Demystifying Medicine

Speaker Profiles for 2006

1. January 10, 2006, "Hepatitis C: A Silent Global Disease"
   1. Harvey Alter (CC)
   2. Barbara Rehermann (NIDDK)
      
      
2. January 17, 2006, "Polio: Past and Present"
   1. Ellie Ehrenfeld (NIAID)
   2. Ruth Kirschstein (OD)
      
      
3. January 24, 2006, "Tuberculosis: The Ever Present 'White' Plague"
   1. Steve Holland (CC)
   2. John Robbins (NICHD)
      
      
4. January 31, 2006, "Avian Influenza: Another Pandemic?"
   1. David Henderson (CC)
   2. Kanta Subbarao (NIAID)
      
      
5. February 7, 2006, "Stem Cells: Frontiers and Applications"
   1. Ron McKay (NINDS)
   2. Cynthia Dunbar (NHLBI)
      
      
6. February 14, 2006, "Diseases of Potential Terrorism: Ebola and Anthrax"
   1. Gary Nabel (NIAID)
   2. John Robbins (NICHD)
      
      
7. February 21, 2006, "HIV: Advances and Retreats"
   1. Henry Masur (CC)
   2. John Coffin (NCI)
      
      
8. February 28, 2006, "Malaria: The Number One Killer"
   1. Tom Wellems (NIAID)
   2. Rick Fairhurst (NIAID)
      
      
9. March 7, 2006, "Imaging: A New Frontier for Organs and Cells"
   1. Elias Zerhouni (OD)
   2. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (NICHD)
      
      
10. March 14, 2006, "Parkinsons Disease: The Shaking Palsy"
    1. John Hardy (NIA)
    2. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy (NINDS)
       
       
11. March 21, 2006, "Astrobiology: Clinical and Basic Research"
    1. Baruch Blumberg (Fox Chase)
    2. Jay Shapiro (Hopkins/NASA)
       
       
12. March 28, 2006, "Addiction: Cannaboids and Other Drugs"
    1. George Kunos (NIAAA)
    2. Barry Hoffer (NIDA)
       
       
13. April 4, 2006, "Obesity: A National Epidemic"
    1. Phillip Gorden (NIDDK)
    2. Jack Yanovski (NICHD)
       
       
14. April 11, 2006, "Genetics, Aging and Heart Disease: New Insights"
    1. Elizabeth Nabel (NHBLI)
    2. Francis Collins (NHGRI)
       
       
15. April 18, 2006, "Hepatocellular Cancer: An Increasing Global Problem"
    1. Richard Anderson (NCI)
    2. Snorri Thorgeirsson (NCI)
       
       
16. April 25, 2006, "Sickle Cell Anemia: Treating a Molecular Disease"
    1. Alan Schechter (NIDDK)
    2. Jeffrey Miller (NIDDK)
       
       
17. May 5, 2006, "Finale: Symposium on Career Opportunities for Ph.D. Postdocs"
    1. Michael Gottesman (OD/NCI)
    2. Win Arias (OD/NICHD)