Tuesday, October 30
Jerold Chun, M.D.,
Ph.D., Professor, TSRI, Adjunct
Professor, UCSD, Dept. of Pharmacology and Neurosciences
Floyd Bloom, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Molecular and
Integrative Sciences, Scripps Research Institute
Academic Interests: Lysophospholipid Receptor Signaling & Aneuploidy, Mosaicism and
Apoptosis.
Academic Interests: Light and electron microscopy to determine the organization and
chemical neuro-anatomic relationships that define how and where a drug can
produce its effects at the cellular and systems level
Monday, September 17
Maripat Corr, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Roger Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President of Research & Development, AMGEN
Academic Interests: The role of antigen presentation in the host immune response; role of
innate immunity in inflammation.
Academic Interests: Immunology, Biochemistry and Medicine.
Monday, August 20
Alain Baron, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, & Senior
Vice President of Research Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Jerrold Olefsky, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Div. of
Endocrinology & Metabolism, Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs
Eyal Raz, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Div. of
Endocrinology & Metabolism, Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs
"Physician Scientist in
Biotechnology:
Paving the Highway to Money, to
Molecules, to Mankind”
Wednesday,
July 18
Seth Field, M.D.,
Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Barbara Jung, M.D., Asst.
Professor of Medicine, & Asst. Program Director for the GI Fellowship
Mark Fuster, M.D., Asst.
Professor of Medicine, Div. of Pulmonary and Critical Care
"Surviving the
Transitioning-phase of the PS Career; from Post-Doc to a Successful Junior
Faculty: Meeting Career Deadlines, Balancing Clinical /vs/ Research,
negotiating protected time."
Wednesday, May 30
Joseph Vinetz, M.D.,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Div.
of Infectious Diseases, Program Director, NIH/Fogarty Global Infectious
Diseases Training Program
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine
Biomedical Magazine Review: Kubler-Kielb J. et al. Long-lasting and transmission-blocking activity
of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum
elicited in mice by protein conjugates of Pfs25. PNAS 2007; 104:293-8.
Career Perspectives
Speaker: Cardiovascular
disease prevention. Epidemiology and risk factors for diabetes, cancer,
osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. Healthy aging and gender
differences in disease. Women's health.
Wednesday, April 25
Edward Koo, M.D., Professor of Neurosciences
David Brenner, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Dean, School of Medicine
Biomedical Magazine
Review: Schneider et al.
Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer's
disease. N Engl J Med 2006; 12:1525-38.
Career Perspectives
Speaker: Molecular
pathogenesis of fibrotic liver disease and its genetic basis. Novel
approaches to treatment of liver diseases.
Monday, March 12
Gerry Boss, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Associate Program
Director, CREST
Rolf Zinkernagel, M.D., Ph.D., Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1986),
Professor of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich
Biomedical Magazine
Review: Hsu et al. Drosophila TCTP is essential for
growth and proliferation through regulation of dRheb GTPase. Nature
2007; 445:785-788.
Career Perspectives
Speaker: Fundamental
mechanisms of cellular immunity; antiviral immunity; MHC restriction;
specificity, tolerance and memory in the immune system.
Monday, February 26
Seth Field, M.D.,
Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Div. of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Harold Simon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of International Health Policy, Div. of Family &
Preventative Medicine
Biomedical Magazine
Review: Resveratrol improves
health and survival of mice on a high calorie diet. Nature 2006;
444:337-342
Career Perspectives
Speaker: International
health, health policy, design of health care systems serving developing
countries, cultural awareness in the medical school curriculum.