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Experimental Biology Meeting

Translational Symposia To Be Presented At
Experimental Biology 2011

April 9-13, 2011
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC


AFMR - Translational Medical Research Development Workshop*
Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 2:00-5:15 PM, 146B
Keys for Translation: Science and Strategy*

Deborah Zucker, MD, PhD
AFMR/Tufts University
Presenters: Charis Eng, MD, PhD, FACP – Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute
Kenneth I. Kaitin, PhD – Tufts University
Sanjeev K. Munshi, PhD, MBA - Merck & Co.
Sharma Prabhakar, MD, MBA, FACP - Texas Tech University Health Science Center
William T. Talman, MD – VAMC

Symposium I*
Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 10:30-12:30 AM, Ballroom B
Angiotensin-Insulin Crosstalk: A True Translational Story from Bedside to Bench*

Sharma Prabhakar, MD, MBA, FACP
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Presenters: Elmus Beale, PhD – Paul Foster School of Medicine
Franco Folli, MD, PhD – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Gabriel Navar, PhD – Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Symposium II*
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 3:15-5:15 PM, 146C
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pathogenesis and Treatment from Bench to Bedside*

Allison Reiss, MD
Winthrop University Hospital
Presenters: Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
Thomas M. Jeitner, PhD - Winthrop University Hospital
Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD – John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Symposium III*
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 3:15-5:15 PM, 155
Vitamin D: Relevance in Infection, Inflammation and Asthma*

Robert J. Freishtat, MD, MPH
Children’s National Medical Center
Presenters: Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH – Massachusetts General Hospital
Sabah F. Iqbal, MD - Children’s National Medical Center
Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH - Children’s National Medical Center

Symposium IV*
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 3:15-5:15 PM, 147A
Mechanisms of Prostate Cancer Progression to the Castration-resistant State*

Michael J. McPhaul, MD, Nima Sharifi, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Presenters: Richard Auchus, MD, PhD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bruce Montgomery, MD – University of Washington

*This symposium is supported by a grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH.