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APSA Annual Meeting
2007: Chicago, IL (April 13-15,
2007) |
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American Physician Scientists
Association
3rd Annual
Meeting
Chicago, IL (April 13-15, 2007) |
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From the APSA Meeting Planning
Committee,
APSA is pleased to invite you to its 3rd Annual
meeting to be held in Chicago, IL on
April 13-15, 2007.The APSA Annual
Meeting is being held in conjunction
with the American Society for
Clinical Investigation, the Central
Society for Clinical Research, and
the Midwestern Section of the
American Federation for Medical
Research. On behalf of APSA, ASCI/AAP
and CSCR/MWAFMR, we are delighted to
bring you a stellar meeting filled
with phenomenal speakers, numerous
career development and mentorship
events, and several opportunities to
gain an invaluable perspective on
possible career paths available to
physician-scientists.
APSA members will have two opportunities to present their
scientific research at this combined
meeting. The first opportunity will
be the CSCR/MWAFMR Poster Session on
Friday, April 13, 2007.Abstracts
submitted for this poster session
will be published in the Journal of
Investigative Medicine. The second
opportunity will be at the ASCI
Poster Session on Saturday, April
14, 2007.At this poster session,
you will be able to present your
research to the ASCI and AAP members
who are amongst the leading
physician-scientists in the country
and span across all sectors ranging
from academia, to the NIH, and the
industry.
Provided below is the combined meeting schedule which lists
all of the events for which APSA
registrants are entitled to attend.
Each event on the agenda has been
labeled with the sponsoring
organization. There will be a
diverse group of
physician-scientists in attendance
ranging from well-established
clinical investigators to
K08-holding junior faculty members
and physician-scientists at all
levels of training. This combined
meeting will provide a unique
opportunity for MD-PhD students and
their MD counterparts to interact
with their peers as well as with
leading physician-scientists from
across the country and the world.
Several opportunities are available
for attendees to address career
development issues through informal
social sessions, panel discussions,
young investigator events, the
leadership workshop, and the Morning
Mentorship Breakfasts.
The APSA portion of the meeting along with the ASCI/AAP Joint
Meeting will be held at the Fairmont
Hotel. The Fairmont Hotel is
located on the northern edge of
downtown Chicago across from the
Millennium Park.The CSCR/MWAFMR
combined annual meeting, where APSA
registrants are also invited to
attend, will be held at the Hard
Rock Hotel (which is 2.5 blocks from
the Fairmont Hotel).
On behalf of the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting Planning Committee,
we have worked diligently to bring
you a meeting that is not only full
of stellar speakers but also gives
you the opportunity to be exposed to
the wide myriad of career
opportunities available to
physician-scientists. Speakers
represent every major field of
medicine, academia, NIH, and
industry. These renowned speakers
include Nobel Laureates, Albert Lasker Laureates, Wolf Prize
Recipients, National Medal of
Science Recipients, NIH Institute
Directors, Department Chairs, and
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators.
Registration is now available through our website:
http://registration.physicianscientists.org.Upon registration, you will receive
a registration confirmation and
further instructions regarding
Abstract Submission information.We
look forward to seeing all of you
this spring in Chicago.
Dylan Dodd, 2007 Meeting Planning
Committee Chair
Freddy Nguyen, 2007 Meeting Planning
Committee co-Chair
Nicholas Andrews, Kristina Bray,
Rahul Davé, Kurt Fisher, Stephanie
Graves, Eric Hudgins, Jennifer Kim,
Nicolas Kummer, Kelly Lauter,
Christopher Miller, Eric Schauberger,
Jared Silver, Michelle Stephens |
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From the ASCI/AAP
Joint Meeting Planning Committee,
The American Society for Clinical
Investigation and the Association of
American Physicians are pleased to
invite you to the 2007 ASCI/AAP
Joint Meeting in Chicago. This is
the third occasion for the ASCI and
AAP to meet together with the APSA,
and we encourage you to take
advantage of this opportunity to
hear from scientific leaders and to
receive high-level feedback about
your work. It's also an excellent
mentoring environment: the meeting
offers two Mentorship Breakfasts and
panel sessions addressing a range of
topics of special interest to
M.D./Ph.D. students. You'll be able
to interact with other M.D./Ph.D.
students, young faculty, Department
Chairs, Deans, and leading members
of industry. And your attendance is
free. We hope to see you at this
exciting meeting.
