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

"Imaging the function, localization and motility of inositol trisphosphate receptor/channels

 at the single-molecule level in intact cells"

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:

Sue Keilbaugh, PhD; Lillian Chau, Sarah Smith, PhD; Michael Sheng  (Wu Lab)

Yi-Ju Chen, PhD (Stanger Lab)

Presentations by:

 Christina Twyman, MD (Minn Lab)

 Eddy Chen, MS (Wu 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

 Wulan Deng: "Controlling higher order chromatin organization at a native gene locus"

Stephan Kadauke: "Remembering" transcription programs through mitosis"

Class of '62

Assistant Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Theresa Leichner: "TCR signaling by conventional T cells is required for maintenance of regulatory T cells”

Mobin Karimi: "The role of NKG2D in graft-versus-host disease and graft-versus-tumor effects"

Class of '62

Associate Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 Natalie Steinel: The ATM and Cyclin D3 Proteins Cooperate to Control Antigen Receptor Allelic Exclusion

Class of '62

Associate Professor

Microbiology

Class of '62

Presentations by:

Matthew Ryan, MD (Ryan Lab)

Randy Matthews, MD, PhD (Matthews Lab)

Speaker:    Affiliation:  

Speaker: Harvey Rubin      Affiliation:  University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine, Director, Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR)

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

Speaker: David M. Eckmann, Ph.D., M.D. Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care

Weill Cornell Medical College

"Therapeutic targeting of key networks in B-cell lymphomas"

Austrian Auditorium

The Prince Turki al Saud Professor of Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital

 "Innate lymphoid cells and viral infection shape immunity in the lungs"

Austrian Auditorium

Professor of Medicine

Division of Hematology/Oncology

Mayo Clinic, Arizona

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Professor

Center for Immunology


Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology


University of Minnesota

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Austrian Auditorium

Professor of Genetics

Harvard Medical School

"Antibodies, Genome Stability, and Cancer”

Austrian Auditorium

James L. Manley, Ph.D.
Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Sciences
Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/manley/

CANCELED 

Michael A. Dyer, Ph.D.
Member, Department of Development Neurobiology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist
http://www.hhmi.org/research/ecs/dyer_bio.html

CRB Austrian Auditorium, 2pm

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Speaker

Harold Fisk, Ph.D.

The Ohio State University

“Multiple roles for the Mps1 protein kinase in centrosome homeostasis."  

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

 Determinants of intrinsic antiviral host defenses

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

University of Edinburgh

Origin of human Plasmodium vivax, the neglected malaria

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Princeton University

Axonal infection by neuroinvasive alpha herpesviruses

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Mayo Clinic

New receptors for old viruses: From pathogens to oncolytics

Austrian Auditorium CRB

Global Health Education: Careers & Opportunities

Saturday, February 9, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dorrance H. Hamilton Building
Thomas Jefferson University

The conference will focus on the opportunities available in the area of global health. Speakers and panelists will highlight existing programs, career opportunities, and openings for involvement. Students & DHSA learners are encouraged to participate in the poster session. Please check back for additional details.

Abstracts are due January 15th, 2013 and may be submitted to dhsa-info@udel.edu

Protein Kinase C Epsilon and Lung Carcinogenesis
Marcelo G. Kazanietz, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology

Keith Mostov, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Anatomy and Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
http://mostovlab.ucsf.edu/Mostov_Lab_Website/Welcome.html

Stanford University School of Medicine

“The human CD4+ T cells exhibit extensive cross-reactivity and regulatory T cell co-specificity”

Location TBD

Penn Medicine

Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative

Invites:

Professor of Experimental Psychology and Head of Department, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,

University of Cambridge

Presents:

“Impulsivity: neural basis and neuropsychiatric implications”

Friday, February 15^th, 2013 at 2:00pm

Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan Building

Penn Medicine

Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative

Invites:

Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

Medical Research Council/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute

Presents:

“Translational neuroscience: Early detection and improving cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders”

Thursday, February 14^th, 2013 at 2:00pm

Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan Building

Community Engagement Seminar Series

Please RSVP by Monday, February 4^th

The UPenn Cartographic Modeling Lab:  

A Resource for Community-Engaged Research

Charles Branas, PhD

Director, Cartographic Modeling Lab

Thursday, February 7^th

12:00-1:30_PM

114 Claire Fagin Hall

Join Dr. Charles Branas as he gives an overview of the Cartographic Modeling Lab (CML).  CML is a valuable resource for community-engaged research that specializes in spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.  Come learn about CML resources, previous applications, and how CML can assist with community needs assessments.   During the seminar, we’d also like to hear your thoughts on how the CML can contribute to your research.

