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Fall 2005 Program Schedule

Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm
Jordan Hall Conference Center Auditorium

14 September
The Richardson Memorial Lecture
Podcast
Internal Bleeding: What Must We Know and Do
to Cure Our Epidemic of Medical Mistakes?

Robert Wachter, M.D.
Chief, Medical Service, University of California, 
San Francisco
Margaret Plews-Ogan, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, UVA
Co-presented with the Department of Internal Medicine

21 September
Podcast
Can We Teach Humanism in Medicine?
Eugene Foley, M.D., Department of Surgery, UVA
Mark Mendelsohn, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, UVA
Christine M. Peterson   , M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Student Health Service, and School of Medicine Dean's Office, UVA
Co-presented with the UVA Chapter of the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society

28 September
Podcast

Engineering Activity Back into Our Everyday Lives
Arthur Weltman, Ph.D., Exercise Physiology Laboratories,
Curry School of Education, UVA

Nancy McLaren, M.D., Department of Pediatrics and Teen Health Center, UVA
Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D., Program in Kinesiology, Curry School of Education, UVA
Timothy Beatley, Ph.D., Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, UVA

5 October
Podcast

Dream Anatomies:   The Cultural Meaning
of
Anatomical Representation

Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda MD
Virginia Taylor Lyons, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, UVA
Co-presented with the Gross & Developmental Anatomy course and Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

12 October
Podcast

Public/Private Partnerships:
Can They Remedy Health Disparities?

Barbara DeBuono, M.D., Pfizer Public Health Group, New York NY
Randy Axelrod, M.D., Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Richmond VA
Jane Woods, Secretary of Health and Human Resources,  Commonwealth  of Virginia
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine, UVA
Co-presented with the Center on Health Disparities

19 October
Podcast

Medical Student Research Symposium
Pharmacogenomics: Scientific and Ethical Issues
for a Brave New World

Paul A. Insel, M.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla CA
Co-presented with the Office of the Associate Dean for Research

26 October
Podcast

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Breast

Maura Spiegel, P
h.D., Department of English Literature, Columbia University, New York
Jennifer Harvey, M.D., The Breast Care Center, U VA Health System
Co-presented with the Breast Care Center,  Studies in Women and Gender, and the Women's Center

2 November
Podcast

Bice Memorial Lecture
Making the Case for Prevention: Shifting the Focus
from Screening to Lifestyle Change

Janet D. Allan, Ph.D., R.N., CS, FAAN, School  of Nursing, University  of Maryland College Park
Co-presented with the School  of Nursing

9 November
Podcast

Ring Around the Rosy:
Cultural Impact of Once and Future Plagues

Herbert Swick, M.D., Institute of Medicine and Humanities, St. Patrick's Hospital, Missoula MT

16 November
Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Gibson Memorial Lecture
Lung Cancer: Is Screening Helpful?
Claudia Henschke, M.D., Ph.D., New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York NY

Co-presented with the Cancer Center