Learn to create your own templates using master slides, import images from the Web, use Custom Animation, insert graphs and tables, and more. Class taught by Barbara Kountouzi from the Biomedical Library.

After completing this session participants will be able to:

1) Diagnose a negotiation or conflict and choose from a spectrum of responses;

2) Use a systematic approach to prepare for, structure, and engage in business and health care negotiations;

3) Foster agreements and manage conflict within and between workgroups in order. Class taught by Penn Law alumna Catherine Morrison, J.D., Asst. Professor, The Business of Health, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, and Principal, Negotiation and Conflict Management Training and Coaching.

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.

Explore the construction of simple to complex schematics using Illustrator. Find out how to use layers to organize your illustrations. Learn to lay out graphics using shapes, drawing options, gradients, and shading. Learn to master techniques for exporting your illustrations to other programs. Taught by Mary Leonard, Graphic Designer, Biomedical Art & Design Dept.

Does the thought of speaking in front of an audience scare you? This session explores the causes of commonplace communication anxiety and allows participants to practice several strategies for reducing anxiety. Taught by Dr. E. Sue Weber, Associate Director, Communications Within the Curriculum Program (CWiC), Penn's School of Arts and Sciences (SAS).

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.

The Introduction orients and motivates readers. It must also make a contract with the reader that a question will be answered. Introductions are the most structured part of a paper and readers expect certain elements in a certain order. This session will focus on constructing Introductions with the important elements in the right order. Taught by Penn-trained Elizabeth Colston, M.D., Ph.D.

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.

Explore some of the more advanced features in Photoshop. Learn manual adjustments for brightness, contrast and color balance; overlay techniques, actions and adding measurement rulers. Learn to use multiple images, labels and rulers. Taught by Barbara Kountouzi from the Biomedical Library.

This workshop will present an overview of effective lecture planning, organization and presentation. Topics considered will include defining one’s goals and objectives, structuring and delivering one’s lecture to facilitate student engagement and learning, and the effective use of PowerPoint and visuals. While drawing on educational research, the session will be grounded in the insights, experiences and needs of the participants. As such, this workshop is for both new and experience lecturers. Taught by Drs. Carolyn Cambor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Ian Petrie, Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning.

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.

This workshop will focus on the skills required for successful small group teaching in a variety of venues, from clinical settings to classrooms. The instructor will work with participants both to define the value of small group teaching and to determine strategies for tackling the challenges it presents. Topics to be considered include effective questioning, communication, and group dynamics. Taught by Drs. Carolyn Cambor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Ian Petrie, Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Penn's School of Arts and Sciences (SAS).

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.

Review promotion standards for the Research track. Hear from a representative cross-section of research track faculty who will discuss the various scholarly pathways that they have followed toward promotion, providing a sense of the range of independent and collaborative scholarship typical of faculty in the research track. Learn how these faculty ensured that they would be recognized for a unique contribution to the School’s research mission while simultaneously collaborating on other’s projects. Moderator: Dr. Lou Soslowsky; faculty panelists: Drs. Emer Smyth, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, and Akiva Cohen.

Xi He, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School

Host: Zhoalan Zhou, Ph.D.

Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy

University of California San Francisco

Host: Thomas Jongens, Ph.D.

Jef D. Boeke, Ph.D.
Director, High Throughput Biology Center
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Host: Steve Liebhaber, Ph.D.

Michael Levine, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development

University of California, Berkeley

Host: Rachel Kadzik
Graduate Student

Anna Huttenlocher, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Host: Erfei Bi, Ph.D.

The Role of Nanomedicine for the Assessment and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Plaques

Zahi A. Fayad, Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology and Medicine

Director, Translational and Molecular Institute

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

12 PM

Translational Research Center Auditorium at the Perelman Center

Roger Greenberg, Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology, "Chromatin modifications and DNA repair"

Jim Shorter, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, "RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in neurodegeneration" (BMB Recruitment Day)

Marisa Bartolomei, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, "TBA"

Roland Dunbrack,Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, "Structural bioinformatics of antibodies and protein-protein interactions"

Adam Cohen, Ph.D., (Harvard), "TBA"

Doryen Bubeck, Ph.D. (Oxford University) "Assembly and regulation of the membrane attack complex based on the structures of complement copnponents"

Geeta Narlikar, Ph.D., (UCSF), "ATP-dependent and independent mechanisms of regulating chromatin structure"

CANCELLED: Ruben L. Gonzalez, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor, (Columbia University) "Directing nature's random walks: biological mechanisms, one molecule at a time"

Zhihao Zhuang, Ph.D., (University of Delaware), "Chemistry and biology of eukaryotic translesion synthesis"

Michael Emerman, PhD - Evolution and Function of Restriction Factors Against HIV and Related Viruses Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology and HIV Grand Rounds

Georgia Tomaras, PhD - HIV-1 Envelope IgA Antibodies in Vaccination and Infection Assistant Professor; Associate Director of Research Duke Human Vaccine Institute
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in 1100A Colket Translational Research Building, CHOP Co-Sponsored with the Gene Therapy and Vaccine Program and HIV Grand Rounds

Presenter: Frank Scott

Presenter: Aaron Small

Presenter: Paul Menard-Katcher

Presenter: Ravi Maddipati

Presenter: Jung Oh

Department of Medicine

Division of Cardiology

University of Colorado Denver

"Targeting histone deacetylases for heart failure"

ARC 123 A/B

Peter C. Whybrow Portrait Unveiling Lecture and Reception

Peter C. Whybrow, M.D.
Physician-In-Chief and CEO, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Director of the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Judson Braun Distinguished Professor
Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

