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:

Kate Hamilton, PhD (Rustgi Lab)

Blair Madision, PhD (Rustgi Lab)

2013 CRRWH/ObGyn Annual Research Retreat and 34th Annual James M. Cuozzo Memorial Lecture

Time: 8:00AM - 1:15PM  Location: BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby

The retreat begins with a morning session of presentations by our graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and clinical fellows covering all aspects of reproduction and women's health research.

12:15pm Keynote Speaker

Susan J. Fisher, Ph.D. Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Director of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program University of California, San Francisco

Human Stem Cells from Single Blastomeres Reveal Pathways of Embryonic or Trophoblast Fate Specification

The Retreat is free and open to everyone; however lunch will only be provided to those who registered by May 15.

Thank you to all who submitted an abstract by May 1st. Oral and poster presentations have been selected and participants have been notified.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For additional information call or e-mail Donna Adamoli at: 215-573-5446, adamoli@mail.med.upenn.edu

H. Criss Hartzell, Ph.D.

Professor Departments of Cell Biology, Physiology & Pharmacology

Emory University

"The anoctamin1 chloride channel complex at the crossroads of calcium and anion signaling"

Physiology Conference Room B404 Richards Building

4:00PM-5:00PM

For more information call: (215) 898-8725

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

Call in #: 800-314-2582

Assistant Professor, Immunology Program, The Wistar Institute

 

"Humoral Immunodominance of the Influenza Immune Response"
Susanne Linderman

Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building

Assistant Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 Speakers: Roddy O’Conner and Enxiu Wang

“Exciting T cells and the CARs that drive them”

Class of '62

Professor Cell and Developmental Biology

 "Hematopoietic stem cell formation in the embryo".

Class of '62

Assistant Professor in Pathobiology & Assistant Professor in Microbiology

Class of '62

STRECKER AWARD LECTURE AND RECEPTION

Dan G. Blazer, MD, PhD - STRECKER AWARD LECTURE AND RECEPTION
JP Gibbons Professor 

Vice Chair of Faculty Development

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Duke University School of Medicine
“Substance Use in the Elderly: An Epidemiologic Look to the Future”

Location:   BRB II/III Auditorium

Professor, Department of Microbiology

University of Chicago

 "Commensal bacteria and retroviruses."

Austrian Auditorium

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Washington University in St. Louis

"Metabolic Control of T cell Function and Fate"

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Professor of Immunology

Duke University

Humoral responses to HIV-1 neutralizing epitopes

*Co-Sponsored by CFAR

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

May 3, 2013

Kian Eftekhari, MD - Neurology/Resident
Matthew Kayser, MD - Psychiatry/Resident
Ashesh Thaker, MD - Radiology/Resident
"Why I Chose to be a Research Resident in…"

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Unmasking the Houdini traits of mycobacterium tuberculosis: Persistence in the presence of drugs and immune effectors

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Boston Children's Hospital
 and Harvard Medical School

Discovering essential gene function in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Austrian Auditorium CRB

Addressing Viral Diversity in Vaccine Design for AIDS and Influenza

NIH

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Professor of Microbiology

"The battle with the host over microbial size"

Austian Auditorium, CRB

Jamie Bastek, MD, MSCE Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology PENN Maternal Fetal Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Environmental variables as potential modifiers of preterm birth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kurt Beam, Ph.D.
Professor Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Colorado-Denver  

 "Reverse translational insights into calcium channel function in skeletal muscle"

 4-5pm in B404 Richards Building

University of Pennsylvania & Abramson Cancer Center, RBI Retreat

May 9th, 2013  8:30am-5:00pm 

Guest Lecturers:

Piotr Grodzinski, PhD, Director of NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer

Shuming Nie, PhD, Emory-Georgia Tech Cancer Nanotechnology Center

Tayyaba Hasan, PhD, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard

Organizers:

By the end of the 3-day Institute, participants will be able to:

• Understand a broad range of ways that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
• Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
• Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
• Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
• Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods

Registration Coming Soon!

