Disease Prediction: Are we ready to eradicate Heart Attacks?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 17, 2010 -- What You Don't Know Can Hurt You. Women account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths. Between the ages of 40 and 60, as many women die of heart disease as breast cancer. Over a lifetime, heart disease kills five times as many women as breast cancer. Nearly all of us know someone – wife, mother, sister, daughter, grandmother, aunt, cousin, friend – who may be at risk. That’s why it’s so important to spread awareness and learn about these preventive methods.

Our guest speaker, Dr. Ioannis A. Kakadiaris will discuss ongoing the research activities of the Computational Biomedicine Laboratory, University of Houston and the methods for early detection.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Ioannis A. Kakadiaris is an Eckhard Pfeiffer Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. He joined UH in August 1997 after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Ioannis earned his B.Sc. in physics at the University of Athens in Greece, his M.Sc. in computer science from Northeastern University and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founder of the Computational Biomedicine Lab (www.cbl.uh.edu) and this year directs the Methodist-University of Houston-Weill Cornell Medical College Institute for Biomedical Imaging Sciences (IBIS) (ibis.uh.edu).

His research interests include cardiovascular informatics, biomedical image analysis, biometrics, computer vision, and pattern recognition. Dr. Kakadiaris is the recipient of a number of awards, including the NSF Early Career Development Award, Schlumberger Technical Foundation Award, UH Computer Science Research Excellence Award, UH Enron Teaching Excellence Award, and the James Muller Vulnerable Plaque Young Investigator Prize. His research has been featured on The Discovery Channel, National Public Radio, KPRC NBC News, KTRH ABC News, and KHOU CBS News.

When: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 8:30
(Light appetizers will be served)

Where: HESS Club
5430 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77056

(713) 627-2283

Cost: $25.00 Members/Students, $30.00 Non Members
Details: http://events.linkedin.com/Disease-Prediction-Are-ready-eradicate/pub/320607

For More Information regarding registration or event details, please visit www.swehouston.org or contact: Brandy Lang, vp_internal@swehouston.com, (800) 723-6120

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