Calendar

Events are free unless noted otherwise. See the online calendar and submit items at http://www.uthouston.edu/calendar/.

Remember: 4th Annual UT Student Scholarship Holiday Book Fair, 9 a.m.-11 p.m., Dec. 1-2, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3003 West Holcombe Blvd. The store will donate up to 25 percent of purchases for student scholarships. Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement. Visit http://www.uthouston.edu/community/barnesnoble/ for voucher and more information. Contact: Elease.P.Jenkins@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-3035.

Vietnam Veterans and Cancer, noon, Dec. 1, School of Public Health 102B, Erin Fox, UT School of Public Health doctoral candidate in epidemiology. Sponsored by Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Contact: Maria.Arias@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-9266.

Assessing Advanced Care Readiness in Individuals with Kidney Failure, noon, Dec. 1, School of Nursing and Student Community Center 508, Amy Calvin, Ph.D., assistant professor, Acute and Continuing Care, UT School of Nursing (SON). Sponsored by SON Center for Nursing Research. Contact: Tammy.Clemmons@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-2041.

13th Annual Neuroscience Poster Session, 10 a.m.-noon, Dec. 2, Medical School Building (MSB) Leather Lounge. Sponsored by Neuroscience Research Center. Light brunch served. Contact: Laura.J.Ross@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-5538.

Topics in Translational Research: Graduate Student Presentations, noon, Dec. 4, MSB B.100. Contact: Steven. J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-5338.

A Novel Concept for Development of Highly Configurable Clinical Research Databases, noon, Dec. 6, University Center Tower 1414, Charles Hurmiz, interim director, Department of Clinical Research Informatics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sponsored by UT School of Health Information Sciences. See http://www.shis.uth.tmc.edu/events. Contact: Namiko.Burleson@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-3938.

Biochemistry Seminar: Anti-Inflammatory Actions of Endogenous Adenosine, noon, Dec. 11, MSB 2.135, Sean P. Colgan, Ph.D., Kern Professor of Medicine and director of the Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Health Science Center. Contact: Nicole.Ponzio@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-6164.

Symposium on Structural Biology in Cancer Research, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Onstead Auditorium, Mitchell Basic Science Research Building, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Registration is free but you must register at https://cohesion.rice.edu/Services/EventReg/?event=SBCR to participate. Lunch and snacks provided.
UT Health Science Center is a member of the Gulf Coast Consortia, one of the sponsors. Contact: dwatkins@mdanderson.org or 713-834-6285.