Demystifying Medicine

Speaker Profiles for 2005

1. January 4, 2005, "HIV"
   1. Henry Masur, CC
   2. John Coffin, NCI
2. January 11, 2005 "SARS"
   1. David Henderson, CC
   2. Kanta Subbarao NIAID
3. January 18, 2005, "Hepatitis and Liver Cancer"
   1. Leonard Seeff, NIDDK
   
   
   2. Snorri Thorgeirsson, NCI
      

      Dr. Thorgeirsson joined the NCI in 1976, and has been the Chief of the  Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis since 1981. He obtained his  M.D. degree from the University of Iceland;  he studied biochemistry and pharmacology with Sir Colin Dollery and Dr.  Donald S. Davies at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London,  England and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of London.

   3. Irwin Arias, NICHD
      

      Irwin Arias, M.D.: Training in medicine and liver disease (Harvard). biochemistry (Stanford) and cell biology (UCSD). Professor, Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine; Director, Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1957-83). Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School (1983- ). Adjunct Scientist, NICHD, Head, Unit on Cellular Polarity and Asst. to Director, Intramural Program, NIH (2000-present)

4. January 25, 2005 "Bioterrorist agents"
   1. Peter Jahrling, USAMRIID

      Ph.D. Cornell in Microbiology; USAMRIID immunologist, 1972. Jahrling is the Institute's principal scientific advisor on issues related to medical defense against infectious disease threats. He has authored or co-authored more than 160 scientific publications, chiefly in the areas of filovirus and poxvirus research.

   2. John Robbins, NICHD
      

      Robbins is a leading contributor to knowledge of the epidemiology, immunology, and prevention of infections caused by encapsulated bacteria. His basic and developmental studies of vaccines of bacterial capsular polysaccharides conjugated to proteins represent a major advance in prevention of the bacterial infections prevalent world wide in infancy and childhood. He was elected to NAS in 1996.

5. February 1, 2005, "Malaria"
   1. Louis Miller, NIAID
   
   
   2. Tom Wellems, NIAID
   
   
   
6. February 8, 2005, "Inflammation"
   1. Dan Kastner, NIAMS
   
   
   2. Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, NIAMS
   
   
   
7. February 15, 2005, "Stem Cells"
   1. Stewart Sell, SUNY
   
   
   
8. February 22, 2005, "Genomics"
   1. Chris Austin, NHGRI
   
   
   2. Stephen O’Brien, NCI
   
   
   
9. March 1, 2005, "Bipolar Disease"
   1. Husseini Manji, NIMH
   
   
   2. Carlos Zarate, NIMH
   
   
   
10. March 8, 2005, "ALS"
    1. Ken Fischbeck, NINDS
    
    
    
11. March 15, 2005, "Epilepsy"
    1. Michael Rogawski, NINDS
    
    
    2. William Theodore, NINDS
    
    
    
12. March 22, 2005, "Drug Addiction"
    1. Wilson Compton, NIDA
    
    
    
13. March 29, 2005, "Transplantation: Tolerance vs. Rejection"
14. April 5, 2005, "Stroke and Imaging"
15. April 12, 2005, "Coronary Heart Disease"
16. April 19, 2005, "Diabetes"
17. April 26, 2005, "ABC Transporters: Diseases & Drug Resistance"
18. May 3, 2005, "Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
19. May 10, 2005, "Sarcoma"