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Demystifying Medicine, 2009 Schedule
The Demystifying Medicine course comprises presentations about patients, pathology, diagnosis and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, fellows, and staff, the course is also of interest to medical students and clinicians. The course is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components, which are presented by NIH staff and outside invitees.
Those seeking academic credit may register with FAES. Those not seeking academic credit should register through the course e-mail list. Refer to http://www1.od.nih.gov/oir/DemystifyingMed/ for details, or contact Win Arias at ariasi@mail.nih.gov. The course is held 4:00–6:00 p.m. in the ground floor auditorium of Building 50 on the NIH Bethesda campus. Registrants who attend more than 60 percent of the sessions and pass a computerized final exam will receive a certificate. Lectures are presented live via online streaming video, and recorded videos are available for viewing online within a few days after the live event.
- Jan 13 Bacterial sepsis: a new epidemic and an old receptor; Tara Palmore, M.D. (NIAID), Gilbert Ashwell, M.D. (NIDDK), John Hanover, Ph.D. (NIDDK)
- Jan 20 Viral hepatitis: a global problem and the role of interferon; Jay Hoofnagle, M.D. (NIDDK), Katherine Zoon (NIAID)
- Jan 27 HIV: the epidemic persists globally and locally; Anthony Fauci, M.D. (NIAID), Henry Masur, M.D. (CC)
- Feb 3 Intestinal bacterial infections and the food chain; Stephen Savarino, M.D. (NMRC), John Robbins, M.D. (NICHD)
- Feb 10 Melanoma and the sun; Thomas Hornyak, M.D., Margaret Tucker, Ph.D., John Yang, M.D. (NCI)
- Feb 17 Spinal cord injury and stem cells; Ron McKay, Ph.D. (NINDS), Suzanne Groah, M.D. (National Rehabilitation Hospital)
- Feb 24 Diabetes, Type 2: the epidemic continues; Judith Fradkin, M.D. (NIDDK), Lori Bonnycastle, Ph.D. (NHGRI)
- March 3 Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease:, number one killer and the Framingham experience; Daniel Levy, M.D. (NHLBI), Richard Cannon, M.D. (NHLBI), Leslie Beisecker, Ph.D. (NHGRI)
- March 10 Fibrous dysplasia of bone and stem cells; Pamela Robey, Ph.D. (NIDCR), Michael Collins, M.D. (NIDCR)
- March 17 Blindness; Joram Piatigorsky, Ph.D. (NEI), Robert Nussenblatt, M.D. (NEI)
- March 24 Hepatocellular cancer: a global epidemic; Snorri Thorgeirsson, M.D., Ph.D. (NCI), Win Arias, M.D. (NICHD)
- March 31 Fragile X: most common inheritable retardation defect; Walter Kaufman, M.D. (JHH), Karen Usdin, Ph.D. (NIDDK)
- April 7 Drug resistance and cancer; Michael Gottesman, M.D. (NCI), Susan Bates, M.D. (NCI)
- April 14 Aging, progeria and heart disease; Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. (NHLBI), Tom Mistelli, Ph.D. (NCI)
- April 21 Excema and the skin microbiome; Julie Segre, Ph.D. (NHGRI) , Hirsch Komarow, M.D. (NIAID)
- April 28 Human Papilloma Virus and cancer: prevention by vaccination; Maura Gillison, M.D. Ph.D. (JHH), Douglas Lowy, M.D. (NCI)
- May 5 Multiple myeloma: diagnosis and treatment in the genomic era; Geraldine Schechter, M.D., (VA), Luis Staudt, M.D. (NCI)
- May 12 Finale: Career opportunities in biomedical science for Ph.D.s; TBA
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