full-time job - Johns Hopkins research assistant

 

My name is Alex Gangler, and I graduated from Princeton University in 2007. For the past six months, I have been working as a research assistant to Dr. Ray Dorsey, the head of the Movement Disorders Center at Johns Hopkins. I will be attending medical school beginning next August and am looking for someone to fill my position at Hopkins. I wanted to pass along the job posting and requisition number for my position in hopes that you might be able to post it on Columbia’s career services website/email it to a pre-med distribution list—do you think this would be possible? Additionally, just in terms of timing, Dr. Dorsey would prefer to have the new hire start in late May/early June so that I have enough time to train him/her before leaving. Below is a description of the position. Please feel free to email or call me at 443-287-4156  if you have any questions.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Alex

 

Alexandra Gangler

Research Assistant

Johns Hopkins Parkinson Disease & Movement Disorders Center

600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 6-181

Baltimore, MD 21287

office: 443-287-4156

 

Position:              Research Assistant at Johns Hopkins (two-year position preferred)

Location:              Baltimore, MD

Application:        On-line at http://jobs.jhu.edu .  Click on “Find your new job” at the left and then scroll to the bottom to enter requisition #46682.

Start date:           May/June 2011 (preferred)

For more            

information:       Contact Alex Gangler at alexandra.gangler@jhmi.edu. Please put “Hopkins position” in subject line.

 

Requisition #:	46682
Role:	ACRO40/E
Level:	3
Range:	CD
Status:	Full Time
Hours Worked:	40
Work Week:	Monday-Friday
Contact:	Lisa Beyer
Personnel Area:	School of Medicine
Org Unit:	Movement Disorders
Location:	East Baltimore
Approximate Starting Salary:	$13.87 - $19.06
General Description:	The Research Assistant will work closely with the head of the Johns Hopkins Movement Disorders Center and other faculty to develop research and clinical programs to advance knowledge and care for individuals with movement disorders, such as Parkinson and Huntington disease. Among the responsibilities will be to help develop and implement an innovative telemedicine program that will expand Hopkins’ reach to conduct research and provide care to individuals regardless of where they live. The research conducted, which has policy implications, has frequently garnered local and national media attention. • Work with internal and external partners to help build telemedicine program, assist in conducting telemedicine visits, draft protocols, collect and analyze data, help draft manuscripts, and evaluate grant opportunities. • Assist with coordination and execution of several outreach activities, including the annual Pacing for Parkinson’s race and the Parkinson Disease Symposium. • Manage data, conduct directed data analyses, draft abstracts and manuscripts, write portions of grant, and assist with grant submission. • Conduct additional ad hoc literature investigations, develop surveys, gather data, analyze data, and prepare presentations. • Help coordinate recruitment, enrollment, and evaluation of research participants in single or multi-center research studies. • Assist with other research projects, including background research, development of protocol and consent documents, and other related tasks.
Qualifications:	Bachelor's degree in related discipline required. Some related experience required. Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
NOTE: The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact generally require immunization against mumps, rubella, measles, chicken pox and hepatitis B. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office. Please be aware that should you require vaccination for chicken pox, the vaccine is administered in two doses given six weeks apart. Johns Hopkins University policy is that individuals will be placed off work without pay between the two doses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandra Gangler

Research Assistant

Johns Hopkins Parkinson Disease & Movement Disorders Center

600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 6-181

Baltimore, MD 21287

office: 443-287-4156

 

 

 

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call for articles: Columbia Science Review-

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Interested in writing for the Columbia Science Review?

CSR is currently looking for articles to publish in our next issue!
Attached here is the 2011 Article Proposal Form. Please complete the
attached form and email to csr.spreadscience@gmail.com by 11:59pm on
February 6, 2011. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, and
we look forward to reading your proposals!

Best Regards,

Columbia Science Review

**For those of you who would like to get involved with our
editing/reviewing positions, we will be sending out an application in
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summer opp: Health Careers Connection (HCC) Paid Summer Internship 2011- deadline 2/7

Heatlh Career Connection comprehensive summer internship program provides hands on exposure, experience and mentoring. HCC’s paid, full-time summer educational internships assist undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue careers in healthcare management and policy, health education, community health, nursing administration, and other public health options.

