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UPSOM C.V. Format   (1/1/2009 to 12/31/2009)
NIH Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) Funding Opportunity   (10/1/2009 to 11/24/2009)
Funding Opportunity: Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research Pilot Program   (10/19/2009 to 4/21/2010)
Immune System Quirk Could Lead to Effective Tularemia Vaccine   (10/23/2009 to 11/6/2009)
NIH Roadmap Transformative R01 FOA Released   (10/26/2009 to 12/22/2009)
The Pittsburgh Foundation Funding for Medical Research   (10/26/2009 to 12/14/2009)
FDA Approves New Treatment For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia   (10/27/2009 to 11/6/2009)
The Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Small Molecule Biomarker Core (SMBC) Announce The Small Molecule Biomarker Pilot Program   (10/29/2009 to 6/30/2010)
The Clinical & Translational Science Institute Genomics & Proteomics Core Laboratories Pilot Program   (10/29/2009 to 6/30/2010)
Kidney Damage Another Consequence of Anabolic Steroids   (10/30/2009 to 11/9/2009)
Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD   (10/30/2009 to 11/10/2009)
Tuesday, November  3, 2009
FYI
Accepting Applications - BIRCWH Program - Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health   (11/3/2009 to 12/9/2009)
Spring 2011 Solicitation for CMRF Proposals   (11/3/2009 to 1/11/2010)
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07:30 AM
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08:30 AM 		GI Fellows Educational Program
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''M&M'' --Kevin McGrath, MD
08:30 AM
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10:30 AM 		Tuesday Session: Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
Mercy Hospital Room 2190 & 2191
''Clinical Practice Variations- A Few Cardiac Issues'' --Michele Dorfsman, MD
''Procedures- Transvenous Pacing'' --Amy Hartke, MD
''Ultrasound Case of the Month'' --Audrey McCandless, MD
''Rash of the Month'' --John Sangl, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Basic & Translational Research Seminar Series
Cooper Conference Center  - Classroom D
''Evolution of the Hepatocyte Population During Chronic HBV Infections'' --William S. Mason, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Basic and Translational Research In Lung Diseases
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Asthma, Inflammation and Sickle Cell Disease Severity'' --Joshua Field, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fall Seminar
Salk Hall  - 456 Salk Hall ('03 Hall)
''Bioenergetic Metabolites Regulate Base Excision Repair Dependent Cell Death in Response to DNA Damage'' --Rob Sobol, Ph D
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Health Services Research Seminar Series
Parkvale Building  - Room 305
''Statistical Issues in Design and Analysis of Biomarker Studies '' --Douglas Landsittel, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Magee-Womens Research Institute's Work-in-Progress Conference & Research Seminar Series
Magee Womens Research Inst.  - Conference Center, 1st Floor
''Gestational Weight Gain and the Outcome of Pregnancy. Does the Trade-off Between Mother and Child Differ According to Maternal Characteristics?'' --Ellen Aagaard Nohr, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		MMR Seminar
Rangos Research Center  - 3rd Floor Conference Center
''Injury Susceptibility and Repair of the Intestinal Epithelium'' --Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD
Navigating Intellectual Property Rights in Biomedical Research
03:00 PM
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04:00 PM 		MMG Fall 2009 Seminar Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1295 conference room
''Clostridium Perfringens Type A Food Poisoning'' --Jihong Li, Ph.D. (Research Instructor Candidate)
03:30 PM
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04:30 PM 		Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - Conference Room 1395
 --Bradley Undem, Ph.D., Professor
04:30 PM
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05:30 PM 		Endocrinology and Metabolism Bone Club
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''TBD'' --Sanjay Dixit, MD
Wednesday, November  4, 2009
FYI
Developmental Drug May Help Bone Fractures Heal After Radiation Exposure Pitt Study Finds   (11/4/2009 to 11/13/2009)
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program   (11/4/2009 to 4/2/2010)
Pitt, U.S. Army Team Designs New Strategy to Find Drugs to Treat Neglected Infection   (11/4/2009 to 11/16/2009)
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08:00 AM 		Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Montefiore University Hospital  - LHAS Auditorium - 7 Main
