Notes - 3/21/08

Congratulations to Dr. Bob Wright who has been promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School.  Bob has had important leadership roles in our Department as Director of our Metals Epidemiology Research Group, Director of the Metals Research Core of our Harvard-NIEHS Center, Associate Director of our Center for Children’s Environmental Health, and Principal Investigator of our Superfund Basic Research Program.  This promotion is well deserved and recognition of the significant contributions Bob is making at HSPH and HMS.

On April 3, Dr. Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering at MIT, will visit as the HSPH Distinguished Lecturer, sponsored by the Division of Biological Sciences. He will be speaking on “Cell Nanomechanics and Pathological States”.  I had the chance to hear Dr. Suresh speak on this topic in November, and recommended him for this Lecture.  I think you would find the topic very interesting and Dr. Suresh to be a terrific speaker.

Our new students Open House will be held on April 4, 2008.  It’s an all day event but the Department information sessions are 10:00 - 12:30.  Rooms and more specific information will be available shortly from Barbara Zuckerman.  Faculty and current students are encouraged to attend and share their insight and suggestions with the new students.  

On Thursday, April 10th, from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in Kresge 502, Dr. Theo Colborn, author of the seminal book Our Stolen Future about endocrine disruption and chemical contamination, will speak on “The Male Predicament: The Role of the Environment.”  The event is co-sponsored by the Organics Research Core of the Harvard-NIEHS Center and the New England Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis.

Construction is moving right along on the 14th floor, with phase 1 scheduled to be completed mid May.  Phase 1A, the completion of the MIPS space on the 13th floor, will begin in mid May and is scheduled for completion early in July. See Ken Wenger with any questions.

Enjoy the weekend!

Doug