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April 20, 2006

Official Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY

Funding available

The UW Specialized Center of Research in Pharmacology of Drugs in Pregnancy (UW SCOR; supported by NICHD and ORWH) announces the availability of funds for one year pilot research grants ($10,000 per award) on the pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy. A total of two to three grants will be awarded. Under exceptional circumstances, a single grant may be awarded $20,000.

Proposals should pursue novel research avenues that will generate preliminary data for a major research grant application (e.g. RO1) in the area of pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy or sex-related differences in the pharmacology of drugs. Applications that are synergistic or complementary to existing projects within the UW SCOR will receive higher priority.

An e-mail of intent to apply should be received by May 15, and should briefly outline of the subject of the proposal. The deadline for applications is June 1.

For more information and to view application guidelines please visit our Web site at: http://depts.washington.edu/uwscor/funding.html. For additional information, please contact Laura Ferrara at uwscor@u.washington.edu or at 206-221-3623.

OTHER NEWS

Pre-diabetes study

Have you ever been told that you have borderline diabetes, pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, or high fasting blood sugar? Are you overweight or have high blood pressure? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may have pre-diabetes and be eligible to volunteer for a study of an investigational new drug being conducted by the University of Washington and VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Diabetes Research Group. This is not a treatment study. The study will involve six visits to the clinic over about three months of which three will involve testing glucose metabolism, taking study drug or placebo, and keeping a diary of meals and medications. For further information, please contact Anne at 206-768-5281.

Participants wanted for gambling study

The Addictions Treatment Center at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System — Seattle Division is currently part of a multi-site study examining the effects of an investigational medication that is hoped to help reduce problem gambling. The study will compare two different doses of the medication to placebo.

We are seeking veteran and non-veteran male and female volunteers between 18 and 70 years of age who gamble frequently and would like to stop. The study lasts for 15 weeks and includes a psychiatric interview, physical examination, and frequent symptom monitoring. You will be compensated for your time and travel.

For more information, please call the study staff at 206-277-3170. Please leave your name and number if no one is available. We will return your phone call as soon as possible.

Blood drives


  • Wednesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 12:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the bus parked adjacent to the George Washington statue on Red Square.
  • Tuesday, May 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the bus parked on 17th Ave. between 45th and 46th St.
  • Tuesday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Stevens Way, across from Lewis Hall.

LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of Expedited Rule Making

(Per RCW 34.05.353)

Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Housekeeping amendments to various Title 478 WAC, University of Washington rules.

Statutory Authority for Adoption and Statute Being Implemented: RCW 28B.20.130.

Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: These proposed housekeeping amendments are intended to keep the University of Washington’s rules accurate and are as follows:


  • WAC 478-108-020: Updates an office address and adds an email address.
  • WAC 478-136-030: Updates the name of the office responsible for overseeing banquet permit requests on UW grounds and modifies a word.
  • WAC 478-276-060, and 478-276-140: Updates an office address.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: This proposal meets the criteria for expedited rule making, as stated in RCW 34.05.353 (1)(c), “The proposed rules only correct typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect.” These amendments are also consistent with the provisions of Washington State Executive Order 97-02.

NOTICE: THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO:

Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director of Rules Coordination; University of Washington; Rules Coordination Office, Box 355509, Seattle, WA 98195-5509;  rules@u.washington.edu, FAX 206-221-9617.

MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 6, 2006. 

Environmental impact statement

Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-460 and WAC 478-324-140, the University of Washington hereby provides public notice of the availability of a final supplemental environmental impact statement.

Project Name: West Campus Parking Garage Expansion

Description of proposal: Construction of a 5-level, approximately 125,400 gross square foot parking structure with office space. The structure would include an approximately 330-space expansion of the existing West Campus Parking Garage together with approximately 12,000 gross square feet of administrative office space. The office space would occupy portions of two levels of the parking garage and involve relocation of some existing campus services from locations elsewhere on-campus. Because of the slope of the site, the north portion of the first-level of the building would be partially below-grade. The approximate height of the structure would be 38 feet above N.E. Pacific Street; light standards and the elevator penthouse would extend an additional 8 to 10 feet. The height limit in this area of campus is 65 feet.

Proponent: University of Washington

Location: 1200 N.E. Pacific Street — the site is bounded by N.E. Pacific Street on the north, the existing West Campus Parking Garage on the west, the University’s east-west pedestrian pathway — Skamania Lane on the south and 15th Avenue N.E. on the east.

Lead Agency: University of Washington

Copies of the document are available for review and distribution at the University of Washington Capital Projects Office (University Facilities Building); the University of Washington Visitor’s Information Center (basement of Odegaard Undergraduate Library, room 022); University of Washington Libraries: Suzzallo, Architecture and Urban Planning (Gould Hall), Health Sciences (Magnuson Health Sciences Center) and Seattle Public Libraries: Downtown Central Library (1000 Fourth Avenue), University District Branch (5009 Roosevelt Way N.E.) and Montlake Branch (2300 — 24th Avenue E.).

Responsible Official: Richard K. Chapman, Associate Vice President for Capital Projects, Capital Projects Office, University of Washington, University Facilities Building, Box 352205, Seattle, Washington 98195-2205

Contact Person: Jan Arntz, Environmental & Land Use Compliance Officer, University of Washington, University Facilities Building, Box 352205, Seattle, Washington 98195-2205, Telephone: 206 543-5200; FAX: 206 543-1277; e-mail: jarntz@u.washington.edu.

