yearly from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccination, but the numbers are decreasing thanks to campaigns by groups such as the World Health Organization. To ensure that you know what immunizations are right for your family, the CDC provides easy-to-read immunization schedules for both children and adults. Additionally, you can find everything you need to know about Kansas school immunization requirements at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment website. August is National Immunization Awareness Month and a great time for people of all ages to get current on their immunizations, considering it’s the start of the school year and the upcoming flu season. While vaccinations are typically associated with babies and young children, there are plenty of shots that benefit teens and adults as well. Vaccines have helped control many diseases throughout history. Common illnesses from the past are now greatly reduced, if not completely eradicated. However, many of the viruses and bacteria that cause these diseases are still around and can infect those who aren’t properly vaccinated. For instance, in 2006 Kansas health officials reported more than 200 cases of mumps statewide, and by June of this year there had already been 56 confirmed cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Kansas. On a global scale, millions of children die August 8, 2012 Inside this issue AIDS Memorial Garden Art Galleries Birthdays Career Opportunities Center Express Classifieds Class of 2014 E-learning modules E-mail system Intro to Clinical Research KUSM–W banner drawing KU Pride KU Today Link 4 Life volunteers Live & Learn MPA Headline News News Flash Public health grants Research Forum Research funding available Research study participants Say hello 6 Questions United Way Warren Theatre tickets New Features Plant It Pink School supply drive Solid-waste assessments Archives Immunizations aren’t just a Immunizations aren’t just a shot in the dark shot in the dark Dr. Robert Wittler, Pediatrics tenured professor, gave a lecture on immunizations last June as part of our Live & Learn lecture series. You can listen to his lecture by visiting Live & Learn on our website. Recent lectures are found on the right hand side of the page under the heading “Listen to Past Lectures From This Year.”
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yearly from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccination, but the numbers are decreasing thanks to campaigns by groups such as the World Health
Organization. To ensure that you know what immunizations are right for your family, the CDC provides easy-to-read immunization schedules for both children and adults. Additionally, you can find everything you need to know about Kansas school immunization requirements at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment website.
August is National Immunization Awareness Month and a great time for people of all ages to get current on their immunizations, considering it’s the start of the school year and the upcoming flu season. While vaccinations are typically associated with babies and young children, there are plenty of shots that benefit teens and adults as well. Vaccines have helped control many diseases throughout history. Common illnesses from the past are now greatly reduced, if not completely eradicated. However, many of the viruses and bacteria that cause these diseases are still around and can infect those who aren’t properly vaccinated. For instance, in 2006 Kansas health officials reported more than 200 cases of mumps statewide, and by June of this year there had already been 56 confirmed cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Kansas. On a global scale, millions of children die
August 8, 2012
Inside this issue
AIDS Memorial Garden
Art Galleries
Birthdays
Career Opportunities
Center Express
Classifieds
Class of 2014
E-learning modules
E-mail system
Intro to Clinical Research
KUSM–W banner drawing
KU Pride
KU Today
Link 4 Life volunteers
Live & Learn
MPA Headline News
News Flash
Public health grants
Research Forum
Research funding available
Research study participants
Say hello
6 Questions
United Way
Warren Theatre tickets
New Features Plant It Pink
School supply drive
Solid-waste assessments
Archives Immunizations aren’t just a Immunizations aren’t just a
shot in the darkshot in the dark
Dr. Robert Wittler, Pediatrics tenured professor, gave a lecture on
immunizations last June as part of our Live & Learn lecture series. You can listen
to his lecture by visiting Live & Learn on our website. Recent lectures are
found on the right hand side of the page under the heading “Listen to Past
How long have you worked at KUSM–W, and what was your job before
you came here? I have been employed by KUSM–W for five years and work as a pediatric
hospitalist. Prior to my current position, I was a resident physician in the
KUSM–W Pediatric residency program.
What are your job responsibilities and what do you like most about your job? I am a pediatrician and work as a pediatric hospitalist by providing medical care for
infants, children, and adolescents when they need hospitalization. Being a full-time
faculty member, I am also responsible for teaching and training residents during
their pediatric inpatient rotations. My favorite parts of my job include 1) working
as a team to develop and implement projects that improve the quality of care we
provide to our pediatric patients and families and 2) providing care, support, and
education to oncology patients and their families.
If you have taken the Strengths Finder Assessment, what are your top 5 Strengths? Restorative, Deliberate, Significance, Harmony, Responsibility
What do you do in your spare time? I enjoy spending time with my family and friends at the lake (boating, tubing, jet
skiing, and fishing) and going on family walks around the neighborhood.
