Calendar

Monday, January 26

"Eat Well and Keep Moving: A Health Promotion Program in Urban Elementary Schools Preliminary Results"

Speakers: Lilian Cheung, lecturer, Department of Nutrition; Steven Gortmaker, senior lecturer, Department of Health and Social Behavior

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

SPH II-202, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

"Implications of Murphy's Four-State Model on Smooth Muscle Contractile Dynamics"

Speaker: Srboljub Mijailovich, research associate, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

SPH I-1301, 9:30-10:30a.m.

"Lung Collapse and Diving in Whales Big Deal!"

Speaker: Richard Brown, Thord-Gray visiting scholar, University of Goteborg, Zoological Institute, Sweden

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

SPH I-1301, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

"Subspecialty Versus Generalist Care: Results of the ASK (Ambulatory Shoulder and Knee) Study"

Speaker: David Bates, medical director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners in Health Care

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and Education

Kresge G-2, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

"The Health Status of Afghan Women Under the Taliban Rule"

Speaker: Zieba Shorish-Shamley, chair, Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan

Sponsors: FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Health and Human Rights Student Group, Women in Public Health, Minority Student Health Organization, Student Coordinating Committee

FXB-G12, 12:30-1:20 p.m.

"Incorporating Concerns for Equity in Economic Evaluations of Health Care Programs"

Speaker: Erik Nord, National Institute of Public Health, Norway

Sponsor: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

9 Bow Street, Cambridge, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

"Politics, Culture, and Family Planning in Indonesia"

Speaker: Terry Hull, Department of Demography, Australian National University, Canberra

Sponsor: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

9 Bow Street, Cambridge, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

• The January issue of the HSPH Web Digest, a monthly compilation of articles, news releases, and information about new HSPH websites, can be found at www.hsph.harvard.edu/digest.
  
  
• An orientation session for recently hired exempt staff will be held from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on January 27 in MEC-L008, 260 Longwood Avenue, HMS. The program includes an overview of Harvard's organizational sturcture and mission, benefits, retirement plans, facilities, programs, and services. Benefits Office consultants will be on hand to answer questions.
  
  
• The 1998 Winter Charity Ball, sponsored by the Student Coordinating Committee, will be held on January 31 from 9:00 p.m to 1:00 a.m. at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. Tickets for the evening will be sold outside the Kresge cafeteria on January 26, 27, and 28 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Tickets prices are $25 for students and $35 for faculty and staff. Proceeds benefit Prevention Now!, an afterschool program for children in high-risk communities.
  
  
• The Asian Club invites everyone to a Lunar New Year celebration of the "Year of the Tiger" on January 27 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Kresge cafeteria. The festivities include a table decorating competition and Asian foods. For more information, contact Tim Niu at tniu@hohp.harvard.edu.
  
  
• The Countway Library of Medicine offers free classes in the use of its electronic resources. Instruction on using MEDLINE via Telnet will be given on January 28 at 11:00 a.m. and a demonstration of HOLLIS will be presented at 12:00 p.m. on January 30. Both classes take place in the Knowledge Lab on level L-1. Call 432-2134 to register.
  
  
• Submit calendar listings to Ethan Cohen, Kresge 1005, by noon on Monday of the week preceding the event. Listings may be transmitted via Email ecohen@sph. harvard.edu.

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