May 1, 2003
Coming up: Major lectures and public events between now and May 15
Living with stroke –
Harborview Medical Center is sponsoring an event for stroke survivors, their families and friends on Saturday, May 3 from 8:45 a.m. to noon in the Research & Training Building at 300 9th Ave. Stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, financial planning, post-stroke resources, drug treatments and legal issues are among the topics. The program is free. For more information, call 206-731-LIVE or register online at http://www.harborview.org
New RWJ Foundation president to speak –
The Healthy Aging Spring Lecture, sponsored by three School of Nursing centers and the UW Retirement Association, will bring Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since January, to campus next week. She will speak on “Unequal Treatment: Implications for Older Adults” at 10 a.m., Friday, May 9, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. Her talk will be geared to a general audience and is free. Lavizzo-Mourey is a specialist in geriatric medicine, a nationally recognized expert in health-care policy, and a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The Center for Women’s Health Research and the Center for Advancement of Health Disparities Research are joining with the deTornyay Center for Healthy Aging and the Retirement Association to sponsor the lecture this year.
Robotic surgery –
Dr. Vaughn Starnes, chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, will be at the UW next week as the 12th visiting scholar in cardiothoracic surgery. He will present an afternoon lecture, open to everyone, at 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 9, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Center. His topic is “Robotic Cardiac Surgery: State of the Art.” He will also conduct teaching rounds with residents and participate in research presentations on Friday morning. On Saturday, May 10, he will speak on “Surgical Alternatives for Congestive Heart Failure” at a breakfast meeting at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel. For information on reservations for the breakfast event, call Margo Boyd at 206-685-8644.
Katterman Lecture –
The Katterman Lecture, sponsored by the Pharmacy Alumni Association, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10, in room T-435 of the Health Sciences Center. Bill Felkey, associate professor of pharmacy care systems at Auburn University in Alabama and an authority on pharmacy-practice technology, will speak on using personal data assistants (PDAs) in pharmacies. He will also discuss other technology, including prescription processing robots. The registration fee is $25 for Pharmacy Alumni Association members and $50 for others. Call 206-543-3485 for more information.
Rules for outside consulting –
Outside employment and consulting by UW faculty members is the topic for the next program in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series organized by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations. Michael Corn, director of regulatory guidance for the School of Medicine, is the speaker. His title is “It’s Not as Simple as ‘One Day Per Week’: Know the Rules of the Game Before You Do Outside Consulting.” The program, from 1 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, is in Turner Auditorium, room D-209 of the Health Sciences Center. Everyone is welcome and there is no registration.
Glioma epidemic? –
Dr. Peter Burger of Johns Hopkins Institutions in Baltimore will present the first Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology at 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 14, in the Research & Training Building at Harborview Medical Center. Burger is an expert on the diffuse and often aggressive brain tumors called gliomas. His topic is “Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas: An Epidemic.” This first of a planned annual series of lectures is named in honor of Dr. Ellsworth Alvord, who recently retired after 42 years as chief of neuropathology in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology.
Genome Sciences symposium –
The Department of Genome Sciences will hold its second annual all-day symposium on Wednesday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. The symposium title is “Human/Mouse: Comparative Biology.” No registration is required and participants do not need to attend all sessions. In addition to presentations by leading UW genome scientists, the program includes several experts from other major genetics centers. For a full program, see the Web site at http://www.gs.washington.edu/ and choose “Symposium” from the left column.
Smallpox and troubled times –
“Smallpox Vaccination: Responsible Public Health in Troubled Times” is the title for the Bodemer Symposium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. The keynote speaker is Dr. William Foege, now with the Gates Foundation and a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Foege, a graduate of the UW School of Medicine, is perhaps best known for spearheading the global effort to eradicate smallpox. After Foege’s address, a panel with area public health leaders and immunization experts, among others, will discuss the issues and respond to questions. The symposium is jointly sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Department of Medical History and Ethics and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. It is named for Dr. Charles W. Bodemer, founder and chair of the Department of Biomedical History from 1967 until his sudden death in 1985.
