For information or to help, call Chris Roberts at 626-2767. The new entity brings together faculty in the CBS Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, the Medical School Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, and the Institute of Human Genetics. A faculty committee is completing a proposal for a U-wide department of neurobiology, which is the last component of the biological sciences reorganization. Biochemistry departments in the two colleges voted to merge in January. Survival of academic health centers nationwide is threatened by changes in the health care marketplace, reductions in public and private funding, and advances in information technology, he said.
Federal help is critical to assure high quality education for health care professionals.
The group, formally called the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, held a hearing at the Minneapolis Convention Center on July 13 to seekinput from health care professionals and citizens on how to preserve and improveMedicare for future generations. Members of the commission also toured the Academic Health Center and Fairview-University Medical Center and observed a telemedicine demonstration. Soon Park, assistant professor of surgery, and Leslie Miller, professor and head of cardiovascular medicine, are lead investigators. The Star Tribune is a sponsor. Members are Karen Alaniz, Ann Benrud, Carole Bland, Jeanne Freiburg, Dan Feeney, Maureen Smith, Jack Stack, and Mary Jane Towle.