2014 Combined Annual Meeting of CSCTR and MWAFMR

2014 CSCTR/MWAFMR Final Program

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 24, 2014

11:00am - 1:00pm	Poster Set-up
11:00am - 9:00pm	Registration open
11:00am - 3:30pm	CSCTR Council Meeting
1:00pm - 4:00pm	MWAFMR Career Development Workshop
	Negotiation and Conflict Management Steven R. Howe, PhD Professor and Head of Psychology University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
	Creating Mentoring Networks Ellen Seely, MD Vice Chair, Faculty Development Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA Download Pre-Assignment
4:00pm - 4:15pm	CSCTR Annual Business Meeting
4:15pm - 5:00pm	New Investigator Session Vascular Stem Cell Therapy of the Diabetic Retina with COMP-ANG1 and Endothelial Progenitor Cells Judd Cahoon, MD/PhD Candidate 2014 Outstanding Young Investigator TRIP-Br2, A Novel Transcriptional Coregulator for Adiposity and Energy Metabolism Chong Wee Liew, PhD 2014 ECDA Recipient Clock Genes and Metabolic Function Jun Yoshino, MD, PhD 2014 ECDA Recipient
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Poster Session & Opening Reception 2014 Outstanding Young Investigator and Oral Abstract Award recipients will be on display during this session.
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Opening Plenary–Max Miller Lecture Biology of Ethnic Disparities in Type 2 Diabetes Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Director, General Clinical Research Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN Download RSVP form here
7:00pm- 9:00pm	Opening Plenary–Management of Chronic Diseases
	Keynote Presenter: Understanding the Pathogenesis of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Disease Michael J. Welsh, MD Professor of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Neurosurgery The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA
	Supporting Presentations by:
	Lupus Nephritis: Management after Induction Brad H. Rovin, MD Director, Division of Nephrology The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH
	Management and Assessment of Heart Failure - Cardiovascular Elizabeth McNally, MD PhD A. J. Carlson Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics Director, Institute for Cardiovascular Research Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic The University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL

Friday, April 25, 2014

7:00am - 4:00pm	Registration Open
7:30am -8:30am	Mentor Breakfast Breakfast is open to students, junior faculty, trainees, assistant professors who are interested in talking to the experts about their future in academic research. Full breakfast will be served. Table Topics: Choosing the Right Academic Position Sticking Up for Yourself: Communication & Negotiation Becoming an Independent Investigator Getting Involved at the Local, Regional and National Level So you want to Become an Author: Providing Tips from Behind the Scenes of a Journal Including Human Subjects in Your Science Setting Priorities: When to Say Yes and How to Say No The Balancing Act for Women as Physician-Scientists Funding Your Research: Writing Successful Grant Applications
8:30am - 9:30am	AFMR Keynote Presentation "Gut Microbes and Heart Disease" Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD The Jan Bleeksma Chair in Vascular Cell Biology and Atherosclerosis The Leonard Krieger Chair in Preventive Cardiology Department Chair Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Prevention Section Head, Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Cleveland, OH
9:30am - 10:30am	Department Chair Session I Antonio Bianco, MD PhD Vice Chair of Internal Medicine Division Chief of Endocrinology Rush University Chicago, IL Intestinal Permeability: The Impact of Alcohol and Shift Work Garth Swanson, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine The Intersection of Community - Associated methicillin-resistant straphylococcu aureus and HIV Kyle Popovich, MD Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Quality Metrics in Colonoscopy Screening: Beyond the Polyp Detection Rate Joshua Melson, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine
10:30am - 11:30am	Department Chair Session II Morie A. Gertz, MD Department Chair of Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN "Modulation of host immune defense by Pneumocystis bet-glucans" Eva M Carmona Porquera, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine C/EBP homologous protein-induced macrophage apoptosis protects mice from steatohepatitis Harmeet Malhi, MBBS Assistant Professor of Medicine Skeletal Structural Changes and Fracture Risk in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Matthew T. Drake, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
11:30am - 12:30pm	Poster Session & Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm	CSCTR Hickam Lecture "Leveraging Clinical Sequencing and Basic Science to Solve Clinical Cases." Howard J. Jacob, PhD Professor, Physiology and Human and Molecular Genetics Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Translational Research – Featured New Investigator Lecture Increased symmetric dimethylarginine as a causative factor of L-arginine deficiency and a predictor of mortality in acute kidney injury Boris Betz, MD Research Fellow, Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
2:00pm -3:00pm	Oral Abstract Session I Epigenetic Regulation Of P. Aeruginosa Mediated Acute Lung Injury By Spingosine Kinase 2 Panfeng Fu, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago Imatinib Attenuates Vascular Dysfunction In Lps-Induced Acute Lung Injury Alicia Rizzo, MD/PhD Candidate University of Illinois College of Medicine A Functional Promoter Variant Of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptor 1 Associates With Susceptibility To Severe Sepsis-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Xiaoguang Sun, MD, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago
2:00pm -3:00pm	Oral Abstract Session II Signaling Kinase Pkd-1 Regulates Endothelial Cell Cd36 Transcription And Stimulates Arteriogenic Responses Bin Ren, MD, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin Blood Research Institute Induction Of Immunological Tolerance By Pulmonary Macrophages During Chronic Exposure To House Dust Mite Antigen Sonali Bracken, MD/PhD Candidate University of Connecticut Health Center Increasing Serum Pre-Adipocyte Factor-1 (Pref-1) Correlates With Decreased Body Fat, Increased Free Fatty Acids, And The Levels Of Recent Alcohol Consumption In Excessive Alcohol Drinkers. Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD Indiana University School of Medicine
3:00pm-4:00pm	Closing Poster Session
4:00pm- 5:00pm	MWAFMR Scholar's Program Reception