Most Recent Annual Retreat
2008 Agenda
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DoubleTree Hotel 4727 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803 Day 1 September 15, 2008 |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Introductions |
| Jay S. Greenspan, M.D. | Chief of Pediatrics, Nemours, AI duPont Hospital for Children Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| Vicky L. Funanage, Ph.D. | Director of Nemours Biomedical Research |
| Thomas H. Shaffer, MS.E., Ph.D. | Associate Director, Nemours Biomedical Research Principal Investigator Director of the Nemours Center for Pediatric Research |
| 9:00 a.m. | Presentations by Target Investigators |
| Moderators: Carolyn Schanen, M.D., Ph.D. and Akins, Ph.D. | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 a.m. | Julia Barthold, M.D., Associate Chief, Division of Urology "Developmental Mechanisms of Undescended Testis" |
| 9:20 - 9:40 a.m. | Wenlan Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist "Mechanisms of Cell Death in Spinal Muscular Atrophy" |
| 9:40 - 10:00 a.m. | Grace Hobson, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist "Molecular Mechanisms in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease" |
| 10:00 - 10:10 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 - 10:30 a.m. | Aaron C. Chidekel, M.D., Attending Physician "Oxygen and Barotrauma Effects on Human Airway Epithelium" |
| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Andy Tsuda, M.D., Attending Physician, Assistant Professor "Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Cardiovascular Diseases" |
| 10:50 - 11:10 a.m. | Thierry Morlet, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist "The Medial Olivocochlear Bundle and Speech-in-Noise Deficits" |
| 11:10 - 11:30 a.m. | Kamin Johnson, Ph.D., Research Scientist "Mechanistic Biomarkers of Endocrine Disruptor Exposure" |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Question/Answer session |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions with Target Investigators & External Advisory Committee |
| 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation "COBRE Type 1 to Type 2 Transition: Do's and Don't Do's" James F. Padbury, M.D. Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital Providence, Rhode Island Principal Investifator, COBRE for Perinatal Biology Member "Best Doctors in America" 2007-2008 |
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Day 2 September 16, 2007 |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Workshops |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Thomas M. Powers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Philosophy Assistant Director of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Program University of Delaware Director, Science, Ethics and Public Policy Program Delaware Biotechnology Institute Recent research focuses on ethics of emerging technologies, especcially nanotechnology, computer ethics and environmental ethics. "Bioethics in a Time of Changing Technology" |
| 10:30 - 10:40 a.m. | Break |
| 10:40 a.m. - 12:10 a.m. | Susan Stearsman Director, Admissions and Recruitment Thomas Jefferson University Hospital "Grantsmanship - The Pre-Award Process" |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| Adjournment | |
| 2007 Retreat |