May 2013 Events

1
Seminar
AFRRI
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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AFRRI Conference Room
Signal transduction pathways and radiation response
Mansoor M. Ahmed, PhD, Program Director, Radiotherapy Development Branch (RDB), Radiation Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

1
Course
LRC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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D2013
Preparing to Present
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php

1
Seminar
MPS
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room E
Abstinence-induced Decrements in Attention Predict Outcome in Smoking Cessation
LTJG Nicole Kang, Medical & Clinical Psychology Graduate Student, USU

1
Seminar
PMB
12:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Use of human enteric virus detection and groundwater geochemistry to characterize the risk of public supply well contamination
LTC Christopher A. Gellasch, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, USU

3
Seminar
MED
9:00 a.m.
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Room A2052
Predicting Sudden Death
Mark C. Haigney, M.D., FAHA, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Director of Cardiology, USU

3
Seminar
EID
10:00 a.m.
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Lecture Room E
Evaluating Vaccine Candidates for Filariasis
Paul Morris, PhD Degree Candidate, Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate Program, USU

3
Seminar
MPS
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room E
A Prospective Comparative Study to Examine the Association among Suicide Attempt Status, Psychiatric Factors, and the Wish to Die/Wish to Live
Kristen Kochanski, PhD Degree Candidate, Medical & Clinical Psychology Graduate Program, USU

3
Seminar
EID
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Flagella as a putative antivirulence system in Shigella
Kimberly Bliven, Senior EID Student, USU

6
Seminar
MIC
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Understanding and targeting the viral oncoproteome: Can antivirals be used to treat cancer?
Ethel Cesarman, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

6
Seminar
OAI
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Room G252
Suicide Terror Attacks and Their Medical Implications - The Israeli Experience
Col. Dr. Ishay Ostfeld, MD, MHA, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

6
Meeting
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
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BOR Conference Room
SOM Executive Curriculum Committee
 

8
Seminar
AFRRI
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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AFRRI Conference Room
Magnetic resonance imaging of tumor physiology and metabolic profile in vivo
Murali K. Cherukari, PhD, Research Biophysicist, Principal Investigator, Center for Cancer Research Chief, Biophysical Spectroscopy Section Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health

8
Course
LRC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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First Floor Classroom
EndNote Basics
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php

8
Seminar
MPS
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
The Army Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Training (P3T) Program: A Case Study of Fort Campbell, KY
Army CPT Sarah McCreight, MA, Medical & Clinical Psychology Graduate Student,USU

8
Seminar
PMB
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Collaborations of the US CDC in China
Dr. Matthew Brown, Senior Advisor, Office of Global Affairs, Department of Health and Human Service

9
Seminar
PED
7:45 a.m.
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Lecture Room C
Mechanisms of Brain Injury in the Preterm and Term Newborn
Adré J. du Plessis, MBChB, Chief, Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, George Washington University Medical School

9
Seminar
SOM
11:30 a.m.
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Sanford Auditorium
Class of 2013 Graduation Awards Ceremony
 

9
Seminar
MCB
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Role of Setbp1 in Myeloid Leukemia Development/Molecular Mechanism of Regulation of Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Bandana Vishwakarma/Motohiro Tsuchiya

9
Meeting
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
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Room A2052
Faculty Senate Meeting
 

10
Seminar
USU
8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
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USU Campus
Earth Day Campus-Wide Clean up
All are welcome to participate in this event

10
Seminar
EID
1:00 – 02:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Mechanisms of Th17 Dysregulation during HIV Infection
The EID Senior Students Seminar Series presents Sandra Bixler, Senior EID Student

10
Seminar
EID
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Room A
A Prospective Comparative Study to Examine the Association among Suicide Attempt Status, Psychiatric Factors, and the Wish to Die/Wish to Live
Kristen Kochanski, PhD Degree Candidate, Medical & Clinical Psychology Graduate Program, USU

