Benefits enrollment period announced
The benefits open enrollment period for 2007 for University System of Georgia employees, including those at UGA, will be Nov. 13– Dec. 15, 2006. Details will be announced later by the UGA Human Resources Office.

Volunteers needed for two studies
Volunteers are being sought for two studies currently under way at the Infant Feeding and Body Composition Research Laboratory of the Department of Foods and Nutrition in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Both studies are focused on the effects of infant feeding on the body composition of infants and their mothers.

For the first study, pregnant women in their third trimester are sought. Participants will visit the research laboratory, room 261 in Dawson Hall, for prenatal and postnatal visits at two weeks, one month, two months and three months. In particular, pregnant women who intend to formula-feed their newborns are being sought. Volunteers who complete all of the visits will receive $150. Plus, both the mother and baby will have their body compositions measured with state-of-the-art equipment.

For a second, cross-sectional study, mothers with infants 3 months of age or younger are being sought. The study is seeking both mothers who are breast feeding and those who are formula feeding. In this study, mothers and their infants only visit the lab for measurements one time and will receive $50 as compensation.

Free parking is available as well as transportation and mileage reimbursement for participants who may travel long distances or use public transportation to participate.

For more information, contact Alex Anderson, assistant professor of foods and nutrition, by e-mail (anderson@fcs.uga.edu) or phone [(706) 542-7614].

Technology conference planned
The Technology Transfer Society will hold its 2006 annual meeting and conference, “Next Generation Innovation: New Approaches and Policy Designs,” Sept. 27-29 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta. Monica Gaughan, assistant professor of health administration, biostatistics and epidemiology in UGA’s College of Public Health, is one of the conference co-organizers.

The Technology Transfer Society is a nonprofit organization devoted to the interdisciplinary scholarly analysis of technology transfer and the dissemination of best practices in technology transfer from universities and federal labs to firms (and vice versa).

The conference agenda and registration information is available online (cherry.gatech.edu/t2s2006). For more information, contact Gaughan by phone [(706) 583-8922] or e-mail (gaughan @uga.edu).

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