“Title: To be determined”

Location: BRB II/III Auditorium

Prenatal Issues in Neurodevelopment Module

Deborah Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

“The Treatment of Depression during Pregnancy”

Location: BRB II/III Auditorium

Ramesh Pillai, Ph.D.
EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Grenoble, France
Genome defense by germline small RNAs
Time: 12 noon
Location: 132 Hill Pavilion
Co-sponsored with Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research

Peter S. Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
and Cell and Developmental Biology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of Embryo Patterning Before the Midblastula Transition
Time: 12 noon
Location: 252 BRB II/III

Andrea C. Gore, Ph.D.
Gustavus & Louise Pfeiffer Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy
University of Texas at Austin
Are environmental endocrine disruptors making us infertile? Evidence from the neuroendocrine perspective.
Time: 12 noon
Location: 251 BRB II/III

PENN GLOBAL HEALTH CAREER DAY

“Global Health in Our Backyard”

Saturday, February 25, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III)

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Online Registration Required: http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/GHCD2012.shtml

8:00 - 8:30 Check-In (Continental breakfast provided)

8:30 - 9:15 Keynote Address: “25 year Perspective on Global Health”

· Introduction: Neal Nathanson, MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, Perelman School of Medicine

· Speaker: Steve Larson, MD, Assistant Dean, Global Health Programs, Perelman School of Medicine; Executive Director, Puentes de Salud

9:15 - 9:30 Q&A/Coffee

9:30 -11:15 Panel Discussion: “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally”

· Joseph Garland, MD, Co-Director, Global Health Track; Co-Founder, Penn Refugee Clinic, Perelman School of Medicine; Director of Medical Education, Puentes de Salud

· Robin Canada, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Site Director for Medical Residents, Puentes de Salud

· Adriane Tuttle, MSN, CRNP in Family Medicine, Project Salud

· Matt O’Brien, MD, MSC, Temple University School of Medicine; Co-Founder, Puentes de Salud

· Olivia Haesloop, MD Candidate, Perelman School of Medicine

· Austin Kilaru, MD Candidate, Perelman School of Medicine

11:15 -11:30 Q&A/Coffee

11:30 – 1:15 Panel Discussion: “Case Study: Puentes Hacia el Futuro: A Model for Multi-Disciplinary Engagement”

· Katie Maeve Murphy, MEd, PhD/MPH Candidate, GSE, University of Pennsylvania; Consultant/Volunteer, Puentes Hacia el Futuro

· Sara Shuman, PhD, Public Health Candidate, Temple University

· Lauren Stone Lindner, MPH

· Daphne Owen, MD Candidate, Perelman School of Medicine; Founder, Puentes Hacia el Futuro

· Carla Paredes, BSN, RN, Penn Nursing; Student Chair, Puentes de Salud

· Nora Litz, Culture & Arts, Hacia el Futuro

1:15 – 2:00 Lunch (Lunch provided & tables will be hosted by program speakers)

Open to all Philadelphia-area university students, faculty & staff

This free event is sponsored by Global Health Programs, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Scheduled to coordinate with Global Reflections Week at the School of Nursing

Julian Abrams, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Novel Concepts in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Rotonya Carr, MD
Instructor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Frédéric Lemaigre, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology
Université Catholique de Louvain
Transcription factor - microRNA networks in liver and pancreatic cell differentiation

Todd Ridky, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania
Engineering three-dimensional invasive human cancers in vitro

Ellen Pure, PhD
The Wistar Institute

Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the lives of Young Black Men

John Rich, MD, MPH

Kate’s Place, Project H.O.M.E., 1929 Sansom Street, 19103

for or more information and to register go to www.bridgingthegaps.info

Felix Wehli, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology, "Blood oxygen saturation as an endogenous dynamic magnetic resonance tracer"

Nathan O. Siemers, Ph.D.
Director, Applied Genomics
Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D
An immune-active tumor microenvironment favors clinical response to ipilimumab
co-sponsored with Ovarian Cancer Research Center
Time: 12 noon
Location: 251 BRB II/III

Gary Koretzky, M.D.,Ph.D.
Francis C. Wood Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Investigator & Director, Signal Transduction Program, AFCRI
Insights into Hematopoietic Cell Development and Function through Targeted Mutation of Adapter Proteins
Time: 12 noon
Location: 251 BRB II/III

The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:

Anthony Gannon, MD and Ting Ting Huang, MD – CHOP Fellows

Title: Presentation and discussion of Pediatric Endocrinology Cases

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

Professor Bioengineering

Class of '62, JMB

Professor of Medicine

Class of '62, JMB

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Class of '62, JMB

Assistant Professor of Obstrics and Gynecology

Class of '62, JMB

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Class of '62, JMB

The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:

Francesco S. Celi, M.D., MHSc. Clinical Investigator Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch NIDDK, NIH

Title: "Metabolic effects of thryoid hormone"

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

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Accreditation

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation of Credit

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Attending: Caroline Kim

Fellow: Meg Garin

Speaker: Jon F. Merz, MBA, JD, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Penn Center for Bioethics

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Speaker:Tien Peng Affiliation: Morrisey Lab

Speaker: Vladimir V. Shuvaev Affiliation: Muzykantov Lab

Speaker: Qi Yang Affiliation: Lab Path Med

Speaker: Edward Crandall MD, PhD Affiliation: University of Southern California

Engineered Dextran Nanoparticles for Targeted Cell Uptake and Intracellular Release (Composto);

Biocompatible Superparamagnetic Polymersomes (Park), Synthesis;

Characterization and Toxicity Studies of Biocompatible Phospholipid-coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Containing Cobalt for Thermal cancer Therapy (Scholler).

