School of Medicine Calendar - ALL
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Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D.
Holly Smith Distinguished Professor of Science and Medicine
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
University of California, San Francisco
Jonathan C. Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
“Nature + Nuture = NAFLD: Genes and environment in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”
Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Frederick P. Rose Professor
Head, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology
The Rockefeller University
Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in
Medicine
Chief, Medical Genetics
University of California, San Frrancisco
Host: Vivian Cheung, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
“Nature + Nuture = NAFLD: Genes and environment in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”
Host: Arupa Ganguly, Ph.D.
Frederick P. Rose Professor,
Head, Laboratory of Developmental
Neurobiology
The Rockefeller University
Maggie Ham, MD
Christina Twyman-St. Victor, MD
David Goldberg, MD
Pari Shah, MD
Vesko Tomov, MD, PhD
Maggie Ham, MD
IDC - Karen Krok, MD
Kristin D'Aco - Sondheimer Lab
“Alterations in Transcription in Human Mitochondrial Disease”
Samantha Schrier - Deardorff Lab, "Next-Gen Sequencing and the Coffin-Siris Syndrome"
Ruchira Ranaweera - Yang Lab, "Mdm2 autoubiquitination regulates E3 ubiquitin ligase activity toward p53"
Emily Allen - Stoeckert Lab
Julia Richards - Murray Lab
"Automated Cell Lineaging in C. elegans"
"The stress of misfolded proteins in biology, aging, and disease"
ARC 123 A/B
"T cell development from embryonic stem cells"
ARC 123 A/B
Attending: Caroline Kim
Fellow: Eve Bloomgarden
Location: Gia Pronto
Attending: Anne Cappola
Fellow: Ray Soccio
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Associate Professor Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"HIV dissemination through virological synapses"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
David Oslin, M.D.
VA Associate Chief of Staff for Behavioral Health
Director, VISN 4 MIRECC
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Managing the Host of Treatment Options for Alcohol Addiction"
Location: BRB Auditorium
Caryn Lerman Ph.D.
Mary W. Calkins Professor and Director
Tobacco Use Research Center
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Annenberg Public Policy Center
University of Pennsylvania
Deputy Director, Abramson Cancer Center
"Nicotine Addiction: Medication Development and Pharmacogenetics"
Location: BRB Auditorium
Speaker: Crislyn D'Souza, Ph. D., Wather Associate Professor
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Professor of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology
"Insulin-like and nuclear hormone receptor signaling in the development of infective parasitic nematode larvae"
132 Hill Pavilion
Research In Progress
Class of '62 JMB
Research In Progress
Class of '62 John Morgan BuildingTumor Immunology Interest Group
Class of '62, JMB
Research In Progress
Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Laura Carrel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine
"Gene expression on the inactive X chromosome: genomic mechanisms, phenotypic consequences"
Dmitri Loukinov, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Molecular Pathology Section
Laboratory of Immunopathology
NIAID/NIH
"CTCF and it's Testis Specific Paralog BORIS. Sibling Rivalry in Cancer"
*Please note: This CRRWH Seminar is being co-sponsored with the Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center (OCRC)
“Oncogenomics to Target Myeloma in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment”
Class of '62, John Morgan Building
Anatomy Chemistry 349
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.
Anatomy Chemistry 349
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.
Stellar Chance 104
Please come to learn more about the program as well as information about the council . They will be covering a broad range of information to give you a better idea of necessary things to know during your time here at the University of Pennsylvania. No registration is neccessary. Please bring any questions you have with you.
Anatomy Chemistry 202
This workshop covers the functions of Illustrator for the intermediate level. It is a hands-on workshop in a computer lab.
Stellar Chance 104
Anatomy Chemistry 202
This workshop covers the functions of Illustrator for the intermediate level. It is a hands-on workshop in a computer lab.
Anatomy Chemistry 202
This workshop covers the basic functions of Photoshop for the beginner level. It is a hands-on workshop in a computer lab.
Class of '62 Aud., John Morgan Building
Part one of a four part series designed for postdocs to learn new knowledge and tactics on how to improve the vital research skills needed for their scientific careers. The program will run over a one month period with one workshop per week in the morning from 9:00-12:00.
Paul F. Robbins, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist and Facility Head of Tumor Immunology
National Cancer Institute
"Adoptive immunotherapy targeting the cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-1"
Host – Daniel J. Powell, Jr., Ph.D.
*Please note: This CRRWH Seminar is being co-sponsored with the Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center (OCRC)
All scientists, philosophers, medical doctors, theologians, clerical, seminary and university lecturers holding various scientific knowledge and expertise, students and those involved in the discipline and practice of human and religious sciences, in particular the various fields of ethics, are cordially invited to present their articles or simply attend the congress and in doing so, help to enrich the scientific value of this congress.
Abstract submission deadline is extended to 18 Dec. 2010
Registration deadline without abstract is extended to 22 Dec. 2010
All scientists, philosophers, medical doctors, theologians, clerical, seminary and university lecturers holding various scientific knowledge and expertise, students and those involved in the discipline and practice of human and religious sciences, in particular the various fields of ethics, are cordially invited to present their articles or simply attend the congress and in doing so, help to enrich the scientific value of this congress.
Abstract submission deadline is extended to 18 Dec. 2010
Registration deadline without abstract is extended to 22 Dec. 2010
All scientists, philosophers, medical doctors, theologians, clerical, seminary and university lecturers holding various scientific knowledge and expertise, students and those involved in the discipline and practice of human and religious sciences, in particular the various fields of ethics, are cordially invited to present their articles or simply attend the congress and in doing so, help to enrich the scientific value of this congress.