''ACL Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients'' --Yuri Chun MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
08:00 AM
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09:00 AM 		Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds
Herberman Conference Center  - UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 2nd floor, auditorium
''Multiple Myeloma: A Decade of Progress'' --Shaji Kumar, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Renal Research Seminar
Presbyterian University Hospital  - F1145
 --Olivier Staub, PhD
01:00 PM
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03:30 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Conference Room B
''Gene Regulation Resources'' --Ansuman Chattopadhyay
05:00 PM
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06:15 PM 		GI Grand Rounds
Presbyterian University Hospital  - Scaife 11
''Case Presentations (2)'' --Venkata Muddana, MD;  David Brokl, MD
Thursday, November  5, 2009
Time Event
07:00 AM
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08:00 AM 		Pancreaticobiliary Meeting
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''TBD'' --TBD
08:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
230 McKee Place  - Classroom A, 5th Floor
''Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma'' --Brian Schultz, MD
''Pediatric Toxicology'' --Jason Adams, MD
''GI Emergencies'' --Marty Hellman, MD
''Interesting Cases'' --Johanna Rosen, MD and Kristin Strukus, MD
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Classroom 2
''Adobe Photoshop for Beginners'' --Sam Lewis
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar Series
BST3  - 6014
''The ESCRT Pathway in HIV Budding and Cell Division'' --Wes Sundquist, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Bridgeside Point  - 5th Floor Conference Room #540
''The Oxidative Influence of the Adventitia on the Vascular Media: Signals from Outer Space'' --Patrick J. Pagano, Ph.D, F.A.H.A.
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Endocrine Research Conference
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''TBD'' --Michael S. Turner, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		GSPH - Epidemiology Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115
''Is Healthy Aging Really Possible? '' --William Satariano, PhD, MPH
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Immunology Seminar Series
Scaife Hall  - Auditorium 5
 --Meghan Delmastro
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine & Psychiatry
Barco Law Building  - Teplitz Courtroom - Ground Floor
''Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing'' --Gail Javitt, JD, MPH
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Case Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --John Coleman, MD
04:00 PM
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05:00 PM 		Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Scaife Hall  - 1103
''H1N1: What else? Update and Q & A.'' --Carlene Muto, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director for Infection Control
''Female with Lymphadenopathy Fever'' --Jong Hun Kim, MD, First Year ID Fellow
CANCELLED Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
Friday, November  6, 2009
FYI
Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds   (11/6/2009 to 11/18/2009)
Multicenter Study Led by Pitt Researchers Finds That Early, Promising Results of Therapy for Premature Infants Are Not Sustained   (11/6/2009 to 11/10/2009)
Time Event
08:30 AM
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09:30 AM 		Endocrine University-Wide Conference
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''CFRD: Diagnosis and Treatment'' --Antoinette Moran, MD
09:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education
Salk Hall  - Room 2148
''Molar Endodontics'' --George Just, DDS, J.D.
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM 		General Internal Medicine Journal Club
Montefiore University Hospital  - General Internal Medicine Conference Room 933 West
11:00 AM
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12:30 PM 		Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic - Meet the PI Lecture
Western Psych. Inst. & Clinic  - 
Thomas Detre Hall
2nd Floor Auditorium
''Reasons Why Adolescents Misbehave: fMRI Studies of Adolescent Behavior'' --
Beatriz Luna, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Human Genetics 2009 Fall Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115 Crabtree Hall, 1st Floor, Graduate School of Public Health
''Regulation of PTH Receptor Trafficking and Signaling by Helix 7'' --Peter A. Friedman, Ph.D.
