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Speakers at the GI Research Forum
This weekly series is presented every Thursday
at 4:00pm in Room M112 of Baylor College of Medicine’s
DeBakey Building, from September through May. UTHSC also
provides visiting guests to the DDC audience.
Speakers include a diverse mix of clinicians
and basic scientists, senior investigators from the Texas
Medical Center in Houston, and from across
the country.
| January |
7 |
Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pediatrics & Molecular and Human Genetics
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Baylor College of Medicine |
Genetics of Colon Cancer in the Adolescent and Young Adult Population |
M. Estes
BCM |
14 |
Susan Henning, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Associate Director, Medical Student Research
University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine |
The Elusive Intestinal Stem Cell: Progress and Challenges |
M. Estes
BCM |
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Susumu Okabe, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Honoris Causa Doctors
University of Pec, Hungary |
On the Advances of Ulcer Studies over the past 40 years |
L. Lichtenberger
UTHSC |
February |
4 |
Lopa Mishra, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
New Insights into Cancer Stem Cell Syndromes through the TGF-β Signaling Pathway |
M. Finegold
BCM |
11 |
Kenneth K. Wang, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. |
The 2009 Hilda Schwartz Awardee
Novel Imaging of Barrett's Esophagus and Epithelial Cancers |
H. El-Serag
BCM |
18 |
Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum
Chair,, Stanley C. Moore Professor
Bioengineering
Rice University, Houston |
In Vivo Optical Imaging to Monitor Inflammatory and Neoplastic Disease in the GI Tract |
M. Estes
BCM |
25 |
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March |
4 |
Ruben Quiros, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics & Surgery
Chief, Pediatric GI, Hepatology & Nutrition
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver & Intestinal Transplantation
University of Nebraska |
Intestinal Transplantation in Children: Update and Lessons Learned |
Beth Carter
BCM |
11 |
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital |
The Gastrointestinal Microbiome: Latest Developments |
M. Estes
BCM |
18 |
Brennan M.R. Spiegel, M.D., MSHS, FACG
Assistant Professor of Medicine
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief of Education and Training, UCLA GI Fellowship Program
Director, UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) |
IBS Management |
H. El-Serag
BCM |
25 |
Richard Colletti, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Pediatrics,
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Associate Chief, Vermont Children's Hospital
Burlington, VT |
T3 Translational Research on the Road Map to Improved IBD Care |
G Ferry
BCM |
April |
1 |
Double Feature
Gonghuan Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Chinese Center for Disease
Control and Prevention (China CDC)
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Xin Sun, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, National Center for NCD Control and Prevention
Deputy Director, China-U.S. Collaborative Project Office on NCD Research
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) |
Emergence of Non-Communicable Diseases and Response in China
Chinese Children and Families
Health Cohort Study |
H El-Serag
BCM
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Randy Johnson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston |
Genetic analysis of mammalian Hippo signaling: a novel growth and tumor suppressor pathway |
M. Finegold BCM |
| 12 |
Monday, April 12
2nd Annual Frontiers in Digestive Diseases Symposium: Infection in GI Health and Disease |
15 |
ean-Pierre Issa, M.D. American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor , Department of Leukemia Co-Director, Center for Cancer Epigenetics Institute of Basic Sciences UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston |
Cancer Epigenetics |
R. Bresalier MDACC |
22 |
Donghui Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology - Research
Division of Cancer Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Genetic Factors that Modified the Risk and Survival of Pancreatic Cancer |
H El-Serag BCM |
29 |
DDW Dress Rehearsal, with…
Courtney Balentine, M.D.
Samson Cantu, M.D.
Jason Hou, M.D.
Jennifer Kramer, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Shumei Song, M.D., Ph.D. |
Waist Circumference Predicts Increased Complications in Rectal Cancer Surgery
P2Y2 Purinergic Receptor Knockout Mice Exhibit Increased Susceptibility to Liver Injury in a Mouse Model of Biliary Fibrosis
Treatment of Hemorrhagic Radiation Proctitis Using Cryoablation
HCV Treatment and SVR: Gaps in the Face of Achieving Effectiveness in Practice
Galectin-3 Induces Human Pancreatic Stellate Cell Activation and IL-8 Production via NF-kB Signaling
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May |
DDW 2010: May 1 - May 6
2010 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA |
September |
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Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
17 |
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital |
The Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease |
M. Estes
BCM |
24 |
J. Marc Rhoads, M.D.
Professor, Pathology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of Texas Medical School, Houston |
Crybabies: Possible link of colic to the intestinal microbiota |
D. Burrin
BCM |
October |
1 |
Douglas Burrin, Ph.D.
Research Physiologist
Associate Professor
USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center
Director, Fellowship Research Training
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine |
Insights into Parenteral Nutrition Associated Pediatric Liver Disease from Recent Studies in Neonatal Pigs |
M. Estes
BCM |
8 |
Mary A. Hall, Ph.D., MBA
& Sunkuk Kwon, Ph.D.
Institute of Molecular Medicine
Center for Molecular Imaging
University of Texas Health Science Center |
Animal Imaging - Optical Fluorescence and PET/CT |
L Lichtenberger
UTH |
15 |
James M. Scheiman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
EUS and Pancreatic Neoplasia: Current Approaches and Future Directions |
H. El-Serag
BCM |
22 |
Buford Nichols, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics – Nutrition
CNRC, BCM |
Starch Feeding and Prandial Glucose Homeostasis |
D. Burrin
BCM |
29 |
Junlan Zhang , M.D., Ph.D
Asst Professor of Medicine-Research
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
UT Medical School, Houston |
Pulmonary vasodilatation and angiogenesis: mechanisms that underlie the hepatopulmonary syndrome |
M. Rhoads
UTH |
November |
5 |
Jill Koshiol, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG),
NIH/NCI, Bethesda, MD |
Human Papillomavirus and Esophageal Cancer |
H. El-Serag
BCM |
12 |
Gianfranco D. Alpini, Ph.D
Professor, Internal Medicine and Systems Biology & Translational Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
College of Medicine
Chair of Gastroenterology, Director of the Scott & White Digestive Diseases Research Center
Temple TX |
Functional heterogeneity of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium |
M. Fallon
UTHSC |
19 |
Clinton Allred, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nutrition and Food Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX |
Hormonal Prevention of Cancer: The Role of Estradiol in the Normal Colon |
M. Estes
BCM |
25 |
Happy Thanksgiving |
December |
3 |
Anil D Kulkarni, MSc, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
UT Medical School, Houston |
Nutritional Nucleotides: Preclinical Studies and Clinical Implications |
S. Karpen
BCM |
10 |
Mark Puder, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Surgery
Children’s Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
Basic and Clinical Research in Treatment of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease |
D Burrin
BCM, CNRC |
17 |
Noah Shroyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation and Homeostasis: Transcription Factor Control |
M. Estes
BCM |
25 |
Happy Holidays |
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