Clinical Research Work in Progress

Title: Mentored Grants II

Title: Critical Care- Structure and Delivery

Title: TBA

Title: Update in Lung Cancer Pathology

Speaker: Tien Peng, MD Title: Basic Science

A weekly in depth discussion of two pre-selected relevant recent publications from the biomedical literature

February 3, 2012

David R. Lynch, MD, PhD
Neurology
"NMDA Receptors in Human Disease or Basic Aspects of Mitochondrial Disorders"

CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING SEMINAR

David R. Lynch, MD, PhD
Neurology
"NMDA Receptors in Human Disease or Basic Aspects of Mitochondrial Disorders"

Title: Biologically Inspired Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems for Biomedical Applications

Affiliation: Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Technology Development

Title: BLOC-1 Mechanisms of Endsome Sorting in Neurons

Affiliation: Emory University, Dept of Cell Biology

Speaker: Anna S. Kashina, PhD

Title: Protein Arginylation as a Global Biological Regulator

Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Animal Biology

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism;

and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:

Kenneth S. Zaret, MD

University of Pennsylvania

"Early Beta Cell Development"

January 31, 2012

4:00 PM

Translational Research Center, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/

Xi He, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/bbs/fac/he.html

“Understanding Wnt signaling and the Wnt morphogen in development and disease”

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism;

and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:

Daniel J. Rader, MD

University of Pennsylvania

"Functional Validation of New Genes Regulating Liprprotein Metabolism"

February 7, 2012

4:00 PM

Translational Research Center, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism;

and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:

Danielle R. Reed, PhD

Monell Chemical Senses Center

"Adip5: a QTL Mystery in Three Acts"

February 14, 2012

4:00 PM

Translational Research Center, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism;

and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:

Gordon L. Hager, PhD

National Cancer Institute, NIH

"Transcription Factor Dynamics and the

Mechanism of Regulatory Element Function"

February 21, 2012

4:00 PM

Translational Research Center, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism;

and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Fall 2011 Seminar Series presents:

Barbara B. Kahn, MD

Harvard Medical School

"Novel Mechanisms by Which Adipose Cells

Regulate Systemic Insulin Sensitivity and the Risk for Diabetes"

February 28, 2012

4:00 PM

Translational Research Center, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/

The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:

Zubair Baloch, MD, PhD and Cytology Fellows

Title: "Interesting Pathology Cases"

Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2012

Time: 7:45 - 8:30 am

Location: G. Clayton Kyle Conference room - PCAM 4 West

The Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference and Grand Rounds Series presents:

Lalitha Gudipaty, MD, PhD and Ilona Lorincz, MD - Endocrine Fellows

Title: "Presentation and Discussion of Endocrinology Cases"

Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

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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.

Executive Vice-Dean Glen Gaulton will be speaking on Responsible Authorship

Please sign up soon if you are planning to attend this event; you can register for the program by clicking here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/689JQZN

Faculty Conversations on the Academic Job Search and Academic Life:
Behind the Scenes with a Search Committee
Tuesday, January 31, 4-5:15 pm
Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room

What happens to your application for a faculty job and how does a search committee work together? How are candidates evaluated and selected for faculty positions? This panel will help you gain a better understanding of the academic job search from the perspective of the sitting faculty, department and institution. Faculty speakers will share their experiences and insights:

Emilio Parrado, PhD, Associate Director, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Lynne M. Butler, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, Haverford College

Registration is requested

This program is a session of the Faculty Conversations on the Academic Job Search and Academic Life, a series for doctoral students and postdocs which is co-sponsored by Career Services and the Associate Provost for Education. This year is the seventeenth year of this series in which faculty and administrators share valuable information to help you best understand the academic job search process. While some are targeted to people in certain broad discipline areas, all PhD students and postdocs are welcome to attend.

If you are looking for some information on this topic right now, then make sure that you take a look at some of the resources on this page of our website for some general information on the academic job search. The Chronicle of Higher Education website also has many advice columns on the topic.

Lunch for hungry minds.

Speaker: Albert Biovenella, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
UPenn School of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine

11:30-12:00 Lunch and Networking
12:00-1:00 Presentation and Q&A

Space is limited, so attendance is strictly by RSVP
sgreer@sciencecenter.org OR 215-966-6000

Effectively dealing with conflict is an essential management skill. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® training can help managers harness type awareness in conflict management.

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.

Effective supervision depends on strong performance management practices. This course is designed for supervisors, both new and experienced, who want to increase their skills related to:

• 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

NOTE: This is a full-day session and is part of the Supervisory Skills Certificate Program. For more information, visit the provided URL.

