SAC 2016

Day 1, Wednesday, April 6, 2016

11:00 am to 1:45 pm: SAC 2016 POSTER SESSION (light lunch available)

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm: SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

• Welcome -- Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Opening comments and introductions -- David Louis, MD, Chair, Executive Committee on Research (ECOR)
• 2016 Mass General Research Scholars -- Dr. Louis

2:15 pm-3:00 pm: ECOR Report
David Louis, MD, Chair, ECOR

3:00 pm-3:30 pm: 2016 Martin Prize for Basic Research
Filip K. Swirski, PhD
Interleukin-3 amplifies acute inflammation and is a potential therapeutic target in sepsis

3:30 pm-4:00 pm: 2016 Martin Prize for Clinical Research 
Andrew T. Chan, MD
Association of aspirin and NSAID use with risk of colorectal cancer according to genetic variants

4:00-4:20 pm: BREAK

4:20 pm-4:50 pm: 2016 Goodman Award
Robert Anthony, PhD
Immunooglobulin Glycosylation in Health and Disease

Day 2: Thursday, April 7

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Executive Breakfast

9:00-9:30 am
Keynote Address: Thematic Centers: Experiments in Science
Daniel K. Podolsky, MD
President, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

9:30-10:15 am
Thematic Center Survey Results

10:15-10:45 am
Wellman Center for Photomedicine
R. Rox Anderson, PhD

10:45 am to 11:00 am
Break

10:00-11:30 am
Center for Systems Biology

10:30 am-12:00 pm
Center for Computative and Integrative Biology

12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch -- SAC members with Invited Faculty

1:30 to 2:00 pm
Center for Regenerative Medicine
David Scadden, MD

2:00-3:30 pm
Center for Human Genetic Research
Sekar Kathirsean, MD

2:30-3:15 pm
MGH Thematic Centers: Open Discussion

3:15-3:45 pm / Simches 3.120
Executive Discussion (SAC Members only)

3:45-4:15 pm
Debriefing (SAC Members and ECOR Leadership)