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02 / 27
Start: 12:00
End: 13:30

Dr. Ori Rotstein will present today from 12 to 1:30 pm in Theatre 4, Health Sciences Centre.  All Faculty of Medicine students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend and provide feedback to the committee.

If you are unable to attend, watch the live stream.

02 / 28
Start: 10:00
End: 12:30

Canadian researchers who collaborate in EU-led international research consortia join some of the best minds in their field in well-funded projects, leverage their resources and exponentially increase the scope and impact of their work. This information session will provide an overview of specific programs in Europe's Seventh Framework Programme, in-depth information about the Cooperation and People (Marie Curie) programs and highlight the opportunities for Canadian researchers to participate.

02 / 29
Start: 12:00
End: 13:00

Medical Science Student Association and the Community Health Sciences Student Executive presents:

Seminar Series
"How to give a talk they will remember (in a good way)"

Please RSVP to mdscsa@ucalgary.ca

Speaker: Dr. Kamala Patel
Date: February 29, 2012
Time: 12 to 1 pm
Room: Clara Christie

Lunch is served at 11:45 am

Event Poster

Start: 13:30
End: 14:30

The newly renovated Health Sciences Library at the Foothills Campus is welcoming visitors on Wednesday, February 29 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with refreshments, remarks, and an opportunity to meet LINDSAY, the Virtual Human.

Read the blog post

Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

Pediatrics

Please see the brochure for full course information and to register.

1930 Developmental Screening in Primary Care
Ben Gibbard, Shirley Leew, and Roger Thomas

2030 My Child is Early/Late with Puberty: What Should We Do
Jonathan Dewrant


03 / 1
03 / 2
Start: 00:00

The Symposium will highlight interdisciplinary aging research and promote the exchange of knowledge across our University community with respect to research in aging. This event is organized by the emerging Interdisciplinary Aging Studies Student Network and sponsored by The Brenda Strafford Centre for Aging.

Deadline for abstract submission and registration: March 2, 2012
Event Date: Friday, March 30, 2012 - Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Start: 08:30
End: 16:00

The Graduate Students' Association (GSA) in collaboration with the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary is hosting a one-day conference and workshop called Retaining Global Talent on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 8:30 am to 4 pm in MacEwan Hall.

This event will provide foreign students with up-to-date immigration information and give students the opportunity to connect with employers from various industries including banking, oil and gas, IT, telecommunications and health care.

Start: 12:45
End: 13:45

Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions is hosting two information sessions for individuals wishing to learn more about the new AIHS Collaborative Research and Innovation Opportunities. CRIO is a broad portfolio of collaborative research opportunities to bring together teams of people to address health issues that require an interdisciplinary approach.

The information session will cover:

  • Award Components
  • Eligibility
  • Application Requirements

In Edmonton:

03 / 3
03 / 4
03 / 5
Start: 00:30
End: 12:30

Presentations will be given based on the Healthy Populations Community Correlation experience. Presentations open to everyone.

When: March 5, 2012 - 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where:  Theatres 1, 4 and the Libin 

All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Canada Council for the Arts representatives, past award recipients and selection committee members from U of C will be on site at the University of Calgary on March 5, 2012 to give a presentation on the 2013 Killam Prizes and Killam Research Fellowships programs.

The information session will be held in SS 1339 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm on Monday March 5.

03 / 6
Start: 13:00
End: 14:00

Find out more about STAT!Ref’s interactive 3D models of the human body available online through the Health Sciences Library.
Join us for 1 hour session, facilitated by Dr. Ali Abass from STAT!Ref, to learn more about:

  • Cross searching Anatomy.tv
  • Using Anatomy.tv in your clinical practice
  • Using Anatomy.tv for patient education
  • Examples of implementations for various specialties

What: 1 Hour Information Session
When: 1 pm Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Where: Health Sciences Library
Information Commons (HS1460)

03 / 7
Start: 19:30
End: 21:30

Surgery

Please see the brochure for full course information and to register.

1930 Hand Surgery: When Do You Refer
Vaughn Bowen

2030 Lumps and Bumps: Which Ones ShouldWe Remove
TBA

03 / 8
Start: 10:00
Please join us for Knowledge Translation Canada National Seminar Series
Session #7 on Thursday, March 8th from 1000-1130MT with Michele Hamm
and Hannah O'Rourke
Michele Hamm is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of
Alberta. She has a BSc in pharmacology and an MSc in epidemiology, also from the
University of Alberta.
03 / 9
03 / 10
03 / 11
03 / 12
Start: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

03 / 13
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

Start: 00:30
End: 15:15

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doug Cochrane
Who Has Your Back? The Obligations of Peers

Introduction by Dr. Tom Feasby

March 13, 2012 - 8:30 am to 3:15 pm
Theatre 4 HSC

Start: 16:00

All Calgary-area students in grades 9 - 12 are invited to participate.

Tuesday, March 13th at 4:00 p.m.

This competition is fashioned after a traditional Spelling Bee, except that students answer questions about the brain and neuroscience research. The winner of Calgary's Brain Bee will receive a trip to compete at CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee at McMaster University.

03 / 14
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

03 / 15
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

Start: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-15 00:00
End: 2012-03-16 00:00

March 15 and 16, 2012
MacEwan Hall
MacEwan Student Centre
University of Calgary – Main Campus
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Family physicians, pharmacists and nurse practitioners will:

Start: 13:30
End: 14:30

Women’s Health Resources, Foothills Medical Centre, Room 160, 1:30 to 2:30 pm.

