Department of Pathology ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - University of ...

8d. Invited Lectures
Pathology – Invited Lectures
July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
1. Bend JR. Invited speaker in the symposium, Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Global
Approach to be presented at the IXth World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and
Therapeutics. July 27-28, 2008
2. Schoeman, K., Bend JR, Koren, G. Poster and invited presentation, 41st Annual Meeting
of the Society of Toxicology of Canada., Fish Consumption during Pregnancy and Mercury:
Implications for Fetal Health. November 30-December 6, 2008
3. Bend JR, Hill, J.D, Schoeman, K., Stephens, C.V., Darnell, R., Jacobs, D., Williams, N.C.,
Williams, R., White,D., Corbett, B., Herbert, C.P., Tucker, M.J.,Van Uum, S., Rieder, M.J.,
Trick, C.,Koren, G. International EcoHealth Forum 2008, Ecosystem Health of Walpole Island
First Nation: An area of Concern in the Great Lakes. December 1, 2008
4. Bend JR, Trick C. “Ecosystem health research: a participatory community-based,
multidisciplinary model”. Pathology Grand Rounds, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
The University of Western Ontario, January 14, 2009
5. Herbert CP (Presenting Author); Walpole Island First Nation Heritage Centre Team: Jacobs D,
White D, Williams NC, Williams R, UWO Ecosystem Health Research Team: Bend JR,
Corbett B, Darnell R, Herbert CP, Hill J, Koren G, Rieder M, Schoeman K. 2009 Aboriginal
Policy Research Conference. “Health Risk of the Walpole Island First Nation Community
from Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: a Community-Based Participatory Research
Partnership”. (online paper) March 9, 2009
6. Bend JR. 6th Canadian Oxidative Stress Conference,Topic: “Micromolar unconjugated
bilirubin causes oxidation of the disulfide proteome, apoptosis via mitochondrial signaling and
upregulation of several genes involved in ER stress”. May 7-10, 2009
7. Chiu J, Chakrabarti S. “Prevention of diabetic nephropathy by curcumin treatment”. Abstract
presentation, OGIRC Annual meeting, Oct. 2008 London, ON, Canada
8. Sen S, Chakrabarti S. “Prevention of Chronic diabetic complication by ginseng treatment”.
Abstract presentation, OGIRC Annual meeting, Oct. 2008 London, ON, Canada
9. Chakrabarti S. “Curcumin as a potential therapeutic agent in chronic diabetic complications”.
Invited talk at the Wenzhou medical college, Wenzhou, P.R China Nov, 2008.
10. Chakrabarti S. “Pathogenesis of diabetic complications: Invited talk at the international
symphosium on cell signaling and molecular medicine”, (to commemorate 150 th birthday of
Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th foundation day of Bose Institute. Kolkata, India, Nov. 2008.
11. Chakrabarti S. “Pathogenetic mechanisms and novel treatment targets of chronic diabetic
complications”. Invited talk at the Dept. of Biophysics and molecular biology, Univ. of Calcutta
Science College. Kolkata, India, Nov. 2008.
12. Chakrabarti S. “Oxidative stress mediated DNA damage and epigenetic alterations leading to
tissue damage in diabetes – road to identification of novel treatment targets”. Invited talk at
the Canadian Oxidative Stress Consortium Winnipeg May, 2009.
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