UPCOMING

Calendar Highlights

Wednesday, October 7

Ninth Annual Hollis L. Albright, M.D. ’31 Symposium
Daniel Federman, BWH; Jeffrey Flier, HMS; Edward Benz, DFCI; Robert Weinberg, MIT
Highlighting “What’s New at Harvard Medical School” and Presenting “Cancer: Where Are We Now?”
5:00–7:00 p.m.
NRB, Amp.
HMS

Friday, October 9

History of Medicine Seminar
Carol Nadelson, BWH
Annual Alma Dea Morani, M.D., Renaissance Woman Award Presentation to Carol ­Nadelson,
9:00–11:00 am
Countway Library, Minot Rm., 5th Fl.
HMS

Wednesday, October 14

Neuroscience Symposium
Eric Kandel, Columbia ­University; ­Roderick MacKinnon, The Rockerfeller University; Nancy Kanwisher, MIT; Eric Frank, Tufts University; Richard O’Brien, Johns Hopkins University; Charles ­Stevens, The Salk Institute; Charles Weitz, HMS; Huda Zoghbi, Baylor College of Medicine; Michael Greenberg, HMS; Laurence Trussell, Oregon Health and Science ­University 
Scientific Symposium Honoring Gerald D. Fischbach
8:00 am–5:00 pm
NRB., Amp.
HMS

Thursday, October 15

Health Care Policy Lecture
Alan Garber, Center for Health Policy, Freeman Spogli Institute 
9th Annual Seidman Lecture on Health Policy
4:30–6:00 pm
MEC, Carl Walter Amp.
HMS

Friday, October 23–Saturday, October 24

The 12th Annual John B. Little Symposium
Matthew Meselson, HU; ­Stephen Bell, MIT; Junjie Chen, University of Texas; Michael Daly, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Anindya Dutta; University of Virginia; Toren Finkel, Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Marcia Haigis, HMS; Wade Harper, HMS; Ursula Jakob, University of Michigan; Penny Jeggo, Sussex University, United Kingdom; Laura Niedernhofer, University of Pittsburgh; and Lee Zou, MGH 
Cellular Responses to Molecular Damage: Roles in Genetic Stability, Radioresistance and Aging
Oct. 23, 1:00–7:00 p.m.
Oct. 24, 8:00 am–4:30 p.m.
Kresge Bldg.
HSPH

Tuesday, November 3–Thursday, November 5

Oncology Conference
Drew Faust, Amartya Sen, HU; Margarita Zavala, Mexico; Julio Frenk, HSPH; Lawrence Shulman, DFCI; Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women; Marina Njelekela, Medical Women’s Association of Tanzania; Peter Piot, Institute for Global Health; John Seffrin, American Cancer Society
Breast Cancer in the Developing World: Meeting the Unforeseen Challenge to Women, Health and Equity
Nov. 3, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
DFCI
Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
NRB Amp.
HMS;
Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
DFCI

Event listing for Wednesday, October 7– Tuesday, November 10

Wednesday, October 7

Anesthesiology Grand Rounds
Stanton Keith Shernan, BWH
Perioperative Assessment of Diastolic Function and Dysfunction—Does it Matter?
7:00–7:45 am
Sherman Aud.
BIDE

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Jon Einarsson, BWH
Radical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in India
7:30–8:30 am
Duncan Reid Conf. Rm.
BWH

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Charles Lockwood, Yale University
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
8:00–9:00 am
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDW

Surgery Lecture
Sarah Peyre, BWH 
Utilizing Surgical Expertise in Today’s Teaching Environment
8:15–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Education Seminar
Chad Nusbaum, Broad Institute; Gabor Marth, Boston College; Mark Daly, MGH
N anocourse: Next Generation Sequencing Technologies: Principles and Applications
9:00 am–12:30 pm
TMEC, Rm. 250
HMS

Psychiatry Seminar
Chris Gillespie, Massachusetts Mental Health Center 
Microskills Training
12:00–1:00 pm
Brick Conf. Rm.
Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Genetics Lecture Series
Jin Zhang, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Dynamic Visualization of Signaling Activities in Living Cells
1:30–2:30 pm
FXB Bldg., Rm. G-13
HSPH

