Coming up in the new year

On Friday, Jan. 8, Dr. David Baker, assistant professor of biochemistry, will present a Science in Medicine Lecture on “How Proteins Fold.” He will speak at noon in room T-625 of the Health Sciences Center.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute for 1999 will be from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Health Sciences Lobby. The Rev. Samuel McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church will be the keynote speaker, and the program includes music and recognition of volunteers. Art work from Seattle elementary schools will be displayed.

The John R. Hogness Symposium on Health Care has been scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. “Beyond Consumer Protection: Appropriate Public and Private Roles in Quality of Care” will be the topic for Dr. John Eisenberg, administrator of the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and Dr. Mark Pauly, Bendheim professor and chair of the Health Care Systems Department at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. ¶