Calendar

See the online calendar and submit items at http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/calendar_new/index.asp.

Healthcare Information Technology Consulting: One Person's Journey, noon, Feb. 1, University Center Tower 1414, Brian Reynolds, IBM Business Consulting Services. Contact Namiko Burleson, (713) 500-3938.

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series, 4 p.m., Feb. 2, Medical School Building (MSB) 7.037, John H. R. Maunsell, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine.

16th Annual Preventive Cardiology Forum, 8 a.m.-1:05 p.m., MSB 3.001, Feb. 4, free continuing medical education program, cosponsored by the American Heart Association. Francisco Fuentes, M.D., the Theodore R. and Maureen O’Driscoll Levy Endowed Professor in Cardiology Research, will host panel discussions. To register, visit http://www.UTcme.com. Contact Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-6576.

SPH Colloquium, noon, Feb. 15, School of Public Health (SPH) Auditorium, M. David Low, M.D., Ph.D., special advisor to the president on public health, University of Calgary, “Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health and Population Health in Canada.” Contact Peggy.L.Powell@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-9230.

Public Health Volunteer Opportunities for Health Care Providers, noon, Feb. 21, MSB B.100. Learn to use your skills and knowledge to provide assistance in times of disaster. Sponsors: Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine, SPH Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, and Department of Environmental Health and Safety. Lunch provided by the 147th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard, while supplies last. Contact Richard.N.Bradley@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 566-5397.

Distinguished Lecture in the Neurosciences, 4 p.m., Feb. 21, MSB 3.001, Fred Gage, Ph.D., the Adler Professor at the Salk Institute Laboratory of Genetics, La Jolla, Calif., “Regulation of Neurogenesis in Adult Mammalian Brain.” Contact L. J. Ross, (713) 500-5538.

Research Seminar Series, noon, Feb. 24, School of Nursing and Student Community Center 508, Sharon Ostwald, Ph.D., holder of the Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing and professor, Center on Aging, “An Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spouses: Preliminary Findings.” Contact (713) 500-2037.