Abstract submission deadline is extended to 18 Dec. 2010
Registration deadline without abstract is extended to 22 Dec. 2010
Mentor: Dr. Steve McMahon
Location: BRB Auditorium
Mentor: Dr. Yale Goldman
New staff orientation is a half-day program that provides an overview of the SOM as well as specific useful information about key functions and resources that are important to SOM staff. Specifically, the program will help new staff:
- feel welcome
- understand the School of Medicine's past, mission, and vision for the future
- understand the 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 School of Medicine employee
It is expected that all new employees and transfers to the 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)
Most managers are aware that the old school command and control method of supervising simply isn't as effective as involving employees in their development. From determining the appropriate coaching approach, to implementing a comprehensive development plan, to conducting an effective coaching session, this program provides the tools and techniques to increase any employee's performance.
Successful completion of this course will increase your knowledge and ability to:
- Recognize and apply the five approaches to coaching
- Employ inquiry and advocacy skills when communicating
- Implement the steps to effective coaching
- Follow the four-step preparation process for conducting a coaching session
- Building effective relationships with employees
- Setting performance expectations
- Providing feedback and taking corrective action
- Coaching and counseling
- Conducting effective performance appraisals
- Dealing with an employee who is not meeting expectations
Learn:
How psychological type preferences affect us in conflict
A unique three-stage model for managing conflict through type
Ways to best approach, communicate during, and resolve conflict situations Prerequisite: Interpersonal Dynamics, or proof of recent attendance at a similar Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® seminar.- Stefan Elbe, PhD, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
- Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Panel of Experts:
- Harvey Rubin, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response at the University of Pennsylvania
- Sarah Paoletti, JD, Practice Associate Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
- Giridhar Mallya, MD, Director of Policy and Planning, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Kevin Bosch - Special Agent, Weapons of Mass Destruction Program, FBI
This half day symposium will explore the multiple issues, from bio-terrorism to
pandemics to human rights abuses, that contribute to public health insecurity in the US and globally. Key topics and interdisciplinary best practices will be discussed and presented by a variety of experts in the field drawn from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the FBI, the Transnational Legal Clinic at Penn and the Penn Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response.
RSVP here.
“Zr- labeled Antibodies for
the Imaging of Cancer”
Jason Lewis, Ph.D.
Chief, Radiochemistry Service
Vice Chair or Basic Research
Professor, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Monday, January 31, 2011
12:00-1:00 PM
Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building
Objectives are to provide SOM employees with an opportunity to get their questions regarding retiring from the university answered by University of Pennsylvania HR experts.
Questions you may wish to ask include:
- What are the required years of service and age?
- What are the actual benefits at retirement?
- What are the final steps to completing the retirement process?
- What do you do when you're ready to leave?
Mark your calendars!
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care will be hosting it’s 2nd “Global Health” Interest Evening on Thursday, March 3, 6-8pm in the Dripps library.
Speakers:
Michael Ashburn, MD, MPH Disaster Relief in Haiti
Josh Atkins, MD, PhD Administrative Partnerships in China
Shannon Bianchi, MD WHO Internship, Geneva
Nabil Elkassabany, MD Academic Exchange in Egypt
Maureen McCunn, MD, MIPP, FCCM Trauma Care and Program Development in Egypt/India/Vietnam
Jesse Raiten, MD Founding an orphanage in Tanzania/Humanitarian Missions to Bangladesh
Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD Global Outreach
Daniel Vo, WHO Internship, Geneva
David R. Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.
“NMDA Receptors in Human Disease”
Neurology
"Gut Instincts: Interleukin-22 and Mucosal Immunity"
BRB Auditorium
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
"Genetic and epigenetic regulation of antigen receptor gene assembly"
Austrian Auditorium CRB
NIAID, NIH
"Conversations between tissues and T cells"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Sunnybrook Research Institute
"Directed generation of T cells, implications and applications"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Temple University School of Medicine
"Brain to the Immune System: Do not Panic! Neuropeptides to the Rescue"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
University of California San Diego
"Global networks that illustrate lymphocyte development"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Yale University School of Medicine
"Mucosal antiviral immunity"
Austrian Auditorium
Sponsored by CFAR
"Driving the innate immune response to P falciparum malaria"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Ben Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Title: "HIV dissemination through virological synapses"
Location: Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
This event is sponsored by the Penn Center for AIDS Research and the Department of Microbiology
For more information, contact David Nagdeman at (215) 746-2754 or nagdeman@mail.med.upenn.edu
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
“Collagen VI-related myopathies”
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Can Alkan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington
“Discovery and genotyping of structural variation from next-generation sequence data”Seminar : 2:15 PM
Calk Talk: 3:15 PM
January 31, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
Join the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, A Drink for Tomorrow, and the SAS Sustainability Team for a panel discussion featuring Stephanie Weaver and Chris Welsh of A Drink for Tomorrow, and Vivian Furtran of Philadelphia Global Water Initiative. The panel will be discussing the origins and missions of each group, as well as addressing global water issues which face today's world.
The panel will be followed by a light buffet reception.
The purpose of this event is to raise funds for a well to be made in India through A Drink for Tomorrow.
Barbara J. Graves, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Oncological Sciences
Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
“Genomic and Biochemical Insights into the Specificity of ETS Transcription Factors”
Jessica C. Mar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health
“Modeling Cell Fate Transitions and a Variance-Based Approach to Studying Human Disease”
Dr. Mar is a Genetics faculty candidate. This recruitment is part of a School of Medicine effort to build bioinformatics on campus coordinated by PCBI.
