“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, Nashville, Tennessee

Welcome/Introductions

Dennis Hall, Assoc Provost Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Physics,Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

“Pharmacologists as Dinomammals: The Changing Face of Pharmacology” 

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

“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

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

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

“An Academic Perspective to ‘Marketing’ Pharmacology”

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

“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

“Representing the Underrepresented” 

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

“Task Force on Learning Objectives for Graduate Students in Pharmacology” 

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

Curriculum Presentations

Richard Robinson, PhD, Columbia University

Lonny Levin, PhD, Cornell University 

David Riddick, PhD, University of Toronto 

Lee Graves, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Robert Speth, PhD, University of Mississippi 

Brian Knoll, PhD, University of Houston 

Edward Morgan, PhD, Emory University

Breakout Sessions:

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)

Elton

 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

Business Meeting

Joey Barnett, Ph.D., Vice-Chair in Pharmacology, Director of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

“Pharmacological Sciences Training Grants – Progress Report” 

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

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

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