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Drop off all donations in Public Affairs. We’ll get them to Park Elementary once school starts. If you would rather not do your own shopping, we can do it for you! If you choose to make a cash donation, we’ll buy supplies and provide you with a receipt for the purchase.
Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
The first day of school in Wichita is a mere two weeks away. It’s hard to believe the end of summer is near.
Our long-standing partnership with Park Elementary will continue this year, kicking off with the school supply drive. The generosity of our campus helps the kids have the things they need to succeed, without any extra hardship on their families … or their teachers.
The supplies most needed are the usual suspects: crayons, folders, three-ring binders, bottled glue and glue sticks, regular and colored pencils, highlighters, loose-leaf paper (wide-ruled), spiral notebooks (wide-ruled), scissors, boxes of tissue, basic calculators and erasers.
But, really, any school supplies will do. They are all put into storage at the school and distributed to students throughout the year as needed.
Many of you will be shopping for school supplies anyway. Consider picking up a few extra items to donate.
William J. Salyers, Jr., M.D., MPH, FACP, was promoted to chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita effective July 30.
Salyers joined the medical school in 2006 and was an assistant professor, hospitalist in the Department of Internal Medicine until 2008. From 2011 to now, Salyers was gastroenterology division chief at KUSM-W and at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center; associate program director, assistant professor, residency program director and associate professor at KUSM-W; and director of internal medicine education at Wesley Medical Center through KUSM-W. Congratulations, Dr. Salyers!
Is there a special event happening in your department? Do you know a student who has an interesting hobby or who has made a significant accomplishment?
Are you involved in community outreach? An educational program? A hands-on workshop or training session?
Public Affairs wants to know about any and all of these things. There are a variety of ways we can publicize events and accomplishments in the school, but we can’t promote them if we don’t know about them.
Keep us informed. Drop us an email and tell us what’s happening. We’ll share the good news.
Public Affairs offers a variety of items to support your events. Do you need a logo banner to showcase at your fair booth? We have a few. Are you serving cold drinks at an event and want something sleeker than a cooler? You can borrow one of our stainless steel beverage tubs.
Visit our website to check out photos of available items and fill out an event support request form to reserve what you need.
You can also request an appearance by our energetic and fun Baby Jay. Loved by adults and kids alike, Baby Jay will kick your event up a notch. All Baby Jay appearances must have a direct connection to KUSM-W.
All of us here in Public Affairs are available to assist you in a number of ways when it comes to communication, public relations, and marketing.
Need something edited or proofread? We can do it. Have a speech to write? We can help. Need a flyer designed? Let us assist you.
We can also answer questions you may have about branding, including logo use. As you may know, there are specifics when it comes to that area. If you have a project that is using a logo, run it by our office and we’ll help keep you out of trouble.
Basically, contact us for any old thing. We’ll do our best to help you out.
If you’re involved in a study that is recruiting subjects and would like to have our support in creating recruitment materials, submit a request using our online form.
You can request flyers, ads, Jayhawk Talk Online listings, broadcast emails, and more. Once we draft the copy, we’ll send it back to you for IRB approval.
The HR office will be closed through Friday, Aug. 3. During this time, you can reach the director via email at [email protected] OR contact the applicable office below:
Payroll/timekeeping issues: [email protected] KUMC Benefits Office: Paulette Tasca, [email protected]
Eat your favorite foods. Lose weight. Repeat.
Ever wonder how some people can eat all their favorite foods and not gain weight? Naturally Slim is a 10-week online program that will teach you how. And here’s a hint: it doesn’t include starving, counting calories or eating diet food. State of Kansas is giving you the chance to learn how to eat the foods you love while reducing your risk of developing a serious condition, like diabetes or heart disease.
Naturally Slim is available to you for FREE and is accessible via computer and mobile device so you can participate whenever it’s convenient, wherever you are. Space is limited. Apply between July 23-Aug. 3 at www.naturallyslim.com/KansasHealthQuest.
The Naturally Slim program starts Aug. 20. Employees and spouses enrolled in the State of Kansas health plan are eligible to apply. Participants who complete all 10 weeks of the Naturally Slim program will receive 15 HealthQuest credits and Plan C, J, Q and N members receive $150 in their HSA or HRA.
TIAA will be on campus Thursday, Aug. 9, in the Cottonwood Room. There’s still time to sign up for a free one-on-one retirement planning and advice session with TIAA consultant Jeremy Kohn. Jeremy can provide you with a personalized actionable plan based on, among other things, your goals, time horizon and individual risk tolerance.
