Public Health Research/Academic Conference Series (Jan. 25)—Department of Public Health Chairman Dr. Alvin Mushlin will give a presentation at 1 pm entitled "Economic Evaluations of New Medical Technologies" as part of the department’s recently launched monthly conference series.  The series will provide a forum for discussion of current research efforts and issues.  Presentations will be provided by faculty, visiting professors, students, residents and special invited speakers. Additional sessions will be held on Feb. 22nd, March 28th, April 25th, May 23rd, and June 27th from 1-2 pm in the department’s conference room, located in the Kips Bay Building, 411 East 69th Street, Room 229.  All are welcome.  Snacks and beverages will be served. For further information, please contact Maritza Montalvo at 746-1264, or by e-mail at mmontal@med.cornell.edu

MSKCC Symposium on "Gene Therapy and the Treatment of Cancer" (Jan. 27)—This free symposium organized by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will include 13 presentations by MSKCC, Weill-Cornell, and guest speakers. The program starts at 10:00 a.m. and will be held in MSKCC’s Rockefeller Research Laboratories, Room 116 (430 E. 67th St.). No registration is required. For program information, call 639-6191.

Human Genome Project Will Be Topic for R.U.’s Cohn Forum on Health Affairs (Jan. 31)—Horace Judson, professor of history at George Washington University, will be the guest speaker at Rockefeller University’s Cohn Forum on Health Affairs. His lecture topic is "What Do We Talk About When We Talk About the Human Genome Project?" The reception and lecture will be held in R.U.’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Dining Room starting at 5 pm. Admission is free. All are welcome. For more information, call 327-8967.

HealthOutreach Lecture for Caregivers (Jan. 31)—"The Ins and Outs of Homecare: What Caregivers Need to Know" is the topic of a lecture to be held from 6:30 to 8 pm in A-250. Reservations are required. Please call 746-4351 for more information. (Sponsored by HealthOutreach Caregivers Service.)

Communication Improvement Support Group—The Employee Assistance Program Consortium at New York Weill Cornell will sponsor a support group entitled "Improving Communication in Relationships."  These six one-hour lunchtime support groups will be held at 12 noon and run for 6 weeks, starting on January 24. There is no fee, but reserve early as space is limited. Call for location and to sign up at 746-5890, or e-mail EAPC@mail.med.cornell.edu. 

OSHA In-Service Training—As part of the continuing in-service training on Health and Safety regulations, educational sessions on the Medical College’s Chemical Hygiene Plan and Bloodborne Exposure Plan will be held on the following dates in Room A-950: Chemical Hygiene Plan: Feb. 23 (10 am -12 pm); March 15 (2 - 4 pm); Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Plan: Feb. 16 (2 - 4 pm); March 7 (10 am -12 pm).  Participation in one session per year is mandatory under Federal (OSHA) regulations for all laboratory workers, including graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows as well as their faculty supervisors, who work with chemicals or with human blood as well as other potentially infectious materials.  OSHA requires that the names of attendees at these sessions be recorded.

State-Mandated Infection Control and Child Abuse Courses—The state-mandated Infection Control and Child Abuse Courses required for licensure in New York State are offered regularly by the School of Continuing Education for Nurses, New York Weill Cornell Center.  The schedule for 2000 is: Infection Control Update: Feb. 3, March 2, April 6, May 18, June 8, July 20, Aug. 3, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 7; Infection Control Core Course: Feb. 3, April 6, June 8, Aug. 3, Oct. 19, Dec. 7; Child Abuse Course: Jan. 27, March 16, May 11, July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 28, Nov. 9. All classes are held in Nursing Education, Payson House Sub-basement. The fee is $35.00.  Preregistration is suggested, as seating is limited.  To register, stop by the School, Payson House Basement.  For more information, please call 746-1224.

A Quarter Century Landmark Plus! Update Your Medicine June 2000 Course (June 26-30)—Sponsored by the Weill Medical College and the Association of Practicing Physicians of The New York Hospital, the Update Your Medicine Program presents a practical CME course—including lectures, workshops, and Meet-the-Professor luncheons. (37.50 Category I AMA-PRA credits.)  Additional 11.5 credits available for Hands-on Workshops.  This program has also been reviewed and is acceptable for 37.50 elective hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians.  For further information, contact Dr. Lila Wallis, Director, or Debora Laan, Coordinator, at 212-746-4752; website: www.med.cornell.edu/update.your.medicine.

Flu Shots for Employees—Employees at New York Weill Cornell Center may receive flu shots at the Occupational Health Service, Stich Medical Building (1315 York Ave.), mezzanine level, on an express basis and without an appointment Monday through Friday from 8 - 11:30 am, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1 - 4 pm, through Feb. 25th.
 

Monday, January 24

1:30 pm Genetic Medicine Recruitment Team Seminar—"EpoR and Stat5: Their Role in Red Cell Formation"—Dr. Merav Socolovsky, Whitehead Inst. for Biomedical Research—E-415.

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"Sexuality and Pregnancy"—Dr. Amos Grunebaum, Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer—Uris Aud.

