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Translational Pilot Studies Program

Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium

 
Friday, October 19, 2018

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

5019 A and B
Clinical and Translational Research Center

Agenda
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1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Poster Session (5th Floor Atrium, CTRC)
CTSI Cores

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks, Announcements, Overview of CTSI Cores and Resources
Timothy F. Murphy, MD 
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute


Intro to Translational Pilot Studies Program
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD 
Brahm Segal, MD 
Co-Directors, Pilot Studies Core


1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Intro to Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Program
Greg Wilding, PhD 
Department of Biostatistics, UB

 
Recipients of the 2016-17 Translational Pilot Studies Program grants present results of their research.

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Defining and treating a new pediatric asthma endotype: depression-related asthma mediated by the cholinergic pathway 
Heather Lehman, MD
Department of Pediatrics, UB   


2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Pharmacological network analysis and modeling of complex chemotherapeutic regimens in pancreatic cancer: pharmacodynamic design of novel combination therapies 
Donald Mager, PharmD, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UB 


2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Novel Circulating Biomarkers for Sudden Cardiac Death  
Jun Qu, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UB


2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Effects of Nicotine on the Reinforcing Value of Alternatives to Eating in Animals and Humans
Connor Martin
Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, UB 

 
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Break, Interactive Poster Session 
(5th Floor Atrium, CTRC)
 Recipients of the 2017-18 Translational Pilot Studies grants will be on hand to discuss their work.

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Investigation of brain calcification in mild traumatic brain injury using advanced quantitative magnetic susceptibility 
Ferdinand Schweser, PhD
Department of Neurology, UB
David Poulsen, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery, UB


3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Novel Theranostic Approaches to Treat Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, and Other Retinal Vascular Diseases 
Jack Sullivan, MD, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, UB
Jonathan Lovell, PhD

Department of Biomedical Engineering, UB

4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Narrowing the gap in the genetic architecture of Alzheimer’s disease
Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, UB


4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Tips for success in obtaining CTSA Pilot Studies Funding; and Stipulations 
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD 
Department of Ophthalmology, UB 

 
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Adjournment, Post-colloquium Reception 
(5th Floor Atrium, CTRC)
Light snacks and refreshments served.

Contact Research Administrator Erin O'Byrne for more information.

This program is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR001412 to the University at Buffalo. 

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