A listing of coming events of interest to the UW Medicine community. Unless otherwise noted, all UW lectures are free and open to everyone.
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FRIDAY, JULY 25
Puget Sound Blood Center UW Lifeline Blood Drive: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., UW Health Sciences Lobby, Third Floor, C-Wing, UW HSC, 206-598-6131 or 1-800-398-7888.
Breast Cancer Seminar: ASCO Update, by Julie Gralow, UW, noon to 1 p.m., SCCA Rooms 1006/1008, videoconferenced to UWMC Room 8121.
MONDAY, JULY 28
FHCRC Clinical Research Division Seminar: Title TBA, by John Hansen, FHCRC, noon to 1 p.m., Pelton Aud., Weintraub Bldg., videoconferenced to SCCA Room 3100/3102; UWMC Room 8121; VA Puget Sound Health Care System Room 14, Bldg. 24.
Seattle Children's Health Research Institute Center for Tissue and Cell Sciences Seminar: Adenosine A2A Receptors in Sepsis and Inflammation, by Gyorgy Hasko, New Jersey Medical School, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Seattle Children's Health Research Institute (SCHRI) Room 1112, 9th & Stewart, Seattle, 206-884-1094.
Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Lecture: Understanding Malaria Development in the Mosquito, and its Pivotal Role in the Formulation of Effective Control Strategies,
by Robert Sinden, Imperial College of London, 6 p.m., Foege Aud., UW Foege Bldg., 206-616-1159.
TUESDAY, JULY 29
Pain Seminar: Anatomy of Brachial Plexus and other Plexopathologies, by Daniel Graney, UW Biological Structure, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., T-478, UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Anesthesia Malpractice Case Mock Trial, by Monica S. Vavilala, UW Anesthesia and HMC Injury Prevention & Research Center; Pat Tennent, H.S. Risk Management, HMC and Quality Improvement, Medical Staff Affairs, HMC; and Cindy Jacobs, UWMC Risk Management, 6:30 a.m., D-209 UW HSC, 206-543-2475.
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Case Presentations by Residents, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., followed by Mechanisms of Temozolomide-Induced Radiosensitization in Human Glioblastoma Cells, by John R. Silber, UW Neurological Surgery, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 1st Floor Aud., Harborview Research & Training Bldg., 206-543-3570.
Global Health Lecture: Memory of CD8 Cell Responses Exceeding a Large, but Definable Threshold Provide Long-Term Immunity to Malaria, by John T. Harty, Carver College of Medicine Endowed Professor in Microbial Immunity, Univ. of Iowa, 4:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S-060, UW Foege Hall, 206-616-1159.
Wednesday Evening at the Genome Public Lecture Series: Sequencing Genomes and Personal Genomics, by Jay Shendure, UW, 8 p.m., Foege Aud., UW Foege Hall, 206-221-5374.
THURSDAY, JULY 31
Holt Webster Lecture in Pediatrics: Using Serum Biomarkers to Screen for Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury: How Close Are We to Clinical Use? by Rachel Berger, Univ. of Pittsburgh and Child Advocacy Center, Pediatric Partners, Children's Hospital of Pittsburg Child Protection Team, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Children's Hospital, 206-987-5701.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
FHCRC Speaker Seminar: AR Regulation of Prostate Epithelial and Tumor Cell Survival and Differentiation in Vivo, by Cindy Miranti, Van Andel Research Institute, Michigan State Univ., Pelton Aud., Weintraub Bldg., 206-667-1823.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibit: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons. UW Health Sciences Library. Exhibit will be open during library hours. 206-543-3439.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
FHCRC Clinical Research Division Seminar: Optimizing Therapeutic siRNA, by Corinna Palanca-Wessels, FHCRC, noon to 1 p.m., Pelton Aud., Weintraub Bldg., videoconferenced to SCCA Room 3100/3102; UWMC Room 8121; VA Puget Sound Health Care System Room 14, Bldg. 24.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
Pain Seminar: Mechanisms of Endogenous Opioids, by Charles Chavkin, The Allan and Phyllis Treur Endowed Chair of Pain Research, UW Pharmacology, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., T-478, UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
Surgery Grand Rounds: Thoughts for Young Surgeons: The Elite Athlete…The Master Surgeon, by Edward Verrrier, UW, 6:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m., K-069 UW HSC, 206-543-9668.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Project Search: Employment of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, by Lisa Fox, Diversity Project Search,, Seattle Children's Hospital; and Lynette Andrews, O'Neil and Assoc., 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Children's Hospital, 206-987-5701.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
Pain Seminar: Concepts of Pain, by John D. Loeser, UW Anesthesiology, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., T-478, UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Do Physicians Have Obligations to Report Children's Infectious Risk to Schools? By Ron Gibson, UW Dept. of Pediatrics and Seattle Children's Pediatric Pulmonary; and Bonnie Steinbock, prof. of philosophy, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's Hospital, 206-987-5701.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
Pain Seminar: Basal Ganglia Mechanisms of Pain and Nociception, by Eric Chudler, UW Bioengineering, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., T-478, UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
UW-UCSF Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women. Speakers include Catherine Hankins, chief scientific advisor, UNAIDS; Ruth Greenblatt, Women's Interagency HIV Study, and presentations on research or works-in-progress by faculty and trainees. Time and location TBA.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Institute of Translational Health Sciences: Clinical & Translational Research Boot Camp for Researchers and Research Coordinators. Topics of the week-long boot camp include clinical epidemiology, biostatistical concepts, clinical trials, grantsmanship, genomics as a tool in clinical translational research, practical issues in planning and conducting research, biomedical informatics resources, dissemination of research into practice, investigational new drugs: investigator responsibilities, and other subjects. Check in & orientation 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15. Sessions daily 9 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., Q & A with instructors of the day from 3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m., K-069 UW HSC. Course director is Timothy DeRouen. 206-221-5836.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
The Carleen Collins Symposium on Microbial Pathogenesis. Featured Speakers: John Collier, Harvard; Victor DiRita and Harry Mobley, Univ. of Michigan; Sarah D'Orazio, Univ. of Kentucky; Stanley Falkow and David Relman, Stanford Univ.; Brett Finlay, Univ. of British Columbia; Sam Miller, UW; Virginia Miller, Washington Univ., and Nina Salama, FHCRC; 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Hogness Aud., UW HSC, 206-543-5824. RSVP to ccsympo8@u.washington.edu
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8th Annual Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Conference. Speakers include Celestia Higano, UW; Evan Yu, UW; Kenneth Russell, UW; Sylvie Aubin, UW; Kim Chi, Univ. of British Columbia; Tomasz Beer, Oregon Health Sciences Univ.; Mark Moyad, Univ. of Michigan Medical School; Bruce Dalkin, Prostate Treatment Center of Arizona; Andrea Leiserowitz, SCCA; and Mike Stuckey, senior news editor, MSNBC, z and author of "Low Blow: Take it Like a Man," 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pelton Aud., Weintraub Bldg., FHCRC, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, 206-288-6269.
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