Final SM-100 Seminar features Dr. Hal Scofield discussing disease research
Dr. Hal Scofield, a physician-scientist associated with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) since 1991, will visit Mississippi University for Women for the final SM-100 seminar of the semester.
The seminar will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Parkinson Hall, Room 117, from noon to 1 p.m. Scofield will present, “Mitochondrial Function and Fatigue in Sjögren’s Disease.
“It is rare that we get eminent scientists and physicians to visit The W from reputed large institutions and share their research and knowledge with our students and community in general,” said Dr. Ghanshyam Heda, professor of biology and seminar planner.
Scofield has published approximately 375 scientific articles and has had continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health since 1991. He was an NIH Fogarty International Fellow at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1998. From May 2008 through June 2011, Scofield served as associate dean for clinical and translational research in the College of Medicine at OUHSC. In 2017, he was appointed associate chief of staff for research at the Oklahoma City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Scofield has taught the History of Medicine Enrichment Course for second-year medical students at OUHSC since 2010. He is also pursuing a master’s degree at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of the History of Medicine.
The presentation is free and open to the public as well as to members of the W community.
About the Department of Sciences and Mathematics
The W’s Department of Sciences and Mathematics offers laboratory-based instruction in the natural sciences and courses that develop quantitative skills, supporting majors across campus. The department, housed in Parkinson Hall, offers a variety of majors in science and mathematics.
To learn more, please visit www.muw.edu/scimath.