Unless otherwise noted, all lectures and events listed below are free and open to everyone.
Please submit listings for the Friday, July 31, calendar update and the Friday, Aug. 7, update before Wednesday, July 22.
THURSDAY, JULY 2
Respiratory Critical Care Conference: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., 109/113 Harborview Research & Training Bldg.
Pulmonary Clinical Research Works in Progress: 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., 109/113 Harborview Research & Training Bldg.
Immunology Gale Lab Special Seminar: Host Response to Hepatitis C Virus: Novel Antiviral Proteins and Chemokines, by Michael R. Beard, microbiology and immunology, Univ. of Adelaide, and visiting scientist, Institute for Human Infections, UTMB Galveston, Texas, 2 p.m., T-739 UW HSC, 206-685-3956.
Cellular and Molecular Biology/COMBI Seminar: Localized Haplotype Clustering with the BEAGLE Model, by Sharon Browning, Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Aukland, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S060, UW Foege Bldg., 206-543-4968.
FRIDAY, JULY 3
Independence Day Holiday
TUESDAY, JULY 7
Center for Pain Relief Seminar: Neuroanatomy and Physiology, by Helen Sherk, UW Biological Structure, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., BB-1444 UW HSC, 206-221-6453
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Volatile Anesthetic-Induced Preconditioning, by Michael Zauug, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 6:30 a.m., D-209 UW HSC, 206-543-2475.
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: Writing Successful Grants: How Professional Sports Photography Can Improve Your Grant Writing Skills, by Richard S. Morrison, Plum-Staatz Prof. of Neurological Research, UW Neurological Surgery, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., 1st Floor Aud., Harborview Research & Training Bldg., 206-543-3570.
Institute of Translational Health Sciences Clinical Research Education Series: What's New at the ITHS? By Kim Folger Bruce, director, Research Partnerships, ITHS, Seattle Children's. Learn about ITHS cores and available services, how to navigate the new ITHS Web site, and national CTSA initiatives, noon to 1 p.m., Room 316R, UW South Campus Center. 206-598-4734.
Wednesday Evenings at the Genome Summer Lecture: The Changing Human Genome: Disease and Evolution, by Evan Eichler, UW Genome Sciences, 8 p.m., UW Foege Bldg. Aud. Free and open to the public. 206-221-5374.
THURSDAY, JULY 9
Pediatrics Grand Rounds: Resolution of Acute Lung Injury: Putting Out the Fire, by John K. McGuire, Div. of Critical Care, UW Pediatrics, and Center for Lung Biology, UW and Seattle Children's, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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Ophthalmology, Biological Structure, and Vision Training Grant Seminar: Regulation of Oxygen Distribution in the Eye: Relevance to Cataract and Glaucoma, by David C. Beebe, Janet and Bernard Becker Prof. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington Univ. School of Medicine St. Louis, 11 a.m., H-512 UW HSC, 206-543-5566.
Northwest Voice Foundation Meeting: War Stories from the Voice Front, a group conversation and videos hosted by Albert L. Merati, chief, UW Laryngology, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 7 p.m., UW Eagleson Hall, 206 543-5662.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
Center for Pain Relief Seminar: Concepts of Pain, by John Loeser, UW Neurological Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Pain Medicine, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., BB-1444 UW HSC, 206-221-6453
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Are Anesthetic Agents Neurotoxic? by Sanjay M. Bhananker, UW Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 6:30 a.m., D-209 UW HSC, 206-543-2475.
Neurosurgery Spine Lecture: Current Surgical Management of Spinal Neoplasms, by Ziya L. Gokaslan, the Donlin M. Long Professor, prof. of neurosurgery, oncology, and orthopaedic surgery, and director, Neurosurgical Spine Program, Johns Hopkins Univ., 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., 1st Floor Aud., Harborview Research & Training Bldg., 206-543-3570.
Harborview Global Health Lecture: Tuberculosis in 2009: Urgency and Innovation Meet Reality, by Michael Kimerling, senior program officer, Tuberculosis Global Health Program, Infectious Disease Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, noon to 1 p.m., Room 117/121, Harborview Research & Training Bldg., 206-685-7362.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new UW Medicine Eye Institute, 7 Floor, Ninth & Jefferson Bldg., Harborview, 3 p.m.
Wednesday Evenings at the Genome Summer Lecture: Using Genetics to Understand Body Weigh Regulation, by Richard Palmiter, UW Biochemistry, 8 p.m., UW Foege Bldg. Aud. Free and open to the public. 206-221-5374.
