Calendar

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

Seminar in Reproductive Biology, noon, March 8, SBC Telehealth Classroom 1.2002, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Faculty Center, 1400 Holcombe, Daniel R. Schoenberg, Ph.D., professor, molecular and cellular biochemistry, Ohio State University, "How Hormones Kill the Messenger: PMR1 as an Integrator of Signal Transduction and mRNA Decay." Contact Miles Wilkinson, Ph.D., professor, immunology, M. D. Anderson and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, (713) 563-3215 or mwilkins@mdanderson.org.

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar, 4 p.m., March 10, Medical School Building (MSB) 7.037, Ariel Deutch, Ph.D., professor and director, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Vanderbilt University. Contact David Marshak, Ph.D., (713) 500-5617.

Integrative Medicine Program Lecture, noon, March 17, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Hickey Auditorium, R11.1400, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Ph.D., the Ransom Horne Jr. Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research, professor, cancer medicine (biochemistry) and chief, Cytokine Research Section, Experimental Therapeutics, M. D. Anderson, "Identification of Compounds from Ayurvedic Medicine for Prevention and Therapy of Cancer." Sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Integrative Medicine Program, which is directed by Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor, behavioral sciences, School of Public Health. 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., March 17, MSB 7.037, Brian Wandell, Ph.D., professor, psychology, Stanford University. Contact David Marshak, Ph.D., (713) 500-5617.

10th Annual Public Forum for Brain Awareness Week, 10:30 a.m.-noon, March 19, MSB 3.001, "The Aging Brain" panel discussion by Joshua Breier, Ph.D., associate professor, clinical neurosciences, Medical School; James Ferrendelli, M.D., the Kraft W. Eidman Professor in the Medical Sciences and chairman, Department of Neurology, Medical School; Robert Guynn, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical School, and executive director, Harris County Psychiatric Center; and Stephen Waring, D.V.M., Ph.D., assistant professor, epidemiology and environmental science, School of Public Health. Moderating the panel will be James H. "Red" Duke, M.D., the John B. Holmes Professor in the Clinical Sciences, Medical School. Free and open to the public. Contact Laura Ross, (713) 500-5538.

President's Award for Public Health, 11:30 a.m., March 24, School of Public Health Auditorium. Julie Gerberding, M.D., director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, will be honored and will speak after a buffet lunch. Please respond by March 17 to Rebecca.Full@uth.tmc.edu or (832) 355-9157.

School of Nursing Research Seminar Series, noon, March 25, School of Nursing and Student Community Center (SONSCC), Room 508, Shyan-Yun Pamela Shiao, Ph.D., associate professor, target populations, School of Nursing, "Oxygen Saturation in Neonates." Contact Maggie.L.Downey@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-2041.

Health Care Team Competition, 5:30-7:30 p.m., March 29, SONSCC Auditorium. Student participants from the six UT Health Science Center schools and three schools from the University of Houston compete as interdisciplinary teams before a live audience to solve a case prepared and judged by members of an inter-institutional Faculty Planning Committee. Sponsored by President James T. Willerson, M.D., and Student InterCouncil. A reception immediately follows the competition. Contact Betty.M.Vaughan@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-3068.

Walter M. Kirkendall, M.D., Endowed Lecture, noon, March 29, MSB 2.103, Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., executive vice chancellor for health affairs, UT System, "Health Insurance and Your Health." The Division of General Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine hosts the annual lecture in memory of Kirkendall, founding chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical School.

Community Wide Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., April 2, Harris County Psychiatric Center Grounds, door prizes, health screenings, games, community resources, health care and more. Contact (713) 741-5000.