Perelman School of Medicine Events Calendar

Democracy, Governance and Curbing Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Location: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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

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

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

Presentations by:

Marie-Pier Tetreault, PhD (Katz Lab)

Yizeng Yang, PhD (Katz Lab)

Ian Parker, PhD, FRS

Professor Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

University of California, Irvine

Physiology Conference Room B400 Richards Building

4:00PM-5:00PM

Attendees: CDA, Practice Manager/Coordinator of each location, Clinical RN Manager

Call in #: 800-314-2582

Presentations by:

David Shen, MD (Wu Lab)

Yi-Ju Chen, PhD (Stanger Lab)

Presentations by:

 Christina Twyman, MD (Minn Lab)

                                 (Minn Lab)

Presentations by:

Ravi Maddipati, MD (Stanger Lab)

Kilang Yanger, PhD Student (Stanger Lab)

Professor of Pathology

University of Pittsburgh

"A role of induced and nautral regulatory T cells in human cancer progression"

ARC 123 A/B

Professor

Pediatrics

Class of '62

Assistant Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Class of '62

Associate Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Class of '62

Associate Professor

Microbiology

Class of '62

Presentations by:

Matthew Ryan, MD (Ryan Lab)

Randy Matthews, MD, PhD (Matthews Lab)

Speaker: James Wilson     Affiliation:  University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Speaker: Harvey Rubin      Affiliation:  Wistar Institute

Speaker: Robert Bauer      Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Translational Medicine and Human Genetics

Speaker:  Daniel Sterman    Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division

Global Mental Health and Ethics Module

Dominic A. Sisti, Ph.D.
Program Director
The Scattergood Program for Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare
Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
“Behavioral Healthcare & Health Reform: Clinical Challenges, Ethical Opportunities”

 Location:  3535 Market Street, 16^th Floor, Conference Room D

Women's Health and Psychiatry Module

Pathik D. Wadhwa, M.D., PH.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology
Director, UC Irvine Development, Health and Disease Research Program
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
“The Effects of Stress and Stress-Related Biological Processes in Human Pregnancy on Fetal, Birth, Infant and Child Health Outcomes: An Overview of Recent Findings from the UC Irvine Development, Health and Disease Research Program”

Location:  BRB II/III Auditorium

Women's Health and Psychiatry Module

Deborah Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Chief, Perinatal Division, Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness
Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
“Women’s Health and Psychiatry Case Conference”

Location:  3535 Market Street, 16^th Floor, Conference Room D

Advisor: Dr. Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Location: BRB Auditorium

Principal Investigator of the Statistical Data Management Center
HIV Vaccine Trials Network at SCHARP
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Co-Sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds

Analysis of immune correlates of protection in the RV144 HIV vaccine efficacy trial

BRB Auditorium

Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology and HIV Grand Rounds

Austrian Auditorium