THURSDAY, JULY 16
Abelson Lecture in Pediatrics Grand Rounds: Past, Present and Future of Pediatric Hematopoietic Transplantation, by Jean Saunders, UW Pediatrics and FHCRC, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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Biospace Career Fair at the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association Summer Social. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Naval Reserve Center, South Lake Union. Register and submit your resume online at Biospace Career Fair is free to job seekers. 1-888-BIO-SPACE.
Information Meeting on UW Professional & Continuing Education's four certificates in medical engineering and basic medical science programs, 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,Location TBA, Bellevue, Wash. Online Webinar noon to 1 p.m., Friday, July 31, 206-685-8936.
FRIDAY, JULY 17
Arno and Gretal Motulsky Lecture in Medical Genetics: The Metabolic Syndrome: A Vicious Cycle Fueled by Genes and Diet, by Joseph L. Goldstein, Nobel Laureate and Regental Professor and chair of molecular genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 3:30 p.m., Hogness Aud., UW Health Sciences.
SATURDAY, JULY 18
Public Session, 2009 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference: Debate on Merits of Gaia Hypothesis versus Medea Hypothesis between Jim Hastings, Distinguished Professor, Pennsylvania State Univ. and leader in field of planetary habitability, and Peter Ward, UW Earth & Space Science and UW Biology, and author, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life if Uncommon in the Universe, and The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? 6 p.m., UW Kane Hall 110. Followed by "Ask the Astrobiologist" reception: Conference attendees will mingle with audience to discuss related topics and answer questions.
ABGradCon 2009: http://tinyurl.com/abgradcon09
MONDAY, JULY 20
Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: Partnerships Across Boundaries: The West African Infectious Disease Institute Model, by Lydia Mpanga-Sebuyira, Infectious Disease Institute, West Africa, and Faculty of Medicine, Makerere Univ., Kampala, Uganda, 5:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S-060, UW Foege Bldg.
TUESDAY, JULY 21
Center for Pain Relief Seminar: Pain Anatomy and Physiology, by Greg Terman, UW Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., BB-1444 UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Obestetrics & Gynecological Anesthesiology in Developing Countries: Three Different Perspectives, by Jo Davis, Marge Sedensky, and Gerry Bashain, UW Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 6:30 a.m., D-209 UW HSC, 206-543-2475.
Information Meeting on UW Professional & Continuing Education's Certificate in Health-Care Regulatory Compliance Program, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Room TBA, UW HSC, 206-685-8936.
Wednesday Evenings at the Genome Summer Lecture: Genetics and Ethics, by Stephanie "Malia" Fullerton, UW bioethics and humanities, 8 p.m., UW Foege Bldg. Aud. Free and open to the public. 206-221-5374.
THURSDAY, JULY 23
Fredric C. Moll Lecture in Pediatrics: Risk Factors Are Not Predictive Factors Due to Protective Factors, by Carl C. Bell, president/CEO, Community Mental Health Council, director, Institute for Juvenile Research, and prof., psychiatry and public health, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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2009 Biomedical Research Integrity Program : Research Misconduct, by David Magnus, pediatrics and medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, noon to 1 p.m., Hogness Aud. A420 UW HSC, repeated at 2 p.m., Pelton Aud., FHCRC, 206-221-6548.
MONDAY, JULY 27
Information Meeting on UW Professional & Continuing Education's Certificate in Clinical Trials Program, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Room TBA, UW HSC, 206-685-8936.
TUESDAY, JULY 28
Center for Pain Relief Seminar: Anatomy of Brachial Plexus and other Plexopathies, by Daniell Graney, UW Biological Structure. 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., BB-1444 UW HSC, 206-221-6453.
Information Meeting on UW Professional & Continuing Education's Certificate in Biotech Project Management Online Program, noon to 1 p.m., Location TBA, Bellevue, Wash. Information session repeated 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Bellevue, and noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 7, in downtown Seattle. 206-685-8936.
Information Meeting on UW Professional & Continuing Education's Certificate in Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Program, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Location TBA, Bellevue, Wash., 206-685-8936
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Statins in Perioperative Medicine, by Stephan R. Thilen, UW Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 6:30 a.m., D-209 UW HSC, 206-543-2475.
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: Topic TBA, by Bruce R. Ransom, Magnuson Professor and Chair, UW Neurology, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., 1st Floor Aud., Harborview Research & Training Bldg., 206-543-3570.