"Tumor suppressor function of estrogen receptor beta in breast cancer"

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania PSOM
"Hematopoietic stem cell formation in the embryo"

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

The Pharmacology Graduate Group is pleased to announce the

PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
KAREN VO

12:00 p.m., May 8, 2013
10-146 SCTR

Presentation Title:

“Elucidating the Role of FLI1 in Megakaryopoiesis and Thrombopoiesis using an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Paris Trousseau Syndrome”

Thesis Advisor: Mortimer Poncz

Committee Chair: Skip Brass

Committee Members:

The Pharmacology Graduate Group is pleased to announce the

PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION

of

ANDREW WORTH

10:00 a.m., May 8, 2013

8-146 SCTR

Presentation Title:

"Metabolic profiling of the mitochondrial inhibitor rotenone and implications for Parkinson’s Disease"

Thesis Advisor: Ian Blair

Committee Chair: Jim Delikatny

Committee Members:

Jerry Glickson
Trevor Penning
Kathryn Wellen

The Pharmacology Graduate Group is pleased to announce the

PH.D. CANDIDACY EXAMINATION
of
ZINAN ZHOU

2:00 p.m., May 8, 2013
9-146 SCTR
 

Presentation Title: “Regulation of Myocardial Development by Endocardial MEKK3 Signaling”

Thesis Advisor: Mark Kahn

Committee Chair: Mortimer Poncz

Committee Members:
Jonathan A. Epstein
Vladimir R. Muzykantov
Sandra W. Ryeom

Yuxiang Zhang (K. Kaestner Lab) - "The role of the Polycomb protein Ezh2 in Pancreatic alpha-cells and Intestinal L-cells"

Elisia Clark (C. Lerman Lab) - "The Relationship Between Nicotine Metabolism and Alcohol Consumption in Smokers"

Cory Alvey (D. Discher Lab) -
 
Sarah McKee (T. Reyes Lab) - "Maternal diet alteration of stress induced DNA Methyltransferase Activity"

Power Up Gambia Benefit

Lifting Hearts, Powering Hope

Wednesday, May 8^th, 6-7:30 pm

Friend’s Center, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia

RSVP at www.powerupgambia.org/rsvp

Featuring a keynote address, a short video and photo slideshow,

delicious food and beverages, and rich networking opportunities.

6 pm – Arrival

6:15 pm – Welcome & Video

6:45 to 7 pm – Keynote Address

7:25 pm – Wrap Up

Keynote Address

Power Up Gambia’s Impact on Global Health

Dr. Shannon P. Márquez, PhD, MEng

Director of Global Public Health Initiatives

Drexel University School of Public Health

PMI Seminar Series- 2pm CRB Austrian Auditorium

4/29/2013

Frank Gertler, Ph.D.

“Coordination of signaling by cell surface receptors with actin polymerization".

A Biobehavioral Approach to HIV Management and Prevention

Among Adolescents and Young Women

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Location:  14^th Floor, Biomedical Research Building II/III,  421 Curie Blvd., 19104

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8:30 – 8:55 a.m.       Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:55 – 9:00 a.m.       Welcome by Anne Teitelman and Cori Schreiber

                                    Introduction of Keynote Speaker

9:00 – 9:40 a.m.       Judith Auerbach, Ph.D.  