On behalf of the ASCI/AAP Joint
Meeting Planning Committee,
Barbara L. Weber, 2006-2007
ASCI President |
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From the
CSCR/MWAFMR Combined Annual Meeting Planning
Committee,
Dear Members of the
APSA,
The leadership of the Central
Society for Clinical Research (CSCR)
and the Midwestern Section American
Federation for Medical Research (MWAFMR)
invite you to attend the 2007
Combined Annual Meeting April 12-13,
2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel in
downtown Chicago.
In addition to the Trainee Travel
Awards, Outstanding Young
Investigator and Cardiovascular
Awards, CSCR is also offering 50
grants in the amount of $1,000 each
to K08, K12, K23 and K30 Awardees on
a first-come, first-served basis. All abstract submitters will also be
considered for the Oral Abstract
Session which will highlight the top
abstracts in the three categories. These presenters will also receive
an honorarium of $2,500 in addition
to any grants they are awarded. Additional details on how to apply
for a grant or award can be found at
www.cscr.com.
Two plenary sessions, which cross
subspecialty lines, will be
moderated by Steven D. Shapiro, MD,
Chair of Medicine at the University
of Pittsburgh, and Kenneth S.
Polonsky, MD, Chair of Medicine at
Washington University. Each
Department Chair has invited three
outstanding research trainees and/or
junior faculty from their
institutions to present their
research.
The 2007 CSCR Hickam Lecture will be
presented by Edward J. Benz Jr., MD
on “Current Clinical Issues in
Primary Care.” Dr. Benz is
President of the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, the Richard and Susan
Smith Professor of Medicine, and
Professor of Pediatrics and
Pathology at Harvard Medical
School.Further, the MWAFMR Keynote
speaker at the 2007 meeting is Dr.
David Schwartz, Director of NIEHS
and the National Toxicology Program.
You can view the preliminary
program, submit an abstract and
register for the 2007 Combined
Annual Meeting by visiting the CSCR
web site at
www.cscr.com.To reserve a
hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel
Chicago, please call (312) 334-6767
and mention the CSCR/MWAFMR Combined
Annual Meeting.
For more information, please visit
www.physicianscientists.org/Meetings.html
or
www.cscr.com.
We look forward to
your participation!
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Locations: |
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago,
IL (APSA, ASCI/AAP)
Hard Rock Hotel,
Chicago, IL (CSCR/MWAFMR) |
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Partnering Meeting Info: |
ASCI / AAP Joint Meeting
Website
CSCR / MWAFMR Combined
Annual Meeting Website |
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Date: |
April 13-15, 2007 |
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Registration Fee: |
$35.00 (Early Registration ends on March 25)
(American Express, Discover,
MasterCard, Visa, eCheck
accepted via PayPal)
Your
registration fee covers
registration to all three
meetings: APSA, ASCI/AAP,
CSCR/MWAFMR
Late
Registration Fee is set at
$50.00. |
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Hotel Accommodations: |
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago,
IL |
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Registration Deadlines: |
Early
Registration Deadline: March
25, 2007
Late/Onsite Registration
available based on funding
and space availability. |
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Abstract Submission
Deadlines: |
CSCR/MWAFMR
Poster Session: December
8, 2006
ASCI/AAP Poster Session:
February 28, 2007 (Midnight
EST) |
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Poster Sessions: |
There will be two
opportunities for APSA
members to scientifically
contribute to this joint
meeting. Please note
the different abstract
deadlines for each poster
session. APSA members
are eligible to present at
both poster sessions.
The first will
be the Poster Session hosted
by the CSCR/MWAFMR Combined
Annual Meeting. Abstracts for the posters
presented in this session
will also published in the
American Federation for
Medical Research's Journal,
the Journal of Investigative
Medicine and will be indexed
in PubMed.
The second
will be the Poster Session
hosted by the ASCI/AAP
Joint Meeting. Posters
presented at this session
will give APSA members the
opportunity to present their
research to the top leading
physician-scientists from
across the nation. |
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Funding Opportunities:
Travel Awards |
The MAWFMR
will be making several
travel awards available to
APSA members who present at
the CSCR/MWAFMR Poster
Session in the amounts of
$200 for trainees from the
City of Chicago and
surrounding area and $500
for those outside the
surrounding area and the
state of Illinois.
