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2005 Sessions / Events

National Meeting of Directors of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology

July 21-23, 2005

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 

Thursday, July 21, 2005

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

 

Meeting Registration (Embassy Suites Lobby)

Transportation to Meharry for the Reception will be provided beginning at approximately 3:00 pm

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

 

Welcome and Reception (to be held in the main lobby of the West Basics Sciences Building of Meharry Medical College)

“Pharmacology's Future: Avoiding the Suffocation of the Bell Jar

Lee Limbird, Ph.D. Vice President for Research and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Meharry Medical College

 

 

(Dinner following – on your own. Transportation back to the hotel will be provided beginning at approximately 5:30 pm

Friday, July 22, 2005

 

Breakfast at the hotel begins at 6:00 am. 

 

 

Transportation to the meeting site on campus will be provided beginning at approximately 8:00 am)

8:30 am – 12:15 pm

 

Morning Session (to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital)

8:30 am

 

Welcome/Introductions

8:50 am

 

Pharmacologists as Dinomammals: The Changing Face of Pharmacology

Robert Gould, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Merck Pharmaceuticals,Boston,Massachusetts

9:20 am

 

"What the Pharmaceutical Industry requires for success

Marlene Cohen, Ph.D., Distinguished Lilly Fellow (retired), Eli Lilly and Company, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Vice President, Creative Pharmacology Solutions LLC, Carmel, Indiana

9:50 am

 

“The World of West Coast Biotechs: Needs and Opportunities”

Franz F. Hefti, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Drug Development, Rinat Neuroscience,Palo Alto,California

10:15 am

 

Break

10:35 am

 

An Academic Perspective to ‘Marketing’ Pharmacology

Barbara Beckman, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Assistant Dean of Admissions, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana

11:00 am

 

“Interdisciplinary Umbrella Programs…perceptions on the Vanderbilt IGP after 14 years”

Roger Chalkley, D. Phil., Senior Associate Dean, Biomedical Research Education & Training, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

11:25 am

 

Representing the Underrepresented

Lou DeFelice, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Director of the Vanderbilt Bridges Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

11:55 am

 

Lunch/Informal Discussion

1:15 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Afternoon Session (to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital)

1:15 pm

 

Task Force on Learning Objectives for Graduate Students in Pharmacology

J. R. Haywood, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson, Pharmacology and Toxicology,MichiganStateUniversity,East Lansing,Michigan

1:35 pm

 

Curriculum Presentations

Richard Robinson, PhD,ColumbiaUniversity

Lonny Levin, PhD,CornellUniversity

David Riddick, PhD,University ofToronto

Lee Graves, PhD,University ofNorth Carolina atChapel Hill

Robert Speth, PhD,University ofMississippi

Brian Knoll, PhD,University ofHouston

Edward Morgan, PhD, Emory University

3:00 pm

 

Break

3:15 pm – 5:30 pm

 

Breakout Sessions  (to be held in Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Conference Rooms, 8thfloor)

 

VICC Room A Topic

VICC Room B Topic

VICC Room C Topic 

Session 1:

 

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

 

 

Undergraduate Programs

(Discussion Leader: 

 B. Beckman)

Hamm

 

Umbrella Programs 

(Discussion Leaders:

 R. Chalkley and J. Barnett)

Eltom

 

Master’s Degrees 

(Discussion Leaders:

JR Haywood, J. Lucot)

Sawyer

Session 2:

 

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

 

 

Curriculum Issues  

(Discussion Leader:

R. Robinson) 

Sawyer

 

Minority  Issues 

(Discussion Leader:

 L. DeFelice)

Hamm

 

NIH 

(Discussion Leaders:

P. Preusch &

 A. Zajicek)

Barnett

Session 3:

 

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

 

 

Curriculum Issues 

(Discussion Leader:

 Y. Tu)

Barnett

 

Umbrella Programs 

(Discussion Leader:

 R. Chalkley)

Beckman

 

NIH 

(Discussion Leaders:

P. Preusch &

A. Zajicek)

Eltom

 

 

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

 

Late Afternoon Session (to be held in the 3rdfloor Breezeway of Robinson Research Building)

 

Science Poster Session & Reception – Pharmacology Graduate Students from Vanderbilt and Meharry

 

(Dinner on your own.  Transportation back to the hotel will be available beginning at approximately 6:30 pm)

Saturday, July 23, 2005

 

 

Breakfast at the hotel begins at 6:00 am.  Transportation to the meeting site on campus will be provided beginning at approximately 8:30 am. Be sure to wear your name badges to obtain entrance to the meeting site.

9:00 am – 12:15 pm

 

Morning Session (to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital)

9:00 am

 

Business Meeting

9:30 am

 

“Pharmacological Sciences Training Grants – Progress Report”

Peter Preusch, Ph.D., NIGMS Training Grant Program Director, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda,Maryland

10:10 am

 

“Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology: What’s new at the NIH”

Anne Zajicek, M.D./Pharm.D., Pediatric Medical Officer, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda,Maryland

10:50 am

 

TBA

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

 

Lunch/Informal Discussion

Transportation to the airport will be provided continuously beginning at approximately 9:00 am until 2:15 pm.