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Noted psychiatrist to give 2005 Dobihal Lecture
The 2005 Reverend Edward Dobihal Lecture will be given on Thursday, Sept. 8, by Dr. Colin Murray Parkes, an honorary consultant psychiatrist to St. Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, and a consultant psychiatrist to St. Joseph's Hospice in Hackney, both in the United Kingdom.
Parkes will speak on "Breaking the Cycle of Violence" at 5 p.m. in the Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar St. A reception will precede the lecture at 4:30 p.m. Both the talk and the reception are free and open to the public.
Parkes is renowned for his expertise in the fields of grief, bereavement, violence and its impact on individuals and society. He serves as a counselor and adviser to numerous international agencies, including The Trauma Recovery Program in Rwanda, and has assisted survivors of the tsunami and the Lockerbie plane disaster.
Parkes, who is the life president of Cruse: Bereavement Care, assisted Dame Cecily Saunders in the establishment of St. Christopher's Hospice.
The Reverend Edward Dobihal Lecture, sponsored by the Religious Ministry Department at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and the Yale Program for Humanities in Medicine, honors the ongoing work of Dobihal, who established the chaplaincy program at YNHH, was a founding member of Connecticut Hospice and continues his interfaith work in the community.
Ronald C. Desrosiers, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of the New England Primate Research Center, will present the 14th annual Dorothy M. Horstmann Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 14.
"A Vaccine for AIDS: What are the Problems? What are the Solutions?" is the title of Desrosiers' talk, which will take place at noon in the Fitkin Amphitheatre, 333 Cedar St. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is presented as part of the Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds series and co-sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Desrosiers' research has led to the discovery of new monkey viruses and the development of animal models of human disease. The simian immunodeficiency virus, a model for HIV-induced AIDS, and rhesus monkey rhadinovirus, a model for the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, are two examples of his discoveries. In addition, Desrosiers has contributed to AIDS vaccine development and to a better understanding of viral pathogenesis.
The recipient of a Max Planck Award and a Merit Award from the National Institutes of Health, Desrosiers gave the Bernard Fields Memorial Lecture to open the 2001 National AIDS Conference.
The annual Horstmann Lecture honors Dr. Dorothy Horstmann (1911-2001), who was the first woman appointed as a professor at the Yale School of Medicine. She made significant contributions to science, education and public health, particularly regarding poliomyelitis and rubella viruses.
Internationally renowned composer Anthony Davis will visit the campus on Thursday, Sept. 15.
Davis will be the guest at a Calhoun College master's tea at 4 p.m. in the master's house, 434 College St., and will present the inaugural Charles Davis Lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St. The events are sponsored by Calhoun College, the African American Studies Program, the President's Office and the Department of Music, and are free and open to the public.
A composer of operatic, symphonic, choral and chamber works, Davis is also recognized for his performances both as a solo pianist and as the leader of the musical ensemble Episteme.
As a composer, Davis is perhaps best known for his operas, which include the Grammy Award-nominated "X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X," "Under the Double Moon" and "Tania." He also composed the music for Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and Kushner's companion piece, "Perestroika."
His orchestral works include the "Violin Sonata," which was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its centennial celebration, and "Esu Variations," a concert opener commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
The annual Charles T. Davis Lecture Series was initiated by Calhoun College master Jonathan Holloway to bring in prominent scholars in African-American studies to speak on American literature, music and African-American studies, among other topics of importance to Charles T. Davis, the college's first black master.
T H I S
Horstmann Lecture will focus on new AIDS discoveries
Inaugural Charles Davis Lecture to feature celebrated composer
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IN MEMORIAM
Abraham Goldstein, former dean and criminal law scholar
John-Michael Montias, economist and expert on Vermeer
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