Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Calendar and Notice Update for:
Sun, Feb 8 – Sat, Feb 14, 2015
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Calendar of Events
1. The Links Between Art and Medicine with Dr. Jock Murray
2. CALL for APPLICATIONS DMRF MOLLY Appeal for Cardiovascular Research 2015/16
3. Monday Mindful Meditation
4. Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
5. Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series Session
6. Call for Applications – DMRF Kathryn A. Weldon Travel Awards
7. Call for Nominations: Global Health Awards 2015
8. Call for Submissions: Global Health Photo Contest 2015
9. DMRF Conference Grant Competition
10. DMRF Dr. J. Donald Hatcher Award for Medical Research – Call for Applications
11. DMRF Picchione Visiting Scholar Program – Call for Applications
12. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
13. CH&E Seminar Series – Dr. Arnold Mitnitski
14. Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
15. Health at Work yoga – February 10
16. Grand Rounds – Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine
17. GRAND ROUNDS – Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
18. State of the Art-Urology
19. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Grand Rounds
20. Psychiatry Clinical Academic Rounds–Familial Risk, Developmental Psychopathology and Prevention of Severe Mental Illness: FORBOW Study Report
21. Pediatric Grand Rounds
22. Page Turner Book Club
23. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Seminar – Dr. Bryce Nelson
24. Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar
25. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: AFRICA’S CANCER EPIDEMIC
26. Teaching and Modeling Professionalism
27. Health at Work stretch and strength class |
Calendar of Events
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- The Links Between Art and Medicine with Dr. Jock Murray
Date: Sun, Feb 8
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Dr. Murray’s talks will be held every Sunday afternoon in
February at the St. Stephen’s Parish Centre in Chester from
2-4 pm.
Event Details:
The Chester Art Centre is thrilled to announce that Dr. Jock
Murray will give all four lectures in the Donald Curley
series this year, exploring the links between art and medicine.
The Art Centre is a proud supporter of the community’s
proposed Our Health Centre, so this discussion of the links
between art and physical and mental health is particularly
appropriate.
February 8: The Experience of illness Viewed by an Artist:
The Art of Robert Pope
Nova Scotia artist Robert Pope produced 96 works based on
his view of health, illness and healing after being treated
for Hodgkin’s Disease. These powerful works are used to
teach health care professionals how to see illness from the
patient’s point of view.
For more information contact:
For more information on lectures please go to:
Or call 902-275-5789 or email
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- CALL for APPLICATIONS DMRF MOLLY Appeal for Cardiovascular Research 2015/16
Date: Sat, Feb 14
Time: All Day
Location: Applications submitted to Dalhousie Medical Research
Foundation – 1-A1 Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
5850 College Street PO Box 15000 Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Event Details:
CALL for Applications for MOLLY Appeal for Cardiovascular
Research 2015/16 funds from DMRF’s annual Maritime-wide,
public fundraising campaign. Open call inviting members of
Dalhousie Cardiovascular Research Community
to submit application proposal for 2015/16 Cardiovascular
Research funding of up to a total of 200,000.
Submission Deadline: Monday, March 23, 2015
For further details on criteria information and application
form see DMRF Competition Schedule.
For more information contact:
Jyl MacKinnon DMRF Executive Director phone:(902)494-2356
email: [email protected] or
Jane Greenlaw DMRF Coordinator of Annual Giving phone:(902)
494-2693 email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dmrf.ca/en/home/awardsgrants/competitionschedule.aspx
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- Monday Mindful Meditation
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: 12:15pm-12:45pm
Location: Room 14-B2, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Every Monday there will be guided mindfulness meditation
from 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. It is drop-in style.
Monday Mindful Meditation is open to all faculty, staff, and
students. It is secular, nondenominational, open to people
of any or no faith. No meditation experience is necessary.
Come to de-stress, work on mindfulness or whatever your
motive may be!
For more information contact:
Cory Burris
902-494-4247
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- Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Location: Room 3-H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Presenter: Mr Kevin Sullivan, CEO DeNovaMed, Inc., Halifax, NS
Title: Adventures and opportunities in the biotechnology
sector: a CEO’s journey
For more information contact:
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- Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Seminar Series Session
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Theatre A, Tupper Link
Event Details:
IDENTIFICATION OF MUTATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HERITABLE
CANCERS
Presented by:
Karen Bedard, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pathology Department, Dalhousie University
PRE-CLINICAL TESTING OF CANCER VACCINES: MODELING THE
DISEASE AND OUTCOMES FOR CLINICAL SUCCESS
Presented by:
Mohan Karkada, PhD
Director, Immunology, Immunovaccine Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology/Immunology
Dalhousie University
For more information contact:
Web: http://www.bhcri.ca/events
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- Call for Applications – DMRF Kathryn A. Weldon Travel Awards
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Event Details:
DUE DATE: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) is pleased to
announce its bi-annual travel award program to assist
graduate students in the Faculty of Medicine to attend and
present their research at a national or international
meeting.
