December 28, 2011

Inside this issue

Art Gallery

Birthdays

Career Opportunities

Center Express

Classifieds

Classified staff evaluations

Congratulations

Dry cleaning service

E-learning modules

Faculty research money

Fall/Winter Wellness Challenge

JTO Holiday deadlines

Kansas Journal of Medicine

Kansas K-9 ResQ

KU Pride

KU Today

Live & Learn

Mob Walk

Money available for research

Mount Oread equipped

News Flash

Research study participants

Say hello

3 Questions

United Way

New Features Doctor’s Notes

IAMSE Web Seminar Series

1099-Misc Tax Forms

Archives Happy New Year!Happy New Year!

The New Year is upon us and, as we think about our New Year’s resolutions, there is one ball that is acceptable to drop—the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball. Whether you are staying in or are going out, we hope that your celebration this year is safe, memorable, and extraordinarily fun.

Fun FactFun FactFun Fact The Times Square New

Year’s Eve ball

descends from a

flagpole at the top of

One Times Square.

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E-Learning Modules

available to

employees

KUMC has several e-learning modules for employees.

Topics include:

Career Advancement: Success for the Promotion

Seeker

Management/Leadership: Hiring Competent

Employees, What Every Supervisor Should Know,

and Writing Effective Position Descriptions

Policies & Procedures: Corrective Action, Family &

Medical Leave Act, FLSA, Overtime/Compensatory

Time, Shared Leave, and Workplace Violence

Professional Development: Managing Your Time,

Preventing Harassment in the Workplace, and

Conflict Management.

To complete these trainings, click here. You will need

to use your network username and password to log in.

Money available

for faculty clinical

and translational

research

The Frontiers Pilot and Collaborative Studies Funding Program provides junior (up to and including Assistant Professor level appointment) and established faculty (Associate Professor, Professor level appointments) with research funds to support the development of clinical or translational pilot/feasibility studies and novel methods development in high-priority research areas that will ultimately lead to the submission of peer-reviewed grants.

Ten awards of $30,000 will be made in this funding cycle.

IMPORTANT DATES: Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 Applications due

On or around March 1, 2012 Announcement of awards

NOTE: Submission rules have changed in this second round of funding. For more information, click here. Also, applicants need to notify Associate Dean for Research Dr. Michele Mariscalco at mmariscalco@kumc.edu.

In the Bag

In the Bag dry cleaning service has begun free

pick-ups and deliveries for staff and faculty on the

Wichita Campus, occurring each Tuesday and

Friday in the Human Resources suite. Items to be

cleaned should be dropped off in the Human

Resources suite on Mondays and Thursdays in the

provided dry cleaning bags. Additional information

about this service and dry cleaning bags are available

from Human Resources.

Fun FactsFun FactsFun Facts The first New Year’s Eve

festivities in 1904 consisted of

200,000 revelers attending an

all-day street festival and

late-night fireworks display. The

city banned fireworks in 1907, so

the owner of The New York Times

arranged to have a giant,

illuminated ball lowered at

midnight.

In 1904, the name “Times Square” was given to the

area to commemorate the official opening of the new

headquarters of The New York Times.

The first New Year’s Eve ball, built by a young

immigrant metalworker named Jacob Starr, was made

of iron and wood and adorned with 100 25-watt light

bulbs. It was five feet in diameter and weighed 700

pounds.

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KUSM-W in the News

Dec. 22—Cari Ahlers-Schmidt, PhD, elected to pediatric research society

Dec. 9—New art exhibit by Karen Kramer at the KU School of

Medicine–Wichita

Dec. 6—Dr. Mary Beth Miller wins teaching award

For the latest news about KUSM–W, click here.

KU Pride will take place on Thursday, Jan. 12, at

9 a.m. in the Sunflower Room. Linda Frazier, MD,

MPH, and Liesa Hopper from OB/GYN

Research, will introduce the new birthing

simulation model.

Kansas Journal

of Medicine

The latest issue of the

Kansas Journal of

Medicine is now

available. Click here.

In this latest edition, you’ll find details about:

Six Patients an Hour

Lung Abscess

Helicobacter Pylori

Fish Oil Associated Myopathy

The Silence of Neurosyphilis

The Mount Oread Room,

located in the West Wing

by the student lounge, is

ready for use! This general

meeting room seats

approximately 18 people

with tables, and is equipped with a screen, networked

PC, Blu-Ray/DVD player, computer/video projector,

document camera, sound system, and analog phone line.

For more photos and descriptions of the AV rooms on

the Wichita Campus, click here.

Mount Oread is

now equipped!

Fun FactsFun FactsFun Facts More than 15 million households in the United States

alone watch the Times Square ball drop on TV each

year.

