December

Main Content

Critical care expert's talk tops upcoming events

Published on Thursday, December 29, 2016

Published on December 29, 2016

Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming weeks at the Medical Center.

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Trauma, critical care expert to present surgery rounds

Carroll
Carroll

Dr. Jonathan Carroll, assistant professor of trauma and critical care, will give the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds presentation at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).

Continuing medical education credit is available. For more information, email Carol Hollingsworth at cphollingsworth@umc.edu.

 


 

Thursday, Jan. 12

Arizona surgeon to explain curriculum evolution

Witte
Witte

Dr. Marlys Witte, professor of surgery and director of student research programs at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and secretary-general of the International Society of Lymphology, will give the Academic Development and Discover Seminar, “Evolution of the Curriculum: Medical Ignorance, What We Know We Don't Know, Don't Know We Don't Know, and Think We Know But Don't,” from noon-12:50 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).

The seminar is sponsored by the Office of Academic Development in the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. For more information, email bgward@umc.edu.

 


 

UAB nutritionist to digest obesity, metabolic disparities

Bush
Bush

Dr. Nikki Bush, assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will present "Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Metabolic Risk" from noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, in room CW308 of the Classroom Wing.

The seminar is sponsored by the Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research,

Lunch will be available on a first-come basis. For more information, email Lisa Boney at lboney@umc.edu.

 


 

Friday, Jan. 27

Heart research center director to investigate gender equity

Lindsey
Lindsey

Dr. Merry Lindsey, professor of physiology and biophysics and director of the Mississippi Center for Heart Research, will give the UMMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science Seminar Series presentation, “The 3 Rs of Gender Equity,” from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, in second-floor conference rooms A and B of the Norman C. Nelson Student Union.

Lunch will be available on a first-come basis. For more information, email Teresa Clayton at tclayton3@umc.edu.