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New staff orientation is a half-day program that provides an overview of the Perelman SOM as well as specific useful information about key functions and resources that are important to Perelman SOM staff. Specifically, the program will help new staff:
- feel welcome
- understand the Perelman School of Medicine's past, mission, and vision for the future
- understand the Perelman School of Medicine's organizational and reporting structure
- learn relevant functional departments contacts and numbers
- identify resources that are available to support you as a Perelman School of Medicine employee
It is expected that all new employees and transfers to the Perelman School of Medicine will participate in the orientation as soon after their start date as possible. Orientation sessions are generally scheduled monthly, but may vary with the volume of new hires. Invitations are sent directly to all new staff and transfers at their home address. There are three ways to register:
- Call our office at 215-573-0682
- Email to oe@mail.med.upenn.edu
- Register on Knowledge Link (Course title: New Staff Orientation SOM)
A counselor from Career Services will hold walk-ins, every other Thursday for Biomedical Postdocs from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Please bring your Penn ID so they can confirm your BPP postdoc status.
Services from a counselor include:Critiques of c.v.’s, resumes, cover letter and other job hunting materials, advice about conducting an effective job search, preparation for interviews, assistance with defining your career direction.
A counselor from Career Services will hold walk-ins, every other Thursday for Biomedical Postdocs from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Please bring your Penn ID so they can confirm your BPP postdoc status.
Services from a counselor include:Critiques of c.v.’s, resumes, cover letter and other job hunting materials, advice about conducting an effective job search, preparation for interviews, assistance with defining your career direction.
December 2, 2011
CNST Student Presentations
December 9, 2011
Rickson Mesquita, Ph.D.
Physics & Astronomy
“Brain Monitoring with Diffuse Optical Techniques”
Learn to increase interaction in the classroom, ask and answer questions effectively, and observe and assess student responses. Learn how to enhance student learning in small group settings. Taught by Dr. Richard Ochs, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine faculty member.
This class is available for CME Credit
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.The Abstract provides a clear, concise overview of a paper. It presents the main story and a few essential details. A good abstract sorts readers - allows them to decide if they want to read the paper or skip the paper - by persuading them in the first few sentences. Increasingly, journal editors and reviewers are using the abstract to triage submitted manuscripts. This session will focus on writing excellent abstracts. Taught by Penn-trained Elizabeth Colston, M.D., Ph.D.
This class is available for CME Credit.
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.1. Faculty members will learn about institutional policies and procedures governing taking a sabbatical.
2. Faculty members will understand the potential benefit to their career development and growth that can result from a sabbatical.
3. Faculty members will learn how to plan, request, and utilize a scholarly leave of absence from the panelists' experiences. Faculty panelists include Drs. Reed Pyeritz, Klaus Kaestner, and Pamela Sankar.Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
“Revealing Genes and Networks of the Innate Immune System”
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Robert B. Friend and Michelle M. Friend Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research
UCSF Diabetes Center
“Control of Immune Tolerance by Aire”
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Investigator, HHMI
Princeton University
Host: Douglas Epstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego
Host: Meera Sundaram, Ph.D.
- Write effective job criteria
- Post a job
- Get appropriate candidates
- Design interview questions
- Avoid illegal questions during an interview
- Select the best candidate
- Gain respect
- Speak up
- Ask for what you want
- Say “no”
- Express negative feelings appropriately
Department of Physiology Seminar Program
Rikard Blunck, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, University of Montreal
"Structure-function Relations of K+ Channels Investigated by Voltage-Clamp Fluorometry"
For more information contact: Department of Physiology, 215-898-8725, phys@mail.med.upenn.edu
Department of Physiology Seminar Program
Randall Peterson, Ph.D
Asst Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Biology, Mass General Hospital
"Discovering New Bioactive Molecules through in Vivo Screening in Zebrafish"
For more information contact: Department of Physiology, 215-898-8725, phys@mail.med.upenn.edu
Programs from across the University will be highlighted that focus on using video games to collect information about nutrition and exercise as well as influence facial perception skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the impact of recess on children’s performance, health and well-being.
