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4th Annual Research Day Agenda

Take a moment to browse the exciting program we have planned for you!
Time Topic/Speaker
7:30 - 8:00am Round Table Registration
8:00 - 9:00

Round Tables

9:00 - 9:30

Research Day Registration

9:30
Welcome

Atul Malhotra, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Research 

Sara Gianella Weibel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Mentoring

Block 1: From Cellular Mechanisms to Clinical Impact: Immune Modulation and Tissue-Based Innovation

9:30 - 10:00

"Bench, Bedside and Beyond: Turning Discovery and Clinical Insight into Therapies"

Eric Adler, MD
Professor of Medicine

Farah Sheikh, PhD, FCVS, FAHA
Professor of Medicine

10:00 - 10:15

"Estradiol-Driven Modulation of Innate Immunity and HIV Reservoirs in Transgender Women”

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Hastie, MD
Associate Physician
Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health

10:15 - 10:30

"Stromal state plasticity defines disease trajectory and therapeutic opportunity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease"

Harrison Penrose, MD, PhD
Fellow
Gastroenterology

10:30 - 12:00pm Lunch & Poster Viewing
12:00 - 1:00
Keynote Presentation

Title: TBD

Moupali Das, MD, MPH
Vice President, Clinical Development, HIV Prevention & Virology Pediatrics
Head, HIV Prevention
Gilead Sciences

1:15 - 2:00
Speaker Panel

"Translating Discovery: Patent, Partnership, and Pathway to Market"

James Mackay, PhD: Entrepreneur and Investor
Magda Marquet, PhD: Entrepreneur and Investor
Deborah Nguyen, PhD: Entrepreneur and Investor
Dylan Kornbluth: Cooley, LLP

Moderator:
Greg Horowitt

Block 2: Personalized Health Monitoring Technologies
2:00 - 2:45

"Overview of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization"

Greg Horowitt
Director, Innovation Design
UC San Diego

"Designing Point-of-Need Medical Sensing Technologies"

Edward J. Wang, PhD
Associate Professor
UCSD ECE & Design Lab

2:45 - 3:00

"Electrical Impedance Tomography and Acute Respiratory Failure"

Alex Pearce, MD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonary and Critical Care

3:00 - 3:15

"Personalized hypoglycemia risk assessment among people living with diabetes using widely available wearable sensors"

Robert Thomas, MD, PhD
Assistant Clincal Professor
Endocrinology & Metabolism

3:15 - 3:30

Afternoon Break

Block 3: Aging Pathways and Digital Disease Biomarkers

3:30 - 4:00

"Stem Cell Pathways, Aging, and Cancer Evolution" 

Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division Chief
Regenerative Medicine

4:00 - 4:15

"Development and Validation of a Digital Biomarker for Peripheral Artery Disease"

Matt Ramsis, MD
Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

4:15 - 5:00
Keynote Presentation

"On Drug Discovery and Self Discovery"

Reshma Kewalramani, MD, FASN
Chief Executive Officer & President
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

5:00
Closing Remarks &
Poster Winners

Zea Borok, MD
Helen M. Ranney Professor
Chair, Department of Medicine

5:00pm

Department of Medicine Networking & Reception

6:00 - 8:30pm

Internal Medicine Residency Poster Session