HCC partners with leading health organizations to offer meaningful internship experiences in 4 California Regions and in New England and New York/New Jersey (View our Regions). HCC also partners with leading graduate health professions schools to provide regional intern cohorts with workshops and information about how to best prepare and be competitive applicants for graduate education.

HCC also provides paid, full-time Health Information Technology (HIT) Fellowships in California for recent graduates and individuals interested in pursuing hands on experience and careers in Health IT. HCC HIT Fellowships connect talented candidates to employers building their HIT workforce. The goal of the program is to help organizations achieve meaningful use of Electronic Health Records and contribute to California’s need for 10,000 additional HIT professionals over the next 5 years.

The application deadline for summer 2011 is is 2/7 at Midnight Pacific Time. The application can be found at www.healthcareers.org.

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full-time job: one year commitment, research and transplant position

 

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Columbia University is recruiting research assistants for the upcoming 2011-2012 academic year. The division maintains an active clinical and translational research laboratory engaged in a variety of research projects. Areas of research include:

• Heart failure
• Valvular disease
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Atrial fibrillation
• Mechanical circulatory support
• Robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery
• Angiogenesis and myocardial regeneration
• Clinical outcomes assessment
• Nutrition

Depending on the specific project, research assistant responsibilities can include data collection, patient follow-up, and active participation in animal surgery. Research assistants will also be involved in planning new projects and carrying out statistical analyses. They have frequent interaction with the cardiothoracic attending surgeons and fellows. Responsibilities also extend to being an integral part of the heart and lung procurement team for Columbia University Medical Center.

 

Annually, 70-100 heart and 40-60 lung transplantations are performed at Columbia. As a research assistant in the CT Surgery lab, you will perform the duties of a perfusionist on the procurement team. On average, you will take call 5 days per month. When a procurement run is called, the team will usually fly to the donor hospital for organ retrieval. Teams go on procurement runs across all of eastern North America, ranging from Canada to Puerto Rico, Maine to Texas.

 

This is a full-time, full-year position. Undergraduate applicants must be
graduating seniors. If you are a post-baccalaureate student, you must
apply for the entirety of your lag year. You will receive a $1,000/month stipend.

 

If you are interested, please email a cover letter, resume/CV, a letter of recommendation, and any references you wish to include to contact@columbiactslab.org. The deadline is February 28, 2011.

 

Jonathan Yang, MD
Lab Chief

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lecture: Challenges of Nurses in African Countries in the Era of HIV/AIDS

Forum for Global Healths and Human Rights is putting on a great event on Monday Night at 6 PM in Hammer 301 at CUMC.  It's a really interesting event that will give a really interesting perspective on global health and the field of nursing.

Challenges of Nurses in African Countries in the Era of HIV/AIDS: How do we provide support?

 

Monday, January 31st, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm in Hammer Health Sciences Building - Room 301, CUMC

 

Please join us Monday night for a discussion on how nurses can provide support in African countries while facing the challenges of HIV/AIDS presented by  Dr. Jennifer Dorhn, Program Director of ICAP (International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs) Nurse Capacity Initiative. This event is open to all CUMC students who are interested in international health.  Light refreshments will be served. 

 

The ICAP (International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs) Nurse Capacity Initiative (INCI) is an innovative, multi-country program designed to build models that:

• Empower nurses to provide the HIV-related care that they are positioned to deliver;
• Increase the numbers of nurses providing high-quality HIV-related services;
• Build and strengthen the public health nursing workforce through a focus on HIV service delivery;
• Advocate for broadened scopes of practice & updated nusing policies;
• Facilitate and improve HIV-related pre-service and in-service nurse training;
• Engage nurses and stakeholders in a Pan-African network to heighten visibility of these issues;
• Train nurse leaders.

In each participating country, the INCI is driven by locally identified needs in close collaboration with nursing schools and associations, governments, and other stakeholders. In addition, the INCI supports a multi-national Center of Excellence to promote the sharing of best practices and provide a vehicle for advancing nursing issues. This hub is based in South Africa, with other inaugural countries including Ethiopia and Swaziland. Expansion of the INCI to other countries is planned for next year.

