Simplifying the Management of Complex HIV Data will be held on Wednesday, July 7 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Clinical Research Building, Conference Room 989. This seminar program will inform HIV clinicians, laboratory workers, and researchers about the practical benefits and features of SmartGene HIV, which include: management and analysis of multiple HIV targets (RT, PR, integrase, gp41, gp120, etc.); automated sequence re-interpretation and cumulative resistance reporting; and mutation searches/statistics and advanced epidemiological analysis. The presentation by David Ellis, president of SmartGene, Inc., will be followed by a question-and-answer session. A boxed  lunch will be served.

To register, please send an e-mail by Friday, June 25 with your contact information to Brenda Osborne at [email protected]. Please reference “SmartGene Meeting in Miami” in the subject line. The program is sponsored by the Laboratory for Clinical and Biological Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Virco Laboratories, Inc., and SmartGene, Inc. For additional information, please contact Latrice Walden at [email protected] or 305-243-2010.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host grand rounds on Wednesday, June 16 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium. Giampaolo Perna, chief of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at San Benedetto Hospital, Como, Italy, will present on “Panic Disorder: Is it a Mental Disorder?” Upon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to recognize the somatic features of panic disorder, rethink the role of anti-panic medications, and include somatic interventions in the treatment plans of patients with panic disorder.

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 1.25 CE credit will be awarded to psychologists and 1.5 CE to social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend.

For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, e-mail [email protected], or visit the department’s website.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host grand rounds on Wednesday, June 2 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. John W. Newcomer, Gregory N. Couch Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, will present “New Evidence-Based Treatment Strategies for Patients with Schizophrenia.”

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 1.25 CE credit will be awarded to psychologists and 1.5 CE to social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend. For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, [email protected], or click here.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host grand rounds on Wednesday, May 19 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Retter Auditorium. Charles Nemeroff, Miller School professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, will present “The Neurobiology of Child Abuse: Treatment Implications.” The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should claim credit commensurate only with the extent of their participation in the activity. 1.25 CE credits will be awarded to psychologists and 1.5 CE to social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend.

For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, e-mail [email protected], or click here.