Dear PUAASC Members:
PUAASC, CAST-LA, and CESASC are co-organizing the following visit to the City of Hope on Nov. 18, 2006.
The Betty and Irwin Helford Clinical Research Hospital at City of Hope, which opened in 2005, began a new chapter in City of Hope's mission of bringing cures to people battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. It features state-of-art technology such as robotic surgical instruments. It is one of the nation's premier centers for pioneering biomedical research. It provides graduate school biological sciences and summer student programs.
In this walking and tram riding tour, Dr. Shiuan Chen (http://www.cityofhope.org/Researchers/ChenShiuan/), Director and Professor of Department of Surgical Research at City of Hope, will guide us to tour the beautiful campus and modern facilities. We will also have a chance to hear him and other researchers to talk about some pioneer research fronts. Please RSVP to info@pku.org by Nov. 12 and also fill out the survey so that we can arrange the event targeting to your particular interests.
Date: Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006
Agenda:
10:00am - 11:30am Tour (see details below)
11:30am - 1:00pm Lunch ($10 per person)
1:00pm - 2:00pm Presentations
Address: 1500 E Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010
Directions: http://www.cityofhope.org/About/directions.htm
RSVP: To info@pku.org by Nov. 12.
Tour details:
I. Past Present and Future tour of City of Hope
Greet at the Spirit of Life Fountain (unless otherwise noted)
Board Tram or Cart to tour Pioneer Park (first ten acres of City of Hope )
Golter Gate – point out our watchwords of Sam Golter: "There is no profit in curing the body, if in the process we destroy the soul."
Rose Garden
Sculpture Garden
Point out the Visitor Center and House of Hope
Japanese Garden
II. Board Tram – Point out different buildings in Research and Education Area
Education area – Platt Conference Center and Cooper Auditorium
Lippman Graff Research
Rosenkrantz building
To Life Building – Graduate Studies Building
Point out the RV park for patient families (6 units)
Hope Village, putting green, comedy theater, renovation by Home Depot
Parsons Village, renovation by Home Depot
III. Additional areas that are pointed out during tram ride
CBG building
Population science building
Facilities area
Blood donor center
IV. Overview: Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Pictorial boards)
6th floor presentation of picture boards depicting Helford, DaVinci Robotic Surgical Unit, Surgical suite, Patient room, Pediatic activity area, Nurses station
Point out Brawerman Ambulatory Care
Bridge of Hope
Gonda Building
The new CITI building area
Return to tram and take to lunch location on campus.
Survey:
I am interested in hearing the following topics:
__ Bioinformatics
__ Biostatistics
__ Clinical Cancer Genetics
__ Clinic Trials
__ Experimental Therapeutics
__ Hematology
__ Hormones and Cancer
__ Other: ___________________________________
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Best regards,
PUAASC