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology

Interdisciplinary Immunology Graduate Program

University of Iowa

“Back with Wnt: its novel roles in T cell biology”

Austrian Auditorium

Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine

“Genetic and epigenetic control of antigen receptor loci”

Austrian Auditorium

Vivian L. Smith Chair of Regenerative Medicine

Director, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center

Baylor College of Medicine

“Epigenetic regulation of hematopoietic stem cells”

Austrian Auditorium

Chief, Mucosal Immunology Section

NiAID, NIH

“Role of Innate and adaptive responses to commensals during infections”

Austrian Auditorium

Associate Member
Benaroya Research Institute

"Control of Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function"

Austrian Auditorium

Oregon Health & Science University

Evasion of T cell responses by cytomegalovirus

Austrian Auditorium

NIAID

Intersecting roles of IL-1 and IFN in host resistance to mycobacterium tuberculosis

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Fredh Hutchinson Cancer Res Ctr

Evolution and function of restriction factors against HIV and related viruses

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anatomy

University of California, San Francisco
http://anatomy.ucsf.edu/Heberlein/Home.htm

“Flies and alcohol: How experiences affect behavior”

Jef D. Boeke, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Director, High Throughput Biology Center

Johns Hopkins University

http://www.bs.jhmi.edu/MBG/boekelab/index.html

“Synthesis and scrambling of yeast chromosomes”

Michael Levine, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Genetics
University of California, Berkeley

http://flydev.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/labpage/Levine_Lab/Welcome.html

"Transcriptional precision in Drosophila and evolutionary origins of the vertebrate heart and neural crest in the Ciona tadpole"

Anna Huttenlocher, M.D.

Professor

Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of Wisconsin

http://www.medmicro.wisc.edu/department/faculty/huttenlocher.html

"Imaging leukocyte migration in vivo: implications to human disease"

Genetics Recruitment Seminar

Robert J. Johnston, Jr., Ph.D.
Center for Developmental Genetics
Department of Biology
New York University

"Controlling stochastic gene expression in the Drosophila retina"

Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D.
James R. Eiszner Family Professor of Chemistry
University of Illinois

Measuring the Brain's Chemistry a Cell at a Time

12:00-1:00pm
TRC Aud

This announcement is being forwarded on behalf of Dr. Karen Teff.

"Obesity, genes and Environment"

David Allison, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Science Director, Office of Energetics Director,

Nutrition Obesity Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham

January 31st, 11:30 am

Monell Chemical Senses Center

3500 Market Street

A leading psychiatrist and scholar exposes the racialization of a biologically based disease-starting with the civil rights era and continuing today. Please join Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD as he discusses his new book The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease.

Dr. Metzl is Frederick B. Rentschler II Chair of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society and is Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University.

The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Co-sponsored by The Center for Neuroscience & Society invite you to attend an informal discussion, featuring M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD.

The discussion, entitled "Toward a 'Science' of Torture?" is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 12pm in classroom 321. Please see the attached flyer to obtain more information on this event, as well as a short bio, highlighting the achievements of Dr. Bloche.

Please note that the Center for Bioethics' Informal Discussion series is a free-of-charge event. (Brown-Bag Lunch)

The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy invites you to attend a Colloquium, featuring Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioethics, University of Montreal.
Title: "Upcoming revolution in prenatal testing"
This event is free and open to the public

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., will speak about the intersection between Jewish values and his professional career. Emanuel, oncologist, author, and member of Clinton 's Health Care Task Force has published extensively on modern bioethical issues. Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives as well as the Diana v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor and vice provost in the University of Pennsylvania 's departments of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.

Please RSVP by Friday, January 27th by clicking the link provided above or by calling 215-898-7391

Part of the Department of Genetics Faculty Search

Todd S. Macfarlan, Ph.D.
Gene Expression Laboratory
The Salk Institute

"Endogenous retroviruses coordinate gene expression and cell fate during embryonic development"

PMI

presents

Elias T. Spiliotis, PhD

Department of Biology, Drexel University

Spatial control of microtubule organization and dynamics by septin GTPases

John Morgan Building, Class of 62 Auditorium

January 30, 2012

2-3 pm

PMI

PMI

presents

Gianluca Gallo, PhD

Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University

Cellular mechanisms of axon branching: A role for the axonal protein synthesis of regulators of the actin cytoskeletonJohn Morgan Building, Class of 62 Auditorium February 6, 2012

2-3 pm

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Spring 2012 Special Seminar

Arvin Dar, Ph.D

Postdoctural Fellow, Dept. of Cellular and Moleculat Pharmacology

University of California, San Francisco

"New Insights into Cell Signaling Pathways using Chemical Genetics"

12 noon

January 30, 2012

John Morgan Building, Class of '62 Lecture Hall

The Office of Organization Effectiveness, in partnership with Penn’s Human Resources, is offering a training session on Preparing for Retirement. Some topics which will be discussed 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? Pre-registration not required. This program will not be tracked in Knowledge Link.

Co-sponsored with the Center for Health Behavior Research, A CPHI Seminar Series Event featuring:

Amy L. Gonzales, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar,
University of Pennsylvania
The Effects of Social Media Use on Mental and Physical Health
Social media is used by the majority of Americans on a daily basis. What are the health implications for these practices? Amy Gonzales, a researcher at the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society scholar program, will present data on the ways in which everyday social media (e.g. cellphones, texting, Facebook, etc.) may influence mental and physical health. Sheâ€™ll also describe new technologies that have been designed to change health behaviors and improve health, including eating behaviors in children or social interactions in low-income neighborhoods.
Lyle H. Ungar, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (CIS) at the University of Pennsylvania; also holds appointments in various other departments in the Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, Business, and Medicine
Estimating well-being from Tweets and Facebook Posts
The words people use on social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a rich, if imperfect, source of information about their personality and psychological state. This talk will give an introduction to recent work in estimating subjective well-being from social media word use, focusing on an effort at Penn to use tweets and Facebook posts to characterize variations in PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, meaning, and accomplishment) over time and location. These estimates of psychological states correlate significantly with a variety of health outcomes as measured by Gallup polls and the CDC.
Joint work with Andy Schwartz, Johannes Eichstaedt, Peggy Kern, Stephanie Ramones, Lukasz Dziurzynski and Martin Seligman

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dG9ZZkw1ODUwaDdpMUtFR1ZyZkhGdkE6MQ#gid=0

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We are excited to announce that we will be on-campus next Tuesday, January 31 for all PhDs, post-docs, MDs, and JD students! Tad Roselund, a Senior Partner and Managing Director in BCG's New Jersey office, will be presenting a topic area discussion. We’re looking forward to sharing the BCG experience with you.

