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Graduate School Seminars

updated august 28, 2008

August 2008
Friday, Aug. 9, 2008
11:00 AM
Hanes 1064
Molecular Medicine & Translational Science  
     
September 2008
Tues., Sept. 2, 2008
4:30 PM
Room C-316
Tribble Hall
Sponsored by: Associate Provost's Office of International Affiars, and Dept. of Political Sciences Professor Menachem Hofnung
Dept. of Political Sciences
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Title: “Courts and Terror: Democratic Governance and State Security”
Wed., Sept. 3, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Martha Alexander-Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Title: “Regulation of T Cell Effector Function in the Lung: Is the Lung Friend or Foe?”
Thurs., Sept. 4, 2008
12:00 NOON
Conf. Room 283
One Technology Place
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Katherine Poehling, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Title: “Sickle Cell Trait Partially Explains Racial Differences in Pneumococcal Disease”
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
11:00 AM
Hanes 1064
Molecular Medicine & Translational Science Michael Seeds, PhD
Assistant Professor
Intenral Medicine-Molecular Medicine
Co-Chair, Mol. Med. & Trans. Sci. Grad. Prgm. Recrut.
Title: "Intro: How to Talk About Science"
Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
12:00 NOON
Rooms 5042 & 5043
5th, Hanes
Molecular Genetics & Genomics Megan Spurgeon
Graduate Student
Title: “A Potential Role of the E1B-55K/E4orf6 Complex in the Regulation of eIF2α Phosphorylation During Adenovirus Infection”
Wed., Sept. 10, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program John Dietschy, MD
Professor
Internal Medicine - Digestive and Liver Diseases
Univ. of Texas, Southwestern Medical School
Title: "TBA"
Thurs., Sept. 11, 2008
3:30 PM
Tribble Hall B316
Philosophy Library
Department of Philosophy Fred Dretske
Senior Research Scholar
Duke University, Durham, NC
Title: “What We See: The Texture of Conscious Experience”
Monday, Sept. 15, 2008
6:00 PM
Room 102
Scales Fine Arts Center
Department of History Stanley Burstein
Professor Emeritus, Ancient Greek History
California State University
Los Angeles, California
Title: “Kush, Axum and the Ancient Indian Ocean Trade”
Wed., Sept. 17, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program John Melchior
Graduate Student
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Mark Hall, J.D.
Dept. of Social Sciences & Health Policy
Title: “Do Patients Own Their Medical Information: Property Rights in Electronic Medical Records”
Monday, Sept. 22, 2008
3:30-5:30 PM
Foothills Brewing Company
Structural and Computational Biophysics Discussion Group Patricia Dos Santos
Department of Chemistry
Title: "Identifying bacterial pathways for Fe-S cluster assembly"
Wed., Sept. 24, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program J. Jeffery Carr, MSCE, MD
Professor
Department of Radiology
Title: “TBA"
     
October 2008
Wed., Oct. 1, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program John R. Crouse, MD
Professor
Dept. Internal Medicine (Endocrinology/Metabolism)
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Oct. 2, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Capri Foy, PhD
Dept. of Social Sciences & Health Policy
Title: “Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, Weight Change, and Physical Function Among Adults with Obesity and Knee Pain: One-Year Results from the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) Trial”
Wed., Oct. 8, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program T. Michael O'Shea, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology
Title: “TBA”
Wed., Oct. 15, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Xue Ma
Graduate Student
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Oct. 16, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Iva Miljkovic, MD, PhD
Dept. Epidemiology
Center for Aging and Population Health
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Epidemiology of Skeletal Muscle Fat Infiltration”
Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
3:30-5:30 PM
Foothills Brewing Company
Structural and Computational Biophysics Discussion Group Jim Norris
Department of Mathematics
Title: "Probability-based continuous network modeling of short time course data"
Wed., Oct. 22, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Tam Nguyen
Graduate Student
Title: “TBA”
Wed., Oct. 29, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Richard M. Caprioli, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Oct. 30, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Elbert D. Glover, PhD, FASHA, FAAHB, FRIPH
Professor and Chair
Univ. of MD College Park Schl of Public Health
Director-Center for Health Behavior Research
Univ. of Maryland College Park
Title: “Update: Treating Nicotine Dependence”

November 2008
Wed., Nov. 5, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Ashley Wilhelm
Graduate Student
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Nov. 6, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Jingzhong Ding, PhD
Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Title: “Pericardial Fat and Coronary Heart Disease”
Wed., Nov. 19, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Colin E. Bishop, PhD
Professor
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Nov. 20, 2008
12:00 NOON
Kitty Hawk Conf. Room
Piedmont Plaza I
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Rachel Ballard-Barbash, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Applied Research Program
Div. of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Title: “Energy Balance, Anthropometrics and Cancer”

December 2008
Wed., Dec. 3, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Clay F. Semenkovich, MD
Professor
Div. Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Washington Univ. in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Title: “TBA”
Thurs., Dec. 4, 2008
12:00 NOON
Babcock Auditorium
E-Floor, Hanes
Public Health Sciences,
Depts. of Epidemiology &
Prevention and Social Sci.
and Health Policy
Ana Diez-Rouz, MD, PhD, MPH
Distinguished Speaker
Ctr. for Social Epidemiology & Population Health
Univ. of Michigan School of Public Health
Title: “Neighborhood Environments and Inequalities in Cardiovascular Disease”
Wed., Dec. 10, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Don Bowden, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry/Internal Medicine
Title: “TBA”
Wed., Dec. 17, 2008
4:00 PM
Conf. Room 335
3rd floor, PTRP
RHD Biomedical Res. Bldg.
Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Program Scott Hemby
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Title: “TBA”
     

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