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  • Events 

    Tuesday, September 21, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    The Scientific Connection between Optimal Health and Pleasure : An Evening with Christiane Northrup

    Speaker: Christiane Northrup (Christiane Northrup, Inc.)

    A leading proponent of medicine and healing that acknowledges the unity of the mind and body discusses the vital connection between pleasure and health.

    Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Backpackers Beware! Human Protozoan Parasitic Diseases

    Speakers: Johanna Daily (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Jayne Raper (New York University School of Medicine) and Honorine Ward (Tufts University School of Medicine)

    Backpacking and city living facilitate the spread of parasites through food and water, via pets or through sexual contact. This symposium provides a research update into parasitic diseases, including sleeping sickness, malaria and Cryptosporidium.

  • Past Events

    Saturday, June 12, 2010 | 8:15 AM - 3:30 PM

    Probiotic Foods and Supplements: The Science and Regulations of Labeling

    Organizers: Linda Duffy (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH), Tri Duong (Texas A&M University), Marguerite Klein (Office of Dietary Supplements), Dan Levy (FDA), Mary Ellen Sanders (Dairy and Food Culture Technologies), and Howard Young (National Cancer Institute)

    This symposium will facilitate the exchange of ideas regarding labeling and substantiation of claims for probiotics and discuss ways to translate and communicate research results in a trustful way to the consumer and health professionals.

    Friday, June 11, 2010 | 7:30 AM - 6:45 PM

    Probiotics: From Bench to Market

    Organizers: Tri Duong (Texas A&M University), Marguerite Klein (Office of Dietary Supplements), Mary Ellen Sanders (Dairy and Food Culture Technologies), Howard Young (National Cancer Institute) and Kathy Granger (The New York Academy of Sciences)

    An increased understanding of mechanisms and effects of probiotic activity will enable scientists to develop probiotic products to improve nutrition, treat diseases, or deliver vaccines.

    Monday, May 24, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

    H1N1 Swine Flu: the 2010 Perspective

    Organizers: Doris Bucher (New York Medical College), Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)

    Influenza viruses such as H1N1 continue to pose a major global public health problem, so understanding their pathogenicity and transmission is crucial. This symposium will revisit the 2009 outbreak and examine strategies against future outbreaks.

    Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

    HIV/AIDS: Vaccines and alternate strategies for treatment and prevention

    Organizers: Sarah Schlesinger (The Rockefeller University), Yegor Voronin (Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise) and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)

    Challenges in developing a vaccine against HIV / AIDS infection include genetic diversity of the virus, and predictive models of infection. This symposium tackles each challenge in turn, and covers other mechanisms to reduce HIV transmission.

  • Publications 

    Annals

    The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2010

    Edited by Carl D. Schlichting (University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut) and Timothy A. Mousseau (University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina)

    This 2010 Annals volume is the third in The Year in Evolutionary Biology review series.

    Forthcoming issue

    Annals

    Women's Health and Disease

    Edited by George Creatsas and George Mastorakos (University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece)

    This volume includes manuscripts from the "The 7th Athens Congress on Women's Health and Disease," which was held in Athens, Greece on September 11-13, 2008.

    Forthcoming issue

    Annals

    Cooley’s Anemia: Ninth Symposium

    Edited by Elliott Vichinsky (Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, California) and Ellis Neufeld (Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts)

    Proceedings of the “Ninth Cooley's Anemia Symposium,” held at the New York Academy of Sciences.

    eBriefing

    HIV/AIDS: Vaccines and Alternate Strategies for Treatment and Prevention

    Organizers: Sarah Schlesinger (The Rockefeller University), Yegor Voronin (Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise), and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)

    Challenges in developing a vaccine against HIV/AIDS infection include genetic diversity of the virus and predictive models of infection. This symposium tackled each challenge in turn, and covered other mechanisms to reduce HIV transmission.

    eBriefing

    H1N1 Swine Flu: The 2010 Perspective

    Organizers: Doris Bucher (New York Medical College) and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)

    Influenza viruses such as H1N1 continue to pose a major global public health problem, so understanding their pathogenicity and transmission is crucial. This symposium revisited the 2009 outbreak and examined strategies against future outbreaks.

  • Webinar Archives

    Webinar Archive
    March 2, 2010

    Emerging Infectious Diseases in Response to Climate Change

    Climate and weather are important components of complex ecosystems, and with these changes, the dynamic balance between the living components of ecosystems is often disturbed. Experts in climate change, climate policy, emerging infectious diseases and public health discussed the relevant and pressing issues that we as a global community face as the planet's climate is altered.