The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine will present Thursday, February 4 at 1 p.m. in Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Eddyme Danger, Miami VA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, will present “Rehabilitation of Vertebral Compression Fractures.”

For more information, please contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or at 305-243-8417.

Eva Widerström-Noga, research associate professor and health scientist at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present “Pain after SCI: Mechanistic, Diagnostic, and Translational Research Aspects” on Thursday, February 4 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108.

Fernando E. Vilella-Hernandez, assistant professor of clinical orthopaedics at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “University of Miami Orthopaedics in Haiti: Our Collective Experiences” on Thursday, February 4 from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. The presentation is sponsored by the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. For more information, contact Ledinaida Figueroa at [email protected].

This seminar, presented by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) in partnership with The Families First Network and The Children’s Trust, provides parents and caregivers of children ages birth to 5 the opportunity to learn positive parenting strategies to promote appropriate behaviors and reduce problematic behaviors. Parents and caregivers will discuss ways to manage temper tantrums and other attention-seeking behaviors and will learn techniques to reinforce positive behaviors effectively. A child development specialist from The Families First Network will lead the seminar.

Miller Medical School campus: Tuesday, February 2 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Medical Wellness Center classroom

Rosenstiel School campus: Wednesday, February 3 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Library, Map and Chart Room

Coral Gables campus: Thursday, February 4 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Max Orovitz Building, Room 139

To register go to http://ulearn.miami.edu. For help with ULearn, call the Professional Development and Training Office at 305-284-5110. Mac Users: Please call the FSAP office at 305-284-6604 to register by phone.

Jürgen Wess, chief of the Molecular Signaling Section at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, will present “G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Gene Targeting and Structure-Function Studies” on Thursday, February 4 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Conference Room 6018. For additional information, please contact Nivia Machin-Gonzalez at 305-243-1078.