January 2001 PDF Version. SGIM to Form Anticoagulation-Thromboembolism Research Consortium. Foundation Gift Provides Endowment for Nickens Award. President's Column. 2001 Annual Meeting: A Preview: Precourses Offer Something for Everyone. Great Workshops Planned for Annual Meeting. Research Funding Corner. American Medical Informatics Association Seeks Papers for Fall Symposium. Federal Efforts to Eliminate Disparities: A Call to Arms for Academic Generalists. The Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000. SGIM Invites Nominees for National Clinician-Educator Awards.