                                    Independent Science & Policy Consultant, San Francisco, CA

Formerly, VP for Research/Evaluation, San Francisco AIDS Foundation; and

VP for Public Policy & Program Development, amfAR

9:45 – 10:35 a.m.    Panel: Biological strategies for HIV prevention: Innovations and challenges in implementation

                                    Cynthia Mollen, M.D., MSCE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Penn, Co-Scientific Director at Policy Lab at Children’s Hospital

                                    Expedited partner therapy

                                    Kurt Barnhart, M.D., MSCE

                                    Professor of OB/GYN, University of Pennsylvania

                                    Microbicides

10:30- 10:45            BREAK

10:45 – 11:40 a.m.  Panel: Behavioral strategies for HIV prevention:  Individual and social determinants of HIV prevention behaviors

Loretta Jemmott, Anne Teitelman, Bridgette Brawner, TG Ghose, David Metzger

11:40 – 12:10 p.m.  Panel: Community strategies for HIV prevention: Preventing sexually transmitted diseases acquisition among high risk youth         

                                    Jasmine Oglesby and Erica Smith

                                    Social Workers, Youth Study Center

12:10 – 1:05 p.m.    LUNCH:  Working Groups

1:05 – 1:55 p.m.       Panel: Biological approaches for HIV Treatment: Innovations and challenges in Implementation

Carrie Kovarik, M.D.

                                    Associate Professor of Dermatology

                                    Innovative approach to cervical cancer prevention in women with HIV

                                  Laura Bamford, M.D., MSCE

                                    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Penn; Staff Physician, The Lax Center

Biologic and behavioral treatment adherence issues for young African-American women in Philadelphia

Karam Mounzer, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine of Medicine/ID at Penn, Medical Director of Philadelphia FIGHT

Safe Conception in HIV serodiscordant couples

1:55 – 2:40 p.m.       Panel: Behavioral issues in HIV Treatment: Adherence innovations and challenges             

Nadia Dowshen, M.D. 

Director, Adolescent HIV Services at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn

                                    Adherence using technology (suggested topic – she can choose)

                                    Liz Lowenthal, M.D., MSCE, AAHIVS

                                    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

                                    Adherence, global issues (suggested topic – she can choose)

                                    Robert Gross, M.D., MSCE

                                    Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

                                    Adherence issues locally and globally (suggested topic – he chooses)

2:40 – 2:50 p.m.       BREAK

2:50 – 3:30 p.m.       Panel: Community issues for young women living with HIV           

                                    Mary Tanney, RN, MSN, CRNP, MPH

Research Manager, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

                                    Adolescent HIV initiative

                           Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer, RN, MHS, Ph.D.

Director, HIV Services at Family Planning Council

Young women from Circle of Care

                                    Topic: Transition issues for young women with HIV: from adolescent to young adult

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.       Working Groups to discuss afternoon panel discussions

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.       Summary; Wrap Up Session/Action Items

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Sponsored by the Penn Center for AIDS Research and the

Center for Health Equity Research in the School of Nursing

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: NASH/NAFLD

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Research Update

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: Pancreatogenic Diabetes

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: DM and Bariatric Surgery

Rodebaugh Diabetes Center Conference Series Presents:

Topic: GLP-1 and Heart Failure

Botswana-UPenn Partnership Research Update, 

5/1/2013, 3-5PM at UPenn, BRB 252

Speakers include Robert Gross, Carrie Kovarik, and Charlene Compher. Light refreshments will be served. 

Send questions to: Cordelia Biddle 
215-573-7527
biddlec@mail.med.upenn.edu 

Yale School of Medicine

“Bidirectional interactions between the immune system and metabolism”

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Harvard Medical School

“Tissue-resident macrophages keep type 1 diabetes in check.”

252 BRB

Penn Medicine

Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative

Invites:

Distinguished Professor

Chancellor’s Professor

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics

Indiana University School of Medicine

Presents:

"Genomics of Alcoholism"

Thursday, May 2^nd, 2013 at 1:00pm

Barchi Library, 140 John Morgan Building

Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Dept of Genetics and Dept of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
http://genetics.med.harvard.edu/faculty/zhang

"Mechanism and function of Tet-Mediated 5mC oxidation"

Houry v. Puzantian, Ph.D.  

