March 7, 2013 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
All are invited to a scientific exposition of research in the Health Sciences Research Institute, featuring faculty from the Schools of Engineering, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts.
| Time | Faculty Speaker | HSRI Cluster | Title |
| 1:00pm | Suzanne Sindi | Bio-simulation | Mathematics and mad yeast: Modeling prion dynamics in living cells |
| 1:20pm | Michael Colvin | Bio-simulation | Atomic-level simulations of anticancer drugs |
| 1:40pm | Jan Wallander | Health Disparities | Children from racial/ethnic minorities and low income families do not have an equitable chance for good health and positive well-being |
| 2:00pm | Stergios Roussos | Health Disparities | Addressing language disparities for Limited English Proficient patients: Lessons from a statewide organizational survey |
| 2:20pm | Linda Cameron | Cancer | Graphic warning labels for cigarettes: Do they discourage smoking? |
| 2:40pm | Erin Gaab | Cancer | Communicating with children with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses |
| 3:00pm | Jeffrey Gilger | Basic and Behavioral Neuroscience | Genes, brains, and learning disorders |
| 3:20pm | Masashi Kitazawa | Basic and Behavioral Neuroscience | Understanding molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease |
| 3:40pm | Evan Heit | Decision Making | Interpreting medical tests |
| 4:00pm | Paul Brown | Behavioral Medicine | Assessing the value of a public health system using discrete choice experiments |
| 4:20pm | Carol Sipan | Behavioral Medicine | HIV prevalence and related risk behaviors reported by male Mixteco migrant laborers in San Diego County |
| 4:40pm | Andy LiWang | Biomolecular Research | Rhythmic ring-ring stacking drives the circadian clock clockwise |
For further information please contact
Trevor Hirst (thirst@ucmerced.edu)
Location
Half Dome Room (Social Science & Management Building, Room 317)
Contact Information
Health Sciences Research Institute
