Growing an Academic Department of Medicine in a Time of Change
Robert A. Harrington, MD Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine Chairman of the Department of Medicine Stanford University.
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InSilico Medicine's Director of Aging Research, Alexander Aliper, is able to present the company's new technology and platform, GeroScopeTM, to a diverse group of attendees at the FEBS-EMBO conference. This will mark the first presentation of GeroScopeTM to the public. It is a system for evaluating the age-related changes in the tissue of humans and other model organisms, and furthermore predicts the geroprotective efficacy of a multitude of drugs with known molecular targets. The conference program and poster sessions will allow delegates to learn more about its functionality. InSilico Medicine's poster will elaborate on the drug screening process and signaling pathway activation drift in human fibroblasts in normal aging as well as progerias.
The FEBS-EMBO conference is a joint meeting hosted by the French Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SFBBM). This meeting not only marks the anniversaries of these three organizations, but also the first meeting joining the FEBS and EMBO. Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO, comments on this event, "As 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of FEBS and EMBO, and the centennial of the SFBBM, we are happy to have several members of our team and partner organizations presenting their results at the historic FEBS-EMBO conference. It is a perfect venue to discuss the progress of our company, find collaborators and possibly recruit more brilliant scientists to join our growing international team. Most of InSilico Medicine's team worked together long before the company was formed, creating its strong foundation. Our technology is held to a high standard, and we ensure recruitment of scientists of great relevance and talent to avoid uncontrolled, rapid expansion. Solving aging is a difficult task and will require a concerted multinational and multidisciplinary effort. FEBS-EMBO is a perfect platform to achieve these goals."
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The FEBS-EMBO conference is currently in session. More information can be seen at http://www.febs-embo2014.org/.
About InSilico Medicine
InSilico Medicine was founded in early 2014 and has since developed the OncoFinder and GeroScopeTM. It is a company dedicated to finding novel solutions towards aging and age-related diseases using advances in genomics and big data analysis. Through internal expertise and extensive collaborations with brilliant scientists, institutions, and highly credible pharmaceutical companies, InSilico Medicine seeks to revolutionize personalized science and drug discovery. More can be read about InSilico Medicine, Inc. at http://www.insilicomedicine.com.
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It's back-to-school time, and in the frenzy of shopping, planning, changing sleep schedules, packing snacks, and filling out all of those gosh-darn forms, it's easy to get into, well, survival mode.
After all, with all the stress that going back to school brings, why would we make things any harder by changing family habits?
Because now is the perfect time, that's why--and because little changes can make a big difference.
It's the perfect time, because so many things are changing anyway, that a few more changes are less likely to be noticed (and fought) by your family. And these changes are not only healthy changes, but ones that can be done incrementally. It's all about moving the needle, no matter where you are in the healthy habit spectrum.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Add one serving of fruits or vegetables to your child's daily diet. Of course you can do more if you like, and if you are already at five, kudos to you--I guess you can skip this one. But most children I meet a) aren't at five and b) would seriously balk at adding two or three. So add one--such as a sliced banana in morning cereal, a bag of grapes or mini-box of raisins for school snack or lunch, a sliced apple or celery with peanut butter for an after school snack, or a vegetable with dinner. (A vegetable at dinner is mandatory at our house, and one of the few servings I can count on with my kids sometimes). Getting your child into the habit of eating more fruits and vegetables does a lot for their lifelong health.
2. Build exercise into the schedule. Children should be active for an hour-a-day, and I meet far too many who aren't. So sign up for soccer. Encourage your middle-schooler to do an intramural sport. Walk to school. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Do some sort of active family activity on weekends--even if it's just going for a walk or walking around the zoo. (Walking around the Franklin Park Zoo can take a while and be good exercise!) For exercise ideas around Boston, check out the Healthy Family Fun website.
