Department of Medicine Research Day Agenda

11:30 AMLUNCH
11:45 AMOPENING 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 PMKEYNOTE 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 PMMarisha Burden, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division Head, Division of Hospital Medicine
“Breaking New Ground: Innovations in Clinical Operations Science”
1:20 PMEdward Lau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
“Investigating the Aging Proteome and Protein Homeostasis”
1:40 PMSarah 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 PMKerrie Moreau, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
“The Birds and the Bees of Vascular Aging”
2:30 PMPOSTER SESSION
3:30 PMKEYNOTE 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 PMABSTRACT AWARD LIGHTNING TALKS
5:30 PMCLOSE

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