Please submit to Phil McGlave, Department of Medicine, Box 480 Mayo. Funding for the awards is through the Advanced Therapies Initiative, one of several interdisciplinary programs funded by the Minnesota legislature. Creation of the two new departments arose from a University-wide reorganization of biological sciences to improve educational programs, enhance competitiveness for grants, and support President Mark Yudof s initiative to strengthen molecular and cellular biology. Neurobiology, a third department, is being planned. If you would like information about support for your research project, call the RSO at 625-4171.
Staff are available to help with regulatory forms, budgeting, carrying out the trial, and follow-up.
Faculty, physicians, and staff are invited to submit proposals through the Research Services Organization. Ideas might include new programs, innovative technology, program expansion for revenue growth, patient education,transitional research, recruitment, retention, and clinical practice improvement. For more information, call Deb Dykhuis, RSO associate director, at 625-4171. For more information contact Toni Pangborn at 625-3201. Those are findings of a survey conducted by the AHC Student Consultative Committee, the AHC Office of Communications, and the U Office of Measurement Services last spring to learn how well the AHC meets students needs for information.