VPR Distinguished Lecture Series
Future of human research topic of talk
“The Future of Human Research: Concerns and Possibilities” will be the topic of a presentation by James A. Weyhenmeyer, senior vice president for research for the SUNY Research Foundation, scheduled for 2 p.m. April 1 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
The lecture, which will be free and open to the public, is part of the UB Human Research Protection Program Distinguished Speakers Series. It will address important current and emerging trends and issues concerning research on human beings that will change the face of human research enterprise.
A cell biologist/neuroscientist, Weyhenmeyer has published extensively on degenerative brain disorders. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, American Heart Association and the PHARMA Foundation.
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Lecture Slides:
The New Growth Theory and the Prosperity of U.S. Cities
Barry Bluestone, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy
Northeastern University
Feb. 13, 2008
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The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects
Robert J. Levine, M.D.
Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and co-director of Yale's Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center
October 2, 2007
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New Frontiers for Nanotechnology
Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
National Science Foundation
September 20, 2007
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Investing for Cyber-Enabled Discovery & Innovation
James Bottum Lecture
Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost for Computing and Information Technology at Clemson University.
September 17, 2007
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Hierarchical Thermal Transport Modeling in Nano-Structured Semiconductors:
Applications to Electronics
Cristina H. Amon, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Alumni Chair Professor of Bioengineering in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
March 30, 2007
(co-sponsored with the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
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The Societal Costs of Mental Disorders:
What We Know and What We're (Not) Doing About It.
Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
February 9, 2007
(The J. Warren Perry Lecture sponsored by theSchool of Public Health and Health Professions)
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Secret Lives of Synapses
Terrence J. Sejnowski, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Professor and Head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
September 11, 2006
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