January 2008

OSU Pride Works!

Human resources director Sandy Cooper (red jacket) with physical plant staff members Joe Cornell, Don Pressnall, Bobby Kuhn, Wes Horton, Jeff Glore, Michael Carnes, Candice Blevins, Mike Thompson and (from HR) Tammy Lawson.  Not pictured: Jeff Evans, Randy Brown, Bob Garlett, John Huestis, Al Perrin and Gary Stone. Shelley Houk OSU Pride Works! honored Shelley Houk and the physical plant employees in December. Houk is OSU’s Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act manager. Her nomination says Houk “exemplifies OSU Pride in every way, from her smile to her attire but, most of all, for her customer service. She is considerate of all: patients, students, staff and faculty.” Physical plant employees were nominated for showing “real team work and service attitudes with a smile. Each and every time a work request is completed, they will follow up to see if anything further is needed or if the job was completed to satisfaction. The entire department should be applauded for going the extra mile.”   New club achieving goal   Brandon Green and Julia Huang OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s International Medicine Club (IMC) is achieving its goal to give students a chance to study in other countries and to host foreign students here. Two foreign medical students visited Tulsa for rotations during fall semester and more are expected says Brandon Green, MS-III, who helped start the OSU club in 2006. Green now serves as the local exchange officer coordinating the paper work and logistics of the exchanges with the help of McKaila Klugh, MS-II, OSU IMC president.  IMC is a member of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, an independent federation of medical students’ associations throughout the world.  Medical student Julia Huang came to Tulsa from Taiwan through the IFMSA and OSU’s club. She studied at Morton Health Clinic with Dr. Michael Opong-Kusi and at OSU Medical Center with Dr. Joseph Knight and Dr. Jeff Hunt,.  She focused on infectious diseases and internal medicine, learning about conditions such as diabetic ketoacidosis (she says less than one percent of the Taiwanese population has diabetes) and cystic fibrosis. “It is valuable to experience something totally different,” Huang says about the medical center and the United States. “It is like a brand new world.”  Green says the IFMSA puts the whole world at a student’s fingertips. “The federation has approximately 100 countries with organizations and representatives. It makes it easier to go abroad to rotations and it gives us contacts all over the world.  We can participate in bilateral exchanges and we are able to send more of our students overseas than if we only did unilateral exchanges,” he says. Green has been part of the exchange process. He recently completed an obstetrics elective in France. Another OSU student has gone abroad and a third is scheduled. Green says two more foreign students are expected in Tulsa early this year, and more in the fall.

December events iced

Shelly Johnson and the Grinch (emcee Ryan Miller) at the OSU-CHS Who-ville Holiday Feast. Ice, power outages and campus closure marked December at OSU-CHS. Pizza was the order of the day at the Who-ville Holiday lunch, where an OSU Pride Works! award was presented to the physical plant department.  Drawings were held for the Staff Advisory Council ham and turkey and for door prizes including gift cards, tote bag, OSU Medicine blankets from the alumni association, a Disney gift bag, a Dr. Pete T-shirts and percussion hammers.

Round of Applause

Laurie Clark, D.O., received “Case Author of the Year” award from the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners.  She received the highest ranking in a competitive field including case development committee participation, number of cases authored and accepted and comprehensive case template completion.

Kayse Shrum, D.O , was appointed to the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, by the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists of the American Osteopathic Association.

Scott Hendrickson, D.O. and Montgomery Roberts, D.O. were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American College of Osteopathic Internists  at Annual Convention of the American College of Osteopathic Internists.

Stanley E. Grogg, D.O. and Barbara C. Grogg, published JAOA article Inter-country Adoptions: Medical Aspects for the Whole Family.

Grant from Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center, sub-contract for $55,000/yr for 3 years; grant from Lance Armstrong Foundation, $50,000/yr for 3 years. Richard Perry.

Awarded $500,000 for instrumentation for the new H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Center for Forensic Sciences; received 2007 Director’s Award for service by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Robert Allen, Ph.D.

Presentations

“System to evaluate the effect of triclosan on cell envelope lipid composition in exponential-phase Pasteurella multocida” presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago. Chaired Biosafety and Biosecurity section. Frank Champlin, Ph.D.

