Symposium Agenda
Thomas F. Boat Child Health Research Symposium Celebrating the Opening of Cincinnati Children's New Research Facility, Location S
April 17-18, 2008
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Noon – 1 pm Reception in Location S Meeting Room Foyer with refreshments
1 pm – 3 pm Session 1
Chair: Lee Carter, Trustee, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Introduction to symposium:
David Stern, MD, Vice President for Health Affairs, Christian R. Holmes Professor and Dean, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Review of immunology research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD
Distinguished speaker in immunology:
Craig B. Thompson, MD, Scientific Director of the Abramson Institute,
Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology and Professor of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Review of hematology research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Frank Smith, MD
Distinguished speaker in hematology:
Samuel E. Lux IV, MD, Chief Emeritus of the Hematology/Oncology Division, Children's Hospital Boston and Robert A. Stranahan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
3:15 pm – 5:45 pm Session 2
Chair: David Stern, MD, Vice President for Health Affairs, Christian R. Holmes Professor and Dean, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Review of developmental research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Chris Wylie, PhD
Distinguished speaker in developmental biology:
Janet Rossant, PhD, FRS, FRSC, Chief of Research, Professor, Medical Genetics and Microbiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Lombard Insurance Chair for Pediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children/Toronto
Review of neurobiology research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Masato Nakafuku, MD, PhD
Distinguished speaker in neurobiology:
Thomas M. Jessell, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Member of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University Medical Center
Review of behavioral research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Lori Stark, PhD
Distinguished speaker in behavioral research:
Kenneth P. Tercyak, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Oncology and Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Psychology Research and Service in the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Member of the Cancer Control research program at the Lombardi Cancer Center
7 pm Reception and Dinner at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, followed by presentation by Michael Katz, MD, Senior Vice President for Research and Global Programs, March of Dimes, Carpentier Professor, Emeritus of Pediatric and Professor, Emeritus of Public Health, Columbia University
Friday, April 18, 2008
7:45 am Continental breakfast in Location S Meeting Room Foyer
8:15 am – 10:45 am Session 3
Chair: Arnold Strauss, MD, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer of Cincinnati Children's and Director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
Review of pulmonary research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Jeff Whitsett, MD
Distinguished speaker in pulmonary research:
Michael Welsh, MD, Roy J. Carver Chair, Internal Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
Review of cardiovascular research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Jeff Robbins, PhD
Distinguished speaker in cardiovascular research:
Deepak Srivastava, MD, Director, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Wilma and Adeline Pirag Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Developmental Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco
Review of nephrology research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Prasad Devarajan, MD
Distinguished speaker in nephrology research:
Andy McMahon, PhD, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
10:45 am – 1:30 pm Session 4
Chair: Thomas Boat, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Review of infectious disease research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: David Bernstein, MD, MA
Distinguished speaker, infectious disease and the child:
Ann Arvin, MD, Lucile Salter Packard Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Review of environmental research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Bruce Lanphear MD, MPH
Distinguished speaker in environmental research:
Philip Landrigan, MD, Professor and Chair, Community and Preventative Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Review of health care quality research at Cincinnati Children's and introduction of speaker: Uma Kotagal, MBBS, MSc
Distinguished speaker, child health care research:
Gerald O'Connor, PhD, ScD, Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, Associate Dean, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth College
Closing remarks:
Future research at Cincinnati Children's: Arnold Strauss, MD
Buffet lunch and close of symposium