Dr. Charles Branas is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Branas works to improve health and healthcare and is recognized for his efforts to reduce violence and enhance emergency care. Much of his work incorporates human geography and spatial interactions. His studies have taken him to various places including the neighborhoods of Philadelphia, rural counties across the US and cities and small towns in Guatemala and other countries.

To RSVP, please e-mail buff@upenn.edu by Monday, February 4th.

A light lunch will be provided.

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

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

RNA Vaccine Platform Leader
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

“Non-viral-delivery of selfamplifying
RNA vaccines”

123C Abramson Building at CHOP

Amy J. Wagers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Harvard University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist

http://www.hhmi.org/research/ecs/wagers_bio.html

Arend Sidow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Pathology and Genetics
Stanford University
http://mendel.stanford.edu/sidowlab/

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Baylor College of Medicine

Room 253 BRB II/II

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Spring 2013 Seminar Series presents:

Timothy McGraw, Ph.D.

Weill Cornell Medical College

“Insulin-regulation of Membrane Trafficking and

Glucose Transport in Adipocytes”

January 29, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Nutritional Supplement

Presenter: Linda Sartor

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Journal Club

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Diabetic Nephropathy

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Hypoglycemia

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Spring 2013 Seminar Series presents:

Ormond A. MacDougald, Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medical School

“Roles for Sweet Taste Receptors in Adipocyte Differentiation and Metabolism”

February 5, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Spring 2013 Seminar Series presents:

Abass Alavi, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

“Clarifying the Facts and Misconceptions About the Role of PET
for Imaging Beta Cells in the Native Pancreas”

February 12, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Spring 2013 Seminar Series presents:

Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Research on Aging 

“Use of Drosophila to Understand Aging and Age-related Pathologies”

February 26, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Andrew Bauer, MD, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Thyroid Center,Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Topic: "PPB DICER1 Familial Tumor Predisposition Syndrome"

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Location: 10th Floor - SCTR - Smilow Center for Translational Research 10-146

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Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
• Evaluate and efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
• Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine diseases

Accreditation

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

Designation of Credit

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

Steve Rosenthal, MD - Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Director of Training Program, UCSF School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Topic: "Gender Non-Conforming/Transgender Youth: Endocrine Considerations"

Date: Wednesday, February 20,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Location: 12th Floor - Smilow Center for Translational Research 12-146 SCTR

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Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
• Evaluate and efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
• Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine diseases

Accreditation

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

Designation of Credit

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

Topic: "TBD"

Date: Wednesday, Feb., 20, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Location: 12th Floor - Smilow Center for Translational Research 12-146 SCTR

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Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
• Evaluate and efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
• Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine diseases

Accreditation

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

Designation of Credit

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

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Nasreen Alfaris, MD, MPH and Carla Sawan, MD, Endocrine Fellows, Perelman School of Medicine

Topic: "Presentation and Discussion of Endocrine Clinical Cases"

Date: Wednesday, February 27,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

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Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
• Evaluate and efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
• Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine diseases

Accreditation

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

Designation of Credit

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

Please join us as we discuss with a panel of experts how the Preventative Task Force came to their decision to update mammography guidelines, the evidence they used, the roll-out plan they used to let the public know, the clinical implications of this new policy and the ensuing controversy that has followed it. Featuring Featuring Sandy Schwartz, MD, Leon Hess Professor in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and member of US Preventive Health Taskforce; Emily Fox Conant, MD, Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Susan Domchek, MD, Basser Associate Professor in Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, Executive Director, Basser Research Center

RSVP:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE43Z0RjVDJOd29SZXN2WHByMkxQSUE6MQ

PBHMind OCD Symposium - March 1-2, 2013

"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Across the Developmental Spectrum"

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) protocols have been established as efficacious for children, adolescents, and adults with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In its inaugural event on March 1st -2nd, PBHMind presents a symposium on OCD, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Across the Developmental Spectrum.