“Estrogen mediated protection against invasive E. coli via both estrogen receptor and mitogen-activated protein kinase dependent pathway” presented at the Nuclear Receptors in Liver and Digestive Diseases Workshop, Rockville, Md. Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.

“Virtual microscopy in the medical histology course at OSU-College of Osteopathic Medicine,” and “Ultrastructural features of a human placenta with acute chorioamnionitis,” platform presentations - 2007 Oklahoma Microscopy Society and Oklahoma Academy of Sciences. Bill Meek, Ph.D. and others.

“Co-exposure of heavy metals and psychostimulants alter dopamine transporter (DAT) density without changes in DAT function,” poster presented at the 24th International Neurotoxicology Conference, San Antonio, Tex. David Wallace, Ph.D.

R. Tom Glass, D.D.S., Ph.D., presented “Transmission of diseases by the toothbrush, denture, and athletic mouth-guards” to the Greater St. Louis Dental Society.           

Poster Presentations - 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego:

“Estrogen decreases the latency to begin water intake without differentially affecting plasma osmolality in ovariectomized rats given a hypertonic NaCl infusion.”  Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.

“Glutaminase immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons during unilateral adjuvant-induced arthritis.” Ken Miller, Ph.D., E.M. Hoffman, K.M. Edwards.

“Increased levels of phosphate-activated glutaminase in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons following intrathecal administration of 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine.” Ken Miller, Ph.D., E.M. Hoffman, K.M. Edwards, R. Schechter.

“Insulin’s role in neuronal damage.”  Ken Miller, Ph.D., R. Schechter.

“A small domain in the C-terminal tail of muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors is necessary for expression on the plasma membrane.” Greg Sawyer, Ph.D.

“Identification of functional sites in the auxiliary AMPA receptor subunit stargazin affecting glutamate desensitization and kainate efficacy.” Doris Patneau, PH.D., Dorothy Turetsky, Ph.D., Yanina Levchenko-Lambert. 

Publications:

“The Oct DNA motif participates in the alcohol inhibition of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene promoter in rat C6 glioma cells”, Brain Research 1179:16-27, 2007. Randall Davis, Ph.D.

“Ultrastructural features of a human placenta with acute chorioamnionitis,” Oklahoma Microscopy Newsletter, 29:25, 2007.Virtual Microscopy in the Medical Histology Course at OSU-College of Osteopathic Medicine, Oklahoma Microscopy Newsletter, 29:27, 2007. Bill Meek, Ph.D. and others

“Glutaminase immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons during unilateral adjuvant-induced arthritis,” Proc. Soc. Neurosci. 722.8, 2007.  Ken Miller, Ph.D., E.M. Hoffman, K.M. Edwards.

“Increased levels of phosphate-activated glutaminase in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons following intrathecal administration of 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine,” Proc. Soc. Neurosci. 722.10, 2007.  Ken Miller, Ph.D., E.M. Hoffman, K.M. Edwards and R. Schechter.

“Insulin’s role in neuronal damage,” Proc. Soc. Neurosci. 155.11, 2007.  Ken Miller, Ph.D. and R. Schechter.

“Cysteine pairs in the third intracellular loop of the muscarinic M1 Acetylcholine receptor play a role in agonist-induced internalization,” Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 324:196-2005, 2008. Greg Sawyer, Ph.D. and others.

“External genital morphology of the ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta): Females are naturally ‘masculinized’,” Journal of Morpholog, published online. Anne Weil, Ph.D.

Identification of functional sites in the auxiliary AMPA receptor subunit stargazin affecting glutamate desensitization and kainate efficacy. Program No. 876.12. 2007. Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2007. Published online. Doris Patneau, Ph.D., Dorothy Turetsky, Ph.D. and other.

Manuscript reviews:

Journal of Microbiological Methods, Frank Champlin, Ph.D.; Physiology and Behavior - Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.; Journal of Hepatology -. Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.; Toxicology - David Wallace, Ph.D.; Cretaceous Research - Anne Weil, Ph.D.