Felix Ruhnow
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Dresden, Germany
"Tracking single particles and elongated filaments with nanometer precision"
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
University of Pennsylvania
"Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients"
Daniel H. Sterman, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
"Interventional Pulmonology"
University of Pennsylvania
"EUS-FNA of the Pancreas: Finer Points of a Thin Needle Point"
University of Pennsylvania
"Regulation of Immunity and Inflammation at Barrier Surfaces"
Christopher Hunter, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
"The Role of IL-27 in Limiting Inflammation"
University of Pennsylvania
"Wnt signaling in cell fate specification and hematopoiesis"
University of Pennsylvania
"Understanding Wnt5a regulated cell polarity and directional movement in melanoma"
John H. Lewis
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
University of Pennsylvania
"Examining the coupling of the mechanical and chemical functions of myosin family members using single molecule and bulk solution techniques"
Yale E. Goldman, Advisor
E. Michael Ostap, Advisor
Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
Richards Building, Room B400
Jessica Wen, MD
Wells Lab
Chang Lab
Hiroyoshi Doi, MD, PhD
Kaplan Lab
Maximilian Reichert, MD
Rustgi Lab
Pack Lab
Zhewei Shen – Graduate Student
Yiwei Zong, PhD
Stanger Lab
Hanjoong Jo, Ph.D.
Emory University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mechanosensitive genes regulated by blood flow – Novel insights from the novel mouse model of atherosclerosis
Jeffrey Krise, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The roles of Niemann Pick C1 and C2 in lysosomal amine regulation
Wei Guo, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Biology
Coupling membrane trafficking to cell migration and ciliogenesis
Daniel Kreisel, MD PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Regulation of Immune Responses Following Lung Transplantation
Injury and violence are substantial and largely preventable public health problems. Injuries kill more Americans under the age of 35 than all diseases combined. Injury Science Day provides a forum to showcase the latest research about the prevention, control, acute care, and rehabilitation of intentional and unintentional injury.
The day will include:
60-Second Science featuring leading injury prevention researchers from the
Philadelphia area. Moderated by Steve Fluharty, Vice Provost for Research, University of Pennsylvania.
Keynote Presentation by Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Before coming to the CDC in 2010, Dr. Degutis was Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness (YCPHP) at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Degutis’ research interests have centered on issues related to alcohol and injury, with a particular focus on interventions and policy issues. She has experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and analysis. Dr. Degutis has worked with national, state, and local coalitions on various other efforts that impact public health and public policy and has developed and taught programs on moving from research to advocacy.
Networking Lunch following the presentations.
To RSVP, click here .
Co-sponsored with Penn Institute for Urban Research, this panel discussion will explore the effect of natural disasters on public health. Speakers include Ed Blakely, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Sydney and former Executive Director of Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans and Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and co-editor of Rebuilding Urban Places, Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
To RSVP email penniur@pobox.upenn.edu
Yoseph Barash, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Fellow
Departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
"The Generative Transcriptome: Deriving the Code for Alternative Splicing"
Dr. Barash is a Genetics faculty candidate. This recruitment is part of a School of Medicine effort to build bioinformatics on campus coordinated by PCBI.
Penn CFAR Developmental Pilot Pre-Application Mentoring Workshop for Junior/New Investigators
Monday, January 31, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Room 251 Biomedical Research Bldg II/III, 421 Curie Blvd 19104
1:30 p.m. | Overview of Pilot Program |
1:35 p.m. | VIRAL/MOLECULAR Core |
1:45 p.m. | INTERNATIONAL Core |
1:55 p.m. | BEHAVORIAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Core |
2:05 p.m. | BIOSTATISTICS AND DATA MANAGEMENT Core |
2:15 p.m. | IMMUNOLOGY/VACCINE Core |
2:25 p.m. | CLINICAL Core |
2:35 p.m. | Submission and Review Process/Tips |
2:45 to 3:30 p.m. | Questions and Answers |
The Penn CFAR Pilot Program welcomes proposals regarding any aspect of HIV/AIDS clinical care, epidemiology, virology, immunology, structural biology, vaccine development, or prevention.
For additional information, contact: Evelyn Olivieri at oliviere@mail.med.upenn.edu
Global Health Affairs School of Nursing
Invites YOU to join us for
The Lunchtime International Film Series
Monday January 31st, 2011
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Fagin Hall room 209
This week’s feature:
The Story of India: Beginnings
Come Monday February 7th noon – 1 pm for a sequel on the history of India!
If you have a special request for the Monday lunchtime film, please e-mail Koren Jones at jonesko@nursing.upenn.edu. We would love to have your input!
Staff Scientist and Facility Head of Tumor Immunology
National Cancer Institute
"Adoptive immunotherapy targeting the cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-1"
*Please note: Different location for this week only: 252 BRB II/III
co-sponsored by Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center and
Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine
"Gene expression on the inactive X chromosome: Genomic mechanisms, phenotypic consequences"
*Please note: Different location for this week only: 252 BRB II/III
Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Miranda Lim, MD, PhD
Leszek Kubin, PhD
"Basic Mechanisms of REM: Part II"
Lori A. Panossian, MD
"EEG Findings and Epilepsy in the Sleep Clinic"
Hilary McCarren
Nelson AB, et al. Effects of anesthesia on the response to sleep deprivation. Sleep. 2010 Dec
LOCATION CHANGE: TRL, 1st Fl Conf Rm.
Collen McClung, PhD,University of Texas Southwestern
"Circadian Genes and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders"
0715 to 0815
Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre
Ground Floor White
"Legends, Facts and Feuds in the Evolution of Surgical Education"
Clyde F. Barker, MD
Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
CONTACT EVELYN DIAZ-TRAYLOR AT 215-662-2016 WITH ANY QUESTIONS
Presented by:
Penn Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Continuing Medical Education, Penn Medicine
"Functional characterization of the OPRM1 A118G single nucleotide polymorphism in mice"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
"Seizure, syncope - or both?"