Tuesday, January 31 at 6:00PM
Open to all PhDs, MDs, post-docs, and JDs. All are welcome – no sign-up required
Taking place on campus in the Class of '49 Auditorium in Houston Hall
Suggested Attire: Casual

We hope you will be able to join us! For more information on BCG's programs for MDs, JDs, Post-Docs, and PhD students at The University of Pennsylvania, please visit: http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/upenn_adv.aspx

We are also gearing up for our Bridge to BCG program taking place this summer. We will be on campus in the spring to tell you more about it but in the meantime, for more information, please visit: http://www.bcg.com/careers/is_bcg_for_me/backgrounds/advanced_degrees/default.aspx

Penn CVI

presents

Deepak Voora, MD

Instructor, Division of Cardiology, Assoc Investigator, Institute of Genome Sciences and Policy

Duke Univesity

"Molecular Signatures of the Response to Aspirin"

Wednesdat, February 1, 2012

4-5pm

Conference Room, 11-146

11th Floor Translational Research Center

Hematology-Oncology/Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series

Stella Chou, MD

Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

"Down symdrome-induced pluripotent stem cells reveal distinct hematopoietic defects"

12 noon

January 31, 2012

BRB II/III Auditorium

Hematology-Oncology/Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series

presents

Erica A. Golemis, Ph.D

Fox Chase Cancer Center

"Signaling networks in cancer and PKD"

12 noon

February 7, 2012

BRB II/III Auditorium

Hematology-Oncology/Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series

Monica Bessler, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Hemolysis and clonal evolution in patients with PNH:

A classic “bed-to-bench-to-bedside story”

12 noon

February 21

BRB II/III Auditorium

Hematology-Oncology/Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series

presents

Alan D’Andrea, MD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

"Targeting the Fanconi Anemia/BRCA Pathway in Cancer Therapy"

12 noon

February 28, 2012

BRB II/III Auditorium

Arvin Dar, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF, "New insights into cell signaling pathways using chemical genetics"

Yunsam Nam, Ph.D., (Harvard), ""TBA"

Michael Boyce, Ph.D., (Berkeley), "Metabolic signaling through protein glycosylation"

Gregor Neuert, Ph.D. (MIT), "Quantifying dynamic signal transduction and gene regulation in individual cells with single molecule resolution"

Presented by the Chestnut Hill Center of Enrichment, Dr. Arthur Caplan will discuss Health Care Rationing. This event is free and open to the public.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., will speak about the intersection between Jewish values and his professional career. Emanuel, oncologist, author, and member of Clinton 's Health Care Task Force has published extensively on modern bioethical issues. Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives as well as the Diana v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor and vice provost in the University of Pennsylvania 's departments of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.

Please RSVP by Friday, January 27th by clicking the link provided above or by calling 215-898-7391

Presented by the Chestnut Hill Center of Enrichment, Dr. Arthur Caplan will discuss Health Care Rationing. This event is free and open to the public.

Genetics Research Talks

Samantha Eberle-Chodosh Lab
"Autophagy is Required for HER2/neu-Induced Breast Cancer"

Yu-Cheng Tsai-Liebhaber/Cooke Lab
"The Structural Features of the Human GH Locus Required for Regulation of the Placental GH Genes"

***Please note that these talks are in BRB, a different location than usual***

Genetics Research Talks

Brittany Gregory-Cheung Lab
"Polymorphic Regulation of Human Gene Expression by the Histone Demethylase KDM4C"

Samuel T. Kuna, MD
“Portable PSGs”

Thomas J. Balkin, PhD, Chief, Department of Behavioral Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
“The Virtuous Circle of Sleep and Resilience”

Event is part of the week-long Global Health Reflections week put on by the School of Nursing

Monday, February 20 - 4:00pm Fagin Hall Room 110

“Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing in Botswana”

Presenter: Dr Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN

The Dean’s Distinguished International Scholar

Reception to Follow

Use and Challenges of Health Research Across Disciplines Using Social and Digital Media

February 13th (Monday) 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street
Lunch will be provided

RSVP | Flyer

Featuring:

Amy L. Gonzales, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar,
University of Pennsylvania
The Effects of Social Media Use on Mental and Physical Health
Social media is used by the majority of Americans on a daily basis. What are the health implications for these practices? Amy Gonzales, a researcher at the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society scholar program, will present data on the ways in which everyday social media (e.g. cellphones, texting, Facebook, etc.) may influence mental and physical health. She’ll also describe new technologies that have been designed to change health behaviors and improve health, including eating behaviors in children or social interactions in low-income neighborhoods.
Lyle H. Ungar, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (CIS) at the University of Pennsylvania; also holds appointments in various other departments in the Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, Business, and Medicine
Estimating well-being from Tweets and Facebook Posts
The words people use on social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a rich, if imperfect, source of information about their personality and psychological state. This talk will give an introduction to recent work in estimating subjective well-being from social media word use, focusing on an effort at Penn to use tweets and Facebook posts to characterize variations in PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, meaning, and accomplishment) over time and location. These estimates of psychological states correlate significantly with a variety of health outcomes as measured by Gallup polls and the CDC.
Joint work with Andy Schwartz, Johannes Eichstaedt, Peggy Kern, Stephanie Ramones, Lukasz Dziurzynski and Martin Seligman

