March 2, 2006
Health Science News Briefs
Jimmy Carter coming for dedication
Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker next week at a ceremony dedicating the new building for the departments of Bioengineering and Genome Sciences in the name of Dr. William H. Foege.
Foege, who plans to attend, is a 1961 graduate of the UW School of Medicine and best known for developing the strategy that eradicated smallpox.
He is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former executive director of the Carter Center in Atlanta.
The dedication ceremony is open to the public and will begin at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, in a large tent east of the building, which is at the intersection of N.E. Pacific Street and 15th Avenue N.E.
After the ceremony, from 4:15 to 6 p.m., there will be an Open House with self-guided tours of the building. Some labs will have exhibits or demonstrations.
Lectures on global health
A lecture series focused on global health issues will be offered this spring by UW Extension, in partnership with the Global Health Resource Center and the Frameworks in Global Health program. The series, on Monday evenings beginning March 27, is open to the community and lectures will be given on campus in Seattle. Registration is required and the cost is $99 for the series of eight lectures, or $20 for each individual lecture.
Several UW faculty members from health sciences schools will be presenters, along with other experts from the UW and the community. The series title is Global Health Issues: Disease and Death in Low Income Nations — How Bad Is It and Why?
For the full schedule and registration, see the Web site at http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/special/globalhealth/default.asp.
Documentary screening
A preview of the upcoming PBS documentary The New Medicine, to premiere on KCTS Ch. 9 at Wednesday, March 29, at 9 p.m., will be screened at a presentation on Tuesday, March 21, at Town Hall, Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street in downtown Seattle.
Dr. James Gordon, author of the book Manifesto for a New Medicine, will screen the preview as part of a presentation on care that integrates all aspects of health: mind, body and spirit. The event, sponsored by the UW School of Medicine, Bravewell Collaborative and Town Hall, will be held at 7:30 p.m., with a charge of $5 at the door.
Microbiologists gathering
The UW Microbiology Department will host the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Northwest Branch Meeting March 10-12 in the Health Sciences Building.
Keynote speakers are Dr. Stanley Maloy, president of the ASM and professor of microbiology at San Diego State University, and Dr. Pete Greenberg, chair of the Department of Microbiology at the UW.
The Northwest meeting will focus on providing scientific and educational forums.
The event is open to everyone. The registration fee is $20 for faculty and $10 for all others. The fee includes a catered reception on Friday evening and a box lunch on Saturday. For more information, contact Dr. Steve Libby, associate professor of laboratory medicine and president of the ASM NW Branch, 206-616-4941, slibby@u.washington.edu.