Education Workshop
Toni Peters, HMS 
Learning Theory
4:30–6:00 pm
TMEC, Rm. 448
HMS

Thursday, October 8

Nuclear Medicine Seminar Series
Eva Sevick-Muraca, University of Texas
JPNM Seminars in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
8:00–9:00 am
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm, 1st Fl.
IDI

Hematology Grand Rounds
Sanford Markowitz, Case Western Reserve University
Mario Baldini, MD Memorial Lecture
8:00–9:00 am
Sherman Aud.
BIDE

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar
Babu Krishnamurthy, Randy Mason, Bonnie Maxwell, Andi Hernandez, Daniel DeHainaut, Mary Williams, Ramesh Gunawardena, Anastacia Feldman, Nancy Brown, BID 
Human Subjects Protection Office New Principal Investigator and Study Staff Orientation
8:30 am–12:00 pm
Deaconess 205B
BIDW

Sustainability
HMS Semi-Annual Fall Freecycling Event
9:30 am–1:00 pm
Courtyard Café
HMS

Cell Biology Seminar
Ophir Klein, University of California, San Francisco 
Long in the Tooth: the FGF and Hedgehog Signaling Pathways in Dental Development, Evolution, and Stem Cells
12:00–1:00 pm
Schulze Conf. Rm. 2
FI

Pathology Grand Rounds
David Louis, MGH
An Example of Translational Discovery: Uncovering a Mechanism for Chemoresistance in Glioblastoma
12:00–1:00 pm
Blake Bldg., O’Keeffe Aud.
MGH

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Thomas Weigel, MCL
ADHD: Clinical Aspects of Medication Management
12:00–1:00 pm
Pierce Hall
MCL

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Matcheri Keshavan, BID
Schizophrenia: Just the Facts, Part 1: Causes and Mechanisms
12:00–1:15 pm
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDE

Virology Seminar
Welkin Johnson, NEPRC 
Evolutionary and Biological Relevance of Variation in Host Restriction Factor Loci
12:30–1:30 pm
Bldg. C, Cannon Rm.
HMS

Vascular Biology Seminar Series
Robert Sackstein, BWH 
Home Sweet Home: Steering Cell Migration in the Vasculature via Glycoengineering
4:30–5:30 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Education Seminar Series
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar Series
Doyle Ward, The Broad Institute 
The Long Tail of the Human Microbiome and Other Short Stories
6:00–7:00 pm
24 Oxford St, Geological Museum, 3rd Fl., Rm. 310
HU

Friday, October 9

Ophthalmology Symposium
26th Biennial Cornea Research Conference
7:30 am–6:00 pm
Starr Center for Scientific Communications, 2nd Fl.
SERI

Medicine Grand Rounds
Megan Murray, BWH 
From Models to Mutations: An Interdisciplinary Approach to XDR-TB
8:00–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Endocrine Grand Rounds
David Altshuler, MGH 
BID Endocrine Grand Rounds
9:00–10:00 am
Leventhal Conf. Rm., Shapiro 2
BIDE

Genetics Seminar Series
Timothy Bestor, Columbia University
Cytosine Methylation and the Adaptive and Innate Immune Systems in Mammary Carcinoma
12:30–1:30 pm
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm., 3rd Fl.
IDI

Tuesday, October 13

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Anya Lyapis, BID
Sexual Satisfaction Post-Hysterectomy: What Do We Tell Our Patients?
8:00–9:00 am
Parsons 1, OB–GYN Conf. Rm.
MTA

Neurobiology Symposium
Vilayanur Ramachandran, University of California, San Diego
Lefler Symposium
3:30–5:30 pm
Armenise Bldg. Amp.
HMS

Hematology Colloquium
George Daley, CHB 
Modeling Blood Diseases with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
4:00–5:00 pm
Bldg. C, Cannon Rm.
HMS

Wednesday, October 14

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Laurel Rice, University of Wisconsin
The Path to the WHI and Beyond
7:30–8:30 am
Duncan Reid Conf. Rm.
BWH

