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NMRI Annual Workshop, April 23–24, 2009, North Bethesda, MD
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NMRI Annual Workshop, April 23–24, 2009, North Bethesda, MD
 
 
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

   
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
   
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Medical School
Dr. Lawrence Agodoa, Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

   
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address
Dr. Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann, Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado, Denver

   
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Minority Health and Health Disparities
Dr. Joyce Hunter, Deputy Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

   
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Break

   
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Overcoming Barriers to Minority Involvement in Health Research:  Minority Participants as Partners in Research
Dr. Jerry Johnson, Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

   
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch and Networking (Informal)

Networking/Collaboration (10-minute presentations)
Dr. Keith Norris, Vice President for Research, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Dr. Orhan Öz, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Dr. Jesus Lopez-Guisa, Assistant Professor, Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute

   
12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Parallel Interactive Workshops—Developing and Maintaining an Independent Research Program
   
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Your Role as a Research Leader:  Recruiting, Screening, and Releasing Staff
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/University of California, Los Angeles

Laboratory Management:  Building and Sustaining an Effective Team
Dr. Carlos Isales, Associate Director, Medical College of Georgia

Establishing and Managing a Clinical Research Program
Dr. Glenn Chertow, Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

Leveraging Your Science
Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Medical School

   
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Break/Switch Sessions
   
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Session 2 (Repeat of Session 1)
   
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

State-of-the-Art Scientific Sessions

CRIC Ancillary Study
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Emerging Risk Factors in Kidney Transplants:  HPV 16 E6/E7 Induction of Genomic Instability and Cellular Sequelae
Dr. Eva McGhee, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco

   
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Developing a Research Program—Case Study I:  Clinical Research
Dr. Bessie Young, Associate Professor, University of Washington

   
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Break (Poster Setup)
Oversight Committee Meeting (4:00 – 4:45)

   
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Marco Cabrera Poster and Networking Session—Overview
Dr. Eva McGhee, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Orhan Öz, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

   
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Dinner Address
Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director, Morehouse Cardiovascular Research Institute

   

Friday, April 24, 2009

   
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Mentor/Mentee Meeting (7:30 – 8:15)

   
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Business Meeting and Committee Reports

Oversight Committee Report
Dr. Shirley Blanchard, Associate Professor, Creighton University

Planning Committee Report
Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Medical School

   
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Funding Opportunities
Dr. Judith Podskalny, Program Director, NIDDK

   
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Fostering a Diverse Faculty
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/University of California, Los Angeles

   
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Poster Session Awards
Dr. Eva McGhee, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Orhan Öz, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

   
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
   
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Mock Study Section Review

Mock Study Section 1
SRO:  Dr. Michele Barnard, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
Chair:  Dr. Mark Lawson, Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego

Mock Study Section 2
SRO:  Dr. Michael Edwards, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
Chair:  Susanne Nicholas, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Mock Study Section 3
SRO:  Dr. Maria Davila-Bloom, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
Chair:  Dr. Samuel Nurko, Director, Harvard Medical School

Mock Study Section 4
SRO:  Dr. James Hyde, Senior Advisor, Research Training and Career Development Programs, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, NIDDK
Chair:  Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/University of California, Los Angeles

   
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Networking
Burness Communications
   
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Taking Your Research From Scientific Curiosity to Grant Funding/Preparing an NIH Grant Application and Budget
Dr. Dale Abel, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine 

   
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

The Role of Scientific Societies and Professional Organizations in Promoting Minority Research and Minority Investigators

American Physiological Society
Dr. Martin Frank, Executive Director

National Kidney Foundation
Mr. Dolph Chianchiano, Vice President Health Policy and Research

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dr. Jim Gavin

   
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Wrap-Up, Next Steps, and Adjournment
Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Medical School
Dr. Lawrence Agodoa, Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, NIDDK

   


 
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