What’s a favorite movie and/or book? I love movies and have several that I could list. “Top Gun” is probably my all-time
favorite, as it was the first “grown-up” movie that I was able to see with my friends
and not my parents.
Who is your hero or the person you most admire and why? I admire both of my grandfathers as each taught me valuable lessons during their
life. One taught me the importance of family, faith, and values, and demonstrated
consistency, commitment, and integrity. The other taught me to work hard to
complete the job and then to take time to relax and enjoy life once the work was
done. Most of all, he taught me the secrets of when and where the fish are biting,
how to bait my own hook and tie my own lures, and how to clean my own fish. My
heroes are my pediatric oncology patients as they endure much, but do so with big
hearts and smiles and the desire to overcome.
6 Questions For...
Dr. Stephanie Kuhlmann
Assistant Professor,
Pediatrics
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
Family: Husband, Zachary
Kuhlmann, D.O. (OB/GYN);
Daughter, Claire, age 3
Mark your calendars to help with this
year’s Suicide Prevention Bookmark
Distribution on Friday, Sept. 14, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. at area QuikTrip stores
during National Suicide Prevention Week.
This annual awareness event is sponsored
by the Sedgwick County Suicide
Prevention Coalition to provide vital information and
support to members of our community. If you would like
to help at this event, contact Patty Gnefkow, Mental
Health Association, at (316) 652-2541.
Volunteer Opp Historical
Vaccinations
Before the widespread use of a vaccine
against measles, its incidence was so high
that infection with measles was felt to be "as
inevitable as death and taxes." Today, the
incidence of measles has fallen to less than
1% of people under the age of 30 in
countries with routine childhood vaccination.
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Is My Thyroid Making Me Fat? Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 14
Roberts Amphitheater
Justin Moore, M.D.
Division Chief, KU Wichita
Endocrinology
Medical Director, Via Christi Weight
Management
Did you miss the July 17 lecture about
PAD with Tracie Collins, M.D., M.P.H?
FREE audio recordings and notes are available online at
wichita.kumc.edu/live-and-learn
within a week after each lecture.
Going green in more
ways than one
KUSM–W is looking for businesses interested in saving
money and being more environmentally friendly. Dr.
Elizabeth Ablah, PMPH associate professor, and others
are conducting FREE solid-waste assessments for
interested businesses to learn how they can cut costs and
landfill waste, and increase recycling. Check out this story
in the Wichita Eagle and call (316) 293-3597 for more
information.
Traci Dieckmann Aug. 8 Brooke Dunlavy Aug. 8 Christopher Gartin Aug. 8 Candi Nigh Aug. 8 Cecilia Salmeron Aug. 8 Joshua Summers Aug. 8 Benjamin Jordan Aug. 10 Nathan Krug Aug. 10 Lindall Smith Aug. 10 Michael Briggs Aug. 12 Deb Dixon Aug. 12 Harry Furst Aug. 12 Timothy Ghattas Aug. 12 Andrew Hentzen Aug. 12 Long Bach Aug. 13 Regan Brown Aug. 13 Dee Sadler Aug. 13 James Tyrell Aug. 13 Dianne Fleming Aug. 14 Laurie Fluty Aug. 14 Daniel Miller Aug. 14 Ashley Robbins Aug. 14 Kara Visokey Aug. 14 Adam Borntrager Aug. 15 Matthew Kielt Aug. 15 Charles Pence Aug. 15 Curtis Scott Aug. 15 Kelly Lambright Aug. 16 Tyann Orton Aug. 16 Stanley Jones Aug. 17 Cory Pfeifer Aug. 17 Ken Kallail Aug. 17 Catherine Koertje Aug. 17 Eric McDaniel Aug. 17 Scott Street Aug. 17 Tamara Jacobson Aug. 18 Daniel Reimer Aug. 18 Jennifer Cheng Aug. 19 Tracie Collins Aug. 19 Mustapha El-Halabi Aug. 19 Andrea Flessner Aug. 19 Christopher Klouzek Aug. 19 Elizabeth Kraft Aug. 19 Nick Allen Aug. 20 Nathan Dobbs Aug. 20 Janice Koster Aug. 20 Reinaldo Morales II Aug. 20 Andrew Cheng Aug. 21 Amy Patel Aug. 21 Melinda Smith Aug. 21 Rachael Svaty Aug. 21