Newsletter Volume 11 Issue 18 - June 11, 2025 | | Lunch Colloquium -- Vincent Marconi -- TUESDAY -- June 17, 2025 | | |
Vincent Marconi
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025
The Luce Center
825 Houston Mill Road -- Room 130
11:30am-1:00pm
"Holistic Approaches to Aging"
The Emeritus College welcomes Dr. Vincent Marconi who will speak about his work exploring holistic approaches to aging humans through multiple perspectives.
As reported last year by Emory News, Dr. Marconi “was always suspicious of the idea that healthy aging could be achieved through traditional doctoring alone. Over time he came to increasingly believe in maintaining a strong connection between mind, body, and spirit. A holistic approach to aging considers aging humans through multiple perspectives at once, including the biomedical, behavioral and the social and physical environment.”
His work is breaking boundaries and transforming how we understand and treat various common age-related diseases, including diabetes, cancer, heart disease and dementia. Indeed, Dr. Marconi stands at the forefront of emerging science whose application of multiple perspectives is altering our abilities to age more successfully. “We can either treat diseases individually or use holistic approaches that target the key pathways which address the whole person and can prevent new conditions from occurring.”
About Vincent Marconi:
Dr. Marconi joined the Emory faculty in 2009. He is an Emory University Professor of Medicine, in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health, Director of the Infectious Disease Research Program at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, staff physician at the VA Infectious Diseases Clinic and the Grady Ponce Clinic which together serve over 8000 people with HIV. In addition to his work at Emory, he maintains an ongoing research collaboration that began in 2004 with colleagues in Durban, South Africa.
Dr. Marconi received his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida and his MD degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. He completed his clinical and research training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Marconi served with the United States Air Force from 2005 to 2009 where he was Director of the HIV Medical Evaluation Unit and Research Program in San Antonio, TX.
| | Lunch Colloquium -- Drew Williamson -- Monday -- June 30, 2025 | | |
Drew Williamson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
MONDAY, June 30, 2025
The Luce Center
825 Houston Mill Road -- Room 130
11:30am-1:00pm
“Chatting About Medical AI”
Generative models such as ChatGPT have catapulted AI further into the mainstream than ever before, while interested parties in healthcare have begun to test these models in medical settings. However, these models are rarely purpose-built for medical applications and the majority of those that do exist are targeted at a broader segment of healthcare than any individual provider practices. I’ll discuss the design, training, and evaluation of PathChat, our multimodal generative model created specifically for pathology. I’ll also discuss possible future directions in this line of inquiry.
About Drew Williamson:
Drew Williamson is an Assistant Professor in the department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Emory University. He completed a BA in Mathematics at Oberlin College, an MD at Case Western Reserve University, residency in Anatomic Pathology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and fellowships in Molecular Genetic Pathology and Clinical Informatics at Mass General Brigham. This training was followed by postdoctoral research in the lab of Faisal Mahmood, PhD at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. A board certified Pathologist, Drew's research focuses on the applications of deep learning-based methods to pathology data, from histology images to genomics to, most recently, natural language.
| | Athens Pizza Meet / Greet / Eat! | | |
Please join us for this month's Athens Pizza Meet/Greet/Eat!
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Noon
Athens Pizza
1341 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
As always, we will relax and enjoy talking and eating with old and new friends. This is an opportunity to get out of the house, buy yourself a nice lunch, meet other Emeritus members, and have a little fun. Significant others are welcome.
Please let us know if you are planning to attend by clicking this link.
| | HobbyFest Lunch Colloquium - July 14 | | |
One of our upcoming Lunch Colloquiums will feature you! Well, maybe you....and your hobby.
Do you garden? Are you a gourmet cook? Do you collect stamps? Are you an avid photographer?
No matter what your hobby might be, it is likely others among the Emeritus College may have the same interest, or maybe your hobby will spark something new for someone else!
We plan to share our passions in a session similar to BookFest, but instead of books, we will talk about and share our favorite hobbies. Please volunteer to speak/share your interests. Time limits will be set based on the number of people who respond. We'd like to have you participate in-person, but if that is not possible, presentations can also be via Zoom.
If interested, please contact Ron Gould at rg@emory.edu.
| | Brendon Murphy Lunch Colloquium Follow-up | | |
Brendon Murphy's June 2 Lunch Colloquium -- "From Ancient Prejudices to Modern Challenges: Exploring Historical and Contemporary Relations Between Christian and Jewish Communities" was not recorded at the request of our speaker, which is unfortunate because it was an excellent presentation. He did however, share information on the Bearing Witness Institute that was established for Inter-religious and Ecumenical Dialog. Please see below. If interested, please contact Brendon at murphyb@marist.com or check the website, bearingwitness.marist.com
| | Upcoming MedShare Volunteer Opportunity | | |
If you’d like to join this group, we are doing this the second Thursday afternoon of each month. Upcoming sessions:June 12, July 10, August 14 and September 11. Registration on the MedShare web site is required.
