Opening Remarks and Welcome, Dorothy Betts Theatre, Marvin Center 1st Floor

Valerie Hu, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chair, Committee on Research, GWUMC

John F. Williams, MD, EdD, MPH
Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs

Steven Knapp, PhD
President, The George Washington University

Keynote Address, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Introduction of Dr. Varmus:       Dr. Peter Hotez

Keynote Speaker:

Harold E. Varmus, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

“Remaking Cancer Research: Programs and Policies”

Keynote Address, Public Health and Health Services
Introduction of Dr. Kessler:      Dean Ruth Katz

Health Sciences Oral Presentation(1)
Moderator:  Margaret Plack, EdD, Chair, Dept of Health Care Sciences Program Director, Physical Therapy

• Ellen M. Dawson, Ph.D., A.N.P., “The National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative: Interactive Online Training for Nurses”
  
  

Medical Student Oral Presentations (3)
Moderator: Anne N. Hirshfield, PhD, Faculty Advisor
William Beaumont Society, Associate Vice President for Health Research, Compliance and Technology Transfer

• Amrita Karve “Potential Unintended Financial Consequences For Pay-For-Performance”
• Ahmed Mohyeldin “The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis and Brain Cancer”
• Rigved Tadwalkar “Breast Specific Gamma Imaging as an
  Adjunct Modality for the Diagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer”

Presentation of 2008 Doris DeFord Speck and George Speck, MD, Endowed Prize in the School of Medicine for Student Medical Research

Introduction of Dr. David Speck to present the Speck Award on behalf of his parents
Dr. Anne Hirshfield, Faculty Advisor, William Beaumont Society

Alan A.Z. Alexander – “Potent Anti-Tumor Activity of gd T Cells towards Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma”

Faculty Awards Ceremony

Elaine H. Snyder Cancer Research Award Recipient
Presenter: Valerie Hu, PhD, Chair, Committee on Research

Steven R. Patierno, PhD
Executive Director, GW Cancer Institute
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

Distinguished Researcher Award
Presenter:  Anne Hirshfield, PhD, Associate Vice President of Health Research, Compliance and Technology Transfer

Tim G. Hales, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

• Fadia Hajazi – “Breast Cancer Aggressiveness is Independent of Socioeconomic Status in Black and White Women
• Laura Reimers – “Descriptive Epidemiology as a Reflection of
  Biologic Heterogeneity for Cervical Carcinoma”
• Daniela Resh – “Pregnancy Ambivalence and Contraceptive Use Among Urban Adolescents”

• Basic Science Category Winner
  Andrea T. Badillo, MD – Resident
  Department of General Surgery “Lentiviral Gene Transfer of SDF-1A to Wounds Improves Diabetic Wound Healing”
• Case Report Category Winners: (Co-Winners)
  Gustavo Ferrer, MD – Fellow
  Department of Medicine – Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Division
  “Granulomatous Bronchiolitis Produced by Inhalation of Diacetyl From Microwaveable Popcorn Bags”
• Alison R. Huppmann, MD - Resident
  Department of Pathology
  “Cerebellar Medulloblastoma in the Elderly: Case Report and Review of the Literature”
• Clinical Research Category Winners (Co Winners)
  Scott Cohen, MD - Fellow
  Department of Medicine – Nephrology Division
  “Pain, Sleep Disturbance, and Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients”
• Seth M. Pollack, MD – Resident
  Department of Medicine
  “Assessment of the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Comorbidity Index in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Receiving Reduced-Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation”

IBS Student Oral Presentations (3)
Moderator: Linda Werling, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Education
and Director, Institute for Biomedical Sciences

• Laura M. Beaver – “Inflammation and Survival Signaling Following Cenotoxin-Induced Lung Injury”
• Russell Morton – “Flurophore-assisted Light Inactivation of Recombinant 5-HT2A Receptors”
• Erica Reeves – “A Systems Biology Approach to Studying Muscle’s Response to Glucocorticoids”