The INCI is a collaboration of ICAP at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the U.S. government’s Health Resources and Services Administration, South Africa’s University of Fort Hare School of Health Sciences, Columbia University School of Nursing, and the International Council of Nursing.

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Kavita Vani
College of Physicians and Surgeons | Columbia University
M.D. Candidate | Class of 2014
kavita.vani@gmail.com | 631.839.2900

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Summer Opp in LA: deadline approaching

Summer Opportunity

Shadowing and Clinical Research

Cardiac Surgery

Los Angeles

Application deadline; February 1st


The following is an opportunity to work with a Columbia College alumnus
this summer.  Dr. Ali Gheissari is a cardiac surgeon and has volunteered
to take a student volunteer intern this summer.  If you are interested
in this position, please send a letter of interest and resume to
preprofessional@columbia.edu by February 1, 2011



Internship Description

The intern will have the opportunity to shadow members of a
cardio-thoracic surgical team during the summer months. The student will
be exposed to all aspects of a private surgical practice. This includes
participation in a variety of cardiac thoracic and vascular procedures
on a daily basis as well as preoperative and post operative patient care
rounds. The student will also attend a number of didactic lectures on
different medical topics within the hospital and will spend three
afternoons a week in the surgeon's office. There will also be
opportunities for the intern to participate in clinical research and
possibly coauthor a paper.  By the end of the summer, the student will
have gained a thorough understanding of the anatomy and physiology of
the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems and will have experienced the
life of a surgeon in a private practice setting.



Dr. Gheissari's private office is located in downtown Los Angeles.



This is an unpaid internship.  Intern will need to have their own
housing.

 

To schedule an appointment:  CLICK HERE

 

MEGAN M. RIGNEY

Assistant Dean

Preprofessional Advising

Center for Student Advising

Columbia College / The Fu Foundation School of  Engineering and Applied Science

403 Lerner Hall

2920 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

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Direct Line: (212) 854-8819

For Appts: (212) 854-6378

Fax (212) 854-0042

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/preprofessional 

http://columbia-prehealth.blogspot.com

http://columbia-prelaw.blogspot.com

 

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Charles Drew Event: Postgrad Opportunities

The Gap: Post-grad Opportunities for the Utterly Confused

The countdown to graduation is underway. For many of you, this thought
is accompanied by all the signs and symptoms of the classic panic
attack. What if you don?t get into your dream med school? What will
you do? Should you go to grad school? Get a job? What kind of job?
...You get the idea.

Charles Drew is here to help!

Our post-grad opportunities panel is just what the doctor ordered to
ease your anxiety. Hear from various different representatives as they
provide you with information on programs that will not only occupy
your time after graduation, but they will also teach you valuable
skills to carry you through your future! Options represented include
Lang Youth, Teach for America, and a clinical researcher, among others!

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011

Time: 8:30pm - 10:00pm

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SAVE DATE CU Medical School Fair

Premeds,

 

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to meet and hear from Deans of Admission from medical schools across the country.  This is a great way to learn more about the admissions process and to investigate different schools and their offerings.  It’s not every day that you have the opportunity for this face-to-face communication and so do try to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. 

 

 

Columbia University

Annual Medical School Fair and Panel Discussions

 

Friday, February 11, 2011

 

Event Details:

Admissions Deans Panel (UVA, Washington Unviversity, Jefferson and P&S)

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Roone Arledge Cinema

Alfred Lerner Hall

 

Admissions Deans Interview Skills Workshop

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm  

Location TBD

 

Medical School Fair

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Roone Arledge Auditorium

Alfred Lerner Hall

 

Deans or Directors of Admissions from the following schools are scheduled to be in attendance at the fair –  (We expect more schools will be added as RSVPs come in)

Albert Einsten College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Medical School for International Health
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NYIT
New York College of Podiatric Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
NEW: St. George's University Caribbean Medical School
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The University of Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Clinical School
UNMDJ-New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine
Uniformed Services University
NEW: University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Virginia School of Medicine
NEW: U.S. Airforce
NEW: U.S. Army
NEW: U.S. Navy
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Washington University School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College

 

The 2011 Medical School Fair is organized and sponsored by the Premedical Association of the School of General Studies and is open to all Columbia and Barnard students.