Biochemisty and Biophysics

presents

Spring 2012 Special Seminar

Yunsun Nam, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Biologival Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Harvard Medical School

"Structural and Mechanism of Lin28, a multifuntional microRNA Regulator"

12 noon

February 6, 2012

Austrian Auditorium

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

presents

Friday Research Discussions

Marisa Bartolomei, Ph.D

Professor of Cell and Development Biology

"Epigentic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting"

February 3, 2012

4pm

Johnson Foundation Library, 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Building

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

presents

Adam E. Cohen, Ph.D

Assoc Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics

Harvard University

"Imaging Voltage in Cells: from Neurons to E.Coli"

February 2, 2012

12 noon

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

February 16, 2012, 2:00 - 4:00pm

Healthy Homes: Meeting Challenges in Community Health & Outreach

Location: Fagin Hall Auditorium, School of Nursing, UPenn

The University of Pennsylvania's Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships and the Department of Earth & Environmental Science present:

Healthy Homes: Meeting Challenges in Community Health & Outreach
An Academically Based Community Service panel.

This initial session of this three-part panel series will highlight the outreach and educational opportunities that our Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) courses provide to our neighboring West Philadelphia community. During these academic courses, our students learn the significance of giving back to the community that they call home during their undergraduate years.

Light refreshments to follow

For more information and to RSVP for this event, please visit

http://abcssymposiums.eventbrite.com or email marthap@sas.upenn.edu

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Diabetic Nephropathy

Presenter: Simin Goral

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Case Discussion: Insulin Resistance

Presenter: Anastassia Amaro, MD

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Bardoxolone for Diabetes Nephropathy

Presenter: Sylvia Rosas

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Journal Club

Speaker: Sarah Mayson

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Diabetic Eye Disease

Presenter: Vatinee Bunya

Dr. Chrispin Kambili will be giving a talk on "Pharmacaeutical Commerce & Health (In)Equality", as part of the new course NURS514 Globalization, Health & Health Care. For this special event any School of Nursing or Perelman School of Medicine student is welcome to sit in and listen.

Tuesday Feb 14th, 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

Dr. Chrispin Kambili is Global Medical Affairs Leader—Infectious Diseases at Johnson and Johnson, where he provides strategic guidance to infectious drug development teams.

Dr Kambili received his medical degree from Columbia University and completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine and in infectious diseases at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell in New York City.

Dr Kambili has previously worked at the New York City health department where he oversaw the provision of care at the ten public health clinics; participated in bioterrorism preparedness activities; and later served as Assistant Commissioner of Health and Director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, in a US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) assignment. Dr Kambili has also worked in Africa as the Field Medical Director for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), based in Nairobi, Kenya. During his tenure at IAVI, he oversaw the creation of infrastructure for the conduct of all phases of HIV/AIDS vaccine clinical trials in several countries in eastern and southern Africa and led initiatives to improve access to HIV and other medical care around HIV vaccine clinical trial sites by liaising with Ministries of Health, non-governmental organizations, donors and local leaders and communities. Dr Kambili also worked as a Medical Director for the hepatitis and HIV programs at the then Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals now part of Merck.

Wulan Dang, Ph.D. (Gerd Blobel's Lab)
"Manipulating long-range chromosomal interactions at a native locus by targeted tethering of a "looping" factor"

Thomas Kusch, Ph.D., Rutgers University
"Parallel histone codes in transcription and DNA repair"

Shilpa Rajendra, MD
"Muscular Dystrophy and OSA: An Inpatient Consult"

Sam Gu, Ph.D.
Stanford University
"RNA-targeted chromatin modification"

Maya Capelson, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"The Roles of the Nuclear Pore Complex in Chromatin Organization"

Genetics Recruitment Seminar

Daniel F. Jarosz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute

"Protein folding, environmental stress, and the inheritance of new phenotypes"

Tuesday, February 21, 10:00 AM
Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building

Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Immunology
Department of Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine

"Immunity to leishmaniasis: It is not just about Th1 and Th2 cells anymore"

132 Hill Pavilion

Speaker: Stacey Lopez, EdD, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Analysis, University of Pennsylvania
Before a PhD student can graduate, it is necessary to complete the Survey of Doctoral Student Opinion and the Survey of Earned Doctorates Dr. Lopez will discuss the surveys, what’s been learned from them over the years and how the data is shared and used. She will also say a few words about careers in institutional research.

Registration is requested: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/33LXSY9

This event is a session of Faculty Conversations on the Academic Job Search and Academic Life, co-sponsored by Career Services and the Vice Provost for Education.

