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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

BIOSTATISTICS and GENOMICS/BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR

MODELING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 25(OH)D AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN A REPRESENTATIVE US POPULATION SAMPLE

RAMON A. DURAZO PhD
DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
12:00-1:00 PM
Preventive Medicine Conference Room (Bldg 105, Room 3340)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Interested in Geographical Information Systems?

Contact Dr. Holly Kramer for information on a spring semester course on GIS.  The epidemiologic method required in everyone's resume! 

Congratulations Dr. Steven Scaglione

Dr. Steven Scaglione, a recent graduate of the Loyola University Chicago Master's Program in Clinical Research Methods and Epidemiology was recently awarded the

 2011 ACG/Naomi Nakao Gender Based Research Award by the Educational Affairs Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology for his research (master's thesis) "The Prevalence of Elevated Aminotransferases in the United States: NHANES 1999-2008"

Monday, September 19, 2011

Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students at Loyola University Chicago

The Loyola University Chicago Graduate School will be offering the following Professional Development Workshops

· Graduate Student Funding Opportunities: External Funding Grants
Friday, October 7, 2011
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Room 312, Quinlan Life Science Building – Lake Shore Campus

· Life Beyond the Ivory Tower: Non-faculty career options
Friday, October 21, 2011
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sullivan Center 201– Lake Shore Campus

· Marketing Yourself Outside the Academy
Friday, November 4, 2011
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sullivan Center 201– Lake Shore Campus

· Conducting Human Subject Research
Friday, November 11, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Video conference between LSC & WTC*
* Room 291, Granada Center, West Conference Room – Lake Shore Campus

* Room 727, Corboy Law Center – Water Tower Campus

More information, including descriptions, can be found on our website at http://www.luc.edu/gradschool/workshops.shtml, as well as through Graduate School Announcements closer to the date of the event.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Graduate Student Retreat

Graduate Student Retreat
Dates: From October 22nd at 9:30 am to October 23rd at 3:00 pm
Loyola University Chicago Loyola Retreat and Ecology Campus

Cost: $30 including four meals, lodging, transportation to/from, and other weekend expenses
With the demands of graduate school, often reflection and self care is neglected. Loyola Retreats is providing a weekend of reflection at the LUREC campus for graduate students. This two day retreat is designed to allow you to spend some time in quiet time away from the busyness of graduate school, as well as to allow you to meet graduate students in other departments throughout the university. Through talks, activities, a social hour, and many other opportunities, this weekend retreat will serve as a way to connect with others and yourself. Space is limited to 35 students so consider signing up today.

For more information, go to www.luc.edu/retreats/payments or email Retreats at retreat@luc.edu

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Loyola University Chicago Graduate Student Advisory Council

GSAC Meeting:




GSAC (Graduate Student Advisory Council) will be having their first meeting on Friday, September 16th at 4pm with videoconferencing available on all 3 campuses: Lakeshore (Granada Center West Conference Room 291), Water Tower (Corboy 727) and Maywood's (TBA). GSAC is the student representative body for graduate students in the Graduate School. If you are interested in being a representative for your department please contact your Graduate Program Director and see if your department already has representation. If your department is already represented, you can still serve in GSAC as an at-large member and are still welcomed to attend the first meeting.



If you have any questions please feel free to reach Timothy Hazen (President) at gsac@luc.edu or thazen@luc.edu.