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Sunday, November 8, 2009 - Saturday, November 14, 2009

View Day Sunday, November 8, 2009

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View Day Monday, November 9, 2009

Today's Events

 
12:00pm

Pathology and Cell Biology Seminar
Humphreys Auditorium VC 14-240

"Kinesin Family Motors in Polarization of Epithelial Cells." Geri Kreitzer, PhD, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University.

1:00pm

Loïc Wacquant lecture
Room 509 Knox Hall 606 W 122nd St (between Broadway and Claremont)

"Hyperincarceration and Public Health." Loïc Wacquant, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris.

View Day Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Today's Events

 
10:00am

Thesis Defense Presentation
Columbia University Medical Center Hammer Health Sciences Center 5th Floor Conference Room, 701 W. 168th Street

Gregg Crabtree, Neurobiology & Behavior PhD Candidate in Laboratory of Amy MacDermott, will present his thesis titled: TRPVI Modulates Synaptic Transmission by Acting as an Intracellular Ca2+ Leak Channel

12:00pm

Physiology Seminar Series
Physiology Library, P&S 11-505

"Biochemical and Structural Studies on y-secretase: A Membrane Protein Complex Involved in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis." Iban Ibarretxena, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Institute for Cancer Genetics Seminar
Health Sciences Campus 1130 St. Nicholas Ave. at 166th St. Irving Cancer Research Center Room 114 - Ground Floor

Dipanjan Chowdhury, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. "MicroRNAs Get to DNA Repair - Finally!" Hosted by Jean Gautier, PhD.

3:00pm

Effective Use of the RASCAL Consent Form Builder
Columbia University Medical Center Hammer Health Sciences Center - 701 West 168th Street Room 202A

Join us for "Effective Use of the RASCAL Consent Form Builder," sponsored by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board.

4:00pm

Genetics and Development Seminar
Hammer Health Sciences Building, 701 W. 168th Street, Room 301.

"Regulation of Cellular Self-Renewal by the ARF Tumor Suppressor." Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics & Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

View Day Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Today's Events

 
12:00pm

Stem Cell Seminar
Neurological Institute Auditorium, 710 West 168th Street

"Harnessing the Power of Stem Cells to Cure Obesity and Diabetes." Jonathan M. Graff, MD, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, and Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
HHSC 301 Hammer Health Sciences Building, Third Floor 701 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032

"Targeting of V(D)J Recombination and Somatic Hypermutation", Dr. David Schatz, Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine. Hosted by Sankar Ghosh and Uttiya Basu.

4:00pm

Grand Rounds on The Future of Public Health
Alumni Auditorium 650 West 168th Street

Wayne Gretzky and the Future of Public Health Jim Marks, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, Director of Health Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

4:30pm

Garvey Academy Fall Seminar Series
Vanderbilt Clinic, 5th Floor Conference Rooms A&B

"How Do We Read What Our Students Write? The Challenge and Joy of Assessing Narrative Writing in Health Professions Schools" Join Rita Charon, MD to learn more about encouraging and assessing student writing. This is the first session in the Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy's Fall Seminar Series.

View Day Thursday, November 12, 2009

Today's Events

 
9:00am

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Conference
Russ Berrie Pavilion, 6th Floor Conference Room.

"Fatty Acids, Innate Immune Responses and Insulin Resistance: Potential Connections." Peter David Reaven, M.D., Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

12:00pm

Seminar in Neurobiology
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Hellman Auditorium (1st Floor), 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032 (Entrance through Kolb Research Annex at 40 Haven Avenue is available).

Lin Mei, MD/PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Medical College of Georgia. Talk title: Neuregulin signaling in Neural Development and Synaptic Plasticity.

12:30pm

Open Data and the Future of Funded Research
Columbia University Morningside Campus Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555

John Wilbanks of Science Commons joins CIESIN director Robert Chen and Epidemiology professor Andrew Rundle to consider the implications of open data initiatives.

2:30pm

CCHPS: Economic Evaluations of the Housing & Health Intervention Study
Columbia University Medical Center Psychiatric Institute, Room 6602 (Entrance: Kolb Annex, 40 Haven Ave and 168th St-inside bridge goes to sixth floor)

The Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies (CCHPS) is pleased to welcome Dr. David Holtgrave, professor and chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as Grand Rounds speaker on "Economic Evaluations of the Housing & Health Intervention Study."

4:00pm

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar
HHSC 3rd Fl. Rm. 301

"Controlling and maintaining histone methylation." Dr. Scott Briggs, Purdue University.