“The Role of Insulin and Glucose in Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity”

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

10:00-11:30am

8030 Maloney, HUP

For more information:http://www.itmat.upenn.edu/ctsa/mtr 

mtrpor@mail.med.upenn.edu 

University of California, Berkley

Title: "Genetic regulation of developmental and regenerative growth"

Location: BRB  Auditorium

Host: Mary Mullins, Ph.D. (CDB)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Title: TBA

Location: BRB Auditorium

Host: Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou (Genetics)

University of Washington School of Medicine

Title: TBA

Berhard Cohen Memorial Lecture (Genetics)

Location: BRB Auditorium

2013 Summer Institute on GIS and Public Health

Date: May 29-31, 2013

Location: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Cost:
Full Institute - $850*
Full Institute: Student Rate - $450 (with proof of student status)
Lectures Only (W-F, 9am-1pm) - $450

*For groups of 5 or more, discounted rates are available.
Please contact lahall@exchange.upenn.edu for more details.

Registration now open. Register here!

By the end of the 3-day Institute, participants will be able to:

• Understand a broad range of ways that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
• Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
• Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
• Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
• Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods

**For more information regarding the GIS component of this institute,
please email Amy Hillier at ahillier@design.upenn.edu.

 

Expert Course Instructors:

Charlie Branas, PhD
Charles Branas is a Professor of Epidemiology and faculty co-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.

Amy Hillier, MSW PhD
Dr. Hillier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the School of Design at the Uage redlining, fooniversity of Pennsylvania and a faculty co-director of the Cartographic Modeling Lab. She teaches classes in GIS and research methods and has served as the faculty director for Penn's Master of Urban Spatial Analytics program. Her research focuses on geographic disparities in housing and health, including historical mortgd access, and childhood obesity.

Doug Weibe, PhD
Dr. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include environmental risk factors for injury, youth violence and intimate partner violence, alcohol use and alcohol availability, and the impact of daily routines on health-related behavior. A number of his studies examine how keeping a firearm at home relates to homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings of household members. He also leads an NIH-funded study on how the nature and location of adolescents' daily activities relate to the liklihood they will be assaulted.

This institute is co-sponsored by:

Penn Cartographic Modeling Lab

Sponsors:  Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology(CEET) is pleased to announce that its Seventh Annual Symposium will be held on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Villanova Conference Center in Radnor, PA. This year’s theme is Environmental Health in Translation.

Registration is required and the registration deadline is Friday, May 3. The deadline to submit a poster abstract is Monday, April 29

Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
 
“Searching for Virulence in Reverse”

132 Hill Pavilion

M. Safwan Badr, MD, MBA, Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep,
Wayne State University School of Medicine

The CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the CSIS Americas Program invite you to join us for

The Last Mile: Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Americas

3:30-5:00pm (EDT)
Tuesday, May 7

B1 Conference Center
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C., 20006

Approximately 1.4 billion people in the world are infected with one or more of the seven most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs have severe public health consequences, including: malnutrition, anemia, serious and permanent disability and disfigurement, illness, and even death. Not only do NTDs disproportionately affect poor and vulnerable populations, the public health consequences of these diseases threaten broader economic and social improvement in affected nations.

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have recognized the threat from NTDs and have begun to unite to work to eliminate a number of these diseases from their region. The LAC countries, supported by multilateral organizations, are working to achieve the elimination of NTDs as a public health threat by 2015 through proven, cost-effective interventions.

Please join us for a public discussion that will highlight the progress and prospects for NTD elimination in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Speakers will include:

President Alvaro Arzú
Mayor of Guatemala City;  Former President of Guatemala (1996-2000)

Mr. Carl Meacham
Director, CSIS Americas Program

Dr. Neeraj Mistry
Managing Director, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dr. Mirta Roses Periago
Former Director of the Pan American Health Organization (2003-2013)

Moderated by:

Dr. Katherine E. Bliss
Senior Associate, CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Come meet other MPH alumni and faculty!

