Department of Medicine Research Day Agenda | |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH |
| 11:45 AM | OPENING REMARKS Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Robert W. Schrier Chair, Department of Medicine Janine Higgins, PhD, Vice Chair for Research and Professor, Department of Medicine |
| 12:00 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Audrey Murrell, PhD, Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh,
School of Business “Why Mentoring Matters for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” |
| DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE BRIEF RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS | |
| 1:00 PM | Marisha Burden, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division Head, Division of Hospital Medicine “Breaking New Ground: Innovations in Clinical Operations Science” |
| 1:20 PM | Edward Lau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology “Investigating the Aging Proteome and Protein Homeostasis” |
| 1:40 PM | Sarah Jolley, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine “Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19: An Evolving Story” |
| 2:00 PM | Kerrie Moreau, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine “The Birds and the Bees of Vascular Aging” |
| 2:30 PM | POSTER SESSION |
| 3:30 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Tom Cech, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
“Telomerase: Is the Fountain of Youth a Death Trap?” |
| 4:30 PM | ABSTRACT AWARD LIGHTNING TALKS AND RECEPTION |
| 6:00 PM | CLOSE |