Awards will be based on the
scoring of the submitted
abstracts.
The ASCI will be awarding
three poster awards in the
amounts of $1000.00 at the
conclusion of the meeting
and will be announced on
Sunday, April 15, 2007. |
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Financial Support: We would
like to thank the following
organizations for their financial
support of the APSA 3rd
Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. |
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American Society for
Clinical Investigation
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Friday, April 13, 2007 (The Fairmont
Hotel, Chicago, IL) |
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APSA |
07:00 am - 01:00 pm |
APSA
Registration (Fairmont
Hotel) |
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APSA |
08:00 am - 08:15 am |
Opening
Remarks by the APSA
President, Freddy T. Nguyen |
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APSA |
08:15 am - 09:00 am |
Keynote:
“Career Pathways
for Physician-Scientists”
J.
Larry
Jameson, MD, PhD (Bio)
Irving S.
Cutter Professor and
Chairman, Department of
Medicine
Northwestern
University Feinberg School
of Medicine
Fellow,
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
Member,
Institute of Medicine of The
National Academies
Member,
Medical Advisory Board,
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute |
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APSA |
09:00 am - 09:45 am |
Keynote: TBA
Sally Berry,
MD, PhD
Johnson & Johnson
Pharmaceutical Research &
Development |
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ASCI/AAP |
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm |
ASCI Poster Setup |
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APSA/ASCI/AAP |
01:00 pm - 07:00 pm |
Registration (APSA & ASCI) |
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APSA |
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm |
APSA
Leadership Workshop
Topic:
Laboratory Leadership in
Science
Speaker: Lucy Godley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
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ASCI/AAP |
03:00 pm - 09:30 pm |
Poster Viewing |
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ASCI/AAP |
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm |
Young
Investigator Reception
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ASCI/AAP |
03:00 pm - 05:45 pm |
Opening Plenary Session |
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ASCI/AAP |
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm |
Keynote:
"NIH: State of the
Agency. Challenges and
Opportunities"
Elias Zerhouni, MD (Bio)
National Institutes of
Health (Director) |
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ASCI/AAP |
05:00 pm - 05:45 pm |
Eric S.
Lander, PhD (Bio)
Professor of
Biology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Professor of Systems
Biology, Harvard Medical
School
Member, Whitehead Institute
Founding Director, The Broad
Institute of MIT and Harvard
Fellow, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences
Member, National Academy of
Sciences (1997) |
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ASCI/AAP |
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm |
ASCI Welcome Reception |
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ASCI/AAP |
07:00 pm - 09:30 pm |
ASCI Annual Dinner (space
limited for APSA Members)
Introduction of New Members
Dinner
Address:
Speaker: Brett P. Giroir, MD
(Bio)
Deputy
Director, Defense Sciences
Office
Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
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APSA |
07:00 pm - 09:30 pm |
APSA
Social Events: Alternate Dinner |
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APSA |
09:30 pm - 11:00 pm |
APSA Welcome
Reception |
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APSA |
11:00 pm |
APSA Social
Events |
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Saturday, April
14, 2007 (The Fairmont Hotel,
Chicago, IL) |
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ASCI/AAP |
07:00 am - 08:15 am |
Mentorship Breakfast |
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APSA |
07:00 am - 08:15 am |
APSA Business
Meeting (To Be Attended by
Executive Council,
Institutional
Representatives (current and
potential future)) |
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ASCI/AAP |
07:00 am - 11:15 am |
Poster
Viewing |
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ASCI/AAP |
08:30 am - 11:30 am |
Plenary
Sesion: Global Health /
Vaccines / Infections
Disease |
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ASCI/AAP |
08:30 am - 09:10 am |
Tadataka
Yamada, MD (Bio)
President,
Global Health Program
Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation
Former
President, Association of
American Physicians (2005)
Member,
Institute of Medicine of The
National Academies
Member, Academy of Medical
Sciences (UK)
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ASCI/AAP |
