NYCU News You Can Use, week of March 14, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- Swag Day 3/16!
- Pilot for Drop-in Childcare for Student Caregivers
- Vote for the Martens Lab 2nd round! (see below!)
- Heritage Seminar - Erin Garcia
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Chair Chat
Dear M&I,
Yesterday eligible faculty and staff received an email from Michigan Medicine Engagement Survey with an invitation to participate in the 2023 Press-Ganey Vital Voices Faculty and Staff survey. I can almost hear the groans! I know many of us feel “survey fatigue” and it is unfortunate that this survey is coming out just after the ADVANCE survey that many faculty also filled out, so I do understand the fatigue. Disappointingly, those two survey instruments do not talk to each other (one is campus and one is Michigan Medicine) and are analyzed for different things. Many of you have reached out to say it is silly to do the Press-Ganey survey within the medical school every year when you can’t make meaningful changes within a one-year time frame on many of the big picture questions. I tend to agree with this as well, but having said that, I am asking you to please take the time to do it anyway. Here is why.
- This survey provides year over year information about how our faculty and staff feel about Michigan Medicine and our leadership and compares it to many other peer academic medical centers who are facing similar challenges. If Michigan scores are significantly different than national averages, that gets the attention of people who can empower the changes and provide resources as needed.
- U-M campus leadership (President/Provost) uses this survey to gauge trust in Michigan Medicine executive leadership (the Dean’s office) and the Department Leadership (me). The survey is anonymous, and it is your chance to provide a report card of sorts each year. There is an open comment box at the end of the survey where you can provide any comments you want to be seen by me, the deans and the Campus leadership. I personally value this feedback. ALSO, they updated the survey so you opt into the appropriate research and education questions without the clinical ones for most of us!
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Finally, to encourage participation, you can register at the end of the survey for one of 4 Apple Watches to be given away….two to be given on March 16th…so take the survey early to have a better chance to win!
If you missed the email (or it went to your med.umich account) here are links you can use to be sure your voice is heard.
Generic Links:
2023 Faculty Survey:
The password convention for both Faculty and Staff is as follows:
- 8-digit employee ID (UMID) and last two digits of birth year.
- (Example: UMID is 12345678 and birth year is 1979, password will be 1234567879).
No identifying information will be reported to Michigan Medicine with your response.
Thanks in advance for filling out the survey this year and every year!
Sincerely,
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
14th - Scientist Appreciation Day
14th - π Day!
17th - St. Patrick's Day
20th - National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
20th - Spring begins!
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Tuesday, March 14th @ 1pm: Admin Team Virtual Drop-in Office Hours Join via Zoom, Passcode: Team
Wednesday, March 15th @ 10:00am: Drop-in IT Office Hours
Open office hours with our IT liaisons, Deb McCaffrey and Ryan Echlin; bring all of your IT questions and issues.
Wednesday, March 15th @ noon: Immunology Seminar
Amanpreet Kaur, Ph.D. (Malini Raghavan Lab)
Microbiology and Immunology Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MPN-linked calreticulin mutations target HLA class I expression in an allotype-dependent manner
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Guolei Zhao, Ph.D. (Teresa O’Meara Lab)
Microbiology and Immunology Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Deciphering the genetic circuitry governing skin colonization of Candida auris
MEDICAL SCIENCE BLDG 1 - Room 5330 RSVP
Thursday, March 16th @ noon: M&I Heritage Seminar
Erin Garcia, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
University of Kentucky
Bacterial swordfights: Cell-cell antagonism in Burkholderia species
5330 MS I
Friday, March 17th @ noon: 812
Adam Hafner, Grad Student, Wobus Lab
Jessica Li, Grad Student, Lin Lab
3697 MS II WLH
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Caity Holmes has organized the virtual Klebsiella seminar series for the past 2 years and is currently planning this year’s session as well. So far they have 3 times more applicants for the virtual poster session than ever before. Well done Caity on organizing such a great meeting!
Great to see our post-docs being so successful in and out of the lab!
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To show M&I’s appreciation for all of your contributions to making our department great, please come by the main office between 10:00-2:00 on Thursday, March 16th to pick-up some M&I swag!
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Students, CEW+ is partnering with the On-Campus Childcare Centers to pilot drop-in childcare for student caregivers. The intent of the program is to provide student caregivers with licensed drop-in childcare to allow caregivers time alone to focus on their wellness, academic, and household needs (e.g. napping, errands, studying, homework, exercise, campus events, time alone with partner, worship, etc.). For this pilot, we will only be able to offer a select number of hours on one day a week. We need your input to determine what time will work best for the most students caregivers possible.
