Dear
Louise
June
2008 Volume 2, Number 5
A publication
of the University of Utah Center on Aging
phone:
801.585.9540
email: aging@hsc.utah.edu
News and Events
Center on Aging 2008 Pilot Grant Awards to be
AnnouncedThe Center on Aging Pilot Grant Program
received 16 grant proposals this year. Pilot grants are currently
under review; the awards are expected to be made in early July.
Center on Aging has Grown to over 80 Faculty
MembersWe officially welcome the following new
members:
Alejandra Bosco (Neurobiology and Anatomy)
Maureen
Henry (Commission on Aging)
Joanne LaFleur
(Pharmacotherapy)
Raminder Nirula (Surgery)
Jared Rutter
(Biochemistry)
Kristine Tanner (Communication Sciences and
Disorders)
We continue to expand and develop the individual
faculty member web pages. Please go to http://aging.utah.edu/about/members/index.html
to review your individual faculty page. In some cases, we are
missing a high resolution digital photo and CV. To upgrade and
update your faculty page, please send materials to louise.tonin@utah.edu.
Center on Aging Faculty Member Spotlight: Lee
DibbleLee Dibble is Co-Director of the Balance and Fall
Prevention Program within the Department of Physical Therapy, and
has received the 2008 College of Health New Investigator Research
Award. Since completion of his PhD, Dr. Dibble has focused on
establishing a clinical research infrastructure within physical
therapy. His on-going research efforts are funded by NIH, as well as
the American Parkinson Disease Association, and focus on
mobility/fall risk in the frail elderly or those with neurologic
disease. Due in large part to Dr. Dibble's efforts and vision, the
division has a successful facility (The University Rehabilitation
and Wellness Clinic). The clinical and research model that Dr.
Dibble has helped create has fostered collaborations for Dr. Dibble
and fellow faculty with researchers in Internal Medicine, Mechanical
Engineering, Neurology, Orthopedics, and Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation.
New Class Offered as Part of the Research Administration
Training SeriesA new class called Publishing SMART: How
to Make Your Article Visible is now being offered through the
Research Administration Training Series. Created by librarians at
the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, it offers
participants a chance to consider the best venues for making their
articles and other scholarly content as visible as possible to
colleagues, students and the general public.
The class
focuses on the current publishing picture, emphasizes new
technologies and methods for delivering content, and shows class
attendees in a hands-on environment how to analyze their own impact
in a given discipline. The class covers tools for evaluating journal
impact factors, online usage, local online availability, retaining
copyrights, and submission to online archives. These tools include
ISI's Journal Citation Report, University of Utah online usage
reports, Science Commons' Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine, the
NIH Manuscript Submission System / PubMed Central, and submission to
USpace (the University of Utah Institutional Repository).
If
you want to publish SMART, enroll in this class and learn how to
achieve that goal and maximize your scholarly impact. To register
for the class, go to http://education.research.utah.edu/detail.cfm?class=54.
For more information, contact allyson.mower@utah.edu,
581-5263.
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 About our logo: The bristlecone
pine tree (Pinus longaeva) -
the earth’s oldest inhabitant
with a life span of 4,000 years -
is found only in Utah and
five other western states.
Its extraordinary longevity and
ability to adapt and
survive in extremely harsh
environmental conditions
above 10,000 feet embodies the
investigative spirit
and mission of the Utah Center on
Aging.
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If you
have questions about the University of Utah Center on Aging, please
visit us online at http://aging.utah.edu
801-585-9540 or aging@hsc.utah.edu
Best,
Mark
A. Supiano, MD
Executive Director - Center on
Aging
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