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		GI Research Rounds
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''GI Research Rounds / TBA'' --David C. Whitcomb, MD PhD
12:00 PM
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12:50 PM 		PT Clinical Rounds
G23-GSPH
''ACL Reconstruction in a Division I Female Basketball Player'' --James J. Irrgang, PhD, PT, ATC, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Grand Rounds
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Functional hemodynamic monitoring: Use of derived variables to diagnose and manage the critically ill'' --Michael R. Pinsky, MD, CM, Dr hc, FCCP, FCCM
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Special Laureate Lecture
S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
''Ophthalmic Genetics and Translational Research'' --Paul A. Sieving, MD, PhD,
01:00 PM
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04:00 PM 		School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education
Salk Hall  - Room 2148
''Don't Major in Minor Things - A Workshop for the Entire Office'' --David L. Lindow, DDS
03:00 PM
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04:00 PM 		Biological Sciences Fall Seminar Series
Laura Falk Lecture Hall, Mellon Hall
''Unraveling the Physiological Role and Therapeutic Potential of Growth Factors in the Pancreatic Beta Cell'' --Dr. Rupangi C. Vasavada
Saturday, November  7, 2009
Time Event
10:00 AM
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03:00 PM 		Survival Skill and Ethics Program
Scaife Hall  - 4th Floor, Lecture Room 2
''Teaching'' --Beth A. Fischer, PhD, Director, Survival Skills and Ethics Program;  Michael J. Zigmond, PhD, Professor of Neurology
Monday, November  9, 2009
FYI
Research Life in the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh   (11/9/2009 to 12/31/2009)
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07:00 AM
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05:00 PM 		Principles and Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery   (11/9/2009 to 11/13/2009)
Presbyterian University Hospital  - Gamma Knife Suite, Suite F-185
 --TBA
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Fellows Research-in-Progress
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --Nadine Dandachi, MD;  Danielle Goetz
Tuesday, November  10, 2009
Time Event
07:30 AM
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08:30 AM 		GI Fellows' Educational Program
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''Randomized Controlled Trials'' --Ari Wiesen, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Basic & Translational Research Seminar Series
Cooper Conference Center  - Classroom D
''Human Cancer Genomics'' --Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Basic and Translational Research In Lung Diseases
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Quantitative Genetics in Mouse Models for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)'' --Annerose Berndt, PhD, DVM
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Center for Vaccine Research Seminar Series
BST3  - 6014
''Tuberculosis Pathogenesis'' --Charles Scanga, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Health Services Research Seminar Series
Parkvale Building  - Room 305
''Cost-effectiveness of Exercise and Diet in Overweight and Obese Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis '' --Mary Ann Sevick, ScD, RN
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Magee-Womens Research Institute's Work-in-Progress Conference & Research Seminar Series
Magee Womens Research Inst.  - Conference Center, 1st Floor
''Evaluating Customized Fetal Growth Curves'' --Robert W. Platt, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		MMR Seminar
Rangos Research Center  - 3rd Floor Conference Center
''Control of Branching Morphogenesis During Kidney Development'' --Frank Costantini, PhD;  
03:30 PM
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05:00 PM 		Dissertation Defense in Communication Science and Disorders
Forbes Tower  - 5054
''Steady-State Analysis of Auditory Evoked Potentials over a Wide Range of Stimulus Reception Rates: Profile in Children versus Adults'' --Abreena I. Tlumak, M.S.Ed. CCC-A
04:30 PM
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05:30 PM 		Endocrinology and Metabolism Bone Club
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''TBD'' --Mara Horwitz, MD
Wednesday, November  11, 2009
Time Event
07:00 AM
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08:00 AM 		Orthopaedic Surgery Special Presentation
Montefiore University Hospital  - LHAS Auditorium - 7 Main
''Orthopedic Innovation: Opportunities, Challenges and Responsibilities; The Fate of Two-Stage Reimplantation after Failed Irrigation and Debridement'' --Thomas K. Fehring MD, Co-Director Hip & Knee Center, OrthoCarolina Charlotte, NC
08:00 AM
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09:00 AM 		Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds
Herberman Conference Center  - UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 2nd floor, auditorium
''Thrombosis, Anticoagulation and Cancer'' --Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Classroom 2
''EndNote Basics'' --Patricia Weiss
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Pathology Seminar Series
Scaife Hall  - 1104
''Careers in Academic Anatomic Pathology: Reflections Over 25 Years'' --Mark R. Wick, M.D.
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Renal Research Seminar
Presbyterian University Hospital  - F1145
 --Steven Weisbord, MD, MSc
12:00 PM
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02:00 PM 		Student National Dental Association Lunch & Learn
Salk Hall  - Continuing Education Room
''Lunch & Learn with Dr. Edwin E. Assid'' --Dr. Edwin E. Assid
01:00 PM
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03:30 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Conference Room B
''Proteomics Tools'' --Ansuman Chattopadhyay
04:00 PM
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06:00 PM 		Office of Enterprise Development Fall 2009 Limbach Lecture Series
''The Real Business of Drug Discovery and Development: Myth vs. Reality'' --Michael Bozik, President and CEO, Knopp Neurosciences
05:00 PM
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06:15 PM 		GI Grand Rounds
Presbyterian University Hospital  - Scaife 11
''Case Presentations (2)'' --Vinay Sundaram, MD;  Su Min Cho, MD
06:00 PM
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08:00 PM 		Patient Health Discovery Series: Living Well with IBD
ThermoFisher Scientific Building - 100 Technology Drive - Oakland
''IBD: What Is It? Who Gets It? What Causes It?'' --Miguel D. Regueiro, MD
''IBD: How Do We Treat It?'' --Arthur M. Barrie, III, MD PhD
''IBD: What Is The Risk of Cancer?'' --David G. Binion, MD
Thursday, November  12, 2009
Time Event
07:00 AM
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08:00 AM 		Pancreaticobiliary Meeting
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''TBD'' --TBD
08:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
230 McKee Place  - Classroom A, 5th Floor
''End of Life/ DNR Issues in the ED'' --Kristin Seaman, MD

''AMA: Risk Management Issues'' --Chris DeLuca, MD
''Consent For Minors'' --Chaton Turner, Esq.
