Peter Mundel, professor of medicine and cell biology and anatomy, will present “Regulation of Actin Dynamics by Synaptopodin” on Thursday, September 10 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology conference room 6018. For more information, call Nivia Machin-Gonzalez at 305-243-1078.

Christine K. Thomas, professor of neurological surgery at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Medication: A Confound in Human Research?” on Thursday, September 10 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

The Center for Latin American Studies and the Voces Outreach present a free screening of the documentary Celia the Queen on Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m. at the Cosford Cinema. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with director Joe Cardona. Celia The Queen documents the life and times of legendary alto Celia Cruz, an exile from Castro’s Cuba whose collaborations with Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, and New York’s famed Fania label built the foundations of salsa and Latin pop. The film includes archival clips, Cruz’s surviving musical costars, candid moments with Cruz herself, and interviews with everyone from Quincy Jones and David Byrne to avid Japanese salsa aficionados. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Have you ever wondered how you would escape your building in the event of a fire? Find out by visiting the Coral Gables Fire Department’s fire safety trailer on Wednesday and Thursday, September 9 and 10 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Stanford Circle. Safely evacuate a smoke-filled space under the supervision of trained staff members. The information you learn could save your life some day.

The Office of Research Information Management is offering a Velos Patient Management Workshop for study team members, coordinators, research nurses, and all study personnel involved in managing patients. Highlighting how this system will help you manage your patients, this hands-on module includes discussions on patient enrollment, patient status management, and patient calendars. The workshop will be held in Dominion Towers, 10th-floor training room, each Thursday in September from 4 to 5 p.m. Please choose one of the upcoming sessions:

Thursday, September 3
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, September 17
Thursday, September 24

Velos eResearch is a Web-based clinical research management application designed specifically for investigators and their research teams. It supports processes for patient recruitment, patient scheduling, budgeting, invoicing, milestone management, data safety monitoring, adverse event reporting, system integration, data collection, and study execution. Velos eResearch allows all study-related information to be centralized and can be accessed from anywhere, at any time. It is easy to use, reliable, and completely secure; password-protected, the account is accessible only to authorized personnel.  Registration is required through ULearn. For more information, e-mail [email protected].