2014-2015 Series

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Sep. 18, 2014	Health Services Research – Mitchell Wong, MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine & Health Services Res. “Understanding the link between education and health: The social economics of adolescent risk behaviors”
Oct.16, 2014	Cancer and Regeneration – Donald Kohn, MD, Professor, MIMG & Pediatrics “Gene therapy using hematopoietic stem cells”
Nov. 20, 2014	Infection, Inflammation and Immunity – Paul Krogstad, MD, Professor, Pediatrics “Development of inhibitors of polio and nonpolio enteroviruses”
Dec. 18, 2014	Nutrition, Metabolism and Growth – Kuk-Wha Lee, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics “Humanin: Endogenous role vs. therapeutic potential”
Jan.15, 2015	Infection, Inflammation and Immunity – Peter Szilagyi, MD, MPH, Professor, Pediatrics "HPV Vaccination: Promises and Challenges”
Feb.19, 2015	Cancer and Regeneration – Brigitte Gomperts, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics "Mechanisms of airway basal stem cell repair in health and disease"
Mar.19, 2015	Brain, Behavior and Development – Rochelle Caplan, MD, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. “Insights on behavior, brain and development from research on the comorbidities of pediatric epilepsy”
Apr. 16, 2015	Nutrition, Metabolism and Growth – Martín Martín, MD, Professor, Pediatrics “New concepts in congenital diarrhea and other forms of intestinal failure: Uncovering the genetic basis using pluripotent/somatic stem cells and exome sequencing”
May 21, 2015	Brain, Behavior and Development – Shaun Hussain, MD, MS, Asst. Clinical Professor, Pediatrics “Devastating childhood epilepsy: a role for marijuana?”
Jun.18, 2015	Health Services Research – Rashmi Shetgiri, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Harbor-UCLA) "Bullying and Violence Among Children: Trends, Risk and Protective Factors, and Opportunities for Intervention"