The Annual Isidore I. Benrubi Lecture
Allan Rosenfiled Building 722 West 168th Street Floor 10

“Public Health and Social Security: The Keys to Unlocking Economic Growth in England?” Simon Szreter, PhD, Reader in History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Britain’s pioneering industrial revolution holds important lessons for proponents of contemporary public and development policy to ponder. Although often dismissed by economists as irrelevant, institutions associated with social and personal security, health preservation, identity registration and local access to justice were essential to promoting economic productivity in early modern England. RSVP is required.

Adam Bosworth
630 West 168th Street W. Duane Todd Amphitheater P&S 16-405

"Practicing medicine in the 21st century." Consumers with consumer controlled computable health data + Online Platforms for Health like Keas + Health care experts delivering expertise = Healthcare for the 21st century The talk will show how, using Keas as an example, we can deliver on this sort of change.

5:00pm

Dealing with Your Responses to Stress
Columbia University Morningside Campus Lerner Hall, Room 569

A car cuts you off. Your boss gives you an emergency assignment late Friday afternoon. This workshop will help participants to understand the nature of stress, recognize both common and unique responses to stressful situations.

8:00pm

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Young Friends Art Rocks! Benefit
The Bowery Hotel 335 Bowery New York, NY 10003

The Young Friends group of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is having its 3rd Annual Art Rocks! Benefit on Thursday, November 12th, 2009, at the Bowery Hotel. The mission of Young Friends of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is to raise money and awareness for the Berrie Center's pediatric diabetes program. We welcome you to join us!

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Revitalizing Cancer Care: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Programs and Whole Systems Research
The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street) New York, New York 10029

At the end of this conference, the learner will be able to: (1) Define whole systems and their role in integrative oncology: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. (2) Identify gaps in research in each whole system with respect to cancer care (3) Evaluate the role of lifestyle and placebo effects on cancer care (4) Begin to develop a plan to integrate whole systems care into your oncology setting.

View Day Friday, November 13, 2009

Today's Events

 
11:30am

Edward R. Roybal Center Conference
To be determined.

Conference, sponsored by the Cornell-Columbia Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life. This newly NIH funded Edward R. Roybal Center seeks to improve the prevention and management of pain in later life. Lunch will be served, reception to follow. Pre-registration is required.

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Revitalizing Cancer Care: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Programs and Whole Systems Research
The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street) New York, New York 10029

At the end of this conference, the learner will be able to: (1) Define whole systems and their role in integrative oncology: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. (2) Identify gaps in research in each whole system with respect to cancer care (3) Evaluate the role of lifestyle and placebo effects on cancer care (4) Begin to develop a plan to integrate whole systems care into your oncology setting.

Ending Events

 

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Young Friends Art Rocks! Benefit
The Bowery Hotel 335 Bowery New York, NY 10003

The Young Friends group of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is having its 3rd Annual Art Rocks! Benefit on Thursday, November 12th, 2009, at the Bowery Hotel. The mission of Young Friends of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is to raise money and awareness for the Berrie Center's pediatric diabetes program. We welcome you to join us!

View Day Saturday, November 14, 2009

Today's Events

 
8:00am

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center 11th Annual Conference
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion Columbia University Medical Center 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue at West 168th Street

"Frontiers in Diabetes Research: Biology of the Beta Cell." Robin S. Goland, M.D., Rudolph L. Leibel M.D., Maike Sander, M.D., Michael German, M.D., Anna Moore, Ph.D., Richard N. Bergman, Ph.D., Qiao Zhou, Ph.D., Ed Baetge, Ph.D., Peter Butler, M.D., Tom Buchanan, M.D. Registration is required.

1:00pm

Move-athon Making My Moves So Others Can
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Wintergarden 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032

Move-athon: Making My Moves So Others Can Move-athon: Making My Moves So Others Can Join us for family fun filled afternoon and help raise funds for research. Activities will include dancing, hoola-hoops, games, crafts, yoga... anything to keep you moving for four hours!; to benefit Pediatric Orthopaedic Research.

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Frontiers in Diabetes Research Biology of the Beta Cell
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion Columbia University Medical Center 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue at West 168th Street.

This one-day program at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University is designed for scientists/investigators, students and clinicians with an interest in diabetes and/or obesity. This year's meeting is focused on the current research regarding beta cell biology. As in the past, emphasis will be on the presentation of new and unpublished data, and on vigorous interactions between the audience and speakers.



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