presents
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeries
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesoffersanopportunityforthegreaterWilmingtoncommunitytobenefitdirectlyfrom
thetopicsofinformationavailabletotheCenterinitsstudyareas.
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesisfreeandopentothepublic.Theseminarisheldinthemain
auditoriumattheUNCWCenterforMarineScience,5600MarvinK.MossLane.Theseminarwill
beginpromptlyat6:30p.m.intheauditorium.Areceptionwithlighthorsd’oeuvreswillfollow.
Duetolimitedseating,reservationsarerequired.AdvanceregistrationforBlueFishSociety
memberswillendSeptember30,2005.ThegeneralpublicmaybeginregistrationonOctober3,
2005.
UNCWCenterforMarineScience
5600MarvinK.MossLane
Wilmington,NC28409
OceansandHumanHealth
withSamuelH.Wilson,M.D.
NationalInstitutefor
EnvironmentalHealthSciences
Tuesday,October11,2005,6:30p.m.
OceansandHumanHealth
withSamuelH.Wilson,M.D.
DeputyDirector,NationalInstituteofEnvironmentalHealthSciences
S
amuelH.WilsonisDeputyDirectorofthe
NationalInstituteofEnvironmentalHealth
Sciences(NIEHS).Hereceivedgraduate
andpostdoctoraltraininginmedicineand
biochemistryatHarvardMedicalSchooland
theNationalInstituteofHealth.Dr.Wilson
joinedNIEHSinthemid-1990s,wherehe
hasworkedtofosterbasicmedicalresearch
anddiseasepreventionresearch.Hehelped
developprogramsingeneticsusceptibility,
functionalgenomics,children’shealth,
minorityinstitution’s
researchandcommunity
involvement.Hecurrently
servesastheprincipal
investigatorfortheDNA
RepairandNucleicAcid
Enzymologydivisionof
theNIEHSLaboratoryof
StructuralBiology.
toseveralprivatefoundationsinvolvedin
biomedicalresearch.HeisAssociateEditor
ofDNARepairand
amemberofthe
editorialboardofthe
AnnualReviewof
Medicine.Dr.Wilson
hasauthored300
publicationsandhas
beeneditoroffour
referencevolumes.
D
r.WilsonworkedwiththeInstituteof
MedicinetodevelopaRoundtable
promotinglong-termplanningandabroader
workingdefinitionofenvironmentalhealth.
ThisbroadbackgroundmakesDr.Wilson’s
perspectiveuniqueashepresents“Oceans
andHumanHealth.”
D
r.Wilson’srecentactivitiesinclude
membershiponastudysectionatNIH
andnumerousotherFederalagencyadvisory
groups.Hehasservedasascientificadvisor
Pleasejoinusforthefirstseminar
inthe2005-2006PlanetOceanseries:
OceansandHumanHealth
withSamuelH.Wilson,M.D.
October11,2005
UNCWCenterforMarineScience
Auditorium
Seminar6:30p.m./Reception7:30p.m.
CenterforMarineScience
5600MarvinK.MossLane
Wilmington,NC28409
Toreserveseats,callCenterforMarineScience
910-962-2301
FordirectionsormoreinformationaboutCMS,
pleasevisitourwebsite:
www.uncw.edu/cmsr
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