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2011-2012 Lecture Series: A Life-Course Approach to Prevention
Fall 2011 Recaps
Inflammation—How it Shapes Health Throughout Life
December 14, 2011
Among the topics Dr. Tracy’s talk will explore are these: What is the role of inflammation in aging and chronic disease? What do large, ongoing studies such as the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis tell us about the relationship between markers of inflammation and the development of cardiovascular disease and stroke? Does the chronic inflammation seen in HIV patients cause accelerated aging?
Presented by:
Russell P. Tracy, PhD [BIO]
Professor of Pathology & Biochemistry
Director, Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Reserch
Director, Translational Technologies Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of Vermont
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A Lifecourse Approach to Prevention
November 10, 2011
How does exposure early in life increase the chance of disease later in life?
Drs. Fried, Galea and Santelli will dive into this question as they explore how early life exposures shape adult health. They will look at how windows of vulnerability during periods such as gestation, early childhood, and adolescence set the stage for chronic disease and long-term health, illustrating the importance of a lifecourse perspective for disease prevention and health promotion.
Presented by Mailman School Faculty:
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean and DeLamar Professor, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Gelman Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health and Chair of the Department of Population and Family Health
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Setting a Life Course for Addiction:
A Molecular Biological Exploration of the Epidemiological Gateway Sequence of Drug Abuse.
September 14, 2011
Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, MD, and substance abuse epidemiologist Denise B. Kandel, PhD, discussed their research on epidemiological, behavioral, synaptic and molecular aspects of the "Gateway Sequence" of drug abuse. Their interdisciplinary work provides new answers to the question: Why does the use of legal drugs always precede the use of illegal drugs?
Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist
Eric R. Kandel, MD [BIO]
Kavli Professor and Director
Kavli Institute of Brain Sciences in Neuroscience Columbia University Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Substance-abuse epidemiologist
Denise B. Kandel, PhD [BIO]
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Head, Department of the Epidemiology of Substance Abuse
New York State Psychiatric Institute