Wednesday Evenings at the Genome Summer Lecture: Aging and Cancer: Clues from the Wine Bottle, by Dan Gottschling, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 8 p.m., UW Foege Bldg. Aud. Free and open to the public. 206-221-5374.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Cat and Mouse Game -- Progress in Understanding Nieman-Pick Disease, Type C, by Marc C. Patterson, professor of neurology, pediatrics, and medical genetics, and chair, Div. of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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FRIDAY, JULY 31
UW Medical Center's Summer 50th Birthday Celebration. Cake and ice cream social, entertainment from the 1950s, departmental art contest, '50s themed entertainment, raffles. 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., UWMC Plaza Café.
MONDAY, AUGUST 3–FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
Summer Seminar in Health-Care Ethics. For physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, attorneys, teachers and other professionals who care of patients or educate providers. Registration fee charged. http://depts.washington.edu/cme/live/course/MJ0702
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Babies at the Edge of Viability, by Michael D. Neufeld, clinical assistant professor, UW Pediatrics and medical director, Providence Medical Center Everett-Seattle Children's NICU, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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Bioethics & Humanities 2009 Biomedical Research Integrity Program: Responsible Authorship, by Harold "Skip" Garner, Jr., the Philip O'Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Southwestern Medical School, noon to 1 p.m., UW Hogness Aud., A-420 UW HSC, repeated 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Pelton Aud., FHCRC, 206-221-6548.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
6th Annual UWMC Golf Tournament, Willows Run Golf Complex. $80 per golfer in advance. Includes greens fee, golf cart, continental breakfast, box lunch, and prize ceremony. Register by July 31. 206-598-7456.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
UW Medical Center Softball Tournament. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lower Woodland Park Playfields, Seattle.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Ethical Issues in Organ Donation After Cardiac Death, by Robert D. Troug, professor of medical ethics, anesthesiology, and pediatrics, Harvard Medical College, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 24
Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: Beyond Antimalarials: Harnessing the Host Response to Improve Clinical Outcome in Cerebral Malaria, by W. Conrad Liles, Canada Research Chair in Infectious Disease and Inflammation, senior scientist, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, and director, Div. of Infectious Diseases. Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto/University Health Network Toronto General Hospital, 5:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S-060, UW Foege Bldg.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
Pediatric Grand Rounds: In Order to Form a More Perfect Union -- Multicenter Clinical Research in the 21st Century, Stephen Seslar, Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Seattle Childrens, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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Medicine Grand Rounds resume. Topic and location TBA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Pediatric Grand Rounds: The Emerald City if Green, But Is It Clean? by Catherine J. Karr, UW Pediatrics, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Roger Johnson Lecture in Pediatrics: Ocular Evaluation and Treatment in Patients with Craniofacial Syndromes, by Monte del Monte, Skillman Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Univ. of Michigan, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Pediatrics Grand Rounds: Patient Navigators: Guiding Providers and Families through Cultural Differences, by J. Carey Jackson, UW Dept. of Medicine, and director, International Medicine Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Bioethics & Humanities 2009 Biomedical Research Integrity Program: Responsible Authorship, Conflict of Interest, by Beti Thompson, prof., UW Health Services, and member, Cancer Prevention Research Program, FHCRC, noon to 1 p.m., UW Hogness Aud., A-420 UW HSC, repeated 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Pelton Aud., FHCRC, 206-221-6548.
Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: Topic TBA, by Craig Rubens, Seattle Children's Hospital and Global Alliance for the Prevention of Prematurity and Stillbirth, 5:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S-060, UW Foege Bldg.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Pediatrics Grand Rounds: Challenges of Direct-to Consumer Genetic Testing in Children, by Holly Tabor, UW Pediatrics, and Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Wright Aud., Seattle Children's, 206-987-5701.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
7th Annual David Tapper, M.D., Endowed Lectureship in Pediatric Surgery, by Tom Jaksic, surgeon, Children's Hospital Boston, and assoc. prof. of surgery, Harvard Medical School, 8 a.m. Topic and location TBA.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: Global Health and Women and Children, by Kavita Ramdas, CEO, Global Fund for Women, 5:30 p.m., Foege Aud. S-060, UW Foege Bldg
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
60th Annual Alfred A. Strauss Lecture in Surgery: Topic TBA by Richard Karl, the Richard G. Connar Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Surgery, and director, Surgical Oncology, Univ. of South Florida, 4 p.m., UW HSC.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Northwest Genome Engineering Consortium Workshop on Genome Engineering, Seattle Children's Research Institute.
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