Living with stroke 鈥�
Harborview Medical Center is sponsoring an event for stroke survivors, their families and friends on Saturday, May 3 from 8:45 a.m. to noon in the Research & Training Building at 300 9th Ave. Stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, financial planning, post-stroke resources, drug treatments and legal issues are among the topics. The program is free. For more information, call 206-731-LIVE or register online at
New RWJ Foundation president to speak 鈥�
The Healthy Aging Spring Lecture, sponsored by three School of Nursing centers and the 91探花Retirement Association, will bring Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since January, to campus next week. She will speak on 鈥淯nequal Treatment: Implications for Older Adults鈥� at 10 a.m., Friday, May 9, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. Her talk will be geared to a general audience and is free. Lavizzo-Mourey is a specialist in geriatric medicine, a nationally recognized expert in health-care policy, and a member of the Institute of Medicine鈥檚 Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The Center for Women鈥檚 Health Research and the Center for Advancement of Health Disparities Research are joining with the deTornyay Center for Healthy Aging and the Retirement Association to sponsor the lecture this year.
Robotic surgery 鈥�
Dr. Vaughn Starnes, chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, will be at the 91探花next week as the 12th visiting scholar in cardiothoracic surgery. He will present an afternoon lecture, open to everyone, at 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 9, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Center. His topic is 鈥淩obotic Cardiac Surgery: State of the Art.鈥� He will also conduct teaching rounds with residents and participate in research presentations on Friday morning. On Saturday, May 10, he will speak on 鈥淪urgical Alternatives for Congestive Heart Failure鈥� at a breakfast meeting at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel. For information on reservations for the breakfast event, call Margo Boyd at 206-685-8644.
Katterman Lecture 鈥�
The Katterman Lecture, sponsored by the Pharmacy Alumni Association, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10, in room T-435 of the Health Sciences Center. Bill Felkey, associate professor of pharmacy care systems at Auburn University in Alabama and an authority on pharmacy-practice technology, will speak on using personal data assistants (PDAs) in pharmacies. He will also discuss other technology, including prescription processing robots. The registration fee is $25 for Pharmacy Alumni Association members and $50 for others. Call 206-543-3485 for more information.
Rules for outside consulting 鈥�
Outside employment and consulting by 91探花faculty members is the topic for the next program in the 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You鈥� series organized by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations. Michael Corn, director of regulatory guidance for the School of Medicine, is the speaker. His title is 鈥淚t鈥檚 Not as Simple as 鈥極ne Day Per Week鈥�: Know the Rules of the Game Before You Do Outside Consulting.鈥� The program, from 1 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, is in Turner Auditorium, room D-209 of the Health Sciences Center. Everyone is welcome and there is no registration.
Glioma epidemic? 鈥�
Dr. Peter Burger of Johns Hopkins Institutions in Baltimore will present the first Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology at 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 14, in the Research & Training Building at Harborview Medical Center. Burger is an expert on the diffuse and often aggressive brain tumors called gliomas. His topic is 鈥淥ligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas: An Epidemic.鈥� This first of a planned annual series of lectures is named in honor of Dr. Ellsworth Alvord, who recently retired after 42 years as chief of neuropathology in the School of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Pathology.
Genome Sciences symposium 鈥�
The Department of Genome Sciences will hold its second annual all-day symposium on Wednesday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. The symposium title is 鈥淗uman/Mouse: Comparative Biology.鈥� No registration is required and participants do not need to attend all sessions. In addition to presentations by leading 91探花genome scientists, the program includes several experts from other major genetics centers. For a full program, see the Web site at and choose 鈥淪ymposium鈥� from the left column.
Smallpox and troubled times 鈥�
鈥淪mallpox Vaccination: Responsible Public Health in Troubled Times鈥� is the title for the Bodemer Symposium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. The keynote speaker is Dr. William Foege, now with the Gates Foundation and a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Foege, a graduate of the 91探花School of Medicine, is perhaps best known for spearheading the global effort to eradicate smallpox. After Foege鈥檚 address, a panel with area public health leaders and immunization experts, among others, will discuss the issues and respond to questions. The symposium is jointly sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Medical History and Ethics and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. It is named for Dr. Charles W. Bodemer, founder and chair of the Department of Biomedical History from 1967 until his sudden death in 1985.