WHAT’S NEXT?: UCSF Scientists Outline What’s To Come

Interactive Webinar
Wednesdays, April 29 – June 10, 2020
7:00pm – 8:30pm PST

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Course Chairs

virtual course logoJeffrey Tabas, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Director of Outcomes and Innovations for CME,
University of California, San Francisco

Course Description

UCSF has a long history of pioneering biomedical research and a bold vision for advancing health worldwide. However, what does that really mean in the near future and beyond? Hailing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, six UCSF scientists invite you inside their work to learn what the next decade may bring to the world of medicine. Direct from those who live and breathe it every day, find out WHAT’s NEXT in science.

Lecture Schedule

Includes updated understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic!

PLEASE NOTE: Schedule or speakers may change on short notice

Date

Title

Speaker(s)

Recording(s)

April 29

Solving Neurologic Mysteries: Next-Generation Approaches to Diagnosis

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Michael Wilson, MD, M.A.S.
Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

 

May 6

Developing Therapies for COVID-19: Understanding the mechanisms of attack to inform treatment

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Kevan Shokat, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF

Nevan Krogan, PhD
QBU Director, Gladstone Institute Investigator, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF

Brian Shoichet, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF

Jacqueline Fabius
QBI COO, School of Pharmacy, UCSF

5/6/2020 Presentation

May 13

Got Stress? The Science of Measuring and Improving Meditation

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Free Meditation Download

Helen Weng, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

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May 20

COVID-19: What We Have Learned

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George Rutherford, MD, MA
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Global Strategic Information, UCSF

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May 27

Diagnosing and Tracking COVID-19 and other Respiratory Infections

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Chaz Langelier MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Associate Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCSF

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June 3

Safely Doing Less: How Past Science Informs Future Practice

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Thomas Newman, MD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

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June 10

Eating Precisely: Merging Nutrition with Individualized Factors to Optimize Metabolic Health

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Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UCSF

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