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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)
4th Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium, Phila., PA
Highlighting Effective Interventions: Targeting Newborn and Child Mortality
Featured Lectures:
Carol Bellamy-former Executive Director of UNICEF
Sonia Sach, MD, MPH - Director of Health, Millennium Village ProjectA 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 A/V Studio, 3rd Floor
(end of hall, ring bell to enter)
Anatomy Chemistry A/V Studio, 3rd Floor
(end of hall, ring bell to enter)
Anatomy Chemistry A/V Studio, 3rd Floor
(end of hall, ring bell to enter)
Steven J. Siegel, M.D., Ph.D. and Roy Hamilton, M.D.
Psychiatry & Neurology
Orientation & Introduction
Speakers at this event will include UPenn Center for Bioethics' own, Arthur Caplan, PhD.
To Register, please go to: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=999900
Learn to understand the difference between evaluation and feedback. Identify barriers to providing feedback and acquire strategies for overcoming them. Learning to give more effective feedback to trainees will help to improve your teaching. Instructors: Drs. Lisa Bellini and Jennifer Kogan.
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.Would you like to talk about your work in a memorable way? This session will focus on how to organize and deliver an engaging research presentation for an invited talk or national meeting. Taught by Dr. E. Sue Weber, Penn's Communication within the Curriculum Program, School of Arts and Sciences.
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.Learn how to write valid, reliable, effective multiple choice questions in the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) format. This session, taught by two experienced clinical educators, will help you to develop better examinations for assessing student learning. Taught by Drs. Carolyn Cambor and Jennifer Kogan.
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." An Anthropologist Looks at Gestational Surrogacy" with Elly Teman, PhD
Please see the attached flyers to obtain more information on these and future informal discussion events.
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, unless otherwise advised.
"The Problem of Evil in Medical Science: Confronting the Challenge of Eponyms and Footnotes" with William Seidelman, MD
Please see the attached flyers to obtain more information on these and future informal discussion events.
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, unless otherwise advised.
CME credits, Psychology CEU's, and Social Work CEU's are available.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Program Leader in Cancer Immunology, Hollings Cancer Center
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
“Roles, Mechanisms and Puzzles of A Master TLR-Chaperone in Innate Immunity”
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
St. Jude Children's Research HospitalCutting Both Ways: How Caspases Promote and Prevent Cell Death"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Senior Investigator,
Surgery Branch Center for Cancer Research, NIH
"Adoptive Immunotherapy Using Stem Cell-like T Cells"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Title: Dissecting the Genetic Circuity that Controls Mouse Respiratory Lineage Initiation
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Ed Morrisey, Ph.D.
We are all different. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) classifies different ways
that people relate to one another and provides powerful insights into our own
communication styles and the communication styles of others. Understanding your style and
how it compares to someone else's can lead to better communication, more productivity,
increased employee satisfaction and ultimately better results.
Participants must complete the MBTI® in advance to participate in this course.
We are all different. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) classifies different ways
that people relate to one another and provides powerful insights into our own
communication styles and the communication styles of others. Understanding your style and
how it compares to someone else's can lead to better communication, more productivity,
increased employee satisfaction and ultimately better results.
Participants must complete the MBTI® in advance to participate in this course.
A seminar for those who haven't enrolled in Penn's Retirement plan, or those who are in the plan but have questions or who would like information about it.