The ball has been lit and lowered every year since

1907, except for 1942 and 1943 when the ceremony

was suspended due to the wartime “dimout” of lights

in New York City. Crowds still gathered in Times

Square during those years and greeted the New Year

with a minute of silence followed by chimes ringing

out from sound trucks at the base of the tower,

reminiscent of the earlier celebrations at Trinity

Church where crowds would gather to “ring out the

old” and “ring in the new.”

In Times Square, more than a ton of confetti drops as

the New Year is officially rung in.

The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is capable of

creating a palette of more than 16 million vibrant

colors.

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How long have you worked at your job? I have held my position for many years, although the reason for my position has

changed along the way and the history is a little unclear. It is said that I started my

job when the ancient Egyptians and Greeks included a baby in their spring New

Year celebrations to signify the rebirth of the crop. Most recently, the Americans

adopted me from the Germans, who also had been using me as a symbol. Thanks

to the media, my position was made popular in 1908, when the “Saturday Evening

Post” featured me on their cover, which they continued to do through 1943.

I’m not bragging, but, across the world, women vie to have their children

represent me by attempting to be the first to deliver, either naturally or by C-

section, the first child born in the New Year in their community.

What are your job responsibilities and what do you like most about your

job? I symbolize the “birth” of the next year, so I generally perform some sort of

ceremonial duty, including chronicling the year’s events or presiding over the year

as a symbol. Although my duties are limited to appearances for a short time at the

beginning of each year, at which time I must appear as an infant, the myth most

associated with me required that I quickly age until I am elderly, like “Father Time,”

with whom I am most closely associated. I must renew my infant-like appearance

by the time the next New Year comes along and, like Santa Claus, I have to put on

a little weight to appear to keep my chubby appearance.

If you’ve taken the StrengthsFinder assessment and are willing to share your top 5 strengths, please tell us what they are and briefly share how

you use them in your job. My 5 Strengths are Futuristic, Connectedness, Significance, Self-Assurance, and

Positivity.

My job is to serve as the symbol to ring in the New Year and bring people

together. It’s pretty special that I represent that, in the New Year especially, we all

have the ability to start fresh, connect with one another, and change lives for a

bright future. I am a fairly important symbol and it’s not really the New Year

celebration without me, so I often like to dress up in a top hat and sash so that

people recognize me and the year I represent.

3 Questions For...

Baby New Year

Department: Holidays

Birthplace: That’s a long story

Say “hello” to...

Ronda Magness

Medical Student

Education Coordinator

Psychiatry

Fun FactFun FactFun Fact Waterford also helped to

design a “Clink-Clink”

iPhone application for virtual

toasts, which enables two

people to make a toast with

images of Waterford

champagne flutes and

cocktail glasses displayed on

their phones’ screens.

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Wanted: Research

Study Participants

If you are involved in a study that is recruiting

subjects and would like to have it listed in Jayhawk

Talk Online, please e-mail wicpa@kumc.edu

with the specifics. Once we draft the copy, we’ll

send it back to you for IRB approval then publish it.

In the community

Love hockey? Receive a

discount on the Wichita

Thunder vs. Tulsa game on

Saturday, Jan. 7, while

supporting the Kansas K-9

ResQ. Click here for more

information.

Congratulations!

Cari Ahlers-Schmidt, PhD, Office of

the Associate Dean for Research,

has been elected to membership in

the Society for Pediatric Research by

the Council of the Society for

Pediatric Research.

Mary Beth Miller, MD, of

St. Francis recently

received the 2011 Doug

Parks, MD, Family

Medicine Volunteer

Preceptor Teaching

Award from the

Department of Family and

Community Medicine. The

award identifies volunteer Faculty members in family

and community medicine who rise to a higher level of

service in the education of future physicians.

Internal Medicine professor Dr.

Donna Sweet was recently elected

to serve as vice chair of the

HealthHIV Board of Directors.

HealthHIV is a national nonprofit

organization that works with local

communities to advance effective

prevention, care, and support for people living with, or

at risk for, HIV.

On Friday, Dec. 16, "Doctor's Notes," a group of singing

3rd-year medical students, didn't miss a beat as they spread

holiday cheer to patients and their families in the Via Christi

Cancer Institute and the Via Christi ChildLife Center at the

hospital on St. Francis.

Please join us for the next KU

Pride day for the United Way

Campaign, Wednesday, Jan. 18.

With supervisor's approval,

you may wear jeans to work if

you purchased a year pass or by purchasing a sticker

for $2.50 in Human Resources. All proceeds will

benefit United Way. For more information, please

contact Tyler Doyle at 3-2649 or

tdoyle@kumc.edu.