Please share with us all of the potential times that your family would be able to utilize this program so we can be as inclusive as possible of all families. During the pilot phase, we will be starting with preschool aged children with the possibility of expanding access if the pilot is successful. Fill out this Drop-In Childcare Pilot survey to give us your input. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Want to learn more about:
- Retirement readiness
- Early career kickstart
- Promotion packet dos and don’ts
- Mid-career development
- Developing your educator’s portfolio
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STAT Madness!
The Martens Lab has made it to Round 2, but we're behind! We need your help (your votes!) to make it to Round 3.
The study is about adaptations in human gut bacteria to digest edible seaweeds like carrageenan and the nori wrappers used in sushi preparation.
Thanks and Go Blue!
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info |
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Please join Steve Kunkel, Executive Vice Dean for Research and Chief Scientific Officer for Michigan Medicine, Karl Jepsen, Associate Dean for Research, and Medical School Research Directors on Tuesday, March 14 (10:00-11:00) for a “Great Minds, Greater Discoveries” Bold Science interactive, virtual event.
- Learn about the Bold Science Research Scouts Program
- Each scout has $150,000 to invest in Medical School faculty performing novel and potentially transformative research
- How can you submit an idea for consideration?
- Who are the scouts?
- Contribute to the creation of a long-term, sustainable Bold Science program at UMMS
- Join a roundtable discussion facilitated by Research Directors
- Victoria Blanc, Director, Central Biorepository
- Kate Huffman, Associate Director, Clinical Trials Support Office
- Erin Kaleba, Director, Data Office
- Bradley Martin, Director, Fast Forward for Medical Innovation
- Mike Ranella, Associate Director, Fast Forward for Medical Innovation
- Provide your vision for transformative biomedical research at the University of Michigan
- We want to hear from you!
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Cellular Biotechnology Training Program Symposium
Are you interested in biotech? If so, please join the Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) for our annual symposium on Thursday, April 6th 2023 from 1-5 PMin the NCRC Building 18 Dining Hall. Here for more details. |
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Faculty Position - U. of Akron
The department of Biology at the University of Akron seeks to fill a non-tenured-track position for teaching Microbiology and Immunology (see ad.)
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The Department of Natural Sciences at Kettering University is seeking a Lecturer in Biology for an immediate opening, with a start date of March 27 for classes beginning April 3, 2023. These courses include BIOL-331, Biological Techniques II, BIOL-381, Molecular Biology (lecture), and BIOL-382, Molecular Biology Laboratory. BIOL-331 and BIOL-381 are taught on Tuesdays and Fridays, while the BIOL-382 lab runs on Wednesday afternoon. Syllabi and some class materials are available for reference. This position will be needed through the following academic year with annual renewal after that, and course offerings will include Genetics, Biochemistry I and II and similar undergraduate biology and biochemistry topics. If interested, applicants may visit https://jobs.kettering.edu/postings/7462 to apply with a CV and other materials. Questions may be directed to Daniel Ludwigsen, Department Head, at dludwigs@kettering.edu. |
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Faculty Workshop: Communicating the value of your research to a broad audience
This workshop will address this challenge by teaching the importance of value propositions and communicating research in a way that makes it compelling for every audience. Often referred to as the “elevator pitch,” participants will have the opportunity to create one for their research that can be used at any social gathering, departmental meeting, or professional conference.
Date: Thursday, May 11 Time: 10 a.m. – Noon Location: Zoom Register
This workshop is sponsored by FastForward, Office of Faculty Development, and MICHR.
This workshop is hosted by the Office of Faculty Development and is intended for faculty. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this workshop or have questions about accessibility, please contact us at UMMS-Faculty-Development@med.umich.edu.
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Total and subgenomic RNA viral load in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants. Dimcheff DE, Blair CN, Zhu Y, Chappell JD, Gaglani M, McNeal T, Ghamande S, Steingrub JS, Shapiro NI, Duggal A, Busse LW, Frosch AEP, Peltan ID, Hager DN, Gong MN, Exline MC, Khan A, Wilson JG, Qadir N, Ginde AA, Douin DJ, Mohr NM, Mallow C, Martin ET, Johnson NJ, Casey JD, Stubblefield WB, Gibbs KW, Kwon JH, Talbot HK, Halasa N, Grijalva CG, Baughman A, Womack KN, Hart KW, Swan SA, Surie D, Thornburg NJ, McMorrow ML, Self WH, Lauring AS; Investigating Respiratory Viruses in the Acutely Ill (IVY) Network.
J Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 8:jiad061. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad061. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36883903
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Phyllis Hanson (Chair, Biochemistry), Beth Moore (Chair, M&I), Kathy Spindler (Professor, M&I) at Professor Ono's Installation
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