Calendar

Monday, November 2

"Conjucate Vaccine and the Problems of Serotype Replacement"

Speaker: Marc Lipsitch, Department of Biology, Emory University

Sponsor: Department of Epidemiology

Kresge 213, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

"Machinary of Cell Crawling and Some of Its Implications"

Speaker: Thomas Stossel, professor of medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sponsor: Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program

Kresge 502, 9:30 a.m.

"These Are Our Sons, These Are Our Students: Raising and Education Healthy Boys in Changing Times"

Speaker: Barney Brawer, coordinater, Program for Educational Change Agents, Tufts University

Sponsor: Harvard Medical Center Office of Work and Family

Vanderbilt Hall, Common Room, 107 Avenue Louis Pasteur, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

"Differential Vulnerability to Dengue: A Study in Northern Brazil"

Speaker: Annie Joseph, master's student, Department of Population and International Health

Sponsor: Department of Population and International Health, New Disease Seminar

SPH I-1112, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

"Giving Consumers a Choice: Do Point-of-Service Plans Fare Better Than HMOs or Fee-for-Service Plans? Results from the MEDSTAT Quality Catalyst Program"

Speaker: Sherrie Kaplan, adjunct associate professor, Department of Health Policy and Management; co-director and senior social scientist, Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute, New England Medical Center

Sponsor: Center for Quality of Care Research and

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

Annual Cancer Update: "Chemoprevention of Cancer"

Speakers: C. Norman Coleman, professor of radiation oncology, HMS; David Hunter, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology; V. Craig Jordan, professor of cancer pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School; Stuart Schnitt, associate professor of pathology, HMS; Michael Sporn, professor in residence of pharmacology and toxicology and of medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Sapna Syngal, instructor in medicine, HMS; Sigrid Tishler, assistant professor, HMS

Sponsors: Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, Harvard Collaborative Oncology Group

Longwood Galleria Conference Center, 342 Longwood Avenue, Boston, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

"Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding and Selection Bias"

Speaker: James Robins, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology

Sponsor: Department of Epidemiology

Kresge 9th Floor, Epidemiology Library, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

"Beyond the PhD: Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships"

Sponsor: GSAS Office of Student Affairs

Dudley House, Graduate Student Lounge, Lehman Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, 4:00 p.m.

"The Use of Simulators to Evaluate the Effects of Alcohol"

Speaker: Jonathan Howland, professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health

Sponsor: Harvard Injury Control Research Center

Kresge 439, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

"Health Sector Reform, Equity, and Human Rights"

Speaker: Reidar Lie, University of Bergen

Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies

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

• Bernita Anderson, assistant dean for students, will be meeting with small groups of students throughout November to discuss student needs with respect to career services. If you would like to participate, please contact the Office for Students at 432-1036 or visit Kresge G-10 to discuss the schedule of meetings.
  
  
• Submit calendar listings to Rachel Cunningham, SPH I-1204, by noon on Monday of the week preceding the event. Listings may be transmitted via Email: croache@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 office hours at HSPH on November 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 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.
  
  
• An orientation session for recently hired exempt staff will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on November 3 in MEC-L008, 260 Longwood Avenue, HMS. The program includes an overview of Harvard's organizational structure and mission, benefits, retirement plans, facilities, programs, and services. Benefits Office consultants will be on hand to answer questions.

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