Some topics which will be discussed include:
- Explanation of Penn's retirement plan
- Tax Deferred Retirement Plan or TDR
- Basic Plan
- Matching Plan
- Supplemental Retirement Plan (SRA)
- How to enroll (web enrollment and phone enrollment)
BOBBY BASU
September 30, 2011
1:00 PM
TRC Auditorium
Advisor: Dr. Ian Blair
Dissertation title: “SILEC: A new tool to study mitochondrial and metabolic disease”
"Men's Health: Each One, Reach One, Teach One"
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
9:30am-2:00pm
First District Plaza Conference Center
3801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Enjoy FREE Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Giveaways, Entertainment, and Parking (3801 underground lot)
2011 PHARMACOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SCHEDULE
9:00 Light Breakfast/10-100 TRC
9:15 Pharmacology Student Welcome/Graduate Chair, Vladimir Muzykantov
10:00 Lab Rotations/Paul Axelsen
10:30 Candidacy Exam/Jeff Field
11:00 Questions
BREAK
12:00 Lunch/Courses and Curriculum/Dave Manning
12:30 Trevor Penning/ Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET)
1:00 Photo Session/Sarah Squire, Graduate Group Coordinator
Featured Speaker:
David B. Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
“A recombinase that guards the genome during lymphocyte differentiation”
Anton M. Bennett, Ph.D., Yale University
“Signaling by Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Metabolism”
Matthew R. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
“Investigating the CNS GLP-1 System as a Target for Obesity Treatment”
Katja Lamia, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
Eduardo Perozo, Ph.D, Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Institute of Molecular Pediatric Sciences
University of Chicago
"Structural Dynamics of Activation and Inactivation Gating in K+ Channels"
For more information contact: Department of Physiology, 215-898-8725, phys@mail.med.upenn.edu
Xin Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Wisconsin, Madison
http://www.genetics.wisc.edu/user/71
C. David Allis, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
"Beyond the double helix: varying the 'histone code"
Chris Weber-Fisher Lab
"Multiple enhancers of RUNX2 reveal complex regulation of osteogenesis"
William Bernal-Cheung Lab
"Genetics of Expression Response to ER Stress"
Genetics Research Talks
Samir Wadhawan-Bucan Lab
"Predicting Functional Coding and Noncoding Variance in Complex Diseases"
Joe Lachance-Tishkoff Lab
"Population genomics of African hunter-gatherers"
University of California-San Francisco
“The ubiquitous nature of inflammation"
Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Interdisciplinary Conference
Presenter: Paul Gadue, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Title: Generation of multi-potent endodermal stem cells from human ES cells and iPS cells
Presenter: Charles Vollmer, Jr. MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Pancreatic Surgery
Title: Surgical approaches to pancreatic diseases
Title: Biomechanics of cell cycling, HDL/apoE function, and cardiovascular disease
Featuring Willai mHsiao, PhD. Dr. Hsiao's health policy research program spans across developed and less developed nations. He and his research team focus their economic studies on five topics:
- a simulation model of the US health sector;
- payment systems for physicians and hospitals;
- comparative health care systems;
- financing health care in developing nations; and,
- interaction between economic development and health care.
Two projects address policy issues of the United States. Hsiao and his colleagues developed a large scale simulation model that intends to assess the fiscal and health impacts produced by various national health insurance plans. Using time series/cross-sectional data, Hsiao's team designed a multi-equation model that employs a number of variables to predict utilization rates and prices of health services. This model also predicts total health expenditures from supply and demand variables, giving special attention to supply variables, such as physician and hospital beds per capita, availability of primary care physicians, and new technologies. The second project further expands his previous work on the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) by packaging physician services into episode of illness, and examines variation in resource input costs by quality of service.
Comparing health systems across industrialized nations, Hsiao applies political and economic theories to develop a structural framework of essential elements of health systems. His team uses econometric models to test various hypotheses and to estimate the extent to which each structural element influences health expenditures and health status. Employing his systemic framework, he is assisting Taiwan, Cyprus, Mexico, Colombia, China, and Sweden in their health systems reforms.
In developing nations, Hsiao's research focuses on the development of sustainable financing mechanisms to provide health care for the poor, rural population, and urban workers. With UNICEF's support, he collaborates with seven universities in China to conduct a nationwide study on health care financing and provision for 100 million poor Chinese. Meanwhile, with the support of The World Bank, he is launching a large scale social experiment on community financing for the rural Chinese population, involving 100 communities and two million people.
Lunch will be provided. RSVP recommended.
To RSVP email maddene@wharton.upenn.edu
Harvard Medical School
"Cell biological aspects of toll-like receptor signaling"
Austrian Auditorium
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology and Immunology
Duke University
"T cell metabolism: A driver of immunity, suppression and leukemia"
ARC 123 A/B
Seminar, 4 - 5 p.m.
To register, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZN8N7XR
Speakers at this event will include UPenn Center for Bioethics' own, Arthur Caplan, PhD.
