2008-2009 Medical Student Council
Perspectives on Medicine Series

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September 18, 2008

The Past Year in Admissions

Richard A. Silverman
Director of Admissions

October 16, 2008

Being “Realistic” or Denying Reality?: Healthcare and Election ’08

Gordon Schiff, M.D.
Associate Director, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

November 20, 2008

Beyond Bias and Barriers:Report on a Report on the Status of Women in Science

Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

December 11, 2008

The Physician Associate Program

Mary L. Warner, M.M.Sc., PA-C
Assistant Dean and Program Director, Physician Associate Program

January 22, 2009

Confronting XDR TB and HIV in Rural South Africa

Gerald Friedland, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

February 26, 2009

Medical Acupuncture and its Efficacy [click for the mp3]

Shu-Ming Wang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Ying Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, (Respiratory Medicine)

March 26, 2009

The Ethics of Conflict-of-Interest in Scientific Research and Physician Relationships With Industry [click for the mp3]

Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Health Policy)
Harvard Medical School

April 16, 2009

State of the School: Addressing our Missions while Avoiding Conflicts of Interest [click for the mp3]

Robert J. Alpern, M.D.
Dean, Yale School of Medicine
Ensign Professor of Medicine

May 21, 2009

Yale’s Vision for Medical Education: Affirming Values, Defining Priorities and Renewing the Curriculum

Richard Belitsky, M.D.
Deputy Dean for Education
Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor of Medical Education
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Contacts

Laura R. Ment, M.D., Chair, Medical Student Council Speaker Series: 785-5708

Claire M. Bessinger, Coordinator, Medical Student Council Speaker Series: 785-5954

Aaron Feinstein, President, Medical Student Council