Tuesday, January 25

1:00 pm  Public Health Academic/Research Conf.—"Economic Evaluations of New Medical Technologies"—Dr. Alvin Mushlin—Kips Bay Bldg. (229).

1:30 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Patient Viewing"—ST-301.

2:15 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Case Discussion"—A-950.

4:00 pm Infectious Diseases Conf.—"Clinical Presentations"—Drs. Barry Hartman and Warren Johnson—A-450.

Wednesday, January 26

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"Establishing the Link Between Cultural Competency and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health"—Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Center for Multi-Cultural and Minority Health—A-126.

1:30 pm Genetic Medicine Recruitment Team Seminar—"Genetic Studies on the Development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Using Murine Cbfb-MYH11 Knock-In Models"—Dr. Lucio Castilla, National Human Genome Research Institute—E-415.

1:30 pm Neuropsychology Grand Rounds—"Neuropsychology of Swearing"—Dr. Diana van Lancker, NYU School of Education—F-1190.

5:00 pm Dean’s Hour (Heberden Society Lecture)—"What Is a Doctor? How William Osler Practiced Medicine"—Dr. Michael Bliss, Univ. of Toronto—Weill Aud. (C-2).

6:00 p.m. NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"What’s That You Said? Myths and Facts About Memory"—Jan Alscher and Beth Harris—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

Thursday, January 27

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"Hyperbaric Medicine"—Dr. Harvey Himel—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"Advances in the Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm"—Dr. K. Craig Kent—Uris Aud.

12:00 pm Biochemistry Lecture—"Regulation of CFTR Channel Gating by ATP Hydrolysis Cycles"—Dr. David Gadsby, Rockefeller Univ.—E-115.

1:00 pm Clinical Research Methodology Survey Course—"Design of Observational Investigations: Case Control, Cross-sectional and Cohort Studies"—Dr. Martin Lesser—Greenberg Pavilion (4-105).

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—TBA—Uris Aud.

Friday, January 28

12:00 pm SKI Molecular Biology Seminar—"Breaking Cell Cycle Arrest in Oocytes"—Dr. Joan Ruderman, Harvard Medical School—MSKCC (RRL-116).

Monday, January 31

12:30 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Case Presentations"—Dr. David Zackson—Payson 2 Conf. Rm. (lunch served).

4:30 pm Immunology Seminar—"KS-like Disease in Transgenic Mice Expressing the Chemokine Receptor Encoded by HHV8"—Dr. Sergio Lira, Schering-Plough Research Institute—D-417. 

5:00 pm Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds—"Women Approaching Menopause: Interpreting the Transition"—Dr. Alan Altman, Harvard Medical School—Uris Aud.

5:30 pm R.U. Cohn Forum on Health Affairs—"What Do We Talk About When We Talk About the Human Genome Project?"— Dr. Horace Judson, George Washington Univ.—RU’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Dining Room.

6:30 pm HealthOutreach Lecture—"The Ins and Outs of Homecare: What Caregivers Need to Know"—Iris Hudis, VIP Home Health Care Services—A-250.

Tuesday, February 1

1:30 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Patient Viewing"—ST-301.

2:15 pm Dermatology Grand Rounds—"Case Discussion"—A-950.

4:00 pm Infectious Diseases Conf.—"Clinical Presentations"—Drs. Barry Hartman and Warren Johnson—A-450.

7:00 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Problem Cases"—Dr. David Zackson—A-126.

Wednesday, February 2

1:00 pm David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium—"The New Genetics: Problems and Possibilities"—Dr. Jessica Davis—Whitney 117.

1:30 pm Neuropsychology Grand Rounds—"Driving and Dimentia: An In Vivo Study"—Dr. Nancy Pachana, Massey Univ., New Zealand—F-1190.

4:00 pm Clinical Nephrology Conf.—"Interventional Radiology"—Dr. Neil Khilnani—M-220.

5:00 pm Dean’s Hour—"Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Is the Risk Justified?"—Dr. Leonard Girardi—Weill Aud. (C-2).

Thursday, February 3

8:30 am Pediatrics Grand Rounds—"The Treatment of the Upper Extremities in Cerebral Palsy"—Dr. Michelle Carson—Uris Aud.

11:00 am Medical Grand Rounds—"New Developments in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants"—Dr. Michael Schuster—Uris Aud.

5:00 pm Surgery Grand Rounds—TBA—Uris Aud.

Friday, February 4 - (No listings received.)

Monday, February 7

4:00 pm SKI Molecular Biology Seminar—"The Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Human Cells"—Dr. Stephen West, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK—MSKCC (RRL-116).

4:00 pm Endocrine/Metabolic Bone Conf.—"Case Presentations"—Dr. David Zackson—Payson 2 Conf. Rm. (lunch served).

6:00 p.m. NYPH-Westchester Community Ed. Program—"Let’s Talk About the Empty Nest, Aging Parents, Love and Sex, and Other Matters of Midlife"—Dr. Steven and Judith Estrine—Center Bldg. Aud. (Westchester).

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