Suraiya Kureshi, MD
“Upper Airway Training and Obstructive Sleep Apnea”

Lori A. Panossian, MD
“Persistent Impairments in a Mouse Model of Chronic Sleep Fragmentation”

Marishka Brown, PhD
“Social Isolation, Sleep, and the Unfolded Protein Response”

Biochemistry and Biophysics

presents

Friday Research Discussions

Jim Shorter, Ph.D, Asst Professor

"RNA-binding Proteins with Prion-like Domains in Neurodeneration"

4:15 pm

February 10, 2012

Johnson Foundation Library

248, Anatomy-Chemistry Building

Biochemistry and Biophysics

presents

Doryen Bubeck, Ph.D

Postdoctural Fellow, Division of Structural Biology

University of Oxford, UK

"Assembly and Regualtion of the Membrane Attack Complex Base on the Structure of Complement Components"

12 noon

February 9, 2012

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

CHBR and CPHI Seminar featuring:

Amy L. Gonzales, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar,
University of Pennsylvania
The Effects of Social Media Use on Mental and Physical Health
Social media is used by the majority of Americans on a daily basis. What are the health implications for these practices? Amy Gonzales, a researcher at the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society scholar program, will present data on the ways in which everyday social media (e.g. cellphones, texting, Facebook, etc.) may influence mental and physical health. Sheâ€™ll also describe new technologies that have been designed to change health behaviors and improve health, including eating behaviors in children or social interactions in low-income neighborhoods.
Lyle H. Ungar, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science (CIS) at the University of Pennsylvania; also holds appointments in various other departments in the Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, Business, and Medicine
Estimating well-being from Tweets and Facebook Posts
The words people use on social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a rich, if imperfect, source of information about their personality and psychological state. This talk will give an introduction to recent work in estimating subjective well-being from social media word use, focusing on an effort at Penn to use tweets and Facebook posts to characterize variations in PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, meaning, and accomplishment) over time and location. These estimates of psychological states correlate significantly with a variety of health outcomes as measured by Gallup polls and the CDC.
Joint work with Andy Schwartz, Johannes Eichstaedt, Peggy Kern, Stephanie Ramones, Lukasz Dziurzynski and Martin Seligman

Location: Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street. Lunch will be provided.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dG9ZZkw1ODUwaDdpMUtFR1ZyZkhGdkE6MQ#gid=0

'Adipocyte-Derived Factors: Physiological Role in Clinical Relevance'

Philipp E. Scherer, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Medicine
The University of Texas South Western Medical Center

Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00pm
Translational Research Center Aud.

"Eicosandoids and the Hematopoietic Niche: Physiology and Therapeutic Targets

Louis Pelus, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Indiana University, School of Medicine

Monday, February 20, 2012
12:00pm
Translational Research Center Aud.

"Cyclooxygenase/prostaglandin and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling: Targets for breast cancer risk reduction"

Louise House, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Weill Cornell Medical College

Monday, February 27, 2012
12:00pm
Translational Research Center Aud.

Dr. Art Caplan, the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Director of the Center for Bioethics and the Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at Penn, will speak at Western Michigan University. His talk, titled "The Inevitability of Rationing and How to be Fair About It," is free and open to the public.

Caplan also will address the controversy surrounding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a lunch talk the same day beginning at noon in the Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium. The talk is titled "The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Science, Ethics and Politics" and is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Faculty Conversations: Understanding Tenure when Applying and Negotiating for Jobs
Thursday 23rd February, 4:30-5:45pm
Cohen Hall Auditorium, G17

Register for this program by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3F2LP8B

Applying for and being offered a tenure-track position is one of the common goals of the academic job search. But do you know how the actual tenure process works? Should you be thinking about the tenure process when you are applying to different types of institutions? And when you are offered a tenure-track position, what role should the tenure process play in your negotiations? Are you unsure about whether the tenure clock can be stopped, and for what reasons? If you have questions about any aspect of tenure as it relates to your academic job search, then bring your questions to this program. The speaker for this program will be:

Susan R. Ross, PhD
Associate Dean and Director of Biomedical Graduate Studies, and Measey Professor of Microbiology in the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Dr. Ross received her Ph.D. in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University in 1979. She conducted postdoctoral research in molecular biology and virology at the University of California, San Francisco from 1979-82 and in mouse genetics and transgenic studies at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia from 1982-83. Dr. Ross was on the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the departments of Biochemistry and Genetics from 1983-1994. In 1994, she moved to the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ross served as Interim Associate Dean for Biomedical Graduate Studies in 2002 and was appointed permanently to the position in 2003. As Director of Biomedical Graduate Studies, Dr. Ross oversees a program that trains over 750 Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D. and V.M.D./Ph.D. students in seven different graduate groups. She was instrumental in establishing two new certificate programs for graduate students, the HHMI-funded Med-into-Grad Scholars program and the Public Health Certificate Program. She has served on the Program Committee (2005, 2000) and the Steering Committee (2006-09) of the AAMC Great Group.

Take this opportunity to learn about tenure from a faculty member who has interesting and relevant experiences to share on this topic. Register today for this program by clicking HERE, or following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3F2LP8B.

This program is a session of the Faculty Conversations on the Academic Job Search and Academic Life, a series for doctoral students and postdocs which is co-sponsored by Career Services and the Associate Provost for Education. This year, 2012, is the 17th year of this series in which faculty and administrators share valuable information to help you best understand the academic job search process. While some are targeted to people in certain broad discipline areas, all PhD students and postdocs are welcome to attend. Remember, if you plan on attending, please register for this program by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3F2LP8B

Genetics Research Talks

Reina Aoki-Kaestner Lab
"Mesenchymal Signaling and Intestinal Epithelial Stem cells"

Emily Greenfest-Allen-Stoeckert Lab
Title: TBD

***Please not that these talks are in BRB, a different location than usual***

Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, PhD Assistant Professor of Anthropology “Nocturnality and Diurnality in Owl Monkeys of the Neotropics”

Christina Nash

9:30-11:30am, Fagin Hall Room 435

Symposium:
"Aspects of Botswana Culture That Promote Mental Health"

Presenter:
Dr. Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN
The Dean's Distinguished International Scholar

12:00-1:30pm, Fagin Hall Room 435

Symposium:
"Dynamics, Dilemmas, and Opportunities of HIV/AIDS:
The cultural context of Botswana"

Presenter:
Dr. Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN
The Dean's Distinguished International Scholar

Global Health
Reflections Week
Engaging Globally -- What's Ahead?

