Tuesday, 11 May 2010
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Lectures and Seminars
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Medical Anthropology Colloquium Seminar
Tibetan medicine in Exile: the ethics, politics, and science of cultural survival
Stephan Kloos, PhD Candidate
UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Anthropology Program
Location and Time: Laurel Heights 376 | 3:30-5:00
Contact: Kimberly Bissell or 415-476-7223
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
DIVISION OF GENERAL PEDIATRICS
Translational Research Seminar Schedule
2009-2010
Application of Clinical Pharmacology to Help Guide Pediatric Antibiotic Dosing
Adam Frymoyer, MD
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: UCSF Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street, Conference Room 262
Lunch is served
Contact: Marcela Cazares or 415-476-5473
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
MAKING A CAREER IN TOBACCO CONTROL
WINTER/SPRING 2010
Special problems of doing tobacco research and how to deal with them
Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: CTCRE Conference Room
Kalmanovitz Ste. 366, 530 Parnassus Avenue
Open to the Public
Contact: Aria Yow
Phone: 415-476-0140
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Integrative Medicine Today: Lunchtime Lecture Series
East Meets West in Fertility Care – Making the Patient “Whole”
Beverly Burns, MS, LAc
Acupuncturist, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Marcelle Cedars, MD
Director, UCSF Div. of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility and Director, UCSF In
Vitro Fertilization Program
This lecture will offer insights on a comprehensive approach to fertility care. You will
learn from UCSF experts about the most advanced reproductive health care as
well as the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
RSVP
This is a free lunchtime lecture. Feel free to bring a lunch!
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: 1701 Divisadero St., Suite 150
Attendance: Open to the Public
Contact: Lynn Prudencio
phone: 415-353-7700
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Co-sponsored with the UCSF Survivorship Program and part of their 2010 Spotlight
on Cancer Survivorship series supported by Mount Zion Health Fund
Stress Reduction
Kristie Dalia Home, RYT
Learn effective ways to release the tension and stress in your mind and body, and
discover ways of connecting to that deep, serene place within. Stress reduction
will help bring balance and joy to your life, as well as the resilience to face life’s
challenges head on.
Kristie Dahlia Home is a Specialist at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative
Medicine, where she teaches stress reduction techniques that are accessible to
people in all states of health. Her teaching is recognized for its warmth, precision,
contagious love of life, and keen attention to the unique needs of each
individual.
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California St., San Francisco
No charge. Space is limited. For reservations, call 415-476-0267.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Nutrition & Chemotherapy: Coping with side effects
Greta Macaire, RD, CSO
In this seminar you will learn tips to help minimize nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, &
constipation. You’ll hear about how to gain/lose weight in a healthy manner, the
importance of food safety during cancer therapy, and also supplements that may
interact with your treatment. Caregivers welcome to attend. Offered:
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: UCSF Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, 6th floor, Room B-601
No charge. Registration required. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required. Please call 415-885-3693.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Department of Psychiatry / Health Psychology Seminar Series:
"Mind and Biology: Mechanisms and Models "
Depression, health behaviors, and cardiovascular events in the Heart and Soul
Study
Mary Whooley, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco
The Mind and Biology Seminar Series provides a discussion forum for faculty and
students at UCSF and other local universities interested in the interactions among
stress and psychological factors, the nervous system, peripheral biological systems
(the autonomic nervous system, hormonal systems, the immune system) and
health/disease. The seminar series is particularly focused on understanding
physiological mechanisms that link the mind to health and disease as well as
exploring these relationships at a conceptual level. Some sessions include
presentations by researchers from around the Bay area or invited speakers from
outside the Bay area. Others focus on discussion of timely topics or relevant new
findings. The sessions are open to interested researchers and students.
Sponsored by the Center for Health and Community at UCSF and co-facilitated by
Margaret Kemeny, Elissa Epel, and Owen Wolkowitz. Please feel free to bring along
a packed lunch.
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Location: UCSF Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street, Suite 474
Contact: Margaret Kemeny
Phone: 415-476-7620
Friday, May 14, 2010
Made possible through the generous support of the
Mount Zion Health Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Psycho-oncology Speaker Series at UCSF
Fatigue is one of the more distressing and debilitating symptoms experienced by
our patients. This lecture will describe exciting new research investigating the
biobehavioral etiology of cancer-related fatigue and outline some promising
areas of intervention. Come prepared for a great discussion.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Julienne Bower holds a BA from Brown University and a PhD in Psychology from
UCLA. Dr. Bower completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psycho-neuroimmunology
at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA, and is currently an
Assistant Professor in the UCLA Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences. Her research is focused on elucidating the interactions
between psychological and immune factors among cancer patients and survivors,
as well as individuals at high risk for cancer. One line of her research examines the
association between changes in immune status and behavioral symptoms
experienced by cancer patients during and after treatment. This research is based
on the hypothesis that activation of proinflammatory cytokines mediates fatigue
and other behavioral side effects of cancer treatment, including depression and
cognitive disturbance.
Dr. Bower currently is conducting prospective studies of cancer patients
undergoing radiation and immunotherapy designed to identify mechanisms of
fatigue and other behavioral symptoms. In addition, she is conducting research
with cancer survivors who have completed treatment but are still experiencing
persistent fatigue.
Time: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
(light breakfast starting at 7:30am)
Location: Herbst Hall, Mt. Zion Campus UCSF
Contact: Missy Buchanan
Phone: 415-353-7019
Registration not required
CE credits available for RNs
Monday, May 17, 2010
2010 Eisenberg Legacy Lecture
Why is Health Reform Such a Sisyphean Task?
Joseph Newhouse, PhD
John D. MacArthur Professor
Harvard University
The lecture honors Dr. John Eisenberg who directed the Agency for HealthCare
Research and Quality from 1997 to 2002.
It is funded by the California HealthCare Foundation and is co-sponsored by the
Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at
Stanford University; the Center for Health Research/School of Public Health at UC
Berkeley; and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UC San
Francisco.
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
(Reception following)
Location: University of California, San Francisco
Parnassus Campus, Health Sciences West Building
Room 300 (HSW300) (Enter at 513 Parnassus Avenue)
Register
Contact: Eunice Chee
Monday, May 17, 2010
UCSF Lecture Series in the History of Modern Biomedicine
Dilemmas of Drug Discovery in Madagascar: Plants, Patents and Pills
Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Commentary by George Rutherford, MD
Professor and Head, Division of Prevention Medicine and Public Health,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
Who has rights to medicinal plants? This talk explores issues of property rights and
profit sharing in drug discovery from plants through the history of Madagascar’s
two leading medicinal plant exports: Rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) and
Asiatic Pennywort (Centella asiatica). The talk will also address how access to raw
materials and biodiversity conservation has been at the heart of recent political
crises in Madagascar.
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: UCSF Parnassus Campus, Nursing Building N217
Contact: Kimberly Bissell or 415-476-7223
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
11th Annual CFAR Research Symposium 2010
HIV INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, AND PREMATURE AGING
One of the many presenters will be Dr. Kenneth Covinsky from the UCSF Division of
Geriatrics who will be speaking on
The Intersection of HIV and Geriatric Medicine
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Robert W. Mahley Auditorium
UCSF – Mission Bay
1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA
Registration
Due to limited enrollment, pre-registration is required and early registration is
recommended.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Nutrition & Prostate Cancer
Greta Macaire, RD, CSO
Learn about the latest nutrition prostate cancer research and how to better meet
your nutritional needs.
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600
Divisadero, 3rd floor
No charge.
Please register with the Cancer Resource Center at 415-885-3693.
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