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The Comprehensive Cancer Center is soliciting applications for funds available from the Prostate SPORE grant. Support of up to $150,000 per year is available for up to three years for translational projects attempting to understand the mechanisms involved in prostate cancer development, or toward a prostate cancer cure. The application deadline is Feb. 15. For more information, contact Chris Vida at (734) 998-6749 or cvida@umich.edu.

M-CARE's M-CAID HMO receives top-10 rating

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has named
M-CAID, M-CARE's Medicaid program, a top 10 company participating in Medicaid. The national rating recognizes plans that, in 2003, performed at an extraordinarily high level. This is the first year NCQA has named top 10 Medicaid companies, and it compared scores from more than 100 plans. To be eligible for the list, a health plan must hold an excellent accreditation from the NCQA. In addition, top 10 plans have reported the highest average scores across all Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDISU+00C2U+00AE) Effectiveness of Care measures. HEDIS is a set of standardized performance measures related to public health issues such as adolescent and childhood immunizations, asthma and diabetes care, breast cancer screening, and smoking cessation.

Linux available at Angell Hall site

Three machines running Linux are available at the Angell Hall campus computing site, thanks to a collaborative effort between the sites and U-M Computing Environment. The machines have replaced units that were running the Solaris operating system. The machines have a number of statistical applications, as well as Open Office applications. There is a survey on the machines that users can fill out, and Information Technology Central Services hopes to learn whether the campus community wants greater access to Linux in the future. Three more Linux machines soon will be installed, one each at the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, the Undergraduate Library and Arbor Lakes. Future installations will be determined by user response and interest.

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