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May 02 - 06, 2012

2012 Spring Retreat: Innovation

Presentations & Handouts

The panels, speakers and activities were inspiring and memorable. Take a moment to look over these materials:

  • Dr. Forester: Memory and Aging, What Everyone Should Know [download ppt]
  • Center of International Security and Cooperation [download ppt]
  • D School - The Gift-Giving Project
  • Science for Monks [download packet]
  • Retreat Newsletters Archive

                         Thursday [pdf]
                         Friday [pdf]
                         Saturday [pdf]

Contacts, Reading & Recipes

From the panels and activities, these books, recipes and links were recommended for you to explore further. Have fun, and enjoy!

  • UCSF: Dr. Wade Smith, Professor of Neurology; Director, UCSF Neurovascular Service; Daryl R. Gress Endowed Professor of Neurocritical Care and Stroke, smithw@neurology.ucsf.edu, (415) 353-8897
  • UCSF: Dr. Jill Ostrem, Neurologist, (415) 353-2273
  • UCSF: Dr. Nerissa Ko, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology; Assistant Director, UCSF Neurovascular Service, kon@ucsfmedctr.org, (415) 353-8897
  • UCSF: Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Associate Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center, adam.gazzaley@ucsf.edu, (415) 476-2162
  • UCSF: Dr. Dena Dubal, Assistant Professor of Neurology, ddubal@gladstone.ucsf.edu
  • McLean: Dr. Brent Forester, Director Mood Disorders Division, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program and Site Director, Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Core Clerkship, McLean Hospital, bforester@partners.org, (617) 855-3622
  • Book: The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: Keeping Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life by Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan
  • CISAC: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Professor and Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law, Co-Director of CISAC, tcuellar@stanford.edu, (650) 725-1304
  • CISAC: Martha Crenshaw, Senior Fellow at CISAC and SFI, Professor of Political Science, crenshaw@stanford.edu, (650) 723-0126
  • CISAC: Lynn Eden, Senior Research Scholar and Associate Director of Research, lynneden@stanford.edu, (650) 723-5369
  • CISAC: Joseph Felter, Senior Research Scholar at CISAC, Research Fellow at Hoover Institution, joseph.felter@stanford.edu, (650) 723-9866
  • CISAC Book: Whole World on Fire
  • CISAC website recommendation: Mapping Millitants
  • Science for Monks (World of Your Senses exhibit)
  • Hands on Gourmet recipes:

                   Chicken empanadas de Peru
                   Ceviche Mixto
                   Grilled sirloin steak with chimichurri
                   Papas a la Huancaina (potatoes)
                   Green beans
                   Pickled onions (in the salad)
                   Alfajores and dark chocolate mousse (shortbread cookies and dulce de leche)

View the video invitation here

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