Office of Intramural Research > Office of the Director > National Institutes of Health > U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tuesdays, starting January 8, 2013
4:00 - 5:30pm
Building 50 Conference Room (unless otherwise noted)
| Course Materials | Speaker Profiles | Topic Introductions |
January |
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| 8 | Telomerase and Telomeropathies |
Neal Young, MD (NHLBI) |
| 15 | Genomic Paradigm for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy: Melanoma |
Yardena Samuels, PhD (NHGRI) |
| 22 | Hepatitis C and HIV: The Borgia Effect | Kuan-Teh Jeang, MD/PhD (NIAID) |
| 29 | Hepatitis B and the T Cell (*) Using Human Genetics to Decipher the Host Response Against Viral Pathogens (#) | Jay Hoofnagle, MD (NIDDK)* Michael Lenardo, MD (NIAID)# |
February |
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| 5 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
Thomas Quinn, MD (NIAID) |
| 12 | Pain: How It Happens and What Can Be Done? | Brian Walitt, MD/PhD (Georgetown University) |
| 19 | Preventing Aging |
Rafael de Cabo, PhD (NIA) |
| 26 | Ethics and Translational Medicine | Christine Grady, PhD (CC) |
March |
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| 5 | Biomedical Imaging: New Frontiers |
David Bluemke, MD/PhD (NIBIB) |
| 12 | Autoimmunity: Disease and Mechanisms | Richard Siegel, MD/PhD (NIAMS) |
| 19 | Ticks: Lyme and Other Diseases |
Tom Schwan, PhD (NIAID) |
| 26 | NO SESSION | |
April |
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| 2 | Turner's Syndrome: The X Chromosome |
Carolyn Bondy, MD (NICHD) |
| 9 | New Hepatitis Viruses and an Old Persistent One | Harvey Alter, MD (CC) |
| 16 | Vision and Blindness in the Genomic Era |
Emily Chew, MD (NEI) |
| 23 | To Be Announced |
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| 30 | The Mitochondrion and Its Diseases | Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD (NICHD) |
May |
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| 7 | FINALE |
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THE COURSE: The 2013 Demystifying Medicine Series, which is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, will begin January 8th and includes the presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, clinicians and program managers, the course is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components presented by NIH staff and invitees. All students, fellows and staff are welcome, as well.
SIGN UP: Register through the course e-mail list. To subscribe to this email list, send an e-mail message to this address: Listserv@List.nih.gov. Substituting your name for Jan Doe's, the body of your message should say: Subscribe DeMystifyingMed Jan Doe. Alternatively, you may sign up for Demystifying Medicine through the ListServ website, and enter your name and email address.
COURSE INFORMATION: Each presentation will be held from 4:00-5:30pm every Tuesday from January 8th through May 7st in the ground floor auditorium of Building 50 on the NIH campus, unless otherwise indicated. Recommended reading, PowerPoint notes and other information will be distributed through the Demystifying Medicine website: Google: Demystifying Medicine 2013 and email list. Registrants who attend at least 10 sessions and pass a computerized final exam will receive a certificate. Classes will be available at http://videocast.nih.gov. Please contact Dr. Win Arias at ariasi@mail.nih.gov for further course information. For additional information, sign language interpretation, or accommodations for disabilities, please contact the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339)
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