Events
Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium - Pharmaceuticals for the Future: From Bench to Bedside - May 18
Thelma Shobe Lecture 2013 - Ethics, Spirituality, & Health: Providers and Reproductive Freedom
3rd Annual Global Women's Health and Empowerment Summer Institute - August 7 to 21
Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium - Pharmaceuticals for the Future: From Bench to Bedside - May 18
We have assembled leading scientists from San Francisco Bay Area biotechnology companies who will each share a story of how their company took an idea, developed it, and transformed it into a therapeutic.
You will hear speakers from Sutro Biopharma, Plexxikon, Amgen, Genentech, Rinat (Pfizer) and Gilead Sciences and learn about drug development at these companies and the associated challenges.
THERE IS NO CHARGE AND NO PRE-REGISTRATION
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Place: UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall - Auditorium, 600 16th Street, SF
Thelma Shobe Lecture 2013: Ethics, Spirituality, & Health: Providers and Reproductive Freedom - May 23
Many religious traditions support reproductive freedom for women. What is the religious basis for protecting women's access to this freedom? What are the problems of religions that do not respect the full humanity of women as moral decision-makers? What are the ethics involved for the healthcare provider delivering reproductive care?
Join Dr. Kit Chesla, RN, DNSc, FAAN, School of Nursing Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in welcoming two distinguished speakers to UC San Francisco: Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D. will speak on Religion and the Case for Women's Reproductive Freedom, and Margaret Olivia Little, Ph.D., will speak on Abortion, Conscience, and the Ethics of Provision to discuss ethics for the health care provider.
Event page available here. * Take a poll regarding Provider Beliefs on the event web page.
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Place: UCSF Parnassus Campus, Health Sciences West Tower, Room 301, 513 Parnassus Ave., SF
3rd Annual Global Women's Health and Empowerment Summer Institute - August 7 to 21
The Global Women's Health and Empowerment Summer Institute is an intensive 4-unit interdisciplinary program offered by the University of California Global Health Institute, under the aegis of the Center of Expertise in Women's Health & Empowerment.
The Institute's main purpose is to provide post-undergraduate students interested in improving women's health and well-being with foundational knowledge and skills from several disciplines. Instructors will be drawn from UCLA and UCSF. Upon completion of the WH&E Summer Institute, students will be able to:
- Explain gender health disparities globally;
- Describe and apply interdisciplinary empowerment frameworks to women's health issues;
- Analyze diverse case studies;
- Develop a grant proposal for advancing women's health and empowerment; and
- Identify various career paths and resources, and interact with potential mentors.
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
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San Francisco, CA 94143-1694
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May 10, 2013
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