September 29, 2005
Health Sciences News Briefs
AIDS symposium planned for Oct. 4
The Center for AIDS Research plans a half-day mini-symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 4 focusing on “HIV and Women: The Female Face of the Epidemic.”
Topics will include HIV prevention, issues for women in Africa, and hormonal contraception and HIV. Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m. in room 316 of the South Campus Center.
At noon, there will be a brown-bag discussion on microbicides in room 254.To register, e-mail spmello@u.washington.edu. For more information, see http://depts.washington.edu/cfas/cfar.
Physical therapy events scheduled
To mark Physical Therapy Month, therapists from Hall Health Center, the Exercise Training Center at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt, the UW Sports Medicine Clinic and the UWMC Physical Therapy Dept. are offering quick, free consultations at several sites. For more information, call the Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Clinic at 206-616-8951.
- Tuesday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on IMA balcony overlooking the pool
- Tuesday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in UWMC-Roosevelt Main Lobby
- Tuesday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in UWMC Plaza Café, Conf. Room C
- Tuesday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hall Health Center, Room 9
- Sunday, Oct. 30, at UW Dawg Dash — Dempsey Indoor Practice Facility.
Videoconference series on traumatic brain injury
A free education series co-sponsored by the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System at the UW will be presented by videoconference on the mornings of Oct. 10, 17 and 24 at Harborview Medical Center’s Research and Training Building and other sites statewide.
To learn more, visit http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/tbi/news.html .
