Joshua M. Hare, Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “The Future of Heart Failure Diagnosis and Treatment” on Tuesday, June 30 from 12 to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, South Building, First-Floor Seminar Center A and B. For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or e-mail [email protected].

This course will provide you with an opportunity to align your customer service skills and techniques with best practices, as well as examine how to improve these skills within your current role. The session will occur on Tuesday, June 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Medical Professional Development and Training Office Training Room, Suite 155.  Participants must complete the corresponding online CBLs prior to enrolling in the course. To register for the session, visit ULearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to log on. For more information, call 305-243-3090.

Jeffrey Brosco, professor of clinical pediatrics and pediatrics director in the University of Miami Bioethics Program, will present “Retrospective Controls in Newborn Screening Research: The Challenge of Informed Consent” on Tuesday, June 30 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, Room 3023.

Some ethicists have been calling for public dialogue about research in newborn screening (NBS) programs, as old models of informed consent are very difficult to implement in population-based research. For example, can specimens collected for a mandatory state NBS program be used later for research? This is a critical question because the opportunities for understanding and treating disease have grown exponentially as new technology allows detection of hundreds of conditions from a single specimen collected at birth. In such cases, it is nearly impossible to use prospective models of informed consent in research. In this interactive session, Brosco will discuss a hypothetical study and add to the public dialogue about research in newborn screening.
 
Register through ULearn at http://ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 305-243-5092.