The Student National Medical Association, Cushing Academic Society, Family Practice Interest Group, Physicians for Human Rights, Student Government, and  the Islamic Society of the University of Miami will host a special dinner to benefit flood victims in Pakistan. The dinner will be held on Tuesday, September 7 at 7 p.m. in the Diagnostic Treatment Center, second-floor conference room, and will feature a presentation titled  ”Helping 20 Million People from a World Away.”

If you would like to contribute but cannot attend or have any questions, please contact Nadia Amin at [email protected]

The Center for Computational Science’s Bioinformatics Journal Club presents “Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in Breast Cancer Exhibiting Hyperactive MAPK Signaling” by Philip Miller, Ph.D. candidate, Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, September 7 at 12 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, Room 677A. For more information, please contact [email protected].

The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health will host Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, director and chair of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Technical University Dresden, Germany, for a seminar on Tuesday, September 7 from 11:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, Room 229. Wittchen will present “Epidemiology of Mental Disorders: From Size and Burden to Causal Pathways of Evolution,” which will highlight recent developments in the study of mental disorders and focus on causal pathways from early vulnerability, early targeted intervention, and prevention. Lunch will be served. For more information,contact Maria Padron at [email protected] or 305-243-8331.

A Jeff Phegley print.

The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Gallery, along with PrintZero Studios, will present an international exhibition of printmaking culled from the PrintZero Studios 7th Exchange at UM Wynwood Project Space, 2200-A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami.

The exhibition, which features the work of artists from Scotland, Canada, France, England, and the United States, runs from September 6 through October 1. In celebration of the opening, a reception will be held on September 11.

The exhibition includes works by Michael Alm, Charles Baird, Nola Dahl, Lisa Hasegawa, Elizabeth Jabar, Norman McBeath, Richard Repasky, Charissa Schulze, and many other artists. A catalog will be published in conjunction with the exhibition.

A full schedule of CAS Gallery exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. Visit the University of Miami Wynwood Project Space every second Saturday for the monthly gallery walk to view student, faculty, and alumni works.

For more information about the exhibition, call PrintZero Productions at 740-590-7597 or e-mail [email protected]. For information on UM’s Wynwood Project Space, call 305-284-2543 or e-mail [email protected].

The integrity of scholarship and the scientific record requires that scholars and researchers uphold the highest scientific and ethical standards. Current policy and practice at the University of Miami reflect a shared commitment that the design, conduct, and reporting of scholarly activity and research will not be biased. As relationships between academic institutions and private industries become increasingly complex, the University must continually reassess the manner in which it assures that scholarly activity and research at UM are unbiased.

The Office of Research Compliance is sponsoring a series of seminars on conflicts of interest (COI) in research. The objectives of the fall sessions are to:

• Provide a refresher on the UM COI policy for sponsored research and the UM process for identifying potential COI in sponsored research;

• Review regulations proposed by the National Institutes of Health; and

• Gather feedback from the research community.

Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend one of the following seminars:

• August 18: 10-11 a.m., Dominion Towers, 12th-floor conference room (Miller School of Medicine campus)

• September 7: 2-3 p.m., Clinical Research Building, Room 989 (Miller School of Medicine campus).

• September 17: 2 -3 p.m., Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science auditorium (Virginia Key campus)

• September 29: 1- 2 p.m., Flipse Building, Room 502 (Coral Gables campus)

Additional dates and locations will be announced at a later date. Please register through ULearn. For questions on the training sessions, please contact the Office of Research Education and Training at 305-243-5092 or at [email protected].