What does it take to be a healthy vegetarian? A nutrition session on the power of veggies.

Interested in becoming a vegetarian, or just want to learn more? Come to this session and see what is involved in taking the leap to a no-meat diet.

Tuesday 02/09/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

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Are there actually any long-term effects from all those years of slouching? A wellness expert explains how posture fits into a healthy lifestyle.

For years you have been told to straighten up. Whether we are seated (“Don’t slouch!”) or out walking (“Shoulders back!”), we are encouraged to have good posture. But why?

Whether you sit at a desk, lift weights, or play sports, bad posture an lead to injuries and pain. The wellness expert will describe how bad posture affects the body.

Thursday 02/11/2010: 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center (LRC) Conference Room

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Family physician Dr. Howard Brody discusses the ethical implications of the widespread implementation of electronic medical records.

Touted as a prime tool to prevent medical error and cut health care costs, the electronic medical record (EMR) has been attacked by some as cumbersome and likely to cause — rather than prevent — errors. Professionalism requires that physicians put the interests of their patients ahead of profit-making. Dr. Brody, a bioethicist, considers how the EMR may enhance or detract from the physician-patient relationship.

Dr. Brody is director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and author of The Future of Bioethics. Previously, he was the University Distinguished Professor of Family Practice, Philosophy, and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University, East Lansing. Dr. Brody has written numerous articles on medical ethics, family medicine and the philosophy of medicine. His current research interests include the importance of an interdisciplinary humanities base for bioethics, ethical issues in primary care, community engagement in bioethics, and professional integrity in both medical practice and clinical research.

A reception will follow in the Hoyt Gallery.

Friday 02/12/2010: 3:00 PM

Health Sciences Campus Mayer Auditorium

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Dr. Michel Baudry lectures for the Biological Sciences Inter-Section Seminar.

Thursday 02/18/2010: 4:00 PM

University Park Campus Ray R. Irani Hall 101

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Deborah Burke of Pomona College lectures for the Spring 2010 Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging.

Deborah Burke, Ph.D., is W.M. Keck Distinguished Service Professor and professor of Psychology at Pomona College.

Thursday 02/25/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

University Park Campus Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) Room 224

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Alumnus Joe Cerrell returns to campus to share his experiences and views as a leader in global health policy and advocacy.

Cerrell is the director of Global Health Policy and Advocacy for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's leading funders for global health work in low- and middle-income countries. At the foundation, Cerrell oversees the foundation's work in global health communications, public policy and international finance. In this capacity, he manages a policy and advocacy grant-making portfolio, and oversees relations with governments, NGOs, the private sector, multilateral organizations, and other foundations. Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, he served as assistant press secretary to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore; Cerrell was a senior member of a team responsible for advising the vice president on energy and environmental issues, and was a White House liaison to the media, elected officials, and industry, environmental, religious and labor leaders.

March 2
University Park Campus, Town and Gown, Ballroom

March 3
Health Sciences Campus, Aresty Auditorium

Hosted in partnership with Hollywood, Health and Society

Dates: 03/02/2010, 03/03/2010: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Multiple Locations

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Once again it's time to give up summer fun and hit the books. Learn good study habits and ways to manage stress.

Lifestyle Balance
Wednesday, January 27, 12-1 p.m.
Too much time spent with school activities? Not enough? Redesign your life to achieve a balance between school, social events, physical health, and fun.

Time Management
Wednesday, February 3, 12-1 p.m.
Learn techniques to help you make the most of your time. Get organized.

Procrastination
Wednesday, March 3, 12-1 p.m.
Avoiding schoolwork? Feeling distracted? Learn how to eliminate distractions and improve motivation.

Study Skills
Wednesday, March 24, 12-1 p.m.
Identify study strategies that match your learning style, and learn how to create the most effective study environment.

Stress Management: Part I
Wednesday, April 7, 12-1 p.m.
Identify your stress triggers. Learn how to manage your stress effectively.

Stress Management: Part II
Wednesday, April 14, 12-1 p.m.
Participate in deep breathing, meditation, progressive relaxation, and other powerful relaxation exercises.

To register online, click here.

Dates: 03/03/2010, 03/24/2010, 04/07/2010, 04/14/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center Conference Room

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Fri, Jan. 29, 2010 (8:15am-12pm)

Fri, Mar. 12, 2010 (8:15am-12pm)

Sign up for classes online at www.usc.edu/recsports. Payment is due at the Lyon Center by the Wednesday prior to the class. The minimum number of participants is six, and the maximum is 20. Participants register for the class by Monday prior to class to reserve a space. Additional individuals will be placed on a waiting list.

This class will teach the basics of adult CPR. Participants must attend the entire class to become certified.

Wear comfortable clothing.

Friday 03/12/2010: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

University Park Campus General William Lyon University Center Cardinal Room

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Dr. Ira Byock, an expert in hospice and palliative care, discusses the responsibilities and challenges of life’s final stages.

