Edelman Lecture, SOM Research Day headline new event list
Published on Thursday, January 10, 2019
Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming weeks at the Medical Center.
Thursday, April 11
WilsonDr. Sacoby Wilson, associate professor at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park, will give the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities fifth annual Marian Wright Edelman Distinguished Lecture, "Journey Home: A Native Son's Fight for Social, Environmental and Health Justice," at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in room CW 106 of the Classroom Wing.
For more information, email Vikki Gholar at vgholar@umc.edu.
CasariniDr. Dulce Elena Casarini, a professor of medicine in the Nephrology Division at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil, will give the UMMC Department of Cell and Molecular Biology presentation, "Association Between 90 kDa N-domain ACE Isoform and the Presence of Arterial Hypertension," at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 15, in classroom 3A.
All Medical Center faculty, staff and students are invited. For more information, call Cherese Kelly at 4-1851.
KrumholzDr. Harlan Krumholz, Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine in the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the Yale School of Medicine, will present the Thomas Barksdale Cardiovascular Memorial Lecture, "Learning at the Speed of Digital: The Next Step Toward a Learning Health System," at noon on Tuesday, April 16, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).
Krumholz's presentation is part of the School of Medicine's annual Research Day event, scheduled to take place from 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m. The event will include oral presentations, poster presentations and an awards ceremony.
All Medical Center faculty, staff and students are invited. For more information, email Kimberlee McGuire at kmcguire@umc.edu.
RosenbergDr. Andrew Rosenberg, professor and chair of anesthesiology at the New York University School of Medicine, Uniondale, will give the UMMC Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds presentation, "Preparation and Care of the Patient Undergoing Facial Transplantation," from 6:30-7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in room LH122 of the medical education building.
For more information, call Cathy Braboy at 4-5914 or email her at cbraboy@umc.edu or call Ellecia Cooper at 5-1010 or email her at elcooper@umc.edu.
PeitzmanDr. Andrew B. Peitzman, Mark M. Ravitch Professor of Surgery and Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, will give two presentations during the James D. Hardy Surgical Forum and Lectureship on Wednesday, April 17, in classroom R153 (lower amphitheatre).
Peitzman will give the Grand Rounds presentation, "Bleeding Kills: Toward Zero Preventable Deaths," at 8:10 a.m. in classroom R153 (lower amphitheatre) and the James D. Hardy Lecture, "Surgical Rescue: The Fifth Pillar of Acute Care Surgery," at 1 p.m. at the River Hills Club in Jackson.
The day's events also will include a Surgical Quality Conference at 7 a.m., a welcome by Dr. Christopher D. Anderson, James D. Hardy Chair of Surgery, at 8 a.m. and resident and student presentations beginning at 9 a.m. - all in R153 - and lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the River Hills Club.
For more information about the James D. Hardy Surgical Forum and Lectureship, call Jodi Boyd at 4-5102 or email her at jboyd@umc.edu.
HenryWalter Henry. special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigations, will present the Office of Diversity and Inclusion's "InclUsive Conversation," "Human Trafficking and Medical Needs of Victims," from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in room CW-106 of the Classroom Wing.
Lunch will be available on a first-come basis. For more information, call Mandy Scott at 5-7857.
GloverDr. Sarah C. Glover, UMMC professor of medicine and director of the Division of Digestive Diseases, will give the UMMC Cancer Institute Grand Rounds presentation, "Innate Immune Tales from the Inflamed Gut," from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in classroom 4A (N413).
For more information, call Susan Roberts at 5-6802.
AskwithDr. Candice Askwith, associate professor of neuroscience and faculty director of the Electrophysiology Core at Ohio State University, Columbus, will give the UMMC Department of Physiology and Biophysics presentation, "ASICs, Opioid Receptors and Cell Death," from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in room CW308 of the Classroom Wing.
For more information, call Courtney Graham at 4-1820.
AlkayedDr. Nabil J. Alkayed, chairman of cardiovascular medicine, professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, and director of research, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, will give the UMMC Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series presentation, "Therapeutic Targeting of a Novel Eicosanoid Receptor in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease," at noon on Monday, April 22, in room 6A.
For more information, call Marilyn McCarthy at 4-1635.
SparksLarry Sparks, University of Mississippi interim chancellor, and Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs, are scheduled to speak at the spring faculty meeting at noon on Tuesday, April 23, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).
Lunch will be available on a first-come basis. For more information, call Dorothy Singleton at 5-4883 or email her at drsingleton@umc.edu.
Wednesday, April 24
CrewseBritt Crewse, chief operating officer for UMMC's adult hospitals, will give the next “Coffee Talk” presentation from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in room WC116A (Perioperative Conference Room).
Twelve people will be selected to participate. To be included in the random drawing for participants or for more information, email coffee-talk@umc.edu.
Friday, April 26
YounesSubhi Talal Younes, a fifth-year M.D./Ph.D. student, will give the UMMC Faith Seeking Understanding Interest Group presentation, "Why Does God Allow Suffering?" from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in classroom R354 (upper amphitheatre).
All Medical Center faculty, staff and students are invited. For more information, email Russell Roberts at proberts@umc.edu.
Wednesday, May 1
Jackson-WilliamsDr. Loretta Jackson-Williams, vice dean for medical education and professor of emergency medicine, will present the Last Lecture 2019 at noon on Wednesday, May 1, in the student union.
The lecture is presented by the Office of Alumni Affairs, the Student Alumni Representatives and the Associated Student Body.
All UMMC faculty, staff and students are invited. Lunch will be available to the first 100 in attendance. For more information, email Patrick Cooper at apcooper@umc.edu.
Wednesday-Monday, May 1-6
WaiteSteve Waite, executive director of information security , will present the Condensed Academic Networking and kNowledge Talk, "Foam In, Foam Out - Simplifying Security," from 7:30-7:50 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, in the Bebe Richardson Conference Room, from 12:30-12:50 p.m. on Friday, May 3, in room SH198, and from 4:30-4:50 p.m. on Monday, May 6, in room N-5A.
CANN Talks are monthly professional development seminars for UMMC faculty and staff. For more information, email Julian Gilner at jgilner@umc.edu.
The Health Innovation and Transformation Center is seeking UMMC participants for the HIT Center's first Partners Innovating Technology to Change Healthcare competition scheduled from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, in room CW 106 of the Classroom Wing.
UMMC faculty, staff and students can submit their ideas involving technology and health care. Selected individuals and/or teams will have consultants to help them develop their ideas. Chosen candidates will have the opportunity to propose their business concepts or ideas in a 60-to-90-second "elevator" pitch. Final participants will pitch to a panel of judges and "angel" investors.
For more information, to register for the event or to submit an idea, email Terrence Hibbert at thibbert@umc.edu.
Gurney teams also will employ wheelchairs and crutches in their quest to win. The team to beat is the reigning racers from 2018, Smooth Operators of the Batson Children's Hospital OR.
The event will include a "celebrity" dunking booth, food trucks and music by DJ Chris Young. For more information, call 5-9159.