Seminars in Medicine

September 11, 2007

Ben Clarke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Hanging out with tattoos"

September 21, 2007 (Friday, noon)

Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., M.S.
Pediatric Genetics Branch of the Center for Disease Control
"Advancing our understanding of causes of birth defects: the national birth defects prevention study"

Dr Rasmussen is a 1981 graduate of Mathematics and Statistics at UMD and a proposed inductee into the Academy of Science and Engineering in the UMD College of Science and Engineering.

September 25, 2007

Lois Heller, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Cardiovascular aging and gravity: a case for elderly astronauts"

October 9, 2007

Charles Gessert
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Research Division
"Rural-Urban Difference in End-of-Life Care: Fact or Artifact"

October 23, 2007

Russell Luepker (Whiteside Speaker)
University ofMinnesota School of Public Health
Title to be announced

November 13, 2007

Richard Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Department of Behavior Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School
Larry Wittmers, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Geritatric Therapeutics - better treatment for our elders. One way of meeting some of the competency requirements being put forth by the AAMC"

November 27, 2007

Janet Fitzakerley, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Natriuretic peptides and hearing"

December 11, 2007

Barbara Elliott, Ph.D.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Changes in Quality of life of homeless girls with access to health care"

January 8, 2008

Venatram Mereddy, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Title to be announced

January 22, 2008

Kent Froberg, M.D., DVM
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Title to be announced

February 12, 2008

Ruth Westra, DO, MPH
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth, University of Minnesota Medical School
Title to be announced

February 26, 2008

Jon Holy, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Medical School
"Novel anticancer drug candidates of natural and unnatural origin"

March 11, 2008

Terresa Rose-Hellekant, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
Title to be announced

March 25, 2008

Amy Greene
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Title to be announced

April 8, 2008

Arthur Aufderheide, M.D.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
"The Birth of a Scientific Discipline"

April 22, 2008

Anika Hartz, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Minnesota Medical School
"P=glycoprotein at the blood-brain barrier: a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease"

May 6, 2008 Guest speaker

May 20, 2008 Guest speaker