Medical Ecology: A new paradigm 18NOV2010
Thursday November 18, 2010
1:00 – 1:10 p.m. Sign In
1:10 – 1:15 p.m. Welcome – Betsy Foxman, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Director Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
(MAC-EPID), University of Michigan
1:15 – 1:25 p.m. Introduction – Blaise Boles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
1:25 – 1:30 p.m. Introduction – Justin Henderson, MPH, IPID Trainee
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. “Stability and resilience in the human micobiome”, – David Relman, M.D., Thomas M. and Joan C. Merigan Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
2:30 – 2:40 p.m. Break
2:40 – 2:45 p.m. Introduction – Mariana Rosenthal, MPH, IPID Trainee
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. “Microbial ecology in the cystic fibrosis respiratory tract”, – Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, Ph.D., Assistant Research Investigator, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
3:45 – 3:55 p.m. Break
3:55 – 4:00 p.m. Introduction – Brian Davis, MPH, IPID Coordinator
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. “The mediator role of gut microbiota in chronic diseases and its potential as a target for intervention”– Liping Zhao, Ph.D., Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology and Ecogenomics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Friday November 19, 2010
9:00-10:00 Ai Wen, Ph.D., Research Fellow, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
10:00-11:00 Shannon Manning, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
11:00 - 12:00 Alex Rickard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
12:00-2:00 Luncheon and Round table discussions