The cornerstone of the Weight Watchers program is nutrition, coupled with exercise advice and a very effective behavior modification program that leads to new eating management skills, safe weight loss, and maintenance. The cost is $123 for the 12-week course, which will be offered on both the Gables and medical campuses. If this is your first time attending the Weight Watchers at Work program at UM, you are eligible for 100 percent reimbursement if you attend each of the 12 sessions. If this is your second Weight Watchers at Work at UM, you are eligible for 50-percent reimbursement if you attend all 12 sessions. If you have any questions, please e-mail Sheri Virok at [email protected]. This is a taxable benefit. For more information, click here. Schedules for the upcoming courses are as follows:

Coral Gables
Course starts Thursday, June 18
Meetings held at 12 p.m.
Room 4051, School of Communication

Miller School of Medicine
Course starts Wednesday, June 17
Meetings held at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m.
Medical Wellness Center, Instructional Classroom
Clinical Research Building

Along with fun in the sun, summertime can bring a variety of home and outdoor poison risks. These risks range from contact with venomous animals to exposure to household chemicals used incorrectly. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) seminar “Summer Safety: Preventing Poison Hazards” will identify hazardous species of animals native to our South Florida environment, evaluate common poisoning scenarios for adults and children, and discuss prevention tips and resources. Wendy Blair Stephan, health educator for the Florida Poison Information Center-Miami, will present.

Miller School campus: Wednesday, June 17 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Dominion Parking Garage, Room 155

Coral Gables campus: Thursday, June 18 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Max Orovitz Building, Room 139

To register, go to http://ulearn.miami.edu. For help with ULearn, call PDTO at 305-284-5110 or 305-243-3090.

The Office of Research Information Management is offering a Velos Patient Management Workshop designed to teach study team members, coordinators, research nurses, and all study personnel how the system can help them manage patients. Patient enrollment, patient status management, and patient calendars will be discussed during this hands-on module. The workshop will be held on Thursdays, June 18 and 25, and July 2 and 9 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Dominion Towers, tenth-floor training room.

Registration is required through ULearn. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

If you are an InfoEd user, participate in an Elluminate (Web conference) demonstration, to be held on Thursday, June 18 from 12 to 1 p.m. All InfoEd modules are currently accessed via the InfoEd eRA portal. An improved portal that will offer a more streamlined interface and easier nagivation is coming soon to all InfoEd users. In addition to providing a new look and feel to the initial login and browse screens, the new portal will enable the user to locate proposals or protocols more quickly and to customize personal preferences.

Get a sneak peek at the new InfoEd portal by joining this Web conference. To register, log into ULearn from the learner mode and go to the catalog at the bottom of the page, then look in the “Research Administration and Sponsored Programs” category. After registering, the activity’s user notes provides a link for the Elluminate session, a link to your outlook calendar, and a link for Elluminate support. You will get a reminder e-mail the day before the session that will include the same three links. A username and password are not required. Make certain your computer has speakers or headphones to hear the Web conference; a microphone is recommended but not required. Registration is limited, so sign up soon. For more information, call 305-243-5092 or e-mail [email protected]. If you would like to sign up for the new portal, send an e-mail to [email protected].