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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Illinois Health Policy Update

Today, January 31, 2012, is the beginning of Spring Legislative Session for Illinois lawmakers. Facing a backlog of bills totaling $8.5 billion -- $2 billion in Medicaid bills alone -- it is certain that legislators will spend the next four months looking for creative ways to increase revenue and cut costs.


Governor Quinn will deliver his State of the State speech at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Three weeks later, on Feb. 22, Quinn will deliver his budget address. All of us who work for Illinois hospitals will be listening carefully for messages related to two important issues:

Not-for-profit hospitals' tax-exempt status
With a state government that is financially strapped, some leaders in Springfield are revisiting the idea of removing the property tax-exemption that not-for-profit hospitals receive. This would have devastating financial consequences for Illinois hospitals. Losing the tax exemption would almost certainly result in the loss of jobs as well as critical health care services that are expensive to provide.

Our tax exemption is an acknowledgment by the state that we provide charity care, community health programs and specialized services that the government has neither the expertise nor the resources to provide on its own.

Medicaid rate cuts to hospitals

We expect that the Governor will point to the Medicaid system and say that spending is out of control. It's assumed that the Governor introduce the idea of rate reform, which could translate to "funding cut" to hospitals. He is also expected to praise the "Innovations Project," launched Jan. 24, which is hoped to shift an estimated 50 percent of the low-income Medicaid population into coordinated care programs by the year 2015.

It's important to note that Medicaid enrollment has doubled in Illinois over the past 20 years. Currently, Illinois hospitals wait 150 days for payment from the state for care provided to Medicaid patients.

2012 winter conference of the Illinois Health Care Ethics Committee Forum

The 2012 winter conference of the Illinois Health Care Ethics Committee Forum (IL HEC) is scheduled for Friday, Feb 10th at SSOM.


Our keynote speaker is Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, FACP

Director, The Institute for Ethics and the Center for Patient Safety, American Medical Association

"Ethics and Quality Improvement: The Promise and the Peril"

Please see the attached agenda/registration materials or see link to

conference materials:

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/depts/bioethics/news_and_events/IssuesEthics_2012.html

Contact Robbin Hiller for more information: rhiller@lumc.edu

Monday, January 23, 2012

Master's Thesis Presentation this week!

We will have a CRME research project presentation this Thursday, January 26th at 11am.
Department of Preventive Medicine Library-3rd floor Maguire Bldg

Presenter: Scott Graziano, M.D.
Title: Presentation title: Assessing Bowel Function in the Postpartum Period

Graduate School Announcements

Upcoming Deadlines:


· February 1—Last day to apply for August 2012 degree conferral.

For complete list of key dates and deadlines, see the Graduate School calendar:
http://www.luc.edu/gradschool/key_dates.shtml#fall


Dissertation and Thesis Support Group:
When: Fridays, 2:30—3:30 p.m., Beginning Friday, Feb. 3rd.
Where: 3rd Floor Wellness Center Group Rm., 1052 Loyola Ave.
How: To request group membership or for further information, new and returning members please contact Dr. David deBoer at ddeboer@luc.edu or by calling (773) 508-2546.
Do you find the research and writing process isolating? Are you dealing with writer’s block? Are members of your committee steering you in five different directions? Are you smoking more cigarettes than ever before? Are you procrastinating so much that your kitchen has never been cleaner?
Completing research projects is difficult work—but you do not have to be in it alone! Please attend a weekly group facilitated by Wellness Center clinical psychologist David deBoer. Members of this ongoing interactive group commit to support, cajole and encourage one another in overcoming the blocks to productivity and moving forward with your project. The group is open to graduate students at any stage in the process of completing either a master’s thesis or a doctoral dissertation.

Graduate School Research Symposium Call For Abstracts:
Loyola University Chicago, The Graduate School
5th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Symposium for Graduate School Students
Pursuit of Truth: Jesuit Ideals in Graduate Research
Saturday, April 21, 2012 Crown Center, Lake Shore Campus
Official Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: March 2, 2012

