We Are UMDNJ
SHRP student Nancy Rosivack (right) and two SHRP faculty members, Barbara and Ed Manger, volunteered to work at the Haunted Halloween Trail at Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside. The hospital converted two levels of its parking deck into spooky fun space for hospital patients and guests.
Newark campus
Friday, November 6, 9, and 13: MediTract Contract Library WebExTraining. Required for anyone who needs to review, change, add or upkeep information stored within the MediTract system. Contact the Office of Legal Management at 973-972-4705 or outlanja@umdnj.edu.
Friday, November 6: “Rescuing Health Care Reform: Treating the Causes of Our Health Care Crisis with Lifestyle Medicine,” NJMS, Medical Science Bldg., Rm. B 552, noon to 1 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Mark Hyman, Institute for Functional Medicine. Sponsored by the Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, the School of Nursing and NJMS Center for Humanism and Medicine. Registration required. For info: 973-972-6655 or terrybe@umdnj.edu.
Friday, November 6: “Nursing in Herbal Medicine,” learn the specifics of the top ten herbs in America, and where to find useful and accurate resources. NJMS, Medical Science Bldg., Rosemary Gellene Room, B-515, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (5 contact hours). Facilitator: Dale Bellisfield, RN, AHG, Siegler Center for Integrative Medicine, Saint Barnabas, Livingston. For info and fees: Betty Terry, 973-972-6655 or terrybe@umdnj.edu.
Friday, November 6: The Office of Ethics, Compliance and Corporate Integrity have scheduled the following classroom sessions for the mandatory CIA training on the Code of Conduct. They are: 9 - 10 a.m., University Hospital, D-215 and D-215A; and 1 - 2 p.m., New Jersey Dental School, Oral Health Pavilion, B-961. For info: 800-215-9664 or visit the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Corporate Integrity website.
Monday, November 9: String Quartets, New York Philharmonic members will join Dr. Amiram Sheffet to play works of Schubert and Debussy, NJMS, Rosemary Gellene Room, B-515, noon - 1 p.m. Bring your lunch. Sponsor: NJMS Faculty Organization, and the UMDNJ Newark Chapter of the AAUP. For info: 201-612-0211 or sheffeam@umdnj.edu.
Monday, November 9: Seminar - “Role of Inflammation in Vascular Dysfunction,” NJMS, Medical Science Bldg., H-609, noon - 1 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Cuihua Zhang, associate professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, NJMS. For info: Dr. Walter Duran, professor, Pharmacology & Physiology at 973-972-4372 or duran@umdnj.edu.
Tuesday, November 10: Grand Rounds - “Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” NJMS, Medical Science Bldg., B-610, 8 - 9 a.m. Speaker: Dr. Kiran Das at 973-972-2449 or mansfije@umdnj.edu.
Tuesday, November 10: Seminar - “Acid Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis,” ICPH, auditorium, noon - 1 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Sabine Ehrt, Weil College of Medicine. For info: Dr. Gilla Kaplan at 973-854-3220 or kaplangi@umdnj.edu.
Friday, November 13: "Bargain Day at UMDNJ," 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., NJMS-Grand Foyer, B-Level. Hosted by the UMDNJ-Board of Concerned Citizens. All proceeds will be handled by the Foundation of UMDNJ for the benefit of UMDNJ. For info: 973-972-5529.
New Brunswick campus
Wednesday, November 11: Neurology Grand Rounds - “Newer Concepts in Multiple Sclerosis,” RWJMS, Medical Education Bldg., Rm. 102, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Stuart D. Cook, Ruth Dunietz Kushner & Michael Jay Serwitz, Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience, NJMS. For info: Dr. Lawrence Golbe at 732-235-7337 or Laurie Lipper, administrative coordinator at lipperla@umdnj.edu.
Wednesday, November 11: CINJ Grand Rounds - “Tumor stromal Interactions in Breast Cancer Metastasis: Novel Insights from Functional Genomics, CINJ, auditorium, 4 - 5 p.m. Speaker: Dr.Yibin Kang, assistant professor of molecular biology, Princeton University. For info: 732-235-6785 or mastrona@umdnj.edu.
Friday, November 13 & Saturday, November 14: “Treating Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Settings,” a two day training conference designed for mental health professionals, Liberty Plaza, 335 George St., 3rd floor training room, New Brunswick, Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:40 p.m. and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 3:10 p.m. For info: Nancy Szkodny at 732-235-4053 or szkodnna@umdnj.edu To register: 973-972-4267 or 800-227-4852.
Friday, November 13: Dean’s Faculty Forum with Dr. Peter S. Amenta, dean, RWJMS and the executive team for a discussion on “Creating the Platform to Sustain and Then Grow Our School,” 125 Paterson Street, conference room 1302, New Brunswick, 2 p.m. For info: Patricia Hansen, director, Communications & Public Affairs at hansenmp@umdnj.edu.