Surgery Theatre Room, Ground White, HUP
"The Evolving Context for Neuroscience and Society"
Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce)
"Production and processing of vocal communication signals in a sensorimotor nucleus of the avian song system"
Class of '62 John Morgan Building
"Imaging the Developing Brain in Autism"
123ABC Abramson Research Center
"The role of ferroportin in retinal iron homeostasis"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Building)
"Wnt signaling in oligodendrocyte development"
Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building
Global Health
Reflections Week
Interpreting Egypt's Popular Uprising
Panelists
"Background to Egypt's Popular Uprising of 2011"
Marwan Kraidy, PhD
Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
"Health Implications of Mass Uprisings"
Harvey Rubin, MD, PhD
Director of Penn's Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR) & Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Medicine
Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor for Scholarly Practice &
Assicate Dean for Practice and Community Affairs, School of Nursing
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Claire M. Fagin Hall Auditorium
Global Health
Reflections Week:
Symposium:
Is Access to Health Care A Human Right?
A Global Perspective
What are the central issues in health and human rights globally?
What does the human rights framework bring to health care?
What are the mechanisms of accountability?
Keynote by: Mila Rosenthal, PhD, Executive Director, Healthright International
Commentators:
Patricia (Pat) D’Antonio, Professor & Chair, Family & Community Health Division, School of Nursing
Professor Sarah Paoletti, Practice Associate Professor, Penn Law School
Wednesday February 23rd, 2011
5:00 –6:30, Fagin Hall Auditorium
Reception to Follow
Sponsored by the School of Nursing &
The Wharton School’s Health Care Management Department
- Stefan Elbe, PhD, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
- Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Panel of Experts:
- Harvey Rubin, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response at the University of Pennsylvania
- Sarah Paoletti, JD, Practice Associate Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
- Giridhar Mallya, MD, Director of Policy and Planning, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Kevin Bosch - Special Agent, Weapons of Mass Destruction Program, FBI
This half day symposium will explore the multiple issues, from bio-terrorism to
pandemics to human rights abuses, that contribute to public health insecurity in the US and globally. Key topics and interdisciplinary best practices will be discussed and presented by a variety of experts in the field drawn from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the FBI, the Transnational Legal Clinic at Penn and the Penn Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response.
RSVP here.
Marcia S. Brose, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Abramson Cancer Center
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Dermatology
Title: "Developing treatment paradigms for advanced thyroid cancer"
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: 252 BRB
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Educational Grant Sponsors
CHI has developed several Educational Grant options for your company to participate and contribute to the conference. The options are designed to cover travel expenses for the many speakers coming from overseas, as well as sponsoring delegates to attend the event, they would otherwise not be able to afford participation. Sponsoring companies who provide an educational grant will not only be promoted for providing assistance but will also have the option for a 25 minute podium presentation as part of the conference agenda. Your company will be branded on the conference brochure denoting Educational Grant support. To discuss the Educational Grant options and how your company can get involved and help support this worthwhile conference, please contact: Joseph Vacca
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February 3, 2011 @ 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: 701 Blockley Hall
Epidemiology
Lead: A Heavy Metal with Weighty Health Effects. A Focus on Kidney Toxicity
February 8, 2011 @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: 701 Blockley Hall
Biostatistics
"Statistical Methods for Recurrent Events Data in the Presence of a Terminal Event and Missing Covariate Information"
February 10, 2011 @ 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: 701 Blockley Hall
Epidemiology
Does Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Contribute to Cardiovascular Risk?
Yawei Zhang, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. , M.P.H., Yale School of Public Health
February 24, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
701 Blockley Hall
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Epidemiology
"Improving Equity and Efficiency in Transplantable Lung Allocation"
Location: 701 Blockley Hall
John Robertson JD, AB, Vinson & Elkins Chair
The University of Texas School of Law
"IVF and Gene Sequencing: Disruptive Technologies in Reproduction and genetics"
Yale Univ. School of Medicine
"Mucosal antiviral immunity"
Noon, Wednesdays - Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Sponsored by CFAR
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
"HIV dissemination through virological synapses"
Noon, Wednesdays - Austrian Auditorium, CRB
The Rockefeller University
"Replication and control of hepatitis C virus"
Noon, Wednesdays - Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
“KATP channels, from structure to diabetes, arrhythmias and beyond!”
B400 Richards Building Conference Room
Chair and Professor
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine
Temple University
“STIM Targets – A Tale of Two Channels””
B400 Richards Building Conference Room
"EEG Findings and Epilepsy in the Sleep Clinic"
Sleep Conferences are held 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. in Suite 201 at
3624 Market Street
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwwest Medical Center
"Circadian Genes and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders"
Translational Research Laboratories, 1st Floor Conference Room
125 South 31st Street
Washington University School of Medicine
"The role of telomeres and aging stroma in cancer progression"
Location Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (CRB)
Sponsor Cancer - Abramson Cancer Center
Building/Floor Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (CRB)
Jose V. Simone, M.D.
former director (CEO) of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
former physician-in-chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Annual Anna T. Meadows Lectureship will be followed by a celebration of Anna's prolific and significant career. Anna retired from CHOP on December 31st 2010 after nearly four decades of tireless service, leadership and outstanding productivity with seminal contributions, especially to the field of cancer survivorship.
