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The Historical Center to Host the Second Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture
The Historical Center for the Health Sciences is pleased to announce the Second Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 3-5 p.m. at Ford the Auditorium (University Hospital). Best-selling author and physician Abraham Verghese will be giving a lecture entitled,“The Search for Meaning in a Medical Life.” Dr. Verghese’s many publications include the critically acclaimed books My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story and The Tennis Partner. The Davenport lecture is co-sponsored by The Office of the President, The Science, Technology and Society Program, Victor Vaughan Society and the MFA Program in Creative Writing. A book signing and refreshments follow the lecture.

The K30 Training Program in Clinical Research Seeks Applicants
The Training Program in Clinical Research, in conjunction with the School of Public Health, is recruiting qualified applicants for the Mentored Clinical Research Project. Visit http://www.umich.edu/~tpcr for more information and an application.

Parking Update: Lot M6
A Utilities Tunnel project will require the closure of approximately 10 parking spaces in Lot M6 from Monday, Oct. 7 through Friday, Nov. 8. Lot M6 is located on Ann Street, behind the Catherine Street Parking Structure. Access to the structure and other surface parking spaces within the lot will remain available.

Dance and Invest in Ability!
On Saturday, Oct. 19, from 12-3 p.m., join the University’s Dance Marathon and learn more about creative children’s therapies for a variety of disabilities from doctors, therapists and one of our special Dance Marathon families. There will be lunch at the U-Club, a few speakers and a very open question and answer session to address any and all topics related to pediatric rehabilitation. Feel free to stop by anytime, but the earlier the better for the best food. For more information contact DM on the web at http://www.umdm.org or e-mail dm.cr@umich.edu.

"Walk to Remember" Honors Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Patient Care Services at Mott Hospital, Women's Hospital Birth Center, and Holden NICU will host "A Walk to Remember and Tree Planting Ceremony" on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002 at 1 p.m. in Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor. This annual event is planned to recognize National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. All U-M staff are invited to attend. If you have questions, please contact Molly Gates by e-mail at molgates@umich.edu or call (734) 764-8113.

Keyes Becomes SSR's New President
P. Landis Keyes, Ph D., professor of physiology and research scientist, Reproductive Sciences Program, was installed as the Society for the Study of Reproduction's (SSR) new president at the annual meeting. Keyes will serve as president at the Society's 36th annual meeting in July, 2003. The Society has 2,300 members, representing 43 countries, and publishes the leading journal in the reproductive sciences, Biology of Reproduction.

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
- Working to improve detection, treatment of depression
- Don't let the flu get you this season

Next Week's Health Minute
The big freeze: Using cryosurgery to kill breast cancer

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, October 7, 2002

--4 p.m., Neuroscience Program Seminar. Joseph Fetcho, Ph.D., professor, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Suny at Stony Brook, "Imaging, Ablations, and Behavior: Optical Studies of Neuronal Circuits in Zebrafish," Waggoner Conference Room, 1057 MHRI

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

--9:30 a.m., Seminar in Children's Health Services. Barbara Yawn, M.D., M.S., director of Research and Education, Olmsted Medical Center, "What's in a Name? The Impact of Labeling Asthma as RAD or Wheezy Bronchitis," 300 NIB, 6th floor, 6D15 (Large Conference Room)

--3:30 p.m., Functional Neuroimaging Speaker Series. Stefan Posse, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Wayne State University, "Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition and Emotion using Real-Time fMRI," 4448 Colloquium Room. Light refreshments will be served.

--4 p.m., Documentary Premier Video. President Mary Sue Coleman will introduce this premiere of a documentary produced at the University of Michigan. This video gives voice to the realities of depression in a college community. This event will take place at the Michigan Theater.

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

--8:45 a.m., Anesthesiology Research Discussion. Carol Foster, M.D., professor of pediatrics and endocrinology, "Sex Steroids, Opioid Peptides, and other Musings on the Start of Puberty," UH 1 H245

--12 p.m., Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. Marci Lesperance, M.D., associate professor, Department of Otolaryngology, "Mutations in a novel gene, WFS1, causing low frequency hearing loss and Wolfram Syndrome," 2710 Med Sci. II

--12 p.m., Vision Lunch Seminar. Marion A. Maw, Ph.D., senior research fellow, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, New Zealand, "Congenital Night Blindness vs. Progressive Retinal Degeneration: Insights form Genetic Studies," Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium

--1 p.m., Medical Library Classes: Introduction to Basics. This workshop will cover the basics of doing a simple search in MEDLINE, how to manage your search results, exploring the links to related articles and other database resources. This event will take place at the Taubman Medical Library, LRC 3950.

--3 p.m., Epidemiology Seminar. Amr S. Soliman, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, "Cancer Epidemiology in Special Populations: Opportunities for Understanding Cancer Etiology," 3040 SPH I

Thursday, October 10, 2002

--12 p.m., Vision Lunch Seminar. Jan Kremers, Ph.D., scientific research fellow, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, University Tuebingen Eye Hospital, "Signal Processing in the Retina: Physiology, Psychophysics and Pathology," Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium

--12:10 p.m., Gifts of Art: Jazz Standards by the Mark Kieme Duo. This event will take place in the University Hospital Lobby, Floor I.

--3:30 p.m., Organogenesis Seminar Series. Thomas Glaser, Ph.D., assistant professor, Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, "Belly Spots, Optic Nerves and Minutia of Translational Research," 5915 Buhl Building

--5 p.m., Radiology Grand Rounds. N. Reed Dunnick, chair, Department of Radiology, "Complications in Radiology--Recognition, Treatment and Prevention," F2305 MCHC

Friday, October 11, 2002

--12 p.m., Immunology Seminar. Steven Rosen, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, "Sulfation and Leukocyte-Endothelial Interactions, " 2903 LRC

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