2010 Spring Symposium and Kroc Lecture Agenda

Agenda

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Luncheon and Poster Session Lobby Biomedical Research Building II/III
1:30 - 1:45 PM	Welcome Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Auditorium BRB II/III Opening Remarks - Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh Dean, School of Medicine Executive Vice President for the University of Pennsylvania Health System
1:45 - 2:15 PM	Joseph A. Baur, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physiology “Molecular Mechanisms of Caloric Restriction”
2:15 - 2:30 PM	Michael Rickels, M.D., M.S. Director, Penn DERC Medical Student Program "NIDDK Medical Student Summer Program"
2:30 - 2:45 PM	Michael Parmacek, M.D. Director, Cardiovascular Institute "Potential CVI and IDOM Interactions"
2:45 - 3:00 PM	Shelley Berger, Ph.D. Director, Penn Epigenetics Program "Introduction to the Penn Epigenetics Program"
3:00 - 3:15 PM	BREAK
3:15 - 3:45 PM	Doris A. Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine “Of Mice and Men: Molecular mechanisms governing the development and function of pancreatic beta cells”
3:45 - 4:00 PM	IDOM Outstanding Research Project Awards Presentation Basic Science Patient-Oriented Research
*Panel of Guest Judges:*	Domenico Accili, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Columbia University James F. Hyde, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Career Development (“K” awards) & Diabetes Centers Programs, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health Paula Kiberstis, Ph.D., Senior Genetics Editor, Science Ushma S. Neill, Ph.D., Executive Editor, The Journal of Clinical Investigation Randy Levinson, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Nature Medicine Kenneth S. Polonsky, M.D., Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University in St. Louis Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University Susanne Tranguch, Ph.D., Editor, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cell Press
4:00 - 5:00 PM	Kroc Lecture: Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University "Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Lipodystrophy and the Metabolic Syndrome"

Supported by: Penn Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (NIH DK 19525), and The Kroc Foundation.

For updates and Information please contact Gina Burgese at (215) 898-4365 or gburgese@mail.med.upenn.edu.