DMRF Weldon Travel Awards are currently available at $2,000
each and can help defray the actual costs of travel,
registration and accommodation.
See Terms of Reference for further details.
For more information contact:
Carla Ross
Medical Research Development Office
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tel: (902) 494-1887
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dmrf.ca/en/home/awardsgrants/competitionschedule.aspx
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- Call for Nominations: Global Health Awards 2015
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Location: Dalhousie University
Event Details:
Submission Deadline: March 2, 2015
Making a difference in global health
We are now accepting nominations for the 2015 Global Health
Awards at Dalhousie. There are three global health awards
recognizing student, resident and faculty achievement and
leadership in global health.
– Dr. Ronald Stewart Student Award
– Dr. TJ Jock Murray Resident Award
– Dr. John Savage Memorial Faculty Award
These awards recognize an outstanding contribution to the
global health community at Dalhousie through:
– demonstrated leadership in global health
– work experience with marginalized communities
– engagement in global health research
– mentorship in global health (Residents and Faculty only)
– promotion, development and enhancement of global health at
Dalhousie (Residents and Faculty only)
Nominate someone today!
For more information contact:
Web: http://medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/global-health/about/awards.html
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- Call for Submissions: Global Health Photo Contest 2015
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Event Details:
Submission Deadline: March 2, 2014
Do you have outstanding photos that tell a compelling story
about your global health experience? Each year the global
health office at Dalhousie hosts the Global Health Photo
Contest to recognize these beautiful images and inspiring
stories. This contest is open to students, residents and
faculty and staff at Dalhousie.
Remember that Global Health is all around us! Children in
school, a community clean up, a healthy meal shared with
family and friends. You experience global health everyday!
Maybe you’d like to capture an image or 2 and submit it to
our photo contest! There’s still lots of time and many
opportunities to get that image that tells the story you want.
For more information contact:
Web: http://medicine.dal.ca/departments/core-units/global-health/about/Photo-contest.html
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- DMRF Conference Grant Competition
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Event Details:
DUE DATE: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) is pleased to
announce its Conference Grant Awards for the next fiscal
year.
A maximum of two $5,000 grants or one $10,000 grant will be
provided for a conference taking place between April 1,
2015 and March 31, 2016.
See Terms of Reference for further details.
For more information contact:
Jyl MacKinnon, Executive Director
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
1-A1 Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
5850 College Street
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
Tel: (902) 494-3502
Fax: (902) 494-1372
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dmrf.ca/en/home/awardsgrants/competitionschedule.aspx
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- DMRF Dr. J. Donald Hatcher Award for Medical Research – Call for Applications
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Event Details:
DUE DATE: Monday, March 23, 2015 (4 p.m.)
Named in honour of Dr. J. Donald Hatcher, Dean of Medicine,
this research award recognizes excellence in medical
research and is offered to the final year undergraduate
medical student.
The successful applicant will receive a cash prize of
$2,000 and a scroll.
Please see terms of reference for further details.
For more information contact:
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
1-A1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
5850 College Street
- O. Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2
Tel: (902) 494-3502
Fax: (902) 494-1372
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dmrf.ca/en/home/awardsgrants/competitionschedule.aspx
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- DMRF Picchione Visiting Scholar Program – Call for Applications
Date: Mon, Feb 9
Time: All Day
Event Details:
DUE DATE: Monday, March 23, 2015 (4 p.m.)
The purpose of the Picchione Visiting Scholar Program is to
bring to Dalhousie internationally respected scholars
recognized for having made significant contributions to the
advancement of their respective fields of endeavour. The
program will provide up to $3,250 to support a visit.
Please see terms of reference for further details.
