CALENDAR

Edwin Hornberger Conference Center
at the Texas Medical Center

• Unless otherwise noted, the following events will take place at the Edwin Hornberger Conference Center.
  
  
• Benefit Ball, sponsored by Krewe of Olympus-Texas, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• Employee Recognition Awards, sponsored by The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Academy for Professional Development, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For information, call 713-500-3137.
  
  
• Scholarship Fundraiser, sponsored by Houston Heights Masonic Lodge #280, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. For information, call 713-901-9944.
  
  
• Annual Fundraiser, sponsored by St. Thomas Mothers' Club, Feb. 4, 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 713-974-8080 or 281-495-1379.

• The American Medical Writers Association's 1999 John P. McGovern Award for Excellence in Medical Communication reception and dinner, Jan. 21, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 713-522-2477.
  
  
• Tourette Syndrome and Related Neurobehavioral Disorders, sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and the Tourette Syndrome Association of Houston, Jan. 22, 7:30 a.m.-4 :30 p.m. at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 5150 Westheimer. Two concurrent sessions, one for physicians and another for other health care providers, educators and the public. For information, or to register, call 713-798-4941.
  
  
• Women And Their Choices in Health (WATCH) Annual Forum, Jan. 30, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Speakers on estrogen replacement therapy, pre-planning pregnancy, cardiovascular risk factors and other topics. This third annual WATCH is co-sponsored by The University of Texas-Houston Medical School and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. For information, call 713-500-6394.
  
  
• Organizing Your Results: When and How to Use Tables and Figures, a workshop sponsored by the Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center Library, March 3, 3-5 p.m., at the Sammons Auditorium in the Jesse Jones Library Building. Registration forms available on line at: http://library.tmc.edu/workform.html.
  
  
• Vitality and Aging, a free lecture sponsored by the Center on Aging of The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Feb. 10, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road at Woodway. Discover a blueprint for aging successfully. For information, call 713-500-2006.
  
  
• The Verna and Marrs McLean Lecture in Biochemistry, sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine, Jan. 28, at the Cullen Auditorium. At 2 p.m., Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, the scientist who isolated the obesity gene in the mouse and its corresponding gene in humans, will speak; at 3:30 p.m., Dr. Richard Lerner, president of the Scripps Research Institute, will speak.
  
  
• "The Culture of Scarcity," a lecture by famed historian and author James Burke, one of the Exxon Distinguished Lecture Series "Preparing for the Next Millennium." The lecture will take place on Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of Natural Science. For information, call 713-639-4629.
  
  
• Dr. David Kessler, former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will present the lecture "Regula- tion of Tobacco: Health Promotion and Cancer Prevention," co-sponsored by Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, the UH Health Law and Policy Institute, Texas Medical Center and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Feb. 16. Breakfast, 7:15 a.m.; lecture, 8:30-9:30 a.m. at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. For reservations (there is no charge), call Cathy Rupf, 713-743-2106.
  
  
• A Night Filled with Magic and Hope: the 1999 K.I.N.D.E.Rx. Awards, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Houston Medical Center. Dinner, entertainment, silent auction and featured speaker John Bradshaw. Proceeds benefit the KI.N.D.E.Rx. Clinic, dedicated to the long-term care of children exposed to drugs, alcohol and/or HIV during their mother's pregnancy. For information and reservations, call 713-704-0123.

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