ISU Research Day activities set for April 14-15 in Meridian and Pocatello
March 28, 2011
“Bridging Research and Practice” is the theme of the 糖心传媒 Division of Health Sciences 22nd Annual Research Day, Friday, April 15, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Pocatello, and 8:30 to 1 p.m., in Meridian. New this year is an
April 14 pre-conference titled 鈥淭ranslational Science Primer,鈥� presented by the ISU Division of Health Sciences and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences in Seattle. It鈥檒l run from 1:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on both campuses.
To register for the pre-conference and review both events鈥� schedules, visit the . Space at the pre-conference is limited.
Lynn Schnapp, M.D., professor of medicine, pulmonary and critical care at the University of Washington, will present the April 14 keynote address 鈥淏ridging the Gap: How to help forge bonds between basic scientists and clinicians.鈥�
Bert Boyer, Ph.D., a professor of molecular biology at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, will give the April 15 keynote 鈥淓ngaging Community Partners: Learning from Yup'ik Eskimos about risk and protection for obesity and diabetes.鈥� Boyer is also the director of the university鈥檚 Center for Alaska Native Health Research. Boyer and Schnapp are experts in translational science鈥攔esearch that improves human health by leading to discoveries that will eliminate human disease 鈥攁nd affiliated with the .
Health care providers, faculty, students and the public are invited to Research Day activities, which will feature presentations on numerous topics, including youth mental health, prevention of teenage pregnancy, interprofessional mobile health care, suicide prevention and pharmaceutical research.
鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to have the College of Pharmacy participating this year now that it鈥檚 a part of the Division of Health Sciences. Activities both days will bring insights and regional expertise in translational research to ISU and highlight internal research accomplishments and collaboration,鈥� said David Talford, a research committee member and clinical assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Studies Program at ISU-Meridian.
Activities will be held in the ISU Pocatello Rendezvous Complex, 1111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center, 1311 E. Central Drive, north of I-84 between Locust Grove and Meridian roads. Many sessions will be broadcast simultaneously using distance-learning technology.
For more information about Research Day 2011, contact David Talford at 208-373-1808 or talfdavi@isu.edu .
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