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PathWays

A monthly newsletter focusing on UW Medicine Pathology faculty, trainees and staff

March 2008
Volume 4, Issue 3

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Meeting and Event Calendar, News and Seminar Announcements

Please visit the UW Medicine Pathology homepage or the MyPath intranet site for information on public and internal Pathology news and events.

MyPath Calendar
Did you know that you can view all Pathology sponsored lectures/seminars and events on your MyPath calendar? Just click on the Show Pathology Events button on the upper left corner of the Calendar section of MyPath.

MyPath Calendar with Pathology events/seminars listed                     MyPath Calendar without Pathology events/seminars listed
             

Employee of the Quarter Nominations
Nominations for the UW Medicine Pathology Fall Employee of the Quarter are due by Friday, March 21^st. Click here to submit your nomination.

Save the Date Announcements

UW Medicine Mini-Med School
You're invited to UW Medicine's 2008 Mini-Medical School, a six-part series of exciting lectures and demonstrations designed to teach you about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research under way at the University of Washington. The series is hosted on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, February 5th to March 11th. Click here to view the entire schedule. Please visit the UW Medicine Mini-Med School website for more information.

BizTech 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
HUB Ballroom, Second Floor
BizTech is the annual business and technology fair that showcases important and new business initiatives, technologies, products, and services available on campus for UW staff and faculty.

2008 Alvord Lecture
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Health Sciences Center, Room K-069
Arie Perry, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine

Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas

Washington Weekend/UWMC Open House
The annual Washington Weekend/UWMC Open House features over 65 exhibitors and attracts thousands of high school students and community members to UWMC.
Friday, April 25, 2008 (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Saturday, April 26, 2008 (10:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Please visit the Washington Weekend website for more details

2008 Haggitt Lecture
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Health Sciences Center, Turner Auditorium, Room D-209
Henry Appelman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Health System

Lecture title to be announced

2008 UW Medicine Pathology Retreat
Friday-Saturday, September 12-13, 2008
Faculty Sponsors: Drs. Tom Montine and Mike Laflamme
Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat

2008 Holiday Party
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at the South Campus Center

Science on Tap
A Place to Eat, Drink and Talk About Science
Science on Tap is a place where anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology in a relaxed atmosphere. Science On Tap is committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accessible. Meetings usually last about one to two hours. The speakers give a short talk about their area of interest, followed by a break to fill up on coffee and a time for small group discussions. Afterwards there will be a question and answer session and general discussion of the topic with the speaker and the audience at large.

Meetings are hosted the last Monday of the month. Please visit the Science On Tap website for schedule information.

To register for one of the following sessions, please visit HR's Professional & Organizational Development website:

Monday, March 10, 2008: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM at the HUB, Room 106B
Wednesday, March 26, 2008: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM at the Health Sciences Center, Room T-733

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UW Medicine News

Expansion Plans
Stephen Zieniewicz, UWMC Executive Director, recently announced that the University of Washington Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve the University of Washington Medical Center’s Hospital Expansion Project. Phase I of this two-phase project represents a $170 million dollar capital investment, and is now scheduled to break ground early in 2009.

According to Zieniewicz the Board of Regents approval "is testament to our ongoing dedication and focus on quality and safe patient care here at the University of Washington Medical Center. This important project enables us to continue our successful mission by providing state of the art facilities that support world class healthcare to serve the patients in our community and to provide the necessary teaching resources for the training of our future healthcare professionals within the WWAMI region."

UWMC News

UWMC Ends Sponsorship of Seattle Marathon
Due to questions regarding the amount of charitable contributions collected by race organizers, UWMC has ended its title sponsorship agreement with the Seattle Marathon. UWMC will continue to provide medical support for the annual event hosted Thanksgiving weekend. Read here for more details.

In the News

Dalai Lama to Visit UW
As part of his visit to Seattle for the Seeds of Compassion gathering, the Dalai Lama will speak to UW students on Monday, April 14th from 3-5 PM at the Bank of America Arena. Details available here.

Path People

Employee of the Quarter Celebration for Delores Darrin
Delores Darrin was publicly acknowledged for her exceptional diagnostic skills and technical expertise in Neoplastic Cytogenetics at an award ceremony honoring Delores for her selection as the UW Medicine Pathology Summer 2007 Employee of the Quarter on February 28th. As the Cytogenetics “go to person,” countless faculty members, residents, colleagues, and most importantly, patients, have benefited from Delores' commitment to service, innovation and accountability in support of the Department's diagnostic operations. Delores was also recognized for her ability to incorporate new techniques without compromising turnaround times and for exhibiting a great deal of leadership in pursuit of the highest level of service. Delores has been an exemplary member of the department for the past eighteen years.