Friday, February 24, 12:00-1:00pm
Fagin Hall Room 213

Symposium:
"Addressing Human Resources Challenges in Global Health
-- A Perspective from India"

Presenter:
Nachiket Mor, PhD, Health Care Economist

Global Health
Reflections Week 2012

Monday, February 20th, Noon - 1pm
Fagin Hall, Room 213

Join us for an afternoon talk with Dr. Edna Adan Ismail

Dr. Edna Adan Ismali is a nurse from Somaliland who started The Edna Adan
University Hospital in Somaliland. Because of her dedication to improve the
health of Somaliland’s inhabitants, she was written about in the book “Half
the Sky” and on list for the Nobel Peace Prize. Join us in hearing he inspiring
words!

University of Pennsylvania
African Studies Center

2012 Spring Lecture Series
Christine Schuetze
Swarthmore College

"Competing Visions: Women's Participation in Religious Movements in Mozambique"

February 24, 2012
12:00 - 2:00 PM
639 Williams Hall

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In recent years, new Pentecostal-style churches have proliferated around the world. Expanding at astonishing rates in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, the growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches has shifted the global center of gravity of Christianity from the West to the global South. In this presentation, I discuss how the growth of Pentecostal churches in central Mozambique has been taking place alongside similarly dramatic transformations in the practices of so-called “traditional” religion. Each of these different traditions of social healing provides contrasting visions for how to re-order society. Examining women’s participation in contrasting and opposed networks of religious and spiritual healing illuminates how, through religious practices, women are creating and adopting new strategies to cope with increasing pressures in their daily lives.

Wednesday, February 22 - 4:30-5:45pm Fagin Hall Room 213

Student-Faculty Panel on Study Abroad

Presenter: UPenn and Drexel School of Nursing Faculty and Student pairs

Reception to Follow: 3rd Floor Lobby

Entertainment: African Rhythms Dance Troupe

Thursday, February 23 - 11:30am-1:00pm Mezzanine

Faculty & Staff International Potluck Lunch

**Bring Your Favorite International Dish**

GLOBAL MASCULINITIES AND MANHOOD
February 23rd
2pm
Penn Bookstore (3601 Walnut St)

The Penn Bookstore is pleased to present "Global Masculinities and Manhood." A panel discussion led by Penn visiting scholar Murali Blaji. Panelists explore what defines a man within his own culture and will discuss how masculinity is affected by war and conflict, defined in relation to race; ethnicity and sexuality, and expressed in cultural activities such as sports and cinema.

As part of Global Health Reflections Week:

University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Global Health Programs Office

Dr. Eduardo Gomez will discuss his new book:

Contesting Epidemics: How Brazil's Response outpaced the United States and the other Emerging Nations

February 23, 2012
12:00 - 1:00 PM
253 BRB II/III

To register for the event please click the following link and fill out the form: RSVP HERE

About the book:

Contesting Epidemics: How Brazil's Response outpaced the United States and the other Emerging Nations
How did Brazil eventually outpace the United States when it came to responding to politically contested health epidemics? In this book, Dr. Gomez argues that how governing elites positioned themselves in the world mattered when creating incentives for an aggressive policy response to diseases such as AIDS, TB, and obesity. While Brazil and the US, as well as the other emerging nations, such as India, China, Russia, and South Africa, were initially delayed in responding to these epidemics, by the mid-1990s, heightened international criticism and pressures motivated Brazil's governing elites to heighten their response. They did so because these elites positioned themselves as emerging nations seeking to work in close partnership with the international community while striving to increase their international reputation. Conversely, when these criticisms emerged, US governing elites had no such interest. At the same time, Brazil's health officials worked closely with social movements and NGOs to muster further support for their initiatives. However, in the US, health officials did not seek to partner closely with NGOs and to strategically use them for congressional support. With regards to the other emerging nations, while India and China most closely resembled Brazil in terms of positively responding to international criticism, the absence of close state-civil societal partnerships has not led to effective, ongoing reforms. Russia and South Africa's response, on the other hand, has been most similar to the US, in that governing elites have been apathetic to international criticisms and have pursued reforms on their own. In summary, how . Brazil's governing elites Brazil outpaced not only the US but the other emerging nations in its response to elite contested epidemics by combining their concern with international reputation building with forging close and enduring partnerships with civil society.

12:00 p.m. luncheon; 12:30 p.m. lecture
The Atrium at the Annenberg Public Policy Center
202 South 36^th Street

Dr. Annie Lang, Professor, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University Bloomington

“Using Psychophysiological Measures: Why? When? And for What?”

This talk will distinguish between physiological responses and psychophysiological measurement. It will discuss the assumptions of psychophysiology and provide a brief history of the use of both physiological and psychophysiological measurement in communication research. Finally, it will provide an overview of the set of psychophysiological measures which have been adapted to and validated for use in the communication laboratory along with their psychological correlates and the limits on their generalizability across media, media uses, and media use environments.

Lunch will be provided
Seating is limited! Please RSVP by Friday, February 24
Karen Riley: kriley@asc.upenn.edu; 215-746-0045

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Xi He, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

Use and Challenges of Health Research Across Disciplines Using Social and Digital Media

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Xi He, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School

Use and Challenges of Health Research Across Disciplines Using Social and Digital Media

Xi He, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School