[IEEE-bhpjobs] upcoming meetings of possible interest

[esther L]

  http://rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ieee-jhc is a valuable mailing list.
Also see http://calendar.yahoo.com/esther_mlus for events.


Feb 19 - 25: Engineer's Week. Volunteer to visit a school and talk to
students about engineering. dates available Feb 19 - March 31.
http://nc-eweek.org/


Mon Feb 20, 3pm, NCSU Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Ctr
Bioethicist Dr. Leon Kass will deliver the 2006 Harrelson Lecture at
NCSU. free, open to public. Address is titled "The Challenge for
Bioethics." During his career, Kass has addressed ethical issues
raised by in vitro fertilization, cloning, genetics, organ
transplants, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the moral nature of
the medical profession.
http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/06_02/021.htm


Wed, Feb 22, noon, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Surgeon General Richard Carmona will make a few brief remarks, then
take questions during "Conversations with the Surgeon General".
Registration required.
http://www.sph.unc.edu/news/?fuseaction=press_detail&subject=about&category=Scho\
ol%20News&press_id=29266


Wed, Feb 22, NC Biotech Ctr, RTP
RTP-Drug Metabolism Discussion Group Winter Symposium
Phase II Metabolism of Drugs:  Biology and Clinical Relevance
See http://rtpnet.org/pipermail/ieee-bhpjobs/2006/000251.html for 
information.


Fri, Feb 24, 2-4PM, Safety Series I - HAZCom, Blood Bourne Pathogens,
First Response. http://www.castletongroup.com/class-feb27.html - Free.


Mon Feb 27, 4:30pm, Nelson Auditorium, 3400 Nelson Hall, NCSU.
Free, open to public.
Herbert M. Allison, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive
officer of TIAA-CREF, will present the first Dean's Executive Lecture
at the College of Management. Allison will discuss the competitive
pressures facing America today. He will address the challenges both
business and higher education must confront in order for our nation to
maintain economic strength, an incomparable workforce and innovative
leadership. He will also relate the impact that our national savings
shortfall, looming deficits and struggling K-12 educational system
will have on our nation's future success, and will offer some thoughts
on addressing those issues.
http://www.mgt.ncsu.edu/


Wed, March 1, ISPE local Carolina Annual Technology Show
http://www.ispe.org/carolina-southatlantic/upcoming.htm and
http://www.ispe.org/carolina-southatlantic/PDF/2006AttendeeReg-final5.pdf


Sat Mar 4, 10AM-noon, Belk Dining hall, Peace College, 15 East Peace
St, Raleigh, $16
AAUW fundraising Author's Brunch for Educational Foundation and Legal
Advocacy Foundation. Featuring Carolyn Rawls Booth, author of Bandeaux
Creek, Between the Rivers, and Aunt Mag's Recipe Book.
http://rtpnet.org/aauw/


Wed, Mar 29, 6PM
Free, open to public, registration required.
http://www.sph.unc.edu/awards/foard.htm
Olufunmilayo "Funmi" Olopade, MD, professor of medicine and human
genetics and director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics at
the University of Chicago Medical Center and 2005 MacArthur "Genius
Grant" Fellow, will be the 2006 Foard Lecturer for the School of
Public Health. Olufunmilayo Olopade is an oncologist who translates
her basic research on individual and population cancer susceptibility
into an effective clinical practice for treating breast cancer among
African and African American women.

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Esther Lumsdon, RAC, CQA

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