Keynote Presentation:
- Paul Tarini, Senior Program Officer, Pioneer Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panel Discussions:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
- Bob Schultz, Director of the Center for Autism Research (CAR), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Mary Summers, Lecturer, Political Science/Health and Societies, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
9:05
9:30
9:55
10:20
10:45
Break
11:00
11:25
11:50
Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D.
“Modeling Rett Syndrome with genetically modified mice”
12:15
KADESCH PRIZE AWARD PRESENTATION to Andrew Edmondson
12:25
Andrew Edmondson (Rader Lab)
"Genetics of HDL Cholesterol Metabolism"
12:50
Lunch
2:00
Mark L. Kahn, M.D.
“Vascular growth through positive and negative regulation of the CCM pathway”
2:25
Meera V. Sundaram, Ph.D.
“Forward Genetics reveals roles for the extracellular matrix in epithelial maintenance”
2:50
Ben Z. Stanger, M.D., Ph.D.
“How Cancers Spread: Using Genetic Lineage Tracing to Study Metastasis”
3:15
Arupa Ganguly, Ph.D.
“Sporadic Retinoblastoma: Bad luck or genetic predisposition?”
3:40
Break
4:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Nancy Bonini, Ph.D.
| John Guatelli, MD - Evasion of innate immunity by HIV-1: the Vpu/BST-2 Relationship Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego | |
| 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building |
Keynote speakers include Glenn Treisman & Paul Bieniasz. See http://www.med.upenn.edu/cfar/education_researchretreat.shtml for more details.
Struan Grant, Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
“Genomics of Diabetes and Obesity: A Rapidly Developing Story”
4pm to 5pm
Translational Research Center, Room 12-146
For updates and more information, please visit www.med.upenn.edu/idom or contact Vesselina Panteva at 215-898-0198 or
panteva@mail.med.upenn.edu
Kathryn M. Ferguson, Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
“Extracellular Control of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases”
4pm to 5pm
Translational Research Center, Room 12-146
For updates and more information, please visit www.med.upenn.edu/idom or contact Vesselina Panteva at 215-898-0198 or
panteva@mail.med.upenn.edu
Mary Elizabeth Patti, M.D.,
Joslin Diabetes Center
“Molecular Mediators of Diabetes Risk: Insights from Human Studies”
4pm to 5pm
Translational Research Center, Room 12-146
For updates and more information, please visit www.med.upenn.edu/idom or contact Vesselina Panteva at 215-898-0198 or
panteva@mail.med.upenn.edu
Title: Operation on GERD, hiatal hernia and achalasia
Title: Diacylglycerol and Rac signaling in cancer progression
Title: Zebras in pancreas: cancer or not?
Title: Endoscopy CQI
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
"Evasion of innate immunity by HIV-1: the Vpu/BST-2 Relationship "
Austrian Auditorium
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology and HIV Grand Rounds
Associate Professor of Medicine
UMASS Medical School
"Nucleic acid recogniton and innate immunity"
Austrian Auditorium
Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yale University
"Host defense strategies"
Austrian Auditorium
Psychotherapy Module
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.
President, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders”
Location: BRB II/III Auditorium
Psychotherapy Module
Ellen Berman M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Founder and Co-Director, Center for Couples and Adult Families
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“Psychotherapy Module Case Conference”
Location: John Morgan Building, Reunion Hall Auditorium
This lecture is a part of the Fall 2011 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 2011 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 2011 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.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"The V(D)J recombinase as a genome guardian: Lessons learned from new mouse Lymphoma models"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING SEMINAR
CNST Student Presentations
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING SEMINAR
Rickson Mesquita, PhD
Physics & Astronomy
"Brain Monitoring with Diffuse Optical Techniques"
Charlotte B. Failing Professor of Fetal Therapy and Diagnosis
Associate Director, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Structural Programming Spermatozoa for Fertilization: from chromatin to the delivery of RNA
Time: 12 noon
Location: 132 Hill Pavilion
Co-sponsored with Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
University of Missouri
Effects of Developmental Exposure to Bisphenol A on Offspring Outcomes
Time: 12 noon
Location: JMB Reunion
Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Purdue University
Receptor-targeted therapeutic and imaging agents for cancer and inflammatory diseases
Time: 12 noon
Location: 251 BRB II/III
