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"Detecting and Defining Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: the past, present, and future" Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Department of Surgery, Division of Urology Speaker: Kara Watts, MD Date: February 27, 2025 Time: 7:30am – 8:30am Location: Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88114080497?pwd=RBGX41rYfw1eUbBVuSsla88twLIxnn.1 Target Audience: Faculty, Residents, Staff – Dept. of Surgery Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to): 1. To better comprehend the utility of MRI for prostate cancer detection and how this applies to clinically significant prostate cancer 2. To challenge the current definition of clinically significant prostate cancer 3. To familiarize with current and future tools available for risk stratification for patients with localized prostate cancer who may benefit from treatment Topic: Urology Grand Rounds - Dr. Kara Watts Time: Feb 27, 2025 07:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88114080497?pwd=RBGX41rYfw1eUbBVuSsla88twLIxnn.1 Meeting ID: 881 1408 0497 Passcode: 978628 — One tap mobile +13052241968,,88114080497# US +13092053325,,88114080497# US — Dial by your location • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US Meeting ID: 881 1408 0497 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbXKQCJLz2   Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. Kara Watts in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. Dr. Kara Watts will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 ___ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. Activity Director Disclosure Statement: Dr. Peter Albertsen, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Dr. Peter Albertsen, Brooke Harnisch, Benjamin Ristau, Anne Dudley, Stuart Kesler, Aaron Turnquist and Deborah Savino, as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it. Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within 10 business days of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 5 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office. All evaluations must be completed within 10 business of receiving the email evaluation assignment.

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UConn Sexpert Peer Support Drop-In Hours are a free service offered by peer health educators, the UConn Sexperts, on the UConn Storrs campus!Peer Support Drop-In Hours are a great option for students who have questions about sex and sexual health, are looking for a non-judgmental, laid-back environment to discuss a sex related concern or issue, or are interested in improving their sexual health and personal well-being. Our UConn Sexperts are trained to provide education, support, and connection to resources on and off-campus on a wide variety of topics pertaining to sex, sexual health, and relationships.Mondays: 10am-1pm Tuesdays: 10am-12pm Wednesdays: 9am-6pm Thursdays: 9am-6pm Fridays: 2pm-5pm UConn Sexperts (and supervising staff) are designated confidential employees under UConn's Title IX Reporting Obligations. Peer support sessions are for educational and support purposes only. Peer support visits are not on-call or emergency services, and are not for individualized medical advice, nor are they counseling or therapy. For more information, visit: studenthealth.uconn.edu/sexperts (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/sexperts/) 

Students who may benefit from attending a Let's Talk: Mental Health Office Hours session include:Students who want help connecting to resources but are unsure where to begin Students who are looking for advice on a non-clinical issue Students who are unsure about therapy and are curious about what it is like to talk to a therapist Students who may have concerns about the mental health of a friend and seek advice on how to support their friend If a student is not an imminent risk, and is refusing your support in contacting our office, you may also consider contacting the UConn Student CARE Team (https://studentcareteam.uconn.edu/). This session is held by Zach Brown, LMSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/zachary-brown/)Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions and do not require scheduling or adding to your calendar.

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund "Environmental factors regulating spatial information encoding in the hippocampus." Presenter:  J. Tiago Goncalves, PhD                                                                                             Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience                                                   Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund "Environmental factors regulating spatial information encoding in the hippocampus." Presenter:  J. Tiago Goncalves, PhD                                                                                             Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience                                                   Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

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RSVP Here (https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=829670&mc_cid=4244f070e3&mc_eid=UNIQID)   Through the contributions and volunteer efforts of Day Pitney personnel, the Day Pitney Visiting Scholar program promotes positive developments in the law, legal scholarship, and legal and community education. The 2025 Program will honor Distinguished Professor Charles Geyh (https://law.indiana.edu/about/people/details/geyh-charles-gardner.html), Indiana University Maurer School of Law (https://law.indiana.edu//index.html?_gl=1*1wqt50e*_gcl_au*MTQ1MTE5NTY1LjE3MzY3ODkxNzA.*_ga*MTAzODA5MTg2Ny4xNzM2Nzg5MTQ5*_ga_61CH0D2DQW*MTczNjc4OTE0OC4xLjEuMTczNjc4OTE3NS4zMy4wLjA.), and his scholarly contributions to the study of judicial conduct and ethics. Professor Geyh will speak on the current Supreme Court, judicial ethics, and the future of the rule of law. We invite all those interested to hear from Professor Geyh, a renowned scholar in the areas of judicial conduct, ethics, independence, accountability, and administration. Professor Geyh's scholarship has appeared in over 100 books, articles, book chapters, reports, and other publications. He is the author of Who Is to Judge? The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges (Oxford University Press 2019); Courting Peril: The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary (Oxford University Press, 2015); When Courts and Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System (University of Michigan Press 2006); and Judicial Disqualification: An Analysis of Federal Law (3d ed. Federal Judicial Center 2020). In addition, he is coauthor of Judicial Conduct and Ethics (6th ed., Lexis Law Publishing 2020) (with Alfini, Lubet and Shaman); andUnderstanding Civil Procedure (6th ed. 2019) (with Shreve and Raven-Hansen); and editor of What's Law Got to Do With it? What Judges Do, Why They Do It, and What's at Stake (Stanford University Press 2011). Professor Geyh has served as an expert witness in the Senate impeachment trial of Federal District Judge G. Thomas Porteous; director of and consultant to the ABA Judicial Disqualification Project, and as reporter to four ABA commissions (the Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, the Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary, the Commission on the Public Financing of Judicial Campaigns, and the Commission on the Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence). He has likewise served as director of the American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Independence; consultant to the Parliamentary Development Project on Judicial Independence and Administration for the Supreme Rada of Ukraine; assistant special counsel to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on the impeachment and removal of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen; consultant to the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal; and legislative liaison to the Federal Courts Study Committee. Admission is free; lunch will be provided.  RSVP Here (https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=829670&mc_cid=4244f070e3&mc_eid=UNIQID)   If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.studentservices@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.

