Newswise — American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) CEO and Executive Publisher of the prestigious journal, Science, Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., will address attendees at this year's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) research symposium.
The three-day symposium will be held May 16-18 on the university's campus in Bethesda, Maryland. This year's theme is "Global Public Health: The Changing Role of Military Medicine." The annual event is designed to showcase the research interests and achievements of the scientists at USU and its affiliated institutions, including the National Institutes of Health, and to promote collaboration both within the university and with the adjunct faculty at a variety of federal, state and private-university research facilities.
USU is the nation's federal school of medicine and graduate school of nursing. The medical students are all active duty uniformed officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who are being educated to deal with wartime casualties, national disasters, emerging infectious diseases and other public health emergencies. Many of the university's graduates are currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Research Week activities include school-specific programs and university-wide events: the Graduate School of Nursing Research Colloquium, Tuesday, May 16; the School of Medicine's Graduate School Colloquium, Wednesday, May 17; and the Faculty Senate Research Day, Thursday, May 18, which highlights presentations by researchers across the university. The full program of events is accessible through the USU webpage (www.usuhs.edu) or at http://usuresearchday.hjf.org.
The program includes symposia featuring USU faculty and affiliated faculty speakers, poster presentations by faculty and students, and oral presentations by graduate students in both basic sciences and nursing research. A list of abstracts is available at http://www.usuresearchday.hjf.org/abstracts2006.html.
Dr. Leshner, a scientist whose groundbreaking research in mental health on drug habituation has stirred national controversy and contributed greatly to national drug treatment policy, will deliver the plenary address on Thursday, May 18. As CEO of AAAS and publisher of Science, he has led the national dialogue on publication of publicly-supported science.
Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., distinguished professor of neuroscience, pharmacology and psychiatry and director, Department of Neuroscience, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will give this year's Bullard Lecture: "Neural Messengers of Life and Death."
USU is located on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center. Access to the naval base is controlled and clearance is necessary.
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