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Eric Topol Named Nation’s Top Physician Executive

Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, professor of translational genomics at The Scripps Research Institute, and chief academic officer at Scripps Health, has been named the most influential physician executive by Modern Healthcare magazine and its sister publication, Modern Physician.

A well-known cardiologist and advocate of technology’s promise to transform the delivery of healthcare services, Topol heads the publications’ list of 50 honorees, which includes Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, Margaret Hamburg, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Regina Benjamin, the U.S. surgeon general, and Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. The list was chosen by the publications’ readers and finalized by the editors.

Topol, who also holds the positions of Gary and Mary West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine at Scripps Research and vice chairman of the West Wireless Health Institute, recently authored a book called The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care, which explores the potential of digital innovation to improve medicine.


Jin-Quan Yu Featured at May 9 Faculty Lecture

Professor Jin-Quan Yu is the Faculty Lecture Series featured speaker on Wednesday, May 9, 5 PM in the Timken Amphitheater at the Green Hospital. Yu’s lecture topic is “Accelerated C–H Activation Reactions: A Shortcut to Molecular Complexity from Chemical Feedstock.” A reception will follow the lecture in the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Building, first floor. For further information, see the Faculty Lecture Series website.


Career & Postdoctoral Services Debuts New Training Series

A new scientific skills training series offered by the Career and Postdoctoral Services Office debuts this week with two sessions on the California campus.

Building Presentation Skills

Scheduled for Monday, April 30, 1:30 to 3 PM in the Keck Amphitheater, this session will feature professional trainer Jean-luc Doumont. He will present a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations, covering structure, slides, delivery, and stage fright. An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering and PhD in applied physics from Stanford University, Doumont now trains engineers, scientists, and business people in effective communication, pedagogy, statistical thinking, and related themes.

The event is sponsored by the Career and Postdoctoral Services Office, the Scripps Research graduate program, and the Society of Fellows. No reservations are required.

Convey Your Science with Posters

Creating and presenting effective conference posters is the topic of the session to be held Tuesday, May 1, 3:30 PM in the Human Resources Training Room, Suite 205 in the 3377 Building. Presented by Michael Matrone, career and postdoctoral services program coordinator, the session will cover conference poster design, including layout, text and graphic formatting, printing, and presentation. Reservations are required.

The new Scientific Skills Series aims to build and improve skills research associates and graduate students require for their careers. Upcoming session topics will include platform presentations, manuscript and grant writing, laboratory management, and more.

For details on Scientific Skills Series and other resources provided by the Career and Postdoctoral Services Office, visit the department’s webpage.


Kresge Library’s Free Book Exchange Open to All
Take Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Stephen Davis’s Hammer of the Gods – The Led Zeppelin Saga, throw in some Anne Rice, John Grisham, Hunter S. Thompson, and Oscar Wilde, and the Kresge Library’s Free Book Exchange has something for every literary taste. Open to Scripps California faculty, staff, and students, the Book Exchange concept encourages participants to donate their previously read books and/or take other donated books of interest.

“If you see a book you like, take it,” said Library Director Paula King. “After you have finished reading, you are free to return it, pass it on to a friend, or donate it elsewhere.”

The Book Exchange volumes are located on the low shelves in the Kresge Library’s center section, behind the dissertations and newspapers.

Donated books can be deposited in the book drop at the library’s main entrance (fourth floor of Stein), the library reference desk, via interoffice mail to 400S (one or two books only), or directly on the Book Exchange shelves.





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Floyd Bloom Feted at Symposium
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Colleagues, friends, and students recently gathered for a science symposium celebrating the 75th birthday of Scripps Research Institute Professor Emeritus Floyd (center). Scripps Research President and CEO Michael Marletta (left) and Chair of the Department of Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Tamas Bartfai opened the symposium with praise for Bloom’s expansive influence in the field of science.

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Scripps Research Associate Professor Donna Gruol was among the many well-wishers at the symposium, which featured presentations from Bloom’s friends and scientific colleagues at Scripps Research, the National Institutes of Health, University of Washington, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and the Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland. Several speakers re-iterated Bloom’s oft-cited quote about experimental results, “Now that you know this, what have you learned?” (Photos by Cindy Brauer.)