Symposium Agenda 2023

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Thursday, Mar. 16

8:00 – 8:40AM	Breakfast at FIU CTS and Check-in Registration table check-in

8:40 – 9:00AM	OPENING REMARKS: Joseph Iannotti, MD, PhD, Chief of Staff for Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston Hospital Juan C. Cendan, MD, Dean of HWCOM; Senior Vice President for Health Affairs; and Professor of Surgery; Dean’s Office; Surgery Stephen Black, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, and Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Associate Vice President for Translational Research, and Director of the FIU Center for Translational Science Michaela Gack, PhD, The Arthur and Marylin Levitt Endowed Chair and Scientific Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center

Session #1:	Infectious Disease and Immunology Session Chairs: Michaela Gack, PhD and Emily Speranza, PhD
9:00 – 9:50AM	Keynote #1 – Jae Jung, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
10:00 – 10:30AM	Michaela Gack, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
10:30 – 11:00AM	Christine O’Connor, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
11:00 – 11:30AM	Jun Zhao, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
11:30 – 12:00PM	Ted Ross, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)

12:00 – 1:00PM	Lunch reception at FIU CTS
12:30PM	Poster Presenter Setup

Session #2:	Pulmonary Disease and Inflammation \| Session Chairs: David Marciano, PhD, Stephen M. Black, PhD
1:00 – 1:50PM	Keynote #2 – Danny Jonigk, MD (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover)
2:00 – 2:30PM	Troy Stevens, PhD (University of South Alabama)
2:30 – 3:00PM	Dolly Mehta, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
3:00 – 3:30PM	Yingze Zhang, PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
3:30 – 4:00PM	Serpil Erzurum, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
4:00 – 5:30PM	Student/ Trainee Poster Session
5:30 – 5:45PM	Awards Ceremony
5:50PM	Bus Leaves back to MMC
6:00 – 8: 00PM	Dinner reception at Cleveland Clinic

Friday, Mar. 17

8:00 – 9:00AM	Breakfast at FIU-CTS atrium

Session #3:	Oxidative Stress and Redox Biology \| Session Chairs: Maria Franco, PhD, Ting Wang, PhD
9:00 – 9:50AM	Keynote #3 – Joseph Beckman, PhD (Oregon State University)
10:00 – 10:30AM	Jessica Spinelli, PhD (University of Massachusetts)
10:30 – 11:00AM	Stephen Chan, MD, PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
11:00 – 11:30AM	Stephen M. Black, PhD (Florida International University)
11:30 – 12:00PM	Donna D. Zhang, PhD (University of Arizona)
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Lunch at FIU CTS

Session #4:	Oncology/Cancer therapies Session Chairs: Younho Choi, PhD and Tony Nikolaev, MD, PhD
1:00 – 1:50PM	Keynote #4 – Justin Lathia, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
2:00 – 2:30PM	Michalina Janiszewska, PhD (University of Florida Scripps)
2:30 – 3:00PM	Ruth Keri, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
3:00 – 3:30PM	Tony Nikolaev, MD, PhD (Cleveland Clinic)
3:30 – 4:20PM	Keynote #5 – Ron Desrosiers, PhD (University of Miami)
4:30PM	Conference Adjourns

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Thursday, Mar. 16

7:00 – 7:40AM	Breakfast at FIU CTS
7:40 – 8:00AM	Opening Remarks – Stephen Black/ Joe Iannotti/ Andres Gil/ Michaela Gack
Honors Lecture
8:00 – 9:00AM	Dr. Timothy Chan, MD, PhD, Center Director, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Session #1:	Keynote Session #1 – Oxidative Stress, Redox Biology, and Inflammation
9:00 – 10:00AM	Keynote #1 – Dr. Joseph Beckman
10:00 – 10:30AM	Jessica Spinelli
10:30 – 11:00AM	Donna Zhang
11:00 – 11:30AM	Naveep Chandel
11:30 – 12:00PM	Stephen Chan
12: 00 – 1:00PM	LUNCH reception at FIU CTS

Session #2:	Keynote Session#2 – Pulmonary Disease and Inflammation
1:00 – 2:00PM	Keynote #2 – Dr. Danny Jonigk
2:00-2:30PM	Troy Stevens
2:30-3:00PM	Dolly Mehta
3:00-3:30PM	YingZe Zhang
3:030-4:00PM	Arshad Rahman
4:00-5:30PM	COMPETITION STUDENT Poster Session and little reception
6:00	DINNER reception

Friday, Mar. 17

8:00 – 9:00AM	BREAKFAST at FIU CTS
Session #3:	Keynote Session #3 – Infection, immunity, and inflammation
9:00 – 10:00AM	Keynote #3
10:30 – 11:00AM
11:00 – 11:30AM
11:30 – 12:00PM
12:00PM – 1:00PM	LUNCH at FIU CTS
Session #4:	Keynote Session #4 – Molecular oncology and cancer therapy
1:00 – 2:00PM	Keynote #4
2:00-2:30PM
2:30 – 3:00PM
3:00 – 3:30PM
3:30 – 4:00PM
4:00PM

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