A book about surgical delivery as a birth choice for informed women, Choosing Cesarean: a natural birth plan, is being launched at the Women's Health Resources, Foothills Medical Centre, Room 160 today 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Obstretician and gynecologist Dr. Magnus Murphy and journalist Pauline McDonaugh Hull have co-written a sensible and "easy-to-read" book about the complex issues surrounding maternal-request cesarean delivery.

03 / 16
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

End: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-15 00:00
End: 2012-03-16 00:00

March 15 and 16, 2012
MacEwan Hall
MacEwan Student Centre
University of Calgary – Main Campus
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Family physicians, pharmacists and nurse practitioners will:

Start: 00:12

All Calgary-area grade 11 students are invited to apply for this all day event.

Friday, March 16th.

This event is geared towards students who have an aptitude for science and/or show an avid interest in pursuing acareer in medicine, scientific research or the neurological and mental health fields. They will be able to spend a full day as guests of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, learning about career and educational options in neuroscience, as well as touring research labs and clinical units.

Start: 17:45

Presented by CEFFORT, Calgary Health Trust and the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases

When: March 16, 2012 - 5:45 pm reception; 7 pm dinner

Where: Hyatt Regency Calgary

Website: http://snyder.ucalgary.ca or www.ceffort.ca or www.calgaryhealthtrust.ca

Tickets are $150/single or $1350/table of 10 until February 15; and $175/single or $1575/table of 10 after February 16.

03 / 17
End: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-12 00:00
End: 2012-03-17 00:00

The University of Calgary Health Sciences Library, together with the McGill University, University of Alberta, and University of Ottawa medical libraries,  are seeking input from students, residents and faculty in Medicine about how you use your mobile device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or other internet-enabled phone or tablet computer.

Start: 09:00
End: 16:00

Social Justice Encounter 2012: Love, Hope and Optimism, March 17 9 to 4 at the Central Library Calgary

The Social Justice Encounter brings people together to learn, engage, inspire, and strategize for change.

03 / 18
03 / 19
03 / 20
Start: 10:00
End: 11:00

An important information session for new support staff and new record coordinators “Orientation to the University Archives” will be held on Tuesday, March 20th

Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: HSC, G 637

03 / 21
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03 / 23
Start: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-23 00:00
End: 2012-03-27 00:00

Praxair (the U of C's Preferred Supplier of Medical and Non-Medical Gases) will be conducting its annual cylinder audit on March 23, 26, and 27th (for the period April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).

The University's agreement with Praxair provides for yearly lease charges based on the number of cylinders on hand at the time of the audit.

If a cylinder has been leased during the year but returned prior to the audit, no lease charge will be administered. However, all cylinders counted at the time of the audit (even if empty) will be charged the applicable lease fee.

03 / 24
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-23 00:00
End: 2012-03-27 00:00

Praxair (the U of C's Preferred Supplier of Medical and Non-Medical Gases) will be conducting its annual cylinder audit on March 23, 26, and 27th (for the period April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).

The University's agreement with Praxair provides for yearly lease charges based on the number of cylinders on hand at the time of the audit.

If a cylinder has been leased during the year but returned prior to the audit, no lease charge will be administered. However, all cylinders counted at the time of the audit (even if empty) will be charged the applicable lease fee.

03 / 25
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-23 00:00
End: 2012-03-27 00:00

Praxair (the U of C's Preferred Supplier of Medical and Non-Medical Gases) will be conducting its annual cylinder audit on March 23, 26, and 27th (for the period April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).

The University's agreement with Praxair provides for yearly lease charges based on the number of cylinders on hand at the time of the audit.

If a cylinder has been leased during the year but returned prior to the audit, no lease charge will be administered. However, all cylinders counted at the time of the audit (even if empty) will be charged the applicable lease fee.

03 / 26
(all day)
Start: 2012-03-23 00:00
End: 2012-03-27 00:00

Praxair (the U of C's Preferred Supplier of Medical and Non-Medical Gases) will be conducting its annual cylinder audit on March 23, 26, and 27th (for the period April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).

The University's agreement with Praxair provides for yearly lease charges based on the number of cylinders on hand at the time of the audit.

If a cylinder has been leased during the year but returned prior to the audit, no lease charge will be administered. However, all cylinders counted at the time of the audit (even if empty) will be charged the applicable lease fee.

Start: 13:00
End: 14:00

2012 Robert B. Church Lectureship Presents: Dr. Hans Lehrach

Director, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

"Systems Genomics: The Future of Medicine"

Monday, March 26th from 1-2pm in the Libin Lecture Theatre

We invite students and PDFs to present posters at a trainee poster session focusing on HIGH THROUGHPUT applications during the reception to follow Dr. Lehrach's talk. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE TOP 4 POSTERS!

03 / 27
End: 00:00
Start: 2012-03-23 00:00
End: 2012-03-27 00:00

Praxair (the U of C's Preferred Supplier of Medical and Non-Medical Gases) will be conducting its annual cylinder audit on March 23, 26, and 27th (for the period April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).

The University's agreement with Praxair provides for yearly lease charges based on the number of cylinders on hand at the time of the audit.

If a cylinder has been leased during the year but returned prior to the audit, no lease charge will be administered. However, all cylinders counted at the time of the audit (even if empty) will be charged the applicable lease fee.

03 / 28