February 8, 2008
Scientific Advisory Committee annual meeting schedule
Celebration of Science
at MGH
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
| 11:00 am - 1:45 pm | SAC 2008 POSTER SESSION (Simches 2) |
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (Simches 3100)
| 2:00 pm | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, MGH Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Chair, ECOR Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, ECOR |
| 2:20 pm | Cell Membranes from the Origin of Life to Modern
Biology Jack W. Szostak, PhD |
| 2:50 pm | Development of Gene Silencing Tools to Dissect the
Immune Response Nir Hacohen, PhD |
| 3:20 pm | Turning Adult Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD |
| 3:50 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm |
Genetics and Genomics in Psychiatry: A Hopeful Future |
| 4:30 pm | Solving the Mystery of General Anesthesia Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD |
Bridges Between MGH and Industry:
A 360?° Look
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, (Simches 3100)
| 8:00 am | Welcome and Opening Comments Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, MGH |
| 8:20 am | The MGH Context Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Chair, ECOR |
| 8:50 am | Charting A Course for the Future: PHS Commission
on Interactions with Industry Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Partner |
| 9:15 am | The Cultural and Political Context of Science: A
Global Perspective Mark J. Walport, PhD, FMedSci, Director, The Wellcome Trust |
| 9:45 am | Learning From Past Experience: Industry and the Academy Dennis A. Ausiello, MD, MGH Chief of Medicine |
| 10:10 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Building Bridges: Industry and The Academy Moderator: Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, ECOR Panelists: Alan Breier, MD, Eli Lilly; Christoph Westphal, MD, PhD, Sirtris |
| 11:30 am | Building Bridges: MGH and Industry Now Moderator: Robert E. Kingston, PhD Panelists: Christopher H. Colecchi; Maurizio Fava, MD; Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD; Brian Seed, PhD; Anne B. Young, MD, PhD |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Conflict of Interest: The Public's Perceptions and
Concerns David Blumenthal, MD, Director, MGH Institute for Health Policy |
| 2:00 pm | Learning from SAC Members' Experience Moderator: Joseph L. Goldstein, MD, Chair, SAC 2008 SAC Member Panel |
| 3:00 pm | Going Forward Moderator: Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, MGH Panelists: Susan Hockfield, PhD, President, MIT; Steven E. Hyman, MD, Provost, Harvard University; Edward P. Lawrence, Esq, Chair, MGH Board of Trustees; Phillip A. Sharp, PhD, Member, MGH Board of Trustees |
| 4:00 pm | Summary: The Next Steps Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Chair, ECOR |