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Weekly Events
Wednesday, April 9
8 a.m.

First Catherine H. Tuck, M.D., Memorial Lecture. Dr. Hertzel Gerstein, McMaster University, Toronto, "The Emerging Role of Glucose as a Potentially Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factor." Clark Conference Center, MHB Main Floor.

10 a.m.

Library Class. Nighat Ispahany, "Electronic Journals." Library Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.

11:30 a.m.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Thomas Swisstack, Bernillo County Juvenile Justice Center, Albuquerque, NM, "The Juvenile Justice System and the Mental Health Collaborative." NYSPI First Floor Auditorium.

4 p.m.

Dept. of Medicine Faculty Research Seminar. Dr. Judah Weinberger, "Vascular Hyperplasia: Device Development for Mechanistic Investigations." Atchley-Loeb Conference Room, PH 8E.

 

Thursday, April 10

7 a.m.

Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. Dr. Maria Fitzgerald, University College of London, "Infant Pain: Mechanisms and Implications for Treatment." Clark Conference Center, MHB Main Floor.

9 a.m. Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Conference. Dr. Robert Sherwin, Yale University, "Hypoglycemia in Diabetes: A Journey From the Bedside to the Bench." RBMS First Floor Auditorium.
9:30 a.m.

Doctors Without Borders Traveling Exhibit. An interactive exhibit, "The Access to Essential Medicines EXPO," runs through April 12, until 6 p.m. daily. The exhibit will take place outdoors at 168th Street and Fort Washington Avenue.

1 p.m.

Zacharias Dische Retinal Degeneration Minisymposium. HHSC 3.

4 p.m.

Zacharias Dische Lecture. Dr. Thaddeus Dryja, Harvard Medical School, "Retinitis Pigmentosa, Clinical Implications of Genetic Heterogeneity," and Dr. Eliot Berson, Harvard Medical School, "Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diagnosis and Management."

4:30 p.m.

Pediatrics Seminar. Dr. Marc Foca, "Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Update." McIntosh Conference Room, BH 1-113.

 

Friday, April 11

Noon.

Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar. Dr. Stephen Strittmatter, Yale University School of Medicine, "Molecular Determinants of Axonal Regeneration: Nogo and Nogo Receptor." VC 14-240.

Noon.

Library Class. Marina Chilov, "Web of Science." HHSC Lobby After Hours Study Room.

Noon.

Library Class. Jose Hernandez, "Scanning." Library Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.

 

Monday, April 14

Noon.

Pharmacology Seminar. Dr. David Gadsby, Rockefeller University, "Turning the Na/K Pump into a Dual-gated Cation Channel with Palytoxin." BB 724.

1 p.m. Library Class. Elizabeth LaRue, "Planning Your Conference Travel." HHSC Lobby After Hours Study Room.

 

Tuesday, April 15

Noon. Cancer Genetics Seminar. Dr. Thomas Look, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, "The New Genetics of T-cell ALL: A Fish Tale." RBMS First Floor Lecture Room 1.
Noon. Library Class. Doug McAndrew, "Power Point II." Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.
2 p.m. Noon. Library Class. Ying Chen, "Advanced SPSS." Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.
4 p.m.

Genetics and Development Seminar. Dr. Thomas A. Kunkel, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS/NIH, "Studies of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Fidelity and Mismatch Repair." HHSC 312.

 

Wednesday, April 16

1 p.m.

Library Class. Elizabeth LaRue, "Endnote." HHSC Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.

5 p.m. Cancer Genetics Seminar. Dr. Arthur Mercurio, Harvard Medical School, "Progression to Invasive Carcinoma: EMT, Integrins, and VEGF." RBMS Lobby Lecture Room 1.

 

Thursday, April 17

9 a.m.

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Seminar. Dr. Richard Deckelbaum, "Fatty Acids and Cholesterol: Friends or Foes in Cell Lipid Metabolism, Gene Expression, and Diabetes." RBMS First Floor Auditorium.

 

Friday, April 18

Noon.

Molecular Biophysics Seminar. Dr. Alex Rich, M.I.T., "A Role for Z-DNA Binding in Vaccinia Virus Pathogenesis: A Possible Therapy for Smallpox." BB 523.

 

Tuesday, April 22

1 p.m.

Library Class. Katherine Torracca, "HTML." HHSC Computer Center, HHSC Second Floor.

4:30 p.m.

18th Annual Colleen Giblin Memorial Lecture. Dr. Gideon Dreyfuss, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, "The Survival of Motor Neurons Complex: An Assembly Machine for Ribonucleoprotein Particles." HHSC 401.

 

Wednesday, April 23

11:30

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Dr. Greg Clarke, Kaiser Permanente, "Randomized Trial of Brief CBT for Depressed Adolescents on SSRIs in Primary Care." NYSPI First Floor Auditorium.

4 p.m.

Dept. of Medicine Faculty Research Seminar. Dr. Steven Marx, "Ion Channel Macromolecular Signaling Complexes." Atchley-Loeb Conference Room, PH 8E.

 

Thursday, April 24

6:45 a.m.

Anesthesiology Lecture. Dr. Arthur Atchabahian, "Continuous Regional Analgesia: Where Do We Stand?" Clark Conference Center, MHB Lobby.

9 a.m.

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Seminar. Dr. Ravi Ramasamy, "Polyol Pathway Medicated Signaling and Cell Death in Ischemic Myocardium." Conference Room, RBMS 6.

3 p.m.

Tobacco Seminar Series. Dr. Lirio Covey, "Treating Tobacco Use Among Smokers with Mental Illness." NYSPI 6-602.

5:30 p.m.

History of Science Lecture. Dr. Evelyn M. Witkin, Rutgers University, "The Gene Concept: from Mendel to Watson and Crick." HHSC 401.

 

Friday, April 25

Noon.

Library Class. Elizabeth LaRue, "Advanced Endnote." HHSC Lobby After Hours Study Room.

1 p.m.

Epidemiology Seminar. Dr. Barbara Barlow, "Building a National Program to Reduce Childhood Injuries." PH 17-105.

 

Building Abbreviation Key
BB Black Building MHB Milstein Hospital Building
BHN Babies Hospital North NI Neurological Institute
BHS Babies Hospital South NYSPI New York State Psychiatric Institute
EI Eye Institute P&S Physicians & Surgeons Building
GB Georgian Building PH Presbyterian Hospital Building
HHSC Hammer Health Sciences Center RBMS Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
HP Harkness Pavilion VC Vanderbilt Clinic


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