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March, 2009:

March 2: MIC Seminar.
Development of Preventive HIV-1 Vaccines in the U.S. Military HIV Research Program, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Nelson Michael, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

March 2: MCP Student Seminar.
Unhealthy Weight Loss Behaviors Among Active Duty and Reserve Soldiers, at 12:00 p.m. in Room A2053. Presented by Laurel K. Cofell, CPT, MS, USA, Graduate Student, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, USU.

March 4: PMB Seminar.
MosquitoMap and the Mal-area calculator: new web tools to relate mosquito species distribution and vector borne disease, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Desmond Foley, PhD, Research Entomologist, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit

March 4: MCB Seminar.
Repair of Complexed DNA Lesions, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Lei Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Experimental Radiation Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

March 6: AFRRI Seminar.
Radioprotection by genistein: mechanisms of action, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by Michael R. Landauer, PhD, Research Toxicologist, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

March 9: MIC Seminar.
Learn from the Worm: Applying insights gained from helminth immunology to other disease states, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Dr. Ed Mitre, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, USU.

March 11: NES Seminar.
The Regeneration Gap: GAP-43 Gene Regulation During Zebrafish CNS Development & Regeneration, at 3:30 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by Ava Udvadia, PhD, Assistant Professor Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Dept of Biological Sciences.

March 11: PMB Seminar.
Surrogate Endpoints in Clinical Trials: What they are and how to effectively use them, at 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Presented by John H. Powers, III, MD FACP FIDSA Senior Medical Scientist and Liaison to the IDCRP, Division of Clinical Research (DCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), SAIC-Frederick Inc.

March 12: PD Seminar.
Structural Basis For a Balanced Signal Output in CA2+/Calcineurin Signaling, from 11:30 a.m. in Building A, Lecture Room A. Seminar speaker is Huiming Li, Ph.D., Immune Disease Institute, Harvard University

March 12: Town Hall Meeting.
3:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.

March 13: AFRRI Seminar.
Determination of radiation exposure using urinary biomarkers, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by John F. Kalinich, PhD, Program Advisor, Internal Contamination and Metal Toxicity Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

March 16: BDM Seminar.
Correlates of Help Seeking in a Deployed U.S. Navy Sample, at 12:00 p.m. in Building A, Room 2053. Presented by Jeremiah D. Ford, LTJG, USN, Graduate Student, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, USU. The Medical and Clinical Psychology Seminar Series is sponsored by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and is open to all. For more information, including meeting with specific speakers, please contact Dr. Marjan Holloway or Dr. Marian Tanfosky-Kraff at 301-295-3270.

March 16: EID Seminar.
Control of Regulatory T cells by Microbes, at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Chief of Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health

March 17: Women's History Month.
Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet, from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in USUHS Cafeteria. Commander Gina F. Trotter, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy, USUHS Brigade Executive Officer will be our guest speaker. Presented by USUHS Equal Employment Opportunity Office.

March 18: PMB Seminar.
Finding community based solutions to malaria among West African immigrants, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. in Lecture Room A. Given by Patrick Hickey, MD, FAAP, Deputy Director, Tropical Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics.

March 18: Committee Meeting
Faculty Senate Communications , from 3:30 p.m. in Room A-2054.
The topics will be
1. Online Faculty Appointing System
2. follow up of ongoing issues.

March 20: AFRRI Seminar.
The rat as an animal model for radiation-induced GI mucositis, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room.Presented by Gregory L. King, PhD, Research Physiologist, Radiation Infection Treatment Program, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

March 26: Pediatric Grand Rounds.
The DoD/CDC Partnership, at 7:45 a.m. in Lecture Room B. Presented by Ted Cieslak, M.D., COL, MC, USA, DoD Liaison Officer. Centers for Disease Control; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University.

March 27: AFRRI Seminar.
Early biodosimetry response: Recommendations for mass-casualty radiation accidents and terrorism, at 11:00 a.m. in AFRRI Conference Room. Presented by William F. Blakely, PhD, Program Advisor, Biological Dosimetry, AFRRI. For more information, contact Dr. Vijay K. Singh at 301-295-2347, or via email at singh@afrri.usuhs.mil.

March 30: MIC Seminar.
Dangerous liaisons: Virus interactions with the host inflammatory axis, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room F. Presented by Dr. Johnan Kaleeba, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, USU.

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