UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The following events at the University of Pittsburgh are open to the public and cover the time period, January 15 - January 24.
LECTURES
1/15 As part of the Visiting Professorship Program, Trey Sunderland, M.D., chief of the geriatric psychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, will present a lecture entitled "Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in Asymptomatic Subjects: Scientific and Ethical Stepping Stones." Sponsored by Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Pitt's Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Affective Disorders, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. WPIC Auditorium, second floor,
3811 O'Hara Street, 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 624-0750.
1/22 The Visiting Professorship Program continues with the Robert E. Miller Memorial Lecture. Wayne J. Katon, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and chief of the Division of Psychiatric Health Services and Epidemiology at the University of Washington Medical School, will present a lecture entitled "Population Based Care of Depression: Effective Disease Management Strategies to Decrease Prevalence." Sponsored by Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Pitt's Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Affective Disorders, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, and Eli Lilly and Company. WPIC Auditorium, second floor, 3811 O'Hara Street, 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 624-0750.
2/3 Pitt's Department of Biological Sciences, Pymatuning Laboratory
-- of Ecology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Garden Club of
4/7 Allegheny County, National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh Zoo, and the Western PA Conservatory present the Eminent Biologist Lecture Series. Lecture participants are:
Feb. 3 Scott K. Robinson
Habitat Fragmentation and Bird Populations
Mar. 3 Peter H. Raven
Global Biodiversity
Apr. 7 Michael J. Donoghue
Evolutionary Relationships and Diversification
Seating is limited. Carnegie Museum of Art Auditorium,
4400 Forbes Avenue, 7 p.m. For more information or ticket reservations, call 624-1299.
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