Co-sponsored with Ovarian Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Integrated Stress Response in Tumorigenesis: Regulating tumor metabolism and metastasis
Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania
Src kinases and srcasm regulate squamous cell carcinoma in multiple organs
Allen E. Bale, MD
Yale University
"Fruit Fly models of Human Cancer Syndromes"
12:00 om
CRB Austrian Auditorium
David Roth, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"The V (D) J Recombinase as a Genome Guardian: Lessons Learned from New Mouse Lymphoma Models"
12:00 pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Agata Smogorozewska, PhD
Rockefeller University
"DNA Crosslink Repair and Human Disease"
12:00 noon
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Introduction to Refugee Health
Marc Altshuler, MD
Kate’s Place, Project H.O.M.E., 1929 Sansom Street, 19103
for or more information and to register go to www.bridgingthegaps.info
Department of Biology Seminar Series
Jay Shendure (host: Brian Gregory)
University of Washington
"Next Generation Human Genetics"
December 1, 2011
4:00 pm
Leidy Lab, Room 109
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar
Ohad Medalia, PhD
Department of Biochemistry
Zurich University
"Structural Study on Cell Adhesion and Integrin Activation"
November 28, 2011
2pm to 3pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar
David Warshaw, PhD
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Vermont
"Myosin Molecular Motors: Transposting Cargo in all Directions"
December 12, 2011
2pm to 3pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Location: BRB Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Millar
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Jennifer Danzig, MD and Ryan Housam, MD – CHOP Fellows
Title: "A Case of Vitamin D toxicity"
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
Associate Professor of Medicine
Reunion Auditorium, JMB
*Please note the change in speaker*
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Reunion Auditorium, JMB
"Pharmacological Modulation of Foxp3+ Treg Cells"
*Please note the change in speaker*
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Class of '62, JMB
*Please note the change in location and speaker*
Thyroid Case Management Conference
Presenters:
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
Attending: Susan Mandel
Fellow: Sarah Mayson
CPHI Annual Forum
Thursday, December 1, 2011
9:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street
Keynote Presentation:
- Paul Tarini, Senior Program Officer, Pioneer Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panel Discussions:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
- Bob Schultz, Director of the Center for Autism Research (CAR), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Mary Summers, Lecturer, Political Science/Health and Societies, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
...more information coming soon!
Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Provost’s office Year of Games and Penn IUR
December 5, 2011
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pmLocation: Annenberg School for Communication (3620 Walnut Street), Room 500
To RSVP, please email Laura Schwartz-Henderson
Title: Designing a More Equitable Internet
By: Tapan Parikh, Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley
Abstract: My research is concerned with the design of appropriate and accessible information systems serving the needs of poor, indigenous, remote and otherwise marginalized communities in the developing and developed world. I am also broadly interested in the impact that new kinds of data and communications tools can have for improving transparency and trust in governance, aid and philanthropy. My research group and I have recently developed Awaaz.De, a phone-based voice message board allowing small farmers in India to ask and answer agricultural questions. Using any phone, farmers navigate a voice interface to record questions, obtain answers from experts, and to listen to and answer the questions of others. This system has been deployed in Gujarat, India for over two years, consistently receiving hundreds of calls a week. Another project, LocalGround, is investigating the use of paper maps for collecting local geo-spatial knowledge. Users annotate paper maps using colored markers and stamps. These annotations are automatically extracted using a combination of simple computer vision and crowd-sourcing techniques.
Local Ground was recently used by teenagers from Richmond, California for planning of a public park in their community, presenting their ideas to the mayor's office. In this talk, I explore several themes in my work, including a) the design of cheap, "low-fidelity" interaction techniques allowing new populations to interact with and author content; b) the importance of "bottom-up" data for planning and evaluating development projects; and c) how "crowd data processing", interleaving automated and human-driven steps, can bridge the gap between (a) and (b).
