2012 Garden Walk

2012 Garden Walk and
Continuing Education Symposium
 
Friday, August 24, 2012

UIC College of Pharmacy
833 S. Wood St., Rm. 134-2, Chicago 

Please join the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy as we host the 2012 Garden Walk and annual Alan Lesniewicz Memorial Lecture to celebrate the first and only urban medicinal plant garden in the city of Chicago.

 

The day will feature a keynote lecture by an internationally renowned scientist and tours of the garden. The garden is open for guided tours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday.


PROGRAM AND AGENDA

10 a.m. to Noon.  Garden Walk: Walking Tour and Discussion of the Uses of Medicinal Plants
Location: Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, COP

Noon-1:30 p.m.   Alan Lesniewicz Memorial Lecture

Ethnobotany and the Discovery of New Drugs
Speaker: Paul Alan Cox, PhD
Director of the Institute of Ethnomedicine. Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Location: Room 134-2, COP / Live Broadcast to Room E211, COP in Rockford
 
Lecture Objectives:
  • Explain how ethnobotanical research can inform drug discovery programs;
  • Identify ten prescribed drugs that originate from plants; and
  • Recognize the needs of indigenous people for plant-based drugs they can formulate themselves.
1:30-3 p.m.   Garden Walk: Walking Tour and Discussion of the Uses of Medicinal Plants
Location: Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, COP

Please contact Chris Shoemaker at cjshoema@uic.edu, if you have any questions or wish to attend this program.

About the Garden: Named in memory of Dorothy Bradley Atkins, BS '45, the medicinal plan garden was created in 1999 with a $1 million gift from her husband, Dr. Robert Atkins. As the daughter of a pharmacist and a graduate of the UIC College of Pharmacy herself, Dorothy Bradley Atkins had a lifetime interest in Pharmacognosy. Today, the garden serves as a resource for education and research at the UIC College of Pharmacy, as well as providing a quiet escape from the hustle and bustle of urban life.   
 
About the Lesniewicz Memorial Lecture: Alan Lesniewicz, who suffered an untimely death in the early spring of 2008, was employed by the University of Illinois at Chicago for more than 16 years. His wife, Cherise A. Greski-Lesniewicz, worked for the University for more than 25 years. Both Alan and Cherise believed firmly in the power of medicinals and in the importance of educating the public about the benefits of taking natural approaches to solving medical problems. Mrs. Greski-Lesniewicz wanted to recognize Alan by a gift to the College in his name.   
ACPE  

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of pharmacy continuing education. Attendance at the entire knowledge-based program and completion of the self-assessment questions and evaluation form are prerequisites for receiving a statement of continuing education credit for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs).  You will be notified via e-mail within 6 weeks of the program date when your statement of pharmacy credit is available.  This program has been assigned ACPE Program Number
0016-0000-12-093-L01-P.
  

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