Aug. 25— Forum on the arts and mental illness
A violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a scientist at USC’s Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute are among the diverse speakers at a forum exploring the arts and mental illness. The forum will be held from 3-5 p.m. at the second floor art gallery of the Institute for Genetic Medicine, the Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2250 Alcazar St. A reception open to the public will follow from 5-7 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, contact Lynn Crandall, (310) 479-1817 or lynn.crandall@gmail.com.
Aug. 26—Center for Applied Molecular Medicine Seminar Series
Claudia Fischbach, assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, will present "Engineered Microenvironments to Study Tumor Angiogenesis" in Harkness Auditorium, Clinical Sciences Building from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be served for attendees at 11:45 a.m. For more information, click here.
Aug. 26—USC School of Pharmacy seminar series
Pinchas Cohen, professor and chief of pediatric endocrinology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will present "Humanin and Humanin-like Peptides: Mitochondrial-Derived Signals Regulating Cell Survival and Metabolism" at noon at John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center Room 104. For more information, email bstiles@usc.edu.
Aug. 26-27—The Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data Symposium
The symposium will bring together scientists, engineers and clinicians from diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunities and challenges introduced by the growing abundance of digital data captured during the delivery of clinical care. For information about the meeting, registration and abstract submission, visit http://mucmd.org.
