Calendar / August 2017

PeRCS 8/4/17—Hosted by Marcus Autism Center

August 04, 2017 10:00 am - 10:45 am / Marcus Autism Center, 1920 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329--2nd Floor Bellsouth Conference Room

Researchers are invited to stop by and find out what's new in pediatric research at the Marcus Autism Center.  

THINK BIG Symposium Series:  Applying Collaborative Big Data Science for Predictive Health

August 10, 2017 8:00 am - 5:00 pm / Rollins School of Public Health Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

SAVE THE DATE for the first symposium in this new series, to be held as a one-day program on Thursday, August 10 in the Rollins School of Public Health Auditorium, with the title “THINK BIG:  Applying Collaborative Big Data Science for Predictive Health,” 

Marcus Autism Center Grand Rounds 8/11/17

August 11, 2017 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm / Marcus Autism Center, 1920 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, Bellsouth Conference Room

Speaker: Dennis Dixon, PhD
Topic: Treatment Factors That Improve Learning in ABA Treatment Programs for ASD

Pediatric Research Grand Rounds 8/16/17

August 16, 2017 7:30 am - 8:30 am / Egleston Classrooms 5-7

Presented by: Kathryn M Edwards, MD Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics Vanderbilt University Topic: Pertussis Vaccines: Successes and Challenges…

General Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds - Dr. Tracy Jackson, Vanderbilt University

August 18, 2017 7:30 am - 8:30 am / Egleston Classroom 5

"Common Sense About Chronic Pain and Opioids at Any Age"

Tracy Jackson, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Division of Pain Medicine

Vanderbilt University

PeRCS 8/18/17

August 18, 2017 10:00 am - 10:45 am / Emory-Children's Center, 3rd Floor Break Room Area

Researchers are invited to stop by the first and third Fridays of each month and discuss pediatric research.  

ARC (Aflac Research Conference)

August 22, 2017 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm / Winship C5012, Video conference to Scottish Rite MOB 4th floor conference room

"Medulloblastoma Biology: From Genomics to Epigenomics"

Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD

Special Annual Lecture Series - Shawn Jason Rangel, MD, MSCE

August 25, 2017 7:30 am - 8:30 am / HSRB Auditorium

"The Past, Present & Future of Pediatric NSQIP: Evolution from Safety Registry to a Comprehensive Comparative Performance Platform"

Shawn J. Rangel, MD, MSCE, FAAP, FACS

Stuart & Jane Weitzman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Surgical Director of Quality Improvement & Patient Safety - Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery - Harvard Medical School

Flow Core Seminar: BD Single Cell (Sorting) Seminar 8/25/17

August 25, 2017 11:30 am - 2:00 pm / Rollins Research Building room 1052

BD Single Cell (Sorting) Seminar - A Difference of One Cell: Proteogenomic Approaches to Intratumor Heterogeneity in Breast Cancer and the Need for Integrated Workflows to Understand Solid Tumor Ecosystems

Speakers: John Harrington, Technical Applications Scientist, BD Genomics

Marcus Autism Center Grand Rounds 8/25/17

August 25, 2017 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm / Marcus Autism Center, 1920 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, Bellsouth Conference Room

Speaker: Opal Ousley, PhD

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adulthood: Diagnosis, Mental Health and Well-Being