Calendar

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

Cultural Humility Series: Treating Southeast Asian Patients, noon, Nov. 1, Medical School Building (MSB) 2.006, Lynne Nguyen, director, National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Services, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Lunch provided for the first 75 attendees. Sponsored by the John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit in cooperation with student organizations. See http://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm. Contact Chirag.B.Patel@uth.tmc.edu or (832) 620-2701.

Neurobiology of Disease Lecture, 12:15 p.m., Nov. 3, MSB 7.037, Linda Ewing-Cobb, Ph.D., Pediatrics, UT Medical School at Houston, “MRI in Pediatric Trauma.”

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar, 4 p.m., Nov. 3, MSB 7.037, Craig M. Powell, M.D., Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

American Heart Association Heart Walk, 7:30-11 a.m., Nov. 5, Sam Houston Park, 1100 Bagby.Contact Dustin.Childers@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-3258.

Cultural Humility Series: Treating Patients With Different Religious Beliefs, noon, Nov. 8, MSB 2.006, The Reverend Maria Kennedy, chaplain/pastoral counselor, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Lunch provided for the first 75 attendees. See http://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Texas Medical Center Women’s Health Network Seminar, 5:30- 7 p.m., Nov. 8, Jesse Jones Library Building, 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Shala Nader, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, UT Medical School at Houston, will discuss current research and therapies for osteoporosis. Refreshments.

Cultural Humility Series: Treating Latino Patients, noon, Nov. 10, MSB 2.006, Carlos Moreno, M.D., holder of the C. Frank Webber, M.D., Chair in Family Medicine and chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Medical School. Lunch provided for the first 75 attendees. See http://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Neurobiology of Disease Lecture, 12:15 p.m., Nov. 10, MSB 7.037, Khader Hasan, Ph.D., Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, UT Medical School, “MRI in Normal Development.”

Cultural Humility Series: Treating Homeless Patients, noon, Nov. 15, MSB 2.006, David Buck, M.D., president and chief medical officer, Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston, and associate professor, Baylor College of Medicine. Lunch provided for the first 75 attendees. See http://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Cultural Humility Series: Treating Elderly Patients, noon, Nov. 17, MSB 2.006, Steven Levy, D.O., president, Texas Geriatrics Society; president, Houston Geriatric Society; and clinical instructor, Baylor College of Medicine. Lunch provided for the first 75 attendees. See http://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Fetal Magnetocardiogram: An Emerging Tool for Prenatal Care? noon, Nov. 18, School of Nursing and Student Community Center, Room 508, M. Terese Verklan, Ph.D., associate professor, Nursing Systems, UT School of Nursing at Houston, and Nikhil S. Padhye, Ph.D., assistant professor, Center for Nursing Research, UT School of Nursing. Sponsored by the Center for Nursing Research, (713) 500- 2037 or (713) 500-2041.

Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, 4 p.m., Nov. 30, MSB 3.001, Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY. Contact Kim Campbell, (713) 500-5605.

Twelfth Annual Neuroscience Research Center Poster Session, 10 a.m.-noon, Dec. 3, Leather Lounge of the Medical School Building. Awards given to best posters presented by a graduate student and a postdoctoral fellow. Faculty members of Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, University of Houston and UT Medical School will judge. Breakfast will be served.