Visit https://jobs.kumc.edu to view current job openings for all KUMC campuses. To view a list of INTERNAL ONLY job openings, current employees may log in with their KU network ID/password, select Search Jobs, then select Search Internal Jobs.
July 24 KWCH Channel 12 Four types of Goldfish crackers recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
July 23 AAFP News Preparing primary care residents for geriatric patients
July 23 Wichita Business Journal KU Medical School-Wichita adds another site for internal medicine residents
Summer 2018 Catholic Charities eConnections Longtime volunteer starting a new chapter
July 19 Wichita Business Journal Time to celebrate Wichita’s Health Care Heroes
For all the latest news stories and press releases about KUSM-W, visit our news page.
Dr. Rick Kellerman
Thien Vu First-year student
Dr. Robert Wittler
Rachel Brown, MBBS, M.Phil. Chair
Grand Rounds are in the McNamara Center (Third Floor Education Center) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus, 3600 E. Harry St., Wichita, Kansas. Lunch is at 11 a.m. and the speaker is from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 14 Jeremy Richman, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, The Avielle Foundation, Sandy Hook, Connecticut “The Science of Violence and Compassion: Being Human(e)”
Tuesday, Aug. 28 Marco Bortolato, M.D., Ph.D. Associate professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah “Neurobiology of Antisocial Behavior”
Learn more about Grand Rounds.
Congratulations on your employment anniversary. We’re glad you’re here.
Mark Harrison
Aug. 1
Kari Harris Aug. 1
Jennifer Wipperman
Aug. 1
Amy Seery Aug. 1
Katherine Melhorn Aug. 4
Lillian Baker Aug. 6
Sheryl Kelly Aug. 7
Tracy Williams Aug. 11
Robert Wittler Aug. 13
Jana Lincoln Aug. 13
Ryan Schroeder
Aug. 13
Daniel Warren Aug. 14
We are collecting new and gently used children’s books for the Turn a Page. Touch a Mind.® reading program. Books for children of all ages are needed. If you have books to donate, drop off in Public Affairs or at the KU Wichita Pediatrics Clinic at Carriage Parkway.
Before donating books, review these guidelines.
If you have any questions contact Hannah Kersting at [email protected].
Sean Pyper, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant professor
Paul Teran, M.D. Instructor
Health ICT has partnered with Botanica to offer a Walk at Lunch Joint Use Agreement to registered worksites, which allows employees to walk through Botanica's beautiful gardens for only $1 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Friday. This Walk at Lunch opportunity is available now through Nov. 16.
KU School of Medicine-Wichita has registered as a worksite so this opportunity is open to the campus community, including MPA employees. Simply pay at the front desk and mention that you are there for the Walk at Lunch program and that you are with KU (showing your KU ID badge is ideal but not required). Entry costs are the responsibility of each individual.
Additionally, the Garden Cafe at Botanica is offering a 10 percent discount on menu items to worksite participants during those times.
You are at home, work, church or even just shopping when you see someone collapse and stop breathing. Aside from calling 911, what can you do?
Now imagine another scenario where you see someone bleeding uncontrollably and EMS has not yet arrived. What if it was your spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent or friend? How do you stop the bleed and help save their life?
Join us and LifeSaver Learning, Inc., on Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m.-noon or 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Flint Hills Room for training on what you can do while you wait for EMS. You will also learn how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) as well as our campus bleeding control kits. Oh, and did we mention free lunch?
Sign up online for this life-saving training by noon Tuesday, Aug. 7. Register for 11 a.m. Register for 12:15 p.m.
Contact Julie Stimson at 293-3409 or [email protected] with questions.
In the meantime, learn how to perform hands-only CPR. You never know when or where these skills might be needed.
You can also learn more about the nationwide “Stop the Bleed” campaign at www.dhs.gov/stopthebleed, or www.ems.gov/projects/stop-the-bleed.html.
You’re invited to participate in the fourth annual Let’s Move, Kansas 5K run/1.5 mile walk on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Sedgwick County Park in Wichita. To register go to www.LetsMoveKansas.com.
Register by Monday, Aug. 20, at the early bird rate of $30. Join the KUSM-W team, or start your own team, for $3 off per registrant. Medical students can use the discount code STURES18 and receive an additional $5 off!
Cash prizes for top three male and female finishers
Team trophy for largest team
Chris Cakes pancake breakfast
Swag bag and race T-shirt
KU School of Medicine-Wichita is the presenting sponsor of Let’s Move, Kansas. We have six complimentary registrations available on a first-come, first-served basis. Follow these instructions to redeem the complimentary registration as a KUSM-W employee or student:
Go to www.LetsMoveKansas.com to register.
Select Existing Team: KUSM-Wichita.
