Genomics and the Frontiers of Health Science 2014 Research Meeting Preliminary Agenda

2014 Research Meeting
December 4-5, 2014
Washington Court Hotel
Washington, DC
Preliminary Agenda
Genomics and the Frontiers of Health Science
Wednesday, December 3rd
4:00 pm
Vice Presidents for Research ELG Early-Arrivals Session (by invitation)
Thursday, December 4th
8:00 am
Registration
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome
Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD, MACP, President and CEO, Association of
Academic Health Centers
Morning Session: Current and Emerging Frontiers
9:10 am
Genomics and Personalized Medicine: The NIH Undiagnosed Disease
Program
William A. Gahl, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, National Human Genome
Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
10:00 am
Your Genomics Core is a Force Multiplier, Not a Business
Michael E. Zwick, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Human Genetics
and Pediatrics, Scientific Director, Emory Integrated Genomics Core, Emory
University School of Medicine
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am
Considerations for Sharing Clinical Trial Data
Erin Wilhelm, MPH, Project Director, Center of Excellence in Regulatory
Science and Innovation (CERSI), Georgetown University
11:50 am
Combining Big Data from the EHR with Genetic Data from a Biobank:
Temple's Approach to Participating in a PCORI Clinical Data Research
Network (CDRN)
Mark G. Weiner, MD, FACP, FACMI, Assistant Dean for Informatics, Professor,
Clinical Sciences, Temple University School of Medicine, Chief Medical
Information Officer, Temple University Health System
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12:30 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Lunch Session: NIH Funding and Workforce Update
Sally Rockey, PhD, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National
Institutes of Health
Afternoon Session: Ethical Frontiers and Case Studies
1:45 pm
The 100K Person Wellness Project
Nathan D. Price, PhD, Associate Director, Institute for Systems Biology
2:30 pm
Customized Treatments for Patients with Early Stage Colorectal
Cancer: Georgetown University Medical Center Case Study
Louis M. Weiner, MD, Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
Robert Clarke, DSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, Co-Director,
Breast Cancer Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dean of
Research, Georgetown University Medical Center
Elliott Crooke, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs, Georgetown
University Medical Center
Sona Vasudevan, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Adjunct Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Protein Information
Resource, Director, Dual-Degree Program in Systems Medicine, Georgetown
University Medical Center
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Ethical Issues and Genomics: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Arthur Caplan, PhD, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of
Bioethics, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population
Health, NYU Langone Medical Center
Arthur L. Beaudet, MD, Chair, Molecular and Human Genetics, Professor,
Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics, and Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine (invited)
5:30 pm
Reception
Friday, December 5th
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Morning Session: Global and Future Frontiers
8:00 am
AAHC Benchmarking & Metrics Initiative: New Data on Research Costs
Anthony J. Knettel, JD, Senior Director for Policy and Strategy, Association of
Academic Health Centers
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8:45 am
Maximizing the Collective Value of Infrastructure and Expertise:
A New Approach to Research
Ross McLennan, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Scannexus
9:30 am
Break
10:00 am
The Future of Health Science Research: Presentations and Panel
Discussion
Richard A. Gibbs, PhD, Wofford Cain Chair and Professor, Molecular & Human
Genetics, Director, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of
Medicine
Richard Harris, Correspondent, Science Desk, National Public Radio (NPR)
News
Olivier Lichtarge, MD, PhD, Director, Computational and Integrative
Biomedical Research Center, Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine
11:30 am
Adjourn
11:30 am
Planning Committee Meeting and Lunch
(VPR Planning Committee members only)
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