2B The Salt Lake Tribune Monday, November 3 5, 1984 U. Researches Womens Health Care By Scott Rivers Tribune Staff Writer A project encompassing the most comprehensive study of female menstruation and reproduction is being researched at the University of Utahs College of Nursing. The research is considered extremely important in understanding human reproduction and very likely will have a significant impact on the health care of women. In addition, new information is being acquired about the effects of contraceptive pill use, the duration of transition to menopause and the factors that influence age at the first menstrual cycle, known as menarche. The Tremin Trust, formerly known as the Alan E. Treloar Menstruation and Reproductive History Program, contains information about the reproductive lives of American women. The population study is considered to be the largest of its kind. In 1934, Dr. Alan Treloar, professor emeritus of biometry, was teaching at the University of Minnesota. He wanted to have data available for his students that would exemplify biological changes over a period of time and thought it would be helpful if women kept a record of their menstrual cycles. Yearly Calendar A small group of women at the University Health Center completed a yearly calendar card of their menstrual cycles and were willing to continue with the project, thus helping Dr. Treloar document the length of the menstrual cycle and the duration of menstruation. After the first group of records were collected over a period of years, Dr. Treloar enrolled another group at the university during the 1960s. He later enrolled the daughters and grandaughters of the first group. The daily, written reports now represent of a combined 35,000 person-year- s menstrual history. After finding an institution (University of Utah) capable of taking over the directorship, Dr. Treloar retired. Dr. Ann M. Voda, professor and director of the physiological nursing program at the College of Nursing, saw the value of the menstrual research project. From 1979 until early this year, Dr. Voda and Dr. Linda K. Amos, Dean of the College of Nursing, worked out all details with Dr. of the board of diTreloar, rectors for the Tremin Trust, to move the trust to the University of Utah. Several grants were acquired, through the support of scholars who did not want to see the project discontinued. Director of Project Dr. Voda, a nurse physiologist, will direct the project. She is one of the few specialists in the United States conducting research that follows on women through their menstrual and reproductive histories. According to Dr. Voda, multigenerational histories have never before been collected on such a large scale. One of the questions the study will attempt to answer is the mean age of the onset of menarche. All previous information had come to researchers retrospectively and through recall. Dr. Treloars study will now precisely document the age of onset during the first menstrual period. "Through this study, we will be able to replace retrospectively collected data with prospective data, in other words, document the event as it happens," said Dr. Voda. She continued, Although we have a general idea about the mean age at which the menstrual cycle begins, no long-terprospective study has documented the date. The same applies for establishing the mean age of menopause. Interested in Health Important questions, some will be asked by the College of Nursing through the information amassed in their data banks. Dr. Voda, however, believes women are more interested in questions concerning their health. "Women have some very grave concerns about the effects of mastectomy. The biomedical community will say, What has caused this to happen? How many mastectomies are there yearly? What do you think the women were doing that led up to W'e want to knnw the efforts pf thismastectomy on women. The College of Nursing will form a local and national advisory board consisting of university and community members. In the planning stage is a collection of the entire Tremin Trust publications to date, which include studies on hormones, breast cancer and the variability of the menstrual cycle. The compiled publications will be printed in book form as a collection of essays for the scientific community. Attract Researchers Dr. Voda feels the project will attract menstrual cycle researchers and scholars from all over the world, who will be involved in research and work, as well as graduate students from the university, who will work as research assistants. The College of Nursing intends to set up a policy for national and worldwide universities to have access to the data and answer some of their own research questions. post-doctor- al Competition Intensifies for U. of U. Graduate Programs The competition for admission into some of the University of Utahs graduate programs has intensified in recent years as the programs have achieved national recognition. In select programs such as experimental and clinical psychology, counseling psychology, pharmacology and molecular biology, a maximum of about 20 percent of all applicants are being admitted. Only about 30 percent of applicants are admitted to the doctoral program in