Dean Paul Ramsey presents State of 91探花Medicine address Feb. 5
Dr. Paul Ramsey, the administrative leader of 91探花Medicine, will talk about current and future challenges and opportunities for 91探花Medicine. His address, 91探花Medicine: 2007 and Beyond, takes place Monday, Feb. 5, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Building. A reception will follow. Ramsey is chief executive officer of 91探花Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs, and dean of the School of Medicine. His address will be webcast by UWTV. To view, visit . For more information about the address, contact Vee White at 206-543-8319 or veewhite@u.washington.edu.
91探花Medicine kicks off 7th annual Mini-Med School Feb. 6
The annual six-week lecture series is designed to give the general public a glimpse into the world of 91探花Medicine. Courses feature lectures on some of today’s most leading-edge health topics by leading 91探花researchers and health care practitioners. Topics include medical professionalism, chronic kidney disease, brain circuits, limb preservation and loss, public health, and innovations and discoveries in medicine. Lectures take place Tuesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., Feb. 6 through March 13, in Hogness Auditorium. Health Sciences Building. For more information and to register, visit or call 206-685-9420.
Kimball takes on pandemics in the Pacific Feb. 7 at Seattle Central Library
Ann Marie Kimball will discuss the impact of the transit of people, products, and disease across the Pacific Ocean at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7. Her lecture, Pandemic Pandemonium in the Pacific, is part of 91探花Medicine’s medical series at the Seattle Public Library’s Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave. Kimball is professor of epidemiology and health services at the 91探花School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and director of the APEC Asia Pacific Emerging Infections Network. For more information, contact .
91探花hosts international health conference Feb. 16 — 18
91探花faculty and students will play a big role as the campus hosts the Fifth Annual Western Regional International Health Conference, scheduled for President’s Day weekend, Feb. 16-18. The theme for the event is Global Health through Different Lenses: Reflections, Perspectives, and Visions for the Future. Speakers during the three-day event include Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA; Jim Yong Kim, chair of the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Judith Wasserheit, professor and vice chair of the 91探花Department of Global Health, Lawrence Corey, professor of medicine and principal investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.Registration for the conference is still open; students and medical residents can register for $35, and all others for $70. For more information about the conference or to register online, visit: .