To Register, please go to: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=999900
To register, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZN8N7XR
The Program for The Master of Science in Translational Research is please to announce the thesis defense of
Rachana Shah, MD
"Novel Human Adipose Genes in Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Vivo"
Monday, September 12, 2011
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Maloney, Room 8030
For more information contact Marti Dandridge martig@exchange.upenn.edu
Interested in submitting a proposal for Community-Driven Research Day? We encourage you to attend RESEARCH READINESS DAY which will:
-Describe the submission and review process for Community-Driven Research Day;
-Illustrate how to develop and refine research questions;
-Provide an overview of how to design a poster presentation for Community-Driven Research Day;
-Discuss how to develop and sustain Community/Academic Partnerships
RSVP by September 16th here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFVzcFAxSVAzdG00VFVtMlBYaWpJNlE6MA#gid=0
For more information: http://www.phillyviolenceprevention.org/research-day
Addiction Module
Teresa R. Franklin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in Psychiatry
Treatment Research Center
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“Personalizing Therapies for Smokers Wanting to Quit”
Location: BRB II/III Auditorium
Addiction Module
Benjamin Nordstrom, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“Addiction Module Case Conference”
Location: John Morgan Building, Class of ’62 Auditorium
The Rockefeller University
Host: Shelley Berger, Ph.D. and Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D. (Epigenetics)
"Genetics of Sleep and Its Disorders"
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.
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.
CENTER FOR STUDIES OF ADDICTIONS SEMINAR
Monica Hilario, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pharmacology
The Role of OPRM1 (A112G/A118G) Polymorphism in Anxiety and Social Behavior
Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
Main Conference Room
CENTER FOR STUDIES OF ADDICTIONS SEMINAR
R. Christopher Pierce, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry
Rational Development of Addiction Therapeutics: Successes, Failures and Prospects
Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
Main Conference Room
CENTER FOR THE TREATMENT AND STUDY OF ANXIETY
OCD WORKSHOP
The Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania will offer an intensive 4-day training workshop in the use of Exposure and Response Prevention (EX\RP) Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
This workshop is open to licensed mental health professionals and those working under a license.
Please visit the CTSA website for additional information or to register for the workshop - http://www.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/workshops_ocd.html.
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
"Men's Health: Each One, Reach One, Teach One"
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
9:30am-2:00pm
First District Plaza Conference Center
3801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Enjoy FREE Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Giveaways, Entertainment, and Parking (3801 underground lot)
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING SEMINAR
Steven J. Siegel, MD, PhD and Roy Hamilton, MD
Psychiatry and Neurology
Orientation & Introduction
Sponsored by the Penn Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) and the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI)
Featuring Jonah Berger, PhD
James G. Campbell Assistant Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
A catered lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
RSVP to Heather Forquer at (215)746-3401 or hforquer@asc.upenn.edu by 9/16/11
CENTER FOR STUDIES OF ADDICTIONS SEMINAR
Ulf J. Müller, M.D.
University Hospital Magdeburg, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Deep Brain Stimulation for Addictive Disorders
Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
Main Conference Room
Please join the Penn Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) and the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI) for our first Seminar Series event:
Jonah Berger, PhD
James G. Campbell Assistant Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Date: Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Room: 500, Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut Street
Virality and Word-Of-Mouth: Drivers of Social Transmission
Abstract: Why are some products talked about more than others? What makes certain online content viral? While people often share opinions and information with others, and such transmission has important consequences for diffusion and sales, much less is known about why people talk about and share certain things rather than others. In this presentation, I will cover some recent projects examining characteristics of products, brands, and information that are linked to transmission. The first uses data on six months of New York Times articles (as well as a number of experiments) to investigate what types of article make the most emailed list. Controlling for where the articles actually appear, we examine how psychological characteristics of content (e.g. how surprising it is or how much emotion it evokes) are linked to virality. The second project uses data on over 300 buzz marketing campaigns (as well as a controlled field experiment) to examine characteristics of products and campaigns that generate more word-of-mouth. In addition to presenting results from each project, comparing the findings from each helps shed light on important differences between online and offline social transmission.
Professor Jonah Berger studies social epidemics, or how products, ideas, and behaviors catch on and become popular. He examines how individual decision making and social dynamics (e.g., social influence) between people generate collective outcomes such as social contagion and trends. Most recently, Professor Berger has examined why certain products get more word-of-mouth than others and why certain online content goes viral.
His research has been published in top-tier academic journals including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Management Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Popular accounts of his work have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Science, Sloan Management Review, and The Economist and his research has been featured in the New York Times Magazine's Year in Ideas.
At Wharton, he teaches an elective called Contagious: How Products, Behaviors, and Ideas Catch On.
Please RSVP to Heather Forquer at (215) 746-3401 or hforquer@asc.upenn.edu by Friday, September 16, 2011.
A catered lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
"Central Sleep Apnea/Altitude Periodic Breathing"
"Sleep in Psychiatric Disorders"
Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences
Charles and William L. Day Distinguished Professor of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
From egg to embryo: a peripatetic journey
Time: 12:00pm
Please note, Dr. Schultz's seminar will begin at noon, instead of 12:15pm
as previously noted. Thank you!