For more information contact:
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
1-A1, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
5850 College Street
- O. Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2
Tel: (902) 494-3502
Fax: (902) 494-1372
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dmrf.ca/en/home/awardsgrants/competitionschedule.aspx
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- Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Date: Tue, Feb 10
Time: 8:00am-9:00am
Location: Royal Bank Theatre, HI
Event Details:
Dr. Yip, from the Division of Endocrinology/Metalbolism,
will be presenting, ‘Don’t Mess with Mr. T’
For more information contact:
Andrea Heyer at [email protected] or at 473-
3387
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- CH&E Seminar Series – Dr. Arnold Mitnitski
Date: Tue, Feb 10
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Centre for Clinical Research, CH&E Classroom #409
5790 University Avenue
Event Details:
Title: Biological Aging, Operation Research and Complex
Networks – putting all together
Synopsis: Aging in individuals is not easy to define.
People accumulate different health problems (illnesses,
disabilities, laboratory abnormalities, symptoms, signs,
jointly referred to as deficits). Despite diversity in the
manifestations of aging at the individual level, there is a
common thread: the number of deficits
characteristically increases with aging. We have suggested
that this number (a frailty index) is a measure of
individual aging although little was known about its
origin. Until now. I will discuss most recent development in
this area: a stochastic framework in which aging is
regarded as a consequence of the complex interplay
between environmental challenges (characterized by the
intensity of environmental stressors), and the ability
of the organism to resist or repair the damage caused by
such stresses. I will show that the number of
accumulated deficits (N) equals the product of the
intensity of environmental stresses (lambda, L) and the time
it takes to recover from damage (R). The relationship N=LxR
known as Little’s Law (LL) in the Operation
Research area allows to understand that changes in the
frailty index mimic the changes in the time of recovery
(approximately 10 fold between 20 and 95 years or 3 fold
from 65 to 95 years). I will show how to evaluate the
individual’s biological age and explain that its empirical
limit of 116 year is based on the limit to frailty index =
0.7. Finally, I will introduce a novel large-scale model of
aging in which the organism is represented by the
network of bi-stable interacting nodes corresponding to
health deficits. The results of Monte-Carlo simulation
demonstrate that our model recovers major observational
patterns of deficits accumulations and mortality
(Gompertz Law). In conclusion, the model suggests that
biological aging arises as a systemic effect of
interacting multiple deficits and indeed can be quantified
in terms of deficit accumulation.
Biography: Arnold Mitnitski, Dalhousie University Research
Professor, Professor of Medicine, is an applied
mathematician cross-appointed with the departments of
Community Health & Epidemiology, Mathematics and
Statistics, and the Faculty of Computer Science. Born and
educated in Russia (M Electrical Engineering, and
PhD in Theoretical Mechanics/Applied Mathematics, St-
Petersburg 1974), he moved to Canada (Montreal) in
1992 and joined the Medical School at Dalhousie in 2002.
His expertise lies in mathematical modeling of
complex biomedical systems, advanced data analysis and data
mining. Dr. Mitnitski has published over 100
peer reviewed papers (most in last 10 years, 10 cited over
100 times), and has Thompson h-index=30. He has
been a peer reviewer for as many as 30 journals and has
delivered many presentations at national and
international scientific meetings. Dr. Mitnitski is a
Fellow of the American Gerontological Society, and an
Associate Editor for BMC Geriatrics, Computational and
Mathematical Methods in Medicine, and Current
Gerontology and Geriatrics Research.
For more information contact:
[email protected] 494-3860
Web: http://che.medicine.dal.ca
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- Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Date: Tue, Feb 10
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Room 3-H, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Presenter: Candidate for Bacteriologist Faculty Position:
Dr. Erin Westman, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical
Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Title: Bacterial resistance to antineoplastic drugs
For more information contact:
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- Health at Work yoga – February 10
Date: Tue, Feb 10
Time: 12:05pm-12:50pm
Location: 14-B2, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Every Tuesday and Thursday free yoga classes will be offered
to faculty and staff of Dalhousie Medical School. A
certified yoga instructor will guide participants through
posture and breathing exercises.
Space is limited at 12 people per class and participants are
accepted on a drop-in, first-come-first-serve basis.
Note: Class times and locations may vary. Please refer to
DalMedix calendar for details on upcoming classes.
Please bring your own yoga mat.
