The 2016 Translational Medicine Symposium will be held in the Rosenau and Michael Hoooker Buildings on UNC Chapel Hill Campus.  

Symposium Agenda

Time: Friday, April 8th, 2016. 8:30am-4:45pm

8:30am  Breakfast, Michael Hooker Building Atrium

8:50-9:00 Welcome. Rosenau Hall 133

9:00-10:00 Trainee talks. Rosenau Hall 133. 

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Keynote address.  Rosenau Hall 133.  
     David Brenner, MD Vice Chancellor, Dean, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
     Title: Genetics of Liver Fibrosis

11:15-12:00 Poster session 1 - Including PITM and CCBTP graduate trainees.  Michael Hooker Building Atrium

12:00-1:00 Lunch. The first 200 registrants will have the options of eating with one of the invited speakers

1:00-1:45 Poster session 2 - Including PITM and CCBTP graduate trainees.  Michael Hooker Building Atrium

1:45-2:15 Local Plenary Speaker.  Rosenau Hall 133 
      Li Qian, PhD  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina
      Title: Mending a Broken Heart: From Developmental Biology to Regenerative Medicine

2:15-3:15 Trainee talks Rosenau Hall 133 

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-430 Keynote speaker. Rosenau Hall 133
    Paul Kirschmeier, PhD Head of Cancer Therapeutics at Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
     Title: The Importance of Translational Research in Cancer Drug Development

4:30-4:45 Closing remarks, awards, certificates, Rosenau Hall 133

The symposium is co-sponsored by the Program in Translational Medicine (PITM), the Office of Graduate Education, and the NCI-funded Cancer Cell Biology Training Program (CCBTP).