| Recommended Readings: |
About the Speaker: Dr. Tapan Parikh is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Tapan's research interests include human-computer interaction (HCI), mobile computing, speech UIs and information systems for microfinance, smallholder agriculture and global health. For the past 10+ years, Tapan has been designing, developing and deploying information systems in the rural developing world - initially in India, and now also in Latin America and Africa. Tapan and his students have started several technology companies serving rural communities and the development sector. He holds a Sc.B. degree in Molecular Modeling with Honors from Brown University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Washington, where he won the William Chan award for his Ph.D. dissertation. Tapan was named Technology Review magazine's Humanitarian of the Year in 2007, and Esquire magazine called him one of the "Best and Brightest" in 2008. Food reception to follow. Signed copies of "The Body Politic" will be available. This event is sponsored by: Berkley Life Sciences, LLP (A Berkley Company)
Food reception to follow. Signed copies of "The Body Politic" will be available. This event is sponsored by: Berkley Life Sciences, LLP (A Berkley Company)
Title: "The Republican War on Planned Parenthood"
This event is free and open to the public
The University of Pennsylvania
Center for Bioethics &
The Offic of Global Health Programs
Presents
"Global Health Inequities and Steps Forward:
Tuberculosis as a Case Study"
An Informal Discusion
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
12:00pm - 1:00pm
A talk by Daniel E. Everitt, MD
Dr. Everitt serves as Senior Medical Officer and works with the clinical development of
products in the portfolio of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance).
Prior to joining the TB Alliance, he spent 10 years in Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical
sector. There, Dr. Everitt served in various roles, including as Vice President and Global
Head of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine at Johnson & Johnson
Pharmaceutical Research and Development, and as Vice President of Safety Governance.
Before working at Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Everitt spent 10 years in clinical research and
development at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. For six years, he was an
Investigator in the Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit based at the University of
Pennsylvania, and subsequently led Phase 2-4 development projects based in Harlow,
United Kingdom, in the areas of neurosciences and anti-infectives.
Dr. Everitt gained his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his medical degree
from Harvard Medical School. After an Internal Medicine residency at the Massachusetts
General Hospital, he was a Fellow at Harvard in Geriatric Medicine and Clinical
Epidemiology. Dr. Everitt is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and
Clinical Pharmacology. He served on the faculty of departments of medicine at Harvard
Medical School and at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2011, Dr. Everitt completed
training and received a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Just prior to joining the TB Alliance in June, 2011,
Dr. Everitt spent several months as a volunteer physician working in mission hospitals in
Kenya. He is an author or co-author of 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals in the
fields of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology.
University City Science Center
3401 Market St, Suite 331
Lunch will be provided
TO RSVP or for more information, please contact: bking6@mail.med.upenn.edu
Programs from across the University will be highlighted that focus on using video games to collect information about nutrition and exercise as well as influence facial perception skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the impact of recess on children’s performance, health and well-being.
Keynote Presentation:
Paul Tarini, Senior Program Officer, Pioneer Portfolio
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panel Discussions:
Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor
School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Bob Schultz, Director of the Center for Autism Research (CAR)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mary Summers, Lecturer, Political Science/Health and Societies
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
RSVP at:
http://www.cphi.upenn.edu/
UpcomingCPHIEvents.shtml
Sponsored by:
The Center for Public Health Initiatives
The Center for Health Behavior Research
Penn Institute for Urban Research
Year of Games 2011-2012
The discussion, entitled "Global Health Inequities and Steps Forward: Tuberculosis as a Case Study" is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at 12pm in classroom 331. Please see the attached flyer to obtain more information on this event, as well as a short bio, highlighting the achievements of Dr. Everitt.
Please note that the Center for Bioethics' Informal Discussion series is a free-of-charge event. Lunch will be provided. please RSVP by clicking the link provided above.
Monday 5th December 2011, 4:00-5:30pm, Golkin Room, Houston Hall
Please register for this program by clicking here or by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BNMHXBM
Please join us for the “Expanded Career Opportunities for Science & Engineering PhDs and Postdocs” panel discussion from 4:00-5:30pm on Monday 5th December in the Golkin Room, Houston Hall, and hear about the experiences of scientists with PhDs who have put their academic experiences to use outside of the traditional academic career path. If you are interested in scientific editing, patent law, or performing research for the government, then take this opportunity to ask some of your questions to the panelists. You will be able to hear about their unique perspectives regarding these different career fields, and learn about what it is like to seek out and work in these fields. The panelists will be:
Matthew Pearson, PhD, JD
Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Brigitta Gundersen, PhD
Associate Editor
Nature Neuroscience
Steven Lehotay, PhD
Lead Scientist (Research Chemist)
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center
If you want to prepare yourself for this discussion, then consider looking at some of the online resources we have for you on alternative careers, and specifically on patent law and scientific writing/editing.
