Clinical IT - including the electronic health record - has the potential to dramatically improve quality and efficiency of medical care. However, in many implementations the costs outweigh the benefits. My evaluations of the early adoption of a variety of technologies over the past 10 years have left me with ...
Sleep: How much do you really need? How to get what you really need?Allison G. Harvey, professor of psychology, UC Berkeley, is a licensed clinical psychologist certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine who has authored over 100 scientific articles and book chapters and two books, as well as receiving numerous awards. Dr. Harvey's research and clinical interests focus on developing treatments for sleep disorders, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for OLLI members
Hope, emotions, and the provision of palliative careSpeaker: Dr. Chris Feudtner. Dr. Feudtner is associate professor of pediatrics and attending physican, director of research for the Pediatric Advanced Care Team and the Integrated Care Service and co-scientific director of PolicyLab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In these roles, Dr. Feudtner both provides care to children w/ ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The Tech Museum After HoursAfter Hours is a monthly themed event where adults can enjoy science, technology, entertainment and cocktails together with their friends. Each month is new and different.21 and over only.
What can we learn from what lives in a tropical ecosystem? David Liittschwager and Christopher Meyer, Smithsonian zoologist and Project Director of Moorea Biocode Project, will discuss the implications of creating the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem. The database will be publicly available ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
October LASER Event (note location has changed from previous listing)* 6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.* 7:00-7:25: Henrik Bennetsen (Katalabs) on "What the next phase of the web could mean"In its first two decades the web has had a profound impact on how we work and collaborate. With the emerging HTML5 and WebGL standards we are poised to see a broad wave of change in the ...
What are the roles of risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty and truth in scientific thinking? Named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People," Harvard Professor Lisa Randall – author of Warped Passages, physicist of multiple academic firsts and one of the most cited scientific researchers to date – offers an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20-$25 General, $17-$22 Members, $10 Students
While the dramatic decline and extinction of many species of frogs has received much attention over the past two decades, the status of salamander populations is much less well known, partly due to their secretive natural history and to the difficulty of finding them in the wild. This talk will ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
The Search for Circumbinary PlanetsWe discuss several techniques for the detection of circumbinary planets (CBP, planets that circle two stars at once). This involves detection by transits (which in the case of CBP produce a quasi-periodic signal), eclipsing binary (EB) timing, dynamical timing of EBs, and a new detection technique called the "eclipse echo" ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Homeless Nemo: What Does the Future Hold for Coral Reef Communities?Marin Science Seminar for Teens, Educators & their Families presents:Vania Coelho, Ph.D. of Dominican UniversityCoral reefs are undoubtedly among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. Studies predict that without increased conservation and restoration efforts a complete collapse is only a few decades away. This talk will focus on the ...
