[Neuropostdocs] Fwd: Reminder of Seminars this week - 2 Medical Scholar Program semina rs

[Joan Cornell]

>From: Marsha Hatchel <hatchel@ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:16:04 -0600
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marsha Hatchel [mailto:hatchel@ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu]
>Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:08 AM
>Subject: 2 Medical Scholar Program seminar opportunities
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>Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any interested parties
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>***Thursday, March 14, 2002***
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>UIC Clinical Research Opportunities and Possibilities
>Speaker:  Arthur Schneider, MD, PhD, Program Director, UIC General Clinical
>Research Center
>Time:  Noon - 1:00 p.m.
>Place:  274 Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
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>Dr. Schneider, Director of the UIC General Clinical Research Center, will be
>on campus to discuss opportunities for MSP students to conduct clinical
>research at UIC. The mission of the Center is, "to assist University
>researchers in the performance of investigations involving human subjects or
>human biological samples in order to facilitate the research and augment its
>scientific quality. The GCRC emphasizes the safe and ethical conduct of
>clinical research and fosters education of future physician-scientists as
>well as other clinical researchers." See the Center's website at:
><<http://www.uic.edu/labs/crc/crc.html>> for more  information.
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>Dr. Schneider received his M.D. and Ph.D in Biochemistry from the University
>of Chicago.  He presently is the Section Chief, Endocrinology & Metabolism,
>at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Attending Staff, University and
>VA Hospitals.  Dr. Schneider's research interests include radiation-induced
>thyroid cancer and other endocrine neoplasms.  Dr. Schneider has published
>extensively in his field.
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>Free pizza will be served - RSVP to Judy Kerr at jekerr@uiuc.edu
><mailto:jekerr@uiuc.edu>
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>***Sunday, March 17, 2002***
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>Three Fascinating MSP MD/JD Graduates Discuss Their Experiences at Harvard
>and Their Careers
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>Speakers:  MSP Alums: Paul Hattis, Michael Cantor, Brian Keefe
>Time:  7:00 p.m.
>Place:  Jenny Bloom's home - 4212 Prairieview Drive, Champaign
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>Paul A. Hattis, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., has worked in a wide variety of roles in
>the fields of health administration, law and policy as well as in the field
>of preventive medicine.  Currently, Dr. Hattis serves as Senior Medical
>Advisor to the Department of Community Benefit Programs of the Partners
>Healthcare System of Boston.  In his capacity at Partners, Dr. Hattis works
>with staff from Massachusetts
>General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, other affiliated hospital
>and neighborhood community health centers to support systematic efforts to
>improve primary care and public health delivery in the neighborhoods of
>Boston.  Additionally, Dr. Hattis currently serves as the Director of the
>Leadership Institute of the Volunteers in Health Care Program.  Dr. Hattis
>received his medical and law degrees from University of Illinois and also
>received a Masters in Public Health degree from UCLA.  Dr. Hattis is board
>certified in Public Health and Preventative Medicine and is Fellow of the
>American College of Preventive Medicine.
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>Michael Cantor, M.D., J.D., is the Special Assistant to the Director of the
>Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics where he oversees
>ethics policy for the largest integrated health care system in the United
>States.   His interests include advance care planning, end of life care, and
>aging.  He is currently a member of the faculty at George Washington
>University, and teaches and supervises geriatrics fellows, medical students
>and residents.  After completing degrees in law and medicine at University
>of Illinois, he completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel
>Hospital in Boston and a fellowship in geriatrics at Harvard Medical School.
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>Brian Keefe, M.D., J.D., is completing a residency in Psychiatry at
>Harvard/Longwood Medical Center in Boston,  and plans to begin  a Fellowship
>in Consulting Psychiatry in July, 2002.   In 1997,  he clerked in the office
>of the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan where he assisted in cases dealing with
>Medicaid/Medicare fraud, among other health care related issues.    Dr.
>Keefe received his medical and law degrees in 1998 at the University of
>Illinois where he was enrolled in the Medical Scholars Program.
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>The gathering will be held at Jenny Bloom's home, MSP Associate Director.  A
>map to her home can be found at the URL below.
><<http://www-admin.med.uiuc.edu/msp/jlbloom/map/index.pdf>>
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>Dessert will be served - RSVP to Judy Kerr at jekerr@uiuc.edu
><mailto:jekerr@uiuc.edu>

Joan Cornell
Neurosciences Program
University of Illinois
393 Morrill Hall, MC-119
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Telephone:  217/333-3166
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jcornell@life.uiuc.edu