Coming Events Aird Professorship November 9-10, 2010 Yves Agid, MD Centre D'Investigation Clinique Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France
Professor Agid has spent most of his medical career at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris where he is Professor of Experimental Medicine and Cell Biology. He has a long and distinguished career and has held many high profile positions including Director of INSERM U289 laboratory, Chairman of the Institute of Neurosciences, Chairman of the Institute of Neurology at Salpêtrière, President of the French Society of Neurology and President of the Scientific Council of Foundation pour la Recherche Médicale. Professor Agid has published more than 600 articles. He is the most cited French neuroscientist in the last twenty years and is the second most cited author among all French scientists. His primary research interests are in developing a better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Agid will give two lectures: November 9, 2010 San Francisco Neurological Society Dinner at the Hyatt Regency, 5 Embarcadero Center “Myths in Parkinson’s Disease” UCSF Neurology faculty, postoctoral scholars, fellows and residents are invited to attend. Please contact Sarah Corr to RSVP at corrs@neurology.ucsf.edu November 10, 2010 UCSF Neurology Grand Rounds, Parnassus Campus, N-217 “Subconsciousness and basal ganglia” No RSVP required. Dr. Agid will also do professor rounds and clinical rounds, attend one clinical conference, and meet with faculty and residents during his visit. If you would like to meet with Dr. Agid or take him on a tour of your laboratory, please contact Sarah Corr to be added to his itinerary.
Staff Appreciation
October 28, 2010, noon-4pm at the UCSF Alumni House, 745 Parnassus
Faculty Retreat
December 10, 2010, noon-4pm at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco
Faculty & Staff Holiday Party
December 10, 2010, 4-6pm at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco Please RSVP for these events to Wolf Beatty, wolf.beatty@ucsf.edu
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