October 2009
Seminars and Lectures
Thursday, 1
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Dachun Wang, M.D.
Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHSCH
"Potential Therapeutic Use of Genetically Modified Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine"
7:30 a.m., MSB G100
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Markus Meister, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
"Eye Smarter Than Scientists Believed: Neural Computation in the Retina"
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Tuesday, 5
Medical School Research Retreat – Keynote Address
Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health
“Challenges and Opportunities Facing Peer Review: A Vision for Ensuring Its Strategic National Value”
3:50 p.m., IMM, Beth Robertson Auditorium, 1825 Pressler Street
Wednesday, 7
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Thomas E. Ellis, PsyD
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
“What's New in the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Michael Gambello, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, UTMSH
"Neurocutaneous Disorders"
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Michael Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTMSH
“Combining fMRI with Electrical & Magnetic Stimulation to Study Human Brain Function”
12 Noon, MSI Auditorium
Thursday, 8
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
David Ress, Ph.D.
Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Austin
"Topography of Visual Attention in Human Superior Colliculus"
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Friday, 9
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Kent A. Kiehl, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of New Mexico
"The Criminal Psychopath: Assessment, Recidivism, Treatment and Neuroscience"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
Monday, 12
Neurosurgery M&M Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
7:30 a.m., MSB G.100
Wednesday, 14
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Angela L. Stotts, Ph.D.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, UTMSH
“Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A New Wave of BehaviorTherapy”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Anne Sereno, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTMSH
"Disorder of Attention"
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Deborah Pearson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Title to be announced”
12 Noon, HCPC Auditorium
Thursday, 15
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Michael Diringer, M.D.
Director of the Neurology-Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit and Head of the Neurological Critical Care Section, Washington University
"Fever Control in the Neuro ICU"
7:30 a.m., MSB G100
Friday, 16
Third Stanley H. Appel Resident Education Distinguished Lecture –The Methodist Hospital
Tetsuo Ashizawa, M.D.
Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine
“Spinocerebellar Ataxias and Pathogenic Mechanism of SCA10”
12 Noon, Bluebird Auditorium, The Methodist Hospital
Saturday, 17
Houston Neuropsychological Society (HNS) 17th Annual Symposium
Glenn Larrabee, Ph.D., ABPP
"Performance Validity and Test Validity in Neuropsychology: From Malingering to the Ability Focused Neuropsychological Battery"
8:30am-4pm, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Co-sponsored by HNS and the VAMC
More information at: www.houstonneuropsych.org
Monday, 19
Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
George Hutton, M.D.
Department of Neurology
"Neuromyelitis Optica Update"
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137, Neurosensory Center
Tuesday, 20
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series – UTMDACC
Nicholas E. Baker, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"Using Drosophila to Study Neural Development and Growth"
4 p.m., Onstead Auditorium, BSRB, S3.8012
Wednesday, 21
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Melissa Renee Valdez, M.D., Ph.D.
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
“Influence of Gender on PTSD: New Considerations from a Study of Active Duty Police Officers”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Robert Hershfeld, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMB-Galveston
“Update Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder”
12 Noon, MSI Auditorium
Monday, 26
Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
Matthew Rasband, M.D.
Department of Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Biology, BCM
"The Functional organization of Axons in Health and Disease"
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137, Neurosensory Center
Neurosurgery Curriculum Conference – UTMSH
"Topic to be announced"
5:00 p.m., MSB G.100
Wednesday, 28
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
W.A. (Andy) Achenbaum, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Social Work, University of Houston
“ Boomers and Spirituality ”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Johannes E.A. Wolff, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, UTMDACC
"Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: Preclinical Models and Pharmacokinetics"
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Charles Bowden, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, UTHSC-San Antonio
“Advancing Effective Pharmacotherapy and Neurobiological Knowledge for Bipolar Disorders”
12 Noon, HCPC Auditorium
Thursday, 29
19th Keck Center Annual Research Conference
Computation in Biology: from Gene to Neuron
3:00 p.m., Cancer Prevention Building (CPB), 1155 Pressler St. between Fannin St. and Bertner Ave
(adjacent to Mays Clinic), UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
For more information please visit
http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/gcc/keck_about.cfm?doc_id=13238
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Qingchun Tong, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Dissecting Hypothalamic Neural Pathways in the Regulation of Energy Balance"
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Friday, 30
19th Keck Center Annual Research Conference
Computation in Biology: from Gene to Neuron
7:45 a.m., Cancer Prevention Building (CPB), 1155 Pressler St. between Fannin St. and Bertner Ave
(adjacent to Mays Clinic), UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
For more information please visit http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/gcc/keck_about.cfm?doc_id=13238
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Darwin Berg, Ph.D.
Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego
"Nicotinic Control of CNS Development and Glutamate Synapse Formation"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
23rd Annual William A. Spencer Memorial Lectureship
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, Ph.D.
Russell Shearn Moody Distinguished Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation, UTMB Galveston
"The Impact of Diabetes as Comorbidity on Rehabilitation Outcomes for Persons with Stroke and Hip Fracture"
11:30 a.m., MSB 3.001
Sponsored by the UTMSH/BCM PM&R Alliance
Neurology Grand Rounds
Aparajitha K. Verma, M.D.
Department of Neurology, Methodist Neurological Institute
“Sleep in Women”
12:00 PM, Bluebird Auditorium
Saturday, 31
7th Annual GCC Conference on Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
8:30 a.m., Rice University / Sid Richardson College
For more information please visit http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/gcc/neuro_about.cfm?doc_id=13499
Online Registration - Deadline October 27, 2009
