Reporter Volume 25, No.25 April 21, 1994 UB groups are co-sponsors of Project Pride April 30 Project Pride, consisting of a block clean-up and street fair, will take place on Saturday, April 30 in front of the African-American Culture Center on Masten Avenue, Buffalo. Black in Health and Related Professions (B.H.R.P.) at the university will host the event. The block clean-up will run from 10 a.m. to Noon; the street fair runs until 5 p.m. Organizers note that there will be music, live entertainment, food, along with a variety of other activities and events for all to enjoy. Co-sponsors are SA, the Black Student Union, UB Step Troupe, the student chapter of the NAACP, Buffalo Councilman David A. Collins and the African-American Culture Center. For more information contact the African American Culture Center at 884-2013. Adults with lower-back injuries sought for ub study Adults ages 18-70 who have had a lower-back injury recently are needed to help UB researchers further evaluate a prescription drug for muscle spasms. The drug, which has been on the market by prescription for 20 years, is being studied to determine an effective dose that could be administered in the future through an over-the-counter medication. Those selected to participate in the study must have had a lower-back injury no more than three days prior to calling researchers about being in the study. Participants must be able to spend three consecutive days, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Millard Fillmore Hospital-Gates Circle. They will receive a neurologic assessment prior to entering the study, as well as $400 upon completion of the study. Those interested in participating should call the Department of Neuropharmacology at Millard Fillmore-Gates Circle at 887-5281 and leave their name, address and phone number. Conference to focus on issues affecting women physicians Aspiring women doctors want to know: Can I be a primary-care physician and have a family? Can I make a difference in health care? Can I handle the job stress? These questions and others facing female medical students as they decide how to take their place in medicine will be addressed at a one-day conference titled "Women Physicians in Primary Care," to be held from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at Rich Renaissance Niagara in Buffalo. A $5 fee covers all conference costs, including lunch. The conference is sponsored by the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the UB Primary Care Resource Center and the Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo, with support from Miles Laboratories. Inspired by UB female medical students' interest in primary-care medicine and how becoming a generalist will shape their lives, the conference will provide information about career options in primary care, strategies for combining a career and a rich personal life, and ways to reduce stress, both personally and in their patients. It also will introduce outstanding female physician role models. Barbara L. Schuster, director of the Primary Care Program in Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and a member of President Clinton's Task Force on Health Care Reform, will be the keynote speaker. Her lecture, scheduled for 9:15 a.m., is titled "Health Care Reform: The Impact on Today's Medical Students." Humorist Tena M. Garas, a registered nurse and residence manager of Heritage Center, New York State Association for Retarded Children, will entertain registrants over lunch with her talk "Humor in Health Care." The morning session also will feature a panel discussion on "The Impact of Career Choice on Lifestyle," with female physician panelists representing medical research, private practice, administration and managed care. Afternoon sessions will address "Issues for Women of Color," "Survival Skills for Residency," "Stress Management Techniques for Your Patients and You," "Managing Diabetes: A Primary Care Case Study," and "Lifestyle Choices: Managing Career and Family." All presenters will be female physicians. For more information, call the UB Primary Care Resource Center at 829-3176. Tomasi to present Witebsky lecture A naturally occurring protein that influences a range of biochemical, immunological and developmental processes in the human body will be the topic of the 24th annual Ernest Witebsky Memorial Lecture, to be held at UB April 26. Thomas B. Tomasi, president and chief executive officer of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, will present the lecture at 8 p.m. in Butler Auditorium in Farber Hall on the South Campus. His presentation, entitled "Immune Regulation by Transforming Growth Factor-Beta," will discuss a protein belonging to a family of biological effector molecules known as cytokines. Professor of microbiology at UB and head of the Clinical Immunology Division in the university's Department of Medicine, Tomasi has headed Roswell Park since 1986. He was formerly chairman of the Department of Immunology at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn. Seminar set on valuation of closely held companies The Center for Management Development at UB is now accepting registrations for a six-week seminar on "The Valuation of Closely Held Companies. The seminar, aimed at accountants, attorneys, bank trust officers, and business advisors and owners, will offer participants the basic theory and methods needed to value closely held stock. It will address such topics as different approaches to valuation, including market-based, income-based, and cost-based; approaches to preparing a valuation report, and applications of discounts and premiums. The course will be taught by Edward Hutton, vice president of closely held business services for M&T Bank. Sessions will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays from May 3 through June 14, excluding May 17. Registration deadline is April 25. For more information contact the Center for Management Development, at 645-3200. 800 students expected for annual "Oozfest" at UB On Saturday, April 23, UB will be the site of what is believed to be the nation's largest and dirtiest university-based volleyball competition in the mud. "Oozfest," which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the field near St. Rita's Lane and Lake LaSalle on the North Campus, will pit more than 100 teams from the Northeast and Canada in the round-robin format, giving new meaning to the term "slippery slope." More than 800 students are expected to attend the event, which will feature eight-person teams sporting monikers like "Endangered Muds," "Spuds in the Mud" and "Mudslingers." Players will slip, slide and volley their way to winning trophies. Awards also will be presented for best team names and most creative uniforms. Proceeds of the 10th annual "Oozfest," sponsored by the University Student Alumni Board at UB, will benefit the J. Scott Fleming Merit Awards. The "pigs' playground" will be prepared courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Getzville Volunteer Fire Department. Panel to discuss nuclear weapons Ways to deter the proliferation of nuclear weapons will be addressed by a panel of distinguished scholars from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in 106 O'Brian Hall on the UB North Campus. A lecture, "An Overview of the Nuclear Problem Today," will be presented from 9:30-l1:30 a.m. by Benjamin Frankel, editor of the magazine Security Studies. Jerome Slater, professor of political science at UB; Shibley Telhami of Cornell University, and Phil Williams of the University of Pittsburgh will serve as panel members. Williams will lecture on "The Nuclear Problem in Europe" from 1-3 p.m., with Slater, Telhami and Frankel serving as panelists. From 3:30-5:30 p.m., Telhami will present "The Nuclear Problem in the Middle East," with Slater, Frankel and Williams as discussants. In addition, the scholars will discuss the most dangerous states today, which include North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Libya. The program is free and open to the public. Sponsors are the Department of Political Science, the Nuclear War Prevention Studies Graduate Group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Political Science Undergraduate Student Association, the Political Science Graduate Student Association, the Graduate Student Association and the Student Association. Pharmacy school sponsors lecture series The UB School of Pharmacy is sponsoring a "Lecture Series on Disease States and Therapeutics," designed to provide a Rback to basicsS approach for pharmacists who wish to refresh their knowledge base, as well as learn about new aspects of various disease states. The first lecture on RIschemic Heart Disease,S was held April 20; the series continues on April 27 and May 11 and 18. All sessions take place from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in C-248 Cooke Hall on the North Campus. Registration and a light deli meal begin at 5:30 p.m. The speakers and topics are: April 27, RHypertension,S a discussion of the blood-pressure ranges for various degrees of hypertension and their effects on the body, various drug therapies and quality of life issues, April 27. Instructor will be John A. Pieper, chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. May 11, RSeizure Disorders,S a discussion of various seizure disorders, and treatments and issues related to epilepsy. Instructor will be Terence Fullerton, UB clinical assistant professor of pharmacy and assistant director of the Neuropharmacology Division of the Dent Neurologic Institute. May 18, RRheumatoid Arthritis,S a discussion of the manifestations and methods of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Instructor will be Kathleen M. Tornatore, UB assistant professor of pharmacy. Space is limited and enrollment will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact the UB pharmacy continuing education office at 645-3931.