Location Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Pediatric Research Center, Room 123ABC
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Genetics and therapy of myeloid malignancies: Bedside to bench and back"
Medical Alumni Hall, 1 Maloney, HUP
Sponsor Cancer - Abramson Cancer Center
Center for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University, Germany
"Stem cell mediated homeostasis and dysplasia in the Drosophila intestine"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (CRB)
Sponsor Cancer - Abramson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
"Immunotherapy for ovarian cancer"
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Radiation Oncology
David Bajor, MD, Hematology Oncology
"M&M"
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Hirst Auditorium, 1 Dulles Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
"High Resolution Imaging Of Perceptual Expertise"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan)
Faculty Host – Sharon Thompson-Schill
For more information, please contact Jacqueline Fowlkes at jfowlkes@mail.med.upenn.edu
February 7, 2011, 12 PM
The Politics of Reproduction in the Middle East: Reproductive Tourism & Civil Liberties
Presenters: Marcia Inhorn, Yale University; Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Golkin Room, Houston Hall
This event will feature two interrelated lectures, each with its own Q&A Session.
1) Global Gametes: Reproductive Tourism and Islamic Bioethics in the High-Tech Middle East
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to overcome infertility, are now widely available across the Middle East. Islamic fatwas emerging from the Sunni Islamic countries that have permitted many ARTs, while prohibiting others. So-called reproductive “tourism”—or the search for ARTs and donor gametes across national and international borders—is a new Middle Eastern phenomenon. So is the uptake of ARTs among Middle Eastern men, who suffer from particularly high rates of severe male infertility.
Marcia C. Inhorn is a professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University, specializing in the Middle East. Her research interests include gender and feminist theory, as well as issues pertaining to global health. Inhorn is the founding editor of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, associate editor of Global Public Health and co-editor for the Berghahn Book series on "Fertility, Sexuality and Reproduction."
2) Civil Liberties, Civil Wombs: Women and the Politics of Reproduction in Iran
The history of women's health in Iran abounds with contradictions and controversy. This talk probes the involvement of women in shaping reproductive policies since 1945. Maternalists often approached the subject of women's health and family relations with little recognition that women actually had rights and choices in matters of reproduction.
Middle East Center Director Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is an associate professor of History at Penn, specializing in Iranian nationalism, diplomatic history, and gender and women's issues in the Middle East. Her lastest book, Conceiving Citizens: Women, Sexuality, and Religion in Modern Iran, focuses on such issues.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Middle East Center, the Penn Women's Center, and the Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women, and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality.
For more information, please contact mec-info@sas.upenn.edu or 215-898-6335.
Bernardo Lemos, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
"Y variants tip the chromatin balance"
2:15 PM, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Main Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building
Dr. Lemos is a Genetics faculty candidate. This recruitment is part of a School of Medicine effort to build bioinformatics on campus coordinated by PCBI.
Global Health
Reflections Week
presents
Dean’s Distinguished International Scholar
“Nursing in India with a Look to its Future”
Rosaline Jayakaran
Dean, College of Nursing and Community Health,
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
India
Monday, February 21, 2011
Room 213, Fagin Hall
5:00p – 6:30p
Reception to FollowProfessor of Parasitology in Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania
"The role of IL-27 in limiting inflammation"
Austrian Auditorium
Director, VISN 4 MIRECC, Assoc Prof, UPenn SOM
"Managing the host of treatment options for alcohol addiction"
Biomedical Research Building Auditorium
The discussion, entitled "'How Did Prescribed Drugs become a leading cause of Death?' Ethics and the Risk Proliferation Syndrome" is scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 12 noon in Classroom 321. Please see the attached flyer to obtain more information on this and future events, as well as a short bio., highlighting the achievements of Dr. Light.
Please note that the Center for Bioethics' Informal Discussion series is a free-of-charge event. No reservation is required. This is a brown-bag event.
"Neural circuit formation and plasticity in zebrafish"
Kristen Malkus, NGG student
"Alterations in chaperone mediated autophagy may explain the regional specificity of alpha-synuclein neurodegeneration"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
"Mechanisms for sleep-dependent plasticity in the cortex following visual experience"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)
"Results from the multi-site prescription opioid addiction treatment study"
Main Conference Room, 3900 Chestnut St
Greg Barsh, MD, PhD, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology; Dept of Genetics Stanford
"Genetics of color variation: Model systems & model organisms in a post-genome world"
2011 Hill 131 Auditorium
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford
"Toward a single-trial understanding of motor preparation"
Class of '62, John Morgan Bldg
"Selective reduction of GSK-3 isoforms ameliorates pathological signatures of Alzheimer's Disease"
Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute
"Your World and Mine: Brain Research and Public Life"
Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce)
February 14th - 12pm:
Didier Fassin
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton University
"Conspiracy Theories and the Frontiers of Truth"
Location: Penn Museum, Room 345 (entrance to the anthropology department is on the east side of the museum near the South Street Bridge)
We will be hosting a reception following the presentation in the Mosaic Hall of the museum
Didier Fassin is an anthropologist and a sociologist who has conducted field studies in Senegal, Ecuador, South Africa, and France. Trained as a physician in internal medicine and public health, he dedicated his early research to medical anthropology, illuminating important issues about the AIDS epidemic, social inequalities in health, and the changing landscape of global health. More recently, he has developed a new domain of inquiry he terms “political and moral anthropology,” analyzing the reformulation of injustice and violence as suffering and trauma, the expansion of an international humanitarian government, and the contradictions in the contemporary politics of life. His present project, a contribution to an anthropology of the state, explores the political and moral treatment of disadvantaged groups, including immigrants and refugees, through an ethnography of police, justice, and prison.