Education Workshop
Susan Frankl, BID
Enhancing Feedback During Clinical Teaching
10:00 am–12:00 pm
TMEC, Rm. 250
HMS

Education Seminar
Deb Thiboutot, MGH; Karen Walsh, Partners HealthCare System 
CRP Luncheon Seminar Series: Clinical Research Subject Remuneration and Materials Management Basics: Navigating the Process
12:00–1:00 pm
Simches 3.110
MGH

Psychiatry Conference
Luis Sanchez, Massachusetts Mental Health Center 
Physicians Health: Physicians Helping Physicians
12:00–1:00 pm
Turville Conf. Rm.
Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Pediatrics Lecture Series
Fernando Mendoza, Stanford University
Latino Health Forum: Latino Children: Their Health and the Future of the United States
12:30–1:30 pm
Gordon Hall, Benjamin Waterhouse Rm.
HMS

Thursday, October 15

Health Care Policy Grand Rounds
Atul Gawande, BWH 
Health Policy in the U.S. Today
8:00–9:00 am
Sherman Aud.
BIDE

Nuclear Medicine Seminar Series
Robert Ware, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
 JPNM Seminars in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
8:00–9:00 am
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm, 3rd Fl.
IDI

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Gabriel de Erausquin, BWH
A Strategy for Primary Prevention of Schizophrenia
12:00–1:15 pm
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDE

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar
Keith Mintz, University of Vermont
Membrane-associated Virulence Determinants of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, 12:00–1:00 pm
Schulze Conf. Rm. 2
FI

Virology Seminar
Samuel Rabkin, MGH 
Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus and Cancer Vaccines
12:30–1:30 pm
Bldg. C, Cannon Rm.
HMS

Vascular Biology Seminar Series
George Tellides, Yale University
Compartmental and Regional Differences of Immune Responses Within the Vessel Wall
4:30–5:30 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Education Seminar Series
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:00 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Psychiatry Workshop
Maureen Smith, MCL
Borderline Personality Disorder Parent Panel Discussion
6:00–7:30 pm
de Marneffe Bldg., Rm. 132
MCL

Friday, October 16

Radiology Grand Rounds
Costello Philip, Medical University of South Carolina 
Cardiac CT Angiography: Five years of Progress at Medical University of South Carolina, 8:00–9:00 am
Sherman Aud.
BIDE

Biomedical Science and Engineering Seminar Series
Arup Chakraborty, MIT 
How T Cells See Antigen: Implications for Elite Controllers of HIV
10:00–11:00 am
4th Fl. Conf. Rm.
SBH

Monday, October 19

General Interest Seminar Series
Research Connection LIVE Lunch
12:00–1:00 pm, Carrie Hall
BWH

Education Lecture
Pearl O’Rourke, Partners HealthCare System
 Human Embryonic Stem Cells: The Science and the Oversight
3:30–4:30 pm
Simches 3.110
MGH

Education Seminar Series  
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Tuesday, October 20

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Elizabeth Foley, Vein and Aesthetic Center of Boston
 Treatment of Venous Disease
8:00–9:00 am
Parsons 1, OB–GYN Conf. Rm.
MTA

Ethics Grand Rounds
Rafael Campo, BID
Cultural Competence: Poetry and the Importance of Voice in the Experience of Illness
12:00–1:00 pm
Connors Bldg., L-1, Anesthesia Conf. Rm.
BWH

Wednesday, October 21

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Nawal Nour, BWH 
Global OB–GYN Health Issues
7:30–8:30 am
Duncan Reid Conf. Rm.
BWH

Surgery Lecture
Kevin Loughlin, BWH 
Massachusetts Universal Health Care: Lessons Learned
8:15–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Pathology Seminar Series
Mark Hochstrasser, Yale University; Brenda Schulman, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital; Mark Rolfe, Millennium Pharmaceuticals; Tony Hunter, The Salk Institute 
HMS–Pathology Seminar Speaker Series
12:15–1:15 pm
Seminar Rm. 138
HIM

