Biomedical Optics Summer Opportunities
Martha Gray, Thomas Deutsch
Wed Jan 21, 04-06:00pm, E25-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Optics is playing an increasingly important role in medicine and biology. MIT and the Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine at Mass General Hospital will offer a paid summer internship program sponsored by NIH and NSF combining research experience with a lecture series. Undergraduate U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will have completed their sophomore year by June 2004 are eligible. Project topics include diffuse optical tomography, photodynamic therapy, optical coherence tomography, in vivo confocal microscopy & multi-photon microscopy, selective laser targeting and more. Project leaders will describe projects for this summer’s Institute running from June 16-August 13, 2004 (see URL below for information and application).
Web: http://hst.mit.edu/biooptics
Contact: Greg Llacer, E25-518, (617) 452-4091, gllacer@mit.edu
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Cardiovascular Genomics at the Boston Heart Foundation/HST
Dr. Robert Lees, Professor of HST and President of Boston Heart Foundation
Tue Jan 6, 01-02:00pm, at BHF, 139 Main St.
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 06-Jan-2004
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Come and learn what's going on at this new program, which combines the clinical strength of the Boston Heart Foundation and its large population of heart disease or at-risk subjects with the multiple strengths of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Our goal is to determine the inherited factors which relate to heart disease risk, to diagnose their presence early in life, to learn how to prevent heart disease in subjects at risk, and to learn how to treat better those who have heart disease. Dr. Lees will present examples of these inherited conditions, how to diagnose and how to prevent coronary disease.
Contact: Dianne Brennan, BHF, x3-3012, dbrennan@mit.edu
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Medical School at MIT?
Daniel C. Shannon
Tue Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, E25-101
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2004
Single session event
Yes... MIT joined with Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in 1970 to form the "Health Sciences and Technology" (HST) Program. HST's Medical Sciences curriculum leads to an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. Classes are given both at MIT and Harvard, and students in this program are registered as graduate students at at both institutions. This program is oriented toward students with strong interests in a career in biomedical research. Typically half of those students who matriculate majored in biological sciences and half in physical sciences. In this information session, Dr. Shannon will present and discuss all aspects of the MD program. Please email address below to sign up.
Contact: Diana Minasian, E25-519, x3-4393, hst-md-admissions@mit.edu
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Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Lecture Series
Speech & Hearing Bioscience and Technology PhD Students
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Have you ever wondered how you can tell where sounds are coming from, how your brain processes language, or why loud sounds are harmful? Explore these and other topics in the science of human communication.
Web: http://websis.mit.edu/iap/nshst.html
Contact: Laura Dilley, (617) 253-5957, dilley@mit.edu
After the Tone: Auditory Strategies for Encoding and Analyzing Pitch
Nick Malyska
This lecture will trace sound from reception in the inner ear to interpretation in the brain & explore "tools" we use to meet challenges of pitch perception.
Wed Jan 7, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
The Secret Lives of Everyday Speech Processing Devices
Nick Malyska
From cell phones & answering machines to voice disguisers & pitch shifters, this lecture introduces modern technology used to manipulate the human voice.
Mon Jan 12, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
Aphasia and Apraxia of "Speech"
Tony Okobi
This talk will discuss aphasia, the loss or impairment of the ability to comprehend or produce language due to brain damage, and apraxia, a neurological motor deficit.
Wed Jan 14, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
Noise and Its Effects on Hearing (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Keith Darrow
A discussion of the hazardous effects of noise, acoustic injury of the peripheral auditory system & the neural system's function in protecting the cochlea.
Wed Jan 21, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
Where is That Sound Coming From?
Sasha Devore
This talk describes the process of spatial localization, the utilization of acoustic cues to determine which direction a sound came from.
Wed Jan 21, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
Perceiving a Linguistic Feature
Steven Lulich
How do percieve differences between letters like 'p' and 'b'? We will review recent findings on the way our auditory system encodes some linguistic distinctions.
Mon Jan 26, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
Deaf Culture, Sign Language, and Cochlear Implants
Brad Buran
We will explore cochlear implants and other speech and hearing topics relevant to the Deaf community.
Wed Jan 28, 01-02:00pm, E25-111
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The Healer's Art: Awakening the Heart of Medicine
Nancy Oriol, Harvard Medical School, Mary Kraft
Thu Jan 8, Thu Jan 22, 07-10:00pm, MEC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Learning how to preserve and strengthen your own humanity, your sense of a physician's work, and your ability to handle loss, grief, and remain open-hearted may make the difference between professional burnout and a rich fulfilling life. We will be talking about meaning and service, sharing loss, finding healing, strengthening our personal commitment and uncovering the spiritual dimensions of the practice of medicine for ourselves. Class format includes both presentation and small group discussion in a discovery model around the topics. Come prepared to share, learn, and grow! Jointly sponsored by the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and Harvard Medical School.
Contact: Patricia Cunningham, (617) 432-1738, pcunningham@hms.harvard.edu
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The Human Engineered: How Biomedical Engineering Can Affect You
Johanna Gaiottino, Sponsered by VaNTH Undergraduate Association
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
The MIT chapter of VaNTH presents the second annual IAP BioMedical Engineering Lecture Series. Last year's series featured Dr. Ioannis Yannas and Dr. Hugh Herr and their research within organ regeneration and the design of mechanical limbs respectively. The lectures were very successful and this year's series promises to be just as interesting. Each week of IAP 2004 one faculty member or representative of industry within Biomedical Engineering will present their own unique perspective on their position and research within Biomedical Engineering in a lecture format, followed by question & answer sessions. Refreshments will be provided. All specific times and locations will be announced our website and the HST calender. HST calendar.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/vanth/www
Contact: Johanna Gaiottino, johannae@mit.edu
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