The 2015 Translational Medicine Symposium will be held in the Kirkland Auditorium at the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.  

Symposium Agenda

Time: Tuesday, April 21st, 2014. 8:30am-4:45pm

8:30am  Breakfast, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

8:50-9:00 Welcome, Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

9:00-10:00 Trainee talks Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 PITM Keynote address.  Dr. Peter Turnbaugh, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, G.W. Hooper Research Foundation, University of      
       California at San Fransisco.  
       Title: “Targeting the gut microbiome for improved drug outcomes”
       Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

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

1:45-2:15 UNC Translational Medicine Researcher.  Dr. Ilona Jaspers, PhD. Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Curriculum in Toxicology and
      Deputy Director of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology.
      Title: "Translational Research Approaches to Examine Air Pollution on Respiratory Host Defense Responses"
      Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

2:15-3:15 Trainee talks  Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-430 CCBTP Keynote speaker.  Dr. Kris C Wood, PhD. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine.
      Title: "Convergent Evolution of Resistance to Targeted Cancer Therapies"
      Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

4:30-4:45 Closing remarks, awards, certificates, Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Science Bldg

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).