 

 

 

To schedule an appointment:  CLICK HERE

 

MEGAN M. RIGNEY

Assistant Dean

Preprofessional Advising

Center for Student Advising

Columbia College / The Fu Foundation School of  Engineering and Applied Science

403 Lerner Hall

2920 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Direct Line: (212) 854-8819

For Appts: (212) 854-6378

Fax (212) 854-0042

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/preprofessional 

http://columbia-prehealth.blogspot.com

http://columbia-prelaw.blogspot.com

 

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[CU-EMS] Final Information Session for Corps Membership Tomorrow

Attention to those interested in joining CU-EMS this semester: 
 

[Information Sessions]
Tuesday, January 25th, at 8.00 p.m. (613 Hamilton) is the final information session for corps membership for CU-EMS.

 
The executive board of CU-EMS will be present at this session to answer any questions you may have regarding corps membership. Attendance at the information session is mandatory for students who would like to apply for probationary membership for the Spring 2011 semester.

[Application]
Applications for Probationary Membership can be found on our website. Please make sure you meet all requirements before filling out an application.

Please email all applications to cava@columbia.edu. All applications will be due at latest by 8:00 PM on Friday, January 28. Remember that you still must attend one of the information sessions to sign up for an interview. Failure to do so will result in your application being discarded.

[Interviews]
Students applying for probationary membership will be signing up for interviews during the information sessions. The interviews will be held on
Saturday, January 29 (alternate times can be arranged for those with religious conflicts).
 
All applicants will be notified of their status by the evening of Saturday, January 29.
 
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Contact Hannah Ford, the Personnel Officer, at hrf2110@columbia.edu with any questions or conflicts with the information sessions.
 
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Read on for more details regarding CU-EMS, membership, and the certification course:
 
1 [Corps Overview]
2 [EMT-Basic Course

3 [Probationary Membership]
 
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1 [Corps Overview]
Columbia University EMS is a student-operated, New York State-certified, Basic Life Support (BLS) volunteer ambulance corps that provides pre-hospital emergency medical care, free of charge, to Columbia University's Morningside Heights Campus, surrounding University-owned buildings and the surrounding area 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The corps has approximately 45 active members and responds to over 700 emergency calls per year.

2 [EMT-Basic Course]
Unfortunately enrollment for the Spring 2011 EMT-Basic Training Course is closed. Please look for an e-mail toward the end of the semester regarding information about the summer and fall courses.

Columbia University EMS works closely with Emergency Care Programs, Inc, a third-party training company located in Brooklyn, to provide an EMT-Basic Training Course on Columbia University's Morningside campus. Upon obtaining certification, you will be licensed to work for any other EMT agencies in New York State as well as Columbia University EMS.
 
3 [Probationary Membership]
All of those wishing to apply to volunteer with CU-EMS will need to fill out an application and sign up for an interview at the information session. The executive board will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews during the last weekend of January. Every semester CU-EMS accepts 8 to 12 applicants onto the corps as probationary members. A probationary member becomes a full, active member of CU-EMS upon successful completion of his/her first semester with CU-EMS.
 
Anyone is eligible to apply to join CU-EMS as long as he/she has an EMT-B or Paramedic license, has a valid U.S. Driver's License, and is a full-time student at Columbia, Barnard, or affiliated institutions.

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Nightline Information Sessions

Are you a good listener?

Do your friends come to you for support?

Do you want to help people on our diverse college campus?

Consider Joining Nightline!

 

Nightline is the Columbia/Barnard Peer Counseling Hotline.

 

Come to one of our info sessions to learn about how you can get involved:

 

Tuesday, January 25^th at 10:30 PM in 568 Lerner

Thursday, January 27^th at 6:00 PM in 404 Barnard Hall

Sunday, January 30^th at 12:30 PM in 568 Lerner

 

(The directors can be reached at nightlineinfo@columbia.edu.)

--
Meredith Leeman

Barnard College, Columbia University '12

201-913-0222

 

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FW: Get CPR Certified for Free!