Piscataway campus
Monday, November 9: Defense thesis - “Interacting Partners of Esc1, a Protein Involved in Silent Chromatin Positioning” by Jenel Nixon Cobb, Delaware State University, SPH, Research Bldg., Rm. 258, noon. Thesis advisor: Dr. Marc. R. Gartenberg, Graduate Program of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology. For info: GSBS website.
Tuesday, November 10: Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine Grand Rounds - “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Typhoid Fever, etc.,” EOHSI, Rm.A & B, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Vincent Cirillo, Enviromental & Occupational Medicine. For info: Dr. Howard Kipen at 732-445-0123, ext. 625 or kosmosk@eohsi.rutgers.edu.
Tuesday, November 10: Public Health Seminar Series - “Pandemic Influenza A H1N1: Current Status and Implications,” SPH, 683 Hoes Lane West, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Speaker: Dr. Peter Wenger, associate professor of quantitative methods, SPH. This event will be V-Tel to SPH at Stratford (University Education Center, 40 East Laurel Rd., Suite 1081) and Newark (Stanley Bergen Bldg., 65 Bergen St., 7th floor, Rm. 741). For info: Carl Donaldson at 732-235-9451.
Friday, November 13: “Best Practices in Scientific Writing” by Dr. Judith Swan, associate director, Writing in Science and Engineering, Princeton Writing Program. Session 1: Structure and Function in Scientific Writing from Abstracts to Sentence, CABM, Rm. 010, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Free but registration required. For info: Dr. Michael Leibowitz at 732-235-4795 or leibowit@umdnj.edu.
Stratford campus
Monday, November 9: “Acupuncture for Chronic Pain,” SOM, University Doctors Pavilion, 42 East Laurel Rd., Rm. 3000, 10 - 11 a.m. Speaker: Dr. Sajid Surve, Rehabilitation Medicine, University Pain Care Center. For info: 856-566-6207 or sominfo@umdnj.edu.
Monday, November 9: “Acupuncture for Chronic Pain.” SOM, University Doctors Pavilion,
42 East Laurel Rd., Rm. 3000, 10 - 11 a.m. Speaker: Dr. Sajid Surve, Rehabilitation Medicine,
University Pain Care Center. To register: 856-566-6207 or sominfo@umdnj.edu.
Off Campus
Friday, November 6: 3rd Annual "Nutrition and Supplements in Clinical Practice" a fee-based conference for clinicians who advise patients on the use of dietary supplements, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Malcolm Forbes Amphitheater, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Registration and breakfast 7 - 8 a.m.For info: Kimberly Phillip, program support specialist, ICAM at 973-972-8592 or phillikj@umdnj.edu. To register: Judee Roth at 973-971-4799 or judee.roth@atlantichealth.org.
Friday, November 6: Fermentation Club Seminar - “NOW Generation Genomics: An Applications focused Primer on High Through Put Genome Sequencing,” Rutgers University, Cook campus, Lipman Hall, Rm. 325, 3:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Randy Kerstetter, plant biology & pathology, Rutgers. For info: E. Bini at bini@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Friday, November 6: Community Education Seminar to explore the basics of creating a web site and maintaining it, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Space is limited. For info: Vivian Lanzot, assistant director, Career Development Services, Community & Public Service at 973-596-3642 or lanzot@njit.edu.
Saturday, November 7 - 11: American Public Health Association - 137th Annual Meeting & Exposition presents “Water and Public Health,” which will address current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.
The Newark YMCA is opening a brand new fitness center on our Newark Campus. Construction is underway, and the Y will be registering new members beginning November 9. Plus, if you register now, you can use the downtown Y for free until the campus fitness center opens in January. 
The Knit-a-Square charity collects knitted or crocheted eight-inch squares to be made into blankets for children in need. New Jersey Medical School student Dhanu Miskin is coordinating the effort and thus far, has received more than 100 knitted/crocheted squares. The goal is to reach 500 squares by Dec. 23. 
New research suggests that more intervention is needed to ensure cancer survivors are having screening and surveillance needs met as they transition from cancer treatment back to primary care. Investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey who conducted the study say since the cancer survivor population continues to grow, these latest findings are key. Dr. Shawna V. Hudson, at right, director of community research at CINJ and assistant professor of family medicine at RWJMS, was the paper's lead author.
UMDNJ’s “2007-2008 University Report: Making Good News” won The Best in Show award (pictured at right) from the Business Marketing Association of New Jersey. The publication focused on headlines in major news media focusing on the notable achievements of University faculty, staff and students. “Making Good News” and the UMDNJ economic impact report, “UMDNJ Means…A Vital Resource for NJ” also won Platinum Awards, and “UMDNJ Research” won a Gold Award, from the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals (MarCom).
