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PMBC IS a new seminar series.
PMBC IS about sharing ideas on common scientific interests and presenting new data. 
PMBC IS will meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month between 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
in the 2nd Floor Conference Room at the University Center for Social and Urban Research
(121 University Place). 
 

Scheduled topics for presentation and discussion for 2009-2010:
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Date Discussant Topic
September 10, 2009 Dr. Barbara Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
New ways to assess stress,
via the Life Events Assessment Profile (LEAP)
October 8, 2009 Dr. Eva Szigethy
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pittsburgh
Treating cytokine-mediated depression in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and evidence for a brain-body interaction
November 12, 2009 Dr. Rebecca C. Thurston
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh 
New findings linking hot flashes to cardiovascular risk

December 10, 2009 Dr. Matthew F. Muldoon
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Fish oil is a biobehavioral health panacea.  And this happens how exactly?
January 14, 2010 Dr. Kirk Erickson, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh  
February 11, 2010 Dr. Anna Marsland
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh 
 
March 11, 2010 TBD   
April 8, 2010 Dr. Peter Franzen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh 
 
May 13, 2010 TBD   
June 10, 2010 TBD   
July 8, 2010 TBD   
August 12, 2010 TBD   
  Revised 11/18/2009  la/tc

 

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