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September 20, 2007 - New Orleans, LA:

PERT TO HEADLINE 3RD ANNUAL LECTURESHIP SERIES AT LSUHSC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

 (New Orleans, LA – August 29, 2007) –Dr. Larry Hollier, Chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center and Dean of the School of Medicine, today announced the third annual Drs. Robert S. Daniels and Vikki Ashley 3rd Annual Distinguished Lectureship in Medical Education which will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at the LSUHSC School of Medicine Medical Education Building, Lecture Room A, 1901 Perdido, New Orleans from 12:00 – 1:30 pm.

The lecture will feature Dr. Candace B. Pert, who will speak on “Manifesting The End of AIDS: The Science and Story of Peptide T.” DR. Pert is founder and chief scientific 0fficer of RAPID Pharmaceuticals, Inc., former research professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University College of Medicine, and former section chief, Brain Biochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). 

“This is a premier event of our medical education year, and we are very honored to have one of the nation’s, indeed the world’s, foremost researchers as our speaker,” said Hollier.  “We look forward to welcoming teachers, students as well as the public to this very special event which also honors two leaders in medical education, Drs. Bob Daniels and Vikki Ashley.”

The lecture is free and open to the public. 

Pert’s over 30 years of research at the NIH and in the private sector has focused on endorphins and other neuropeptide receptors in the brain and immune system provided a biochemical basis for communication between mind and body and she pioneered the emergence of the field of psychoneuroimmunology.  She has an international reputation in the field of receptor pharmacology and has lectured worldwide on these and other medical subjects, including her theories of emotions,  wellness and mind-body communication. She is the author of the best-selling book Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel (Scribner, 1997).  Her most recent book from Hay House (2006)—Everything You Need To Know To Feel Go(o)D, makes a clear and scientific case for the power and reality of new paradigm thinking—how our thoughts do create reality.  She is now a practicing scientist and biotech entrepreneur who has authored almost 300 scientific papers.
In the mid-1980’s, while researching the then surprising existence of classical immune cell receptors in the brain, Pert developed the first of a new class of treatments for HIV/AIDS, the viral entry inhibitor Peptide T.  This nontoxic experimental therapeutic blocks the virus from binding to its cellular chemokine receptor CCR5 and infecting the cell.  Recent human studies show that Peptide T substantially reduces HIV in the blood and the treatment resistant, persistently infected cellular reservoirs which do not respond to current therapies.  Currently, Dr. Pert is focused on creating the first truly effective vaccine that will eradicate AIDS in the world. 

Pert has also become part of an international following of people who saw her in What the Bleep Do We Know!#$%!, a sleeper hit that enthralled audiences.  She was also a participant in Bill Moyers’ TV program Healing And The Mind!   Her books and tapes are available on Amazon.com and hayhouse.com.

Dr. Pert will be accompanied by her spouse, Dr. Michael Ruff, who is her partner in RAPID Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and her research partner in her AIDS work.
“The lecture series is named after and honors the contribution made to LSUHSC's School of Medicine by Drs. Robert S. Daniels and Vikki Ashley, Drs. Hollier, Daniels and Ashley are strong supporters of the Isidore Cohn Student Learning Center which is one of the most widely respected centers of medical educational innovation in the country.
Dr. Daniels, a native of Cincinnati, is an internationally recognized psychiatrist and medical administrator. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, he was Associate Dean for Social and Community Medicine at the University of Chicago, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati,  Interim Dean and then Dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for thirteen and a half years and finally Dean of the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans beginning in 1986. He retired as Dean Emeritus in 1998
Dr. Daniels was a visiting professor and lectured on comparative healthcare systems, medical education and medical school administration in Leningrad and Moscow, Russia; Curatiba, Brazil; London, England; and Winnipeg, Canada. He was an active member throughout his deanships on committees regarding healthcare delivery systems, medical education, leadership and administration of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Dr. Daniels remained an active member of the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association until his retirement.
Dr.Ashley, from Xenia, Ohio, is an internationally known author, speaker, and radio show host of The Dr. Vikki Show on web radio. She is best known for her awarding books: How To Be A BITCH With Style: Being In Total Control of Herself (c)1999  and Alan's Song of Love: Our AIDS Odyssey (c)2000. Her presentations about women thinking for themselves, standing on their own two feet, and taking full responsibility for every aspect of their lives has taken her around the world on cruise ships and her book tours crossed the United States with her message. She was the first woman consultant on a man-of-war, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which saw duty in Gulf War II. She trained the Kitty Hawk's human resources team in preparation for the inclusion of women on naval ships not only as ship's company but also as airdales. "This was one of the most exciting assignments I ever had," said Dr. Ashley.
Dr. Ashley was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Union Institute Alumni Association, effective August 1, 2007 for a three year term.  Among her professional accomplishments: the first assistant to the first chancellor, Dr. Herbert York, at University of California San Diego (UCSD) in LA Jolla, CA.. She went on to establish the Educational Opportunity Program at San Diego State University, designed and develop The Rockefeller Counseling Institute in San Diego that established a new way to train counselors and work with students, and finally worked as the assistant to the president and director of Educational Opportunity at the University of Cincinnati, where she met Robert Daniels.  The American Psychological Association, the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association, The New Orleans Society for Clinical Hypnotherapy, and The Red Hat Society group The Royal Red Hatters of Perdido Key, FL. - She and Dr. Daniels live in Foley, Al three to four months a year) are among her professional and social affiliations..
Dr. Vikki  continues to work in her practice, focusing especially on clinical hypnotherapy, pain relief, stress reduction and management, elimination of unwanted bad habits (smoking, obesity) and past life therapy. Her management consulting has focused on executive development and creating healthy organizational and systems environments. She speaks about and presents seminars on women - encouraging each participant to "Be In Total Control of Herself!" She demonstrates how they can do that because she has already done it!  Her latest book is Your Thoughts Control Your Life © 2007, available on line at www.bitchwithstyle.com.
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