Calendar

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

Ontology-based Analytics for Healthcare Data, noon, Nov. 1, University Center Tower 1414, Nandit Soparkar, Ph.D., CEO, Ubiquiti Inc. Sponsored by School of Health Information Sciences. Contact: Namiko.Burleson@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-3938.

President’s Update, 11:30 a.m., Nov. 3, School of Nursing 330, James T. Willerson, M.D., president. Contact: Rose.M.Betancourt-Trevino@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-3209.

Topics in Translational Research: Translational Research on Intestinal Edema, noon, Nov. 6, Medical School Building (MSB) B.100, Charles S. Cox, M.D., associate professor of pediatric neurosurgery, Medical School. Contact: Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., 713- 500-5338.

Treating Latino Patients, noon, Nov. 7, MSB 2.006, Carlos Moreno, M.D., professor and chair, Medical School Department of Family and Community Medicine, part of the Cultural Humility series, sponsored by The John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit. Food provided for first 75 attendees.

PARTNERS Lecture: The Here and Now of Cardiac Stem Cell Research, 11:30 a.m., Nov. 8, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Education Building, 717 Sage at Woodway, Lynette Westbrook, Medical School, Cardiology. Contact: Kathleen Kuznicki, 713-500-2003.

Texas Life Science Conference, Nov. 9-10, Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, sponsored by BioHouston. Early registration discount ends Nov. 3. Register at http://www.biohouston.org.

Biochemistry Seminar: Structure and Inhibition of Enzymes that Assemble Gram-Negative Endotoxin, a Potent Lipid Activator of Innate Immunity, noon, Nov. 13, MSB 2.135, Christian Raetz, M.D., Ph.D., the George Barth Geller Professor and chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine. Contact: Nicole.Ponzio@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-6164.

Seventh Annual Health Services and Outcomes Research Conference: Improving the Quality of Health Care, 8:15 a.m.- 5 p.m., Nov. 14, School of Public Health. Keynote speaker is Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Medsphere Systems Corporation. UT Health Science Center speakers include Guy Parcel, Ph.D.; Charles Begley, Ph.D.; Lisa Chu- Weininger, Ph.D.; Todd Johnson, Ph.D.; Scott Lillibridge, M.D.; Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D.; and David Lairson, Ph.D. Contact: David.R.Lairson@ uth.tmc.edu. See http://www.ksfnd.org/ME_hsorc7.htm.

Treating Patients with Different Religious Beliefs, noon, Nov. 14, MSB 2.006, the Rev. Maria Kennedy, chaplain/pastoral counselor, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, part of Cultural Humility series. Food for first 75 attendees. See https://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Topics in Translational Research: Elastography – Imaging of the Elastic Properties of Tissues – from Basic Science to Clinical Practice, noon, Nov. 15, MSB B.605, Jonathan Ophir, Ph.D., professor of diagnostic and interventional imaging, and director, Ultrasonics Laboratory, Medical School. Contact: Steven.J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-5338.

Distinguished Lecture in the Neurosciences: Neurodegenerative Diseases – Mechanisms, Models and Experimental Therapeutics, 4 p.m., Nov. 15, MSB 3.001, Donald L. Price, M.D., professor of pathology, neurology and neurosicence, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Contact: Laura.J.Ross@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-5538.

Treating Elderly Patients, noon, Nov. 16, MSB 2.006, Steven Levy, D.O., immediate past president, Texas Geriatrics Society; president, Houston Geriatric Society; clinical instructor, Baylor College of Medicine. Part of Cultural Humility series. Food for first 75 attendees. See https://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

Ninth Annual Schlicting Education Conference: Dementia Management – New Directions for a 100-year-Old Disease, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Nov. 17, St. Dominic Center, 2401 East Holcombe Blvd. Health science center speakers include James Ferrendelli, M.D.; Marilyn Edwards, Ph.D.; and Jary Lesser, M.D. Contact: Brenda Carr, 713-314-1363.

Biochemistry Seminar: Developmentally Important TEA Domain Transcription Factors: Structural Insights into Activity, noon, Nov. 20, MSB 2.135, Sudha Veeraraghavan, Ph.D., assistant professor, Medical School. Contact: Nicole.Ponzio@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-6164.

Topics in Translational Research: Life as an Intellectual Property Attorney/Scientist, noon, Nov. 20, MSB B.100, David L. Parker, Ph.D., J.D., partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. Contact: Steven.J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-5338.

Treating Homeless Patients, noon, Nov. 21, MSB 2.006, David Buck, M.D., president and chief medical officer, Healthcare for the Homeless, Houston; associate professor, Baylor College of Medicine, part of Cultural Humility series. Food for first 75 attendees. See https://webspace.uth.tmc.edu/cpatel1/public/bb/index.htm.

President’s Update, 11:30 a.m., Nov. 29, School of Public Health Auditorium, James T. Willerson, M.D., president. Contact: Rose.M.Betancourt-Trevino@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-3209.