KU Pride Day for

United Way

Fun FactFun FactFun Fact Each year, Waterford replaces approximately 288

of the 2,668 custom-made triangle crystals on the

ball with ones of a new theme. For Times Square

2012, the theme is “Let There Be Friendship”

illustrating people holding hands around the world.

The ball has 288 crystals of each past design,

including “Let There Be Love,” “Let There Be

Friendship,” “Let There Be Courage,” “Let There

Be Joy,” and 960 crystals of the original “Let There

Be Light.”

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Money available for

faculty research

Level I - Dean’s F&A Pilot Research Grants

Submission deadline is Monday, Jan. 1

Indirect dollars generated by KUSM–W-sponsored

program grants are made available annually at the

Dean's discretion to stimulation research and

scholarly activity.

The purpose of these grants - up to $1,000 each for

one year - is to provide money to department chairs

and program directors to be used for faculty research

projects, which will include resident research or

scholarly activity. The focus is on faculty research to

encourage individual faculty/faculty teams to develop

research/scholarly themes and minimized research

that is product of any one person's interest for a

short period of time.

Please read the full RFP before applying as significant

changes have been made.

For more information, click here.

Fall/Winter

Wellness Challenge

We’re now in week seven of our

nine-week challenge. Way to go to

all of our teams and individuals who

have taken up the challenge of

staying active during the busy

holiday season! Looking for some

additional ways to increase your

activity level? Try the tips below

adapted from America On the

Move:

1. Tour a local museum or art exhibit. Click here.

2. Volunteer to walk dogs for the Kansas Humane

Society. Click here or find a passion of your own by

clicking here.

1099-Misc

Tax Forms

Beginning in January, your department may receive

copies of the 1099-Misc tax form, which is distributed

by vendors to entities that have earned $600 or more

in rents or compensation.

Please send the 1099-Misc forms to the following

departments:

Federal ID # 48-6029925 to Administrative &

Financial Services (AFS)

Federal ID # 48-1124839 to Administrative &

Financial Services (AFS)

Federal ID # 48-0805658 to the Medical Practice

Association (MPA)

If you have any questions, please call Shirley, AFS, at

293-2600.

IAMSE Web

Seminar Series

Mark your calendars for the upcoming IAMSE Web

Seminar Series on Interprofessional Education. All

sessions will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursdays, Jan. 12,

19, 26, and Feb. 2, 9, and 16. For more information,

contact Marianne Eyles, Faculty Affairs, at 293-3560.

Fun FactsFun FactsFun Facts Designed to withstand high winds, precipitation, and

temperature fluctuation, the crystals, which range in

size from 4 ¾ inches to 5 ¾ inches, are affixed to

the clear acrylic outer skin of the ball via a single bolt

and nut.

In 2010, Waterford introduced the Celtic knot, an

interlocking ribbon pattern meant to evoke the

yellow ribbons used to welcome home soldiers and

red ribbons used to raise AIDS awareness, as the

new design for the crystals on the ball.

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Aches & Pains:

How to Treat Chronic Pain Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Roberts Amphitheater

Sheryl Beard, MD

Senior Associate Director

Family & Community Medicine

KU School of Medicine–Wichita

Did you miss the Nov. 8 lecture about the

Informed Patient with Robert Badgett, MD?

FREE audio recordings and notes are available online at

wichita.kumc.edu/livelearn

within a week after each lecture.

Attention:

Supervisors of

Classified Staff

Classified staff 2011 performance evaluations (and 2012

planning) are due to the Human Resources office on the

Wichita Campus no later than Saturday, Dec. 31. Please

contact Todd Lewis, Director of Human Resources, or

Tracy Clarke and Leona Johnson, Human Resources

Business Partners, for assistance.

Per Kansas Personnel Policy - Article 7 (1-7-10) for classified

employees:

(2) A performance review shall be completed and a rating

assigned [at least annually] in the manner required and on the

forms prescribed by the director. An agency may add additional,

job-related performance criteria and measures to the forms

prescribed by the director, as determined by the appointing

authority.

JTO receives birthdays from Academic and

Student Affairs, MPA, WCGME, the MPH

program, and Human Resources. If you prefer

that your birthday not be published, please notify

the appropriate representative.

