February 6, 2003
Health Sciences News Briefs
Dr. Kunchok Gyaltse, director of the Kumbum Tibetal Medical Hospital, will speak next week at the Health Sciences Center about Tibetan medicine’s holistic approach to illness. The presentation, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, will be in room T-661. Everyone is welcome and can bring lunch. The Altenative Brown Bag is sponsored by the School of Nursing’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine Grant.
Dr. Basia Belza, associate professor of nursing and an expert on physical conditioning and fatigue management in chronic disease, has been awarded the 2002 Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award from the Washington/Alaska Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. She was recognized for her “enthusiastic and committed volunteer service on behalf of the 1.8 million people in Washington and Alaska living with arthritis, the nation’s #1 cause of disability.” Belza recently completed 10 years as a board member of the Washington/Alaska Chapter, and was chair of the board in 2000 and 2001. In 2000-2002, she served as a member of the Arthritis Foundation’s National Board of Trustees, and prior to that as a national delegate from the chapter. The honor was presented Jan. 27.
The 11th annual Salute Harborview! Gala will be Friday, Feb. 28, at the Seattle Westin Grand Ballroom. Proceeds from the gala will go to the UW Burn Center at Harborview and one of its key programs, the Virtual Reality Pain Control Research Program. The community chair is Jeri Rice, owner of a clothing store at the Olympic Four Seasons Hotel and a member of the UW Medicine Development Council. Cost to attend the gala is $300 per person. To register or for more information, contact Debi Fritz at 206-543-8595 or dfritz@u.washington.edu.
Janelle Sagmiller, a senior in the School of Nursing, has received the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Award for 2003. She is the first Native American nursing student to be part of the McNair program, which supports the academic and professional development of students from underrepresented groups who plan to teach and conduct research at the college level. Sagmiller plans to apply to the UW School of Nursing Ph.D. program this winter. The McNair program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, working with the UW’s Graduate School and Office of Minority Affairs.
