School of Medicine Calendar - ALL
All School of Medicine events for staff (does not include Student events) - ( Details and Feeds
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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.
Title: Operation on GERD, hiatal hernia and achalasia
Associate Professor of Medicine
UMASS Medical School
"Nucleic acid recogniton and innate immunity"
Austrian Auditorium
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
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
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.
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
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