Jeffery A. Lowell, M.D. champions organ donation awareness		Search View past issues

Welfare use more common than many think Many Americans believe that welfare use happens to someone else, to people outside of mainstream society. But a study published in a recent issue of Social Work casts considerable doubt on that notion, finding that nearly two-thirds of all Americans between 20 and 65 will at some point turn to a public assistance program. Full story More Stories
				Intro to ethics Intro to ethics William Edwin Dodson, M.D., associate vice chancellor and associate dean for admissions, leads a discussion with first-year medical students about the issues explored in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit, which was read by professional actors during the School of Medicine's orientation week. View in full Johnston, Wilson receive genetics appointments Johnston H. Mark Johnston, Ph.D., professor of genetics, has been named interim head of the Department of Genetics in the School of Medicine, and Richard K. Wilson, Ph.D., associate professor of genetics and of molecular microbiology, has been named director of the Genome Sequencing Center. Wilson Johnston and Wilson will succeed Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., who will head the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. A search committee will be appointed to seek Waterston's permanent replacement as head of the Department of Genetics. Full story Language skills study needs children Healthy children are needed for a School of Medicine study on developmental language skills. Seven- and 8-year-old boys and girls will be asked to perform language tasks while researchers take pictures of their brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging. Volunteers must be right-handed and native English speakers. Participants will be paid for their time and will receive a free picture of their brain to keep. For more information, call 362-4154.				Mice provide insight into bone metabolism disorders Mice lacking a protein called SHIP (Src homol- ogy 2-containing inositol-5-phosphatase) have twice as many cells that break down bone as normal mice, according to a study led by School of Medicine researchers. Consequently, the mice lose a significant amount of bone density and thickness. These results not only provide insight into diseases of bone metabolism such as osteoporosis, but the mouse strain used in the study also may be the first animal model of a rare genetic disease called juvenile Paget's disease (JPD). Full story Local retirement community focus of study The University's Center for Aging is collaborating with the Jewish Federation of St. Louis to investigate naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs. The Jewish Federation received $1.3 million from the Department of Health and Human Services for the pilot project, the largest of five grants awarded nationally for this type of research. Full story Diabetes walkathon scheduled for Sept. 29 The School of Medicine is supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's 2002 Walk to Cure Diabetes, which will be held Sept. 29 in Forest Park. Funds raised by walkers will benefit the foundation's work to find a cure for diabetes and its complications, including funds for research projects at the University. William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, is the corporate recruitment chair for this year's walk. The medical school's team is seeking participants and team captains. For more information, call 362-6825.

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