Free food and drinks for those arriving early.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12x687Ht-Cj3PjcvWakDgfA4ULYwrLZpR9Ulp6_VDJeE/viewform

Stemmler, Dunlop Auditorium

 Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

"Metabolic Complications of Antiretroviral Therapy and Immune Activation"

Associate Professor,  Anatomy and Structural Biology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

" How do macrophages do what they do? Understanding signals regulating macrophage function"

Room 123C ARC

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:

Frances M. Brodsky, D.Phil.

University of California, San Francisco

"The Human Side of GLUT4 Membrane Traffic"

April 30, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

Endocrine Clinical Case Conference

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Stanley Goldfarb, MD - Professor of Medicine, Division of Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension "Diabetic Neuropathy"

Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

Professor and GRA Distinguished Investigator
Departments of Cellular Biology, Microbiology,
and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
University of Georgia



Does your algal past color your parasite present?

132 Hill Pavilion

Kristin Hudock, MD  

“IL-1RA and the IL-17 axis in murine models of acute lung injury”

Monday, May 13, 2013

3:30-5:00pm

8030 MalonEy, HUP 

For more information:    http://www.itmat.upenn.edu/ctsa/mtr

mtrpor@mail.med.upenn.edu 

Couples and Family Symposium - “For Better or For Worse: Strengthening Couple Functioning in Health and Illness”

Speakers: Ellen Berman, MD, Elizabeth A. Hembree, PhD, Nedra Fetterman, PhD, Robert Garfield, MD, Steven Sayers, PhD, Ruth Steinman, MD, David Wohlsifer, PhD, LCSW
Location: 249 South 36th Street, Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
For additional information or to register, please visit: http://www.pbhmind.com/couples-symposium-13

The deadline to nominate your staff member for the LeadingSuccess^TM Program is fast approaching! Nominations must be received by Friday May 3, 2013.  Please see below for more details.

Would someone you supervise benefit from a significant investment in their development?

Would you benefit from a significant investment in your own development?

Nominations are currently being accepted through May 3rd for LeadingSuccess™, a first-level program for leadership skills development sponsored by the Perelman SOM's Office of Organization Effectiveness. The program is open to both Perelman SOM faculty and staff.

We are seeking participants that have proven themselves as outstanding performers and have strong potential for future roles. To qualify, nominees must currently supervise others or be in a full-time project manager role that involves others (e.g., running a project team). 

Nominations must have the endorsement of their current supervisor, who must be committed to supporting the nominee’s attendance at the schedule of program activities over a period of nine months. The Program will include participant assessment, classroom sessions and coaching.

The content of LeadingSuccess™ differs from the Supervisory Certificate Series (SCS) in that it dives more deeply into skill development than the SCS. There is not significant overlap between the two programs. The SCS is not a prerequisite for LeadingSuccess™, and graduates of the SCS are eligible.

For more detailed information about the LeadingSuccess program, go to: http://www.med.upenn.edu/oe/leading-success.shtml.

To nominate your staff member for the program (or to request your supervisor to nominate you for the program), download the nomination form at: http://www.med.upenn.edu/oe/user_documents/LeadingSuccess_Nomination_Form-2.doc

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Kristen Kobaly, MD and Imali Sirisena, MD, Endocrine Fellows, Perelman School of Medicine

Topic: "Presentation and Discussion of Endocrine Clinical Cases"

Date: Wednesday, May 8,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Christine Ferrera, MD and Amanda Misfeldt, MD, CHOP Fellows, Perelman School of Medicine

Topic: "Presentation and Discussion of Pediatric Endocrine Clinical Cases"

Date: Wednesday, May 15,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

Dr. Jonathan Terman

“Direct Redox Regulation of Actin-dependent Cell Biology”

Tanja Gonska, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

The Hospital for Sick Children

“New Ways of Assessing CFTR Function in Vivo and in Vitro”

