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

Irene Diamon Professor of Immunology

The Rockefeller University

Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signaling

"Histone mimicry and its function"

University of California, Davis 

Food from the fire: How the host response feeds Salmonella

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Community Engagement Seminar Series

Please RSVP by Monday, April 8th!

Best Practices in Community-Based Participatory Research

Wednesday, April 10^th

12:00-1:30_PM

Biomedical Research Building (BRB), Room 253

Panel Discussion, including:

Ernestine Delmoor, MPH

President of the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer

Ted Emmett, MD, MS

Former Director of the CEET’s (Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology) Community Outreach and Engagement Core

Jerry Johnson, MD

Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, academic leader of PARCC (Philadelphia Area Research Community Coalition)

Nicole Thomas, MBA

Program manager and community liaison

Introductions by Janet Weiner, MPH and Moderated by Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH

Join us for a panel discussion introducing the newly released LDI Issue Brief on CBPR best practices. Come learn about CBPR and hear perspectives from researchers and community members. 

What is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)?

To RSVP, click here! Please RSVP by Monday, April 8^th.

A light lunch will be provided.

For more information about the Center for Health Behavior Research, visit http://www.med.upenn.edu/chbr/

Sponsored by Center for Health Behavior Research & Community Engagement & Research (CEAR) Core of the UPENN CTSA

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Michael J. Econs, MD, Professor of Medicine; Glenn W. Irwin, Jr., Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism,

Indiana University School of Medicine

Topic: "Osteopetrosis Update"

Date: Wednesday, April 10,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146

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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.