• The Graduate School will host their interdisciplinary research symposium on Saturday April 21, 2012 at the Crown Center on Lake Shore Campus from 9 AM to 5 PM, as a forum for Loyola graduate students to present their scholarly work. The goal of the Interdisciplinary Research Symposium is to provide participants an appreciation of how Loyola Graduate students are incorporating the Jesuit ideals within their research.
• The theme of this year’s symposium is Pursuit of Truth: Jesuit Ideals in Graduate Research. We invite students to display their research exemplifying one of the six Jesuits ideals of the university: Faith & Spirituality, Social Justice, Ethics & Values, Global Awareness, New Approaches & Methods, and Community & Service
 Present your work - in the form of either as a paper presentation or as a poster presentation. Paper presentations will occur as part of a panel session followed by questions and answers from the audience. Poster presentations will be informal presentations throughout the day.
• Any current graduate student within the Graduate School is welcomed to submit. Students should rank which of the Jesuit ideals (up to three) they think best exemplifies their research. Panel sessions and poster categorizations will be composed upon these Jesuit ideals.
• Monetary awards will be given to the top paper presenters and poster presenters.
• Submissions are due Friday, March 2, 2012 at 5:00pm and should be submitted electronically to GSAC@luc.edu. Submissions should include keywords that broadly describe the research particularly paying attention to individuals not familiar with the discipline. In Word format, please include an abstract (maximum 250 words) and a brief bibliographical statement (50-100 words).
• Selected paper and posters will be notified by March 23, 2012
Questions can be sent to GSAC@luc.edu.

Loyola Spring 2012 Career Fair:
Fair Date : Tues. Feb. 21st, 12-4 pm, Gentile Center, Lake Shore Campus
The Spring 2012 Career Fair will focus on full-time employment for our May 2012 grads as well as internship opportunities for Summer and Fall 2012. This is a university-wide event including all majors and class levels. Loyola students and alumni, as well as students from neighboring Chicago universities, will be invited to meet with a wide variety of employers from the for-profit, non-profit and government sectors.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Writing workshop

Registration for the WTC session is closed since we have met capacity for the room. Limited space is available for the LSC session. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.




Graduate Student Writing Workshop

Water Tower Campus - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Monday, January 23, 2012

6:00 – 7:30 PM

Corboy Law Center, 105



Lake Shore Campus - LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE

Friday, February 3, 2012

2:00 – 3:30 PM

Quinlan Life Science Building, 312

Feel like you need some assistance in your writing? Most of us, regardless of our degrees and status could benefit from advice from someone who has made it his career to guide people to the next level of their writing ability.
Attend an interactive writing workshop specifically geared to graduate students. This 90 minute session will contextualize the major influences on writing struggles for graduate-level papers, and then feature three elemental areas of sound scholarly writing at the graduate level: organization around a complex and worthwhile purpose, a framed paragraph structure that follows and explores the organizational purpose, and a reassessment of source relationships according to the organizational purpose.

The workshop will be conducted by Michael Meinhardt, English Instructor and is open to both Master’s and Doctoral students from all disciplines. Registration is required. Send an email to gradschool@luc.edu to reserve your participation. Include the workshop title in the subject line.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The 2012 Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training Program is now accepting applications for the five day Summer Institute in San Antonio, TX!

Current and former MPH students are invited to apply for an opportunity to hear from Latino researchers and learn more about successfully applying for doctoral programs, as well as apply for internships.
Visit the website to learn more and download the application: http://ihpr.uthscsa.edu/exito.html

Friday, January 6, 2012

Loyola University Health System recently updated its online Employment Opportunities Center to enable job-seekers to also view job opportunities at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and Trinity Health. Please click here to access the Loyola Employment Opportunities Center, or go to loyolahealth.org, click on “Jobs” at the bottom of the home page and select “Staff Positions” on the right side of your screen. Once you reach the Loyola Employment Opportunities Center, you can view job postings for Gottlieb Memorial Hospital or Trinity Health by clicking on one of the links located on the left side of your screen.

Gangs: What we know, What’s being done and What’s left to learn

Join us for a timely discussion focused on what researchers, law enforcement and community groups have learned about gang violence in Chicago and their suggestions for addressing the problem.

The Chicago crime Commission will present the main findings from our seceond installment of “The Gang Book,” set to be released in January, 2012.

Panelists

Gangs in Chicago: An Overview
Jim Hubbard, Research Analyst (confirmed)
Chicago Crime Commission

The Reliance of Communities on Gangs
Sudhir Venkatesh, Professor of Sociology (invited)
Columbia University

Gangs, Communities and the Underground Economy
John Hagedorn, Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice (confirmed)
University of Illinois, Chicago

Law Enforcement Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence
Nick Roti, Chief of the Organized Crime Division (confirmed)
Chicago Police Department

Community-Based Programs that Seek to Reduce Youth and Gang Violence
Mike Rodriguez, Executive Director (confirmed)
Enlace Chicago

Breakfast and Registration 8:30-9:00 am. 
Panel Discussion 9:00 am-12 pm

Where: 11 East Pearson Chicago, Illinois 60611
Beane Hall, 13th Floor Lewis Towers-Loyola university 

For registration information please contact Laura Brinkman at lbrinkman@chicagocrimecommission.org or (312) 372-0101 x263.