The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism presents its Neuroendocrine Clinical Case Conference. Lourdes Lagonowicz, fellow, will present “Acromegaly” on Thursday, February 18 at 4 p.m. at the Diabetes Research Institute, Room 1000. For more information, please contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Miller School of Medicine will present grand rounds on Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Juan Dominguez-Bendala, research associate professor, will present “Novel Experimental Approaches for Beta Cell Neogenesis.” For more information, contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

Abe Wandersman, a community psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina, will present “Promoting Real Use of Evidence-Based Approaches: New Ways to Bridge Research and Practice” on Thursday, February 18 at 4 p.m. at the M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing and Health Studies, Room 428. The lecture is sponsored by the School of Education’s Dunspaugh-Dalton Community and Educational Well-Being Research Center, with support from the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Wandersman is coauthor of Prevention Plus III and a coeditor of Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self Assessment and Accountability. In 1998 he received the Myrdal Award for Evaluation Practice from the American Evaluation Association. In 2000 he served as president of Division 27 of the American Psychological Association (Community Psychology), The Society for Community Research and Action. In 2008 the American Evaluation Association honored his manual Getting to Outcomes 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluation with its Outstanding Publication Award. To RSVP for the lecture, contact Chris Gilbert at [email protected] or 305-284-3040.

Identify the components of the Proposal Transmittal Form and discover the importance of completing required pre-award forms. This class will be held on Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. in the Dominion Towers,  twelfth-floor conference room on the Miller School campus. Registration is available through ULearn, or call 305-243-5092.

Raoul Valle, a health educator from Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach and a detox specialist from the Dr. Robert Morse School of Detoxification in Port Charlotte, Florida, will lead a “Detoxification: Why and How?” course on Thursday, February 18 at 12:15 p.m. in the Medical Wellness Center’s educational classroom. Call 305-243-7662 to reserve your space.