At check-out, apply complimentary coupon code to registration: KUSM-W.
After all complimentary registrations are used, the registrant will be notified and may continue with registration if he/she chooses. If all complimentary registrations are used, and the person registering is a medical student, the code STURES18 may be used for $5 off. The $3 off will be automatically applied as a team member.
The event aims to promote an active, healthy lifestyle for all Kansans. The proceeds for the event benefit the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians-Foundation.
Join us in motivating Kansans to move, and support the future of family medicine!
The KUSM-W Office of Research will provide funds for resident travel to present research at a professional conference. Up to $2,500 may be requested.
Funds are also available for open access and publication fees. Up to $1,500 may be requested.
These funds are provided by grants to WCGME from the Kansas Biosciences Authority. View the travel grant application.
Need a poster printed? Send it as a PowerPoint slide (preferred) or Adobe PDF to [email protected] with size requirements and date needed. Please note: poster should be sized to specifications before it is sent; we will not resize or trim posters.
Posters should be sent for review to Public Affairs at [email protected] before printing to ensure that branding guidelines are met.
Please have PowerPoint/PDF files to us at least 48 hours in advance.
This award will provide funding to residents and their mentor faculty for resident research projects. Award amount is up to $5,000 for one year. See the RFP for more details.
There is additional funding for resident travel and open access and publication fees.
27th Annual Research Forum Thursday, April 25, 2019 KU School of Medicine-Wichita
Charlie Walker Department manager
Look familiar? You might remember Charlie from the time he spent in Rural Health Education & Services. He says it’s great to be back with the KUSM-W family. We agree!
Many research opportunities are available. To make a referral into a clinical trial for early Alzheimer’s disease, pediatric/adolescent/adult depression, schizophrenia or Type 1 diabetes, call 316-293-1833 or email [email protected]. More information and a study interest form can be found on our website. KU Wichita Center for Clinical Research needs participants with a diagnosis of depression for a research study. Volunteers may be eligible to participate if they are at least 18 years old and have treatment resistant depression. Participants who may qualify should have experienced depression symptoms, be taking an antidepressant medication, and able to provide written consent to participate in the study. Study participants will be compensated for time and travel. For information call 316-293-1833. KU Wichita Center for Clinical Research is conducting a research study for children and adolescents with major depression disorder (MDD). Volunteers may be eligible to participate if they are 7-17 years of age and have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Participants and their parent/caregiver will attend 13 appointments over 18 weeks. There is an extension study available for these participants. If the medication is helping the participant’s depression, the medication will be provided for an additional 24 weeks. Study participants will be compensated for their time and travel. For more information call 316-293-1833. KU Wichita Center for Clinical Research needs participants with a diagnosis of mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Volunteers may be eligible to participate if they are 50-85 years of age, diagnosed with mild dementia, and have a caregiver who is able to attend all office visits with the participant. Study participants will be compensated for their time and travel. For more information call 316-293-1833. KU School of Medicine-Wichita researchers are looking for individuals 45 years and younger with a parent, brother, sister or child with Type 1 diabetes or individuals age 20 years and younger with a niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, grandparent, half-brother, half-sister or cousin with Type 1 diabetes, to participate in diabetes testing at no charge. TrialNet offers a blood test that can identify increased risk for Type 1 diabetes up to 10 years before symptoms appear. This test looks for certain markers in the blood (called autoantibodies) that signal an increased risk for the disease. Study participants will be compensated for their time and travel. If you are interested or want more information, contact Lisa Chrisman, recruiter, at [email protected] or 293-1833.
Hope Kessinger Student services coordinator
The KUSM-W Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group invites you to a film screening of “Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World.” Watch the official trailer. Two showings will be available. Lunch/dinner will be provided to the first 25 registrants. Learn more.
5:30-7 p.m. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 Thursday, Aug. 23
Roberts Amphitheater Roberts Amphitheater Register here Register here
The School of Medicine annual faculty retreat will be from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, in the Wichita Room. No RSVP is needed, as lunch will not be provided. Dean Simari will give his State of the School address and present the 2018 Faculty Mentoring Awards. The keynote speaker is Joe “Skip” Garcia, M.D., from the University of Arizona, who will present “Role of Precision Health and Translational Research in Transformation of Academic Health Science Centers.”
Simari Garcia
“Frozen Impressions” Amy Franklin Photography Through Aug. 31
“Prairie Inspirations” Bob Neace Acrylic paintings July 27-Sept. 30 For more information about the William J. Reals Galleries of Art, or if you or someone you know is interested in scheduling an exhibit, contact Jennifer Eaton at 293-3534 or [email protected].
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