10
Seminar
AOA
1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Far Better it is to Dare
Col (Dr) Todd E Rasmussen

14-15
Event
RES
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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USU
USU Research Days: Celebrating Excellence in Research
Full details including agenda, speakers, and poster abstracts can be found at Research Days 2013

15
Course
LRC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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D2013
Advanced EndNote
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php

15
Seminar
MPS
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Master's Presentation
Marcus Vansickle

15
Seminar
PMB
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.
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Lecture Room A
Quest for a human leishmaniasis vaccine: Status update
Dr. Naomi Aronson, Director, Infectious Diseases Division, Professor, Department of Medicine, USU

16
Seminar
SUR
12:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Development and characterization of models of explosive blast-related spinal column injury
Edward K. Wright, Jr., PhD, Program Manager II/Scientist, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, USU, Chair, Scientific Review Committee, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

16
Seminar
MCB
2:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room C
Mechanisms of Ionizing Radiation-Induced Cell Death in Primary Lung Cells
Ronald Panganiban, PhD Degree Candidate, USU

16
Seminar
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Student Seminars
Omar Logue, Eric Prager, Rachel Lazarus, Steven Miller, Steven Das

17
Meeting
BOR
8:00 a.m.
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Board of Regents Room
Board of Regents Spring Meeting
 

17
Seminar
MED
9:00 a.m.
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Room A2052
The Shocking Truth about Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Results from MADIT-RIT
Dr. Robert Goldstein

18
Ceremony
USU
10:30 a.m.
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DAR Constitution Hall
USU Commencement
 

20
Seminar
OAI
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Acute reaction to stress: prevention and early treatment in the IDF
Colonel Eyal Fruchter, MD, MHA, Head, Mental Health Department, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

20
Seminar
BDE
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
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Sanford Auditorium
Brigade Commander's Call/Awards Ceremony
Be seated by 1250. Official military function, all uniformed members highly encouraged to attend, students may attend if their academic schedule permits

20
Meeting
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
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Room A2011
Research Policy Committee
 

21
Meeting
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
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President's Office
Senate Officers meeting
 

21
Meeting
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
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Bldg E, Dean's Office
Senate Officers Meeting with Dean GSN
 

21
Meeting
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
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Dean's Office, SOM
Senate Officers Meeting with Dean SOM
 

21
Seminar
CHAMP
12:00 p.m.
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Room A2052
Sports Psychology: It's All in Your Head
Eric Thomson, MD, Fairfax Family Medicine Sports Medicine Fellowship

21
Course
LRC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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D2013
Nursing Research
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php

22
Course
LRC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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First Floor Classroom
EndNote Basics
You may sign up for this class by visiting http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/content/training_reg.php

23
Seminar
MCB
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room F
Student Seminars
Ana Marquez, Issa Nesheiwat

23
Seminar
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Improving Neuronal Plasticity in a Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Alexandre Medina de Jesus, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, University of MD, SOM

28
Seminar
11:30 a.m.
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Lecture Hall A
The Inner Workings of the Immune System as Revealed by Advanced Dynamic and Static Imaging
Ronald N. Germain, MD, PhD, NIH Distinguished Investigator, Chief, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Chief, Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Associate Director, Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

30
Seminar
PED
7:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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WRNMMC Memorial Auditorium
Health Policy: Impact on the Care of Children/14th Annual C. Everett Koop Distinguish Lecture
Ildy Katona, MD, CAPT, MC, USN (Ret), Eric Elster, MD, CAPT, MC, USN Mark Del Monte, J.D., Shawn D. Safford, MD, CDR, MC, USN, Marshall Schwartz, M.D., W. Carl Cooley, M.D., Christopher Hollenbeak, Ph.D.

30
Seminar
3:30 p.m.
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Lecture Room B
Student Seminars
Tami Tamashiro, Trevor Logan, John Magnuson, Fiona Brabazon, Kwame Affram