Series Theme: Frontiers
Frontiers emerge, advance, and recede all around us, and in varied forms. The frontier may indicate the unsettled or the “not yet” – a space of liminality where new identities, social systems, and concepts sit on the cusp of emergence. The frontier is a contested terrain of rupture and conflict, as with the frontiers of the expanding state or neoliberal market mechanisms. It can also be a place of hybridity, where seemingly rigid categories commingle and modify one another. Importantly for the social sciences and humanities, the frontier represents the moments where “imaginative projects” coalesce, as we attempt to rethink our methodologies and theoretical frameworks within these fluid spaces. What novel forms and social experiences are taking shape at the unsettled edges of phenomena such as new media, emerging markets, and interventions on the body? What disruptions and displacements unfold within these encounters? The Penn Anthropology Colloquium Series 2010-2011 features several innovative and interdisciplinary speakers who are addressing these questions through research along the diverse frontiers of the current moment, and reshaping their fields in the process.
Associate Director, Noninvasive Laboratory Professor
University of Pennsylvania
"High Frequency Echocardiography for Cardiovascular Applications in Rodents”
Donna McCurdy Conference Room -1 Founders
Organized by Benoit Desjardins, MD-PhD and Victor Ferrari, MD
President and Medical Director
CVPath Institute, Inc.
"Peripheral vs. Coronary vs. Aortic"
HVC Conference Room, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 2 East
Associate Professor of Medicine
Departments of Cardiology and Pharmacology
Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University Medical Center
"Emerging role of Ca2+-activated
K+ channels in cardiovascular
and pulmonary diseases"
252 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
“The role of platelets in tumor angiogenesis.”
4:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Abramson Research Building, 1st Floor – Conference Room 123-C
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Professor of Dermatology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"The Nail and Forensics: Dealing with Chronic Paronychia and Onycholysis"
Translational Research Center Auditorium
Global Health in the 21st Century:
A View from the Fogarty International Center at NIH
Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD
Associate Director for International Research, NIH
Director, Fogarty International Center
The Fogarty International Center is dedicated to advancing the mission of the National Institutes of Health by supporting and facilitating global health research conducted by US and international investigators, building paternerships between health research instituations in the U.S. and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs.
Dr. Glass was named Director of the Fogarty International Center and Associate Director for International Research by NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, on March 31, 2006.
Dr. Glass will discuss changes in pattern of disease in developing countries and how US groups need to broaded their horizons in medicine to better understand the globalization of health problems and how global health and domestic health issues are closely interrelated. Dr. Glass will also discuss various Fogarty International Center programs in the global health field.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Claire M. Fagin Hall, Room 213
Giannoula Klement, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
“The role of platelets in tumor angiogenesis.”
4:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Abramson Research Building, 1st Floor – Conference Room 123-C
Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
"Regeneration, stem cells & the planarian Schmidtea Mediterranea"
Room 123C, Abramson Research Center
A View from the Fogarty International Center at NIH
Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD
Associate Director for International Research, NIH
Director, Fogarty International Center
Claire M. Fagin Hall, Room 213
Mitch Lewis
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
"Cooperativity, allostery, and gene regulation"
Johnson Foundation Library
248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
Mary W. Calkins Professor and Director, Tobacco Use Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, UPenn SOM, Annenberg Public Policy Center, UPenn, Deputy Director, Abramson Cancer Center
Nicotine addiction: Medication Development and Pharmacogenetics
Biomedical Research Building II/III Auditorium
Director, Center of Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair of Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease
"A mitochondrial etiology of complex diseases and the metabolic and genetic basis of autism"
3535 Market Street, 14th Floor, Rm E
Università G. d'Annunzio of Chieti
"Ca2+ release units/mitochondria association in developing and diseased skeletal muscle"
Physiology Conference Room, B400 Richards Building
Christian Metallo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Rethinking carbon utilization in human cells"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Harvard University
"Probing the function of non-coding sequences in human and mouse using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq"
252 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Cambridge University
"Mitochondrial complex I: what do we know about the mechanisms of energy transduction and reactive oxygen species production?"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology
Associate Dean, Research Core Facilities
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“The Regulation of Lipid Metabolism by Insulin”
252 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Diana Stanescu, MD and David Weber, MD - CHOP Fellows
Title: Presentation and Discussion of Pediatric Endocrine Cases
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 702 CRB
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Accreditation
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Allan I. Pack, MB, ChB, PhD Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
"A Novel Approach in Targeting Cancer Stem Cells"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (CRB)
Johns Hopkins University
"The Development And Organization Of Neurons That Underlie The Sense Of Touch"
Barchi Library (140 John Morgan)
Faculty Host – Greg Bashaw
Songon An
The Pennsylvania State University
Cellular biochemistry of a metabolic multienzyme complex in cells: "purinosome"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
University of Chicago
"Impact of FDA Advisories on Patient and Provider Behavior"
701 Blockley Hall
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic
"Semiparametric Shared Parameter Model of Longitudinal and Survival Data"
701 Blockley Hall
Global Health
Reflections Week
Stilling the Tremors: A Community-Based Participatory Research Intervention in Post-Earthquake Haiti
by
Dr. Toorjo “TJ” Ghose
Assistant Professor, Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
This past fall TJ spent a month living in one of Haiti’s tent cities (encampments)
conducting exploratory ethnography and launching of the community based project in an encampment in Haiti.
Dr. Ghose will describe his observations.
Monday, February 21, 2011
12p-1p
Room 218, Claire M. Fagin Hall Auditorium
"How does hemoglobin generate such a diverse functionality of physiological relevance?"
Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
California Institute of Technology
"Putting ubiquitin in its place: mechanism of polyubiquitin chain assembly"
252 BRB II/III
University of California, Los Angeles
"Dynamic activation of RNA functions"
251 Biomedical Research Building II/III
University of Massachusetts
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
(Goulian Lab)
"PhoQ and your little protein too: A story of negative feedback"
209 Johnson Pavilion
Daldal Lab
"The role of CcmI in the maturation of c-type cytochromes"
209 Johnson Pavilion
Bushman Lab
"The Human Respiratory Tract Microbiome in Health and Disease"
209 Johnson Pavilion
Moderated by Steve Fluharty, Vice Provost for Research, University of Pennsylvania.
