April, 2012
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2
Seminar
MIC
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Regulation of host innate and adaptive immune responses by Yersinia type III effectors
Presented by James Bliska, PhD, Professor, Stony Brook University
4
Seminar
PMB
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Development and Preclinical Evaluation of P. falciparum CeITOS Antigen as Pre-erythrocytic Malaria Vaccine Candidate
Presented by Evelina Angov, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Laboratory Chief, Microbiologist, WRAIR, Military Malaria Research, Malaria Vaccine Branch
4
Seminar
MPS
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room D
Development of the Bethesda Eye and Attention Measure (BEAM) to Evaluate Neurocognitive Function
Presented by David Barry, CPT, USA, Graduate Student, MPS, USU
5
Course
LRC
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Room D2013
EndNote Basics
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php
5
Seminar
NES
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Tackling Concussion: Role of Diffusional Axonal Injury in Mild TBI
Presented by Douglas H. Smith, MD, The Robert A. Groff Professor & Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Director of PENN's Center for Brain Injury & Repair
6
Seminar
MED
8:30 a.m.
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Room A2052
Genetic identification of Leukemia Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Presented by Dennis Du, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, USU
6
Seminar
10:30-11:30 a.m.
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AFRRI Conference Room 3425
Genistein inhibits radiation-induced inflammation and protects mouse hematopoietic tissue
Presented by Cam T. Ha, PhD, Research Scientist, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI)
9
Seminar
MIC
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
What early immune responses tell us about vaccination potential for Trypanasoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease
Presented by Rick L. Tarleton, Ph.D., UGA Athletic Association Distinguished, Professor of Biological Sciences, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia
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Course
LRC
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Room D2013
Systematic Reviews
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php
10
Seminar
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
HCPTP: A Simple Molecule at at Complicated Crossroad
Presented by Cynthia Stauffacher, Purdue University
11
Seminar
PHA
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room B
Afferent Regulation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: The Functional Significance of Projections From The Lateral Habenula
Presented by Susan R. Sesack, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
11
Seminar
MPS
12:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room D
An Investigation of the Overlap of Disinhibited Eating Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
Presented by Ms. Anna Vannucci
12
Seminar
PED
7:45 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Disease
Presented by David Kimberlin, MD, Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
12
Seminar
PMB
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Development and Preclinical Evaluation of P. falciparum CeITOS Antigen as Pre-erythrocytic Malaria Vaccine Candidate
Presented by Evelina Angov, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Laboratory Chief, Microbiologist, WRAIR, Military Malaria Research, Malaria Vaccine Branch
12
Seminar
MCB
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Genome Engineering & Genetic Analysis of Human Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)-Associated Neurological, Cardiovascular & Hematopoietic Phenotypes in Mice
Presented by Y. Eugene Yu, PhD, Associated Professor, Director, Children's Guild Foundation, Down Syndrome Research Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences
13
Seminar
MED
8:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room B
An NF-kappaB-centric View of Immunity: from T Cell Activation to Regulation of Inflammation in the Brain
Presented by Dr. Brian Schaefer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, USU
13
Seminar
10:30-11:30 a.m.
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AFRRI Conference Room 3425
Ciprofloxacin: Not just an antimicrobial
Presented by Risaku Fukumoto, PhD, Research Associate, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Radiation Combined Injury Program, AFRRI)
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Seminar
MIC
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Discovering new broad or narrow range antibacterial targets by comparative genomic approaches
Presented by Valerie de Crecy-Lagard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
18
Course
LRC
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Room D2013
EndNote Web
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php
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Ceremony
MPS
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room E
Assessing the Impact of Nurse Home Visitations in Reducing Adverse Birth Outcomes in African American Women
Presented by Maj(s) Jennifer Henderson
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Seminar
PMB
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Respiratory Concerns in Developing Countries
Presented by Dr. Sharon Ludwig, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., Chief, Epidemiology and Analysis Division, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
20
Seminar
10:30-11:30 a.m.
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AFRRI Conference Room 3425
Acute response to space radiation: Prodromal syndrome in ferrets
Presented by Gregory L. King, PhD, Research Physiologist, Biodosimetry Program, AFRRI
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Ceremony
SOM
1:00 p.m.
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Courtyard/Amphitheater
White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015
In this very popular ceremony, our medical students don their white medical coats for the first time, a symbol of their profession and their responsibilities as future military healthcare providers. This is an important event in the lives students, their invited guests and the entire University community.
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Conference
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Sanford Auditorium
The 7th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference
The conference is free, however, registration is required. Contact Theda Franklin for more information
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Seminar
PMB
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Cafeteria
Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for biomedical applications: from human tissue analysis to rapid pathogen diagnosis
Presented by Dr. Steven J. Rehse, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Windsor
25
Seminar
PHA
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room B
Immunization, Deimmunization and Tolerance to Factor VIII
Presented by David W. Scott, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, USU
25
Seminar
MPS
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room E
Tobacco Withdrawal and Cessation among Black Smokers
Presented by Ms. Cendrine Robinson
25
Seminar
PMB
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Military Entomology Research Program
Presented by Dr. Jason Richardson, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chief, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
26
Seminar
PED
7:45 - 8:45 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Blood Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differenentiation: Lessons From a Clinical Fellow to a Professor
Presented by Leonard Zon, MD, Director, Stem Cell Research Program, Grousbeck Professor in Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
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Course
LRC
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Room D2013
Bibliometric tools in the LRC
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php
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Webinar
1:00 pm
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DCoE April Webinar - Children of Deployed Parents: Health Care Provider Strategies for Enhancing Coping Skills
Event Speakers: Stephen Cozza, M.D., Associate Director Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress and Michelle Sherman, Ph.D., Director, Family Mental Health Program of the Oklahoma City VAMC Clinical Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Seminar
MCB
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
MTA1 Master Coregulator in Cancer & Beyond
Presented by Rakesh Kumar, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, George Washington University
27
Seminar
RES
8:30 a.m.
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Room A2052
Iatrogenic Allceleration of Heart Failure: Lessons from a large RCT
Presented by Mark C. Haigney, M.D., FAHA, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Director of Cardiology, USU
27
Seminar
10:30 am
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AFRRI Conference Room 3425
Combined effect of GT3 and simvastatin on radiation induced hematopoietic injury
Event Speaker: Kushal Chakraborty, PhD, Staff Investigator (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Radiation Countermeasures Program, AFRRI
30
Seminar
MIC
1130 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Human papillomaviruses use a novel Trojan Horse mechanism to enter host cells: a new paradigm for pathogen-host cell interactions?
Presented by Michelle A. Ozbun, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of New Mexico, School of Medicine