Williams to Deliver Harrington Lecture At UB Conference

By Mary Beth Spina

Release Date: May 9, 1997 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Redford B. Williams, M.D., internationally known for his work on anger, hostility, coronary-prone behaviors and life-skills training, will deliver a Harrington Lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, at the University Inn and Conference Center, 2401 N. Forest Road, Amherst.

The topic of Williams' lecture, sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, will be "The Mind-Body Connection in Cardiac Health." It will culminate a forum on mind/behavior factors and cardiovascular health featuring nationally known researchers.

Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke University Medical Center, Williams is board chairman of Life Skills, Inc. Other presenters and their topics are:

- William L. Lovallo, Ph.D., director of the behavioral sciences laboratories in the VA Medical Center and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, how stress programs the brain.

- Virginia P. Williams, Ph.D., co-author of "Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health," life skills for prevention and rehabilitation of heart disease

- Karen Allen, Ph.D., UB research scientist in the Department of Medicine, and Lawrence Golden, M.D., UB clinical professor of medicine and a cardiologist, the role of music in ambulatory eye surgery

- Paresh Dandona, M.D., UB chief of endocrinology and professor of medicine, and Golden, psychosocial stress and glucose homeostasis

- Joseph Izzo, Jr., M.D., UB professor of medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at Millard Fillmore Hospital, implications of blood-pressure variability

- Bong Hee Sung, Ph.D., UB research associate professor and director of the Cardiovascular Reactivity Laboratory at Millard Fillmore Hospital, cardiovascular reactivity to stress in at-risk populations

There is no fee for the event but pre-registration is requested. For more information, call 887-4093.