This spring, Weill Cornell continues co-sponsorship of a lecture series"Revolutionizing Medicine in the 21st Century"hosted by the American Museum of Natural History. This year, four lectures will focus on various aspects of the brain.
Co-sponsors with Weill Cornell and the American Museum of Natural History are Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
The lectures will be presented at the museum on May 1, 8, 15 and 22 (Tuesdays) from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the museum's main auditorium. Customary museum fees apply: $30 for the series ($27 for museum members, students and senior citizens); $12 for single lectures ($10 for members, students and senior citizens). To register for tickets, call (212) 769-5200.
Special guest Walter Cronkite will introduce the series at the first lecture on May 1.
Topics and speakers are:
"Heredity and Diseases of the Brain: A Genetics-Based Study" (May 1) presented by Dr. Richard Mayeux, professor of neurology, psychiatry and public health at Columbia P&S. Dr. Mayeux is also co-director of Columbia's Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain.
"ABCs and 1-2-3s: Learning and Memory" (May 8) presented by 2000 Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, the university professor of physiology & cell biophysics, psychiatry, and biochemistry & molecular biophysics, Columbia University. Dr. Kandel is also founding director of Columbia's Center for Neurobiology and Behavior.
"Know It All: Development and Cognition" (May 15) presented by Dr. Michael Posner, professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell and director of Weill Cornell's Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology.
"Mapping the Mind: Functional Brain Imaging in Health and Disease" (May 22) presented by Dr. David Silbersweig, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology & neuroscience at Weill Cornell. Dr. Silbersweig is director of the neuropsychiatry program at Weill Cornell and co-director of the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory.
The American Museum of Natural History is located at Central Park West and 79th Street. (The entrance to the main auditorium is on 77th Street.)