Keynote Presentation: Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 S 36th St.
Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
President, Brigham and Women's Hospital
"Cardiovascular Insights from a Premature Aging Syndrome: A Translational Story "
Medical Alumni Hall, 1 Maloney
University of Pennsylvania
“Understanding Wnt5a regulated cell polarity and directional movement in melanoma”
702 Clinical Research Building
Robert A. Groff Prof and Vice Chair for Research and Education, Dept of Neurosurgery; Director, PENN's Ctr for
Brain Injury and Repair
"Mild TBl:Not so mild"
Surgery Theatre Room, Group White, HUP
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
"Information encoding of movement and color by the retina"
Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan Bldg
MIAC Associate Professor Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“EUS-FNA of The Pancreas: Finer Points of a Thin Needle Point”
McCurdy Conference Room -1 Founders Pavilion -HUP
Below you will find the information necessary to access and enter the Assessment of Food Environments webinar scheduled for Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 2:00 PM-3:30 PM EST.
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*_Presenters:_*
Latetia V. Moore, PhD, Epidemiologist, Nutrition Branch in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Erica Davis, Senior Project Coordinator, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania
Margaret Clawson, MPH, Training & Partnerships Coordinator, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Senior Associate, Samuels & Associates
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The Assessment of Food Environments webinar will provide information and guidance on validated tools and methods that can be used by evaluators assessing the food environment in communities. The webinar presenters will describe the various tools, how they can be used for evaluation, and insights from their experiences in using the tools in different settings. Tools discussed consist of NEMS, FoodBeams, and the Store Assessment and Monitoring System (SAMS). The webinar presenters include several experienced professionals that are able to share their own personal experiences with developing and using tools to assess food environments, including the benefitsand drawbacks of each particular tool. Dr. Latetia Moore’s research has focused on the local food environment and its association with neighborhood characteristics and food availability and the assessment of other environmental and social determinants of health that may influence the U.S. population. Erica Davis and Margaret Clawson have been working on the development, refinement, and dissemination of the NEMS measures for many years. Lisa Craypo has played a lead role in research and evaluation projects assessing school and community food environments. Details on how to view and access this webinar will be provided in an upcoming e-mail. For further information and/or questions, contact Nashawn Anderson (nanderson@icfi.com <mailto:nanderson@icfi.com>).
*_Quick Information About Discussed Tools_*
*NEMS-S and NEMS-V*
The NEMS measures are valid and reliable tools developed by Dr. Karen Glanz and her team, which focus on surveying community and consumer nutrition environments. Information collected with NEMS tools includes the type and location of food outlets, availability of healthful choices and information, pricing, promotion, and placement of healthier food products. The two tools that will be the focus of the Webinar are the measures for stores (NEMS-S) and vending machines (NEMS-V). The NEMS tools are designed to be easily customized to suit different projects’ needs.
*FoodBEAMS*
The web-based Food and Beverage Environment Analysis and Monitoring System (FoodBEAMS) was developed to enable researchers, school personnel, and other stakeholders to monitor adherence to current state and local school competitive food and beverage standards. FoodBEAMS includes a data collection component for inventorying competitive foods/beverages available for sale on school campuses and an analysis component which calculates adherence of inventoried items to competitive food standards.
*Store Assessment and Monitoring System (SAMS)*
SAMS is a tool that enables stakeholders to efficiently and effectively understand the small store food environment and identify areas for improvement. Accurate data on store environments and the factors within these stores that encourage or discourage healthy eating behaviors can serve to strengthen interventions and inform policy work. The SAMS tool is designed to capture the shopper’s exposure to healthy and unhealthy foods/beverages within a store by documenting the number of varieties sold for select food categories. In addition, SAMS captures placement of food/beverage types, varieties of hot/cold entrees available, and food and beverage marketing."Metastatic RRC and Treatments"
Urology Conference Room - Room 3-335W
3rd Floor West Pavilion - Perelman Center
"Next-Gen Sequencing and the Coffin-Siris Syndrome"
Ruchira Ranaweera - Yang Lab
"Mdm2 autoubiquitination regulates E3 ubiquitin ligase activity toward p53"
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building
Northwestern Hospital
Professor of Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology
Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation
Dean for Clinical Affairs
Feinberg School of Medicine
"Health Care Reform: Implications on Surgery and Transplantation”
Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre - Ground White
"Hair and Scalp Disorders"
10 Penn Tower Conference Room
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Presents
“PROTEIN FOLDING IN THE ER: LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS”
Room 132 Hill Pavilion, Allam Conference Room
School of Veterinary Medicine
Please bring your University ID/Driver’s License for admittance
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
"Mu Opioid Receptor Interacting Proteins
in Addictions"
Main Conference Room, Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
McLean Hospital
Brain Imaging Center
"Mapping addiction: drugs, cues and networks"
Main Conference Room, Treatment Research Center
Instructor of Medicine
McCurdy Conference Room, 1 Founders
Mehrabian Distinguished Professor and
Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
"“The Input and Output of Mechanical Forces by Adherent Cells”
Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Room
Department of Chemistry
Spruce and 34th Street
Nalaka Gooneratne, MD
"How to Keep Insomnia from Becoming a Nightmare"
8 Maloney Conference Room
Professor and Vice Chair, Trauma/Problem Fracture, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
"Blood Supply and Fracture Repair: Bedside to Bench"
252 Biomedical Research Building
All seminars take place from 4:30-6:00 pm
Room F45 Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Seminars are free and open to the public
The Risk Regulation Seminar Series is organized by the Penn Program on Regulation and jointly sponsored by the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and the University of Pennsylvania’s Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership
Kevin Volpp
Associate Professor of Medicine & Health Care Management, Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Center for Health Incentives, University of Pennsylvania
Tom Baker
Deputy Dean & William Maul Measey Professor of Law and Health, University of Pennsylvania Law School
"Vaccine Science, Realities, and Fears in the Popular Mind"
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Presents
19 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Register for the free event at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1229759243/
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Sponsored by The History of Vaccines, www.historyofvaccines.org
INFO: vaccines@collegeofphysicians.org
One of the most the most lucrative and fastest-growing criminal activities in the world today is sex trafficking, which generates estimated global market revenue of about 42.5 billion dollars annually. Under recent estimates, a single captive female held for sexual exploitation in Western Europe and North America alone retails at a gross annual profit of about $68,000 (e.g. 2010 International Labor Office, Report and Statistics).