To register:
Visit the MedShare event registration page at: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0319&console_type=event&ht=1&res_code=EmoryEmeritus
Click the "Sign Up" button for your event and enter your email and first name. If you don't have a MedShare volunteer account, you'll be prompted to create one.
Select the listed event and click “Register."
For registration issues, questions or information about carpooling, please contact Marianne Skeen, marskeen@comcast.net.
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Army Birthday and Flag Day Celebration
Friday, June 13, 2025
12:30-1:30pm EST
Goizueta Business School
1300 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Celebrate 250 years of the United States Army and observe Flag Day with the broader Emory veteran community on Friday, June 13.
This joint event – hosted by MBV Cohort II, the Emory Alumni Veteran Network (EAVN), the Emory Veteran Employee Network (EVEN), and the Emory Veterans Association (EVA) – brings together students, alumni, faculty, and staff in recognition of military service, national pride, and shared tradition.
Lunch will be provided, and the program will include a traditional Army birthday cake-cutting ceremony, the singing of the Army Song, and brief remarks commemorating both the Army’s founding and the enduring significance of our flag.
Alumni are encouraged to work remotely from campus that day and take part in the celebration alongside fellow veterans over lunch.
Business casual attire.
All are welcome.
For more information and registration, please click here.
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International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Concert
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 7:30pm EST
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 7:30pm EST
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: Emerson Concert Hall | 1700 North Decatur Rd.
2025 Emory Department of Music | Summer Camp Programs
Free Event/No Ticket Required
The evening's concert features International Euphonium Tuba (IET) Festival Participant Ensembles and the Georgia Brass Band.
For the past 22 years, the International Euphonium Tuba Festival has hosted more than 150 performers from around the globe at Emory University for a week of concerts, master classes, lessons, camaraderie, and workshops! Experience a different kind of heavy metal music with performers from Norway, England, Switzerland, the US, South America, and more. Audiences are invited to enjoy a tour-de-force of sound with free public concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18— featuring the Georgia Brass Band—and 7:30 p.m on Saturday, June 21—the closing gala concert featuring more than 150 participant performers partnering with the beautiful Jaeckel Organ.
These free concerts bring an amazing variety of music to the Schwartz Center stage through the virtuosity of the tuba and euphonium.
Recommended parking for Schwartz Center events is the Fishburne Parking Deck. Additional visitor parking information is also listed here.
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Miscellaneious Monthly: Rose Library's Open House Series - Food History
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 1:00-3:00pm EST
Woodruff Library -- Rose Library
Have you ever wanted to see items from Rose Library's collections but not known how? Or maybe you don't even know what you'd like to see, just that you would like to see something cool and old!
If this describes you, you're in luck! This summer, Rose Library is continuing "Miscellaneous Monthly", our monthly open house series. Every third Tuesday of the month, you can stop by the 10th floor of Woodruff Library between 1pm and 3pm to view a selection of archival items. No appointment needed! Each month will have a different theme, so be sure to come by every month to see it all! Join us on June 17th to view archival materials related to food, including recipe cards, cookbooks, and activism surrounding food security.
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Details and other information, as well as additional campus events, can be found on the Emory Events Calendar.
If you'd like to share an event/program of interest before the next newsletter
please contact Dianne Becht Dianne.becht@emory.edu
| | Walking the Campus with Dianne | |
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The beautiful art piece discovered on our previous walk can be found in the elevator lobby area in the Emory Hospital Tower (the newer building across from the original building on Clifton Road).
The piece was created in 2017 and is titled "Paired Bird Forms," by David Lasker. It is made of carved Cherry or Pine and is one of many pieces that are part of the permanent collection of the Emory University Hospital.
"A tree that once stood tall now lives forever; its true natural beauty transformed into a piece of art."
The relationship of the complimentary forms of the Paired Birds create an abstract heart shape. The negative and positive spaces fuse the outer shape and the inner heart into a unified bond, and the graceful curves of their forms are a gentle reminder of the preciousness of life, and the true essence of each form is captured from within the wood. Variations in color and natural imperfections in the wood show its character, and the wood grain was defined and enhanced during the shaping and carving process. "Paired Bird Forms" pays homage to the natural environment; wood used in these sculptures was reclaimed from the hospital site. -- David Lasker
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For our next walk let's look at a place we've visited before. If you look closely at the photo, and can make out the name on the stone, which may serve as a hint. This is a place you wouldn't expect to find on a university campus.
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Where will you find this on the Emory campus?
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The Luce Center
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Atlanta, GA 30329
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