8

Herbert Dupont, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Medicine-Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine

New Strategies and Importance of Travelers' Diarrhea Prevention

H. El-Serag,
BCM

15

Li Jiao, M.D., PhD
CRTA fellow
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch
National Cancer Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
Rockville MD

Gene, Diet, Life Style and Pancreatic Cancer

H. El-Serag,
BCM

22

Florin Marian Selaru, M.D.
Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

MicroRNA Involvement in Cholangiocarcinoma

H. El-Serag,
BCM

29

Shujuan Pan, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine

Glycoprotein Quality Control and Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

A. Hutson, BCM

February

5

Richard E Sampliner, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
The Tucson VA Medical Center

The 2009 Hilda Schwartz Awardee
The Evolution of Concepts in Barrett’s Esophagus – 25 Years of Clinical Research

H. El-Serag,
BCM

12

Special Event:  1st Annual DDC Symposium  -  Frontiers in Digestive Diseases

19

Sushil K Sarna, Ph.D.
GRIP Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience ,Cell Biology; Medicine-GI
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Gene Plasticity in Colonic Circular Smooth Muscle Cells Underlies Motility Dysfunction in an Animal Model of Post-Infective Irritable Bowel Syndrome

M. Fallon,
UTHSC

26

Guoyao Wu, Ph.D.
Professor of Amino Acid Biochemistry and Nutrition TAES Faculty Fellow and University Faculty Fellow Room 212, Kleberg Bldg.
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University

A Path to Citrulline- and
Arginine-Synthetic Pathways in the Neonatal Small Intestine

M. Rhoads
UTHSC

March

5

Robert Squires, Jr., MD
Professor, Pediatrics-GI
Clinical Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Intestinal adaptation: A search for the Holy Grail

Beth Anne Carter

12

Marcelo F. Vela, MD, MSCR, FACG
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Associate Faculty, College of Graduate Studies
Medical University of South Carolina

Impedance-pH and Electron Microscopy for the evaluation of GERD

H. El-Serag,
BCM

19

Anne Hutson Walker, Ph.D.
Instructor, Pediatrics-Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine

MicroRNAs in Intestinal
Epithelial Cells

M. Estes, BCM

26

Robert J. Shulman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Texas Children's Hospital
Children's Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine

Functional Abdominal Pain and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children

M. Gilger, BCM

April

2

Alexander Kots, PhD
Instructor, Cell Signaling
Institute of Molecular Medicine
UT-Houston

Novel Inhibitors of Cyclic Nucleotide Synthesis: Applications for Treatment of Diarrhea

F. Murad, UTHSC

23

Maria-Magdalena Georgescu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuro-Oncology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Role of NHERF1/EBP50 - Beta-Catenin Interaction in Human and Mouse Intestinal Neoplasia

M. Estes
BCM

30

Pablo Okhuysen, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical School
Houston

Polymorphisms in Genes Coding for Pathogen Recognition Receptors

M. Rhoads, UTHSC

May

7

Bharat B. Aggarwal, Ph.D.
Ransom Horne, Jr., Professor of Cancer Research; Professor of Cancer Medicine (Biochemistry) and Chief, Cytokine Research Lab, Experimental Therapeutics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Targeting Inflammatory Pathways for Prevention and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers

J. Versalovic BCM

June

4

Robert A. Edwards, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, Pathology
University of California, Irvine CA

Hypoxia, DNA Mismatch Repair, and IBD-Associated Colon Cancer

M. Finegold,
BCM

11

John Bucuvalas, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Liver Transplantation

S. Karpen, BCM