Posts Tagged ‘visiting speakers’

Opening Keynote: Mace Rothenberg, M.D. Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12 to 1 p.m. OHSU Auditorium *Free boxed lunch available to the first 125 attendees Title: “Industry-academia collaboration:  Developing novel therapeutics in oncology based on new genetic insights” Mace L. Rothenberg, M.D., senior vice president of clinical development and medical affairs at Pfizer, will lead us in a conversation about the growing importance of industry-academia collaboration for discovery and drug development, using examples stemming from novel … Read More

Next up in the 125th Anniversary Lecture series is Steven Chu, Ph.D., Nobel Prize Winner, physicist and outgoing U.S. Secretary of Energy. When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 6 p.m. Where: OHSU Auditorium Who: All OHSU faculty, staff and trainees. *Lecture is free, but a reservation is suggested, as seating is limited and a large audience is expected. Please RSVP. About the lecture: “Dr. Chu goes to Washington” Human health and well-being depend on a … Read More

Next up in the 125th Anniversary Lecture series is Eric Dishman, Intel Fellow and General Manager, Intel Health Strategy & Solutions. When: April 1, 2013 at 5 p.m. Where: OHSU Auditorium. Reception following in the Great Hall with posters and demos from the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology. Who: All OHSU faculty, staff and trainees About the lecture Can you imagine a time when disruptive technology has catalyzed change in such a way … Read More

Next up in the 125th Anniversary Lecture series is Amanda Bennett, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and executive editor of projects and investigations at Bloomberg News. When: February 4, 2013 at 5 p.m. Where: OHSU Auditorium/Old Library Building Thank you, students! The first 50 students will receive a copy of The Cost of Hope; just bring your student ID (from any institution) A reception and book signing will follow the lecture After the illness and death of … Read More

The next speaker in the “Imagine the Future with Us” lecture series will be George Mejicano, M.D. on Adaptation and Evolution in Education: Surviving the Impact of the Comet that’s Headed our Way. When: January 15, 2013 at 5 p.m. Where: OHSU Auditorium/Old Library Building Are you prepared for the changes ahead in the world of education? What must we do now to prepare for them? Come meet and greet Dr. Mejicano, a new senior leader … Read More

Sandy Cook, Ph.D., and Kevin Krane, M.D., will be co-hosting this unique workshop designed to help faculty learn about and understand their options in regards to effectively utilizing team-based learning strategies. The workshop will be held in the School of Nursing, room 572, on Tuesday, June 26 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. A reception will follow at the BICC Gallery, 5 to 7 p.m. Faculty members are encouraged to invite their colleagues to attend this workshop. Sandy Cook, … Read More

OHSU’s Bioanalytical Shared Resource/ Pharmacokinetics Core and AB Sciex will be hosting a metabolomics workshop Wednesday, June 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Vollum M-1441. The workshop will be divided into two parts, each to be led by an expert in the field: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Data Processing Strategies for Global Metabolomics Profiling using New Accurate Mass Tools Brigitte Simons, Ph.D., Accurate Mass Technical Specialist, AB SCIEX, Toronto, Canada. 12:30 – … Read More

The Macy Easom Cancer Research Foundation has partnered with world-class cancer and stem cell physician-scientists to bring together some of the best minds in the field in hopes of stimulating hepatoblastoma and other pediatric cancer research. OHSU is proud to host the Macy Easom Memorial Lectureship, which will be held in the OHSU Hospital’s eighth-floor auditorium on Tuesday, June 5th at 4 p.m. Dr. Stefano Cairo, Ph.D., a human geneticist at XenTech in Paris, France has … Read More

The official countdown has begun for OHSU’s inaugural Research Week, taking place May 7 -10, 2012 in the OHSU Auditorium. Research Week will include more than 300 oral and poster presentations from students, faculty, post-docs, residents, research-ranked employees, and others. Topics range from public health to substance abuse to rare and genetic diseases. A number of other research events are also being held in tandem with Research Week, such as the annual Jungers Center Symposium. … Read More