Hajj Fazlun Khalid, founder of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, UK, will present “Perspectives on Islamic Environmentalism” on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cox Science Center, Room 145. The lecture is part of the Eco-Islam: Environmental-Health Project and is sponsored by the Arsht Ethics Initiatives, Oceans and Human Health Center, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Religious Studies.

Mayrin Correa Medina, associate scientist in the Department of Medicine at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Role of Type 3 Deiodinase (D3) in Pancreatic Islet Function” on Thursday, October 21 at 2:45 p.m. at the Diabetes Research Institute, sixth-floor boardroom. For more information, please contact Angie Saint-Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

George Merriam, professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Washington, Seattle, will present “Growth Hormone in Aging” on Thursday, October 21 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact Angie Saint-Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

Alina Khan-Ghany, fellow in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, will present “The Diagnostic Challenges of Growth Hormone Deficiency” on Thursday, October 21 at 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact Angie Saint-Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

The Division of Hospital Medicine will present grand rounds on Thursday, October 21 at 12 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, first-floor Seminar Center A and B. Carlos Kummerfeldt will present “A Man with Abdominal Pain and Jaundice.” For more information, please contact Janette Jurado at [email protected].