The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity will host grand rounds on Tuesday, June 29 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Christopher Dodd, Jay Weiss Center resident in internal medicine and global health equity, will present “Crossing the Chasm Between Basic Science to Health Care Delivery Science: The Managua Cardiovascular Health Initiative.”

The presentation is the culmination of Dodd’s participation in the Jay Weiss Center Residency Program in Social Medicine and Health Equity. The center has funded the Managua Cardiovascular Health Initiative feasibility study over the past year. Dodd will be presenting his work at the end of this pilot study. In addition, Nubia Reyes, one of the community health workers from the study in Managua, will be in attendance and will answer questions following Dodd’s presentation, time permitting.

For more information, visit www.jayweisscenter.org. To RSVP, please contact Cari Martinez at [email protected] or 305-243-8893.

Disbursements is now offering monthly eCheck training sessions through the online Elluminate Live! platform. eCheck is a University eForm available in UMeNET that has replaced the paper check requisition process. The next online eCheck training is scheduled for Tuesday, June 29 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Log on to ULearn to sign up for the session. After registering, additional information regarding Elluminate Live! will be sent via e-mail. For more information, please contact Allison Gilbert at [email protected] or 305-284-6787.

Learn best practices used by top professional meeting managers to ensure the success of each meeting or event you plan. As part of an audio-conference Lunch and Learn series, the Professional Development and Training Office is offering Successful Event Planning: Techniques of Today’s Top Professionals. This program focuses on techniques for planning successful meetings and events, on-site meeting management tools, and essential practices to keep your event within budget. To register for this brown-bag lunch session, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to log on. For more information, call 305-284-5110 or 305-243-3090.

Coral Gables campus: Tuesday, June 22 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Miller School of Medicine campus: Tuesday, June 29 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

The Office of Research Education and Training will present “Challenges in Developing Countries,” a workshop focusing on specific challenges faced by Latin American countries dealing with research integrity, on Tuesday, June 29 at 12 p.m. Sergio Litewka, a visiting scholar at the UM Ethics Programs, will lead the workshop, which will be held in the Mailman Center for Child Development, Room 3023. Registration is available through ULearn. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Research Education and Training at 305-243-5092.

Fima Lifshitz, senior nutrition scientist and director of pediatrics at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and president of Pediatric Sunshine Academics, will present “Worrisome Growth” on Tuesday, June 29 from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact Javier Salazar at 305-585-6042 or [email protected].