DAYBREAK - Dean's Research Seminars Begin Monday, Sept. 28

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1st appeared 24 September 1998

Dean's Research Seminars Begin Monday, Sept. 28

The 1998-1999 Dean's Research Seminar Series continues a nine-year tradition that brings together a clinician and a basic scientist to give their perspectives on a particular disease.

The lecture series for this academic year will begin on Monday, September 28, with a seminar entitled "Epilepsy: Advances in our understanding of the 'Sacred Disease'," presented by Dan Lowenstein, professor of neurology, anatomy and neurological surgery; Nick Barbaro, associate professor of neurological surgery; and Ken Laxer, professor of clinical neurology. The seminar will take place in room N 225 at 3:30 p.m.

With the exception of one outside speaker per year, all presenters at the Dean's Research Seminars are UCSF faculty. The series is an opportunity for faculty members to present their research to the campus in a forum broader than their own departmental seminars or grand rounds.

Each seminar includes a clinical discussion and case presentation followed by a review of basic pathogenic mechanisms, reflecting a trend toward interdisciplinary translation research that is also manifested in some of the new programs, such as the Human Genetics Program and the Diabetes Center, being developed in the School of Medicine.

When Joseph Martin was dean of the School of Medicine, he initiated the practice of having a patient as part of the presentation when possible because he believed it both reinforces the information and humanizes the thinking and approaches to investigation and treatment.

The 1998/99 schedules is as follows (all seminars begin at 3:30 p.m. in N 225):

October 19, 1998	No lecture
November 9, 1998	Philippe Bourgois, PhD, head of medical anthropology program, topic TBA.
December 7, 1998	"The Host Immune Response Can Prevent HIV Infection and Disease Progression" by Jay A. Levy, MD, professor of medicine and director, Laboratory of Tumor and AIDS Virus Research; and Michelle Roland, MD, adjunct instructor of medicine.
January 11, 1999	"Apolipoprotein E: From Atherosclerosis to Alzheimer's Disease" by Robert W. Mahley, MD, PhD, professor of pathology and medicine, director of Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and senior member of CVRI; and Lennart Mucke, MD, associate professor of neurology, director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease.
February 22, 1999	"Spermatogenesis and Sporulation: Fertility and Infertility in Men and Yeast" by Ira Herskowitz, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, head of the graduate program in genetics, and co-director, program in human genetics; Renee A. Reijo, PhD, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, physiology, urology and human genetics; and Paul Turek, MD, assistant professor of urology.
March 22, 1999	Keith Yamamoto, PhD, professor and chair of cellular and molecular pharmacology, and professor of biochemistry and biophysics, topic TBA.
April 12, 1999	"Neuropathic pain: Why does it hurt so much when nerves are damaged?" by Allan I. Basbaum, PhD, professor and chair of anatomy, professor of physiology, and member, W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience; and Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and physiology.
May 10, 1999	Invited Guest Speaker

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Adherence to Antiretrovirals (one of last year's Dean's Research Seminars)

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