Death is central to the meaning and value of human life as experienced by individuals and by communities. While death does not give meaning to life, it does provide a backdrop against which life is lived. Acting on behalf of society, the clinical professions bear critical responsibilities for caring for those who are dying and bereaved. However, over-reliance on professionals as a means of distancing ourselves from death and grief can diminish the fullness and richness of living. Individuals and communities have the capacity to respond to the ultimate problem of death in a creative manner that can reflect and advance values of human work, dignity and enduring connection. Clinical professionals can lead by setting standards for excellence and providing care that is not only competent but unabashedly loving.

These issues will be explored by Ira Byock, M.D., director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and author of Dying Well and The Four Things That Matter Most.

Dr. Byock has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978. At that time, he helped found a hospice-home-care program for the indigent population served by the university hospital and county clinics of Fresno, California. He is a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. During the 1990s, he was a co-founder and principal investigator for the Missoula Demonstration Project, a community-based organization in Montana dedicated to research about and transformation of the end-of-life experience. Dr. Byock has authored numerous articles, and his first book, Dying Well, has become a standard in the field. His most recent book, The Four Things That Matter Most, is used widely as a counseling tool by palliative care and hospice programs, as well as within pastoral care.

Following the talk, there will be a reception in the Hoyt Gallery.

Organized by Pamela Schaff (Pediatrics and Keck Educational Affairs), Erin Quinn (Family Medicine and Keck Admissions) and Hilary Schor (English and Law). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine’s Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics; the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics; and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.

Friday 03/12/2010: 3:00 PM

Health Sciences Campus Mayer Auditorium

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What does it mean to “map the brain”? A USC College symposium gathers scientific minds to probe the question.

Despite the intuitive explanatory power behind maps as a basic functional neural unit and the proposition that they “underlie the derivation of the computational principles that govern sensory processing and the generation of perception,” we still don’t know if the topographic maps of the brain are incidental or functionally essential to brain organization in health and disease. This symposium, organized by USC College’s Tansu Celikel (Neuroscience), gathers scientists to discuss the proposition that topographical organization of the brain is essential to brain organization.

Speakers will include:

• Michael Arbib, USC
• Jose Carmena, UC Berkeley
• Tansu Celikel, USC
• Daniel Feldman, UC Berkeley
• Ron Frostig, UC Irvine
• Judith Hirsch, USC
• David Kleinfeld, UC San Diego
• Stefan Leutgeb, UC San Diego
• Fritz Sommer, UC Berkeley
• Charles Stevens, Salk Institute

Friday 03/26/2010: 8:30 AM - 4:15 PM

University Park Campus Hedco Neurosciences Building Auditorium

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Reporter Jon Cohen discusses his work documenting international disease funding and the role of investigative journalism in addressing global epidemics.

Award-winning journalist Jon Cohen has covered infectious diseases for 15 years, traveling extensively through the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Mexico. In addition to reporting on a wide range of scientific and medical topics for Science, Cohen has done in-depth, investigative stories about the National Institutes of Health, bio defense, tobacco industry funding of science, the vaccine industry, credit battles, the genomics revolution, and the science press itself. He has also written for The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Talk, Discover, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Slate, The New Republic, Surfer and other publications.

April 6
University Park Campus, Davidson Conference Center

April 7
Health Sciences Campus, Aresty Auditorium

Hosted in partnership with the Annenberg School for Journalism and the Center for Health and Medical Communication

Dates: 04/06/2010, 04/07/2010: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Multiple Locations

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Jack Rowe, M.D., of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, lectures for the Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging.

Thursday 04/08/2010: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

University Park Campus Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) Room 224

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Acclaimed scholar and lawyer Larry Gostin considers the ethical issues surrounding the health needs of the planet’s poorest citizens.

Professor Gostin teaches Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and directs the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He holds multiple faculty appointments, including professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University and director of the Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities — a collaborating center of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gostin is visiting professor of Public Health (Faculty of Medical Sciences) and research fellow (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) at Oxford University. Professor Gostin is the Health Law and Ethics editor and contributing writer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 2007, the director general of the World Health Organization appointed Gostin to the International Health Regulations Roster of Experts and the Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health. Gostin currently chairs the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Health Informational Privacy, and has chaired committees on genomics and on prisoner research. The IOM awarded Professor Gostin the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal for distinguished service to further its mission of science and health. Gostin’s recent books include Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press, 2nd ed., 2008); Biosecurity In The Global Age: Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law (Stanford University Press, 2008); Public Health Ethics: Theory, Policy and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2007); and The AIDS Pandemic: Complacency, Injustice, and Unfulfilled Expectations (University of North Carolina Press, 2004).
 
May 11
Health Sciences Campus, Aresty Auditorium

May 12
University Park Campus, Town and Gown, Ballroom

Hosted in partnership with the Gould School of Law and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Dates: 05/11/2010, 05/12/2010: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Multiple Locations

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