08:30 AM
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10:30 AM 		Office of Academic Career Development: Health Sciences Faculty Professional Development Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - S120
''Polishing Your CV and Resume: Showcasing Your Accomplishments'' --Robert Milner, PhD
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM 		Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar Series
BST3  - 6014
''Elastic Light Scattering Fingerprinting for Cancer Diagnosis and Screening'' --Yang Liu, Ph.D.
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Bridgeside Point  - 5th Floor Conference Room #540
''The Genetic Basis of Sudden Cardiac Death'' --Barry London, M.D., Ph.D.
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Endocrine Research Conference
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
 --Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		GSPH - Epidemiology Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115
''An Update on a Syndemics Approach to HIV Prevention among Gay Men'' --Ron Stall, PhD, MPH
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Immunology Seminar Series
Scaife Hall  - Auditorium 5
 --Yin-Yao Lin, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Case Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --Rachel Givelber, MD;  Chetan Naik, MD
03:00 PM
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05:00 PM 		Office of Academic Career Development: Postdoctoral Professionalism Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - S123
''Polishing Your CV and Resume: Being Prepared for the Job Market'' --Robert J. Milner, PhD;  
04:00 PM
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05:00 PM 		Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Scaife Hall  - 1103
''Pharmacodynamics in Clinical Practice: QI and Proposal'' --Brian Potoski, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Clinical Specialist, Antibiotic Management Program
''Female with Lymphadenopathy Fever'' --Jong Hun Kim, MD, First Year ID Fellow
CANCELLED Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
05:30 PM
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04:00 PM 		What's New in GI and Hepatology?   (11/12/2009 to 11/13/2009)
The University Club - Pittsburgh PA
''Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Current Paradigm'' --Jorge A. Marrero, MD MS
''Cancer Complications in IBD'' --Peter D.R. Higgins, MD PhD MSc
Friday, November  13, 2009
Time Event
08:30 AM
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09:30 AM 		Endocrine University-Wide Conference
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''New and Novel Therapies for Osteoporosis'' --Chad Deal, MD
08:30 AM
to
03:30 PM 		School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education
Salk Hall  - Room 2148
''Potpourri: Topics Include: Eating Disorders and the Role of the Dental Professional, America's Perfect Storm, Forensic Dentistry Today; Taking the Bite Out of Crime, Local and Systemic Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Periodontal Disease in General Practice'' --Meredith A. Ypma, BS;  David A. Anderson, DDS, MDS;  Michael N. Sobel, DMD, D-ABFO;  Bruce Doll, DDS, PhD
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM 		General Internal Medicine Journal Club
Montefiore University Hospital  - General Internal Medicine Conference Room 933 West
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Faculty Development Series for Medical Educators
Scaife Hall  - Lecture Room 3
''How to Present your CV for Promotion: Focus on Clinician Educators'' --David Macpherson, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Human Genetics 2009 Fall Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115 Crabtree Hall, 1st Floor, Graduate School of Public Health
''Pathogenic Correlates of the Distributed Genome Hypothesis'' --Garth D. Ehrlich, Ph.D.
