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ASTHMA MEDICINES OFTEN NOT PRESCRIBED AS NATIONAL GUIDELINES RECOMMEND

More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still don't receive prescriptions for the inhalers that experts say offer the safest and most effective long-term control of the disease, a new study suggests. Physicians prescribing practices based on expert recommendations improved between 1998 and 2002 overall. But the study showed the use of the medications that are considered most effective in controlling the condition began to decline after 2003, leading researchers to suspect doctors might be too cautious in their prescribing practices. Read more >

ORRP ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT RESEARCHERS

As a special service to student researchers, staff from the Office of Responsible Research Practices offers special office hours this spring to help both graduate and undergraduate student researchers who are preparing Behavioral and Social Sciences Institutional Review Board submissions and exemption requests. ORRP staff will help students and their advisors navigate IRB forms, policies, and review procedures. Office hours will be held in 150L Page Hall, in space provided by the Undergraduate Research Office. No appointment is necessary. Dates and times are available online. Contact pettey.6@osu.edu.

SILENT AUCTION BENEFITS OHIO STATE BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH

President E. Gordon Gee will be the featured speaker at a silent auction to raise money for brain cancer research at the Comprehensive Cancer Center and the James Cancer Hospital. Tina Husted, wife of Ohio Speaker of the House Jon Husted, organized the silent auction to honor her father, Dan Zwayer, who died in 2006 from glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor. All auction proceeds will go to the Daniel J. Zwayer Fund to benefit brain cancer research. The event is Friday, April 4at the Jack Nicklaus Museum, 2355 Olentangy River Rd. Tickets are $75. Contact: Kristina Day at Kristina.Day@osumc.edu. Read more >

OSU NCBI TO HOST TRAIN THE TRAINER APRIL 18 - 20

Want to develop skills for taking on tough issues involving diversity, inclusion and prejudice reduction in your workplace and personal life? Want to enhance your leadership abilities to impact all areas of your life? Want to join an established group of university staff, faculty and students who have been doing all of this for more than eight years? Attend a National Coalition Building Institute Train the Trainers event Friday (4/18)-Sunday (4/20) at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3232 Olentangy River Road and join the OSU Campus Affiliate of NCBI International.

VISITNG ARTISTS AT THE WEXNER CENTER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

Photographer Adi Nes, one of Israel's best-known artists, will discuss his Biblical Stories series Tuesday (3/25) in the Wexner Center's Film/Video theatre. The talk is free and starts at 7 pm. His series is currently on view in the Wexner galleries. Then, on Wednesday (3/26), Sylvia Plimack Mangold and Joan Semmel stop by for Double Solitaire, a discussion of their work and careers moderated by Solitaire curator Helen Molesworth. Solitaire also is on view in the galleries. This talk is free and starts at 4:30 pm in the Film/Video Theatre. Read more >

SPRING FASHION EYEWEAR FRAME EXPO IS TUESDAY MARCH 25

The Ohio State Optometry Services' Eyewear Gallery for Great Vision will host the semiannual Frame Fashion Expo Tuesday (3/25) from 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. In addition to the normal selection of 2,000 frames, eight designer representatives from Kenneth Cole, REACTION, Prada, Carrera, Juicy Couture, Valentino, Timberland, and Silhouette will present their Spring Fashion Collections. Featured frames will be specially priced. The licensed Optician Instructors at the Eyewear Gallery specialize in matching patients' visual and lifestyle needs to specific lens options. VSP Vision Insurance accepted. 338 W 10th Ave. Contact: 292-2020.