamicin, have had Guillain-Barré syndrome or are currently moderately or severely ill should NOT receive this vaccine.

On the Newark campus, free flu vaccinations are available for employees from the OMS in the following locations:

The Bergen Building, Suite GA-167, Occupational Medicine Service, Weekdays 7:30 am to 4 pm. The UH Cafeteria on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9 to 11 am.

Departments with at least 10 people who want flu vaccinations may arrange for the Flu Crew to come to their worksite locations by appointment. More sites are being arranged, including for the night shift, and more information will be distributed.

For more information, call Renee Graves, RN, or Molly Varghese, RN, at 2-2900.

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Updating Personal Information

Please verify your mailing address shown on your paycheck or direct deposit advice by logging into the my.umdnj.edu portal and click on View Enhanced Paperless PayStub. Your W2 will be mailed to the address in Banner. If your address or telephone number has changed, update your information at the my.umdnj.edu portal and click on the Personal Information link found at the Banner Self-Service channel.

If you did not receive your 2008 Total Compensation Statement (which was mailed at the end of September), you may contact your campus Human Resources Benefits Office at one of the following telephone numbers:

Camden & Stratford (856) 566-6168

Newark (973) 972-5314

New Brunswick/Piscataway (732) 235-9417

Communicate changes in your marital status or number of dependents in writing with supporting documentation, i.e., marriage certificate, judgment of divorce, or Social Security cards for new dependents, to your Campus Human Resources Office by December 31, 2008. See contact information below.

You are required to present a new Social Security card when requesting a name change to your records.

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Fire Watch - Stanley S. Bergen Bldg., Newark

(Click on the blue links for the revised procedures and training schedule.)

The Stanley S. Bergen building has been put on a "FIRE WATCH" until further notice. The fire watch has been activated while Physical Plant completes a series of upgrades to the Bergen Building fire alarm system.

PLEASE NOTE: The SSB Fire Emergency Evacuation Procedures have been revised. Until further notice, ALL OCCUPANTS (floors Basement through 15) will be required to evacuate during all fire alarms. A procedure for persons with disabilities has been established and is outlined in the attached factsheet.

During a fire watch, it is important that all occupants be vigilant about fire hazards. Anyone who suspects fire or smells smoke should report it immediately, from a safe location, to the Public Safety emergency telephone numbers, 2-4490 or 222. Do not try to activate the fire alarm pull stations where a sign has been posted indicating that they are not active.

FIRE SAFETY TRAINING:

To update occupants on the revised procedures, EOHSS has scheduled floor by floor fire safety training sessions for ALL OCCUPANTS of the Stanley S. Bergen Bldg. We will provide brief (15-20 min) training sessions in the elevator lobbies of each floor of the Bergen Building. The time and dates for the training sessions are listed in this link. The schedule will also be posted throughout the building.

ALL SESSIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL OCCUPANTS. You may attend any scheduled session; you are not restricted to the session scheduled on your floor.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact EOHSS at 2-4812.

Thank you!

Marta Figueroa
Assistant Director, Newark and Scotch Plains Campuses
UMDNJ - EOHSS

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Questions about Plagiarism?

Need help with citations? See what you need to know about Plagiarism, from the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, funded by the IOTLA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey:

http://shrp.umdnj.edu/current_students/documents/plagiarism.pdf

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Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Featured on New Jersey Network

To view NJN's Healthwatch segment on Conductorcise, please visit the following link: http://www.njn.net/newspublicaffairs/healthreports/
(select Conductorcise from the segment list on the right)

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Federal student privacy statute (FERPA)

The U. S. Department of Education has published a short, informative pamphlet concerning the federal student privacy statute (FERPA) and safety concerns at universities. You can access the pamphlet at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/brochures/postsec.pdf

If you have any questions concerning student privacy and permitted disclosures, please contact me and I'll try to help.

 

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