12:00 PM
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12:50 PM 		PT Clinical Rounds
G23-GSPH
''What I Did on My Summer Vacation...Description of a Summer Research Experience'' --Ryan Conti, SPT, Pamela Dunlap, SPT, Ralph Horner, SPT
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Grand Rounds
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Lung Cancer Screening & Surveillance: Lessons from the Pittsburgh Lung Cancer Screening Study (PLuSS)'' --David O. Wilson, MD, MPH
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		University of Pittsburgh Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar 2009
Scaife Hall  - Auditorium 6
''Treating Cytokine-Mediated Depression in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evidence for Brain-Body Interactions'' --Eva M. Szigethy, MD, PhD
02:00 PM
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03:00 PM 		Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program Dissertation Defense
Scaife Hall  - 1105 B
''A Pathophysiologic Evaluation of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) in the Lung'' --Judson Englert
03:00 PM
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04:00 PM 		Biological Sciences Fall Seminar Series
Laura Falk Lecture Hall, Mellon Hall
''Molecular Mechanism of TRAF6 Activation in the NF-kb Signal Transduction Pathway'' --Zhi Qiang Kent Wang
''Induction Diversity for Immediate Early Genes In Monocytes'' --Juraj Adamik
Monday, November  16, 2009
FYI
Shape of Things to Come: Structure of HIV Coat Could Lead to New Drugs, Say Pitt Researchers   (11/16/2009 to 11/27/2009)
Time Event
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Fellows Research-in-Progress
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
Tuesday, November  17, 2009
Time Event
07:30 AM
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08:30 AM 		Fellows Educational Program
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''Pathophysiology / Board Review: Intestinal Dysmotility Syndromes & Physiologic Consequences'' --Priya Roy, MD
08:00 AM
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12:30 PM 		2009 Conference On Air Toxics Control
University Club  - Ballroom B (Please Note Change)
''Intro to Science & History of Air Toxics Control in Allegheny County'' --TBD
''Specifics of Proposed Allegheny County Air Toxics Control Bill '' --TBD
''Air Toxics Control Elsewhere: Federal, State and Local'' --TBD
''Panel Discussion: Approaching Air Toxics in Allegheny County'' --TBD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		2009 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture Series
Scaife Hall  - Auditorium 6
''Conserved Roles of Small RNAs in Genome Defense'' --Gregory J. Hannon, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Basic & Translational Research Seminar Series
Cooper Conference Center  - Classroom B & C
''Targeting Therapy: Identifying Genetic Determinants and Biomarkers of Platinum Suseptibility'' --Peter H. O'Donnell, MD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fall Seminar
Salk Hall  - 456 Salk Hall ('03 Hall)
''Using Small Molecules to Target Infrastructure and Power Plants of Cancer Cells'' --Sergey Kozmin, Ph D
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Health Services Research Seminar Series
Parkvale Building  - Room 305
''Differences in Early Access to Liver Transplantation Services '' --Cindy Bryce, PhD
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		Magee-Womens Research Institute's Work-in-Progress Conference & Research Seminar Series
Magee Womens Research Inst.  - Conference Center, 1st Floor
''Rancid Smell of Death: Oxidative Lipidomics of Apoptosis'' --Dr. Valerian E. Kagan
12:00 PM
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01:00 PM 		MMR Seminar
Rangos Research Center  - 3rd Floor Conference Center
''Analysis of Proteins That Alter Chromatin Structure During Transcription Elongation'' --Karen Arndt, PhD
01:00 PM
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02:30 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Classroom 1
''PubMed Basics'' --Michele Klein-Fedyshin
03:30 PM
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04:30 PM 		MMG Fall 2009 Seminar Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1295 conference room
''"Interactions Between S. Pneumoniae and the Host: Implications for Novel Therapeutic Strategies"'' --Jason W. Rosch, Ph.D.
03:30 PM
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04:30 PM 		Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1395 Conference Room
 --Tim Feinstein, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate
04:30 PM
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05:30 PM 		Endocrinology and Metabolism Bone Club
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''Vertebral Fractures: Long-term Impact on Disability and Declines in Physical Function. The Study of Osteoporotic Fracture (SOF)'' --Jane Cauley, MD
07:00 PM
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09:00 PM 		Emergency Medicine Tuesday Evening Journal Club
Sr. Ferdinand Clark Auditorium- Mercy Hospital
''This is Gonna Hurt: Studying Pain in the ED'' --Alex Feuchter, MD and John Peoples, MD
Wednesday, November  18, 2009
FYI
Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds   (11/18/2009 to 11/30/2009)
New Study Shows That Dentists Can Predict Heart Disease - Before It Happens!   (11/18/2009 to 11/30/2009)
Startling New Mammogram Guidelines Incite Debate About Risk, Cost   (11/18/2009 to 11/25/2009)
Time Event
07:00 AM
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08:00 AM 		Orthopaedic Surgery - Special Presentation
Montefiore University Hospital  - LHAS Auditorium - 7 Main
''Ethics and Sports Medicine'' --Robert A. Stanton MD, Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Visiting Professor; Fairfield Surgery Center, Fairfield Connecticut
08:00 AM
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09:00 AM 		Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds
Herberman Conference Center  - UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 2nd floor, auditorium
''Management and Biology of Germ Cell Tumors'' --George J. Bosl, MD
08:00 AM
to
12:00 PM 		Workshop on International Research Ethics
Parran Hall  - room 109
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Pathology Seminar Series
Scaife Hall  - 1105 AB
''Beta-catenin Paradox in Liver Regeneration and Cancer'' --Satdarshan (Paul) Singh Monga, M.D.
