Sep. 12, 1996-Vol28n03: Prominent scientists will take part in symposium on preventive medicine

Prominent scientists will take part
in symposium on preventive medicine

By LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

Several prominent alumni of the UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine will return to Buffalo to participate in a symposium, "Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Collective Memories and Visions for the Future," to be held here Sept. 19-21.

The program, being held in conjunction with the sesquicentennial celebration of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will be co-sponsored by the UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

The symposium will feature research updates by current and past faculty members, presentations by graduates who are leading scientists elsewhere and by UB recipients of Society for Epidemiologic Research prizes and other national awards.

Meetings will be held at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, with a poster session and social event scheduled for the evening of Friday, Sept. 20, in the Delaware Park Casino.

Returning graduates will include:

·Gary Giovino, Ph.D., '87, chief of epidemiology, Office of Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control, discussing "Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: Epidemiology and Prevention Strategies."

·Philip Nasca, Ph.D., '82, president of the American College of Epidemiology and professor of epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, discussing "The Future of Epidemiology: Problems and Potential Opportunities."

·Robert Wallace, M.D., M.S., '70, director of the University of Iowa Cancer Center, discussing "Apolipo Protein E Alleles and the Progression of Cognitive Decline: A Population Study."

·Dee West, Ph.D., '73, executive director of the Northern California Cancer Center, discussing "Cancer Surveillance, Past and Future."

·Holly Howe, Ph.D., '79, chief of epidemiologic studies at the Illinois Department of Public Health, discussing disease prevention versus treatment.

·Michelle Hindi-Alexander, Ph.D., '79, health sciences administrator with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, discussing "From Buffalo to Bethesda, A Personal Journey."

Among returning UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine faculty participating in the program will be Warren Winkelstein, M.D., professor emeritus of epidemiology, University of California at Berkeley and former chair of its School of Public Health; Saxon Graham, Ph.D., UB professor emeritus and 1996 recipient of an honorary doctorate from UB, and William Mosher, M.D., former commissioner, Erie County Health Department.

Several current faculty members in UB's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Roswell Park Cancer Institute will report on their research. John Vena, Ph.D., professor of social and preventive medicine, is symposium chair.