Health Care Policy
Lecture Arnold Epstein, HSPH 
Pay for Performance at the Tipping Point: Will It Get Us Where We Want to Go?
5:30–6:45 pm
TMEC, Carl Walter Amp.
HMS

Thursday, October 22

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Michael Howell, BID
Finding a Hospital
8:00–9:00 am
Sherman Aud.
BIDE

Nuclear Medicine Seminar Series
Timothy Antaya, MIT
JPNM Seminars in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
8:00–9:00 am
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm., 3rd Floor
IDI

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Carl Salzman, BID 
Ten Commandments and Seven Sins in Psychopharmacology
12:00–1:15 pm
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDE

Virology Seminar
Joseph Sodroski, DFCI
 Early Events in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
12:30–1:30 pm
Bldg. C, Cannon Rm.
HMS

Vascular Biology Seminar Series
Richard Mitchell, BWH
 Learning from Rejection: What Transplantation Teaches Us About (Other) Vascular Pathologies
4:30–5:30 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Education Seminar Series
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Friday, October 23

Cardiology Grand Rounds
Melvin Scheinman, University of California, San Francisco
 Long QT Syndromes: The Short and Long of It
8:00–9:00 am
Clinical Center, Conf. Rm. 250
BIDW

Medicine Grand Rounds
Jiefu Huang, People’s Republic of China 
Healthcare Reform in China Today
8:00–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Endocrine Grand Rounds
Morris White, CHB
BID Endocrine Grand Rounds
9:00–10:00 am
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
Shapiro 2
BIDE

Environmental Health Symposium
Cellular Responses to Molecular Damage: In Genetic Stability, Radioresistance and Aging
1:00–5:30 pm
Kresge Bldg., Rm. G-1
HSPH

Monday, October 26

Psychiatry Conference
James Feldman, Massachusetts Mental Health Center; Matcheri Keshavan, Carl Salzman, BID
Psychopharmacology Seminar
1:00–2:00 pm
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Brick Conf. Rm.

Cell Biology Lecture Series
Martin Chalfie, Columbia University
Adventures in Non-translational Research, Day 1 of 2: GFP
1:15–2:15 pm
TMEC, Carl Walter Amp.
HMS

Education Seminar Series
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Cell Biology Lecture
Roland Baron, Walter Guralnick, HSDM 
Dr. J. Murray Gavel Clinical Research Lecture
6:00–8:00 pm
M. Barbara Schulze Conf. Center, 3rd Floor
FI

Tuesday, October 27

Education Lecture
Richard Schwartzstein, BID; Calvin Augustin, Boeing; Edward Krupat, HMS; Susan Farrell, Lisa Breen, BWH; Susan Block, DFCI; Elizabeth Gaufberg, CHA 
The Role of Performance Assessment in the Development of a Physician
12:00–5:00 pm
TMEC, Atrium
HMS

Cell Biology Lecture Series
Martin Chalfie, Columbia University
Adventures in Non-translational Research, Day 2 of 2: Mechanosensation
3:00–4:00 pm
TMEC, Carl Walter Amp.
HMS

Wednesday, October 28

Psychiatry Conference
Elissa Ely, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
 Readings from 20 Years of Psychiatry and a Bit of Life
12:00–1:00 pm
Brick Conf. Rm.
Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Barbara Milrod, Weill Cornell Medical College
Outcome Research in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder
12:00–1:00 pm
Pierce Hall, MCL

Surgery Rounds
15th Annual John A. Mannick Research Award Day
7:00–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
Kelly Wright, Katharine Esselen, BWH 
OB–GYN Resident Rounds
7:30–8:30 am
Duncan Reid Conf. Rm.
BWH

Thursday, October 29

Nuclear Medicine Seminar Series
Sylvain Gioux, BID
JPNM Seminars in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
8:00–9:00 am
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm, 3rd Fl.
IDI

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Carl Salzman, BID
Synapse and Psychiatry
12:00–1:15 pm
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDE

Virology Seminar
Lee Gehrke, MIT
Activation of Innate Immune Signaling by Viral RNAs
12:30 pm
Bldg. C, Cannon Rm.
HMS