3. Help your child get more--and better-sleep. Kids need 8-10 hours a night, and lots (especially teens) aren't getting that much. To help your child get enough sleep: - Move bedtime a half hour earlier - Limit TV before bedtime--not only can what they watch make kids less sleepy, but the light emitted by television screens literally activates the brain. - Have calming bedtime routines, such as bathing and reading. - Have teens charge cell phones and laptops anywhere else but the bedroom. - If you have a busy teen, spend some time thinking together about how to be sure he or she gets at least eight hours of sleep. It will make all the difference--not just for their health, but also for how they act and how well they do in school.
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Gov. Mark Dayton applied to the University of Minnesota Medical School when it was a top leader in medical research decades ago, and now he has set the goal of returning it to its former glory.
After years of concern surrounding the schools reported declining status, members of the Blue Ribbon Committee which Dayton created last month have begun forming plans to improve its reputation and further its research.
The committees list of goals includes expanding the Universitys clinical services and taking advantage of Minnesotas investments in biomedical research. In December, the Blue Ribbon Committee will recommend policy and budget changes to state lawmakers for the 2015 legislative session, said Larry Pogemiller, the states commissioner of higher education and a member of the committee.
A 2012 external review of the Universitys Academic Health Center noted that some faculty, staff and administration had great concern about the Medical Schools reputation and ranking, which the review said have gradually declined.
The review also found that those people frequently brought up the schools status in interviews and surveys.
Part of the Medical Schools falling reputation is based on the decreasing number of grants it has received from the National Institutes of Health, Pogemiller said.
The Medical Schools overall funding has declined along with NIH grants to the University over the past three years, according to annual reports from the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Jesse Klingelhoets, an officer for the Medical Student Council, said he noticed the school was trying to increase its national competitiveness even before the committee formed.
[It was] trying to get rid of that Minnesota nice modesty thing and try to actually brag about the things that we do at the Medical School, he said.
In a 2015 national ranking of medical schools published by the U.S. News and World Report, the University came in 34th for research and sixth for primary care.
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SAN ANTONIO - While the Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has oftentimes ranked in the top 10 or top 5 for Hispanics this year it finally reached the top spot according to Hispanic Business magazine.
The magazines annual Diversity Report: Best Schools for Diversity Practices: Best Medical Schools was the result of a survey that ranked the schools according to number of Hispanics enrolled, retention rate, financial aid recipients, medical degrees awarded, as well as Hispanic faculty and mentoring programs.
Students like Jordan Graham, a first-year med student from Dallas can see why the school is ranked at the top this year.
"San Antonio has such a big Hispanic community so it's really welcoming and we treat a lot of patients. I'm from that background," he said.
In fact, UTHSCSA works hard to gain a reputation for recruitment and retention of not only Hispanic students, but faculty as well.
In regard to students, in the 2012-13 school year, the 900-student population boasted 176 Hispanics and awarded degrees to 48 Hispanic doctors.
Dr. Edward Medina said its an important part of the culture at the med school.
That attempt to recruit Hispanic faculty is going to nurture that interaction between the Latino students and faculty too," he said.
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The latest American doctor to be infected with Ebola in West Africa is on his way to the United States for treatment at Nebraska Medical Center.
Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, was treating pregnant women in the ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, when he became infected with the deadly virus, according to SIM, an international, interdenominational Christian organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I just had a call from the doctor who put Rick on a plane to come to the United States, his wife, Debbie Sacra, said at a news conference, her voice breaking. He said that Rick is clearly sick, but that he was in very good spirits.
He walked onto the plane, so we are really encouraged by that news and looking forward to reuniting with him, she added.
Sacra, an assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School, was not treating Ebola patients in the hospitals separate Ebola isolation facility, the group said, adding that it was unclear how he contracted the virus. All infected U.S. health workers were working at the ELWA hospital when they contracted the virus.
Sacra was expected to arrive in Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday morning. He has been isolated in the ELWA Ebola ward.
Sacra specializes in family medicine and practices in Worcester, Massachusetts, but he traveled to Liberia in August.
I knew he needed to go, Debbie Sacra said, adding that he knew there was a risk he would contract Ebola but he wanted to help people with malaria and pregnant women amid the outbreak.
He is not someone who can stand back when there is a need that he can take care of, she said.
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