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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - Monday, December 8, 2008

View Day Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Today's Events

 
3:00pm

Genetics and Development Seminar
Russ Berrie Center, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, Room 2.

"Interactions between bone and bone marrow."

3:30pm

NYSPI Biostatistics Division Seminar
New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Room 1602.

Speaker Yuanjia Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Columbia University. Adjusting for treatment effect when estimating or testing genetic effect is of main interest.

4:00pm

Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry and General Medicine Seminar
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Board Room, 6th Floor.

"Ethics and Rule Following in Organizations/" Tom Tyler, Ph.D., University Professor and Chair Department of Psychology, New York University.

View Day Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Today's Events

 
11:30am

Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds
New York State Psychiatric Institute, First Floor Auditorium.

"Sudden Death and the Use of Stimulant Medications in Youth." Madelyn Gould, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University/NYSPI.

12:00pm

Stem Cell Seminar
Neurological Institute Auditorium

"Progenitor Cells of the Prostate Epithelium." Michael M. Shen, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine and Genetics & Development Head, Section of Tumor Cell Biology, Division of Hematology/Oncology,.

Colloquium Series on Health, Law, and Society
Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge.

"The Phenomenon of U.S. Mental Health Courts: Dissynchronicity of Practice and Data." Henry Steadman, Ph.D., president, Policy Research Associates.

Microbiology Seminar
Hammer Health Sciences Center, Room 312.

"Structural Biology of Membrane Recognition and Pore Formation by Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins." Dr. Rod Tweten, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Title:

5:00pm

Narrative Medicine Rounds
Faculty Club, 630 W. 168th Street, P&S 446.

Author, Dr. Samuel Shem. Staying Human in Medicine: from THE HOUSE OF GOD to THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE. "A deeply moving and profoundly intelligent exploration of the complexities and rewards of family, profession, and place. The story of a young physician returning to his small town becomes a tale of universal meaning."

6:00pm

Biological Sciences Seminar
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center.

"America for Americans: Immigration and the Politicizing of Genetics. " Jan Witkowski, Executive Director of the Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Professor at the Watson School of Biological Sciences; Editor-in-Chief of Trends in Biochemical Sciences; and Co-editor, with John Inglis, of Davenport's Dream: 21st Century Reflections on Heredity & Eugenics.

View Day Thursday, December 4, 2008

Today's Events

 
9:00am

Regional Diabetes/DERC Meeting
Columbia University Medical Center, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue @ West 168th Street

Speakers Romy Kursawe (Yale University), Joseph Baur (University of Pennsylvania), Aliki Kosteli (Columbia University), Rory McCrimmon (Yale University) and Colette Knight (Albert Einstein College of Medicine).

Regional Diabetes Meeting
Russ Berrie Building, 1st Floor Auditorium

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center sponsors its Regional Diabetes Meeting

12:00pm

CIRAR Seminar Series
School of Nursing, First Floor Student Lounge.

"TIRAR pre-doctoral trainees present experiences from interdisciplinary field practicum." TIRAR Pre-doc Fellows: Tiffani Bright, Ettie Lipner, Bianca Malcolm

Seminar in Neurobiology
Columbia University Medical Center Neurological Institute Alumni Auditorium

Angelique Bordey, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine. Talk title: Homeostatic GABA and Glutamate Signaling Controls Neuroblast Production in a Neurovascular Niche.

View Day Friday, December 5, 2008

Today's Events

 
7:00am

25th Annual Postgraduate Medicine Course Update in Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Uris Auditorium Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue (East 69th Street) New York, New York 10021

This course will focus on important, recent developments and current controversies in gastroenterology, liver disease and nutrition. The format will consist of succinct presentations and extensive discussion with audience participation.

11:00am

Motor Neuron Center Seminar
Neurological Institute, Alumni Auditorium.

"Animal models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy." Speaker: Dr. Gregory Matera, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

View Day Saturday, December 6, 2008

Today's Events

 
9:00am

Basic and Translational Neuroscience
Hammer Health Sciences Center, Room 401.

Basic Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology, Neuroendocrinology, Neurochemistry and Neurogenetics. John D. Koester, Ph.D., professor of clinical neurobiology & behavior, John W. Krakauer, M.D., associate professor of neurology, John Martin, Ph.D., professor of clinical neurobiology & behavior.

12:00pm

Diabesity: Update in Diabetes and Obesity
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion

Current clinical literature and methodologies for diagnosing, preventing, treating, and managing patients with diabetes resulting from obesity. Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez, M.D., assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, and Gabriel R., Guardarramas, M.D., M.P.H., instructor in clinical medicine.

Ending Events

 

25th Annual Postgraduate Medicine Course Update in Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Uris Auditorium Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue (East 69th Street) New York, New York 10021

This course will focus on important, recent developments and current controversies in gastroenterology, liver disease and nutrition. The format will consist of succinct presentations and extensive discussion with audience participation.

View Day Sunday, December 7, 2008

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View Day Monday, December 8, 2008

Today's Events

 
12:00pm

Pathology and Cell Biology Seminar
Humphreys Auditorium, VC 14-240

"A Phylogenetically-Conserved Molecular Signature of Depression in the Amygdala. " Etienne Sibille, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh.

1:30pm

Thesis Defense Presentation
Columbia University Medical Center Pharmacology Library Black Building 7-724

Kacy Redd, PhD candidate in lab. or Gareth Tibbs, Thesis presentation: Ions, Second Messenger, and Anesthetics: Deconvolving the Mechanistic Actions of Regulators of HCN Pacemaker Channel Function



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