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Monday, May 24

"Regulation of Gene Expression by Glutamine"

Speaker: Steve Abcower, assistant professor of surgery, HMS; director, Molecular Nutrition Laboratory in Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Sponsor: Department of Nutrition

FXB G-13, 12:00-1:00 p.m.




Tuesday, May 25

"Quantitation of Pre-stress in the Cell"

Speaker: Ning Wang, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

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


"Navigating the Eldercare Resource Maze"

Speaker: Andrea Cohen, Solomont Bailis Ventures

Sponsor: Harvard Medical Center Office of Work and Family, Partners Office for Women's Careers at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Anesthesia Conference Room, CWN L-1, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, 12:00-1:15 p.m.


"Clinical Pathways: What Value Do They Bring to Academic Health Centers?"

Speaker: Elizabeth Mort, director, Operations Improvement Program and Decision Support Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); practicing primary care physician, Women's Health Associates, MGH

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and Education

Kresge G-2, 12:30-1:25 p.m.




Wednesday, May 26

Biannual Meeting: "Change in the Workplace"

Sponsor: Harvard University Clerical Technical Workers Union (HUCTW)

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

(Attendance limited to HUCTW members.)




Thursday, May 27

"Predatory Political Rule as an Obstacle to Human Security"

Speaker: Raimo Vayrynen, professor of government, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

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


Alumni Reception for Dean Bloom

Speaker: Dean Barry Bloom

Sponsor: HSPH Alumni Association

FXB atrium, 6:00-8:30 p.m.




Friday, May 28

"Honesty in Research: A Case Study"

Speakers: James Ware, dean for academic affairs; Douglas Dockery, associate professor, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Human Subjects Committee

FXB G-12, 12:30-1:30 p.m.




Tuesday, June 1

"Asthma and Air Pollution Particles: Studies in a Mouse Model"

Speaker: Kaoru Hamada, research associate, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

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


"Science Versus Politics in the Development of Quality Measures: The National Diabetes Quality Improvement Program"

Speaker: Sheldon Greenfield, director, Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and Education

Kresge G-2, 12:30-1:25 p.m.




Wednesday, June 2

"Making Sense of Adolescence"

Speakers: Anne Fishel, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of Couples Therapy Training Program

Sponsors: Harvard Medical Center Office of Work and Family; Human Resources Department, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Smith 308, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, 12:00-1:15 p.m.




Tuesday, June 8

"A Mouse That Fights Back: The Ergonomics of Force-Feedback Technology in the Office Workspace"

Speaker: Jack Dennerlein, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Health

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

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







June 6 is the date for the 13th annual AIDS Walk. For more information on joining the HSPH team, contact Kelly Wells at 432-1333. Above: last year's school team, which included more than 30 walkers.

  • Special Around the School publication schedule:
    The next issue of the newsletter will be available on June 9. That issue will contain calendar listings covering June 10-July 5. Please submit calendar listings for events during this period to Rachel Cunningham, SPH I-1204, by noon on Wednesday, June 2. Listings may be transmitted via Email ( rcunning@hsph.harvard.edu).

  • See also the online HSPH calendar at www.hsph.harvard.edu/calendar/ for late-breaking events and a listing of events scheduled throughout the academic year.

  • Advisors to foreign students and scholars from the Harvard International Office will hold hours at HSPH on May 27 from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in Kresge G-10. Drop by or call 432-0488 to schedule an appointment. Please remember to bring your passport and other visa documents.


 




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