Want to learn how to save a life?  Does you job or internship require CPR certification?  Has it been two years since you were last certified in CPR?

 

Columbia University CPR (CU-CPR) is a new volunteer student group that provides free American Heart Association CPR certification classes to students and affiliates of Columbia University.  All CU-CPR instructors are Emergency Medical Technicians who have been certified by the American Heart Association to teach CPR.  At the end of each CPR class, all students will receive American Heart Association cards certifying them in CPR for two years.

 

 

CPR classes last approximately three hours, and take place on most Sundays from 2:00-5:00 PM.  Our class schedule for the Spring 2011 semester is:

 

January 30^th

February 6^th

February 13^th

February 20^th

March 6^th

March 27^th

April 3^rd

April 10^th

April 17^th

 

Sign up now at www.tinyurl.com/cucpr-signup.  Spaces are limited, and spots are distributed on a first come, first serve basis, so sign up today!

 

* All CPR certifications expire after two years.  If your CPR certification has expired, CU-CPR can recertify you.

 

** While our CPR courses are free, we suggest a $5-10 donation to help us continue to provide free CPR courses.

 

 

 

Morgan Harvey

Barnard College, Columbia University

Marketing Officer

Columbia University CPR

cucpr@columbia.edu

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Narrative Medicine Rounds - Wednesday, February 2 "Being With, Bearing Witness, Speaking Out - Voices of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres."

 

MATTHEW SPITZER, MD

"Being With, Bearing Witness, Speaking Out – Voices of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres.”

 

Dr. Matthew Spitzer joined MSF in 1999, establishing primary care services and training medical providers in Khampa Tibet, southwestern China.  He worked in Moyamba, Sierra Leone as field coordinator, with MSF-USA in a project exploring the medical needs of asylum seekers in detention in the U.S., and in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, where he coordinated response to epidemic dengue.  He was first elected to the Board of Directors of MSF-USA in 2006, elected President in 2008, and is a member of the International Council Board of MSF-International. A family physician, Dr. Spitzer worked for 10 years in San Francisco at the St. Anthony Free Clinic and its affiliated drug rehabilitation program, practiced for a year and a half at San Quentin State Prison, and taught in the contextually-integrated case-based curriculum of UC Berkeley’s Joint Medical Program.  He joined the CFCM at Columbia in February 2010, practicing at the Farrell Family Health Center on 158^th Street, and co-directing the Primary Care Clerkship of the medical school’s Major Clinical Year. 

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Narrative Medicine Rounds - Wednesday, February 2, 2011
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
CUMC Faculty Club
P&S Building, 630 W. 168th Street (Between Broadway & Fort Washington Ave.)
4th Floor - Room 446
New York, NY 10032
**accessible entrance through Presbyterian Emergency on Broadway off W. 168th St.-- take Presbyterian elevators to the 4th Floor**

Rounds begin at 5:00 followed by refreshments.
Free and open to the public.

www.narrativemedicine.org

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Teach for America FINAL deadline

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals who commit two years to teach in low-income urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity for all. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.  In addition to a competitive salary and comprehensive health benefits, Teach For America corps members are able to defer their college loans, receive a $10,700 Americorps Education Reward, and qualify for scholarships to a range of graduate and professional schools. There are excellent opportunities in the medical field for Teach For America alumni. To learn more and to apply, visit our website at www.teachforamerica.org.You can also attend our webinars on topics including our financial package, graduate school and medical school partnerships, regions of interest, and more. FINAL Application Deadline: Friday, February 4

 

Upcoming Online Events:

• Introduction to Teach For America: Wednesday, 1/26, 9:30 PM ET -  Register Now
• Corps Members & Alumni Stories: Tuesday, 2/1, 8:00 PM ET – Register Now
• Stories from 2^nd Generation Corps Members: Wednesday, 2/2, 9:00 PM ET – Register Now
• Teach For America’s Compensation Package: Thursday, 2/3, 9:00 PM ET – Register Now

 

 

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CSSR Spring Seminar Series presents "Mental Capacity to Make Decisions: Contrasting Secular and Religious Perspectives"

 

The CSSR Spring 2011 Seminar Series presents...

Mental Capacity to Make Decisions: Contrasting Secular and Religious Perspectives

A lecture by

Dr. Paul Appelbaum, M.D.

 

Thursday, January 27th, 6:00-7:30 PM
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR Building

513 W. 120th St, New York, NY 10025

 

Most modern societies limit the exercise of decisionmaking rights to people who are considered mentally capable of making choices for themselves. When people lack this capacity, other must choose for them. In the U.S., an elaborate set of criteria has evolved for assessing capacity, with particular application in medical settings. Beginning in ancient times and with very different starting premises, Jewish law developed remarkably similar criteria for deciding when people had both rights and responsibilities. By contrasting modern American and traditional Jewish approaches, this presentation will suggest some basic intuitions that guide our judgments about who we trust to act on their own behalf.

PAUL S. APPELBAUM, M.D. is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, and Director, Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.  He directs Columbia’s Center for Research on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic, and Behavioral Genetics. He is the author of many articles and books on law and ethics in clinical practice and research. Dr. Appelbaum is a Past President of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and twice served as Chair of the Council on Psychiatry and Law for the American Psychiatric Association. He now chairs APA’s Committee on Judicial Action.  He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.  Dr. Appelbaum is a graduate of Columbia College, received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and completed his residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Harvard Medical School in Boston.  

All CSSR Seminars are free and open to the public.
Pre-registration for this event at http://cssr.ei.columbia.edu/?id=rsvp is optional but recommended.

The CSSR Spring 2011 Seminar Series is offered with the support of the Earth Institute and Portales Partners, LLC.

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Lauren R. Alpert

Columbia University '12, Neuroscience and Behavior

CSSR Events Coordinator

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summer opp: International Volunteer Opportunities for UColumbia Students + Info Session MONDAY!

 

We are writing to share with you a unique volunteer abroad opportunity for your students/colleagues for this summer with AYUDA (American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc.).  This opportunity is distinctive because of our commitment to empowering our volunteers to become agents of change through a combining an intensive training that begins the moment a volunteer is accepted into our program with an impactful in-country experience.

 

Below is more information on AYUDA and our programs for this summer. We would be grateful if you could forward it on to students/relevant faculty that might be interested in this sort of opportunity so that they may attend an information session Monday, January 24^th, 2011 at 6:30pm on your UColumbia Campus. 

 

Please read on and consider attending an informational session:

MONDAY January 24th, 6:30 pm, Hamilton Building Room 303, Columbia University !.

 

Thank you in advance for your collaboration,

 

Maria Velasquez

 

VOLUNTEER ABROAD IN LATIN AMERICA for YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DIABETES Attend an informational session on MONDAY January 25th, 2011 at 6:30pm, Hamilton Building, Room 303, Columbia University !!!   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                  (June 18 - July 6 2011) Program Objectives 1) Empower youth to be role models & leaders of social change who share their knowledge with others 2) Parents and young people realize that type 1 diabetes is a manageable condition 3) Strengthen current diabetes knowledge, beginning with the themes of leadership and self-esteem Click here to read more about the 2011 Dominican Republic Program   ECUADOR                                    (July 19 - August 6  2011) Program Objectives Build capacity, teach and train children, adolescents and their parents how to control Type 1 diabetes in order to give them the tools to live a better quality of life. Click here to read more about the 2011 Ecuador Program AYUDA IS CURRENTLY SEEKING VOLUNTEERS WITH THE FOLLOWING: Qualifications -Minimum age: 16 -All education levels can apply (from high school students to medical professionals) -All backgrounds -No prior diabetes knowledge required -Intermediate Spanish* -Must fulfill program requirements (attend training, complete fundraising etc)   Character Outgoing, responsible, motivated, flexible, adaptable, creative, collegial and passionate about the mission of AYUDA Interested? Click here to learn more or begin the online application process. Questions? Please contact Maria Velasquez, mvelasquez@ayudainc.net AYUDA is a non-profit organization that empowers youth to serve as agents of change in diabetes communities around the world. www.ayudainc.net

 

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Maria Velasquez

Volunteer Coordinator

 

AYUDA

(American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc.)

 

mvelasquez@ayudainc.net

www.ayudainc.net

 

 

 

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