Justin Hoskins Dec. 28

Bonnie Tackett Dec. 30

Jean Kirin Dec. 30

Stacey Dimitt Dec. 31

Brent Duran Dec. 31

Derrick Cote Jan. 1

Andee Ellis Jan. 1

Adam Misasi Jan. 1

Bassem Pouphael Jan. 1

Doug Horbelt Jan. 2

Rami Jambeih Jan. 2

Peg Bicker Jan. 3

McGarrett Groth Jan. 3

Marilane Carr Jan. 4

Thomas Kluzak Jan. 4

David McMahon Jan. 4

Liz Barton Jan. 5

Tanyaradzwa Kajese Jan. 5

Travis Stembridge Jan. 6

Helen Matthews Jan. 6

James Early Jan. 7

Kelli Netson Jan. 7

Rick Kellerman Jan. 7

Melissa Yeats Jan. 7

Melissa Gaines Jan. 8

Aveekshit Tripathi Jan. 8

Jasmine Atwal Jan. 9

Furqan Siddiqi Jan. 9

Paul Callaway Jan. 10

Rosey Zackula Jan. 10

Fun FactFun FactFun Fact The 2012 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is a geodesic

sphere that is 12 feet in diameter and weighs 11,875

pounds.

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“Dream Images”

An exhibit of 13 pieces in various media by Karen

Kramer.

William J. Reals Gallery of Art – East

If you have any questions, contact

Anita Peeters, IT, ext. 3-3400.

Don’t miss the JTO

deadline changes for

the holidays

The deadline to submit information for the JTO that

will publish on Wednesday, Jan. 11, will be Tuesday,

Jan. 3, due to the state holiday on Monday, Jan. 2.

Are you looking for a new and fun

way to stay active during the

holidays? Join your co-workers

today, Dec. 28, as Gina Berg, PhD,

PMPH Research assistant

professor, leads us in a

spontaneous Mob Walk, from 2

to 2:15 p.m. in the West Atrium.

Put on Your

Walking Shoes

Classifieds Ad Rules

For Sale

Opal earrings (5mm) in 18k white

gold four-prong settings with push

backs in original jewelry box. New

and never worn. $200. Makes a

great gift! Contact Jennifer at (540)

798-2988 or jswuva@yahoo.com.

Solid cherry coffee table and solid

cherry end table. Excellent

condition. $100 for both. Contact

Brenda at (316) 208-5316.

Delonghi Combi Espresso Coffee

Maker. Prepare excellent espresso,

cappuccino, or filter coffee.

One-year old, excellent condition.

Click here to see details. $75.

Contact chrisw@webbring.com.

If you have an item to buy, sell, or

trade, consider listing it as a FREE

classified ad in JTO. This service is

available to students, residents,

faculty, staff, and others who work

for KU, MPA, and affiliates.

Remember, you must resubmit – by

e-mailing wicpa@kumc.edu or

calling 293-2643 – to list an item

again!

Fun FactFun FactFun Fact

The interior of the ball is illuminated by 432

Philips light bulbs (208 clear, 56 red, 56 blue,

56 green, and 56 yellow), and 96 high-intensity

strobe lights, which together create bright

bubbling bursts of color. The exterior of the

ball features 90 rotating pyramid mirrors that

reflect light back into the audience in Times

Square.

Pediatrics

General Pediatrician

General Pediatrician

Neonatologist (PT)

Pediatric Diagnostic Cardiologist

Pediatric Intensivist

Pediatric Pulmonologist

Psychiatry

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Child & Adolescent Psychologist

Geriatric Psychiatrist

Research Assistant Professor

Office of Research

Senior Scientist/Director of

Mid-Continent Center for

Outcomes and Health Services

Research

Faculty

Family and Community

Medicine

Clinical Scholar

Geriatrician (2 FTEs)

Internal Medicine

Ambulatory Care/General Internal

Medicine (3 FTEs)

Cardiologist (2 FTEs)

Dermatologist (2 FTEs)

Endocrinologist (2 FTEs)

Endocrinologist (2 FTEs)

Gastroenterologist (2 FTEs)

Hematologist/Oncologist (2 FTEs)

Hospitalist (6 FTEs)

Infectious Disease Specialist (3 FTEs)

Infectious Disease, Chief

Neurologist

Neurologist

Pulmonary/Critical Care (2 FTEs)

Rheumatologist (2 FTEs)

Orthopaedic Surgery

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic

Surgery

Staff

Preventive Medicine and

Public Health

Counselor/Research Assessor-limited

term (2 FTEs)

Counselor/Research Assessor (PT)-

limited term (2 FTEs)

Project Director

Research Assistant

Research Associate

Psychiatry

PRN Pool

Research Associate

Research Nurse (2 FTEs)

Surgery

Research Associate

WCGME

Resident Education Specialist

For more information, contact Leona

Johnson, HR, ext. 3-2615, or

ljohnson7@kumc.edu. For a

complete and up-to-date listing, click

on JOB VACANCIES.

Career Opportunities

Next JTO deadline is

noon, Tuesday, Jan.

3. Please e-mail items

of interest to Public

Affairs at

wicpa@kumc.edu.

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