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Renal Research Seminar
Presbyterian University Hospital  - F1145
 --Ann Hanna-Mitchell, PhD
01:00 PM
to
03:30 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Conference Room B
''Sequence Similarity Searching'' --Ansuman Chattopadhyay
05:00 PM
to
06:15 PM 		GI Grand Rounds
Presbyterian University Hospital  - Scaife 11
''Case Presentations (2)'' --David Lo, MD;  Sandra El-Hachem, MD
Thursday, November  19, 2009
Time Event
07:00 AM
to
08:00 AM 		Pancreaticobiliary Meeting
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''TBD'' --TBD
08:00 AM
to
12:00 PM 		Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
230 McKee Place  - Classroom A, 5th Floor
''Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Past, Present and Future'' --Chris King, MD
''Core Content- Cold and Environmental Emergencies'' --Jason Chang, MD
''Oncologic Emergencies'' --Gwendolyn Lewis, MD
''Case Reviews'' --Stephanie Gonzalez, MD
10:00 AM
to
02:00 PM 		Health Sciences Library System Workshop
Falk Library  - Classroom 2
''PowerPoint for Beginners and Advanced PowerPoint'' --Sam Lewis
11:00 AM
to
12:00 PM 		Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar Series
BST3  - 6014
''Helices Intertwined: A Two-Part Story'' --Andrew VanDemark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Bridgeside Point  - 5th Floor Conference Room #540
''Advancing a Mouse Model Towards Understanding Acute Lung Injury Survival"'' --Daniel R. Prows, Ph.D.
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Endocrine Research Conference
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1195
''Wnt/Hedgehog Signaling in Pancreas Development and Disease: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' --Matthias Hebrok, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		GSPH Epidemiology Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115
''A Power Struggle between Epidemic and Pandemic Influenza'' --Elodie Ghedin, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		HSLS Lunch With A Librarian
Falk Library  - Conference Room B
''PubMed: Something Old, Something New'' --Patricia Weiss, MLIS
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Immunology Seminar Series
Scaife Hall  - Auditorium 5
 --Sudesh Pawaria, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Case Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
04:00 PM
to
05:00 PM 		Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Scaife Hall  - 1103
''A 72 year-old Man with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and Confusion'' --Neil Clancy, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Mycology Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh
''Topic Case of MSSA Bacteremia and Hip Pain'' --Mohamed Yassin, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor UPMC Mercy, Director of Infectious Diseases Education UPMC-Mercy
''Solve Microbiology Puzzle: Unexpected Care'' --Milon Amin, MD
04:00 PM
to
05:00 PM 		Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Conference
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''The Future of Sleep Apnea Therapy'' --Atul Malhotra, MD
06:00 PM
to
08:00 PM 		Global Health Film Series
A115 Crabtree; post-film reception in 109 Parran Hall
''Film: “Angels in the Dust”''
06:00 PM
to
07:00 PM 		HSLS Lecture
Scaife Hall  - Lecture Room 5
''The African American Surgeon: A Century of Growth'' --Fredrick D. Cason Jr., M.D
Friday, November  20, 2009
Time Event
09:00 AM
to
12:00 PM 		School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education
Salk Hall  - Room 2148
''Bridging the Gap: Tips for Treating a Patient with Autism'' --Karen A. Raposa, RDH, MBA
09:00 AM
to
10:00 AM 		Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1695
''Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Structural Plasticity and Pathology'' --Peter Penzes
10:00 AM
to
11:00 AM 		General Internal Medicine Journal Club
Montefiore University Hospital  - General Internal Medicine Conference Room 933 West
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Department of Human Genetics 2009 Fall Seminar Series
Crabtree Hall  - A115 Crabtree Hall, 1st Floor, Graduate School of Public Health
''The Ciliome as a Central Disease Pathway in Congenital Heart Disease: Discoveries From a Large Scale Fetal Mouse Mutagenesis Screen'' --Cecilia Wen-Ya Lo, Ph.D.
