UC Davis Emergency Medicine Faculty Honored

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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Three members of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine were honored recently for their achievements and leadership at this year's annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) meeting in Atlanta.

Daniel Nishijima, assistant professor of emergency medicine, received the society's Young Investigator Award for his early career accomplishments in clinical research in emergency medicine. Nishijima, who came to UC Davis as a research fellow in 2008, is becoming known as an investigator with expertise in the evaluation and management of patients with blunt head trauma. One of his current projects is a cost-effectiveness analysis of using a decision rule for CT scanning in children with blunt head trauma versus routine care. Nishijima has published 18 manuscripts (including those in press), and has been the first author on 11 of those studies. He is currently an awardee of a competitive CTSC K12 career development award, and has been successful in obtaining highly competitive intramural grants as well as securing important extramural research funding.

Erik Laurin, associate professor and director of medical student education for the department, was honored with SAEM's Master Clinician Bedside Teaching Award for 2013. Laurin, who has been a UC Davis faculty member since 1999, has long been rated by residents and medical students as one of the best teaching and mentoring physicians in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Numerous physicians who trained under Laurin sent letters of praise and support for his award's nomination. One former resident, in his letter to the SAEM's awards committee, summed up many of the sentiments about Laurin: "Erik has a way of elevating his students to the highest level and bringing the very best out of them...His unwavering support and guidance over the years has made me a better doctor and a better person because of it."

James Holmes, professor of emergency medicine, was elected to the society's board of directors. Holmes is well known for both his clinical-care expertise and research accomplishments. In addition to investigating various approaches to improving trauma care of both adults and children in emergency departments, he is working with department Chair Nathan Kuppermann to oversee a five-year, NIH training grant for research education in emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine and associated disciplines. His research is highly collaborative, frequently using multicenter research networks, and focuses on the care of adults and children with acute traumatic injuries.

This isn't the first time members of the department's faculty team have been honored by SAEM. Last year, Edward Panacek, professor of emergency medicine, was honored by the society with the Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award.

UC Davis Health System is improving lives and transforming health care by providing excellent patient care, conducting groundbreaking research, fostering innovative, interprofessional education, and creating dynamic, productive partnerships with the community. The academic health system includes one of the country's best medical schools, a 619-bed acute-care teaching hospital, a 1000-member physician's practice group and the new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. It is home to a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, an international neurodevelopmental institute, a stem cell institute and a comprehensive children's hospital. Other nationally prominent centers focus on advancing telemedicine, improving vascular care, eliminating health disparities and translating research findings into new treatments for patients. Together, they make UC Davis a hub of innovation that is transforming health for all. For more information, visit healthsystem.ucdavis.edu.

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Higher medicine, food prices stoke Brazil inflation

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Consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in Brazil last month, fueled by higher medicine, clothing and housing prices, with 12-month inflation at 6.5 percent, the state statistics agency said Friday.

The May increase, in line with market analysts' forecasts, was lower than the 0.5 percent recorded in April and the lowest since June 2012.

The Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute (IBGE) said medicine prices increased by 0.9 percent in May, clothing by 0.8 percent and housing by 0.7 percent.

Central Bank authorities want to bring inflation down to 4.5 percent this year.

Last month, the central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.50 points to 8.0 percent to control rising inflation, the second increase within weeks.

In April, the bank's monetary policy committee pushed the rate up by 0.25 points to 7.5 percent, the first increase since July 2011.

Experts were alarmed in March when it was confirmed that 12-month inflation reached 6.59 percent, above the official upper limit of 6.5 percent.

In 2012, Brazilian consumer prices rose 5.8 percent after a 6.5 percent hike the previous year, the highest level in seven years.

Costumers shop for jewelry at a mall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 5, 2012. Consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in Brazil last month, fueled by higher medicine, clothing and housing prices, with 12-month inflation at 6.5 percent, the state statistics agency said.

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Penn Medicine's Peter Reese, MD, Named a Greenwall Faculty Scholar

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Newswise PHILADELPHIAThe Greenwall Foundation has named Penn Medicines Peter Reese, MD, MSCE, a leading voice for improving organ donor rates and access to transplant, as a 2013 Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical care, biomedical research, and public policy. Dr. Reese, who is an assistant professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Penn, is one of four innovative thinkers in the nation this year to receive the prestigious honor.

Among other projects, he will conduct a randomized controlled trial of innovative methods to improve the rates of donor registration.

The Greenwall Foundation supports this career development program to enables faculty to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. Scholars are selected to receive 50 percent salary support for three years to develop their research program.

Dr. Reese, who takes care of kidney transplant recipients and living kidney donors, focuses on developing effective strategies to increase access to kidney and liver transplantation. His research is motivated by the widening gap between the number of patients wait-listed for transplants and the limited number of organs available. He uses tools from epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research and medical ethics to describe disparities in transplantation and methods to overcome them. Through policy development work with the United Network for Organ Sharing, he also helps to translate clinical research into effective national policy.

Dr. Reese has written specifically about barriers to live donor transplantation, the impact of functional status on kidney transplant outcomes, and the implications of organ allocation policies for the elderly. His work was among the first to examine the practice and ethical implications of accepting live kidney donors with risk factors for kidney disease.

In recognition of his contributions to transplant research, he received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in July 2012, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

## Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.

Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided $827 million to benefit our community.

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ICare4Autism Conference at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Attracts Over 300 People

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2013) - On June 5, 2013 the International Center for Autism Research and Education (ICare4Autism) held the conference, "Autism: Cutting Edge Research and Promising Treatment Approaches," at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in conjunction with Montefiore Medical Center.

