The University of Oregon’s Department of Human Physiology will host a May 10 talk, “Human Shoulder Muscle Structure and Function in Health and Disease,” as part of the department’s ongoing lecture series.

Samuel Ward, an assistant professor in radiology and orthopaedic surgery at the University of California-San Diego, will present from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in Room 211 of the Lillis Business Complex. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Ward is an investigator in the Muscle Physiology Laboratory whose research interests are related to structure-function relationships in skeletal muscle. His ongoing projects include the acute and chronic effects of botulinum toxin on muscle structure and function; the influence of skeletal muscle design and performance on knee, hip, lumbar spine and shoulder pathology; and muscle adaptations in response to tendon transfers.

The UO human physiology lecture series features two speakers each month.

-- from the UO Department of Human Physiology