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3.11.2012 Guest of the Week: Dr. Ali Akbari California Lutheran University Host: Dr. Kamran Abedini

Dr. Alireza Akbari is a Professor of Economics at the School of Management at California Lutheran University. For more than 25 years, he has been active professionally - publishing articles, presenting papers, serving on professional programs and consulting. After receiving his Ph.D. from USC in1985, Dr. Akbari started teaching economics and quantitative methods courses at USC, Pepperdine and CLU. He also pursued his professional research interest by conducting scholarly research in a wide spectrum of social and economic issues.

2.26.2012 Guest of the Week: Dr. Ali Rezaei Cal State Long Beach, California Host: Dr. Mohamad Navab

Dr. Ali Rezaei was born in Shiraz. He received his B.A. degree in psychology from Shiraz University (1985), his M.A. in Educational Psychology from Shiraz University (1989), and his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Calgary, in Canada (1999).

He has taught at Shiraz University, Ahavaz University, Minnesota State University, City University of New York, and California State University. He is currently an associate professor at the college of education (California State University, Long Beach).  Computer applications in education, multimedia & web design, and research methods are among the courses he teaches.

2.19.2012 Guest of the Week: Professor Hamid Ghodse St. George Univrsity, London Host: Dr. Kamran Abedini

Hamid Ghodse, is the Director of the International Centre for Drug Policy at St. George’s University of London, Director of the UK National Patient Safety Agency , and President of the UN International Narcotics Control Board. Born in Iran, he is an internationally distinguished leader in the field of Psychiatry and Public Health and in Addictive Behaviour.In his talk Dr. Ghodse will discuss psychoactive drugs, improving medical and public education about them, physician education, medicalization of social problems and internet pharmacy.The rational use of all drugs is important – that is the use of the right drug for a particular condition, in the correct dosage and for the right period of time. It is particularly important when psychoactive drugs are being prescribed because inappropriate, non-rational prescription contributes to a vast pool of these drugs within the community, acting as a source of drugs for abuse and dependence.

2.12.2012 Guest of the Week: Dr. Reza Mirbolooki UC Irvine Host: Dr. Mohamad Navab

Dr. Mirbolooki will discuss type 1 diabetes and its current treatments focusing more on islet transplantation including its pros and cons. He will cover topics of the patients’ eligibility, the islet isolation and transplantation procedures, and the recent advances in the field.
Dr. Mirbolooki is a Scientist at the Preclinical Imaging Center, School of Medicine and a lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine. He is a member of The Cell Transplantation Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine. His MD degree with honours is from Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran, where he was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research for his performance as the Director of Students’ Scientific Research Centre (2000).