August 14th - 16th 2005 : : Windber PA : : USA
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SUNDAY, August 14, 2005
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Registration for 5th Annual Healthstyles 5K Race
9:00 AM
Start of 5k Race
9:30 AM
Start of 1.5 Mile Fun Walk
1:00-8:00 PM
Registration and Booth Setup



MONDAY, August 15, 2005
6:00-7:00 AM
Breakfast/Registration and Booth Setup    
7:00-8:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Tour by
Congressman John P. Murtha, U.S. Congress
   
8:00-9:00 AM
Opening Ceremonies    
Opening Remarks:
David Klementik, Chairman of the Board, Windber Research Institute
   
Partner Presentations/Introductions: Michael Liebman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Windber Research Institute    
Special Address:
Rep. John P. Murtha, U.S. Congress
   
  Remarks: F. Nicholas Jacobs, President & CEO Windber Research Institute and Windber Medical Center    
  Closing Remarks: David Klementik, Chair of the Board, Windber Research Institute    
9:00-9:20 AM
Break    
9:20 AM -12:00 PM
Plenary Session 1:
Integrative Health and Health Policy
   
9:20-9:50 AM

Lecture 1: (Keynote) Individualized Genomic Stress Induction Signature Reversal With Recreational Music-Making
[Abstract]

Barry Bittman, MD
Medical Director & CEO, Mind-Body Wellness Center

   
9:50-10:05 AM

Lecture 2:Identification of Molecular Changes Associated with Breast Tumor Phenotype in African American Women
[Abstract]

Lori Field, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Windber Research Institute

   
10:05-10:35 AM

Lecture 3: Using Mixed Methodologies to Study Health-Related Beliefs, Practices, and Outcomes
[Abstract]

Etienne J. (Tina) Phipps, Ph.D.
The Einstein Center for Urban Health Policy and Research

   
10:35-10:50 AM

Lecture 4: OPEN
(Speaker Cancellation)

   
10:50-11:20 AM

Lecture 5: Dealing With Uncertainty in the Assessment of Diagnostic and Prognostic Factors in Cancer
[Abstract]

Huseyin Seker, Ph.D., MSc, BSc, MIEEE, MSPS

   
11:20-11:50 AM

Lecture 6: Biomedical Informatics Research at Windber Research Institute
[Abstract]

Hai Hu, Ph.D.
Director of Biomedical Infomratics, Windber Research Institute

   
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch (windber High School)
Introduction by Joan Schank, Director of Education, PTEI
   
1:00-5:20 PM
Plenary Session 2:
Genomics
  Plenary Session 3:
CME
1:00-2:00 PM

Lecture 7 (Keynote): The Future Direction of the Human Genome Project
[Abstract]

Eric D. Green, MD, Ph.D.
National Human Genome Research Institute

1:30-2:00 PM

(Keynote) CME - Cardiovascular: Cardiac CT: A new method to assess coronary artery disease
[Abstract]

Thomas J. Brady, M.D.

2:00-2:30 PM
Lecture 8: When Good Data Goes Bad: Thoughts Regarding Data Quality
[Abstract]

Roger E. Davis, Ph.D.
2:00-2:30 PM

CME – Cardiovascular: Cardiac PET-CT Imaging
[Abstract]

Joseph Machac, M.D.

2:30-3:00 PM

Lecture 9: HER2 Gene Amplification as a Marker for Global Genomic Instability
[Abstract]

Rachel Ellsworth Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Windber Research Institute

2:30-3:00 PM

CME – Cardiovascular: Changing Medical Management with FDG PET
[Abstract]

Robert S. Bridwell, M.D., MBA

3:00-3:20 PM
Break
3:00-3:20 PM

CME – Cardiovascular: PET/CT State of the Art: Clinical Applications
[Abstract]

Ajit N. Shah, M.D., MBA

3:20-3:50PM

Lecture 10: Novel Ion Channel Genes: From Fertility to Respiratory Rhythm Control
[Abstract]

Dr. Dejian Ren, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania

3:30-4:30 PM

CME – PET/CT: PET Imaging Technology and Applications in Cardiology
[Abstract]

Phil Vernon
Global Research Manager for PET CT
GE Healthcare Technologies

3:50-4:20 PM

Lecture 11: Subject TBD

[Abstract]

Yaw-Ching Yang, Ph.D. Windber Research Institute

 
4:20-4:50 PM

Lecture 12: An Application of Array CGH Technology to Genomic Studies
[Abstract]

Norma J. Nowak, Ph.D.

