Nov
2
Wed
Bridging Clinical and Basic Sciences Symposium: Neurodegeneration @ Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center
Nov 2 @ 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Bridging Clinical and Basic Sciences Symposium: Neurodegeneration @ Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center | Stanford | California | United States

NEURODEGENERATION

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center

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Nov
29
Tue
ID Lecture Series – “Skin/Soft Tissue Infections” @ LK209
Nov 29 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Jose G. Montoya

Presenter: Jose G. Montoya, MD. Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine) and Infectious Disease Doctor.

Dec
6
Tue
ID Lecture Series – “Febrile Neutropenia” @ LK209
Dec 6 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Jose G. Montoya

Presenter: Jose G. Montoya, MD. Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine) and Infectious Disease Doctor.

Mar
7
Wed
Medicine Grand Rounds: Antisense controls neurodegeneration @ LKSC, Berg Hall
Mar 7 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Medicine Grand Rounds: Antisense controls neurodegeneration @ LKSC, Berg Hall | Palo Alto | California | United States

Presenter: John Day, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Genetic Pediatrics, and, by courtesy, Pathology
Stanford University

John Day, MD, PhD, works with the Neuromuscular Division, which organizes a comprehensive effort to combat and conquer diseases of the peripheral nerves and muscles, including the muscular dystrophies (myotonic, Duchenne, limb girdle, facioscapulohumeral, and congenital muscular dystrophies), motor neuron disorders (ALS and SMA), neuromuscular junction disease (MG, CMS), and peripheral neuropathies (CMT, CIDP). While keeping the patients and families foremost in mind, their research seeks to: define and understand genetic causes; clarify the molecular and cellular consequences of genetic change; determine the multisystemic features that are underappreciated but clinically significant consequence of these diseases; develop and improve methods for managing and treating each disease.

They have identified the genetic cause of several neuromuscular disorders, most notably myotonic dystrophy type 2, which they continue to study to advance understanding of all forms of myotonic dystrophy. They have also contributed to genetic understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other muscle and ataxic disorders. They are continuing to investigate the epigenetic and molecular consequences of these diseases through investigation of patient-derived specimens.

They have focused on defining the central nervous system features of neuromuscular disorders, which severely impact patients and families but have been incompletely investigated, explained or managed. Detailed neuropsychological and brain MRI studies are helping to define the developmental and progressive CNS aspects of these conditions, for which they then seek molecular and cellular explanations through cell-based studies of patient-derived specimens.

To assure their research is translatable to clinical practice, they are simultaneously involved in collaborative clinical research on novel treatments for neuromuscular disease, including antisense oligonucleotides and pharmacologic manipulation of muscle function, viral gene therapies and cell-based treatments.

In summary, they work with patients to define neuromuscular disorders more rigorously and understand them more thoroughly, so novel treatments will successfully combat these devastating disorders.

Nov
19
Fri
PHS Trainee Research Colloquium | PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks @ Online Event
Nov 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
PHS Trainee Research Colloquium | PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks @ Online Event

PHS Trainee Research Colloquium
PEdTalks: PHS Education Talks

Event Information and Registration

The Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS) Trainee program comprises pre- and postdoctoral research fellows. We aim to train the next generation of population health scientists, scholars, and leaders. Please join us on Friday, 11/19/2021 for our first series of PHS Education Talks (PEdTalks), where we will showcase the research of 5 of our trainees.

  • Kayla Kinsler: Influence of Incentive Amount on Physician Participation
  • Cesar Vargas Nunez: Feeling ill:  the infectious effect of perspective-taking on attitudes toward healthcare access for undocumented immigrants
  • Alice Milivinti: Revisiting the Earned Income Tax Credit and Infant Health
  • Sven van Egmond: Unnecessary care for skin cancer
  • Jackie Ferguson: Virtual Disparities: Identifying differences in how Veterans use VA video healthcare