“Bringing Medications from Bench to Bedside: Myths and Realities”
Speaker
Sethu Reddy, MD,
Date
October 8, 2010, 9:00 am–11:30 am
Location
KCBD Auditorium Room 1103
University of Chicago
Description
THE DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
in association with the Merck Academy presents
Two Translational Research Seminars
Sethu Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
Vice President and Head of US Medical Affairs at Merck & Co. Inc.
“Bringing Medications from Bench to Bedside: Myths and Realities”
“Preclinical Drug Discovery and Development”
AND
October 8th 2010
1) Graduate Student Seminars – 9.00am to 11.30am – KCBD Auditorium (1103)
2) Postdoctoral Fellow Seminars – 2.00pm to 4.30pm – KCBD Auditorium (1103)
[Refreshments will be served at a break between the two lectures in each session]
Hosts: Victoria Prince PhD, Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs
Nancy B. Schwartz PhD, Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Affairs
Christopher J. Rhodes PhD, Chair, Committee on Molecular Metabolism & Nutrition
BY
There are 2 sessions for these lectures, both in the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery
*Interested faculty and staff are welcome and encouraged to attend either session*
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