Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
April 28, 2003 9:00 p.m.
Mother’s Day gift lands child a teddy
The Jules Stein Eye Institute Affiliates will send a tribute
card to your mother or loved one when you donate a Dr. Teddy, M.D.
bear to a child undergoing surgery at the Jules Stein Eye
Institute.
For a donation of $10, anyone can be the sponsor of a Dr. Teddy,
who will be named after your loved one. The promotion is part of
the “Make Surgery Bearable” program. The bears are
meant to comfort children undergoing surgery.
The bear stands 8-inches tall and wears green surgical scrubs.
The bear’s tag will be inscribed with your loved one’s
name.
All proceeds benefit the “Make Surgery Bearable”
program to help ensure future bears will be available for children
having surgery at JSEI.
Sponsorships are accepted year-round, but requests should be
placed no later than May 6 to be in time for Mother’s Day.
Sponsorships can also be made for Father’s Day, birthdays,
graduations or any other occasion.
For information about how to sponsor these bears, contact JSEI
Affiliates at (310) 825-4148 or [email protected]. Also visit
http://www.jseiaffiliates.com.
UC Merced appoints solar energy expert
UC Merced recently appointed Roland Winston, a pioneer in solar
energy utilization research to a professorship.
Winston is a solar power expert and has been awarded the title
of Professor in the Division of Natural Sciences, having taught and
conducted research at the University of Chicago for the past 39
years.
“Renewable energy ““ more specifically solar power
““ is experiencing a resurgence as the need for alternative
energy sources is once again brought to national attention,”
Winston said.
State and federal requirements mandating a certain percentage of
renewable energy sources is reviving interest in alternative energy
sources, according to Winston.
Winston’s research interests include elementary particle
physics and nonimaging optics, which can use solar collectors that
don’t need to track the sun.
UCLA cancer researcher receives scholar
grant
Timothy Solberg, associate professor of radiation oncology and
director of medical physics at UCLA, received a $796,000 Research
Scholar Grant to study methods to improve targeted radiation
therapy.
His research will focus on ways to improve targeted radiation
therapy in areas where sensitive organs can be damaged by cancer
treatment.
Solberg’s research team is developing mechanisms which
track and target tumors as they move due to breathing and other
physical functions.
UniHealth awards study funds to UCLA
The UniHealth Foundation recently gave UCLA Healthcare nearly
$500,000 to study a method for measuring the quality of surgical
care.
The study will help define a minimum standard for two common
general surgical procedures: colorectal cancer surgery and
bariatric surgery for obesity.
The result will likely be the creation of a checklist which
hospitals could use to evaluate and improve surgical quality of
care.
Dr. Clifford Ko, the study’s principal investigator and an
assistant professor of surgery at UCLA, believes this project would
help develop quality indicators for other types of surgeries as
well.
UniHealth Foundation is a charitable foundation which focuses on
supporting healthcare services and programs.
