UCI calls for volunteers to help with...

UCI calls for volunteers to help with research

A UC Irvine research center is seeking women with abnormal Pap

smear results to be screened for the human papillomavirus and

possibly receive treatment with a new vaccine.

The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is conducting the

study. The virus is a primary cause of the cell changes that lead to

cervical cancer and is a common viral infection passed between sex

partners.

The vaccine is designed to treat the infection and stop cells from

becoming cancerous.

High-risk forms of the virus are found in about 80% of women with

abnormal Pap smears, the center reported. Of those, about 1% turn

cancerous.

The study, also being conducted at UCLA, is looking for

pre-menopausal women between the ages of 18 and 50 who have had an

abnormal Pap smear during the past year.

For more information, call Patricia Tully at UCI at (888) 456-7067

or UCLA’s Dorothy Wiley at (800) 233-7231.

Online jobs list a boon for college employment

A new website will make it easier for job seekers to find jobs

within the state’s higher education system.

The Southern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium is

sponsoring the first higher education employment website in the

region. It gives people access to information about faculty and staff

position at 23 public and private colleges and universities in

Southern California.

About 1,500 jobs are listed on the site, according to UCI

officials. Colleges and universities in Southern California expect to

hire more than 50,000 new employees in the next five years, according

to UCI.

Fundraiser to raise scholarship money

A benefit will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 for the Brandon Cody

Wiener Scholarship Fund at the Costa Mesa Senior Center. The

scholarship fund was established in memory of Brandon Wiener, who was

3 years old when he was killed by Steven Abrams. Abrams drove his car

through a Costa Mesa preschool playground on May 3, 1999.

Four-year-old Sierra Soto also died in that incident.

Money raised from the event will go toward sending children who

have suffered the loss of a loved one to camp. There will be a dinner

and silent auction. Tickets cost $40 per person. A table of eight can

be purchased for $275. Fore reservations or for more information,

call (949) 645-0944 or visit https://bcwfund.fateback.com.

Newport archeologist receives library award

Rob Masters, Newport Beach’s city archeologist, received an award

for $3,000 from the American Library Assn. He is the vice president

of the Orange County chapter of the American Research Center in

Egypt, and made a significant effort to partner this center and the

library system to provide a series of lectures to the public on

Egyptian archeology.

The honor is the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award

from the American Library Assn., and was jointly accepted by the

Orange County Library system.