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

Steven.J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu

 

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 Medical School), and Jerry S. Wolinsky (Interim Dean and Professor of Neurology, UT Medical School)

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

                        PowerPoint Presentation

 

Sept. 25           Enteric infections research - from the lab to the field

Herbert L. DuPont, M.D., Professor and Director, Center of Infectious Diseases, UT School of Public Health at Houston

PowerPoint Presentation

 

Oct. 2              The ins and outs of intellectual property

                        Bruce J. Butler, Ph.D., Director, UTHSCH Office of Technology Management

                        PowerPoint Presentation

 

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

                        PowerPoint Presentation

 

Oct. 16            Translational research in acute stroke therapy

                        James C. Grotta, M.D., Professor and Chair, UTMSH Dept. of Neurology

                        PowerPoint Presentation

 

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

PowerPoint Presentation

 

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

                        PowerPoint Presentation       

                       

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.

                        PowerPoint Presentation

 

Nov. 27            Graduate Student Presentations

 

Dec. 4             Graduate Student Presentations