The hottest markets for young women and children held in brothels and in various pornographic venues (including film, tape, DVD, online, closed circuit, paid daily intimate camera feeds, etc.) are in developed countries particularly the EU and the US compared with other parts of the world. Efforts to alleviate sex trafficking in all its various platforms and formats are riven by cultural and social disputes, including significant religious differences and cultural norms. Some people argue that prostitution is always unlawful, discriminatory and abusive, and must be banned, whereas others want to decriminalize, legitimize and regulate it. Marketing unwilling sex workers across national and international borders is another aspect of the equation, making arrest or apprehension of traffickers more difficult and fraught than internal state trafficking.
Is there adequate discussion of the manifold roots of the problem nationally and internationally? Does education of women and girls help alleviate the mass of sex trafficking? Is prostitution ever voluntary? Should society criminalize so-called high end prostitution?
Our expert panel will address these complex questions.
Speakers :
Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University
Frances Kissling, Visiting Scholar, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Resnick, M.F.A., Author, Founder and CEO of Writers On Fire
Adele M. Stan, Journalist and editor whose work has appeared in The New Republic, the Village Voice, The Nation, The Advocate, the Washington Blade as well as on the op-ed pages of the New York Times
Panel moderator:
Ana Lita, Director, Appignani Bioethics Center
When: Monday February 21st, 8pmWhere: Anatomy-Chemistry Building, room 104 Light refreshments will be provided. What is the Penn Global Health Journal Club?
An opportunity for a group to critically evaluate and discuss a peer-reviewed journal article relevant to global health. Any student, faculty, alumni, staff, intern, fellow or resident interested in global health can attend or facilitate a journal club meeting. We hope that this group will be multidisciplinary in nature and promote networking of people interested in the topic.How does a journal club happen?
The journal club consists of one more more facilitators who pick an article, and begin a discussion.Can I facilitate a journal club meeting?
Absolutely! Please contact Jacob (fyda@mail.med.upenn.edu) if you are interested in facilitating or co-facilitating a global health journal club meeting.When will journal club held?
Journal club is usually held once per month during an academic semester with the exception of summer. We will be meeting on the second or third monday of the month at 8pm.How can I get updates about meetings?
Please contact Jacob (fyda@mail.med.upenn.edu) to be added to the Global Health Journal Club email distribution list.Cheers,
Jacob Fyda (MPH class of 2012)fyda@mail.med.upenn.edu727.415.3993
Kenji Taylor (MD class of 2014)taylorni@mail.med.upenn.edu
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Department of Surgery
"Insights from a rat model of trauma hemmorhagic shock on the pathogenesis of shock-induced organ failure"
Room 1, Ground Floor, John Morgan Building, Institute for Environmental Medicine Seminar Room
Skirkanich Professor of Innovation, Department of Bioengineering
Director, Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration
University of Pennsylvania
“Forces, Form, and Function: Adhesion and the Regulation of Cell Function”
251 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Edwin A. Deitch, M.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Department of Surgery
Insights from a rat model of trauma hemmorhagic shock on the pathogenesis of shock-induced organ failure
Mona Al Mukaddam, MD and Sarah Mayson, MD - Endocrine Fellows
Title: Presentation and Discussion of Endocrine Cases
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 702 CRB
Keynote Speakers
Peter Glazer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Therapeutic Radiology
Yale University School of Medicine
Zhongping
Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, OCT Imaging Lab,
Dept. of Biomed. Engineering, UC Irvine
Biomedical Research Building II/III, 14th Floor
RSVP to: Ashley Douglass
Ashley.Douglass@uphs.upenn.edu (215) 898-0062
Professor, Section of Molecular Biology
University of California San Diego
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
"T cell development from embryonic stem cells"
Abramson Research Center 123 A/B
University of Pennsylvania
“Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Altered mtDNA Metabolism in Diabetes”
Room 302 Clinical Research Building
Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Series:
Topic: NASH
Presenter: David Kaplan
Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference Room, PCAM 4 West Pavilion
Robert H. Lustig, MD, Professor of Pediatric, UCSF
Title: "Sugar, Hormones and Addiction"
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 302 CRB
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
"BiP/GRP78 Immunoreactivity in Sleep/Wake and Circadian Neural Areas of Aged Mice"
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
"2PLM: two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy"
Johnson Foundation Library
248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building
Department of Neurobiology, Yale
"Neural ciurcuit computation of decision-making and probabilistic inference"
Suite 400A, 3401 Walnut Street
Professor of Physiology
Deputy Director of Pole Rehabilitation and Physiology
CHU de Grenoble, France
“Intermittent hypoxia as a model for studying OSA cardiovascular consequences”
Penn Sleep Center
3624 Market Street, Suite 201 Conference Room