Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | 1014 Orr-Major

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Daniel Hinthorn , MD
Professor and Division Director
Department of Infectious Disases

The 2009 H2N1 Influenza Outbreak: What Every Healthcare Professional Needs to Know

On Sunday, April 26, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control declared a "public health emergency" as the newly emerged flu strain continues to spread across the globe. Healthcare professionals need to know what to look for and what to do, based on their role in the healthcare system.

In this session, Dr. Hinthorn, Professor and Division Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases will provide an overview of this current outbreak and discuss with participants what they need to know and do in their roles as we face this emerging health threat.

Resource Links:

• H1N1 Flu Guidance
• Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts
• Interim Guidance for Clinicians on Identifying and Caring for Patients with Swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection
• News Coverage of Swine Flu (H1N1 virus)
• Pandemic Influenza: A Guide to Recent Institute of Medicine Studies and Workshops
• Swine Flu (H1N1) - Information for Nurses
• Swine influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak in US & Mexico: Potential for a Pandemic (supercourse)
• The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | TBD

Raghuveer Dendi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mid-America Cardiology

Atrial Fibrillation: And the Beat Goes On

Tuesday, October 19, 2009 | TBD

Gerald H. Lushington, PhD, Associate Scientist/Director, Molecular Structures Group

Designer Drugs: The Perfect Fit

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | TBD

Cary Savage, PhD, Director, Functional MRI, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center

Hunger – Is it all in your head?

Dr. Savage received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University. He completed an internship in clinical psychology and postdoctoral fellowships in neuropsychology and functional neuroimaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School. He remained on the faculty of MGH and served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH. Dr. Savage also served as Director of Research and Training in the Division of Behavioral and Mental Health at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. He was the founding Director of the Neuropsychology track in the APA-accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology at MGH. Dr. Savage moved to Kansas City in 2003 and now serves as Director of Functional MRI in the HBIC and as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at KUMC. Dr. Savage’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private foundations. His research focuses on the roles of prefrontal cortex and limbic system in memory and motivational processes, and how these networks are disrupted in psychiatric and neurologic conditions. Dr. Savage has published over 75 original research and review articles. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | TBD

Antonio Artigues, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Director of the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Proteomics: Keys to Treatment, Cure & Beyond

For a protein to play its intended physiological role in the cell it must achieve its native configuration. It has been determined that the mitochondrial DNA, important in this process, encode only 13 of the more than 1000 different proteins present in the mitochondria. The remaining proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome, transcribed in the nucleus, translated in the cytoplasm and imported into the mitochondrion, where they fold to their native structure. Understanding these processes at the molecular level is of the utmost importance because alterations in protein tranlsocation cause disease. The main goals of Dr. Artigues' research are to understand; (a) the molecular basis for the distinct folding behavior of these homologous proteins, and (b) to elucidate the mechanisms for the differences observed in their interactions with the cellular machineries in charge of protein sorting, import and folding.

Antonio Artigues, PhD, received his BS and MS from the University of Navarre and his PhD from the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. He also completed a postodoctoral fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University and a fellowship at the University of Alicante. He was a research instructor, supervisor of the Macromolecular Analysis Core Facilities, research assistant professor, and deputy direcotr for research development at the University of Missouri-Kansas City prior to coming to the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Artigues' research areas of interest include proteomics, protein-protein interactions, enzyme structure and relationship of enzyme structure to function, protein folding, and mechanisms of protein transport across membranes.