09:10 am - 09:50 am |
Eliav Barr,
MD
Senior
Director of Clinical
Research
Merck
Laboratories
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ASCI/AAP |
09:50 am - 10:15 am |
Break
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ASCI/AAP |
10:15 am - 10:55 am |
Paul Offit,
MD (Bio)
Chief,
Division of Infections
Diseases
The
Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia
Henle
Professor of Immunologic and
Infectious Diseases
University of
Pennsylvania School of
Medicine |
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ASCI/AAP |
10:55 am - 11:15 am |
JCI: Five Years at Columbia University
Andrew R. Mark, MD (Bio)
Chairman, Department of Physiology
Director, Center for Molecular Cardiology
Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Medicine
Columbia University
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ASCI/AAP |
11:15 am - 01:05 pm |
Poster
Session with Lunch |
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ASCI/AAP |
01:05 pm - 03:05 pm |
Plenary
Session : Micro RNAs |
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ASCI/AAP |
01:05 pm - 01:45 pm |
Markus Stoffel, MD, PhD (Bio)
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology
ETH Zurich |
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ASCI/AAP |
01:45 pm - 02:25 pm |
Gary
Ruvkun, MD (Bio)
Professor of
Genetics
Harvard
Medical School |
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ASCI/AAP |
02:25 pm - 03:05 pm |
Akshay K. Vaishnaw, MD, PhD (Bio)
Vice President, Clinical Research
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Member, Royal College of Physicians, UK
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ASCI/AAP |
03:05 pm - 03:20 pm |
Break |
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ASCI/AAP |
03:20 pm - 04:40 pm |
ASCI and AAP
New Member Presentations |
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ASCI/AAP |
03:20 pm - 03:40 pm |
John M. Maris, MD (Bio)
Professor, Department of Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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ASCI/AAP |
03:40 pm - 04:00 pm |
Wylie G. Burke, MD, PhD (Bio)
Chair, Department of Medical History and Ethics
University of Washington, Medical School |
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ASCI/AAP |
04:00 pm - 04:20 pm |
S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD (Bio)
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Vascular Medicine, Nephrology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School |
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ASCI/AAP |
04:20 pm - 04:40 pm |
Herbert W. Virgin, IV, MD, PhD (Bio)
Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine |
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ASCI/AAP |
04:40 pm - 05:10 pm |
ASCI Presidential Address
Barbara L. Weber, MD (Bio)
Vice-President,
Translational Medicine
GlaxoSmithKline |
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APSA |
05:10 pm - 05:25 pm |
Break |
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APSA |
05:25 pm - 06:10 pm |
Keynote: "Sialic
Acids, Humans & Apes: Enjoying the Life of a Physician-Scientist"
Ajit Varki, MD (Bio)
Professor of
Medicine
Co-Director,
Glycobiology Research and
Training Center
Associate
Dean for Physician-Scientist
Training
University of
California at San Diego
Fellow,
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
Member,
Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies
Former
President, American Society
for Clinical Investigation
(1999) |
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APSA |
06:10 pm - 06:55 pm |
Keynote: TBA
Stephen
Katz, MD, PhD (Bio)
Director,
National Institute of
Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases, NIH
Chief of
Dermatology Branch, National
Cancer Institute
Member,
Institute of Medicine of The
National Academies |
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APSA |
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
APSA Social
Event |
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ASCI/AAP |
10:00 pm - 12:00 am |
ASCI/AAP Presidential Dessert Reception |
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Sunday, April 15, 2007 (The Fairmont
Hotel, Chicago, IL) |
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ASCI/AAP |
06:45 am - 07:45 am |
Mentorship Breakfast |
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ASCI/AAP |
08:15 am - 09:00 am |
The Stanley
J. Korsmeyer ASCI Award
Lecture
D. Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Director, Leukemia Program
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard University
Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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ASCI/AAP |
09:00 am - 09:20 am |
Best Poster
Awards Presentation |
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APSA |
09:20 am - 10:00 am |
Keynote: “Ubiquitin,
Protein Degradation and Human Disease”
Alan
Schwartz, MD, PhD (Bio)
Harriet B.
