TOPICS IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH – 2006
Mondays 12:00-12:50
Medical School Building (MSB) B.100
All interested individuals are welcome to attend.
Graduate
School Course GS 210041
Medical Students
may attend for Blue Book Credit
Medical Student
Attendance Record
Course Director: Steven J. Norris,
Ph.D.
MSB 2.120; 713-500-5338
Sept.
11 What is translational research, and why should I care? A tag team presentation by
Drs. Joan C. Engebretson & Diane W.
Wardell, (UT School of Nursing), Steven J. Norris (UT
PowerPoint Presentations: Norris, Engrebretson
and Wardell, Wolinsky
Sept. 18 The
use of genomics in disease treatment and prevention
C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., COO and
Director/CEO-Elect of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine
Sept.
25 Enteric infections research - from the lab to the field
Herbert L. DuPont, M.D., Professor and
Director, Center of Infectious Diseases, UT
Oct.
2 The ins and outs of intellectual property
Bruce J. Butler, Ph.D.,
Director, UTHSCH Office of Technology Management
Oct.
9 Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
Frank C. Arnett, M.D.,
Professor and Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology, UTMSH Dept. of Internal
Medicine
Oct.
16 Translational research in acute stroke therapy
James C. Grotta, M.D.,
Professor and Chair, UTMSH Dept. of Neurology
Oct. 23 From
the lab bench to a Lyme disease diagnostic test: backing into translational
research
Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair
for Research, UTMSH Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Oct.
30 Development and preclinical/clinical evaluation of
phosphatidylcholine-NSAIDs
Lenard M.
Lichtenberger, Ph.D., Professor, UTMSH Dept. of Integrative Biology &
Pharmacology
Nov.
6 Translational research on intestinal edema
Charles S. Cox, M.D.,
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, UTMSH
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 12:00-12:50
in MSB B.605 (note different day and room)
Elastography: Imaging of the elastic properties
of tissues - from basic science to clinical practice
Jonathan Ophir, Ph.D.,
Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, and
Director, Ultrasonics
Laboratory, UTMSH
Nov.
20 Life as an intellectual property attorney/scientist
David
L. Parker, Ph.D., J.D., Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
Nov.
27 Graduate Student Presentations
Dec.
4 Graduate Student Presentations