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September 2009
Cancer
Center opens new treatment facility
After
nearly a decade of planning and construction, the UNM Cancer Center, the
state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center, opened the
first phase of its new UNM Cancer Treatment and Clinical Research Facility,
providing fully integrated comprehensive cancer diagnosis and treatment to
the people of New Mexico and the nation.
Until the opening of this new facility, more than 600 physicians, nurses and
staff worked in increasingly tight quarters to keep up with a rapidly
growing patient population. Last year, the UNM Cancer Center served more
than 7,600 patients in over 90,000 patient visits, which represents half the
adults and virtually all children diagnosed with cancer in the state. The
new center will provide ample space to serve more than 200,000 patients
every year.
The Cancer Treatment and Clinical Research Facility services include cancer diagnosis and imaging facilities, a Siemens-PETNET cyclotron and radioisotope production facility, three ambulatory surgery suites, a diagnostic clinical laboratory, four vaults for radiation oncology and radiosurgery programs, and more than 40 exam rooms per floor.
Because the
center focuses on caring for the whole patient, the facility also features
healing gardens, private alcoves, a reflective pool and a meditation chapel.
Patient and Family Services Programs and an Integrative Cancer Medicine Center
provides full patient supportive care services.
The design of the new building was influenced by New Mexico’s diverse cultures. Because a strong connection to the Earth is central to Native American beliefs, wood, stone and other natural elements are visible throughout the facility. New Mexican plants believed to have healing properties inspired the color schemes, and a roof-to-ground light chimney floods each floor with sunlight. The chemotherapy infusion suite on the top floor, operated by UNM Hospital, offers patients a view of the Sandia Mountains during their treatment, which can be done indoors or out in the fresh air of the rooftop garden.
UNM Cancer Ctr. Pushes ‘On’ Button (NM Business Weekly)
Ten years ago, the University of New Mexico’s cancer treatment facilities, doctors, nurses and other staff were seeing 100 patients a day. Those patients logged 20,000 visits to the facilities every year. Today, those facilities and doctors are seeing 375 patients a day and dealing with 90,000 patient visits a year. http://www.unm.edu/news/09AugNewsClips/28center.htm
State-Of-The Art UNM
Cancer Center Has Spa-Like Feel (Albuquerque Journal)
Cancer Center a Gift
(Albuquerque Journal Editorial)
To say the new University of New Mexico Cancer Center is state
of the art is to understate what the $90 million center will offer New Mexicans
when its doors open Monday to about 380 patients.
http://www.unm.edu/news/09AugNewsClips/31editorial.htm
Study: Video Game Helps
Girls’ Brains (Albuquerque Journal)
UNM Site To Make
Isotopes (Albuquerque Journal)
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center and
medical technology colossus Siemens Corp. are expected to announce today that
they are teaming up to make the center the hub of Siemen’s medical isotope
business in the region.
http://www.unm.edu/news/09SepNewsClips/15isotopes.htm
Akshay Sood Receives K23 NIH ARRA Funding
Akshay Sood, CTSC Scholar and associate professor, Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine, has received a funding for a K23 NIH ARRA grant.
The grant funding is for “Obesity-related Host Susceptibility for Asthma in
Women.” Dr. Sood is a clinically trained pulmonologist who is embarking on a
career in translational research and affiliated with UNM HSC CTSC Office.
The exploratory K23 grant research area is considered a high priority by
NIH. It is envisioned that the study may help define the mechanistic basis
for the relationship between obesity and asthma, which will significantly
assist in developing treatments and preventing this disease.
ARRA Funding for Mary Ann Osley
Mary Ann Osley, professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology has received ARRA funding for “Genetic Analysis of H2B
Ubiquitylation in Yeast.” This award is an administrative supplement to an
existing NIH GM40118 grant. The broad goals of the grant are to understand how
H2BUB is regulated and how this one modification influences transcription and
stationary phase, a specialized quiescent state that results from nutrient
deprivation.
NIH ARRA Funding for Laura Gonzalez Bosc
March 2009
3/9 SRD Update! - Thank you to everyone who took part in Student Research Day (SRD)! It was a huge success and we appreciate all of the time and effort put in by the planning committee. Great job students!
January 2009
1/14 Save the Date - Student Research Day (SRD) is February 27, 2009! - SRD is an opportunity for everyone, first years included, to share what they have learned over the past year. Students may do this by giving a talk in the morning or a poster presentation in the afternoon. This year the guest speaker will be Dr. Roy Duncan from the University of Guelph. If you are interested in joining the SRD Committee, please email either Chessa or Steven.
