Demystifying Medicine

Speaker Profiles for 2009

1. January 13, 2009, "Bacterial sepsis: A new epidemic and an old receptor"
   
   • Tara Palmore (NIAID)
   • Gilbert Ashwell (NIDDK)
   • John Hanover (NIDDK)
     
     
2. Federal Holiday - Session to be Rescheduled: January 20, 2009, "Viral hepatitis: A global problem and the role of interferon"
   
   • Jay Hoofnagle (NIDDK)
   • Katherine Zoon (NIAID)
     
     
3. January 27, 2009, "HIV: The epidemic persists globally and locally"
   
   • Anthony Fauci (NIAID)
   • Henry Masur (CC)
     
     
4. February 3, 2009, "Intestinal bacterial infections and the food chain"
   
   • Stephen Savarino (NMRC)
   • John Robbins (NICHD)
     
     
5. February 10, 2009, "Melanoma and the sun"
   
   • Thomas Hornyak (NCI)
   • Margaret Tucker (NCI)
   • John Yang (NCI)
     
     
6. February 17, 2009, "Spinal cord injury and stem cells"
   
   • Ron McKay (NINDS)
   • Suzanne Groah (National Rehab. Hospital)
     
     
7. February 24, 2009, "Diabetes, Type 2: The epidemic continues"
   
   • Judith Fradkin (NIDDK)
   • Lori Bonnycastle (NHGRI)
     
     
8. March 3, 2009, "Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Number one killer and the Framingham experience"
   
   • Daniel Levy (NHLBI)
   • Richard Cannon (NHLBI)
   • Leslie Beisecker (NHGRI)
     
     
9. March 10, 2009, "Fibrous dysplasia of bone and stem cells"
   
   • Pamela Robey (NIDCR)
   • Michael Collins (NIDCR)
     
     
10. March 17, 2009, "Blindness"
    
    • Joram Piatigorsky (NEI)
    • Robert Nussenblatt (NEI)
      
      
11. March 24, 2009, "Hepatocellular cancer: A global epidemic"
    
    • Snorri Thorgeirsson (NCI)
    • Win Arias (NICHD)
      
      
12. March 31, 2009, "Fragile X: Most common inheritable retardation defect"
    
    • Walter Kaufman (JHH)
    • Karen Usdin (NIDDK)
      
      
13. April 7, 2009, "Drug resistance and cancer"
    
    • Michael Gottesman (NCI)
    • Susan Bates (NCI)
      
      
14. April 14, 2009, "Aging, progeria, and heart disease"
    
    • Elizabeth Nabel (NHLBI)
    • Tom Mistelli (NCI)
      
      
15. April 21, 2009, "Excema and the skin microbiome"
    
    • Julie Segre (NHGRI)
    • Hirsch Komarow (NIAID)
      
      
16. April 28, 2009, "Human papilloma virus and cancer: Prevention by vaccination"
    
    • Maura Gillison (JHH)
    • Douglas Lowy (NCI)
      
      
17. May 5, 2009, "Multiple myeloma: Diagnosis and treatment in the genomic era"
    
    • Geraldine Schechter (VA)
    • Luis Staudt (NCI)
      
      
18. May 12, 2009, "Finale: Career opportunities in biomedical science for PhDs"
    
    • Speakers TBA
      
      
      

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