For more information contact:
Cory Burris
902-494-4247
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- Grand Rounds – Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 7:15am-8:15am
Location: OE Smith Auditorium – IWK
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- GRAND ROUNDS – Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 7:30am-8:30am
Location: Parker Reception Room
Event Details:
Speaker: Dr. Robyn Comeau, Gyn Onc Fellow
Title: Diagnosis and Management of Cervical Dysplasia and
Cervical Cancer in Pregnancy
For more information contact:
Michelle Pineau: 470-6905
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- State of the Art-Urology
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 7:30am-8:30am
Location: Room 5110-Dickson Building
Event Details:
‘Evaluation of the Incidentally Detected Adrenal Mass’
Presented by Dr. Mike Czerwinski and Dr. Ali Imran
For more information contact:
Laila Rockman @ 902-473-5469
Web: http://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/urology.html
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Grand Rounds
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 7:45am-8:30am
Location: Bethune Building, room B-44
Event Details:
Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis
Dr Alex Tan
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
For more information contact:
(902) 473-2517
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- Psychiatry Clinical Academic Rounds–Familial Risk, Developmental Psychopathology and Prevention of Severe Mental Illness: FORBOW Study Report
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 8:30am-9:30am
Location: Abbie J. Lane Bldg, Room 4074
Event Details:
Presenter: Dr. Rudolf Uher
Topic: Familial Risk, Developmental Psychopathology and
Prevention of Severe Mental Illness: FORBOW Study Report
For more information contact:
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- Pediatric Grand Rounds
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 9:00am-10:00am
Location: OE Smith Auditorium, IWK Health Centre
Event Details:
Presenter: Dr. Laura Swaney, Resident
Title: ‘From Illness to Wellness: Physician
Burnout, Wellbeing and Models of Support’
Learning Objectives:
1) List the seven dimensions of wellness and describe
habits that contribute to physician resiliency and
wellness.
2) Describe the features of physician burnout and how
these contribute to poor patient outcomes.
3) Identify the relationship between burnout and
depression, and the risk factors for physician suicide.
4) Compare specific interventions that increase physician
wellness.
*Videoconferenced to off sites
For more information contact:
Denise Doucette: [email protected]
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- Page Turner Book Club
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Room C-216
Event Details:
The Page Turner Book Club will be meeting to discuss their
next book of choice, The Rosie Effect, by Graeme Simsion.
All are welcome to join.
The next book club meeting will be in March. The book of
choice will be Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.
For more information contact:
Monica Baccardax
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- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Seminar – Dr. Bryce Nelson
Date: Wed, Feb 11
Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building Link
(Halifax)
Room 102, DMNB
(Saint John)
Event Details:
Dr. Bryce Nelson, Director
Antibodies and Phage Display
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
‘Structure-Guided Design of Synthetic Antibodies’
For more information contact:
Melissa MacDougall
(902) 494-2480
Web: http://www.biochem.dal.ca
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar
Date: Thu, Feb 12
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: Room 3H1, 3rd Floor, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Speaker:
Dr. Yves Berthiaume
Department of Medicine &
Research Director IRCM
University of Montreal
Title:
‘The transcriptome and cystic fibrosis: an interesting
source of data to explore pathophysiology’
For more information contact:
Dr. Valerie Chappe ([email protected])
or
Jennifer Graves ([email protected])
Web: http://www.physiology.dal.ca
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- THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: AFRICA’S CANCER EPIDEMIC
Date: Fri, Feb 13
Time: 9:30am-11:30am
Location: 2L3, 2nd floor, Tupper Link
Event Details:
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: AFRICA’S CANCER EPIDEMIC
Presented by:
Robert Huish, PhD
Assistant Professor
International Development Studies
Dalhousie University
For more information contact:
Web: http://www.bhcri.ca/events
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- Teaching and Modeling Professionalism
Date: Fri, Feb 13
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Halifax = B-A3, Tupper Link
DMNB (Saint John) = Room 218
SJRH = IDS Room
Miramichi = Room 3111
URV = Room 14-020A
Fredericton = Room 208
Colchester = Room D1750
Event Details:
with F. Bergin
By participating in this session, you will be able to:
-define professionalism and its elements;
-identify challenges to and opportunities for teaching
and assessing professionalism; and
-discuss strategies for teaching and assessing
professionalism.
Key Competency
Professional 1.1. Exhibit appropriate professional
behaviors in practice, including honesty, integrity,
commitment, compassion, respect and altruism
For more information contact:
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- Health at Work stretch and strength class
Date: Fri, Feb 13
Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: 14-B2, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building
Event Details:
Nursing student and certified personal trainer specialist,
Christine Christian, leads participants through a mixture of
exercise programs. Focusing on stretch and strength and
breathing and balance, Christine’s 45-minute classes are
suitable for people at any fitness level.
Classes are drop-in, first-come-first-serve style. Please
wear appropriate exercise footwear and bring a mat.
Students, faculty, staff are all welcome.
For more information contact:
Cory Burris
902-494-4247
