You are invited to our next presentation on Wednesday March 27th at the Madsen Health Center for our Ask the Expert Women’s Health series. This month’s topic is “Nutrition and Your Brain”.

Rachel Jones, Assistant Professor, College of Health at the University of Utah will discuss:

• the best functional food and nutrients for your brain
• which food and nutrients can help with depression
• how the brain is affected when we live at elevations above 2000ft

This is not your typical nutrition presentation….you will leave with information about how and why your environment & nutrition choices can influence your physical and emotional well-being!

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The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Health Sciences Student Council (HSSC) welcome you to an informational session.

Join us:

March 20, 2013 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in the Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), room 3515 B.

We will enjoy light refreshments and learn:

• What is the difference between sex and gender?
• How do sex and gender affect health?
• Why is it important to include sex and gender differences in research?
• Where can I find more information and resources?
• What is the Office of Research on Women’s Health?

Questions? Contact Amy Honisett at amy.honisett@utah.edu or 801-587-9246

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a collection of more than 17 million items and their new book, Hidden Treasure, showcases a collection of rare and surprising pieces found in the collection. Michael Sappol is the editor of this fascinating collection and a curator-historian at NLM.

Among the items featured in the collection are photographs of international nurse uniforms, dental cartoons, health and hygiene puzzle blocks from China, U.S. Army malaria pinup calendars, Adolf Hitler’s X-rays, and a volume on the art of palm reading. Each item highlighted in the book has been specially selected and is paired with a commentary from a scholar on the history and significance of the item. “Some things are charming and entertaining. Others are disturbing to look at, or document terrible things,” Sappol says. “There’s a lot in the book. In some cases it’s a document of human suffering, showing the diseases and afflictions people have. In other cases, it’s a document of ingenuity and coming up with treatments.”¹

Hidden Treasure is available as a free download from NLM’s Digital Collections or, if you’d like a hardcopy to entertain your guests, you can purchase it through major online booksellers. You can also find a review in The New York Times.

1 http://infocus.nlm.nih.gov/2012/07/new-book-reveals-nlm-hidden-tr.html

Book Cover: http://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/v20i2/hidden-treasures-at-nlm

Solutions  for known issue when trying to  Sign in to NCBI via library’s EZproxy (off-campus access button.)

Two options for University of Utah users listed below:

1. Sign in to NCBI via library’s EZproxy at https://ezproxy.lib.utah.edu/login?url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/signin/ — bookmark this!
2. Or use two browsers or two tabs:
   1. Open PubMed first, sign in to NCBI
   2. then Open new tab or browser and log in via “off-campus access” button from the library homepage.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program is excited to introduce the TRI University Challenge! 

Through this new initiative, EPA is challenging the academic community to find innovative and creative ways to use TRI data to promote more informed decision-making and action on the part of communities, manufacturers, and government. Project ideas may range from one semester to multi-year research or coursework as long as the projects increase the knowledge, use, and understanding of TRI data and other related information. Priority will be given to projects related to one or more of the following topics:

• Pollution Prevention and Sustainability
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technology and Data Mashups
• Environmental Education

Institutions whose project proposals are selected will serve as TRI University Challenge partners. Partners will receive direct non-monetary support from EPA TRI staff experts, and, depending on the outcome of their project, may receive national recognition for their project as well as speaking opportunities at conferences and events. Applicants who are not prepared to submit project ideas this spring are encouraged to submit project proposals during the next open application period.

Sample project ideas and evaluation criteria are posted on the TRI University Challenge website: www.epa.gov/tri/university.

Informational Webinar

Join us for a webinar on March 6 at 2:00 p.m. EST to learn more about the Challenge and ask questions about getting involved.  Register at:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/420376090.

Application Deadline

EPA will be accepting TRI University Challenge applications between March 18 and May 13, 2013. Award applications must be submitted electronically to Scott.Zachary@epa.gov by 5:00 p.m. on May 13, 2013, to be considered. Applicants will be contacted regarding their application status by June 14, 2013.

For questions not answered during the webinar, please contact Zachary Scott at scott.zachary@epa.gov

Help spread the word about the Challenge to your friends and professional contacts in academia.

Get your own health care Oscar by participating in our video contest sponsored by the University of Utah’s Health Literacy Interest Group.

1. Register a team by March 4th.
Email Erica Lake: erica.lake@utah.edu

2. Create a 30-second to 1-minute public service announcement.

Choose any health literacy issue, such as:

• Failure to take medications correctly
• Overuse of the emergency room
• Medical diagnoses being made at later stages

3.  Submit your video to Erica Lake by March 25th.

Contest winners will have their PSA aired on a local TV station, featured on Dr. Vivian Lee’s blog, and promoted on university websites and social media outlets. All participants will be entered into a drawing for a new Kindle.

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Thomson Reuters is developing a new database, called Data Citation Index, that will allow researchers to search for data sets across many subject-based data repositories. Data Citation Index currently includes about 70 of the 500+ data repositories that exist worldwide.

We recently started a month-long trial of Data Citation Index and we want to know what you think. So check it out and send feedback, either through the survey linked below, or by emailed your comments directly to abby.adamczyk@utah.edu

Data Citation Index Trial: http://wok2trial.isitrial.com.ezproxy.lib.utah.edu/UofUtah/client.cgi
Database Trial Survey: http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/survey.php?survey_id=2354
More information about Data Citation Index: http://wokinfo.com//products_tools/multidisciplinary/dci/

2013 Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture

Health Literacy: A Vital Pathway to Healthcare Transformation

When: March 28, 2013, 1 pm – 4 pm

Where: George and Dolores Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium, 15 North 2030 East, 1st Floor

Keynote Speaker, Andrew Pleasant, PhD. “Health Literacy: Applications for Enhanced Health System Performance OR . . . How to Change the World with Health Literacy”

Friday morning Workshop: March 29, 2013.

Find more at  Priscilla M. Mayden  Lecture