About this Event
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 J. 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”
1:00 PM: 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
Thomas R. 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