The Diversity Week Lecture of January 17th – 20th 2006 can be found on IUSM’s ANGEL server (http://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med). Look under “Information”, then IUSM Info Shares. The directory also contains the recordings of the All School Grand Rounds.

The Diversity Week Special Speakers focus on Health-Care Disparities in Minority Communities.

The talks include:

Health Care Disparities for Women. Haywood Brown, M.D., Chair, Dept. of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine; Durham, NC.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.

Medical Injustice. America Baracho, M.D., Los Angeles Latino Community Leader; Los Angeles, CA.
12:00p-01:00p Wednesday, January 18th, 2006.

Access to Health Care. Sandra Gadson, M.D., President, National Medical Association; Washington, DC.
12:00p-01:00p Thursday January 19th, 2006.

Access to Health Care - A Patient’s Perspective. Kem Moore, HIV/AIDS Activist.
12:00p-01:00p, Friday, January 20th, 2006.

Scientists at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently started their own wiki, OpenWetWare, devoted to sharing lab protocols and data among biology groups worldwide. This resource extends Open Access concepts to lab protocols. OpenWetWare is located on the web at http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Its statement of purpose reads:
OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. OWW provides a place for labs, individuals, and groups to organize their own information and collaborate with others easily and efficiently. In the process, we hope that OWW will not only lead to greater collaboration between member groups, but also provide a useful information portal to our colleagues, and ultimately the rest of the world.

What is a Wiki?

This event will take place on Tuesday January 11, 2006.

——– The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced video training sessions on their new grant application process through Grants.gov and the SF424(R&R) form set. The NIH will require grant submission and the use of these new forms by May 2007, so these telecasts will be of special interest to those interested in applying for NIH funding in the near future.

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* Bloomington campus: 8:30-12:00 PM EST, Sponsored Research Services (SRS) Conference Room, Carmichael Center, Room L03

Please contact Cindy Curvin at ccurvin@indiana.edu to register as seating is limited.

*Indianapolis campus: 12:30-4:00 PM EST, Riley Outpatient Center (ROC) Auditorium

Please contact Deborah Clark at 278-3473 or e-mail debclark@iupui.edu to register (please include ‘NIH Training Session’ in the subject line if using e-mail).
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Representatives from Sponsored Research Services (SRS) will also be available to answer general questions and discuss alternative training opportunities.

The following holidays the Medical Library will be closed as Medical Library policy is be closed on all official campus holidays.
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