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  • Past Events

    Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM

    Innovating and Updating the Medical School Curriculum

    Despite vast advances in biomedical research and technology, the medical school curriculum has remained mostly static for the past half century. This goal of this conference is to highlight innovative new models for physician training motivated by advances in science and technology, and to consider how to more closely link basic science and clinical training.

    Friday, April 23, 2010 | 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM

    Risk-Benefit Considerations in Drug Regulatory Decision-Making

    Organizers: Paul Coplan (Purdue Pharma), Baruch Fischhoff (Carnegie Mellon University), Theresa Mullin (FDA), and Alice Till (PhRMA)

    This conference will focus on a formalized, systematic approach for assessing drug risks and benefits in the context of regulatory decisions about which drugs should come to market. Discussion will include ways to improve the transparency and communication of FDA decisions to the general public.

    Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees — An Evening with "the Queen of the Forest Canopy," Nalini Nadkarni

    Speaker: Nalini Nadkarni (The Evergreen State College)

    A treetop ecologist, Nalini Nadkarni, known as the Queen of the Forest Canopy shares what she has learned from 30 years of forest exploration about the intimate connection between humans and trees.

    Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    What to Eat: Diet, Nutrition, and Food Politics — An Evening with Marion Nestle

    Speaker: Marion Nestle (New York University)

    There is a science to eating well, and an art to shopping for food. Nutrition expert and What to Eat author Marion Nestle explains, from a scientific perspective, how to decode diet advice, read grocery labels, and choose food wisely.

  • Publications 

    Annals

    Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response

    New York City Panel on Climate Change
    2010 Report
    Free online access

    Prepared by the New York City Panel on Climate Change, the report in this Annals volume outlines the need for early and ongoing adaptation actions to climate change in New York City.

    Annals

    The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2010

    Edited by Richard S. Ostfeld and William H. Schlesinger (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York)

    This 3rd edition of the Annals review series in ecology and conservation biology contains a diverse collection of timely reviews on current problems in conservation biology and their scientific, policy, and management implications.

    eBriefing

    Innovate New York: Envisioning an Inventive City

    Moderator: Garrick Utley (Levin Institute)

    Arts administrators are always looking for new ways to survive and thrive under economic pressure. How are they doing in NYC? Read a report and see multimedia in the latest update in this eBriefing.

    Annals

    Addiction Reviews 2

    Edited by George R. Uhl (Molecular Neurobiology, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland).

    This Annals issue brings together some of the very best minds in the field to review the latest ideas in the field of addiction.

    Annals

    The Biology of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status and Health

    Edited by Nancy E. Adler and Judith Stewart (MacArthur Network for Socioeconomic Health, San Francisco, California)

    This Annals issue examines the current scientific evidence for the facts of socioeconomic status and health in the United States.

    Free Online Access