This panel features scientists at different levels within their careers talking about their own experiences – from how they decided to pursue their career, the process they went through to apply for their jobs, to what it is like working in their respective environments. This information may help you to decide if these career fields are of interest to you as you are considering your options. You may also learn about specific information you can utilize as you apply to these types of jobs in the future. The panelists will not necessarily be able to answer all of your questions about the opportunities available to you or different approaches to take to find and apply for these, and so we encourage you to set up an appointment with an advisor here at Career Services by calling 215 898 7530 if you would like to discuss your specific questions further. In summary, this panel discussion is ideal for PhD students or postdocs wanting to:
· Understand the range of career opportunities open to them
· Get a better idea of what it is like to work in the panelists’ career fields on a day-to-day basis
· Get some idea of the steps taken by the panelists during their academic careers to prepare themselves for their careers and for the job application and interview process
· Hear about the skills the panelists use the most in their different positions
· Get advice from the panelists about how to pursue similar opportunities
To register for this program please click here or follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BNMHXBM
"Genomics of Diabetes and Obesity: A Rapidly Developing Story"
Struan Grant, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
You have projects to manage - but perhaps have never had any formal training in project management. This course will give you the basic techniques and best practices of project management.
Learn how to:
- Recognize factors that lead to project success or failure
- Understand the project life cycle
- Construct a project timeline
- Understand the role of the Triple Constraint
- Anticipate and deal with project risks
- Use a communication plan and helpful tools
One-Click Registration URL: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu/knav/oneclick.jsp?coMasId=29223
* Registration for this course has reached capacity. The course will be offered again in Spring 2012.
The annual John G. Haddad, Jr. Memorial Lecture commemorates the former Chief of the Endocrinology Division at Penn, who was a leader in the field of bone and mineral metabolism.
Keynote Speaker:
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Merck & Company
Topic:
Location: BRB II/III
Time: 3:30 PM
Reception to follow lecture in BRB lobby
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Debbie L. Cohen-Stein, MD, - Associate Professor of Medicine, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Title: "Adrenal Hypertension"
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
Speaker: Richard Schwab, MD
Location: TRC Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Epstein
Location: Class of '62, JMB
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Weiss
You are cordially invited to attend the University of Pennsylvania Master of Public Health Program Prospective Student Open House! Bring any questions you have and take this opportunity to meet with our faculty and staff, and speak with current Penn MPH students. Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to: kakelly@mail.med.upenn.edu
Title: Local Control of Phosphoinositide Signaling in the Golgi Apparatus
Affiliation: Yale University, Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Title: MOlecular Mechanism of Lysosome-related Organelle Biogenesis
Affiliation: Colorado State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
David L. Stern, Ph.D.
Group Leader
Janelia Farm Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/research/groupleaders/stern_bio.html
“How a complex enhancer region contributes to phenotypic robustness and morphological evolution”
Andrew D. Chisholm, Ph.D.
Professor
Sections of Cell and Developmental Biology and Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego
http://neurograd.ucsd.edu/faculty/detail.php?id=307
"Axon regeneration in C. elegans: screens and mechanisms"
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
presents
"Progress in Pharmacogenomics and its Promise for Medicine"
Li Zhang, Ph.D
Interdisciplinary Scientist and Regulatory Review Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Friday, December 2, 2011
1-2 pm
TRC, Room 10-146
For more information, contact Marti Dandridge, 215-349-8627, martig@exchange.upenn.edu
The Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences
presents
Morris Moscovitch, Ph.D
University of Toronto
"Memory Consolidation and Transformation: Experiments on Episodic and Semantic (schemtic) memory in Humans and Rodents"
Host, Lindsay Morgan
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
4:00 pm
Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan
For more information, Jacqueline Fowlkes, jfowlkes@mail.med.upenn.edu
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is celebrating the launch of END7, a new campaign in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). They will be hosting an evening reception at the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's (ASTMH) annual conference in Philadelphia on December 5, 2011. All are welcome to attend, including conference attendees and students interested in global health. The event will be hosted by Dr. Peter Hotez, Sabin president and outgoing president of ASTMH, and the Global Network's managing director, Dr. Neeraj Mistry.