Spoehrer Professor and
Chairman, Department of
Pediatrics
Professor of
Molecular Biology and
Pharamacology
Washington
University at St. Louis
Pediatrician
In-Chief, St. Louis
Children's Hospital
Member,
Institute of Medicine of The
National Academies
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ASCI/AAP |
10:00 am - 10:45 am |
Kober Medal
Presentation
Recipient: Anthony Fauci, MD (Bio)
Director,
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, NIH
Member, National Academy of
Sciences (1992)
Fellow, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences
Council Member, Institute of
Medicine of The National
Academies
Presenter: John I. Gallin, MD
(Bio)
Head, Clinical
Pathophysiology Section
Director, Clinical Center,
National Institutes of
Health
Member, Institute of
Medicine of The National
Academies |
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APSA |
10:45 am - 11:30 am |
Keynote:
“The intersection of medicine and philosophy at the individual and institutional
level”
Lainie
Ross, MD, PhD (Bio)
Carolyn and
Matthew Bucksbaum Professor
Professor,
Departments of Pediatrics
and Medicine
Section Chief
of Community Health
Sciences, Institute for
Molecular Pediatric Sciences
Associate
Director, MacLean Center for
CLinical Medical Ethics
University of
Chicago Pritzker School of
Medicine
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APSA |
11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
Luncheon with Medical
Residency Directors
Carl Bates,
MD
Director
Pediatrics Integrated Research Pathway
Columbus
Children’s Hospital
Eric Boberg,
PhD
Director of Research
Development
Department of Medicine
Physician-Scientist Training
Program
Northwestern University
Alfred L. George, Jr., MD
Director, Institute of Integrative
Genomics
Professor, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Physician-Scientist Training Program
Vanderbilt University
Mark Ginsberg, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Physician-Scientist Training Program
University of
California, San Diego
Vinay Kumar,
MBBS, MD, FRCPath. (Bio)
Chairman,
Department of Pathology
Alice Hogge and Arthur Baer
Professor of Pathology
Pathology Residency Program
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
William Lowe Jr.,
MD
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Medicine
Director,
Physician-Scientist Training
Program
Northwestern University
Anthony J. Muslin,
MD
Professor, Department
of Internal Medicine
Professor, Department
of Cell Biology and Physiology
Physician-Scientist Training
Pathway
Washington University, St.
Louis
Paul Rothman,
MD
Chairman, Department of
Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency
Physician Scientist Training Pathway
University of Iowa Roy J.
and Lucille A. Carver
College of Medicine
William Schnaper,
MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Director,
Physician-Scientist Training
Program
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Alan L. Schwartz,
MD, PhD
Pediatrics Residency Program
Harriet B.
Spoehrer Professor and
Chairman, Department of
Pediatrics
Professor of
Molecular Biology and
Pharmacology
Washington
University at St. Louis
Pediatrician
In-Chief, St. Louis
Children's Hospital
Member,
Institute of Medicine of The
National Academies
Eric Svensson,
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Physician Scientist
Development Program
University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine
Diane B. Wayne,
MD
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Northwestern
University
Charles M. Wiener,
MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
Director,
Osler Medical House Staff
Training Program
Johns Hopkins University,
School of Medicine
Fred A. Zar, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Vice Head of Education, Department of Medicine
Chief, Inpatient Medical Service, University of Illinois Hospital
Physician-Scientist/Clinical
Investigator Pathway, Internal
Medicine Residency
University of Illinois at Chicago |
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APSA |
12:45 pm - 12:55 pm |
American Medical
Association Foundation Remarks
Barney R.
Maynard, MD
AMA Foundation Board Member |
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APSA |
12:55 pm - 02:25 pm |
Panel: Post-Graduate
Opportunities
Jay M. Edelberg,
MD, PhD
Director, CVU Biomarkers
GlaxoSmithKline
Audiey Kao,
MD, PhD (Bio)
Vice President, Ethics
Standards
American Medical Association
Clinical Associate
Professor, Department of
Medicine
The University of Chicago
Hospital
Elise C. Kohn,
MD (Bio)
Head, Molecular Signaling
Section, Laboratory of
Pathology
Head, Medical Ovarian Cancer
Clinic
Co-Chair, Breast and
Gynecologic Oncology Faculty
Center for Cancer Research,
National Cancer Institute
Acting Director, Medical
Education Program
Office of Intramural
Training and Education
Office of Intramural
Research, National
Institutes of Health
Elizabeth
McNally, MD, PhD (Bio)
Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, University
of Chicago Pritzker School
of Medicine
Director,
Institute for Cardiovascular
Research
Director,
Cardiovascular Genetics Lab |
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APSA |
02:25 pm - 02:30 pm |
Closing
Remarks |
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