The Department of Medical Education Grand Rounds series, sponsored by the Educational Development Office, will host Bernard Charlin, a professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Montreal, on Friday, May 29 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fifth-floor auditorium. Trained in Montpellier, France, as a head and neck surgeon, Charlin obtained a certificate of advanced studies in human development and psychology from Harvard University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in education at the University of Maastricht in 2002. At the University of Montreal, he is head of the Unit of Research and Development in Health Sciences Education. His research field is assessment in situation of uncertainty. For more information, contact Tanyika Stephenson at 305-243-7482.

James Yee Garbern, associate professor of neurology and a member of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State University Medical School, will present “Recognition and Diagnosis of Fabry Disease” on Friday, May 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, contact Jessica Busquets at 305-243-8785 or e-mail [email protected].

In this UM Healthy Steps event, presented by Buckle Up for Life, vouchers for new infant/child car seats will be provided after participants complete a questionnaire at the beginning of the class. Information on how to obtain car seats will also be provided. A small donation is required to purchase a car seat at a later date. The class will be held on Wednesday, May 27 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, Room 3023. RSVP by Tuesday, May 26 to Indira Abraham-Pratt at [email protected] or call 305-905-3915.

Gordon Weir, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, head of the Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, and chairperson of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications External Advisory Committee, will present “Challenges Faced by the Transplantation of Naked and Encapsulated Islets” on Thursday, May 28 at 3 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109.

Lane Coffey, graduate student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, will present a dissertation seminar on “Immune Cells, Inflammatory Molecules, and CD40 in Nonhuman Primate Islets of Langerhans” on Thursday, May 28 at 9 a.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109.