Vascular Biology Seminar Series
Paul Kubes, University of Calgary, Canada
 Intravascular Immunity: Detecting and Eradicating Bacteria in Blood Vessels
4:30–5:30 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Education Seminar Series  
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Friday, October 30

Medicine Grand Rounds
Norton Greenberger, HMS 
Clinical Advances in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 2009
8:00–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Cardiology Grand Rounds
George Klein, University of Western Ontario, Canada 
From the Operating Room to Ablation: a Historical Perspective of Arrhythmia Management
8:00–9:00 am
Libby Building, G-2 A&B
BIDW

Endocrine Grand Rounds
Gerard Karsenty, Columbia University 
BID Endocrine Grand Rounds
9:00–10:00 am
Leventhal Conf. Rm., Shapiro 2
BIDE

Biomedical Science and Engineering Seminar Series
Lee Kaplan, MGH 
GI Regulation of Metabolic Function: Lessons from the OR
10:00–11:00 am
4th Fl. Conf. Rm.
SBH

Monday, November 2

Health Care Policy Lecture
Donald Warne, American Indian Health and Management Policy, LLC
Native American Health Forum: Diabetes and Health Policy in American Indian Communities, followed by the video Unnatural Causes: Bad Sugar
12:30–2:30 pm
Gordon Hall, Waterhouse Faculty Rm.
HMS

Interdisciplinary Lecture  
Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center 2009 Fall Event
4:00–7:00 pm
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Education Seminar Series  
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Wednesday, November 4

OB–GYN Grand Rounds
David Acker, BWH 
Lessons Learned from the Rapid Response Committee
7:30–8:30 am
Duncan Reid Conf. Rm.
BWH

Endocrine Grand Rounds
J. Michael Gaziano, BWH 
A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Diabetes: Results from a Large Randomized Trial
1:15–2:30 pm
Seminar Rm. 109
HIM

Thursday, November 5

Nuclear Medicine Seminar Series
Raymond Reilly, University of Toronto, Canada 
JPNM Seminars in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
8:00–9:00 am
CLSB, Fred S. Rosen Conf. Rm, 3rd Fl.
IDI

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
William Sledge, Yale University
Jonathan F. Borus Lecture in Psychiatric Education: Who Needs Teachers?
12:00–1:15 pm
Leventhal Conf. Rm.
BIDE

Immunology Seminar
Cun-Yu Wang, University of California, Los Angeles
IKK/NF-kappa B Signaling in Bone Diseases
12:00–1:00 pm
Schulze Conf. Rm. 2
FI

Vascular Biology Seminar Series
Andrew Lichtman, BWH 
Regulation of T Cell Immunity in the Cardiovascular System
4:30–5:30 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Education Seminar Series  
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course
5:00–6:15 pm
Bulfinch Trustees Rm.
MGH

Friday, November 6

Medicine Grand Rounds
Ann LaCasce, DFCI
56-year-old Male with Sinus Symptoms
8:00–9:00 am
Bornstein Amp.
BWH

Endocrine Grand Rounds
Susan Fried, University of Maryland
BID Endocrine Grand Rounds
9:00–10:00 am
Leventhal Conf. Rm., Shapiro 2
BIDE

Biomedical Science and Engineering Seminar Series
David Cohen, BWH 
Phosphatidylcholine Transfer Protein (StarD2): Linking Metabolism to Membranes
10:00–11:00 am
4th Fl. Conf. Rm.
SBH

Monday, November 9

Neurobiology Seminar Series
John Isaac, NIH 
The Mechanisms by Which Sensory Experience Builds the Layer 4 Neocortical Circuit Probed Using Single Cell Resolution 2-Photon Glutamate Uncaging
12:15–1:15 pm
Enders Aud.
CHB

Tuesday, November 10

Education Seminar
Robert Kingston, Bradley Bernstein, MGH; Danesh Moazed, HMS
Nanocourse: Chromatin Modifications and Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
1:00–4:30 pm
Armenise Bldg. Amp.
HMS

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