Location: 251 BRB II/III
CME credits, Psychology CEU's, and Social Work CEU's are available.
Faten Aberra, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Pathophysiology and treatment of acid peptic disorders
Deborah L. French, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Generating Disease Models"
Guillermina Lozano, PhD
Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
"Regulation of p53 by Mdm Proteins in Homeostasis and Tumorigenesis"
12:00 noon
CRB Austrian Auditorium
A Vision for the City
Donald F. Schwarz, MD, MPH, Deputy Mayor of Health and Opportunity and Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia
Kate’s Place, Project H.O.M.E., 1929 Sansom Street, 19103
for or more information and to register go to www.bridgingthegaps.info
Please join the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and the Center for Public Health Initiatives for:
William Hsiao, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm
Room: Huntsman Hall G92, 3730 Locust Walk
LDI/CPHI Health Policy Seminar
Dr. Hsiao's health policy research program spans across developed and less developed nations. He and his research team focus their economic studies on five topics:
- a simulation model of the US health sector;
- payment systems for physicians and hospitals;
- comparative health care systems;
- financing health care in developing nations; and,
- interaction between economic development and health care.
Two projects address policy issues of the United States. Hsiao and his colleagues developed a large scale simulation model that intends to assess the fiscal and health impacts produced by various national health insurance plans. Using time series/cross-sectional data, Hsiao's team designed a multi-equation model that employs a number of variables to predict utilization rates and prices of health services. This model also predicts total health expenditures from supply and demand variables, giving special attention to supply variables, such as physician and hospital beds per capita, availability of primary care physicians, and new technologies. The second project further expands his previous work on the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) by packaging physician services into episode of illness, and examines variation in resource input costs by quality of service.
Comparing health systems across industrialized nations, Hsiao applies political and economic theories to develop a structural framework of essential elements of health systems. His team uses econometric models to test various hypotheses and to estimate the extent to which each structural element influences health expenditures and health status. Employing his systemic framework, he is assisting Taiwan, Cyprus, Mexico, Colombia, China, and Sweden in their health systems reforms.
In developing nations, Hsiao's research focuses on the development of sustainable financing mechanisms to provide health care for the poor, rural population, and urban workers. With UNICEF's support, he collaborates with seven universities in China to conduct a nationwide study on health care financing and provision for 100 million poor Chinese. Meanwhile, with the support of The World Bank, he is launching a large scale social experiment on community financing for the rural Chinese population, involving 100 communities and two million people.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please RSVP to maddene@wharton.upenn.edu.
University of Florida
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
NMR and EPR studies of lung surfactant organization, structure, and dynamics
Thomas Jefferson University
Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
HIF-1 and tumor response to hypoxia
University of Pennsylvania
Institute for Environmental Medicine
Use of Lipoprotein Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Photodynamic Therapy Agents
Department of Biology Seminar Series
Jing Yang, University of California San Diego
(host Wei Guo)
"Exploring a New Twist on Tumor Metastasis"
September 15, 2011
Leidy Labs, Room 109
3:30pm
Department of Biology Seminar Series
Gil Rosenthal (host: Josh Plotkin)
Texas A&M
"Mate Choice and its Consequences in Natural Hybrid Zones"
4:00 pm
September 22, 2011
Leidy Lab, Room 109
Department of Biology Seminar Series
Arjun Raj (host: Dr. Brian Gregory)
University of Pennsylvania
"Regulation of Transcription in Single Cells"
September 29, 2011
4:00 pm
Leidy Lab, Room 109
Department of Neuroscience (SOM) and Department of Biology (SAS) Special Seminar
Dr. Graeme Davis
University of California at San Franciso
"Homeostatic Control of Neural Function"
September 20, 2011
12:00 pm
Leidy Labs, Room 109
The Mari Lowe Center for Comparative Oncology Seminar Series
Christopher A. Hunter, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
"Predatory T-cells"
September 22, 2011
4:00 pm
Hill Pavilion, Room 132
We are delighted to announce the launch of Penn’s first Seminar Series on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)*, and, you are cordially invited to the first session of the Seminar Series:
Date and Time: Sep 29, 2011, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Location: Rm 500, Annenberg School For Communication, 3620 Walnut St
Presenter: Dan Wagner, UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy, Professor and Director, International Education and Development Program, and Director, International Literacy Institute, GSE
Title of talk: “ICT and Literacy for the Very Poor: A decade of work”
Abstract:
In many developing countries, over the past decade, the atmospherics concerning information and communications technologies (ICTs) has undergone a dramatic change: from (1) “are you crazy?” to (2) “well, let's see what pieces might work for us,” to (3) “ICTs are the answer.” Even for the poorest countries, the benefits of ICT are now (in 2011) seen as relatively well-suited for coping with the problems of literacy and basic education (and other sectors), and for enhancing the socio-economic consequences for the lives of the users. The reasons for this are varied, and still debated, along with the types of solutions proposed to date. Various examples will be discussed, including the author’s work over the past decade in India and South Africa.
