= APSA sponsored event
A PDF copy of the printed meeting program is available
Thursday, April 14th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
Grant Writing Workshop: Katherine Knight, PhD, Loyola University Chicago Grant-Writing workshop for the post-graduate physician-scientist trainee, led by a senior physician-scientist Crystal Room |
Friday, April 15th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 am – 11:00 am |
APSA Business Meeting Moulin Rouge |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
APSA Keynote Speaker #1: Anna Penn, MD, PhD, Children's National Medical Center Sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society Perinatal Brain Damage: A Placental Disorder International Ballroom |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
APSA Keynote Speaker #2: Diane Griffin, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Acute Virus Infections: Determinants of Outcome International Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
Poster Setup Imperial Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
APSA/ASCI/AAP Plenary Session I: Good and Bad Bugs International Ballroom Session Moderators: Vivian Cheung, Dan DelloStritto, and Linda Fried |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #1: Anthony S. Fauci, MD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: An Achievable Goal International Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #2: Julie A. Segre, PhD, National Institutes of Health Skin Microbiome: What's the 'skinny' on Microbiome? Interplay of Skin Microbes, Immune Cells, and Barrier in Health and Disease International Ballroom |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
APSA Panel Discussion: Key Issues Facing Physician Scientists: Insights and Policies Governing Bench to Bedside, Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Research Gold Room |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
ASCI New Member Presentation: Andy Minn, MD, University of Pennsylvania International Ballroom |
| 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm |
AAP New Member Presentation: Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Curing Inherited Blindness International Ballroom |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
ASCI New Member Presentation: Sallie Permar, MD, PhD, Duke University International Ballroom |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
AAP New Member Presentation: Robert F. Silicano, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Barrier to Curing HIV Infection International Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
-- Break -- International Foyer |
| 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
Session Moderators: Christine Seidman, Levi Garraway, and Jillian Liu |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
ASCI/Harrington Prize Lecture: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University International Ballroom |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
APSA Keynote Speaker #3: Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, Sanofi Today's Immunology: Leading Tomorrow's Fight Against New Viruses and Cancer International Ballroom |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
ASCI Presidential Address: Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, Harvard University Believe the Miracles: Of Biomedical Science and Human Suffering International Ballroom |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm |
ASCI/Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award Lecture: Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University International Ballroom |
| 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
APSA Keynote Speaker #4: Lasker Foundation Award Lecture, Michael Brown, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Why Prizes? International Ballroom |
| 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm |
ASCI President's Reception (by invitation only) Gold Room |
| 6:15 pm – 9:30 pm |
Poster Viewing (no presentations) Imperial Ballroom |
| 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm |
ASCI Annual Dinner & Introduction of New Members (ticketed event) Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, The Ohio State University Moulin Rouge |
| 9:00 pm – 12:00 am |
APSA Welcome Reception & APSA President's Address: Daniel DelloStritto, President, APSA Formal reception to encourage networking and interaction between APSA members. Signature Room, 360° Chicago at the John Hancock Center |
Saturday, April 16th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am |
AAP Council Meeting (AAP Council members only) State Room |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am |
Mentoring Breakfast ASCI and AAP members join APSA members for breakfast, sharing their career advice and answering trainee questions in an informal setting. Moulin Rouge |
| 8:00 am – 9:30 am |
Poster session and continental breakfast Odd number posters will be presented and judged Also featuring presentations by the ASCI’s 2016 Young Physician-Scientist Awardees Imperial Ballroom |
| 9:30 am – 11:45 am |
APSA/ASCI/AAP Plenary Session II: Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation of Human Disease Session Moderators: Vivian Cheung, John Carethers, and Peter Mittwede International Ballroom |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #3: Richard A. Young, PhD, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Cell Identity International Ballroom |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #4: Stuart Orkin, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Solving the Human Fetal to Adult Hemoglobin Switch International Ballroom |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am |
