For those of your registering for spring 2007 courses this weekend (notably Sunday at 7:00 a.m.) , please remember to “fall back” and set your clocks ONE HOUR BEHIND before you go to bed Saturday night. Daylights savings is in effect this weekend and gives us all an extra hour of sleep.
In order to provide space for more appointment slots, drop-in hours for Dalene Aylward for freshmen and sophomore students have been revised. Please see below. These hours are effective next week on Monday, October 30.
Mondays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Fridays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
3rd Annual UB Majors and Careers Night
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:00-7:00
Student Union Lobby & Social Hall (second floor)
For freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who want to explore how UB’s academic choices relate to future career plans. Meet with advisors from 80+ academic majors and UB Alumni in a variety of professions Join us for free food and prizes, and great networking opportunities faculty, staff, alumni.
For more information or register online, click here.
Mini-Medical School
UB’s Mini-Medical School will focus on an in-depth examination of cardiovascular medicine during its fall program. This is particularly relevant to Western New Yorkers where the prevalence of heart disease is among the highest in the nation. The course will examine the pathophysiology of cardiac illness as well as breakthroughs in medical and surgical treatments taught by UB’s talented medical school faculty for this series of fascinating presentations. This program starts on October 24th and runs through November 14th. Student will have the opportunity to meet for two hours every Tuesday evening from 7-9 pm (please arrive by 6:45). Each Lecture will be a “Course” in a subject covered in medical school. The cost for students is $20.00.
If you are interested, please call 716-829-2196 between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm M-F.
Mini-Vet School
This program starts on October 5th and runs through November 2nd and will be presented by Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society. This program is a five-week series of lectures by the “most accomplished and dynamic veterinarians in Western New York”. Student will have the opportunity to meet for two hours every Thursday evening from 7-9 pm (please arrive by 6:45). Each Lecture will be a “Course” in a subject covered in veterinary school. The cost for students is $20.00.
Any student interested, please have them call 716-829-2196 between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm M-F.
This message is from Dr. Jo Freudenheim, Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at UB
“More Potent Strain of E. Coli Feared…”
Regrettably, this was one of the headlines in the September 19 edition of the New York Times. A particularly virulent serotype of E. Coli, which has now been linked to spinach consumption, has caused severe illness for more than 100 people and at least one death across the country.
Stop to think for a moment, though, how many lives are lost every year due to similar occurrences. Conversely, think about how many more lives are saved through the prevention or early detection of these diseases. The work of careful scientists working in state and local health departments and in federal agencies led to the recognition that this potentially deadly bacteria was being transmitted by a commercial food product that was distributed across the country. With that knowledge, the scientists were able to get the culprit, in this case contaminated fresh spinach, out of the food supply.
Most people don’t know that many of the scientists doing this kind of work are epidemiologists. Epidemiologists work to understand the determinants of disease in human populations and develop ways to prevent it. The work of public health officers working in the trenches to prevent disease and of other epidemiologists teaching, doing research and working to prevent disease is of critical importance in our world where diseases spread rapidly and the needs of populations are great.
At the UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (within the School of Public Health and Health Professions), our faculty teach about epidemiology and public health as well as do research on cancer, cardiovascular disease, women’s heath, diabetes, chronic diseases of aging and child health. We also perform research on the impact of nutrition, physical activity and environmental and occupational exposures on health.
The work of public health officers working in the field to prevent disease and of other epidemiologists teaching, doing research and working to prevent disease is of critical importance in our world where diseases spread rapidly and the needs of populations are great.
If working in an international, national or local health agency interests you or if you would like to do research on human health and disease, we invite you to visit the Social and Preventive Medicine web site to find out more about the role that you might play in preventing disease and saving lives. You might be surprised to learn how fulfilling a career in epidemiology can be and how large a contribution you might make with the skills you would have as an epidemiologist. To learn more about our program, please feel free to call the graduate director, Dr. Carl Li 829-2975 ext 618 or email CarlLi@Buffalo.edu.
Of course, admission to the department is competitive. If you make it, though, you will be part of a great team determined to improve and save lives in our local and global communities.
Thank you for you interest in helping others and we hope to hear from you soon.