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		GI Research Rounds
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''Rectal Microbiocides for HIV Prevention: A Research Update'' --Ian McGowan, MD PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Medical Education Grand Rounds
Scaife Hall  - Lecture Room 3, 4th Floor
''Making a Diagnosis: New Models for Old'' --Dr. Pat Croskerry
12:00 PM
to
12:50 PM 		PT Clinical Rounds
G23-GSPH
''Exertional Rehab Following Concussion'' --Dana Hinderliter, MPT
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Pulmonary Grand Rounds
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement Disorder'' --Fernando Holguin, MD, MPH
12:30 PM
to
02:30 PM 		Oral Medicine and Pathology Lecture
Salk Hall  - Room 403
''Dental Infections Treated as Urgent Care: Origins and Frequency'' --Jessica Briseno, DDS
01:00 PM
to
02:00 PM 		Immunology Graduate Program Dissertation Defense
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - S100
''Dendritic Cells and CD4+ T Cells: Dual Roles in the Clearance and Pathogenesis of Herpes Simplex Viral Infection'' --Greg Frank
03:00 PM
to
04:00 PM 		Biological Sciences Fall Seminar Series
Laura Falk Lecture Hall, Mellon Hall
''Structure-function Studies of Bacterial Nucleotide Excision Repair Proteins: How do Protein Machines Detect and Remove Damaged DNA?'' --Dr. Bennett Van Houten, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Monday, November  23, 2009
Time Event
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
Bridgeside Point  - Fifth Floor Conference Room #540
''Pulmonary Response to Pharyngeal Aspiration of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Mice'' --Vincent Castranova, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Fellows Research-in-Progress
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Global Health Lecture Series
Scaife Hall  - 4th floor, Lecture Room #1
''The Demographic Transition: Aging, Cancer, Stroke and Heart Disease'' --Steven M. Albert, PhD
02:00 PM
to
03:00 PM 		Cellular and Molecular Pathology Dissertation Defense
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - S123
''Role of Focal Adhesion Protein Migfiliin in the Regulation of Cell Survival and Cell Cycle'' --Jianping Zhao
Tuesday, November  24, 2009
Time Event
07:30 AM
to
08:30 AM 		Fellows Educational Program
Presbyterian University Hospital  - GI Administrative Office - M2 Conference Room
''Journal Club: Case-Controlled Studies'' --Kofi Clarke, MD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Basic & Translational Research Seminar Series
Cooper Conference Center  - Classroom D
''Characterization of Viral and Human RNAs Smaller Than Canonical MicroRNAs'' --Bino John, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Basic and Translational Research In Lung Diseases
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
''Cyclooxygenase-2 generates anti-inflammatory omega-3-derived fatty acids'' --Francisco Schopfer, PhD
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fall Seminar
Salk Hall  - 456 Salk Hall ('03 Hall)
''Epoxyeicosanoid Signaling in Ischemic Brain'' --Nabil Alkayed, MD, Ph D
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Health Services Research Seminar Series
Parkvale Building  - Room 305
''Best Practices: An Intervention to Promote Evidence-Based Prescribing at a Large Psychiatric Hospital'' --Frank A. Ghinassi, PhD
Wednesday, November  25, 2009
Time Event
07:00 AM
to
08:00 AM 		Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Montefiore University Hospital  - LHAS Auditorium - 7 Main
''Orthopaedic Surgery'' --Antonio Chen MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
01:00 PM
to
02:00 PM 		Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1395
''LGMD-1C: Role of Caveolin-3 in Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Function'' --Michael P. Hezel
Monday, November  30, 2009
Time Event
12:00 AM
to
11:50 PM 		Registration Closes December 15th (2010 Course in Scientific Management and Leadership)

12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Fellows Research-in-Progress
Montefiore University Hospital  - Conference Room, NW628
 --TBA
12:00 PM
to
01:00 PM 		Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower  - 1695
''Cortical Interneurons: Fate Determination and Derivation From Mouse and Human Stem Cells'' --TBD

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