4th Annual Poster Symposium

Sponsored by

Joslin Diabetes Center &

Harvard MIT Combined MD-PhD Program

Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 3:30-6:00 pm

Posters and reception: 3:30-4:45 pm - Tosteson Medical Education Center - 2nd floor Atrium

Symposium and panel discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm - Cannon Room (C- Bldg.)

Moderator

Joel Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics; Associate Director of the MD-PhD Program

Faculty Participants

Christophe Benoist, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Immunology)

Sudha Biddinger, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Joslin Diabetes Center

Stephen Blacklow, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology; Director MD-PhD Program (BBS)

Mel Feany, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, MD-PhD Summer Course Director

Jose Florez, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, MGH

Joel Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics; Associate Director of the MD-PhD Program (BBS)

George King, MD, Professor of Medicine

Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (BBS)

Diane Mathis, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Immunology)

Mary-Elizabeth Patti, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Steven Shoelson, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (BBS)

Amy Wagers, PhD, Assistant Professor in Pathology (Immunology, BBS)

Symposium and Panel Discussion (Cannon Room, C-Bldg.)

4:50 pm - Cash prize to student poster: Joel Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics

4:55 pm - Welcome and Introduction: Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

5:00-5:15 pm - Speaker: Amy Wagers, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology

"Stem Cells and Tissue Repair"

5:15-5:30 pm - Speaker: Steven Shoelson, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine

"Fueling the fire: on how obesity promotes disease"

5:30-6:00 pm - Panel Discussion: “What do I do with Two Degrees?”

Panel Participants:

Sudha Biddinger, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, JoslinDiabetes Center

Mel Feany, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, MD-PhD Summer Course Director

Jose Florez, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, MGH

Joel Hirschhorn, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics; Associate Director of the MD-PhD Program (BBS)

Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (BBS)

MD-PhD Program, Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Room 168, Boston MA 02115

Tel: 617-432-0991; Fax: 617-432-2791

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Web: www.hms.harvard.edu/md_phd