The Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series (formerly known as the Clinical Research Grand Rounds) is held the second Wednesday of each month from September through May at the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 East Superior. Lunch is provided.

Topics and Dates for the 2007-2008 Academic Year
 
September 12th, 2007
12:30-1:30pm
Hughes Auditorium
Tanya Simuni, MD; Joshua Rosenow, MD; and Colum MacKinnon, MD:
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders: translating effects to cause (PowerPoint)

October 10th, 2007
CANCELLED

November 14th, 2007
12:30-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
David Channin, MD: Introduction to Clinical Data Mining (PowerPoint)

December 12th, 2007
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Phil Greenland, MD:
NUCATS: Transforming clinical and translational science across the Northwestern enterprise (PowerPoint)

January 9th, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Charlie Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP:
Finding Adverse Drug Events After FDA Approval: A Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance Study (PowerPoint)

February 13th, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Nalini Rajamanan, MD:
Calcific Aortic Stenosis: A Disease Ready for Prime time From Cellular Mechanisms to Clinical Trials (link to summary)

March 12th, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH, and Jen Kauper Brown:
Building Northwestern's Capacity for Community Engagement: Resources from the Community-Engaged Research Center (PowerPoint)

April 9th, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Joshua Miller, MD, MBA:
Progress towards immunologic tolerance in human organ transplantation. The effect of the use of donor bone marrow and/or hematopoetic cells as tolerogens. (pdf)

May 14th, 2008
12:00-1:00pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Vadim Backman, PhD; Heman Roy, MD:
"Cancer Screening via Biophotonics: A "Remote Sensing" Approach."

Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

While we encourage physicians to attend to earn CME, all are welcome to attend.

If you have any questions or would like more information about the Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series please contact Sheila Kessler at s-kessler@northwestern.edu.