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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Brain Research Institute, JCCC Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program Area, Neuroscience IDP
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Waksman Institute and Department of Genetics
Rutgers University
Chromosome alignment and segregation on the acentrosomal meiotic spindle
Marie E. Burns, Ph.D.
Professor Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science University of California, Davis
Physiology Conference Room B400 Richards Building
Title: Feedback required: Stability and reproducibility of single photon responses of retinal rods
4:00PM - 5:00PM
For more information call: (215) 898-8725
Location: Class of '62, JMB
ADvisor: Dr. Gregory Bashaw
Combined Fall 2012 Seminar Series presents:
Alan G. Watts, D.Phil
University of Southern California
October 2, 2012
4:00 PM
Translational Research Center 12-146
Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
University of California, Berkeley
“Role Of Natural Killer Cell Receptors In Cancer Surveillance And Inflammatory Disease”
Austrian Auditorium
The Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research
The Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative and
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Present
Marc S. Atkins, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
New Models for Children’s Mental Health Services in Urban Communities: Drilling Deeper in Urban Schools
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Time: 1:30pm-3:00pm
Location: Steinberg-Dietrich Hall | Room 215 | 3620 Locust Walk
Dr. Atkins is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he holds appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Juvenile Research. He is a leading researcher in the development of effective mental health services for children and families living in low-income communities. He will present a mental health service model that identifies and leverages indigenous resources within schools and communities to change the social context of schooling for youth in urban poverty, and promote opportunities for positive mental health and improved academic outcomes for children.
RSVP: mdowney@upenn.edu
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Studying virus/host interactions through the exploitation of miRNAs
Austrian Auditorium
Associate Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Reunion Hall, JMB
S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
http://www.biolchem.ucla.edu/labs/zipursky/l3.html
“Cell Recognition and Wiring the Brain”
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Speaker 1: Brian Gregory
Speaker 2: Li-San Wang
Speaker 3: Ramana Davuluri
Student host: Nick Lahens
Harvard University
Genetics of human heigh, obesity, and other polygenic traits
10am-2pm in the Translational Research Building Commons Lobby
Dr. Garbine Riley is a dermatologist from Guatemala coming to give the Grand Rounds lecture on Oct 4. She is an expert in Leprosy and will be speaking on the topic. Anyone from Global Health/med school is invited to hear her lecture from 11AM-noon in TRC auditorium (attached to PCAM). She also has time in the afternoon to meet with anyone who may be interested in leprosy or global health in Guatemala.
Speaker: Kenneth Hugh Mayer, MD
Time: Thursday October 4th, 2012 at Noon
Topic: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Alyssa Nguyen-Phuc
2012 Summer Research Student Presentation
Alyssa Nguyen-Phuc
2012 Summer Research Student Presentation
Led by visiting Penn medical students.
All are welcome to attend.
Dr. Mike Reid will be visiting Thamaga on October 4rth
This month's outreach lecture: Respiratory distress and CHF
As ever if you have any HIV/internal medicine clinical questions, please free to contact Mike (+267 724 78 777) or Dr Miriam Haverkamp (+269 765 16 520).
The outreach lecture this month is on 'Respiratory distress and CHF.'
As ever if you have any HIV/internal medicine clinical questions, please free to contact Dr Mike Reid (+267 724 78 777) or Dr Miriam Haverkamp (+269 765 16 520).
Assistant Professor of Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
"Regulation of Cell Death and Inflammation During Bacterial Infection"
132 Hill Pavilion
The newly established Basser Research Center for BRCA 1 and 2 hosts monthly research conferences, which include presentations by two researchers and discussion over lunch. Lunch will be provided.
This month's presentations:Andrea Facciabene, PhD, on Development of vaccine targeting the tumor vasculature for the prevention of BRCA-deficient tumors
Susan Domchek, MD, on Cancer Risk Evaluation Program: current and future biobank
These conferences are open to all, and no registration is necessary.
“OSA in Commercial Truck Drivers”
“QI Research”
Michael Gallagher-Chen-Plotkin Lab
"Genetic regulation of TMEM106B, a risk gene for frontotemporal dementia"
This lecture is a part of the Fall 2012 Public Health 519 course "Issues in Global Health." If you would like to attend as a guest, please contact Dustin Utt (uttd@upenn.edu) to see if there is room available.
Information about the course: PUBH519 presents an overview of issues in global health from the viewpoint of many different disciplines, with emphasis on economically less developed countries. Themes include the state of the planet, including populations, resources, and environment; determinants of global health, ethical perspectives, challenges in communicable and non-communicable disease, and intervention strategies. If you are interested in registering for the entire course, please follow the protocol used in your home school. This is usually accomplished by checking with the home school program coordinator or advisor. Medical students should contact Helene Weinberg.
This lecture is a part of the Fall 2012 Public Health 519 course "Issues in Global Health." If you would like to attend as a guest, please contact Dustin Utt (uttd@upenn.edu) to see if there is room available.
Information about the course: PUBH519 presents an overview of issues in global health from the viewpoint of many different disciplines, with emphasis on economically less developed countries. Themes include the state of the planet, including populations, resources, and environment; determinants of global health, ethical perspectives, challenges in communicable and non-communicable disease, and intervention strategies. If you are interested in registering for the entire course, please follow the protocol used in your home school. This is usually accomplished by checking with the home school program coordinator or advisor. Medical students should contact Helene Weinberg.