Calendar

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

Community Health Fair, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., April 2, UT Harris County Psychiatric Center campus, 2800 S. MacGregor Way, featuring community services, door prizes, health screenings, games, community resources, health care and more. Contact (713) 741-5000.

Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture, 4 p.m., April 4, MSB 3.001, "The Long and Short of Long-Term Memory," Eric Kandel, M.D., Nobel laureate, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Sponsored by Neuroscience Research Center. Contact Sharon.M.Pepper@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-5538.

James H. Steele "Next Generation" Lecture Series, noon, April 6, School of Public Health (SPH) auditorium, "The Military's Role in Protecting the Public's Health," Michael Cates, D.V.M., brigadier general and commander, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Cates also is chief, Veterinary Corps, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and an SPH alumnus. Sponsored by the SPH Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness.

13th Annual James H. Steele Lecture, 3 p.m., April 6, SPH auditorium, "Zoonoses Old and New: The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance," Lord Lawson Soulsby, D.V.M., Ph.D., of Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, UK. Soulsby is an advisor to the UK government on animal welfare, higher education, science and technology, biotechnology, and environmental issues. Sponsored by the SPH Center for Infectious Diseases in recognition of the contributions of Steele, D.V.M., professor emeritus, to the field of infectious disease and zoonoses.

Neurobiology and Anatomy Colloquium, 4 p.m., April 7, Medical School Building (MSB) 7.037, James Knierim, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy, UT Medical School at Houston. Contact David Marshak, Ph.D., (713) 500-5617

33rd Annual Shriners Pediatric Orthopaedic Lectureship, April 8, Continuing Medical Education. Contact MS.CMEOffice@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-5249.

Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases Seminar, 11a.m., April 8, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, 11th Floor Board Room, 2121 W. Holcombe, "Role of Sumoylation in the Development of Prostate Cancer," Edward T. H. Yeh, M.D., director, Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, and chairman, Department of Cardiology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Contact Ruby.T.Mcfarland@uth.tmc.eduor (713) 500-2461.

Reproductive Biology Seminar, noon, April 12, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 11th Floor, Rooms 5 and 6, 1515 Holcombe, "Survivin Checkpoints," Dario C. Altieri, M.D., the Eleanor Eustis Farrington Professor and chair of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and director, UMass Memorial Cancer Center. Contact Miles Wilkinson, Ph.D., professor, immunology, M. D. Anderson and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, (713) 563-3215 or mwilkins@mdanderson.org.

Women's Health Network Seminar, 5:30-7 p.m., April 12, Jesse Jones Library Building, street level conference room, 1133 John Freeman Blvd., co-investigators Luisa Franzini, Ph.D., Elena Marks, and Laurie McGill will discuss the findings of their recent study (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Dec. 2004) describing the costs and consequences of teenagers' loss of confi- dentiality in obtaining reproductive health care services in Texas. Franzini is principal investigator of the study and assistant professor of management, policy and community health at the UT School of Public Health at Houston. Refreshments will be served. Contact info@whn.library.tmc.edu.

Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture, 4 p.m., April 14, MSB 3.001, "The Alliance for Cellular Signaling," Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D., Nobel laureate, Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Sponsored by Neuroscience Research Center. Contact Sharon.M.Pepper@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-5538.

UT House Medics, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., April 16 and 23. Rain date April 30. This volunteer program celebrates its 14th year of helping elderly homeowners spruce up their dwellings. No experience necessary. For more information, see http://is.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/projects/housemed.html. Contact Krysti Suarez, (713) 500-2241, or Dennie Clemons, (713) 500-2235.

Head Over Heels Fun Run/Walk, 8 a.m.-noon, April 16, Terry Hershey Park. The 5K run/2 mile walk for families, pets, runners and walkers benefits the Epilepsy Foundation and Houston's WB Cares for Kids Foundation. To join the UT Health Science Center at Houston/ Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program's team, visit http://www.headoverheelsfun.com, click "Register Here," and select "Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program" under "Join a Team." Contact Christy.Ankrom@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-7117.

PARTNERS Lecture, 11:30 a.m., April 20, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Room 210, Education Building, 717 Sage Road, "Arthritis: Its Many Faces," Frank C. Arnett, M.D., holder of the Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology and professor of internal medicine, UT Medical School at Houston. Sponsored by PARTNERS, community support group of UT School of Nursing at Houston. Dessert and beverages provided. Contact Anne Roberts, (713) 500-2003.

School of Health Information Sciences Research Seminar, noon, April 20, University Center Tower, Suite 1414, "Unraveling Regulation Network of Thymocyte Development - A Mathematical Approach," Guanyu Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, UT Medical School at Houston. Contact Namiko.Burleson@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-3938.

Integrative Medicine Program Lecture, noon, April 21, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Hickey Auditorium, R11.1400, "Therapeutic Potential of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) and Associated Flavonolignans in Carcinomas of the Prostate and Breast," David Kroll, Ph.D., research pharmacologist, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs and Integrative Medicine Program, directed by Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor, behavioral sciences, UT School of Public Health at Houston. Lunch provided. See http://www.mdanderson.org/CIMER or contact Lisa Gower, (713) 563-8953 or lgower@mdanderson.org.

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar, 4 p.m., April 21, MSB 7.037, "Structural Variation in Vestibular Hair Cells," Ellengene Peterson, Ph.D., professor, Neuroscience Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University. Contact David Marshak, Ph.D., (713) 500-5617.

School of Nursing Research Seminar, noon, April 22, School of Nursing and Student Community Center, Room 508, "The Role of Integrative Medicine in Comprehensive Cancer Care," Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., associate professor of behavioral science, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and adjunct associate professor, School of Public Health. Contact Maggie.L.Downey@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-2041.

Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture, 4 p.m., April 26, MSB 3.001, "Signaling Integration in the Striatum," Paul Greengard, Ph.D., Nobel laureate, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University. Sponsored by Neuroscience Research Center. Contact Sharon.M.Pepper@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-5538.