Presentation topics in this symposium will include:

• Proper assessment of OCD with children, adolescents and adults
• Implementation of CBT for OCD
• Addressing low motivation
• Working with families
• Considering CBT and medication strategies together
• Modifying treatment procedures to accommodate patients
• with OCD who also suffer from autism spectrum conditions.

The level of this symposium is appropriate for mental health professionals (psychologists, social workers, LCSWs, LPCs, licensed counselors) and other clinicians with interest in providing CBT for patients with OCD across the developmental spectrum.

See www.pbhmind.com for information on cost and continuing education credits

Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
The University of Chicago

"Self‐organization of the secretory pathway"

Abramson Research Center seminar room 123C

Weight of the Nation Screening - Children in Crisis

Location: Steinberg Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk, Room 215 

 John E. Pearson, Ph.D. 

Staff Scientist
Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Title:   "Messages diffuse faster than messengers: Pitfalls in the Interpretation of labeled particle motion"
702 Clinical Research Building

For more information call: (215) 898-8725

 Abstract: Continuously worn accelerometers provide an unprecedented opportunity for studying when and, especially, how people move in their natural environments. I will introduce movelets, a method for predicting the type of movement using one or multiple tri-axial accelerometers. The fundamental idea is that high density accelerometer data can be partitioned into small time series, called movelets, that can then be easily clustered and recognized using simple statistical tools. The approach is inspired by the speech-recognition literature where each movelet is a word in the language of movement. I will point out the pitfalls of such prediction algorithms in the application to observational studies and propose strong design and calibration approaches to mitigate potential problems. I will also dispel the myth that prediction has to be a black box machine learning approach. Instead, I will show that understanding the measurement, having an appreciation for population-level variability, thinking, and building the predictor space are fundamental. I will also briefly discuss several other research topics of our research group: prediction of energy expenditure, association between measures of activity and health, and normalization methods for wearable devices.

Seth Rhoades -  "Detecting interactions of steroid and B-adrenergic systems" (Thomas Lab)

Kaitlyn Maier - "Buprenorphine (BPN) produces anxiolytic-like effects in C57BL/6 mice" (Lucki Lab)

Malcolm Daniels - (Jordan-Sciutto Lab)

Randy Lyde - "Implication of metal ion transporters in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome: Divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT-1)" (Marks Lab)

Sarah McKee - "Does HDAC3 regulate 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation or lipolysis?" (Lazar Lab)

Kellie Woll - "Tracking Tagged Histone 3.3" (Abel Lab)

Cory Alvey - "Exploitation of the Warburg Effect Leads to Ion Trapping in Tumors" (Glickson Lab)

Kristy Ou - "Endothelial KLF4 epigenetically modified by athero-protective drugs" (Davies Lab)

Alejandro Arroyo - "Effect of Inducers in the Metabolism of a Representative Petrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) in the Human Hepatoma cells" (Penning Lab)

The Pharmacology Graduate Group is pleased to announce the -

PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
LAUREN  FRANCEY

1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 27th
11-146 SCTR

Presentation Title: "Fetal Programming of Adult Circadian Behavior and Metabolic Phenotypes after Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in utero"

Thesis Advisor: John Hogenesch

Committee Chair: Ted Abel

Committee Members:

Marisa Bartolomei
Max Kelz
Becky Simmons

Yuxiang Zhang - "HOXA1 Regulation of Endothelial Cell Phenotype in Athero-Susceptible Region" (Davies Lab)

Ian Johnston - "Utilizing CD47 to Improve Biocompatibility by reducing the inflammatory response to biomaterials" (Levy Lab)

Elisia Clark -  "Investigating CREB Inhibition as a Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes" (Kaestner Lab)

Priya Govindaraju - "Designing a FKBP dimerizing model to mimic the role of LexA in the SOS pathway" (Kohli Lab)