Symposium Agenda 2022
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First South Florida Translational Research Symposium 4/13/22 – 4/14/22
Florida International University Center for Translational Science hosted the First South Florida Translational Research Symposium on April 13-14, 2022. The symposium featured four renowned plenary speakers addressing the highly relevant research topics of aging; oxidative stress, infection, and inflammation; endothelial function; and mitochondria and metabolism. On Wednesday, April 13, the symposium highlighted student research by featuring a competitive poster abstract session where undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students presented their research. A committee of judges determined the first-place research project in each group and present a ceremonial plaque.
Wednesday, April 13: |
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| 8:30 – 9:25AM | Registration and breakfast in the atrium |
| 9:25 – 9:30AM | Opening Remarks
Stephen Black, PhD, Scientific Director, FIU-CTS; Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work; Associate Vice President of Translational Research, FIU |
| Session #1: Aging | |
| 9:30 – 10:30AM | Keynote Speech #1
GR Scott Budinger, MD, Professor and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine; Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine |
| 10:30 – 12:30PM | Student Poster Presentations and Luncheon |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Ying Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, FIU-CTS |
| 12:45 – 1:00 | Jeremy Chambers, PhD, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, FIU |
| 1:00 – 1:15 | Jason Richardson, MS, PhD, DABT, Fellow ATS, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, FIU |
| 1:15 – 1:30 | Heidi Mansour, PhD, RPh, FAIMBE, Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, FIU-CTS |
| 1:30 – 1:45 | Coffee Break |
| Session #2: Oxidative Stress, Infection, and Inflammation | |
| 1:45 – 2:45 | Keynote Speech #2
Eva Nozik, MD, Professor of Pediatrics – Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Julie Ledford, PhD, Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine; Associate Director of Translational Research, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director and Chair, Florida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Institute |
| 3:45 – 4:00 | Hitendra Chand, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Nano-Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FIU |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | Break |
| 4:15 – 4:45 | Event Photos and Lab Tours |
| 4:45 – 5:15 | Poster Awards Presentation and Reception with Students |
| 5:15 | Students Depart |
| 5:45 – 7:15PM | Reception |
Thursday, April 14: |
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| Session #3: Endothelial Function | |
| 7:15 – 8:00AM | Breakfast in the atrium |
| 8:00 – 9:00AM | Keynote Speech #3
Jeffrey Fineman, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics; Chief of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension; Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Institute; University of California, San Francisco |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Jason Boehme, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Sanjeev Datar, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Division of Critical Care |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Geno Pawlak, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California, San Diego |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Jan-Christopher Kamp, MD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session #4: Mitochondria and Metabolism | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Keynote Speech #4
Stephen Black, PhD, Scientific Director, FIU-CTS; Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work; Associate Vice President of Translational Research, FIU-CTS |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Kim Tieu, PhD, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, FIU |
| 11:45 – 12:00PM | Manivannan Yegambaram, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, FIU-CTS |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Haiwei Gu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work; Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; Head, Metabolomics Program, FIU-CTS |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Adel Nefzi, PhD, Research Professor, Office of Research and Economic Development, FIU-CTS |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Symposium conclusion and closing remarks Stephen Black, PhD, Scientific Director, FIU-CTS |
| 12:45pm | Adjourn |
