| T H E N I H C A T A L Y S T | N O V E M B E R – D E C E M B E R 2005 |
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| Demystifying Medicine | ||
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The 17-week Demystifying Medicine course begins January 10, 2005, and will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Building 50 ground-floor auditorium (Rooms 1227 & 1233). Classes will be available through Breeze. For academic credit, register with FAES; otherwise, registration is at the Listserv. The schedule appears below and also at the website. For more info, contact Win Arias. |
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January
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| 10 | Harvey Alter (CC) Barbara Rehermann (NIDDK) |
Hepatitis C: A Silent Global Disease |
| 17 | Ruth Kirschstein (OD) Ellie Ehrenfeld (NIAID) |
Polio: Past and Present |
| 24 | Steven Holland (CC) John Robbins (NICHD) |
Tuberculosis: The Ever-present "White" Plague |
| 31 | David Henderson (CC) Kanta Subbarao (NIAID) |
Avian Influenza: Another Pandemic? |
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February
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| 7 | Ron McKay (NINDS) Cynthia Dunbar (NHLBI) |
Stem Cells: Frontiers and Applications |
| 14 | Gary Nabel (NIAID) John Robbins (NICHD) |
Diseases of Potential Terrorism: Ebola and Anthrax |
| 21 | Henry Masur (CC) John Coffin (NCI) |
HIV: Advances and Retreats |
| 28 | Tom Wellems (NIAID) Rick Fairhurst (NIAID) |
Malaria: The Number-One Killer |
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March
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| 7 | Elias Zerhouni (OD) Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (NICHD) |
Imaging: A New Frontier for Organs and Cells This session held in Wilson Hall, 3rd floor, Building 1 |
| 14 | John Hardy (NIA) Katrina Gwinn-Hardy (NINDS) |
Parkinson's Disease: The Shaking palsy |
| 21 | Baruch Blumberg (Fox Chase) Jay Shapiro (Hopkins/NASA) |
Astrobiology: Clinical and Basic Research |
| 28 | George Kunos (NIAAA) Barry Hoffer (NIDA) |
Addiction: Cannabinoids and Other Drugs |
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April
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| 4 | Philip Gordon (NIDDK) Jack Yanowski (NICHD) |
Obesity: A National Epidemic |
| 11 | Elizabeth Nabeil (NHLBI) Francis Collins (NHGRI) |
Genetics, Aging, and Heart Disease: New Insights |
| 18 | Richard Anderson (NCI) Snorri Thorgeirsson (NCI) Win Arias (NICHD) |
Hepatocellular Cancer: An Increasing Global Problem |
| 25 | Alan Schechter (NIDDK) Jeffrey Miller (NIDDK) |
Sickle Cell Anemia: Treating a Molecular Disease |
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May
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| 3 |
Michael Gottesman (OD/NCI) |
Finale: Symposium on career Opportunities for PhD Postdocs |
| NIH/Duke Training Program in Clinical Research |
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Applications
are being accepted for the 2006–2007
NIH-Duke Training Program in Clinical
Research, The deadline for applying is March
1, 2006. Geared
to physicians and dentists who want formal clinical research training,
the program is geared to part-time study as a complement to concurrent
clinical training. Courses are presented via videoconference at the CC. Academic
credit may be applied toward the degree requirement (24 credits of graded
course work and a 12-credit research project) for a Master of Health Sciences
in Clinical Research from Duke University School of Medicine. Applications are available in the Office of Clinical Research
Training and Medical Education, Building 10, Room B1L403. Additional information
is available at the website. or
by mail; send questions to this address Enrollment
is limited. Individuals seeking funding for participation should check
with their IC. Successful applicants will be notified by July 1, 2006. n |
| PRAT Fellowships http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/PRAT |
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The
NIGMS Pharmacology Research
Associate (PRAT) program is now accepting applications for positions
to begin October 2006. Applications must be received by December
16, 2005. PRAT is a three-year competitive research fellowship to
support training at NIH or FDA laboratories for postdoctoral fellows whose
research focuses on the pharmacological sciences and related areas. Fellows
with more than one year of research experience at NIH or FDA are not eligible. Applicants must identify a preceptor any willing tenured
or tenure-track scientist at NIH or FDA in their application. For more
information or application materials, contact the PRAT program assistant
at 301-594-3583 or |
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The Women's
Health Special Interest Group is hosting a talk on "Gender Differences
in Lung Function and Response to Environmental Agents," presented
by Darryl Zeldin,
senior investigator, NIEHS. The talk and ensuing discussion will take
place Friday, December 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in
Wilson Hall, Building 1, 3rd floor. For sign language interpretation,
contact Vicki Malick five days
before the seminar. |
