Schedule

Monday, April 12^th All times shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
4:00 - 4:10 PM	Welcome Dawn Belt Davis, MD, PhD, CSCTR President; Attaya Suvannasankha, MD, MWAFMR Chair
4:10 - 4:55 PM	AFMR Keynote Presentation Moderator: Attaya Suvannasankha, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine Academia Collaborations with Industry – Lessons for the Future S. Sethu Reddy, MD, Central Michigan University
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Bone Marrow Transplant Symposium Harnessing the Immune System against Cancer: Lessons from Bone Marrow Transplant Moderators: Pavan Reddy, MD, University of Michigan Cancer Center; Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP, University of Minnesota Immune Cellular Therapy for Malignancy: TILS CAR T-Cells Michael R. Bishop, MD, University of Chicago Why does Thrombotic Microangiopathy Occur after Stem Cell Transplant? Stella M Davies, MBBS, PhD; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Lessons from the Biology of Pregnancy Applied to Graft-Versus-Host Disease Shernan Holtan, MD, University of Minnesota
6:00 - 6:20 PM	Award Presentations
6:20 - 6:50 PM	Poster Presentation 101 Poster Presentation 102
6:50 - 7:20 PM	MWAFMR Career Development Workshop Moderators: Attaya Suvannasankha, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine Scientists on Social Media: Claiming the Digital Space Armand Krikorian, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago/ Advocate Christ Medical Center
Tuesday, April 13^th All times shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
4:00 - 4:30 PM	Department Chair Session Chair: Mary Beth Humphrey, MD PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Section Chief of the Department of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy in the Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Title to be Announced Parthasarathy Chandrakesan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Studies of the Microbiome in Osteoarthritis Matlock A Jeffries, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology NOTCH3 Regulation of Human Airway Epithelial Club Cell Differentiation Matthew Walters, PhD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
4:30 - 5:30 PM	The Effect of COVID-19 in the Research Workplace Moderators: Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP, University of Minnesota; Dawn Belt Davis, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison Speakers to be Announced
5:30 - 5:50 PM	Award Presentations
5:50 - 6:20 PM	Poster Presentation 201 Poster Presentation 202
6:20 - 6:55 PM	MWAFMR Career Development Workshop Moderators: Attaya Suvannasankha, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine Writing in the Sciences Kristin Sainani, PhD, Stanford University Introduction with Journal of Investigative Medicine (JIM) Editor-in-Chief Richard W. McCallum, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Wednesday, April 14^th All times shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
4:00 - 4:45 PM	Research Innovations Moderator: John D. Dickinson, MD, PhD Challenges of Conducting Research on Rare Viral Illness such as Ebola James Lawler, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center
4:45 - 6:20 PM	Biomarkers in Nephrology Moderator: Suman Setty, MBBS, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Does the Microbiome Predict Kidney Disease or does it Influence It? Sanjeev Akkina, MD, Loyola University Medical Center Transplant Biomarker Development Bruce Kaplan, MD, Raleigh R White Professor and Vice President, Baylor Scott and White Health Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury Jay L. Koyner, MD, University of Chicago Q&A
6:20 - 6:50 PM	Poster Presentation 301 Poster Presentation 302
6:50 - 7:20 PM	Networking Happy Hour Sessions Sticking up for Yourself: Communication and Negotiation Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine How to Learn from and Land Leadership Positions on Regional and National Committees Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP, University of Minnesota; Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Thursday, April 15^th All times shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
4:00 - 5:15 PM	Max Miller Lecture in Diabetes Research Moderators: Dawn Belt Davis, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Terry G. Unterman, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago VA West Side Medical Center Mapping Mitochondrial Nutrient Metabolism in Liver Shawn C. Burgess, PhD, Professor, Center for Human Nutrition and Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center Modulating Thermogenic Beige Fat for Metabolic Health Yuwei Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Endocrine Regulation of Carbohydrate Homeostasis by FGF21 Matthew J. Potthoff, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Iowa
5:15 - 5:35 PM	Award Presentations
5:35 - 6:05 PM	Poster Presentation 401 Poster Presentation 402
6:05 - 6:35 PM	Networking Happy Hour Sessions Becoming an Independent Investigator: How do I Separate Myself from my Mentor(s) and Start my own Laboratory? John D. Dickinson, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; David J. Kennedy, PhD, The University of Toledo Funding your Research: Writing Successful Grant Applications Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD

Friday, April 16^th All times shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
4:00 - 4:45 PM	CSCTR John B. Hickam Endowed Lecture The John B. Hickam Endowed Lectureship was established in 1981 to honor John Hickam, President of CSCR in 1970. At the time of his death in 1970, Dr. Hickam was Chair of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Hickam was internationally recognized in medical research, particularly in the areas of lung, heart and circulatory system diseases. Dr. Hickam was also responsible for the administration of research programs, which established the Indiana University School of Medicine as one of the nation’s primary centers for research in heart disease. Moderator: David J. Kennedy, PhD, University of Toledo Innovation in the Extreme Scott E. Parazynski, MD, physician and former NASA astronaut
4:45 - 5:50 PM	Cardiology/Pulmonary Lecture Moderator: Steven Dudek, MD, University Illinois at Chicago Aspects of the Extrapulmonary Effects of Asthma and Cardiovascular Effects Nizar N. Jarjour, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Single Cell Analysis of Lung Populations in Pulmonary Fibrosis Paul Reyfman, MD, MS, Instructor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
5:00 - 6:10 PM	Award Presentations
6:10 - 6:40 PM	Poster Presentation 501 Poster Presentation 502
6:40 - 7:10 PM	Networking Happy Hour Sessions Setting Priorities: When to Say Yes and How to Say No Debra J. Romberger, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Dawn Belt Davis, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison The Balancing Act for Women in Medicine and Science Attaya Suvannasankha, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Emily K. Sims, MD