September 15, 2009

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Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series
Sponsored by Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
& Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Speaker: Bert Boyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology Center for Alaska Native Health Research
University of Alaska Fairbanks
enomics Speaker: Bert Boyer, Ph.D.

August 14, 2009

Dr. Gary Small to visit the Miami Institute for Human Genomics Friday, August 14, followed by an afternoon presentation at the Lois Pope Life Center.
Gary Small, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging, Director of the UCLA Center on Aging, and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior

June 8-10

Autism and Behavior Management Event June 8th and 10th at the African American Research Library and the Joseph Caleb Center. Directed by Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, a global leader in genetics of common diseases...

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April 3, 2009

Ethical Issues of Using Genetics in Medicine

A presentation by Susan Hahn Assistant Director of Communications and Compliance
Miami Institute for Human Genomics

When: FRIDAY APRIL 3rd, 8 p.m.

Where: Miami Science Museum's Space Gallery
3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129
www.miamisci.org

Children welcome, supervised activities available
Refreshments provided

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DNA DAY 2009

--Come learn what DNA is and how it makes us unique
--How DNA can help solve a crime
--See what DNA looks like and more

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February 4, 2009

Dr. Jeffery Vance spoke at the Clinical Research Forum in Pediatrics on "The Genetics of Peripheral Neuropathy"

• When:  February 4th, 2009 from 12:00-1:00 pm
• Where: Batchelor Children's Research Institute, The Coulter-James Family Conference Center, 5th floor, Room 508B, University of Miami Medical Campus

January 22, 2009

Dr. William K. Scott was an invited guest speaker at the Preventing Parkinson Disease Seminar sponsored by the Northern Trust Bank and National Parkinson Foundation. The general topic of his presentation was pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease. See below for more details.

Preventing Parkinson’s Disease

A panel of scientific experts, led by Michael S. Okun, medical director of the Foundation and co-director of the Movement Disorders Center at the McKnight Brain Institute will discuss the role of exercise and exposure to toxins (pesticides) in the prevention of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.

Northern Trust Bank
Aventura, FL

January 22nd, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

January 11, 2009