DEGREE EXAMS

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.


General Examinations




  • Nicholas R. Anderson, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, April 21. Rosen Bldg., 960 Republican, B-70-B. (Prof. Peter Tarczy-Hornoch).


  • Shih-Chi Chung, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, May 4. Health Sciences Ctr., T-605. (Prof. Eleanor Bond).


  • Brian M. Cochran, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4. Chemistry Bldg., 102. (Prof. Forrest Michael).


  • Lubomira A. Dontcheva, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Monday, May 1. Paul Allen Ctr. for CSE, 303. (Profs. David Salesin and Michael Cohen).


  • Xiaoxiong Gu, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 443. (Prof. Leung Tsang).


  • Megan Ursula Hazen, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, April 28. Electrical Engineering Bldg.,443. (Prof. Maya Gupta).


  • Michael F. Kokorowski, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26. Johnson Hall, 117. (Profs. Robert Holzworth and Michael McCarthy).


  • Shane E. Kruse, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 21. Health Sciences Ctr., I-607-C. (Prof. Richard Palmiter).


  • Vitool Lohsoonthorn, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, April 27. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. (Prof. Michelle Williams).


  • Eric A. Machorro, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27. Condon Hall, 301. (Prof. Anne Greenbaum).


  • Christine McBeth, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 2. FHCRC, A3M-025. (Prof. Roland Strong).


  • Valerie A. Morris, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. Health Sciences Ctr., E-216. (Prof. Michael Lagunoff).


  • Jennifer M. Pang, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. Health Sciences Ctr., T-466. (Prof. David Sherman).


  • Jiranida Phuwanartnurak, Information School, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, April 21. Mary Gates Hall, 310-D. (Prof. David Hendry).


  • Michelle Mei Yen Shimogawa, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. Health Sciences Ctr., T-266. (Prof. Trisha Davis).


  • James B. Westphal, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Chemistry Bldg., 439. (Prof. Larry Dalton).

Final Examinations




  • Kristie Fay Bjornson, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, May 4. Health Sciences Ctr., T-612. “Health, Quality of Life and Physical Activity in Youth with Cerebral Palsy.” (Prof. Basia Belza).


  • Greg P. Brewood, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, April 21. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “DNA Studies: A Novel Structural Transition, Relaxation of Secondary Structure by TOPO I, and Resolution of a PCR Problem.” (Prof. J. Michael Schurr).


  • Anne Elizabeth Carlson, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Health Sciences Ctr., G-417. “Signaling Mechanisms of Mouse Sperm Capacitation.” (Profs. Bertil Hille and Donner Babcock).


  • Andrew Michael Chiodi, Oceanography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 425. “Subtropical Air-Sea Interaction: Mechanisms of Sea Surface Temperature Evolution.” (Prof. Don E. Harrison).


  • Kimberly A. Collins, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, May 3. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Characterization of the Budding Yeast Centromeric Histone H3 Variant, Cse4” (Prof. Susan Biggins).


  • Charles Alan Duba, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. North Physics Lab, CENPA Conference Room. “Electronics for the Neutral Current Detector Array at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.” (Prof. R.G. Hamish Robertson).


  • Jennifer Lynn Hook, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, April 28. Savery Hall, 110-C. “Care in Context: Men’s Unpaid Work in Advanced Industrialized Countries, 1965-2003” (Prof. Elizabeth Pettit).


  • Kyoko Ishida, Law, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, April 24. William H. Gates Hall, 441. “A Study of Ethics and Regulations of Japanese Legal Service Providers in the 21st Century” (Prof. Thomas Andrews).


  • Megan R. Jones, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Investigation of the Barrett’s Esophagus Cell Line by Capillary Electrophoresis.” (Prof. Norman Dovichi).


  • Gergana Gueorguieva May, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26. Raitt Hall, 318. “”Man at the End of History” – Henrik Ibsen’s Works in the Light of French Post-Hegelian Theoretical Thought.” (Prof. Jan Sjavik).


  • Vinodhkumar Raghunathan, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. Chemistry Bldg., 239. “Elucidation of Molecular Recognition Mechanisms of a Peptide Involved in Biomineralization Using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.” (Profs. Gary Drobney and Patrick Stayton).


  • Jae-Hyeon Ryu, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27. More Hall, 218. “Drought Forecast and Management on Water Resources System Using Mid-Range Climate Forecast Model.” (Prof. Richard Palmer).


  • Sarintip Satitsatian, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Multistate Network Reliability and Applications to Infrastructure Problems.” (Prof. Kailash Kapur).


  • Anil C. Seth, Astronomy, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, May 1. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “The Formation and Evolution of Late-type Galaxies.” (Prof. Paul Hodge).


  • Bridget Anne Walker, Education, Ed.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26. Miller Hall, 102. “The Initial Psychometric Assessment of the BEACONS Positive Behavior Support Individual and Team Self-Assessment and Program Review” (Prof. Douglas Cheney).


  • Ping Yu, Law, Ph.D. 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 3. William H. Gates Hall, 441. “Administrative Model vs. Adjudicative Model: The Impact of Administrative Dentention in the Criminal Process of the People’s Republic of China.” (Prof. Donald Clarke).