The U-M Department of Psychiatry established the lectureship in his honor in 1995. Dr. DeAngelis' talk will be preceded by a brief recognition of Waggoner's life and career. If you have questions, contact Kristin Colligan at 936-1531. This event will bring together historians of medicine and public health from across the United States and Great Britain in honor of David Murray Cowie, M.D., the first professor of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Leon Eisenberg, the preeminent child psychiatrist from Harvard, will deliver the keynote address.
Events are open to the public and free of charge.
For more information, contact Lisa Lucas at 647-6914. The Ralph C. Wilson, Sr. Jr. Medical Research Foundation is offering a new research grant program for discovery in biomedical sciences. The University of Michigan is one of only five institutions permitted to submit proposals. Funding under the program for the current year is designed to foster novel and innovative research in the areas of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurosciences and musculoskeletal disorders.