Feb 22 2012

Nanotechnology: Health, Safety, and Environmental Issues

Guest: Dr. Mark Wiesner, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University
Topics: Health and safety issues associated with nanotechnology, recent NAS report on crafting a strategy for nanotech environmental, health, and safety nanomaterials research, CEINT

Dr. Mark Wiesner

Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology

The Wiesner Research Group at Duke University

2012 NAS report: A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials

Ernie’s 2004 Environmental Health Perspectives cover story on nanotechnology safety

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Jan 25 2012

The immune system and the developing brain: developmental neuroimmunology

Guest: Dr. Staci Bilbo, director, Developmental Neuroimmunology Lab, Duke University
Topics: Developmental neuroimmunology, the presence of immune cells (microglia) in the brain, impact on health and behavior later in life

Dr. Staci Bilbo

Duke Developmental Neuroimmunology Lab

Staci Bilbo research profile, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

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Dec 14 2011

Body Image and Self-Esteem in Girls and Women

Dr. Cindy Bulik

Guest: Dr. Cindy Bulik, Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program
Topic: Cindy”s new book, The Woman in the Mirror: How To Stop Confusing What You Look Like with Who You Are

The Woman in the Mirror website

The Woman in the Mirror blog

Exchanges: The UNC Eating Disorders Program blog

UNC Eating Disorders Program

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Nov 30 2011

Exploring genetics of schizophrenia

Dr. Diana Perkins, UNC-Chapel Hill

Dr. Clark Jeffries, Renaissance Computing Institute & UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Guests: Dr. Diana Perkins, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill, Director, OASIS; and Dr. Clark Jeffries, Renaissance Computing Institute & UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Topics: The genetic basis of schizophrenia, early intervention in schizophrenia, discovery of very small pluripotent stem cells in human peripheral blood

OASIS (Outreach and Support Intervention Services) Program

Diana’s UNC Faculty page

Clark’s UNC Faculty page

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Nov 9 2011

Marrying bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics

Guests: Dr. Alison Motsinger-Reif, assistant professor, Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU, and Dr. David Reif, statistician, National Center for Computational Toxicology, EPA, RTP

Topics: Bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics, ToxPi (Toxicological Priority Index), married scientists

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Oct 12 2011

The physics of organic solar cells and light-emitting diodes

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Guest: Dr. Harald Ade, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Physics, NC State University

Topics: The physics of organic solar cells and light-emitting diodes, new methods of analyzing the composition, morphology and structure of polymeric and electronic materials at the sub-micron scale

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Dr. Harald Ade, Professor, Physics Department, NC State University

Ade Research Group

Harald’s NCSU faculty page

Advanced Light Source

Sep 28 2011

Advances in vulvar and pelvic pain diagnosis and treatment, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS)

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Guest: Dr. Denniz Zolnoun, Director, Vulvar Pain Clinic, UNC School of Medicine

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Dr. Denniz Zolnoun, Director, Vulvar Pain Clinic, UNC School of Medicine

UNC Vulvar Pain Clinic

UNC Pelvic Pain Research Unit

UNC Advanced Laparoscopy & Pelvic Pain (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

Society for Women’s Health Medtronic Prize (awarded to Denniz, May 2011)