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"The Double Helix of Science and History"
The Historical Center for the Health Sciences presents the inaugural Horace W. Davenport Lecture on the History of Disease and Society by Dr. Eugene Foster, University of Virginia. The lecture, "The Double Helix of Science and History," will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Ford Amphitheatre. Dr Foster, a pathologist, wrote the headline-provoking article, "Jefferson Fathered Slave's Last Child," in which he used DNA analysis to establish the paternity of Sally Hemings' children. Martha Jones, assistant professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies at the U-M, will provide commentary.

This event is part of the Medical School's celebration of Black History Month and is co-sponsored by the Life Sciences, Values and Society Program, the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, the Rackham Graduate School, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, the Science, Technology and Society Program , and the University Musical Society. For further information, call the Historical Center for the Health Sciences at 647-6914. A reception will follow.

University of Michigan Geriatrics Center Social Worker Receives Distinguished Service Award
Ruth Campbell, M.S.W., associate director, Social Work and Community Programs, U-M Geriatrics Center, was honored with a University of Michigan, Workplace 2001, Distinguished Service Award. The award honors a University staff member who has provided distinguished service to the University and to the community. The dedication Ms. Campbell has shown to the Geriatrics Center for more than 20 years is apparent in the numerous community programs available for older adults in the Geriatrics Center.

Life Sciences: An Industry in Transition
This half-day public symposium will focus on the current market dynamics at play in the Life Sciences sector. This event, which will take place Friday, Feb. 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at the Michigan League, will present two highly regarded experts and successful leaders in Biotech: Erling Refsum, Head Equity Analyst at Nomura International, and Dr. Alison Taunton-Rigby, President of Forester Biotech. In addition, there will be several panel discussions that will cover topics from lessons learned in biopartnering to the perspective of Michigan biotech start-ups.

The symposium, designed for small, emerging and established life science companies and their investors, will bring together students, researchers, analysts and business executives. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from leading international experts about entrepreneurial business opportunities in the Life Sciences sector and to network among top researchers, analysts and business leaders.

The event is free and open to the public, registration is required.
To view the complete program and to register, please visit: http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/news_events/
or call (734) 615-4419.

News Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the headlines, visit http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/relarch.htm
- U-M Medical School Complementary and Alternative Medicine curriculum an interdisciplinary model
- U-M study seeks to help teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder
- U-M Kellogg Eye Center Offers Free Glaucoma Screening to Encourage Early Detection

Next week's Health Minute:
New medications help prevent kidney damage from high blood pressure in African-Americans
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/robot.htm

Seminars, lectures, colloquia and events for next week
To access the entire UMHS events database, see:
http://www.academic.med.umich.edu/LassoPages/ProStaffEvents.lasso

Monday, February 04, 2002
--12 p.m. Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research Center (CAMRC) Distinguished Lecture. Robert H. Schneider, M.D., dean, College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, director, Center for Natural Medicine, Maharishi University of Management, "Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease with Maharishi Vedic Medicine: A Review of Controlled Clinical Research," MCHC Auditorium, Mott Hospital

--1 p.m., Cellular & Molecular Therapeutics Seminar Series. Duncan J. Stewart, M.D., Dexter Hung-Cho Man Chair and Director, head, Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, "Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease: What is the Future?" 2901 LRC (located on floor 2 of the Taubman Library).

--4 p.m., Neuroscience Program Seminar. Anand Swaroop, Ph.D., professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Human Genetics, "Transcriptional Regulation of Photoreceptor Development and Function: Studies on the bZIP Transcription Factor NRL," Waggoner Conference Room 1057 MHRI. Refreshments will be served at 3:45.

Tuesday, February 05, 2002
--10 a.m., Seminar in Children's Health Services Research. Harold Pollack, Ph.D., Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, "The Prevalence and Social Consequences of Pediatric Obesity," Room 6D15, 300 North Ingalls

--12 p.m., Biological Chemistry Seminar. Dr. Patricia Kiley, associate professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, "Regulatory Roles of Fe-S Cluster Proteins," 5330 Med Sci I

--5 p.m., Radiology Grand Rounds. Ella Kazerooni, M.D., Mark Helvie, M.D., and Berkman Sahiner, Ph.D., "Screening in Radiology: Principles, Reality and Future for the Early Detection of Breast and Lung Cancer," F2305 MCHC

--5 p.m. Research Responsibility Program (RRP) Seminar. Howard G. Rush, D.V.M., Director of Unit of Laboratory Animal Medicine and associate professor of Laboratory Medicine, "Animal Subject Protections," G2305 Towsley

Wednesday, February 06, 2002
--8:45 a.m., Research Discussion: Anesthesiology. Steven Lubitz, medical student, "Controlling coagulopthy following circulatory arrest by using a rapid infusion device," Anesthesia Library UH 1H245

--3:45 p.m., Hearing and Chemical Senses Series. Dr. Didier Dulan, University of Bordeaux, "The Role of Ca-activated K channels (Bk and SK) in mammalian cochlear hair cells," HR 4054 KHRI

Thursday, February 07, 2002
--12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art: School of Music Performance by U-M Student Artist Outreach Program. For more information, please call 936-7634.
University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1

Friday, February 08, 2002
--3:30 p.m., The Center for Organogenesis 2001-2002 Seminar Series. Eric R. Fearon, M.D., Ph.D., Emanual N. Maisel Professor of Oncology, associate professor of internal medicine, pathology and human genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, "Role of APC and Catenin Defects in Cancer," 5915 Buhl Building

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