Our intention is to engage in practices that support mental wellbeing and help build community and connection. Gentle Therapeutic Yoga classes will be held right after this class.

February 6 - March 9, 2025Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 12-4 pmLearn more about our upcoming exhibitions. (https://avsgallery.sfa.uconn.edu/upcoming-exhibitions/)

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For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

In Recognition of Heart Health MonthKenneth E. Freedland, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (https://psychiatry.wustl.edu/people/kenneth-e-freedland-phd/)Topic: Cardiovascular Disease and DepressionFebruary 27, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebExRSVP (https://chip.uconn.edu/inchip-lecture-series-rsvp-kenneth-e-freedland/) Dr. Freedland is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most of his research has focused on depression in patients with heart failure or coronary heart disease. He has also conducted studies of other psychiatric comorbidities, behavioral problems such as poor self-care, and social determinants of health in patients with heart failure. He has been the principal investigator or a co-investigator on both single-site and multicenter trials of interventions for depression in cardiac patients and has served on clinical trial review committees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). He also has expertise in behavioral trial methodology. Dr. Freedland is the founder of the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Cardiovascular Disease Special Interest Group and of the Behavioral Medicine Research Council, and a fellow of multiple organizations including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He was the Program Director of the annual NIH Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials from 2020 to 2024. He has been a member of the Summer Institute faculty since 2007 and the faculty of the NIH-funded ORBIT Institute on Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health since 2022. He has also served as an Associate Editor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.

In Recognition of Heart Health MonthKenneth E. Freedland, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (https://psychiatry.wustl.edu/people/kenneth-e-freedland-phd/)"Treatment of Depression in Patients with Heart Disease"February 27, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebExRSVP (https://chip.uconn.edu/inchip-lecture-series-rsvp-kenneth-e-freedland/) Dr. Freedland is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most of his research has focused on depression in patients with heart failure or coronary heart disease. He has also conducted studies of other psychiatric comorbidities, behavioral problems such as poor self-care, and social determinants of health in patients with heart failure. He has been the principal investigator or a co-investigator on both single-site and multicenter trials of interventions for depression in cardiac patients and has served on clinical trial review committees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). He also has expertise in behavioral trial methodology. Dr. Freedland is the founder of the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Cardiovascular Disease Special Interest Group and of the Behavioral Medicine Research Council, and a fellow of multiple organizations including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He was the Program Director of the annual NIH Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials from 2020 to 2024. He has been a member of the Summer Institute faculty since 2007 and the faculty of the NIH-funded ORBIT Institute on Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health since 2022. He has also served as an Associate Editor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.

Yogais protective and enlivening. Freeing you from habitual patterns of tension, this yoga creates a sense of spaciousness within, dissolves stress, strengthens core muscles, joint health, centeredness, postural alignment and groundedness, increases breath capacity and breath awareness, shifts stagnant emotions into movement and release, and is attentive to the subtle stuff of the mind, helping to free us from the driving forces of unconscious actions and thoughts. You'll practice yogic techniques that you can bring into your everyday experience for simply living a good day, and for increasing your capacity to be creatively present in your life. A yogic attitude toward self and practice is one of kindness, patience, and tenderness. We grow into our best selves in an inner atmosphere of loving care. Open to all UConn students, faculty and staff from any campus. No experience required.

Lab Staff Weekly Meeting

No appointment necessary. Get help starting or updating your LinkedIn page. Occurs most Wednesdays. Join Career Consultant Judy Stewart virtually:https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/jus17018 (https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/jus17018)

Join us for a practical webinar on using ProctorU for your UConn courses. This session will provide general guidelines and best practices for both new and experienced users. Learn how to determine if ProctorU is the right proctoring solution for your needs, integrate it with HuskyCT, and navigate the setup process, including account creation, exam scheduling, incident management, and support escalation. We will also cover adding accommodations, customizing the proctoring experience, and clarifying the roles of instructors, eCampus, and ProctorU. The webinar will also feature a live demo and address common issues, offering solutions and tips for smooth proctoring.Register -https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3390 (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffins.uconn.edu%2Fsecure_inst%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshop_view.php%3Fser%3D3390&data=05%7C02%7Cstacey.valliere%40uconn.edu%7Cfafcf162b2174a9a8eb608dd366473c6%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638726527235338945%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zXbVrz%2FLSUqFbN36%2F8R0nfcr7zCm%2BN66NN2dcfAbFMw%3D&reserved=0)