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3A $5 million gift from the Batchelor
Foundation will help the Department of Pediatrics advance its mission.
4 Doctoral student Neil Hammerschlag
promotes shark awareness and conservation through his research.
5 On the heels of a national report, top women scientists address issues on how to maximize their potential.
SITY OF M
V 1 4 2006
RARY
Volume 49 ■ Number 3 ■ November 2006
For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami
www.miami.edu/veritas
UM GARNERS TOP ACCOLADES IN HISPANIC BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Three University of Miami graduate schools have been ranked in the Top Ten list of U.S. schools by Hispanic Business magazine in the publication’s 2006 Diversity Report, published in the September issue.
The School of Law, School of Business Administration, and Miller School of Medicine were all cited by the magazine as places that promote and encourage a diverse community where Hispanic students can thrive. Other criteria used for the rankings involved percentage of Hispanic faculty in each school, the number of special programs that recruit Hispanic students, retention rates, and reputation. Hispanic Business magazine has been publishing its diversity report for the past 18 years.
The University of Miami’s School of Law garnered a second place ranking in the magazine, second only to the University of New Mexico School of Law. UM’s law school has a long tradition of educating outstanding Hispanic lawyers and leaders of the bench and bar. It offers a strong international business curriculum with particular emphasis on Latin America, and students have the opportunity to learn comparative law in Spanish and to study abroad in Spain.
The School of Business Administration ranked seventh in its category, which included other prestigious programs such as Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Yale University’s School of Management. Taking advantage of its geographic location and proximity to Latin America, the school offers a Master of Science in Professional Management in Spanish that allows Latin American executives and managers to study in their language under the tutelage of a talented bilingual and bicultural faculty.
The magazine ranked the Miller School of Medicine the fifth best medical school in the nation for Hispanic students, noting the high percentage of M.D. degrees that are earned by Hispanics.
NIH-funded project will follow 16,000 Hispanic/Latino participants in four cities
UM a site in landmark U.S. Hispanic health study
In a groundbreaking study that will make a significant contribution to the nation’s health, the University of Miami is one of four sites in the country that will conduct the largest long-term epidemiological study of health and disease in Hispanic populations living in the United States.
The federally funded, $61 million Hispanic Community Health Study, which began on September 30, will follow 16,000 participants of Hispanic/ Latino origin—4,000 at each of four sites—who will undergo a series of physical examinations and interviews to help identify the prevalence of and risk factors for a wide variety of diseases, disorders, and conditions.
Study participants will range from 18 to 74 years of age and will be tracked over time for occurrence of disease. The study also will determine the role of cultural adaptation and economic disparities in the prevalence and development of disease.
The Hispanic Community Health Study is broad-based, addressing a wide variety of conditions, including heart disease, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, dental disease, hearing impairment and tinnitus, diabetes, kidney and liver disease, and cognitive impairment.
The study will assess risk factors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and blood lipids, as well as acculturation, social and economic disparity, psychosocial factors, occupation, health care access, the environment, and medication and supplement use.
Because the risk of disease in a population can be influenced by different cultural and genetic factors, the study includes population groups from several geographic areas and countries of origin and with residence in the United States for varying lengths of time.
The six-and-a-half-year study, funded primarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will recruit persons who identify themselves as Hispanics or Latinos but will emphasize Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban-Americans, and Central and South Americans.
In the study’s $10 million South Florida component, more than 50 percent of the participants will be Cuban-American, and over 20 percent will be South and Central American, according to UM professor of psychology Neil Schneiderman, principal investigator of the project’s Miami site. The Miami component, which is
Groundbreaking study: The $61 million Hispanic Community Health Study, in which UM is participating, will examine a slew of health conditions, as well as social and behavioral factors that may influence health risks.
being run out of the University’s new Clinical Research Building, is composed of investigators from the Miller School’s Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
The other three field study sites are in Bronx, New York (Albert Einstein College of Medicine ofYeshiva University); Chicago (Northwestern Univer-
sity); and San Diego (San Diego State University). The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the study’s data coordinating center.
The study, Schneiderman says, could help answer many important questions, such as why U.S. Hispanics are experiencing increased rates of obesity and diabetes yet fewer deaths from heart disease than non-Hispanics, and Continued on page 3
100-year-old woman leaves $35.6M to UM
Eugenia J. Dodson was never one to flaunt her wealth. The Coral Gables woman, who died less than a month shy of her 101st birthday, had quietly built up a fortune during her lifetime.
But she lived frugally, putting aside her money for a greater cause.
Now that cause has become clear, and the University of Miami is the beneficiary of her smart investments.
The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $35.6 million gift from the estate of the late Dodson, a former beautician who came to Miami from Minnesota at age 20 in 1924.
Dodson died on December 2,
2005, just 24 days short of her 101st birthday. The quiet and unassuming
Philanthropic: A young Eugenia Dodson.
woman managed to nurture and grow a modest legacy left to her by her late husband more than a half-century ago and turn it into an estate in excess of $35 million.
Two-thirds of the gift will go to the foundation, which supports the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the Miller School of Medicine, and one-third will go to UM/Sylvester. “Gene” Dodson, as she preferred to be called, designated that the gift be used for cure-focused research in the two diseases that dramatically impacted her family—diabetes to honor her two brothers, who died of its complications, and cancer, as she herself was a lung cancer survivor.
