SAC 2015
AGENDA
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON:
POSTER SESSION
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AFTERNOON:
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
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Welcome
Peter L. Slavin, MD
President, Massachusetts General Hospital
Opening Comments and Introductions
Robert E. Kingston, PhD
Chair, Executive Committee on Research (ECOR)
2015 MGH Research Scholars
Dr. Kingston
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
2015 Martin Prize for Basic Research
"Targeting Cancer Metastasis Through Circulating Tumor Cells"
Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD
2015 Martin Prize for Clinical Research
"Leveraging Human 'Knockouts' to Understand Wellness and Disease"
Sekar Kathiresan, MD
2015 Goodman Award
"Regulation of Starvation Survival and Fat Storage by Thrifty Metabolic Pathways"
Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Reflections on Research Training
Constance L. Cepko, PhD
Genetics and Ophthamology,
Harvard Medical School,
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thursday, April 2, 2015
MORNING:
Welcome and Opening Comments
Peter Slavin, MD
President, Mass General Hospital
ECOR Report
Robert E. Kingston, PhD
Chair, ECOR
Integration of Mass General Research to the Partners Enterprise
Anne Klibanski, MD
Partners Chief Academic Officer
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard
Bruce Walker, MD
**BREAK**
MGH Cancer Center
Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD
**LUNCH**
RESEARCH TRAINING: THE ROADS AHEAD
Opening Summary/Overview of Issue
Robert E. Kingston, PhD
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Roadblocks and Speedbumps
The curent challenges facing trainees
Destinations
The opportunities and possible solutions
Bridges and highways
The resources required to reach solutions
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Moderator: Thilo Deckersbach, PhD
Panel: David Fisher, MD
David Langeneau, PhD
Andrea McClatchey, PhD
BASIC SCIENTIST FELLOWS
Moderator: Dennis Brown, PhD
Panel: Bradley E. Bernstein, MD, PhD
Sylvie Breton, PhD
Robert E. Kingston, PhD
PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST FELLOWS
Moderator: Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
Panel: Marcia Goldberg, MD
Jay Rajogpal, MD
Ravi Thandhani, MD, MPH
OPEN DISCUSSION
How does MGH capitalize in a time of disruption?"