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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:
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:
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

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