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Spring Ahead This Weekend!
Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 2:00 a.m.
Set your clocks AHEAD one hour.
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Autism 3/9
The Department of Psychiatry's Grand Rounds this week will be on a topic of interest to pediatricians.
James McCracken, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA, will present "Autism Controversies: What Do We Really Know?" on Tuesday, March 9 at 3:00 in the Parlow Auditorium.
Dr. Jennifer Yee receives Liu Young Investigator Award, Weitzman Award
Dr. Jennifer Yee (Faculty, Div. of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism) has been named the recipient of the 2010 Liu Young Investigator Award and the 2010 Weitzman Award.
These awards are given annually to an outstanding young investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA. Dr. Yee completed her pediatric endocrinology fellowship training here at Harbor-UCLA and became a faculty member in 2007. Her main research interest is in the mechanisms of the development of obesity. She is currently using stable isotope techniques to study the fatty acid metabolic pathways in a rat model of prenatal nutritional programming of adult obesity. In parallel, she is also studying the plasma fatty acid composition of infants exposed to in utero nutritional imbalance. The goal of these projects is to evaluate fatty acid pathways as potential targets for obesity prevention. Dr. Yee is also studying the timing of development of cardiovascular disease in young adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
Congratulations!
Help a teen be Cinderella for a Day
From Nancy McGrath
Hi all. I volunteer with Working Wardrobes, an organization that empowers men, women, and young adults in life crises to confidently enter the workforce with career development and wardrobe services. Each year they sponsor a day for deserving high school girls in need of formal wear for their prom, called "Cinderella for a Day". I'm collecting old dresses (long and short, all sizes), purses, shoes, and accessories (jewelry, wraps). They're especially in need of size 12 and above! Please ask your friends, daughters, sisters and moms to check the far reaches of their closets as I'm sure there's an old bridesmaid or prom dress hiding back there! I'm happy to collect everything for drop off at WW. The deadline is Wednesday, February 24th so they'll have time to clean and repair things as needed.
We can all remember how much fun we had at our high school proms, so let's try and make it a memorable day for these young ladies! My daughter and I have volunteered at this event for 10 years and are so moved by the joy on these young faces! Please call or email me with any questions!
Thanks so much!
Bake for Haiti
From Videth Mak:
Hello Everyone-
I am putting together a bakesale: this Friday Feb 5th around 1030 am to 2pm in the elevator lobby at Harbor. 100% of proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders towards their Haiti efforts. I figured if we can't go and help, why not donate to Drs that are there!
Show off some of your baking skills (or you can buy an already baked item to sell) and bake for this cause. Your donated baked good would be greatly appreciated!
Feel free to also come by and buy a treat from the booth.
Attached is a link on the DWOB website to show some of the work they have done in Haiti. I have already called to make sure I can donate to DWOB specifically their Haiti efforts.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/allcontent.cfm?id=31
Thanks, Videth
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Commended by ACGME
The Pediatric Critical Care fellowship program at Harbor-UCLA was commended by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program was held up as an example for incorporating activities that teach competencies to fellows, specifically those related to professionalism, cultural competency and bioethics, and interpersonal skills and communication. The ACGME has posted information about the Harbor Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship’s learning programs in the notable practices section on their website.
The newsletter can be viewed by clicking on the attachment.
Divisions of Neonatology and Pediatric Endocrinology to Present at WSPR
Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics will once again be well-represented at the Western Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting January 27-30, 2010, in Carmel, CA.
On Friday, Jan. 29, Dr. Jennifer Yee (faculty, Div. Pediatr. Endocrinology) will speak on "In vivo and ex vivo models of enhanced adipocyte differentiation in intrauterine growth restricted neonatal rats" at 8:45 am at the Carlson Hall (Church of the Wayfarer).
Dr. John Torday (Faculty, Div. Neonatology) will lecture on "Evolutionary biology as a cipher for neonatal lung biology and disease" at 9:15 at Sanctuary (All Saints Church).
Dr. Nghia Truong (fellow, Div. Neonatology) will present his research, "Postnatal rosiglitazone administration to neonatal rat pups does not alter the adult metabolic phenotype" at 11:45 at Sanctuary. Dr. Truong's research mentor is Dr. Virender Rehan (Div. Neonatology).
Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics Faculty Named SoCal Super Doctors
Nine faculty members of Harbor-UCLA's Deparment of Pediatrics have been named Southern California Super Doctors by the Los Angeles Magazine. The list appears in the January 2010 issue. Pediatric faculty made up nearly 1/4 of the 37 physicians at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA who were named to the list.
They are:
Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D.
Kenneth R. Huff, M.D.
Adam J. Jonas, M.D.
Margaret A. Keller, M.D.
Wai-Nang Paul Lee, M.D.
ChrisAnna M. Mink, M.D.
Lance Sieger, M.D.
Joel I. Ward, M.D.
Kenneth M. Zangwill, M.D.
Congratulations!
LA BioMed Toy Drive
The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (our research institute) is sponsoring a Toy and Book Drive.
Please drop off new, unwrapped toys and books to Human Resources in building N12 between now and December 18.
Donations will be given to needy children in several programs on- and off-campus, including our Options for Recovery Program and HIV Medicine.
Buy Pie Tuesday 11/24
The Harbor-UCLA Employee Recognition Committee is having a Pie Bake Sale.
Stop by the Hospital Information Desk Lobby between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM tomorrow, November 24.
They will be selling pies (whole or by the slice) and serving coffee, cider, milk and water. Ice cream will be available for pie enhancement.