From neurology to psychology and everything in between, the speakers presented studies on the many aspects of autism research and treatment methods. Dr. Eric Hollander, Director of the Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and Chairman of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council, discussed Inflammation, Temperature and Personalized Therapeutics of ASD.

Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, presented her research, Taking a Fresh Look at Autism: Chronic Dynamic State, not Fixed Trait. Dr. Herbert is the Director of the TRANSCEND Research Program (Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) with key interests in the concept of autism as a "dynamic encephalopathy (changeable) rather than a static encephalopathy (fixed for life)."

Dr. Gary Steinman, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, presented Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism at Birth. Dr. Steinman's studies suggest the potential for addressing autism by looking at the role of depressed IGF (insulin-like growth factor) at birth. He is collaborating internationally to develop a protocol for early identification of autism.

Non-verbal until age 4 and diagnosed with autism himself, Dr. Stephen Shore of Adelphi University presented Special Ways and Techniques (SWAT) for Achieving Meaningful Inclusion. Dr. Shore is a self-advocate who promotes early intervention and educational strategies to embrace difference and access learned knowledge through unconventional, yet creative and effective, means.

Other presenters included Dr. Carlos A. Pardo, Dr. Theoharis C. Theoharides, Dr. Aleksandra Djukic, Dr. Nathaniel Heintz, Dr. Sophie Molholm and Dr. Alisa G. Woods.

The event is now available to view on Autism Brainstorm's website, http://www.autismbrainstorm.org as well as ICare4Autism's website, http://www.icare4autism.org.

ICare4Autism is aNew York Citybased non-profit organization that works to facilitate communication and collaboration between medical andeducational specialists worldwide with the aim to alleviate autism spectrum disorder. Together we can uncover the etiology of autism, design successful intervention strategies, and innovate sustainable inclusion practices for persons with autism.

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Press conference announces UT System decision to fund Dell Medical School buildings – Video

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Visa, Liberty Interactive, Amazon.com, HSN and ValueVision

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL June 7, 2013 Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Visa Inc. (V), Liberty Interactive Corp. (LINTA), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), HSN Inc. (HSNI) and ValueVision Media Inc. (VVTV).

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Visa Inks Deal with mPOS Providers

To expand its payment operations, Visa Inc. (V) joined hands with three leading mobile point-of-sale (:mPOS) providers viz. iZettle, SumUp and Swiff. The deal is aimed at deploying secure mobile acceptance terminals across various locations to realize the transition of payments from paper to electronic mode. Furthermore the company approved Anywhere Commerce and Miura Systems to process Visa payments.

This alliance will allow merchants to accept Visa payments through mobile technology. As per the deal, to get their mobile hardware and software verified, iZettle, SumUp and Swiff will participate in the Visa Ready Program. The Visa Ready Program aims at merging Visa with the mPOS providers to offer merchants and consumers with a convenient yet safe payment option.

The deal will allow iZettle, SumUp and Swiff to access Visas best practices, APIs (Application Program Interfaces) and SDKs (Software Design Kits). These would include tools, direct connection to Visa, value-added services and Visa Ready symbol.

As per the agreement the mPOS providers can access reference applications and tools to facilitate the ongoing development of magnetic stripe, EMV-chip (contact and contactless), and mobile acceptance solutions. To simplify the processing of the EMV-chip transactions, they will be connected to Visa in some countries with the help of Visa POS Solutions platform or payment gateways like CyberSource and Authorize.Net.

In addition, the companies might also be exposed to Visas value-added services, like instant redemption of special offers at the point-of sale. Additionally, on approval by Visa, iZettle, SumUp and Swiff will be permitted to use the Visa Ready symbol to endorse their devices. Anywhere Commerce and Miura Systems are already permitted to use the symbol to market their Visa approved devices.

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Liberty Reserve Operators Plead Not Guilty in Scheme

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Two operators of Liberty Reserve SA, accused by the U.S. of helping to run the largest money-laundering scheme in history, pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

Vladimir Kats, a Liberty Reserve co-founder, and Mark Marmilev, who the U.S. said helped maintain the business infrastructure, made their first public court appearance since the U.S. announced the case on May 28. A May 24 appearance was held with the charges still under seal, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said at todays arraignment in Manhattan.

I arraigned them previously at that time under another indictment, Cote said. I now understand that each of the defendants had a superseding indictment that named them and them alone.

When prosecutors told Cote that they intended to go to trial on the underlying indictment naming Kats and Marmilev together with five other individual defendants and Liberty Reserve, the judge said she would have to arraign the two men a second time. Both again pleaded not guilty.

This is a unique set of circumstances, a unique experience at least for me, Cote said.

Five of the seven men charged in the case were arrested on May 24, according to the office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Kats, 41, and Marmilev, 33, both of Brooklyn, New York, are the only two in federal custody in New York. Two others are fugitives, the U.S. said.

Liberty Reserve, incorporated in Costa Rica in 2006, operated as essentially a black-market bank, and masked more than $6 billion of criminal proceeds, Bharara said on May 28 when he announced the case.

The company, which operated as one of the worlds most widely used digital-currency services, was structured as a criminal business venture, one designed to help criminals conduct illegal transactions, Bharara said.

The defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business. Conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a term of as long as 20 years in prison.

Kats and Marmilev consented to being held without bail, said Cote who scheduled the next conference in the case for Aug. 9. Lawyers for both men declined to comment after court.

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