APSA Trainee Oral Abstract Presentation #1 Kevin Bersell, Vanderbilt University Genomic Editing in iPSCs Establishes that a Rare TBX5 Variant Causes Brugada Syndrome International Ballroom |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #5: Mike Snyder, PhD, Stanford University Personalized Medicine: Integrative Omics for Managing Health and Disease International Ballroom |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am |
APSA Keynote Speaker #5: Huda Zoghbi, MD, Baylor College of Medicine Genetic Approaches to Tackle Neurodegenerative Disorders International Ballroom |
| 11:45 am – 1:30 pm |
Poster Session with Lunch Even number posters will be presented and judged Imperial Ballroom |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm |
Poster Reviewer Meeting (poster judges only) Royal Room |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
Poster Dismantle Imperial Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
APSA/ASCI/AAP Plenary Session III: Cool Tools and Forward Technology Session Moderators: Alex Adami, Ben Ebert, and Serpil Erzurum International Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #6: Dave Tuveson, MD, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Insight from Studies of Pancreatic Cancer Organoids International Ballroom |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
APSA Trainee Oral Abstract Presentation #2 Tiffany Fleet, Baylor College of Medicine SRC-2 Integrates Polygenic Inputs to Maintain Glucose Homeostasis International Ballroom |
| 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #7: Robert S. Langer, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering International Ballroom |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Best Poster Awards International Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
-- Break -- International Foyer |
| 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm |
APSA/ASCI/AAP Plenary Session IV: Metabolism Session Moderators: Karen Doersch, Ben Ebert, Paul Rothman International Ballroom |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote Speaker #8: David Altshuler, MD, PhD, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Human Genetics and the Discovery of New Medicines International Ballroom |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
ASCI/AAP Keynote #9: Daniel J. Drucker, MD, University of Toronto Enteroendocrine Therapies for Diabetes, Obesity, and Gastrointestinal Disorders International Ballroom |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
AAP Presidential Address: Christine Seidman, MD, Harvard University AAP: 130 Years of Biomedical Research & Much More Still to Do International Ballroom |
| 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm |
Kober Medal Presentation
Recipient: Peter Agre, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Due to illness, the medal was accepted by Diane Griffin on behalf of Peter Agre
Presenter: Paul B. Rothman, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine International Ballroom |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
ASCI Reception for New Members and Young Physician-Scientist Poster Session (by invitation only) Gold Room |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
APSA Panel Discussion: Couples in Medicine State Room |
| 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
AAP Reception, Dinner & Business Meeting (AAP members only) Imperial Ballroom |
| 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
AAP Dinner Speaker: Joe Goldstein, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas How to Solve a Scientific Puzzle: Clues from Stockholm and Broadway APSA members join AAP members for the dinner speaker. Imperial Ballroom |
| 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm |
APSA Dinner & Keynote Speaker #6: Helen Mayberg, MD, Emory University Finding One's Scientific Niche: Musings from a Clinical Neuroscientist Moulin Rouge |
| 10:00 pm – 12:00 am |
Dessert Reception (open to all attendees) An opportunity for APSA members to converse with and learn from senior physician-scientist members of the AAP. Imperial Lobby |
Sunday, April 17th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am |
Interest Group and Mentorship Breakfast APSA’s specialty society partners provide mentors from across the spectrum of medical specialties so that trainees can speak with mentors who work in the clinical field they hope to pursue in an informal setting. Moulin Rouge |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
Society Leadership Wrap-up Meeting (society leadership members only) State Room |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
APSA Keynote Speaker #7: David Wright, MD, Emory University Sponsored by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Translating Basic Science Into Successful Clinical Trials: Is There A Path for Neuroprotection? Moulin Rouge |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am |
APSA Panel Discussion: Post-Graduate Opportunities Moulin Rouge |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 pm |
APSA Panel Discussion: What is Translational Research? Cuvee |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
APSA Panel Discussion: Ethics – Paper Submissions and Data Reproducibility Cuvee |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
APSA Panel Discussion: Technological Innovations Crystal |
| 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Future of Medicine and Residency Luncheon Opportunity for APSA members to meet and talk with directors of residency programs with significant research experiences Moulin Rouge |