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Thursday, April 22, 2010
       
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
       
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Introductions
Dr. Bessie Young, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lawrence Agodoa, Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination (OMHRC), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

       
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address
From a Small Thought to a Multidisciplinary Center
Dr. Willa Hsueh, The Methodist Hospital
       
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Minority Health and Health Disparities:    Loan Repayment/NCMHD, NIH Hot Topics/New Initiatives
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.  

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

       
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

       
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Networking (Informal)

How to Develop a National Reputation
Dr. Sharon Anderson, Professor, Department of Medicine, Oregon
Health & Science University
       
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. New NIH Review Criteria and Requirements for Proposal Submissions for FY 2010 Awards
       
  1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Overview
Dr. Michele Barnard, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
       
  1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Study Section 1 (R01 Clinical)
SRO:  Dr. Lakshmanan Sankaran, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
Chair: Dr. Samuel Nurko, Director, Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Children’s Hospital Boston

Study Section 2 (R01 Basic)
SRO:  Dr. Michele Barnard, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK
Chair:  Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Study Section 3 (K Award)
SRO:  Dr. James Hyde, Program Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, NIDDK
Chair:  Dr. Robert Ferry, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
       
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Role of Scientific Societies and Professional Organizations

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dr. James Gavin III, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

American Society of Hematology
Dr. Cage Johnson, Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Roles for Private Funders in the Support of Programs for Underserved Communities
Dr. Betsy Myers, Senior Program Officer

       
3:45 p.m. – 4: 45 p.m.

Scientific Presentations

Metabolic Signatures of Human Liver Function in Health and Disease
Dr. Juan Sanabria, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Chronic Kidney Disease Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Dr. Stacey Jolly, Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute

       
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Break (Poster Setup)
Oversight Committee Meeting

       
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Marco Cabrera Poster and Networking Session—Overview
       
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Dinner Address
How Understanding Population Substructure Can Help Us Better Address Health Disparities
Dr. Fatimah Jackson, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina
       

Friday, April 23, 2010
       
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Mentor/Mentee Meeting (7:15 – 8:00 a.m.)
       
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Business Meeting and Committee Reports

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

Planning Committee Report
Dr. Bessie Young, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
       
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Poster Session Awards/Presentation (Possible R03 Grant)
       
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Funding Opportunities
Dr. Frank Hamilton, Program Director, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, NIDDK  
       
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

NIDDK Central Repository
Dr. Rebekah Rasooly, Program Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, NIDDK
       
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Parallel Interactive Workshops
       
  10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Session I
How to Write a Good Grant/Creating a Hypothesis for Basic Scientists
Dr. Francisco Villarreal, Professor, University of California, San Diego

How to Write a Good Grant/Creating a Hypothesis for Clinical Scientists
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

How to Develop a Research Portfolio
Dr. Eddie Greene, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Medical School

Assistant to Full Professor
Dr. Bessie Young, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Gregory Florant, Professor, Colorado State University

       
  11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break - Switch Sessions
       
  11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.   Session II (Repeat of Session I)
       
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Wrap-up, Next Steps, Adjournment
Dr. Bessie Young, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lawrence Agodoa, Director, OMHRC, NIDDK

       


 
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