Posts Tagged ‘lecture’

The Fourth Annual Jungers Center Symposium, “New Imaging Technologies, New Insights Into the Brain,” will be taking place from 9 a..m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the Doernbecher Vey Auditorium. This year’s speakers include: Jeff Lichtman, M.D., professor of molecular and cellular biology from Harvard University on “Using Connectomics to Reveal Circuit Motifs” Tim Holy, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology from Washington University in St. Louis on “Getting a … Read More

OHSU resarchers have been invited to a lecture and workshop by Sue V. Rosser, Ph.D., Provost at San Francisco State University and expert in bridging women’s studies and the sciences, at Oregon State University in Corvallis on April 30, 2012. The talks will be about advancing opportunities for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Her workshop for STEM faculty and administrators focuses on how National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grants have especially helped women … Read More

The Marquam Hill Lecture Series continues this month with a presentation by our very own Kerry Kuehl, MD, DrPH, associate professor of medicine and co-director of the Human Performance Laboratory in the Division of Health Promotion & Sports Medicine. Dr. Kuehl will discuss the irrefutable body of scientific evidence that links your good health and longevity with being physically active and eating a healthy diet. “Most of what we die from is preventable by the … Read More

The OHSU Heart Research Center will be hosting Deborah Sloboda, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, for its 19th annual lecture. The lecture, “Nutrition, Reproduction and Lifelong Health,” is taking place Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 5 p.m. in the Vey Conference Center on the 11th floor of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sloboda is an expert on the development of the fetus in the womb. She studies … Read More

David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, ushered in the era of orphan nuclear hormone receptor research. His findings revealed the long sought-after mechanism by which the body senses and disposes of excess cholesterol. Dr. Mangelsdorf’s research has led to unexpected insights into human disease and will be the focus of his upcoming Phys/Pharm Louis S. Goodman lecture, “Nuclear … Read More

“Big Issues and the Brain — The Brain and Society” is the theme for this year’s Brain Awareness Lecture Series, beginning February 20, 2012. Cutting edge neuroscientists and researchers will share their expertise on topics concerning the brain. The 2012 lineup is: Monday, February 20, 2012 – “Alzheimer’s and the brain: What can we do?” It’s true that we have no “cure” for Alzheimer’s, but Gary Small, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the … Read More

“Millions suffer from acute or chronic pain every year and the effects of pain exact a tremendous cost on our country” –The American Academy of Pain Medicine Pain Awareness and Investigation Network (PAIN) DAY Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12 to 6 p.m. Vey Conference Center, 11th Floor Doernbecher Children’s Hospital PAIN Day draws attention to acute and chronic pain as significant medical problems that impact individuals, families and the larger community. The occasion brings together … Read More

Jeffrey Jensen, M.D., vice chair for research in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and director of the Women’s Health Research Unit will present “What do Women (and Men) Want? Next Generation Birth Control and Family Planning” on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the OHSU Auditorium. The talk is one of the Marquam Hill Lecture Series geared toward sharing cutting edge research with the general public. The lecture is free, but seating … Read More

Research done on mammals and insects has yielded an enzyme inhibitor which may play an important role in treating diabetes, hypertension, and inflammatory disease. Bruce D. Hammock, Ph.D., the entomologist whose research took the compound from early investigation to clinical trials will be speaking at OHSU’s 29th William K. and Camela L. Riker Memorial Lecture Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 4 p.m. in Richard Jones Hall 4320 Medical Student Lecture Hall. Hammock is a distinguished professor of … Read More

On Thursday, December 8 at 4 p.m., Laura L. Kiessling, Ph.D., from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be giving the 4th Annual Lillian Shutter, M.D., Memorial Lecture in the Vollum Auditorium. Dr. Kiessling’s presentation will be on, “Sending Signals from Surface: New Strategies for Stem Cell Propagation and Differentiation.” A reception will follow in the Richard Jones Hall Atrium Lobby. Questions? Contact Julie Walvatne in the Department of Physiology and … Read More