Perelman School of Medicine Events Calendar

Democracy, Governance and Curbing Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Location: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

An international conference organized by the Master of Public Administration Program, in collaboration with The African & Caribbean Business Council.

While other regions of the world are making strides in improving the living standards of their citizens, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is still trapped in poverty with more than 40% of its 600 million people living below the internationally recognised absolute poverty level of US$ 1 per day. Several reports highlight corruption as one of the institutional and systemic problems responsible for keeping million of Africans under absolute poverty. In fact, the 2008 Transparency International report demonstrates a direct link between corruption and failure of societal institutions to effectively achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in SSA. It is a serious concern that the goals of halving poverty in SSA by the year 2015 from the level of 1990 will not be met.

For additional information including call for papers, registration and lodging, please visit the conference website at: http://www.cheyney.edu/international-anticorruption/index.cfm

Speaker: Harvey Rubin      Affiliation:  University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine, Director, Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR)

Advisor: Dr. Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Location: BRB Auditorium

Princeton University

Axonal infection by neuroinvasive alpha herpesviruses

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Andrew Bauer, MD, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Thyroid Center,Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Topic: "PPB DICER1 Familial Tumor Predisposition Syndrome"

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Location: 10th Floor - SCTR - Smilow Center for Translational Research 10-146

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Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
• Evaluate and efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
• Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine diseases

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 to 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(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Randy Lyde - "Implication of metal ion transporters in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome: Divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT-1)" (Marks Lab)

Sarah McKee - "Does HDAC3 regulate 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation or lipolysis?" (Lazar Lab)