Please RSVP to RSVP@sabin.org
Location
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygience 60th Annual MeetingMarriott Liberty Ballroom, Salon A
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
The Mahoney Institutes of Neurological Sciences
presents
Samer Hatter, Ph.D
Johns Hopkins University
"Atypical Photoreceptors Influence Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Mood"
Host, Noga Vardi
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
4:00 pm
Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan
For more information, Jacqueline Fowlkes, jfowlkes@mail.med.upenn.edu
The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and Hematology-Oncology 2011-2012 Seminar Series
Presents
Allen E. Bale, M.D.
Professor of Genetics
Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
Director, Cancer Genetics Program
Yale University School of Medicine
"Fruit Fly Models of Human Cancer Syndromes"
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
12:00 pm
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Refreshments Served
For more information, contact Carrie Kitzmiler, 215-898-8532
You have projects to manage - but perhaps have never had any formal training in project management. This course will give you the basic techniques and best practices of project management.
Learn how to:
- Recognize factors that lead to project success or failure
- Understand the project life cycle
- Construct a project timeline
- Understand the role of the Triple Constraint
- Anticipate and deal with project risks
- Use a communication plan and helpful tools
*Registration for this course has reached capacity. The course will be offered again in Spring 2012.
Jennifer Kalish-Bartolomei Lab
"The Role of Cohesin and CTCF in Escape from X-inactivation"
Elizabeth Morton-Lamitina Lab
"Dynamic behavior and regulation of HSF-1 in C. elegans"
PENN Center for AIDS Research
presents
John Guatelli, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Diego
"Evasion of innate Immunity by HIV-1: the Vpu/BST-2 Relationship"
December 7, 2011
12-1 pm
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Raffaella Sordella Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Therapeutics and Signal Transduction
Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
12-1pm
TRC Auditorium
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
presents
Matthew R. Chapman, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University og Michigan, Ann Arbor
"The ins, outs, and in-between of Functional Microbial Amyloid Biogenesis"
12 noon
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Friday Research Discussions
Cecilia Tommos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
"Reduction Potential versus pH (Pourbaix) Diagram for a Protein Tyrosine Radical"
4pm
December 2, 2011
Johnson Foundation Library
248, Anatomy-Chemistry Building
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Anastassia Amaro, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Topic: Hepatic Steatosis and Metabolic Syndrome
Date : Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
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Accreditation
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:
Katheryn M. Furguson, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
December 6, 2011
4:00 PM
Translational Research Center, 12th Floor
Conference Room 12-146
http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/
Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center
December 13, 2011
4:00 PM
Translational Research Center, 12th Floor
Conference Room 12-146
http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/
Tuesday, December 6, 4:30 – 5:30 pm, David Rittenhouse Lab A6, 209 South 33rd Street
Laura Eloyan MBA, Global Recruitment Specialist for the Center for Global Health (CGH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide a presentation about global health opportunities with the Centers for Disease Control. This is an opportunity to learn about CDC, CDC’s work overseas, federal hiring processes and how to get your career started in international public health.
CGH has over 100 openings for Public Health Advisors, Epidemiologists, Medical Officers and Laboratorians overseas. There are also numerous fellowship opportunities for epidemiology, informatics, health economics, medicine, veterinary medicine and public health.
When: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:30PM
Where: Central Library
Cost: FREE
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341.
A recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Genius Award, Dr. Paul Farmer is the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the co-founder of Partners In Health, a nonprofit organization that addresses the healthcare needs of the developing world by pioneering locally driven solutions. In Haiti After the Earthquake, Dr. Farmer—who has worked in Haiti for nearly 30 years—examines the devastating aftermath of the 2010 quake and explores the complex social issues that make the impoverished nation especially vulnerable to natural disaster.