Introduction of the Seminar Series by Joseph Sun, Vice Dean, SEAS
ABOUT THE SERIES
The ICT4D Seminar Series is a new interdisciplinary venture at Penn to bring together researchers, students, and leaders from all sectors who are interested in better understanding the role that ICTs play in international development, and the impact that they have on impoverished and under-resourced communities. The Series will bring together noted researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the ICT4D field, and will provide a venue for the Penn community to explore this important area of work.
Please RSVP to Laura Schwartz-Henderson (lsh@asc.upenn.edu) by Wednesday, September 27.
For more info, contact: Deepti Chittamuru <dchittamuru@asc.upenn.edu>
ICT4D Seminar Series Faculty Core Group: Emily Hannum (Assoc Professor Sociology & Education, GR Chair Sociology), John Jemmott (Kenneth B. Clark Professor, ASC), Carrie Kovarik (Asst Professor Dermatology, Dermatopathology, and Infectious Diseases, SOM), Joseph Sun (Vice Dean, SEAS), Dan Wagner (UNESCO Chair & Professor GSE)
PhD Student Coordinators: Deepti Chittamuru <dchittamuru@asc.upenn.edu> (ASC, lead contact), Katie Murphy <katiemaeve@gmail.com> (GSE), David Conrad <dconrad@asc.upenn.edu> (ASC)
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* The ICT4D Seminar is supported by the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Initiatives Fund, ASC, GSE, and SEAS. Programmatic support is provided by the Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies.
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The BTG Annual Symposium is held each fall in Philadelphia. Students present their projects as poster displays and facilitate workshops based on the public health issues they encountered during their BTG Community Health Internship. The Symposium is open to the broader community, providing a forum for dialogue and networking opportunities among public health officials, community organizations and agency personnel, grantmakers, academic faculty and staff, students, and others interested in improving the quality of life in our communities.
Each year, BTG honors an individual, whose work embodies the values and ideals of the program. The honoree acts as the symposium’s keynote speaker and his or her book serves as a central text for the Community Health Internship Program.
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar
Kathleen Trybus, PhD
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
University of Vermont
"Building Complexity to Understand Myosin V Cargo Transport"
September 19, 2011
2pm to 3pm
Physiology Conference Room
B404 Ricahrds Building
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar
Michael Lampson, PhD
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
"Gradients and Clocks: Chromosome Segration in Mitosis and Meiosis"
September 26, 2011
2pm to 3pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
"Cerebrovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea - There's Meaning in Thy Snores"
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Robert Rosenfeld, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Title: TBD
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:
Michael Rickels, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Title: "Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes"
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Location: 12th Floor - TRC - Translational Research Center 12-146
Professor and Chair
Department of Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
"Predatory T-Cells"
Room 132 Hill Pavilion
380 South University Avenue
Associate Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Reunion Auditorium, JMB
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Two novel mechanisms for the suppression of TLR9 responses: IL-10 and Syk are both ready to regulate.”
Research Associate Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Reunion Auditorium, JMB
For more info contact:
Karen Albright, CRNP
Department of Neurosurgery
3400 Spruce St
3rd Floor Silverstein Building
p) 215-662-3489
"Drosophila as a model for human genetic diseases associated with DNA instability"
Host: Steve DiNardo, (CDB)
Lisa Bottalico - "MS-based identification of in vivo S-nitrosoproteome in GSNOR-/- Mouse Heart"
Andrew Worth - "LC-MS Analysis of Citric Acid Cycle Metabolites as Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Dysfunction"
Maya Khezam - "Proteomics based approach for the validation of pancreatic cancer biomarkers in human serum samples"
Diana Avery - "The Effect of FAP-Mediated Collagen Degradation & Remodeling on Tumorigenesis"
Bridgin Lee - "The genomic binding profile for CREB; in multiple tissues and the role of CREB co-factors"
Michael Chiorazzo - "Glycerophosphocholine Increase in Apoptosis: A Potential Mechanism for Machrophage Recruitment"