October, 2009:
October 1: Fall Faculty Assembly
The USU Faculty Senate reports to and receives input from the entire Faculty via Faculty Assemblies that are held in the Fall, Winter, and Spring of each academic year, from 4:00 p.m to 5:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall D. Your presence at and participation in the Fall Faculty Assembly is urgently requested. Your colleagues on the Senate are working on numerous critical issues to improve education, research, and faculty welfare at USUHS. We want to keep you informed, and we need to hear from you. What other issues should be addressed? What should be our priorities as a Faculty? For more information, please contact Dr. Anthony Artino at 301-319-6988 or email him at anthony.artino@usuhs.mil.
October 1: NES Seminar
Regulation of Action Potential Firing in Cerebellar Unipolar Brush Cells, at 3:00 p.m., in Lecture Room B. Neuroscience Seminars are presented by the USUHS Neuroscience Program, and is open to all. For more information, contact Tina Finley, 301-295-3642 or nfinley@usuhs.mil. Parking is available under the Medical School. Seminar Host - Dr. Zygmunt Galdzicki, 301-295-6587
October 2: AFRRI Seminar
Development of a new herbal composition (HemoHIM) for radioprotection and its application as a supplementary agent for cancer therapy, at 11:00 a.m. in the AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Sung-Kee Jo, PhD, Team Head, Radiation Protection Agent Research Team, Director, Radiation Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.
October 5: MIC Seminar
Viral Evasion of Immune surveillance, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Building A, Lecture Room B. Presented by Klaus Früh, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Oregon Health and Science University Beaverton, Oregon
October 5: MPS Seminar
IRB Net Training for all Faculty and Students from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Bldg A, Lecture Hall C. The training has been "strongly encouraged" for all Faculty and Students, as IRB Net will be a component of all Masters and Dissertation projects. Presented by Rachael Wolf, from the Human Research Protections Program, Office of Vice President for Research.
October 7: PMB Seminar
Pesticide use and cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort: selected results and ongoing studies, from 2:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Gabriella Andreotti, Ph.D., Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS.
October 8: PHA Seminar
Modulatory Modes of a Multidrug Transporter, at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Room F. Presented by Saibal Dey, Ph.D, Department of Pharmacology, USU.
October 8: MCB Seminar
Coevolution of Interacting Proteins: What is behind the Mirror Tree?, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Seminar host is Dr. Johnan Kaleeba, 301-295-9624.
October 16: AFRRI Seminar
COX-2 inhibitors are contraindicated for therapy of combined injury, at 11:00 a.m. in the AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Wan Jiao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Combined Injury Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.
October 19: EID Seminar
"MiR-155: a critical microRNA regulating CD8 + T cell responses", at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Peter D. Katsikis, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 19: MPS Seminar
Mental Stress as a Trigger of Acute Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, from 12:00 p.m. to 13:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall C. Presented by David S. Krantz, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medical & Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University.
October 21: PMB Seminar
An overview of burn pit operations, air surveillance efforts, and the screening health risk assessment for Joint Base Balad, Iraq, at 12:00 p.m., in Lecture Room A. Presented by Dr. Coleen Baird (Coleen Weese in publication), MD, MPH is the Environmental Medicine Program Manager at the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) and John Kolivosky, P.E. is the CENTCOM coordination manager for the USACHPPM Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program.
Note - Dr. Baird recently published an article in Inhalation Toxicology(2009) titled "Potential health Implications Associated with Particulate Matter Exposure in Deployed Settings in Southwest Asia".
October 22: New Faculty Orientation Day Event:
8:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m. in the Small Dining Room. The USU Faculty Senate Mentoring Committee has worked in coordination with the Administration and other key University leaders to create a valuable series of presentations to help new faculty understand USUHS procedures, policies, and opportunities. While it has been designed primarily for faculty who are new to the University (within the last 2 or so years), it is open to ALL FACULTY who are interested in attending. All attendees must register in advance at: http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php
October 22: All Faculty Reception:
There will be an All Faculty Reception held after New Faculty Orientation Day from 4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. in the Hall of Flags. All Faculty are invited and encouraged to attend this reception, which will be a great opportunity to meet, greet and network/discuss mutual interests with our newest colleagues. It will provide a forum for more informal discussion, and your insights will be invaluable to newcomers and vital to promoting the welcome we hope to extend to them on this day.
October 26: Public Dissertation Defense Seminar
The Postconditioning Effects of Diazoxide in the Brain Following Hemorrhagic Shock and Cerebral Hypoperfusion, at 10:00 a.m. in Lecture Hall C. Presented by Michael Bentley.
October 26: USU Special Event
USU to Host Repeat Performance of Theater of War - Philoctetes Project, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Sanford Auditorium. The program is sponsored by the Center for Deployment Psychology and Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and TBI. The two ancient plays, AJAX and PHILOCTETES, timelessly depict the psychological and physical wounds inflicted upon soldiers by war.
October 27: BIO Seminar
Wolbachia, an intracellular Bacterium Hitching a Ride in the Stem Cell Niche, at 11:30 a.m. in Room A2015. Presented by Horacio Frydman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University Charles River Campus, Associate Director, Vector Transmitted Infectious Diseases Core, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute, Boston University Medical Campus.
October 29: Open House
Neuroscience Program 19th Annual Open House & Poster Session at 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of Building B (first floor). All members of the neuroscience community (USU, AFRRI, NNMC, NMRI, WRAMC and WRAIR) are invited to attend and to present a poster of their work. Reserve your poster space by submitting a poster title as soon as possible. Submit your poster abstract by COB October 23rd to Tina at nfinley@usuhs.mil. Poster boards will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own pins. Soft drinks and light refreshments will be available. Contact Tina, Neuroscience Program Assistant, (295-3642; nfinley@usuhs.mil), Sharon Juliano, Ph.D., Acting Director, Neuroscience Program (sjuliano@usuhs.mil)
October 30: AFRRI Seminar
A pattern of intestinal innate host defense mechanisms mediated by crypt paneth cells in response to total-body gamma-irradiation, at 10:00 a.m. in the AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Nikolai Gorbunov, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Combined Injury Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.
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