 
4:50-5:20 PM

Lecture 13: The Role of Boron in Prostate Cancer
[Abstract]

Stephen Carper, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry, UNLV

 
6:00-9:00 PM

VIP Reception
Adventures in Biotechnology for High School Students: A Biotech/Life Sciences Economic Development Grant RA-119-05-5014


(Ms. Schank to make a formal announcement of program.)

Joan Schank, MPA - Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI)

 

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TUESDAY, August 16, 2005
7:00-7:50 AM
Onsite Registration/Breakfast    
7:50-8:00 AM
Introduction
Michael N. Liebman, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Windber Research Institute
   
8:00 AM -12:00 PM
Plenary Session 4:
Modeling
   
8:00-8:30 AM

Lecture 14 (Keynote): Stochastic Simulation of Biochemical Systems
[Abstract]

William H. Sanders, Ph.D.

   
8:30-9:00 AM

Lecture 15: The NIH Molecular Libraries Initiative and the PubChem Database
[Abstract]

Stephen Bryant, Ph.D.

   
9:00-9:30 AM

Lecture 16: Use of Bayesian Networks and Machine Learning to Map Complex Diagnoses to Outcomes
[Abstract]

John Eberhardt, Ph.D.

   
9:30-10:30 AM

Lecture 17: Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Computational Analyses of Heterogeneity in Breast Disease: A Case Study in Datamining Clinical Records for Disease Hypothesis Generation
[Abstract]

Susan Maskery Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow, Windber Research Institute
   
10:00-10:20 AM
Break   Plenary Session 5:
CME
10:20-10:50 AM

Lecture 18: Breast Cancer Risk Models – Integrating Molecular, Imaging, and Patient Diagnostics to Improve Disease Management
[Abstract]

Christopher Hammond

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

(Keynote) CME- Mammography

1.) Digital Mammography – Current Capabilities and Limitations

2.) Medicolegal Aspects of Breast Cancer – Challenges for the Whole Breast Physician Team
[Abstract]

Jay Parikh, M.D. FRCP

10:50-11:20 AM
Lecture 19: Towards Mechanistic Modeling and Systematic Analysis of Human Cells for Cancer Prognosis and Treatment
[Abstract]

Wen-mei Hwu, Ph.D. 

   
11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Lecture 20: The Role of Diagnostic Testing in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
[Abstract]

Al Kovatich  
   
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch    
1:00-4:00 PM
Plenary Session 6:
Proteomics
  Plenary Session: CME
1:00-1:30 PM

Lecture 21 (Keynote): New Multi-Dimensional Strategies for Identifying Low Abundance Proteins in Serum and Plasma for Disease Biomarker Discovery
[Abstract]

David Speicher, Ph.D. 

1:00-2:00 PM

CME Breast Imaging and Ultrasound Applications
[Abstract]

Daniel A. Tyskiewicz RDMS

1:30-2:00 PM

Lecture 22: Chromatography of Difficult and Water-Insoluble Proteins
[Abstract]

Andrew J. Alpert, Ph.D. 

2:00-2:30 PM
 
2:00-2:30 PM

Lecture 23: Genetic Analysis of Complex Disease: The SOP3 Web Server for Design of Oligonucleotide Primer Trios
[Abstract]

Steven Ringuist 

2:30-3:00 PM
 
2:30-3:00 PM

Lecture 24: Proteomic Poetry: A Pattern-based Approach to Biomarker Discovery

[Abstract]

Wade T. Rogers, Ph.D.

3:00-3:20 PM
 
3:00-3:30PM

Lecture 25: Perifosine, a Novel Alkylphospholipid as an Inhibitor of cPLA2 for Human Cancers
[Abstract]

Krishnendu K. Roy, Ph.D. 

3:30-4:30 PM
 
3:30-4:00 PM

Lecture 26: Applying a "Divide and Conquer" Strategy to Proteomic Discovery: IgY Proteom/Partitioning and ProteomeLab PF 2D/Fractionation Applications in Biomarker Discovery
[Abstract]

Bob Stetler 

 
4:00-4:15 PM
Closing Ceremonies
 


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