May 14, 2013

CHOP GI Research Seminar

“Regulation of actin cytoskeleton by post-translational arginylation”

For additional information, call Ashley (215)573-9758

4th Annual Dr. Helen O. Dickens Commemorative Symposium in Medicine

Monday, May 20, 2013

 Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPH
Director, Global Ob/Gyn and African Women's Health Center
Director, Ambulatory Obstetrics at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

 Clinical Research Building (CRB) - Austrian Auditorium
415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia
12:00 - 1:00PM

Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Office of the Dean * Office of Academic Programs * Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 Please RSVP to Dorothy Harris at dyl@mail.med.upenn.edu byMay 17.

Location: Class of '62, JMB

Advisor: Dr. Todd Lamitina

Location: Class of '62, JMB

Advisor: Dr. Robert Doms

INFORMATION SESSION FRIDAY, MAY 17 @ 5 PM / BRB 253

For medical students considering a year out, particularly one that would have some global dimensions, Global Health Programs and the Registrar’s Office have been working with Cheryl Shipman, Associate Director for Fellowships at CURF, Center for Undergraduate (and Graduate) Research and Fellowships, http://www.upenn.edu/curf/ to design a brief presentation for you.  This will include an introduction to the processes involved in obtaining funding like the Fulbright; Indicorps (for India); Luce (for many countries in Asia); Erasmus (for European Community countries); and Churchill/Gates Cambridge/Thouron (all for graduate studies in the UK). 

Botswana-UPenn Partnership: Meet the Leaders Tea

Friday, May 17, 2013

2:00-3:30 pm

Biomedical Research Building (BRB: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/biomedical-research-building-2)

14th Floor Lounge

421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for a Meet & Greet session with two visitors from Botswana:

Dr. Doreen Ramogola-Masire, the Country Director for the BUP

Thabo T. Fako, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Botswana

Attendees are invited to greet our distinguished guests and ask questions specific to their interests. Tea will be served.

2013 Bernard Cohen Memorial Lecture in Genetics

Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. Professor of Genome Sciences and Medicine University of Washington "Anna Karenina and the genetics of complex human disease" Monday, May 20, 2013, 4:00 p.m. Main Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building

**Special IDOM Seminar Co-Hosted by CVI**

Atul Chopra, M.D., Ph.D.

Baylor College of Medicine

“Fuel: Intake, Absorption, Storage and Distribution: 

   A Molecular Harmony”

May 21, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor

Conference Room 12-146

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

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

Topic: "Presentation and Discussion of Endocrine Clinical Cases"

Date: Wednesday, May 22,  2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

The Endocrinology Grand Rounds Series presents:

Samantha F. Butts, MD, MSCE - Assistant Profess or of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

"Premature Ovarian Failure"

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

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

Alejandro Arroyo (I.Blair Lab) - "Metabolism of 11-oxo-ETE and 15-oxo-ETE

Ian Johnston (P.Davies Lab) - "Measurement Optimization of Thrombomodulin Spatial Expression Adjacent to Various Stent Strut Geometries"

Kristy Ou (L.Brass Lab)  - "Detecting changes in levels of free RGS 10 and RGS 18 in platelets"

Kellie Woll (R.Eckenhoff Lab) - "Dual Active Analogue for Anesthetic Pharmacoproteome Discovery"

Kaitlyn Maier (Blendy Lab) -  "Investigating anxiety phenotypes during withdrawal in mouse models of nicotine addiction"

Malcolm Daniels (Ischiropoulos Lab) - "Exploration of novel sites of  α-synuclein phosphorylation using mass spectrometry"

Priya Govindaraju

Seth Rhoades (Chodosh Lab) - "Investigating regulators of breast tumor dormancy" 

Professor of Biology

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

“The Role of Activate Monocyte/Macrophages in HIV and SIV Pathogenesis in the CNS and Heart”

ARC - 1st Floor, 123C