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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Feb. 17, 2016:
· UofL School of Nursing awarded grant for PhD nursing students. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Democrat Hillary Clinton spoke at UofL in 2010 as a guest of the McConnell Center. Then the Secretary of State, she discussed the threat of nuclear terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Save the date: GHN Healthy Hearts Road Show
Miscellaneous
2.) Introducing: The Geoffrey P. Herzig Memorial Symposium
3.) Statewide tornado drill scheduled
4.) Seminar planned on automatic identification and quantification of diabetes-related retinal pathology using SD-OCT images
Talks/Seminars
5.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series on metal oxide nanostructures
Sustainability
6.) Seminar on ecological care and neoliberal responsibility in South African informal settlements
7.) Seminar on “The city as future and ruins: Sustainability and the aesthetics of design in 21st century Kigali”
8.) Friday’s EcoReps Lunch & Learn: Food, Glorious Food!
Grand Rounds
9.) UofL infectious diseases experts to present grand rounds on Zika virus
10.) Family Medicine
11.) Pediatric
12.) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
13.) Orthopaedic Surgery
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Save the Date: GHN Healthy Hearts Road Show
Feb. 24, HSC Campus; Feb. 25, Shelby Campus; Feb. 26, Belknap Campus, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Free
Join the GHN Healthy Hearts Road Show, know your numbers with free blood pressure screenings for all Campuses. Get Healthy Now is partnering with the American Heart Association in the fight against heart disease. We are offering free blood pressure checks, a City Café smoothie station, stress balls, health tips, heart healthy recipes, and fresh fruit. Screenings take less than 2 minutes. Prizes for participation.
Additional Information: Get Healthy Now website
Miscellaneous
2.) Introducing: The Geoffrey P. Herzig Memorial Symposium
April 8, 8 a.m., Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart & Lung Conference Center
Free
The Geoffrey P. Herzig Memorial Symposium will be held on April 8-9, 2016 at the Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart & Lung Conference Center. The symposium will include multiple guest and faculty speakers. This event is free with a light breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided to all attendees. Please RSVP to Becky Thurman as soon as possible.
Additional Information: Brooke DeGroote
3.) Statewide tornado drill scheduled
Feb. 23, 10:07 a.m., all campuses
Free
The Statewide Tornado Drill will be held on Tuesday, February 23 at 10:07 a.m. The UofL Alert system will be activated to test our notification system, but buildings will not be conducting actual drills. To ensure that faculty and staff know what to do during tornado warnings, UofL has developed a training presentation that can be viewed online. Please review this presentation to be prepared for tornados whether on campus and at home.
Additional Information: Dennis Sullivan, 852-6670
4.) Seminar planned on automatic identification and quantification of diabetes-related retinal pathology using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images
Feb. 19, Noon to 1:30 p.m., Room 311, Vogt Building
Free
Dr. Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, will be presenting this seminar. She is a clinician-scientist and a vitreo-retinal surgeon specializing in the surgical and medical management of complex vitreo-retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment and retinal vascular diseases. Pizza will be provided after the seminar, so please email Nancy Hansford if you are planning to attend.
Additional Information: Nancy Hansford 852-7485
Talks/Seminars
5.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series on metal oxide nanostructures
Feb. 19, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, faculty & staff
Sarbajit Banerjee, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, will present Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Electronics and Energy Applications: Endowing Intelligence through Phase Transformations.
Additional Information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798
Sustainability
6.) I dump it in that dirty place: Ecological care and neoliberal responsibility in South African informal settlements
Feb. 19, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Lutz Hall Room 225
Dr. Angela Storey will be presenting this seminar as a part of the UofL Anthropology Department’s Job Talk Series. Dr. Storey is a candidate for Anthropology’s faculty cluster hire in the Environment and Sustainability. Free lunch will be provided, featuring sandwiches from Cake Flour. The final seminar in the series will be held Monday Feb. 29th at noon.
Additional Information: Justin Mog
7.) Seminar: “The City as Future and Ruins: Sustainability and the Aesthetics of Design in 21st Century Kigali”
Feb. 29, noon to 1 p.m., Lutz Hall Room 225
Dr. Samuel Shearer will be presenting this seminar as a part of the UofL Anthropology Department’s Job Talk Series. Dr. Shearer is a candidate for Anthropology’s faculty cluster hire in the Environment and Sustainability. Free lunch will be provided, featuring sandwiches from Cake Flour.
Additional Information: Justin Mog
8.) Friday’s EcoReps Lunch & Learn: Food, Glorious Food!
Feb. 19, 12 to 1 p.m., Room W210, Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus
Free
The Sustainability Council’s EcoReps program is designed to educate & empower students, staff & faculty to move from talk to action! We offer training online & in-person, resources, service opportunities & certification as a peer-to-peer sustainability advocate. All we need is you! Tomorrow we continue our spring series of third Friday workshops with free lunch at noon in Ekstrom W210, exploring the topic of food choices and why we make them. Future workshops: 3/25 & 4/15.
Additional Information: UofL EcoReps Program website
Grand Rounds
9.) UofL infectious diseases experts to present grand rounds on Zika virus
February 18, 8 a.m., Auditorium of University of Louisville Hospital, a part of KentuckyOne Health. Enter through Ambulatory Care Building, 550 S. Jackson St.
Faculty members from the UofL School of Medicine will provide an update on Zika virus for local health-care providers. The experts will discuss the disease’s origins, spread, associations with birth defects and neurological disease, transmission, symptoms, management, and prevention strategies in a Grand Rounds presentation. Speakers include Anupama Raghuram, MD, assistant professor of medicine and associate director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, and Ruth L. Carrico, PhD, associate professor of infectious diseases in the School of Medicine, clinical director of the Vaccine and International Travel Center, and founding associate director of the Global Health Initiative.
Additional Information: Betty Coffman, 852-4573
Feb. 19, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital, Bottingheimer Auditorium
Free
Lori Caloia, MD, and Eli Pendleton, MD, of UofL Family & Geriatric Medicine, will present Introduction to Care of the Transgender Person. In their presentation, Drs. Caloia and Pendleton will outline terminology used in care of the Transgender Person, identify health disparities that affect the Transgender Population, and describe Gender-Affirming treatment options. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP & ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Melissa Garrett, 852-3320
11.) Pediatric
Feb. 19, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Karen Moeller, MD. Moeller is Director of Neuroradiology at Kosair Children’s Hospital. She will be presenting “CT: Benefits vs. Risks in Pediatric Neuroradiology.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 502-629-8828
12.) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
Feb. 19, 1 to 3 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Free
Please join us Friday, February 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. for Grand Rounds and KASPER CME credits. We will have two guest speakers that day: Karyn Hascal from the Healing Place, who will discuss the social model recovery program they offer at the Healing Place; and Leanne Diakov, from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, who will discuss House Bill 1 and help you understand restrictions on dispensing controlled substances.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 561-7463
13.) Orthopaedic Surgery
Feb. 19, 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Free
Please join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as we welcome William G. Mackenzie, MD, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Mackenzie will lecture on Skeletal Dysplasia and Achondroplasia.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902
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