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| Full Text | 3A $5 million gift from the Batchelor Foundation will help the Department of Pediatrics advance its mission. 4 Doctoral student Neil Hammerschlag promotes shark awareness and conservation through his research. 5 On the heels of a national report, top women scientists address issues on how to maximize their potential. SITY OF M V 1 4 2006 RARY Volume 49 ■ Number 3 ■ November 2006 For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami www.miami.edu/veritas UM GARNERS TOP ACCOLADES IN HISPANIC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Three University of Miami graduate schools have been ranked in the Top Ten list of U.S. schools by Hispanic Business magazine in the publication’s 2006 Diversity Report, published in the September issue. The School of Law, School of Business Administration, and Miller School of Medicine were all cited by the magazine as places that promote and encourage a diverse community where Hispanic students can thrive. Other criteria used for the rankings involved percentage of Hispanic faculty in each school, the number of special programs that recruit Hispanic students, retention rates, and reputation. Hispanic Business magazine has been publishing its diversity report for the past 18 years. The University of Miami’s School of Law garnered a second place ranking in the magazine, second only to the University of New Mexico School of Law. UM’s law school has a long tradition of educating outstanding Hispanic lawyers and leaders of the bench and bar. It offers a strong international business curriculum with particular emphasis on Latin America, and students have the opportunity to learn comparative law in Spanish and to study abroad in Spain. The School of Business Administration ranked seventh in its category, which included other prestigious programs such as Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Yale University’s School of Management. Taking advantage of its geographic location and proximity to Latin America, the school offers a Master of Science in Professional Management in Spanish that allows Latin American executives and managers to study in their language under the tutelage of a talented bilingual and bicultural faculty. The magazine ranked the Miller School of Medicine the fifth best medical school in the nation for Hispanic students, noting the high percentage of M.D. degrees that are earned by Hispanics. NIH-funded project will follow 16,000 Hispanic/Latino participants in four cities UM a site in landmark U.S. Hispanic health study In a groundbreaking study that will make a significant contribution to the nation’s health, the University of Miami is one of four sites in the country that will conduct the largest long-term epidemiological study of health and disease in Hispanic populations living in the United States. The federally funded, $61 million Hispanic Community Health Study, which began on September 30, will follow 16,000 participants of Hispanic/ Latino origin—4,000 at each of four sites—who will undergo a series of physical examinations and interviews to help identify the prevalence of and risk factors for a wide variety of diseases, disorders, and conditions. Study participants will range from 18 to 74 years of age and will be tracked over time for occurrence of disease. The study also will determine the role of cultural adaptation and economic disparities in the prevalence and development of disease. The Hispanic Community Health Study is broad-based, addressing a wide variety of conditions, including heart disease, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, dental disease, hearing impairment and tinnitus, diabetes, kidney and liver disease, and cognitive impairment. The study will assess risk factors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and blood lipids, as well as acculturation, social and economic disparity, psychosocial factors, occupation, health care access, the environment, and medication and supplement use. Because the risk of disease in a population can be influenced by different cultural and genetic factors, the study includes population groups from several geographic areas and countries of origin and with residence in the United States for varying lengths of time. The six-and-a-half-year study, funded primarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will recruit persons who identify themselves as Hispanics or Latinos but will emphasize Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban-Americans, and Central and South Americans. In the study’s $10 million South Florida component, more than 50 percent of the participants will be Cuban-American, and over 20 percent will be South and Central American, according to UM professor of psychology Neil Schneiderman, principal investigator of the project’s Miami site. The Miami component, which is Groundbreaking study: The $61 million Hispanic Community Health Study, in which UM is participating, will examine a slew of health conditions, as well as social and behavioral factors that may influence health risks. being run out of the University’s new Clinical Research Building, is composed of investigators from the Miller School’s Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The other three field study sites are in Bronx, New York (Albert Einstein College of Medicine ofYeshiva University); Chicago (Northwestern Univer- sity); and San Diego (San Diego State University). The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the study’s data coordinating center. The study, Schneiderman says, could help answer many important questions, such as why U.S. Hispanics are experiencing increased rates of obesity and diabetes yet fewer deaths from heart disease than non-Hispanics, and Continued on page 3 100-year-old woman leaves $35.6M to UM Eugenia J. Dodson was never one to flaunt her wealth. The Coral Gables woman, who died less than a month shy of her 101st birthday, had quietly built up a fortune during her lifetime. But she lived frugally, putting aside her money for a greater cause. Now that cause has become clear, and the University of Miami is the beneficiary of her smart investments. The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $35.6 million gift from the estate of the late Dodson, a former beautician who came to Miami from Minnesota at age 20 in 1924. Dodson died on December 2, 2005, just 24 days short of her 101st birthday. The quiet and unassuming Philanthropic: A young Eugenia Dodson. woman managed to nurture and grow a modest legacy left to her by her late husband more than a half-century ago and turn it into an estate in excess of $35 million. Two-thirds of the gift will go to the foundation, which supports the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the Miller School of Medicine, and one-third will go to UM/Sylvester. “Gene” Dodson, as she preferred to be called, designated that the gift be used for cure-focused research in the two diseases that dramatically impacted her family—diabetes to honor her two brothers, who died of its complications, and cancer, as she herself was a lung cancer survivor. Continued on page 3 RncNEERlNG iïtnNESS medicine |
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