Calendar of events

Monday, May 8, 9 a.m.
“Hispanic Healthy Cooking,” part of the UC Davis Cardiac Rehabilitation Program’s ethnic cooking classes, Lawrence J. Ellison Building, room 0247, 4860 Y St. For more information, call (916) 734-8407.

Tuesday, May 9, noon to 1 p.m.
“Occupation, Income and Education as Independent Predictors of Arthritis: Data From Four National Data Sets,” part of the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care seminar series, Surge IV, room 203, UC Davis campus. The speaker is Paul Leigh, UC Davis professor of public health sciences. For more information, call (916) 734-5572.

Tuesday, May 9, 5:30 p.m.
“Refractive eye surgery,” free, one-hour seminar on refractive eye surgery conducted by surgeons of the UC Davis Laser Vision Correction Service, 77 Cadillac Drive, Suite 101. For more information, call (916) 734-6650.

Wednesday, May 10, 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.
“Becoming a Culturally Competent Organization,” UC Davis Cancer Center auditorium. The speaker is Robert Like, medical professor and director of the Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. For more information, contact Susan Summers at (916) 734-2909 or Cindy Oropeza at (916) 734-5335.

Wednesday, May 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
“Becoming a Culturally Competent Organization,” UC Davis Cancer Center auditorium. The speaker is Robert Like, medical professor and director of the Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. For more information, contact Susan Summers at (916) 734-2909 or Cindy Oropeza at (916) 734-5335.

Wednesday, May 10, 12:15 p.m.
“Women’s Stress: How it Contributes to Heart Disease,” part of the UC Davis Cardiac Rehabilitation Program lecture series, Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, room 3015B. For more information, call (916) 734-8407.

Monday, May 15, noon to 1 p.m.
“How Clinical Trial Results Can Mislead Doctors Treating Individual Patients: The Example of Reperfusion Therapies in Heart Attack and Stroke,” La Bou restaurant, room 1104. Part of the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care seminar series. The speaker is David Kent, assistant professor of medicine and clinical research at Tufts University. For more information, call (916) 734-7918.

Wednesday, May 17, 12:15 p.m.
“Exercise Training,” part of the UC Davis Cardiac Rehabilitation Program lecture series, Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, room 3015B. For more information, call (916) 734-8407.

Thursday, May 18, noon to 1 p.m.
“Maximizing Outcomes From Academic Meetings Through Application of Educational Principles,” Part of the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care seminar series. The speaker is Donald Hilty, associate professor of clinical psychiatry. For more information, call (916) 734-5572.

Thursday, May 18, 4-6 p.m.
“How Does the Skeleton Respond to Exercise and Why? Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Adaptive Response of Bone to Loading,” UC Davis Cancer Center auditorium. Presented by the UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging Research Forum. The speaker is Timothy Skerry, professor of orthopaedic biology, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. For more information, call (916) 734-4534.

Friday, May 19, 8 a.m.
“Women’s Stress: How it Contributes to Heart Disease,” part of the UC Davis Cardiac Rehabilitation Program’s Women’s Educational Program, Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center. For more information, call (916) 734-8407.

Wednesday, May 24, 12:15 p.m.
“Mythology of Nutrition,” part of the UC Davis Cardiac Rehabilitation Program lecture series, Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, room 3015B. For more information, call (916) 734-8407.