business. Meanwhile, qualifications of students accepted to the universitys law and medical schools continue to be above the national average James Clayton, dean of the U. of U. graduate school, said that along with stiffer competition in a few fields, he has observed a long-tertrend toward university graduate programs of academic societies, ranked the U. of U.s psychology department the ninth most improved in the nation, compared to five years earlier. About 250 graduates of colleges year, seven students were accepted from 80 applicants. Admittees averaverage and aged a 3 5 grade-poin- t 1,200 on the GRE. Top qualifications also are required in science areas in which the university has nationally recognized programs. For example, the doctorate in pharmacology, a joint program of the School of Medicine and College of Pharmacy, has links with the Center for Human Toxicology, which has about $600,u00 in research grants and contracts. The program has been one of the top five of its type in the nation for the past 10 years, said James W. Gibb, chairman of biochemical pharmacology and toxicology. Of about 50 applicants a year, four or five are ad throughout the country applied to enter the psychology program this fall. Sixteen were admitted and 11 actually entered. They had an average un4 is dergraduate grade point of 3.5 and averaged a top of the line score of 1,200 on the Graduate Record Examination, placing them in the top fifth of college graduates planning to go to graduate school. The acceptance rate is slightly but equivalent qualificahigher tions are necessary for the educational psychology departments doctorate in counseling psychology. Last expecting higher undergraduate grade-poin- t test scores. averages mitted Students admitted this year averaged a 36 grade-poin- t average. Quality Improves "Our applicants got dramatically better a few years ago and quality has continued to inch up for the past three or four years, said Dana Car-rolassociate professor in the medical school's department of cellular, viral and molecular biology. For the past few years, 30 to 40 students a year have applied for the doctoral program, six to 10 have been admitted and four or five actually have entered. l, and Theyre graduates of good schools are well prepared, said Dr. Car-rol- l. In the 1982 Conference Board sur the mathematics departaient was ranked 30th of 115 schools offering the Ph D and first among those schools for improvement in the five years preceding the survey. Most students must have a fellowship to pursue a doctorate in math on basis. Of 102 applicants a for this year, 16 received fellowships. The recipients' average grade-poin- t average was above 3 6. The acceptance rate for the doctorate in business has stayed about the 30 percent since 1980-8- 1 same because the graduate school of business has expanded the number of inopenings as applicants have 29 applied and creased. In 1980-8nine were accepted. Last year, 47 applied and 14 were admitted. vey, full-tim- e firirpn Ikisi and national In Demand most competitive is the Perhaps the doctorate in psychology, in which students earn a masters degree and before specializing in experimental or clinical psychology at the doctoral level. In 1982, a survey of academicians by the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, a consortium Hogle Zoo Logs A Good Year, Director Says When we open the doors to our stockrooms its your big chance to save. Come in and search the tire racks of specially priced tires for your size. Shop early some sizes sell out quickly. By Frank Brunsman Tribune Staff Writer Weve had a very good year, Hogle Zoo director LaMar Farnsworth says. The zoos population is growing and among the newer residents are two Snow Leopards. These leopards are considered an endangered species. The two cubs, about 2 months old, have attracted a lot of attention during the few weeks they have been on display. Although not classified as a popu-latio- n explosion, the number of births this year is better than average for the facility, located in the mouth of Emigration Canyon at 2600 E. Sunny-sid- e Sale Ends Nov. 17 am Bill SAVE ON ALL SEASON WHITEWALLS Tiempo Season Radial All Ave. (840 South). PtSS SCR 13 V. Few animals have been born since Labor Day. Because of Utahs cool winters, animals are encouraged to give birth during the spring and summer. One of the exceptions was the birth this week of two of the four 1984 arrivals of Hamadryas Baboons, the same type of baboon that provided a heart for Baby Fae at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. Baby Fae, 9 days old Wednesday, has lived longer than any other human recipient of a heart transplanted from another species. One advantage of a better than average birth rate at the zoo is the opportunity to trade with other zoos for animals in short supply here. According to Mr. Farnsworth, it is important to safeguard blood lines so captive animals do not become too inbred. A few of the other interesting new arrivals this year include an orangutan, two Colobus Monkeys, two Guenon (commonly called spot nose) Monkeys, an Alaskan Brown Bear, a wallaroo, four red kangaroos, 27 reptiles and 28 Fallow Deer. 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