Neurofax Calendar - Neuroscience Research Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston September 2007
Seminars and Lectures

Tuesday, 4

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Ponnada Narayana, Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, UTMSH
“MRI Spectroscopy: MS as a Degenerative Disease”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 5

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Marki McMillan, LCSW and Lindsey Pershern, M.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
"Picking up the Pieces: The Response of Patients and Their Subsequent Treaters to a Colleague's Death."
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Friday, 7

Network Cluster Seminars – UH
Bard Ermentrout, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh
“Mind the Gap: Gap Junctions, Synchrony and Death”
1:00 p.m., UH 102 SEC Building
Please visit http://www.math.uh.edu/networks/ for additional information.

Sunday 9

Opening Night: Medical Ethics and the Holocaust Science and Medicine
Sponsored by UTHSC-H, SON, MS and others

Moderated by Ferid Murad M.D., Ph.D., UTHSC-H, 1998 Nobel Laureate
James Dewey Watson, Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,1962 Nobel Laureate
"The Discovery of DNA - Implications for the 21st Century"
Eric Kandel, M.D., Columbia University, 2000 Nobel Laureate
Discussion of his book "In Search of Memory" - his fascination with neuroscience and memory
7p.m.-9p.m., Cullen Performance Hall – UH
Please visit http://www.hmh.org/ for more information.

Tuesday, 11

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Alex Valadka, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery and Gerald Francisco, M.D., Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UTMSH
“Functional Consequences of Brain Trauma”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Reception and Community Conversation
Sponsored by the UTMB - Galveston Center for Addiction Research and
The Center for Community Health Services

William C. Moyers will be discussing his new book Broken and the impact of addiction on communities.
5:30 p.m., Lecture (Auditorium), William C. Levin Hall Auditorium
11th and Market Streets, Galveston, Texas
Please respond by September 5 to (409) 772-9650 or by e-mail to rjvergie@utmb.edu

Wednesday, 12

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Thomas Kosten, M.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
"Affective Dysfunction in Substance Abuse as Shown Through Neuroimaging"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Parveen Athar, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Neuromuscular Topics"
1 p.m., MSB 2.135

Tuesday, 18

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Staley Brod, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“MS: A CNS Inflammatory/Degenerative Disease”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 19

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Moe Armstrong, MBA, MA, Menninger Director of Consumer and Family Affairs, Vinfen Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
"Affective Dysfunction in Substance Abuse as Shown Through Neuroimaging"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series - UTMSH
F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Impulsivity Brain Function and Drug Abuse”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Family and Community Medicine Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Erin Furr-Stimming, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Movement Disorders"
1 p.m., MSB 2.135

Dean’s Lecture Series – UTMSH
Gerald Edelman, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA
“From Brain Dynamics to Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination”
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

Friday, 21

PM&R Alliance Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Alex Valadka, MD., Department of Neurosurgery, UTMSH
"Spinal Fusion"
12 p.m., MSB 3.001

Tuesday, 25

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Mya Schiess, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“Non-Alzheimer’s Dementias”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

John H. Blaffer Lecture Series – UTMDACC
Gavril W. Pasternak, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
"Molecular Mechanisms of Opiate Action: From the Bedside to the Bench"
4:00 p.m., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, S3.8012 Onstead Auditorium, BSRB - Mitchell Building

Friday, 28

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Claudio Soto, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, UTMB – Galveston
“Title to be announced”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Optometry Seminar – UH
Anna Wang Roe, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
"Illusion and the Brain: Insights through Optical Windows"
12 Noon, UH Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg Room 2300

 

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