Calendar

See the online calendar and submit items at http://www.uthouston.edu/calendar/.

Walter M. Kirkendall, M.D., Endowed Lecture, noon, May 4, Medical School Building (MSB) 2.103, Jeremy Sugarman, M.D., Department of Medicine, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, “Show Me The Data: Evidence-Based Medical Ethics.” The Division of General Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, UT Medical School at Houston, hosts the annual lecture in memory of Kirkendall, who was founding chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine.

Skill-Building and Informative Workshops for Family Members Caring for a Loved One, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m., May 6, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, 12955 Memorial, hosted by Interfaith CarePartnerssm. The Center on Aging at the UT School of Nursing at Houston is one of the conference co-sponsors. Contact (713) 682-5995.

Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) Seminar, 11 a.m., May 7, 11th Floor Boardroom, Texas A&M University Institute of Biosciences and Technology (IBT) Building, 2121 W. Holcombe, Xiaolian Gao, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, “Chemistry in Genomics.” Contact Barbara.J.Hermann@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-2401.

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar, 4 p.m., May 13, MSB 7.037, Roy Wise, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Md. Contact Diana Parker (713) 500-5604.

IMM Seminar, 11a.m., May 14, IBT Building, 11th Floor Boardroom, Farrah Kheradmand, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, “An Immune Basis for Lung Parenchymal Destruction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.” Contact Barbara.J.Hermann@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-2401.

John P. McGovern Lecture in Biomedical Computing and Imaging, 4 p.m., June 2, Trevisio Restaurant, McGovern Commons, 6550 Bertner Ave., Masahide Kikkawa, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of cell biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Sponsored by UT School of Health Information Sciences at Houston. Contact Yao.Cong@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-3981.