| Monday, June 25 |
3:30-4:30 pm
1220 Health Sciences Learning Center
Seminar lecturer: Dr. Beth Meyerand (Assistant Professor of Medical Physics)
Dr. Meyerand’s lab aims to develop new Magnetic Resonance (MR) methods to visualize the structure and function of the brain and to translate these methods to the hospital for clinical diagnosis. One of their areas of focus is functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). FMRI allows for the visualization of both the temporal and spatial patterns of brain activity in response to different stimuli. They are particularly interested in the development of new analysis methods to improve our understanding of brain function.
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| Thursday, June 5 |
3:30-4:30 pm
G5/164 Clinical Sciences Center
Seminar lecturer: Dr. Norm Fost (Professor, Department of Pediatrics)
Norman Fost MD MPH is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics, which he founded in 1973. He is chair of the Health Sciences Human Subjects Committee, chair of the UW Hospital Ethics Committee, and director of the Child Protection Team. He was a member of Hillary Clinton's Health Care Task Force and numerous other federal and state committees. He received his AB from Princeton, his MD from Yale, and his MPH from Harvard. His writings include the first detailed proposal for hospital ethics committees. His current research interests include regulation of human subjects research and the use of so-called "enhancing" medical technologies such as growth hormone and anabolic steroids.
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| Monday, June 9 |
3:30-4:30 pm
1220 Health Sciences Learning Center
Seminar lecturer: Javier Nieto (Chair, Department of Population Health)
Dr. Nieto’s main areas of research interest include cardiovascular disease epidemiology, markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease (homocysteine, inflammation markers, chronic infections), health consequences of sleep disorders and psychosocial stress. He is also interested in methodological issues in epidemiology and in the teaching of epidemiologic methods. Along with Moyses Szklo, he is co-author of a textbook on the intermediate epidemiology methods (Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishers Inc., 2000). |