Dr. Farmer will be interviewed by Dr. Steven Larson, Assistant Dean for Global Health Programs and an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Genetics Research Talks
Calies Menard-Katcher-Friedman Lab
"MicroRNA in Eosinophilic Esophagitis"
The Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
presents
2011 Chemical Biophysics Mini-Symposium
Nucleic Acids
December 2, 2011
Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Building
For more information, visithttp://health.upenn.edu/biocbiop/cbms/index.html
"Non-Invasive Ventilation"
"Time-of-day regulates astrocytic Fabp7 perisynaptic localization and polyadenylation"
Genetics Research Talks
Rachel Monyak-Jongens Lab
"Rescue of insulin signaling misregulation in a Drosophila model of fragile x syndrome"
Lara Abramowitz-Bartolomei Lab
"The role of methyl-CpG binding domain proteins in genomic imprinting"
ITMAT
2011-2012 Seminar Series
presents
Joseph M. Backer, Ph.D
CEO, Sib Tech, Inc.
"Imaging and Targeting VEGF Receptors in Angiogenic Vasculature"
12-1 pm
December 14, 2011
Reunion Hall
John Morgan Building
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Sat, Dec. 10, 2011 @ 5pm
1906 S. Rittenhouse Square
Are There Disposable People?
The Case of Trafficking
Guest speaker:
Hugh Organ
from Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition
horgan@covenanthousepa.org
The United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia are organizing a themed celebration of the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Join us for this event, which will have a celebratory overlay, as we will toast the great legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt and appreciate the moral and practical value of the sheer existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet much more work is needed. Hence this year’s
theme: “Are there disposable people?
The case of Trafficking” Posters, a short documentary and preliminary results from the UNA-GP/Temple Intern Team will be presented as well.
Several human rights and other organizations in Philadelphia have agreed to participate. We expect a lively, informative, engaging event. Free and open to the public.
Cash bar and light fare available.
Please contact Meagan.Boonie@gmail.com or info@una-gp.org for more details.
facebook.com/UNAGP @UNAGP www.una-gp.org
Andrea Kelly, MD "Sleep and Hormones"
Toni-Moi Prince Simons SB et al. "Caffeine-induced synaptic potentiation in hippocampal CA2 neurons" Nat Neurosci 2011 Nov 20
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Thesis Defense
Kathryn Lorenz Sarachan
(advisor: Gregory D. Van Duyne, Ph.D.)
"Structural Studies of the SMN-Gemin 2 Complex"
3:30 pm
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Class of '62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Building
"HIV: The Past, The Future - A night in support of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa"
When: Thursday, Dec 15 from 4:30 - 6
Where: TRC Auditorium (2nd floor at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine)
What: Talks by world experts on HIV:
· 4:30pm - The Ape Origin: Where it all began. - Dr. Beatrice Hahn, Professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine
· 5:10pm - An HIV Vaccine: Why we need one, why it remains a challenge, and why there is hope. - Dr. Bette Korber, Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and board member of Friends of NOAH USA
Followed by a brief intro to Friends of NOAH and a reception with snacks and a cappella by the Ultrasounds.
The event is designed primarily to raise awareness but we will also be collecting tax deductible donations during the reception. It costs Friends of NOAH less than $80 to provide a child with a full year of services including daily meals and after school care! Look forward to seeing you at the kickoff next Thursday.
Dr. Hahn
Dr. Hahn has had a long-standing interest in elucidating the origins and evolution of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses, and in studying HIV/SIV gene function and disease mechanisms from an evolutionary perspective. She traced the zoonotic origins of HIV-1 to chimpanzees and HIV-2 to sooty mangabeys, and found that a single transmission of SIVcpz from chimpanzee to man led to the current AIDS pandemic. Most recently, she discovered the origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in western gorillas.
Dr. Korber
Dr. Korber is a theoretical biologist and has led the HIV sequence and immunology database project at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the past 15 years. Her research in part uses the collected data in the HIV database as a foundation, and in part involves working with experimentalist collaborators from around globe. Her primary areas of research include: HIV vaccine design, HIV evolution, the impact of the human immune response on HIV, and conversely the potential for a pathogen to impact human populations. She received the E.O. Lawrence Award, the highest scientific honor from the Department of Energy, for her achievements in the Life Sciences, and the Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award.
Friends of NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity) USA, is a non-profit that helps communities in South Africa more effectively raise children who have lost their parents to the AIDS Pandemic: www.noahorphans.org
Lisa M. Tarantino, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina
Monday, December 5, 2011
12:00pm
Translation Research Center Auditorium and the Perelman Center