University of Virginia Health System

Schedule for 2007 - 2008 

Tuesday, September 25:  Judith A. Woodfolk, MBChB, PhD & Thomas A. Platts-Mills, MD, PhD.  "From Anaphylaxis to Atopic Dermatitis: The Evidence for a Causal Role of IgE Antibodies and the Relevance of "Control" by T Cells."

Tuesday, October 23:  John A. Stankovic, PhD (Dept. of Computer Science) & Joseph A.C. Humphrey, Ph.D., D. Sc. (Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering).  "Technology in Medicine."  A poster session highlighting School of Engineering and Applied Science investigators working on biomedical applications augmented will be held before and after the seminar, in Jordan Hall lobby.

Thursday, November 15:  Rebecca A. Dillingham, MD, Richard L. Guerrant, MD, Eric R. Houpt, MD, and William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD.  "Is malnutrition is an infectious disease?"

Tuesday, December 4:  Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD.  "Musculoskeletal regeneration: the regenerative engineering approach."

Thursday, January 17:  Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, Martin A. Schwartz, PhD.  "RalA and RalB: Important Paralogs in Cancer Growth and Metastasis." EVENT CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

Tuesday, February 26:  Michael D. Dake, MD, lead speaker.  "Imaging in the Era of Translational Medicine: Festina Lente, but Quo Vadis?"

All seminars will be held in the Jordan Hall Auditorium from 5-6:00 pm, with reception to follow.

Archive 

January 18, 2007:  Craig Slingluff, MD.  Immunology & Human Immune Therapy.  Victor Engelhard, PhD.  Immunity to Melanoma Antigens:
From Self-Tolerance to Immunotherapy.

February 8, 2007:  Martin A. Schwartz, PhD.  Integrin signaling and cancer.

March 8, 2007:  John T. Parsons, PhD.  Cell migration signaling-taking molecular pathways to new therapies.  Theresa A. Guise, MD. Cancer metastasis to bone.

April 5, 2007:  Kevin R. Lynch, PhD & Mark Okusa, MD.  Sphingosine 1 phosphate chemical biology and renal disease.

May 22, 2007:  Klaus Ley, M.D. Translational Research in Cardiovascular Medicine.