Policies & Procedures
UIC Heart and Mind Clinic Already Implementing New AHA Recommendations
The American Heart Association last week recommended that heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression. The publication “Depression and coronary heart disease: recommendations for screening, referral, and treatment: a science advisory from the prevention committee of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Nursing Council, Clinical Cardiology Council, Epidemiology and Prevention Council, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcome Research” appeared in the journal Circulation (http://circ.ahajournals.org). The Department of Psychiatry has been at the forefront of this initiative. Early this year, the department established the Heart and Mind Clinic, a joint clinic with the Department of Medicine/Cardiology, co-directed by Radmila Manev, M.D., and Dr. Mladen I. Vidovich, M.D. from Cardiology. The clinic has been successfully implementing the AHA recommendations.
S. Pandey Presents Grand Rounds at Yale
Subhash Pandey, PhD gave grand rounds at CT Mental Health Center in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University September 29-30. His presentation was entitled “Signaling to epigenetic mechanisms in anxiety and alcohol abuse disorders.”
Dr. Leventhal will present “Developmental Disorders Through the Prism of Science, Students, and Service: a Personal Odyssey,” at the Honors Presentation 8 on Friday, October 31, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. For more information on the award, contact Adam Lowe, AACAP Communications Coordinator, at 202.966.7300 x 154 or alowe@aacap.org.
Mustanski Publishes Paper on Link Between Alcohol & HIV Medication Adherence
The current issue of the journal Health Psychology features an article, “The Temporal Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and HIV-Medication Adherence: A Multilevel Model of Direct and Moderating Effects” co-authored by Brian Mustanski, Ph.D. Citation information: Vol. 27, No. 5, 628-637.
Free Flu Shots Available Thursday on East Campus, Next Tuesday on West Campus
The UIC College of Pharmacy, the UIC Benefits Service Center and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services will provide flu shots at no charge to eligible State of Illinois employees and retirees. Employees and retirees enrolled in the Quality Care Health Plan (QCHP) or State-sponsored managed care plans (HMO) are eligible to receive the flu shot. Dependents, spouses, contractual workers, volunteers, consultants, part-time employees, students, and employees who opted out of state health insurance coverage are not eligible. Shots will be given on East Campus on Thursday, Oct. 9, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., at Student Center East - Room 613 of the Conference Tower, 750 S. Halsted St. Shots will be given on West Campus on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., at Student Center West, Chicago Room A, 828 S. Wolcott St. All recipients must present a state-sponsored health insurance card; employees must also present an I-Card; retirees and survivors must also present a state ID or drivers license. Please direct questions on the free flu shot program to UIC Benefits Service Center at 6-6471 or the UIC College of Pharmacy at 6-6300.
WEIDEN, DAVIS TO PRESENT AT 1ST MIDWEST SCHIZOPHRENIA CONF. OCT. 24,
The first Midwest Schizophrenia Conference will be held Friday Oct. 24 at the new UIC Forum on East Campus. Peter Weiden, M.D., and John Davis, M.D., will present. Doctors John Csernansky, Sheldon Preskorn and Ron Diamond, nationally renowned experts in the field, will also present. The event will be from 10 a.m., to 4 p.m., 725 W. Roosevelt Rd, on the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608. For more information and to register, visit http://www.francefoundation.com/midwest-schiz/.
College of DuPage to Host Conference on Treating Trauma Survivors
A three-day conference titled “Treating Trauma Survivors: Prolonged Exposure Therapy Training for PTSD with a Focus on Our Returning Warriors,” will be offered Nov. 19-21 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. Participants in the program, sponsored by the Center for Deployment Psychology, DuPage Medical Group, and COD, will receive Continuing Education Credits. The fee for registrants who pay by Nov. 1, the fee is $249; after Nov. 1 the fee is $299. Graduate student rate is $199. To register by phone, contact Vicki Shargo at 630-942-2180.
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Policies & Procedures
Over the next few months we will be providing and implementing Department Electronic, Network, Computing Policies and Procedures. All Department Policies and Procedures will be reviewed and endorsed by the Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) prior to presenting to the Department.
Because of our relationship to UIC and College of Medicine there are some Policies we automatically inherit. Two such policies:
- Information Security Policy - The University of Illinois
- University Guidelines on the Sale, Donation, or Transfer of Computer Hard Drives and Other Magnetic Media
These policies can be found on our web site using the following link: https://intranet.psych.uic.edu/is/ you will be required to "log-in" to access these policies.
We will make both of these policies (along with others forth coming) a part of new employee orientation, but to those of us already in the system we are asking that each of you please take the time to read these policies.
If you have any questions concerning any policy or procedure please contact Lloyd Keith, thank you.
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