DDC Reserach Forum

2010 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.

Fall 2010

September	16	Hashem El-Serag, MD Professor and Chief of Medicine-Gastroenterology Baylor College of Medicine and VAMC	The Story of Digestive Disease Research in Texas Medical Center	M. Estes BCM
	23	Ju-Seog Lee, PhD Assistant Professor Dept of Systems Biology Division of Cancer Medicine UT MD Anderson Cancer Center	Decoding Cancer Signature: systems biology approach	D Moore BCM
	30	Zili Zhang, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Oregon Health & Science University Portland OR	The Role of Co-Stimulatory Molecule OX40 in IBD - A Developing Story from the Pacific Northwest	M. Rhoads UTHSC
October	7	Peter Hotez, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University President, Sabin Vaccine Institute Washington, DC	Special Location: CNRC Auditorium USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030 Access to Innovation for the World's Poor: The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative	S Karpen BCM
	7	Steven R. Brant, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Director, Meyerhoff IBD Genetics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD	Special Seminar at 5:00pm Genetic and Clinical Features of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in African Americans	H. El-Serag & Jason Ken Hou,BCM
	14	Sushovan Guha, M.D., Ph.D. Assisstant Professor GI, Hepatology,& Nutrition MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston	Role of Protein Kinase D Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer	L. Mishra MDACC
	21	Loning Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Pediatrics/USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine	Circadian Control of Metabolism Suppresses Tumorigenesis	M. Finegold BCM
	28	Stanley R Hamilton, MD Division Head, Pathology UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston	Molecular Markers in Colorectal Neoplasia	M. Rhoads UTHSC
November	4	Juan C. Marini, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine	The Role of the Gut in Arginine-Citrulline Metabolism	D Burrin BCM
	11	Steven A. Kliewer, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Biology Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	Regulation of Metabolism by the FXR-FGF19 Pathway	D Burrin BCM
	18	Jorge Bezerra Professor of Pediatrics Director, Digestive Health Center Director of Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cancelled	S Karpen BCM
	25	*Thanksgiving*
December	2	Marian L. Waterman, PH.D. Professor & Vice Chair, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics School of Medicine University of California, Irvine CA	Wnt Target Gene Regulation in Colon Cancer	L. Mishra MDACC
	9	Nicole Beauchemin, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre Montreal, Quebec CAN	Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecules (CEACAM) in Mouse Colonic Epithelia	L. Mishra MDACC
	16	William Grady, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Chief of Gastroenterology University of Washington Medical Center Seattle WA	TGF-ß Receptor Modulation in Gastrointestinal Development	L. Mishra MDACC
	23	*Happy Holidays*
	30	*Happy Holidays*

Spring 2011

January	13	Don W. Powell, M.D. Blanton Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology Director, ITS-CRC Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Texas Medical Branch	Mesenchymal cells of the intestinal lamina propria in health and disease	M. Conner BCM
	20	M. Kay Washington, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Director, Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN	Menetrier’s Disease: A Chance to Reboot Mucosal Signaling?	L. Mishra MDACC
	27	Stanley R Hamilton, MD Division Head, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston	Molecular Markers in Colorectal Neoplasia	M. Rhoads UTHSC
February	3	Geoffrey A. Preidis M.D., Ph.D. candidate Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, BCM	Mechanisms of Probiosis by Lactobacillus reuteri in Acute Rotaviral Gastroenteritis	J. Versalovic BCM
	10	Sheila Crowe, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG, Professor of Medicine Div of GI and Hepatology University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia	The 2011 Hilda Schwartz Visiting Professor Gastric inflammation, oxidative stress and the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated diseases	H. El-Serag BCM
	17	Paul A. Dawson, Ph.D. Professor, Gastroenterology Pathology - Lipid Sciences Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC	Role of the Heteromeric Transporter OST a-OST ß in Bile Acid and Lipid Metabolism	L Lichtenberger UTHSC
	24	John Bienenstock, CM, MD (Hon.), FRCP, FRCPC, FRSC Distinguished University Professor, Medicine, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, CA	Probiotics and the Nervous System: Effects on Pain, Stress and Behavior	J. Versalovic BCM
March	3	Gary D. Wu, M.D. Professor of Medicine Director, GI Fellow's Outpatient Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Associate Chief for Research, GI Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Diet and the Composition of the Human Gut Microbiome	J. Versalovic BCM
	7	Monday, March 7: Frontiers in DD Symposium
	17	Xinfu Guan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Children's Nutrition Research Center Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Departments of Pediatrics & Medicine Baylor College of Medicine	Glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor in the regulation of energy & glucose homeostasis	D. Burrin BCM
	24	Jennifer Grandis, M.D. Vice Chair for Research Professor of Otolaryngology & Pharmacology , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Program Leader, Head & Neck Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute	Targeting Signaling Pathways in Head and Neck Cancer	L. Mishra MDACC
	31	Noah F. Shroyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor GI, Hepatology, and Nutrition Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, OH	Transcriptional Control of Intestinal Growth and Development: Regulation of Stem Cells and Cancer by Notch-Atoh1	M. Estes BCM
April	7	Marsha R. Rosner, Ph.D. Charles B. Huggins Professor Director, Ben May Department for Cancer Research Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiolog The Cancer Research Center The University of Chicago	From Signal Transduction to Metastasis: Regulators of MAP Kinase	L. Mishra MDACC
	14	Phillip Tarr, M.D. Director, Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO	The Neonatal Microbiome and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Challenges and Opportunities of a Microbiologically Complex Analyte	J. Versalovic BCM
	21	Ryan Wallace Hines, M.D. Assistant Professor Pediatrics-GI Baylor College of Medicine	Tlr2 confers susceptibility to exogenous obesity in rodents: a potential role for Cd36
	28	DDW Preview-Speakers & Topics TBD
May	DDW 2011 - May 7 - May 10 at McCormick Place Chicago, IL
June	2	Sanjeev Arora, M.D. Vice Chairman: Clinical Affairs, Internal Medicine Professor: IM Administration	TBD	H El-Serag BCM