The Cytogenetics Team with Delores front and center holding the trophy


Doug Chapman, Delores Darrin and Dr. Tom Norwood                                Doug, Delores and Dr. Christine Disteche
        


New Arrival: Sayer Norberg
Jessica Norberg and her husband are happy to announce the birth of their second child, Sayer Frances Norberg on January 24, 2008. Sayer tipped the scales at 8 lbs, 5 ounces. Pictured below with Sayer are mom and Sayer's Pathology grandmother, Janet Miller. Jessica and Janet work in Autopsy Services at UWMC.



Retirement
Janice Garr is retiring April 1st from the University of Washington after 22 years in and around the Pathology department. She has been working as a program assistant and filling roles in various departmental offices since the early '80's when she started in George Martin's group. She is proficient in many languages including Turkish. Although originally from Montana her retirement plans include traveling to Turkey to teach english. A retirement party is planned for the end of this month, time and location to be determined. Details will be posted on MyPath when they become available.

Jitka Virag Fundraiser Recap
The fundraiser hosted on behalf of former Pathology post-doc Jitka Virag on February 21st was a huge success, raising nearly $4K to support Jitka and her family after she was tragically paralyzed in a bike accident last fall. Jitka worked in the Murry Lab and is now an Assistant Professor in Physiology at East Carolina University. If you could not attend the fundraiser, but would still like to contribute, please visit jitkavirag.com or send donation to:

Jitka Virag Recovery Fund Trust
RBC Centura Bank
2390 Stantonsburg Road
Greenville, NC 27834
Routing #053 100 850, Acct. #0255412250
or visit jitkavirag.com for more information

Please contact Bardia Askari for additional information at bardia_askari@hotmail.com

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Budget/Finance News

Life Sciences Discovery Fund
Program funding opportunity for the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) 08-02. Effective now, Eligible Faculty may access the LSDF website, complete the Letter Of Intent, and submit directly to the LSDF. Faculty are requested to send a copy of the LOI to the Department Chair and the Dean immediately after the deadline for planning purposes.

Please note that this opportunity 08-02 should not be confused with the opportunity 08-01 that just closed.

The copy of the LOI for the Dean of Medicine should be sent to the attention of:

Janell Douglas, Box 356340, or delivered to A300 Health Sciences InGrant Box.

For questions, Janell can be reached at 206-685-7509 or email douglas@u.washington.edu.

Please visit the LSDF website for more information or contact LSDF's Grants Manager, Kelly Moutsos, at 206-732-6788 or kelly@lsdfa.org

HR News: Work/Life Events

Happy Anniversary
The following UW Medicine Pathology employees recently attained significant milestones with the department:

Al Aplin: 10 years with Pathology
Al is a Research Scientist in Dr. Roberto Nicosia's Lab

Shelly Barnhart: 5 years with Pathology
Shelly is a Research Scientist in Dr. Karin Bornfeldt's Lab

LTR Update
Human Resources and Pathology Computer Support are pleased to announce a new version of the Leave and Time Reporting system (LTR). We have added some features to make entering your time and leave even easier than before. Also, we have updated the look and feel of the system to try to make it more intuitive to use.

Our biggest new feature is multiple day entry. If you click on a day or unfilled leave event, and then click on another day you will be able to add an event for all of the days selected. Now entering a week's vacation will require 40% less clicking!

As a reminder, if you notice any problems at all with the system, including any problems with this new version, please submit a tech request at https://www.pathology.washington.edu/tech/trd/ and we will assist you as soon as possible. If you have a payroll related question please contact your payroll coordinator.

PCS News

BizTech
Kevin Fleming, Dan Glasser and Greg Lawrence are representing UW Medicine Pathology at the annual BizTech business operations event on Wednesday, March 19th at the Husky Union Building. Their exhibit will promote several of the web-based programs that UW Medicine Pathology has developed, including:

PurchasePath                                                                    LTR
               

PurchasePath Factoids: 18 University of Washington Departments use PurchasePATH. Last year there were 38,503 orders totaling nearly $40 million. The single largest order was $1,076,920 at South Lake Union

LTR Factoids: 4 departments, representing almost one thousand users and twenty thousand time sheets.

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Transportation News

Metro Fare Increase
Effective March 1st, most King County Metro fares increased. Click here to find out the increase impacts your commute.

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