Science in Medicine Lectures

Current 2012/13 Science in Medicine Lecture Series

October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May


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May 2013

Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.P.

Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine, and Director, Division of Sleep Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Senior Physician and Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Affiliated Faculty, Department of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School

Annual Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
“The Sleep Gap: Why is it Growing?”

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Turner Auditorium (Room D209), Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:

  • Harborview Medical Center: Research & Training Room 109
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Room 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Sze Conference Room, D1-080/084
  • Washington State University - Riverpoint Campus: SAC 415
  • University of Alaska Anchorage-HSB 106

Previous Lectures from 2012-2013 Season

April 2013

Rainer Storb, M.D.

Member, Clinical Research Division,
Head, Transplantation Biology Program,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Professor, Medical Oncology Division,
University of  Washington School of Medicine

Distinguished Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
“Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation: Five Decades and Hundreds of Trainees from >50 Countries to get it Right”

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Turner Auditorium (Room D209), Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:

  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1309
  • UW Medicine South Lake Union (SLU): Orin Smith Auditorium
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: D1-080/084 SZE East & West
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Room 806
  • Seattle Children's Hospital: MA5-214 (Bone Marrow Transplant Team)
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D

March 2013

Terry McElwain, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor and Executive Director,
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Associate Director, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University

WWAMI Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"Addressing Global Health at the Human-Animal Interface"

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
T733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210

February 2013

Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Ph.D.

Professor, Biochemistry
Associate Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM)
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Biology and Genome Sciences
University of Washington

Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"Regulation of Stem Cell state by S1P, hypoxia and microRNAs"

Monday, February 25, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
T733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210

January 2013

Sharona E. Gordon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington

Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"No gain, no pain: tuning TRPV1 ion channels to respond to noxious stimuli"

Monday, January 14, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065 Pelton Auditorium
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D

December 2012

Frederick S. Buckner, M.D.

Professor, Medicine
University of Washington

Science in Medicine Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"Drug discovery in academia for neglected tropical diseases"

Monday, December 3, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: D1-084, Sze Conference Room
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D

November 2012

Jesse Bloom, Ph.D.

Assistant Member, Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Genome Sciences
University of Washington

New Investigator Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"Molecular dissection of an influenza evolutionary pathway"

Monday, November 19, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center:B1-065
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D

October 2012

Jared Baeten, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health and Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington

New Investigator Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"New strategies for HIV prevention in Africa: envisioning the end of AIDS"

Monday, October 15, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1360
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: B1-065
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D

Gregory D. Horwitz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington

New Investigator Lecture

Title of Lecture:
"Exploring primary visual cortex with new techniques: isoresponse surface measurements and optogenetics"

Monday, October 29, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
T-733, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington

This lecture will be simultaneously video-televised at:
  • Harborview Medical Center: NJB 1261
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute: Pearl Jam Rm. 806
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: J2-108
  • Washington State University - Spokane: SAC 515
  • University of Alaska - Fairbanks: WRRB 210
  • University of Alaska - Anchorage: CPISB 101-D