UW News

May 5, 2005

Symposium programs open to all

Bioethics and Public Health
“Beyond Bioethics: Thinking about Ethics in Public Health” is the topic for a Symposium on Teaching and Learning, sponsored by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. The event, from 1 to 4 p.m., Thursday, May 12, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center, is open to everyone.

The featured speaker is Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota and a nationally known author and advisor on medical and bioethical issues. He will speak at 1 p.m. At 2:15 p.m., participants will join one of four breakout sessions. Session topics are equity and ethics in community-based practice and research, clinical trials in resource-poor nations, environmental injustice, and assessing disease risks and rates.

The symposium is open to everyone. Participants are asked, but not required, to register by e-mail to badw@u.washington.edu, indicating which breakout session they plan to attend. For more on the program, see the Web site at http://sphcm.washington.edu/news/stl2005  


Genome Sciences Symposium
“Comparative Genome Analysis” is the title for the Department of Genome Sciences fourth annual symposium. The event will be from 9:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center.

Six speakers from other institutions around the country, one from Ireland and one from England, will make presentations. The first talk, at 10 a.m., will be by Dr. Russell Doolittle of the University of California, San Diego. His topic is “The Tree of Life Remains Mysterious.” The first session will focus on what small bacterial and fungal genomes can teach us about the diversity and commonalities of life.

The second session, immediately after lunch, will look at ways genes have changed during evolution. Presentations in the final session will explore the comparison of human and chimp genomes.

For a full schedule of presentations, see the Web site at http://www.gs.washington.edu/news/  

The symposium is free; everyone is welcome and registration is not required.


Diabetes Research Symposium
“Gut-Brain Interactions and New Horizons in the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes” is the overall topic for the annual symposium sponsored by the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center. It will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, in room 316 of the South Campus Center.

The symposium is open to everyone, but registration is required by e-mail at goercke@u.washington.edu  or by calling 206-764-2691.