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Thursday December 8, 2011

St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Registration is required for this event (use this link). At registration, you can select the items you wish to attend.

Agenda
Optional Tour: 2:00-3:30
Overview Talk on Cure4Kids for Professionals 3:30-4:30
Break 4:30-4:45
Overview Talk on Cure4Kids for Kids and Teachers 4:45-5:30
Door Prizes and Dinner at 5:30
Informal Networking 5:30-6:00

Register here http://conta.cc/rJhI1G , Event Details at http://conta.cc/vQp1jL

St. Jude Technical Tour

Take a tour designed to interest professionals in biomedical engineering. On the tour you will hear brief overviews from researchers at each of the stops. Highlighted on this tour will be (1) the Hartwell Center (link), a unique integration of high-throughput biotechnology resources, bioinformatics resources, and academic programs designed to provide St. Jude with state-of-the-art tools for discovery; (2) the Electron Microscopy Facility of the Cell and Tissue Imaging Center, a highly specialized resource utilizing advanced techniques in electron microscopy imaging and one of the largest in the country (link); (3) X-Ray Crystallography Lab of the Department of Structural Biology where researchers compute the 3-dimensional structure of proteins to understand the mechanisms of disease and design new drugs to treat these diseases; (4) the robotic arms of the High-Throughput Screening Facility which employs state-of-the-art automation and assay technologies to screen large collections of small molecules for the discovery of pharmacological tools and drug candidates.

Cure4Kids for Professionals

Established as a part of the International Outreach Program (IOP), the Cure4Kids® program provides online continuing medical education and collaboration tools to thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide. With a focus on pediatric cancer, Cure4Kids (www.Cure4Kids.org) presents content in the form of online seminars with audio narration; instructor-led or self-paced online classroom courses with full LMS (learning management system) features for student engagement, testing, and tracking of achievement; electronic full-text books and journals; and interactive case discussions in our Oncopedia section. The educational materials and tools of Cure4Kids are available at no cost to registered pediatric healthcare professionals, scientists, and researchers regardless of geographic location. This presentation will provide an overview of Cure4Kids, the software architecture, and some new innovations such as Cure4Kids for mobile devices.

St. Jude Presents Cure4Kids for Teachers

We invite teachers of all subjects and levels to come learn about free teaching resources from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Cure4Kids for Teachers is a newly released website for classroom teachers and community health educators to get teaching materials like lessons and videos, professional development seminars, and other resources. The program coordinator will give a brief tour of the new website and provide an overview of the school-based program, Cure4Kids for Kids, which teaches about cell and cancer biology, healthy living practices for reducing the risk of cancer, and science and health related careers. Join us for a holiday dinner and learn what exciting opportunities await you.

Register here http://conta.cc/rJhI1G

Event Details at http://conta.cc/vQp1jL

The IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) (www.ieeehtc.org) was created by IEEE volunteers, technologists, humanitarians and nonprofit organizations to identify, and work to solve, some of the world's most pressing challenges. HTC is initially focusing on the three global challenges:

1. Reliable Electricity, which is fundamental to their economic development, education and medical care
2. Data Connectivity of Rural District Health Offices, enabling these remote locations to share vital patient care information with central health facilities.
3. Individual ID and Tie to Health Records, providing potentially life-saving access to accurate health information for remote, mobile populations in underdeveloped nations.

The HTC is a ground-breaking collaboration between the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the United Nations Foundation in partnership with the IEEE Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership.

This presentation will describe the IEEE Data Connectivity for Remote Health Offices initiative has connected the city of Balsapuerto in the Amazonas with other health care centers using real-time high resolution video conferencing through Open Source products and radio technologies. The project is being extended to Bolivia.

Event details at

http://conta.cc/tCIiMR

This talk was co-hosted by the IEEE Memphis Chapter and the Engineers Without Borders USA University of Memphis Student Chapter